SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Lord PaarTasArathy :
Today , we will commence the study of the TEN
Paasurams of MummaNikkOvai . Originally , there were
a total of 30 Paasurams but only 10 are available to us
today. According to Tamil Prabhandha lakshaNam ,
there should be 30 Paasurams in all in a MummaNikkOvai.
Ten of each of the thirty should be set in the Tamil poetic
metres of ahaval , VeNN Paa and KattaLik--kalitthuRai.
Unfortunately for us , twenty Paasurams out of the 30
have been lost over time(luptham) . The available 10 pasurams
are set in the anthAdhi style .
There are two brilliant commentaries on this Prabhandham
of Swamy Desikan. One is by the Vaikunta Vaasi Chetlur Swamy
of Thiruvaheendhrapuram and the other is by Vaikunta Vaasi
SrI SrIrama DesikAcchAr Swamy of Oppiliappan Sannidhi.
adiyEn will follow mainly the commentary of my Oppiliappan Koil
AchAryan .
In this Prabhandham , Swamy Desikan starts hailing the glories of
HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr first and follows it with the celebration of
the six meanings of the SrI Sabdham . After that , Swamy Desikan
shifts to the salutation of the anantha-kalyANa guNams of
Lord DevanAthan and points out that He is pervasively
present in all His creations and He is the friend of all jeevans.
Our AchAryan states that those who seek the refuge of His
sacred feet will achieve Saamyam ( similarity ) with Him .
Driven by his great love for the Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram ,
Swamy Desikan emulates the two AzhwArs ( NammAzhwAr
and Thirumangai) and takes on the role of a damsel in
deep love (Venkata Naayaki) with the Lord and speaks
to her Lord directly as well as through her girl friend and
sevili thAyAr .The ten Paasurams captuirng this multimode
dialog charms our minds .
First Paasuram of MummaNikkOvai :
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Swamy Desikan desires to perform SaraNAgathy at
the lotus feet of Lord DevanAthan and as a first step
performs PurushakAra Prapathti to SrI HemAbhjavalli
in the first paasuram .
Oh Lord DhaivanAyaka ! You have earned the name as
"Natha Sathyan/ adiyavarkku Meyyan " because You are
resolute and infallible in the matter of blessing Your bhakthAs.
You have blessed us with the divine sight ( Jn~AnakkaNN)
to enjoy Your matchless beauty and gain true Jn~Anam .
The various ThiruvAbharaNams ( Jewelery ) adorning
Your body have gained their brilliant lustre by association
with Your broad , blue chest ! In that expansive chest resides
HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr also , who never ever leaves that
choice place of residence of Hers . When You incarnate in
Your many forms , Your divine consort takes a corrsponding
incarnation/from and follows You .She stays as a resplendent
rathna dheepam and removes our dark cloud of ajn~Anam .
She listens to the soulful cries of the suffering samsAris ,
recommends them to You for forgiving their trespasses
and thus destroys their karmAs. She makes those , who sought
refuge with Her fall at Your feet and shines as the parama
dayA Moorthy ( as the embodiment of Your DayA ) . Thus
SrI HemAbhjavalli , who never leaves Your side even for
a fraction of a second and enhances Your vaibhavam ,
becomes joyous over our Prapatthi and blesses us in
every way .
The multiple meanings of SrI Sabdham is brought out brilliantly
by Swamy Desikan in the following section of this Paasuram:
" vENDurai kEttu , MeeNDavai kEtpitthu ,
theeNDiya vinaikaL mANDida muyanRu ,
Tannadi sErntha Tamar Unai aNUha ,
Ninnudan sErnthu niRkkum Ninn ThiruvE " .
She is "Thiru" and He is " Thiruvukkum ThiruvAiya Selvan "
or " MangaLAnAm MangaLam" .
Paasuram 2 :
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In this Paasuram , Swamy Desikan points out that his Prabhandham
is Parama bhOgyam ( supremely enjoyable) to Lord DhaivanAyakan .
Swamy Desikan says that the Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram
adorns his Prabhandham of MummaNikkOvai on His chest
as a cherished aabharaNam like the KOusthubha gem necklace .
The Lord elevates the Prabhandham of Swamy Desikan to
the most exalted status by wearing it on His chest ,
where His dear , divine consort has a preferred place of
residence . Swamy Desikan suggests that this Prabhandham
dear to the Lord should also be most enjoyable to His
BhAgavathAs .
Paasuram 3 ( Utterance through the ThOzhi/ girl friend) :
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This paasuram is set in the style of Tamil poems called "irangal" ,
where the girl friend gets distressed over the suffering
state of her Naayaki due to seperation from the Lord and
the girl friend appeals to the Lord on behalf of the Naayaki
to banish the vislEsha janitha sOkam ( sorrow generated
from seperation ) through the boon of SamslEsham ( Union ).
Swamy Desikan's intense love for the Lord of Thiruvayindhai
made him feel like a lady in deep love with the Lord . Swamy Desikan
attained thus the status of a Naayaki ( Venkata Naayaki ) just as
Swamy NammAzhwAr became ParAnkusa Naayaki and
Thirumangai became ParakAla Naayak under such circumstances i.
Venkata Naayaki developed intense passion to enjoy the Lord and for
the Lord to enjoy her feminine beauty and charm . Such a physical
union with the Lord was impossible . Venata Naayaki began then
to suffer immensely from the arrows of Manmathan and her passion
for the Lord grew further . Unable to bear the sorrowful state of
the Naayaki , Thozhi speaks in this Paasuram to the Lord about
her friends' unbearable suffering this way :
MozhivAr Mozhivana mummuRai aahum Ayinthayil vanthu
izhivAr izhiha yenRu innamutha kadalAhi ninRa
vizhi-vAr-aruL Meyyar melladi vENDiya melliyal mEl
pozhivAr Anangar tamm poom karumpu unthiya poo mazhayE
--- --- Paasuram 3
(meaning): Thiruvaheendhrapuram has such divinity that all
the words spoken by sakala jeevarAsis including girls , parrots
and nightingale attain the status of the essence of the Vedams .
Here , Lord DhaivanAyakan incarnated for the benefit of all
to come and have His sevai (darsanam) . The Lord at this
dhivya dEsam invites every one to come and enjoy Him as
insatiable nectar and through His sacred glances showers
them with His auspicious grace . The Naayaki is longing
to embrace the Lord tightly out of Her intense love for Him.
Meanwhile , Manmathan shoots his flower arrows on
the Naayaki and makes the Naayaki suffer even more .
The girl friend of the Naayaki sees the suffering of her
Naayaki and feels empathetic and describes to the world
and the Lord about this sad lot of her Venkata Naayaki.
Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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