SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan : Today , we will study three more paasurams of Swamy Desikan 's Mey Viratha Maanmiyam . 212) Brahma Devan's sorrow over his failed attempt ***************************************** vampu avizh pOthu amar mAthar uhantha ammAnidhiyai tann balamE koNDu kaaNak-karuthiya ThAmarayOn munn pala kuRRatthu vall vinai moykka mahizh mathiyAyi ampuli vENDiya Baalanaip-pOla azhuthananE (Meaning) : Our Lord is Sriya: Pathi . He is the object of love of SrI Devi. He is the huge treasure of SrI Devi known for Her celebrated tresses adorned with just-blossomed , fragrant flowers. Brahma Devan wished to visualize that Lord of Lakshmi with his own yogic strength . His karmAs however interfered with his attempts and he could not succeed in his efforts. Recognizing his failure , Brahma cried in frustration like the child , which tried to reach and touch the Moon but failed miserably in its efforts . Additional comments: SrIman NaarAyaNan is the Supreme Lord and Master of the Universe. He has limitless auspicious attributes and has no blemishes whatsoever. He is an ocean of Mercy , Simplicity , Love , Strength and Wealth . When there were no gods or the world or beings ( at the time of MahA PraLayam ) , He created in sequence the Tatthvams of MahAn, AhankAram and all the way up to BrahmANDam. Afterwards , He created BrahmA in the navel lotus so that he can create the DevAs and all others (ChEthana -achEthanams) .This He did by entering (anupravEsam ) in to Brahma"s body and created the Jeeva vargams , their BhOgya vasthus and BhOgyOpakaraNams for the Jeevans . He stood as all of these . Next , He taught His son , BrahmA all the four VedAs and appointed him as the Lord of all the fourteen worlds . Brahma Devan was thus well blessed by the Lord , His Father . Instead of understanding where all his powers came from and being thankful to his Father , Brahma was deluded to think that he is the clever and scholarly one possessing immense powers of creation and Lordship over the universes. He felt independent and became haughty through the thought that he was high born and possessed great vedic jn~Anam and mastered all the Vaidhika anushtAnams. In this mood of haughtiness , Brahma tried to visualize the Lord , who is the antharyAmi of all chEthanams and achEthanams like the ghee hidden in the milk .He thought that he can accomplish this task with the power of his Yogic attainments. BrahmA's karmAs interfered however with his efforts to visualize the Lord and His Svaroopam . His intellect got dulled and he fell down from his yogic stance. He cried intensely over his failure in a state similar to the baby , which reaches out to hold the Moon with its puny hands and fails miserably. 213) Brahma dEvan's disgust with himself ********************************** adangAk-karaNangaL aindhudan aaRum adakki munam nedunkAlam innilamE nilayAppooNDu needu uRaivAn sadangAl periya tavangaL seythEn yenna tanmai thu yenRu idam kAtthiruntha Tisaimukhan tannai ihazhnthananE (Meaning): The disturbed Brahma Devan began to think about the reason for his failure .He was keen on knowing why his Yogic attempt failed to visualize the Lord , who is present in every thing and everywhere as SarvAntharyAmi . He recognized that his unsteady mind (sanchala buddhi) behaving like a monkey jumping from branch to branch was the cause for that failure. Brahma felt despondent over his wasted days spent enjoying the power assigned to him by His Father and developing ego and haughtiness thinking that he was the source of all that power. Brahma dEvan recognized his fault in thinking that Brahma lOkam was permanent and that he was going to rule over it forever . He felt terrible over his mighty confidence in his prowess to gain control over his fast moving indhriyams that caused the mental agitations leading ultimately to failure He regretted over his efforts to perform penance and causing harm to his body in the execution of that tapas. Brahma dEvan became despondent over his wasted efforts , cried intensely and developed disgust over his futile act. 214) BrahmA's vow perform Tapas in the land of BhAratham *********************************************** ViNNUlahil VeeRRurintha mEnmayAlum Vedangal eeriraNDum viritthathAlum KaNnanai nAnn karutthuRavE kANpan yennak- kANAmal vilakkiya tann vinayaik-kANA yeNNiya nall bhuvanangaL yEzhum aaRum iru moonRu dheevamum yettu idamum vittup- paNNiya nall virathamelAm palikkumenRu Bharathatthil PankayatthOn padinthittAnE (Meaning ): For thousand crores of yugams , a special jeevan performed the worship (AarAdhanam) for the Lord with lotuses and recieved the boon from SarvEswaran to attain the status of Brahma dEvan. After attaining this mighty status and power , the ego accompanying that power and status sunk Brahma dEvan in the mud of ahankAram and MamakAram and prevented him from the visualization of (SaakshAthkAram of ) the Lord through Yogam and Tapas. Brahma wanted to banish that karma visEsham and sought a place where he will be blessed with the darsana soubhAgyam of the SarvEswaran without failure . He analysed the suitability of the places that would be ideal to perform this tapas . He recognized that all the fourteen lOkams with the exception of BhU lOkam , the seven dhveepams with the exception of Jambhu dhveepam , the nine varshms except Bhaaratha varsham are unfit for his tapas since all of them are places for the sole enjoyemnt of the fruits of one's karmAs . Hence Brahma dEvan chose BhAratha Varsham in Jambhu dhveepam located in BhU lOkam as the most appropriate place for performing the most auspicious tapas aimed at visaulizing the LOrd (SarvAntharyAmi) in palpable , physical form. He thus chose the southern most lOkam of BhU lOkam , which is ideal for the successful observance of Sakala dharmams . Additional Notes: SrImath BhAgavatham describes the seven dhveepams as Jambhu , Plaksham , Saalmali , Kusam , Krouncham , Saakam and Pushkaram . The nine Varshams are recognized there as BhAratham , Kimpurusham , Hari , ILAvrutham , Ramyam , HiraNyakam , Kuru , BhadhrAsuvam and kEthumAlam . Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama: Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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