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The Vaibhavam of Lord VaradarAjan
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Blessed indeed are those , who have been born in Kaanchipuram
or experienced the bliss of attending there the Lord's Uthsavams or who are
fortunate to live there for a short time or for extended periods of their lives .
 
Mukthi daayaka Mukundhan at Hasthigiri
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Sri PraNathArTihara Varadha Parabrahmam is saluted as " Mukthi-dhAyakAn" ,
the grantor of the Parama PurushArtham of Moksha sukham . " Kacchi tanil Mukthi tarum "
Hasthigireesan is the One , who has blessed many AzhwArs and VaishNavite AchAryAs
from time immemorial to protect and nourish SrI VaishNava SampradhAyam . 
 
AarAdhana Moorhty of Many AchAryAs
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Out of His infinite and overflowing mercy , He  stands on top of Hasthigiri to bless us
as DevAthi Raajan and He is the abode of Samastha KalyANa GuNams . As Sathya Vratha-
KshEthra NaaTan , He is the Kula Dhaivam and AaarAdhana Moorthy for many of
our PoorvAchAryAs from BhAshyakArar to NadathUr AmmAl , Sudarsana Soori
and onto Swamy  Desikan . In this context , The SaraNAgathy performed by
Sri Sudarsana Soori at the beginning of his magnum opus , Srutha PrakAsikaa
is a moving one :
 
" Varadham DhvirathAdhreesam SrInidhim KaruNA nidhim
  SaraNyam SaraNam yaami PranathArTiharam Harim "
 
Veda VizhupporuL on top of Atthigiri
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With His Divine consort , SrI MahA Devi , our Lord of Ubhaya VibhUthi provides
nithya Sannidhyam in all the four yugams at Kaanchi , the Svyam Vyaktha KshEthram .
The MahOpakAram (anthamila udhavi ) conferred by Him (  AruLAzhi PerumAn )
for us steeped in anaadhi  karmAs ( kazhiyAtha Karuvinai) is beyond count
by any one ( anthamilaa udhavi yellAm aLappAr yArO?). In Meyviratha Maanmiyam ,
Swamy Desikan salutes Him as " karai puraNDa Karunaik-kadal " . Swamy  Desikan
is dismayed over the efforts of anyone to thank Him adequately and gives up
( yevaNNam pEsuveer ? yeethenna paangE ? ). Swamy Desikan recognizes
Lord VaradarAjan adorning all tatthvams and aayudhams and standing on top
of Hasthigiri as the quintessence of Vedams (" Sudar mihu Suruthi" ) :
 
" Garudan uruvAm maRayin PoruLAm KaNNan
   Karigiri mEl ninRu anaitthum kaakkinRAnE "
 
SaraNAgathy by PoorvAchAryAs
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Lord VaradarAjan saluted as " Sri Hasthisaila SikharOjwala PaarijAtham "
revealed His ParadEvathA PaaramArTyam  ( as the Supreme Lord)
to AchArya RaamAnujA through Thirukkacchi Nampi with the first of
His six upadEsams : " AhamEva Param Tatthvam " . Lord VaradarAjan broke
His archa SamAdhi to converse with Thirukkacchi Nampi to clear the doubts
of AchArya RaamAnuja . The elated Thirukkacchi Nampi performed SaraNAgathy
to Lord VaradarAjan for that blessing to future VaishNava Community through
the slOkams of SrI DEvarAjAshtakam  commencing with :
 
" NamasthE HasthisailEsa SrImann ! AmbhujalOchana
   SaraNam ThvAm PrapannOsmi PraNathArTihara PrabhO "
 
An uninterupted chain of AchAryAs from Swamy Natha Muni ,
His grandson , Swamy  AlavanthAr ( Periya MudaliyAr) ,
Thirukkacchi Nampi , AchArya RaamAnuja , KurEsar ,
NadAthUr AmmAl , AathrEya RaamAnujar , Swamy Desikan
and other major AchAryAs have performed their SaraNAgathis
at the sacred feet of Hasthigiri Prabhu . Swamy KurEsar performed
his moving SaraNAgathy  in the second slOkam of his Sri VaradarAja
Sthavam :
 
" Svasthi Hasthigiri mastha sEkhara: anathanOthu mE santhatham Hari:
  SarvabhUtha-suhrudham DayAnidhim DevarAjam athirAjam aasrayE " 
 
Here , KurEsar recognizes the Lord of Hasthigiri as the precious treasure of
PerumdEvi ThAyAr and as the endless wealth for those , who seek boons
from Him . He is saluted as the One , who observes the vratham of granting 
munificient purushArTams to those , who approach Him . He is described as
the DayA nidhi , SarvEsan , RajAdhi Raajan and as One who wishes always
the hitham for all jeevarAsis .
 
From slOkam 81 to 95 , KurEsar performs exemplary SaraNAgathy 
at the sacred feet of Lord VaradarAjan in SrI VaradrAja Sthavam :
"agathiracharaNO bhvaapthou ludan , Varadha ! saraNam ithyaham
ThvAm vruNE "  ( Struggling in this fierce ocean of SamsAram ,
adiyEn who has no other upAyams seeks You as the ParamOpAyam
for release from the cycles of births and deaths). With touching Naicchiyam ,
KurEsar describes himself as being surrounded  by tens of thousands of
hEya guNams and submits that he has chosen the DayA Nidhi ,
Hasthigireesan as the target of his SaraNAgathy ( asubha-guNaparas
sahasrAvruthE , Varadham urudayam gathim ThvAm vruNe ). 
 
Swamy NigamAntha MahA Desikan's anubhavam of SrI Varadhan
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In his Sri VaradarAja PanchAsath ,  Swamy  Desikan chooses divinely-
directed words to hail his Ishta Dhaivam as UpAyam and phalan . Here are
few selected examples of Swamy Desikan's adoration of SrI Hasthigireesan:
 
" kalasa jaladhi kanyA vallaree kalpa saakhee kOpi kaaruNyarAsi: " 
Varadhan is identified here as the embodiment of DayA intertwined
tightly  with MahA DEvi ...SlOkam 1 . Dhvaya Manthram is extolled here .
 
In the third slOkam , Swamy  Desikan addresses the Lord as 
"avyAja Vathsalan " ( One who is naturally predisposed to love
the ChEthanams performing SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet ) .
This avyAja Vaathsalyam is unique to Varadhan . Swamy  Desikan
hails the anugraha Sankalpam of the Atthigiri PeraruLALan here .
 
In the ninth slOkam , Swamy salutes Varadhan as the matchless ,
one and only boat to help us cross the fierce ocean of SamsAram
( SamsAra Vaarinidhi santharaNa yEka pOtham ) .
 
In the 12th slOkam , Swamy recognizes and salutes the Lord of
Kaanchi for His SarvAntharyAmithvam ( sarva charAchara aathman) ,
Sarva KaaraNathvam and Sarva Sabdha Vaachyathvam ( Him being
the limit of all the words as the Sareeram for the entire Naama Roopa
Prapancham ). 
 
In the 16th and the 17th slOkams , Swamy  Desikan has the exquisite
anubhavam of the dhivyAthma svaroopam and the dhivya mangaLa
vigraham respectively of  this " KalyAna Kodistha MahAdEvi Mana :
Priyan ".  Commentators have observed that Swamy Desikan linked here 
the Sruthi vaakyam : " YathAthmakO BhagavAn , TadhAthmikA vyakthi: ".
 
Swamy  Desikan echos as NigamAntha Desikan the above Veda Vaakyam 
in his 17th slOkam this way : " YathAthmakas: Thvam vyakthim Kareesa !
kathayanthi tathAthmikAm tE ". Vyakthi refers to the ThirumEni of the Lord .
In the earlier verse , Swamy  Desikan had eulogized the dhivyAthma Svaroopam
of the Lord of Hasthigiri at seven levels :
 
(1) akila hEya vipaksha bhUtham (Free from  any blemish ) .
(2) nithyam ( without beginning or end ; eternal)
(3) Param ( state as Supreme entity )
(4) Sarvagatham ( Pervading all chEthanams and achEthanams )
(5) Susookshmam ( being the subtlest of the subtle to enter every thing)
(6) nishpandha nanadhadhu mayam ( embodiment of all pervasive bliss)
(7) SaanthOdhitham ( Among the two states of NithyOdhitham and
SaanthOdhitham , latter is the state of sankalpam of the Lord to
rule over His LeelA VibhUthi).
 
In slOkam 17 , Swamy  Desikan points out that Lord VaradarAjan's ThirumEni
(divine body/dhivya MangaLa vigraham  ) has identical glories to that of His  
dhivyAthma svaroopam described by the above seven attributes .
 
In the 28th slOkam ,  Swamy Desikan states that the dhivya mangaLa
vigraham of Lord VaradarAjan serves as a coleryium (anjanam) to  reveal
His dhivyAthma svaroopam . Without that coleryium , the dhivyAthma svaroopam
is invisible (adhrusyam) to samsAris . With the benefit of the visualization of
the ThirumEni, the samsAris are always able to see that dhivyAthma svaroopam
(nithyam pasyanthi).
 
Beyond SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath
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Swamy  Desikan's indescribable attachment to Lord VaradarAjan is
mirrored in many other Sri Sookthis besides Sri VaradarAja PanchAsath (e.g) :
NyAsa Dasakam( SaraNAgathi anushtAnam); NyAsa Vimsathy ( the glories
of the SaraNAgathy performed at Varadhan's Thiruvadi) ; Meyviratha Maanmiyam
( avathAra Vaibhavam of the Lord); Adaikkala Patthu ( Tamil Sri Sookthi elaborating
the Prapatthi at SaraNyan's sacred PaadhAravindham ) ; ArTa panchakam ;
Panniru ThirunAmam ( The twelve NaamAs of the Lord starting with Kesavaa) ;
Sri VaishNava dinasari( Pancha Kaala Prakriyaa) and  Thirucchinna Maalai
( the echo of the rahsya thrayams in the sound of Thirucchinnam of the Lord) .
 
Passing tributes are made to PEraruLALan in Rahasya granthams like  Rahasya
RathnAvaLi ( two Pasurams ) , PradhAna Sathakam , UpakAra Sangraham ,
Tathtva Navaneetham and  Rahasya Padhavee . In his magnum opus ,
SrImath Rahasya Thraya Saaram , Swamy  Desikan salutes VaradharAjan
profoundly in every one of the 32 chapters of this SrI Sookthi. From the UpOthgAtham
(the first chapter) to Nigamanam ( the last chapter ) , moving tributes are made by
Swamy Desikan to Lord VaradharAjan . 
 
Successors of Swamy Desikan & thier anubhavams
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After Swamy Desikan's time , great AchAryAs like Sri KumAra VaradhaacchAr
(Son of Swamy Desikan ) , The First Brahma Tantra Swatantra Jeeyar Swamy
( Founder of the ParakAla Matam and direct sishyar of Swamy  Desikan ) ,
GadikA Satham AmmAl , Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar , Shashta ParAnkusa
MahA Desikan of AhObila Matam , His disciple Pancha Matha Bhanjana
Taatha Desikan (1509-1591 C.E) , ThottayAcchAr (author of Sri DEvarAja
Panchakam ) linked to a special moment in PeraruLALan's Garuda SEvai ,
SrI Lakshmi KumAra Taatha Desikan ( 1572-1632 C.E) known for his many
Kaimkaryams to the dhivya Dampathis of Hasthi Giri , ArasANippAlai
SrI VenkatAdhwari Swamy , the nephew of SrI Taatha Desikan ( author of
SrI VaradarAja Champu and SravaNAnandham , tributes to the Lord of
Hasthi Giri) , Thirupputtkuzhi KrishNa TaathArya Desikan ( b.1823 C.E) ,
PaancharAthra Aagama adhikAris like Archakam Sri Raajam Bhattar ,
ThAyAr Sannidhi Archakam Sri VaradAcchAr Swamy and many Mahaans
from neighboring agrahArams like NaavalpAkkam , VilliyampAkkam ,
spent their life time in Kaimkaryams to Hasthigireesan and spread
the Bhagavath RamAnuja SiddhAntham .
 
A Tribute to PeraruLALan
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Such is the glory of  Atthigiri PeraruLALa PerumAl and His divine
consort , Sri PerumdEvi ThAyAr .adiyEn concludes this special
tribute by ThottAcchAr during the occasion of VaikAsi Garuda SEvai
of the Lord :
 
yath Veda MouLi gaNa vEdhyam avEdhyam anyai:
yath Brahma-rudra-sura naayaka mouLi vandhyam
tath PadhmanAbha padha padhmam idham manushyai:
sEvyam bhavathbhi: ithi darsayatheeva Taarkshya:
 
(Meaning): The Vaibhavam of  Lord VaradarAjan's sacred feet are to be
comprehended with the help of Upanishads , which form the head of
Vedams . Their vaibhavam can not be understood by those , who do
not accept Vedams as PramANams .Those sacred feet of the Lord
are worshipped by the siras of Brahma , Paramasivan and IndhrAdfhi
devathais. Those sacred feet are soft and fragrant like the lotus flower
arising out of the Naabhi of the Lord.The Veda Moorthy Garudan carries
them in hand with reverence and reveals them to the people to remind them
about  the importance of their (sacred feet's) worship .
 
NamO SrI VaradarAjAya ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
 
P.S : Those who are interested to immerse deeply in SrI VaradarAja
GuNAmrutha anubhavam are directed to the 845 page comprehensive
Monograph by "Varadha GuNAmrutha Varshi " R. SrinivAsa Varadha
TaathAcchAr Swamy duirng Vikrama , Kaarthikai anusham (Nov 26, 2000).
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
    
 
 

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