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GodhAm udhArAm sthuma: ( Let us eulogize the Generous GodhA ) !
 
Andal Mutthangi Kaimkaryam is making progress . It looks like
the Mutthangi SamarpaNam would take place on Aug 3 instead of on
Aug 8(Aadi Pooram day) . I will keep you posted .  Please take part
in this kaimkaryam and recieve ANDAL's blessings ! I will not be
appealing for funds in the first round beyond Friday , July 15 . We still
have the Mutthangis to be prepared for Sri RangamannAr and
PeriyAzhwAr . That will be stage II of the Kaimkaryam after Adi Pooram .
 
SlOkam 21 :Exchange of Garlands between GodhA and RanganAthan
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Here Swamy Desikan addresses GodhA as " VasudhE " to remind us that
She is the amsam of BhU Devi . Swamy Desikan refers to the great love
between GodhA Devi and RanganAthan ( Ranga Iswarasya Tava cha
PraNaya anubhandham ) . That led to the divine wedding between them .
During that wedding , the exchange of garalnds between the divine
couple took place ( anyOnya malaya parivrutthi ) . The friends and
relatives (as raskikAs) from both the bride's and bridegroom's side
enjoyed immensely this auspicious scene ( maalya parivrutthim 
abhishtuvantha: rasikA : ) . They took sides on that occasion
to position either Ranganathan's superiority  over GodhA  
or Godhai  being superior to RanganAthan ; others considered
both as being equal in their vaibhavams . They argued about their
positions noisily ( RasikA: nyUna adhikathva samathA vishayai:
vivAdhai: vaachalayanthi) . Swamy Desikan reminds us that
these  noisy debates echoed around the world ( VivAdhai:
thrilOkeem vaachalayanthy ) .    
 
SlOkam 22: The Neck of Lord RanganAthan gaining the multihue
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GodhE ! YOur Lord's ThirumEni (Sacred body ) , which confers auspiciousness
on those who bow before Him has the hue of dark blue rainy cloud
(PraNamathAm MaangaLyadham Madhu-Vairi gAthram )  . As His
consort , You stay right next to Him . GodhE ! Your hue is tender green like
panic grass / aruham pull  ( dhUrvAdhaLa prathimayA Tava dEha kAnthi).
MahA Lakshmi , who resides on the chest  of the Lord has a golden hue
( gOrOchana ruchirayA  IndhirAyA: ruchA ) . When these green and golden hues
mingle with His dark blue ThirumEni , His neck takes on the man y colors 
seen on a peacock's neck ( SikhAvaLa kaNDaSObham aaseeth) 
 
SlOkam 23: GodhA's anugraham to the ruling Kings of the Land
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Here , Swamy Desikan addresses GodhA as Maatha: ( Mother) .
Oh compassionate Mother! when ancient kings like Manu worship
Your Lord with MahA Lakshmi and Yourself with the flowers prescribed
in the aagamAs , they enjoy their rulerships (nijam aadhirAjyam)for
a very long time . Your anugraham made that dream come true for them .
The flowers used in the Aagamic worship are : Ahimsai , Sathyam ,
Brahmacharyam ,Soucham and Tapas ( nonviolence , truthfulness,
celebacy ,cleanliness and penance ) . Those kings enjoyed their
kingdoms for extended periods of times through such Aagamic
worship of  Your Lord and both of You ( ThvayA KamalayA cha
samEyivAmsam archyam NaaTam  niyamai: nigama prasoonai:
samarchya nijam aadhirAjyam chiram niraviaSan ) .  The phalan 
for worship with Nigama Prasoonam ( aagamic flowers) of the dhivya
dampathis for the ancient kings is  the blessings of long rulership as
their empires . 
 
SlOkam 24: Godhai pleading with Her Lord on behalf of the sinners
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The Bhaddha Jeevans continue piling up a vast assembly of sins
and suffer hence in SamsAram .They keep on accumulating more sins .
MahA Lakshmi keeps on interceding on behalf of these sinners
and pleads with the Lord to forgive their trespasses . When the Lord
gets tired of listening to those persistent pleas , He turns His face
away and then He sees You there making similar pleas . The Lord
gives up and responds favorably to the SipArsu of MahA Lakshmi .
If both of You as the Compassionate Mothers do not intervene with
Your Lord , where is the chance for the erring chEthanams to redeem
themselves ? (athra pArsvE Ramaa asi ; parathra paarsvE , GodhE ,
Thvamasi) . Ramaa pleads for the the aardhrAparAdhi janams . 
Her goal is to protect them from the Lord's anger over the trespasses 
of Your Lord's Saasthrams ( Tathra  aardhrAparAdhini api abhirakshaNArTam 
RamayA RangEswarasya VinivEdhyamAnam )  .You are on the oppositee side .
Our Lord turns His face towards You to escape from the pressures of
RamA's pleadings . He is hoping that You will agree with His position .
He has no such luck . You support MahA Lakshmi's pleadings and 
add Your own . Our Lord gives up and accepts the recommendations 
of MahA lakshmi .  
 
SlOkam 25: RanganAthan losing His independence through GodhA's Brow movement
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GodhE ! Your compassion for the suffering samsAris is illustrious. Your Lord
wants to keep His impartiality by granting the appropriate phalans for the PuNyams
and Paapams of chEthanams . For that purpose , He strives to maintain His
independence (Svatantram) . You have the sankalpam to protect these sinners
from Your Lord's anger and wish to move the Lord to Your side . You exercise
your charms and express them through the different kinds of movements of
Your eye brows . Your Lord takes the cues from there and loses His svatantram
utterly and ends up protecting the sinners and sets them on the path to Moksham .
You win . You become thus the primary reasoning behind the Lord's DayA .
 
SlOkam 26: Godhai becoming the rejuveanting nectar for SamsAra tApams
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GodhE ! Your Lord is the dark rainy cloud (KaaLa MEgham) . MahA Lakshmi
is the lightning that announces the onset of the outpouring of rain from
that Kaala mEgham .  You are created as a river of nectar from that outpouring .
to serve as a rejuvenating flow of  nectar to destroy the poison of SamsAram .
Those blessed ones , who read and reflect on Your divine Sri Sookthis
are freed from their samsAric afflictions and are saved . Our Lord is
the KrushNAmBhudham ( Kaala mEgham) . Periya PirAtti (Sriranga Naayaki)
is taDithguNavathy ( like the bright , golden streak of lightninng ). The rain
that comes forth form that KaaLa mEgham is the Suvrushti named Bhagavath
KrupA . GodhE ! You become the river of nectar (SudhA Nadhi) and those
who immerse themselves in You quench quickly the unbearable heat of
SamsAram and the effects of that poison ( dhourgathya dhurvisha vinAsa
SudhA Nadheem ThvAm prapadhya santha: taapAn achirENa Samayanthy).
 
SlOkam 27: Godhai staying as the Mother of the Universe
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It is only natural that You as my loving Mother protect me even
when I committ aparAdhams . You become my protectress
and make me the object of Your affection and save me ( Thvam
Jaatha aparAdham api mAmm anukampya gOpthree asi).
This is only natural for You as KaaruNya Moorthy ( idham
BhavathyA: yuktham ) . As the compassionate and loving
Mother , you nourish Your infants with Your breast milk
even if the angry infant bites Your breasts ( Jananee !
dhashta payOdharA api , Thvam vAthsalya nirbharathayA
KumAram sthanyEna  vardhayaty) .
 
SlOkam 28: DhyAna SlOkam of Godhai
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May Godha , the daughter of PeriyAzhwAr adorning a red lilly flower 
in one of Her hands , who is slightly bent from the weight of
Her breasts and  is an ocean of affection for Her children be present
in our hearts always ! She has the  hue of Indhra neelam gem (sapphire)
and has Her Lord under Her control through the gift of the fragrant
garlands that she wore on Her dark , curly tresses . May this GodhA
PirAtti shine in our hearts always ! She is SathamaNi neela ( having
the hue of sapphire ) ; She has a beautiful  red Alli pushpam in one of
Her hands ( ChAru KalhAra hasthA ). Her frame is slightly bent from
the weight of  her breasts ( sthana-bhara namithAngee) . She is an ocean
of Vaathsalyam for us ( Saandhra Vaathsalya sindhu: ) .She is the daughter of
VishNu Chittar ( VishNuchitthAthmajaa) . She has under Her control Her
Lord through the garlands that She wore on Her KONDai ( aLaga vinihithAbhi:
sragbhi: aakrushta NaaTaa ); May that GodhA reside in our hearts 
( GodhA na: hrudhi vilasathu).   
    
SlOkam 29: Phala Sruthi
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This sthOthram arose from poet VenkatEsan out of his well blossomed Bhakthi
for Godha. Whoever recites this GodhA sthuthi  with multisided beauty will become
very dear to the Lord of Srirangam, who is forever associated with Sri RanganAyaki .
That blessed person will have the BhAgyam of performing kaimkaryam at
the sacred feet of the Sri RanganAthan forever .  
 
Our SrivilliputthUr ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan



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