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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 
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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 
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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
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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
 


 

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