Sri:
Dear Sangeetha RasikAs :
Visvambari is the 54th MeLa Raagam .
It belongs to the Brahma ( 9th) chakram
.
Srimathi VidvAmsini Padma VeerarAghavan's
Kriti is a tribute to BhUmi Devi of
Oppiliappan
Sannidhi . At this Dhivya dEsam , there are
no
Tani sannidhis for BhU devi and there are
no
Ubhaya NaachiyArs for the Utsavar or Moolavar
.
The bride groom stays at the Father in Law's
house as at SrIvilliputthUr .
Pallavi:
ViSvamayamE
SrI ViSvambhari
ViNNagar Naathanin
Isvari nee
Anupallavi:
MacchAvatAra
ManOharan
MaNNulahuyya vanta
BhUmi Devi ThaaYE
CharaNam
:
PaaRkkadal AnnayE
BhArgaviyE
Bhavakkadal meetkka vantha MaarkaNDan
mahaLE
yaarkkum
kidaikkavoNA aruL nidhiyE
paarkkum
pakkamellAm pasumayAi thihazhntiduvAi
Meaning of the Name
Visvambhari:
In Swamy Desikan's BhU stuti , we
come
across the clue to the
name Visvambhari .
Swamy Desikan says: " Visvambharasya
dayitAsi tadhEkanAmA "
.
" (Ambha!)
Visvambharasya tadh yEka
naamA dayithA
asi " is the prose order
.
On Mother ! Thou art the dear consort of
the Lord Visvambharan ( one who holds
this world) having the same name
( VISVAMBHARI) as Your husband .
In yet another slOkam of BhU stuti
,
Swamy Desikan refers to BhUmi
Devi
as Visvambhari and performs
Prapatti
to Her stating that he has no other
refuge:
" Visvasya maatharam
akinchana
KaamadhEnum ,
VISVAMBHARAM
aSaraNa: SaraNam prapadhyE "
(Meaning): adiyEn performs prapatthi
to
the Mother of the Universe who is
the boon granting KaamadhEnu
to
me , who has no one as refuge
.
In one of the famous slOkams
of
BhU stuthi saluting BhU Devi
, Swamy
Desikan invokes the name of
Visvambahri:
SarvamsahEthyavanirityachalEti Maata:
VisvarambharEti vipulEti
VasundharEti
anyAni
chAnyavimukhAnyabhidhAnavruttayA
naamAnyamUni kathayanti
tavAnubhAvam
--6th slOkam of BhU Stuthi
(meaning): Oh Mother BhUmi
Devi! You are
saluted with many names to
reveal Your
mulrifaceted Vaibhavam . You
are Sarvam
Sahai ( One who bears with
the apachArams
of Your devotees) ; You are
Avani ( protector
of the World and its beings)
; You are Achalai
( Firm of resolve in
protection of the beings of
this world) ; Visvambhari (
AdhAram for the
world ) ;
Vipulai( Immeasurable); VasundharA
( One possessing
precious treasures) ; Each of
these names refer to one or
other of Your
innumerable auspicious
guNams .
Such is the glory of
Visvambhari !
Pallavi:
VisvamayamE SrI
Visvambhari
ViNnagar Naathanin
Iswari Nee !
BhUmi Devi is addressed
here as
the Iswari ( Empress , Divine
Consort)
of the Lord of ThiruviNNagar
.
As Visvambhari , She
manifests as
the entire Universe (
Visvamayam)
and supports it . Our Lord who
honors
the daughter of the Milky
Ocean by
giving abode to Her in His chest
goes one
step further in recognition of
BhUmi Devi
by carrying Her on His Siras
during His
AadhiSEshAvathAram : " VisvambharE !
VaruNAlaya Raaja
kanyAm VakshasthalE
SambhAvayan Madhu
ripu: SEshAtmanA
bhavatheem SirasA
tu dhadhAti ".
Anupallavi
:
MacchAvathAran
ManOharan
MaNNuluhuyya vantha
BhUmi DEvi ThAyE
( Comments) : The bewitchingly
beautiful
form of the Lord as MatsyAvathAran
is
invoked here instead of
VarAhAvathAram,
which is normally linked to BhUmi
Devi.
The reason for link to avathAram as
a giant fish to save the world from
drowning
in the PraLyam waters by pulling the
universe
to safety with a rope tied to the horn
of
that unique fish ( MacchAvathAran) . He
came
to rescue the world ( MaNNulahu uyya
VanthAn)
and BhUmi DEvi was the reason for His avathAram
.
CharaNam
PaaRRkkadal AnnayE
BhaargaviyE
Bhavakkadal meetkka vantha MaarkaNDan
mahaLE
Yaarkkum kidaikkavoNA
aruLnidhiyE
paarkkum pakkamellAm PasumayAi
thihazhinthiduvAi
( Comments) : Thou art the Mother , who serves
the Lord at the Milky
Ocean by pressing His sacred
feet to remove the fatigue from
the avathAram
actibities (
Paarrkkadal Annai).
She is the Bhaargavi or the amsam
of SrI DEvi .
BhArgavi is the name linked to the avathAram
of
Sri DEvi as the daughter of
Bhrugu Maharishi.
She is the daughter of
MaarkaNDEya Maharishi
at the TuLasi Vanam of
ThiruviNNagar . The sage
found Her under a TuLasi bush and
raised Her as
His own daughter ( MaarKaNDan MahaL). She
incarnated to redeem the samsAris
from
the horrors of the samsAric ocean
( Bhava
Kadal meetka
vanthavaL) .
She is a rare Treasure house of
Grace and
Dayaa
which is not easily
accessible to many
( Yaarkkum
kidaikka-voNNaa aruL nidhi) but
is readily attainable by Her true
devotees:
"sanchintyasE
Vasumati sthirabhakti-Bhandhai:
antar-Bahisccha BhahudhA praNidhAna dakshai:"
For those who display firm bhakti
to You
( sthira bhakti Bhandhai:
PraNidhAna
Dakshai: anta: Bhaisccha
bhahudhA
sanchintyasE) You are visible
thru
dhyAnam internally and externally
.
" PaaRRkkum pakkam
yellAm PasumayAi
thihazhntiduvAi " .
Whichever direction
One looks , BhUmi Devi looks
fertile
and full of auspicious wealth .
She is
therefore saluted as the
LakshaNam of
nectar that counters the poison
of want
and poverty (
dhourgatya dhurvisha vinAsa
sudhA nadhi) .Pasumai stands for Youth ,
abundance of wealth
and fertlity .
In this Visvambhari
Raaga Kriti ,
the Vaibhavam of
BhUmi Devi ,
the presiding
Empress of ThiruviNNagar
is celebrated
.
SrI BhUmi Devi
SamEta Sri Oppiliappan
ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
DhAsan ,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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