Dear Arun:
In this dhivya desam of Thrivikraman , the Sankam
is indeed
on the right hand as with Lord ParthasArathy at
ThiruvallikkENi .
Sankam is the symbol of divine Jn~Anam and stayed
also as
the working "tool " for the divine Charioteer
to help Parthan .
There are two reasons for the altered position of
Paanchajanyam
in the hands of the Lord ( Moolavar only ) at
ThirukkOvalUr .
Sthala PurANam
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At ThirukkOvalUr , He responded to the tapas of
Sage MrugaNDu
( Father of Sage MaarkandEyar) at this place
directed by Brahmaa .
When the Lord appeared before him , Mrugandu
maharishi asked for
the boon of being blesed with the darsanam of the
Lord as He appeared
during ThrivikramAvathAram , since he was not
living in those days of
Vibhavam . Our Lord obliged and stayed in that form
at the request of
the Maharishi to bless other devotees with that
Thrivikrama Form
with Sankham on the right hand and chakram on the
left . Our Lord was
not going to destroy MahA Bali with the chakram but
was intent on
placing His sacred foot on his head to push him to
PathALam , when
there was no place to measure with the third step
.
Swamy Desikan's explanation in Sri DEhaLeesa
Sthuthi
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In the 5th SlOkam of theis SthOthram on
ThirukkOvalUr
EmperumAn , Swamy Desikan gives a hint
:
Chakrasya dhaithyA-dhanujaadhishu VAAMA
BHAAVAM
Sankhasya chAsritha janEshvapi
DAKSHINATHVAM
vyaktham pradarsayasi GopapurAdhirAja
vyathyasya noonam anayO:
karasamprayOgam
Chakram is on the Vaama hastham ( Left
Hand).
Sankham is on the DakshiNa hastham ( Right hand)
.
Swamy Desikan uses the double meanings of
Vaama
BhAvam and DakshiNathvam here . Vaama Bhaavam means
fierceness as well as the left side .
DakshiNathvam means
right side as well as YathOkthakArithvam (
following the wish of
His devotees , who have sought His protection )
.
The reversal of the weapons in the
hands of the Lord are
a message to the
asurAs . The changes form the weapon's
traditional positions ( Chakram on the right hand and Sankham on
the left hand ) are clearly shown by the Lord according to Swamy Desikan :
Dhaithya dhanuja aadhishu Chakrasya Vaama BhAvam ,
aasritha janEshu
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Aasritha janEshu DakshiNathvam anayO: kara
samprayOgam
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vyakthasya vyaktham pradarsayasi noonam
Vyaktham means clearly ( without any confusion) .
Our Lord Thrivikraman
shows clearly the Vyathasya kara SamprayOgam (
differences in the traditonal
weapon positions on His hands).
The detailed commentary on Sri DehaLeesa Sthuti and
its Vedic
connotations can be accessed at :
under the section on Swamy Desikan's SthOthrams ( #
17 in the list ).
Nam) ThrivikramAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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