SrI:
Dear Swami Desika
BhakthAs:
Sixth day Utsavam: VeNNai
ThAzhi
SlOkam
15
ya: prAg-gOpAlamAdhyam
gaDanihita-karam gavyamAhartukAmam,
rushDAm dhrushtvA
jigukrusham mudha-chalitapadham nasthitam
naprayAtam ,
mithyAgOpam
nimilannayanamabhilashan
dhyAyatismAryavarya:,
sOayam tAdhraksharoopa:
svayamiha-
jagatam druSyatE
satyagOpa:
(Meaning):Once before,Sriman
Narayanan
incarnated as GopAlan ( Sheperd boy) in
Gokulam and wished to steal butter ( Ya: prAg
GopAlamAdhyam) and put His hand in the pot
containing the butter( gaDa nihita karam) .When YasodhA caught her son in the act of stealing ,
she became angry and wanted to get hold of Him
.
GopAlan saw the anger in His mother's
eyes and began to walk slowly . He neither became stationary nor engaged
in
running (
rushDAm dhrushtvA jigrusham
mudhachalitapadham na sthitam na prayAtam ). Thus , the
Gopala SiSu closed His eyes and acted as though He was frightened ( mithyAgOpam nimilannayanam abhilashan).Our
utthma AchAryan gives us His sEvai as a crawling infant hugging the pot
of VeNNai and appears like the real infant GopAlan , who was stealing
butter in Gokulam and being caught in the act
.
Swamy Desikan's beautiful
description of the
immobile KrsihNan caught in the
act of stealing by His Mother , YasOdha is housed in
His
Sri GopAla Vimsathi stOtram .
PeriyAzhwAr's
anubhavam of the chEshtais of
BalagOpAlan are delightful to recall in the context of Srimad Azhagiyasingar's
SlOkam for the 6th day Morning utsavam
.
Sixth Day Utsavam Evening : Yaanai
Vaahanam
SlOkam
16
gadhyEnAchAryavaryOstuta:
yamiha-
raghUttamsamABAlavruddham
,
sAkEtasthA yamaicchan
mahitagaja-
varArOhiNam chandravargam
,
tasmin sAroopyamAryE
vidhadhati sa guru: bhadramAruhya nAgam ,
veethim bhOgeendhrapuryAm
niSi tu
rasamahEabhUshayadhbhUshitAnga:
(Meaning): Swamy Desikan eulogized the
beauty and valor of Lord Raamachandran( gadhyEna
AachAryavaryO sthuta:).
The AyOddhi citizens (SaakEtasthA)from children to older categories ( AaBaala Vruddham) wanted to enjoy the bhavani as the
Raghuveeran rode on the back of the royal elephant with a Face that defeated the PoorNa
Chandran in its beauty ( Yamm chandra vaktram
mahitagajavarArOhaNam dhrashtum icchan) .Swamy Desikan with a beauty
matching that of His Lord Raghuveeran
rode on the back of a beautiful elephant
and travelled on the Raaja Veethis of Thiruvaheendhrapuram and was adorned with
all types of beautiful jewellery.
The reference here is to Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sookthi of Raghuveera gadhyam praising the valor of the Lord (http://www.sundarasimham.org )
.
Seventh day: No Morning
PuRappAdu
In the evening , there is
ManjaL water,
VasantOtsavam and
ChUrNAbhishEkam
Seventh Day Evening :
SlOkam 17
varshAkAlE vasantam
kathamanubhavati
prAjn~a
AchAryavarya:
varshasyakAlavEdhee
Thvamiha kathamimam BhAdhamutprEkshaSE mE
varshAsaBdhaprayuktO
hyAtupara iha na:
kleeBha varshArtha
sabdha:
sarvE samsAra tApam jahaty
sukhamiti
prApitOaham vasantam
(Meaning): This slOkam is set as a
question and answer format between a scholar and Swamy Desikan . The scholar
asks: Mighty intellignet Swami ! This is
PurattAsi month , the rainy season . How
come You are saying that you are enjoying the Vasanta kAlam ( spring time)
during VarshA kaalam( the rainy season).
Swamy answers: I brought in Vasantam to
allay the sufferings of SamsAris and for them to enjoy some Sukham during
this rainy season ( sarvE samsAra tApam jahaty sukhamiti
vasantam prApitOham) . Swamy Desikan explains that the confusion of
the scholar arose from the multiple meanings of " Varsha" , which commonly
refers to ruthu like
Vasanta rutu . Varsham on the other hand is a napumsaka linga sabdham
denoting as well a time unit ( one year)
The scholar asks: "
PrAjn~A Acharya- varya ! vasantam katham varshAkAlE anubhavaty ? ".
AchAryan responds : How do You deduct that there is
no vasantam in VarshA Kaalam ( Varshasya
kAlavEdhee thvamiha katham
imam
BhAdhum utprEkshasE mE ?). Although there are
two meanings for Varsha sabdham , the ruthu ( two month long season) and the
time unit of one year ,
I am using the ruthu ( Vasantha ruthu)
here ( VarshA saBdha prayuktO hyarutupara iha ) and
not the Year bearing napumsaka lingam ( neutral gender) .You may ask why ? I
invoked Vasantam in PurattAsi ( VarshA Kaalam) to alleviate the samsAric tApam
of good people I am invoking indeed the vasanta rutu and not the
Varsham(samvatsaram).
(To Be continued )
Daasan , Oppiliappan
Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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