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SrI:
  
Dear BhakthAs of  Lord  PaarTasArathy :
  
Today , we  will  commence the study of the TEN 
Paasurams of MummaNikkOvai . Originally , there were 
a total of 30 Paasurams but only 10 are available to us
today. According to Tamil Prabhandha lakshaNam ,
there should be 30 Paasurams in all in a MummaNikkOvai.
Ten of each of the thirty should be set in the Tamil poetic 
metres of ahaval , VeNN Paa and KattaLik--kalitthuRai. 
Unfortunately for us , twenty Paasurams out of the 30
have been lost over time(luptham)  . The available 10 pasurams 
are set  in the anthAdhi style .

There are two brilliant commentaries on this Prabhandham 
of Swamy  Desikan. One is by the Vaikunta Vaasi Chetlur Swamy   
of Thiruvaheendhrapuram and the other is by Vaikunta Vaasi 
SrI SrIrama DesikAcchAr Swamy of Oppiliappan Sannidhi. 
adiyEn  will follow mainly the commentary of my Oppiliappan Koil
AchAryan .

In this Prabhandham , Swamy Desikan starts hailing the glories of 
HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr first and follows it with the celebration of 
the six meanings of the SrI Sabdham . After that  , Swamy  Desikan 
shifts to the salutation of the anantha-kalyANa guNams of
Lord DevanAthan and points out that He is pervasively 
present in all His creations and He is the friend of all jeevans.
Our AchAryan states that those who seek the refuge of His 
sacred feet will achieve Saamyam ( similarity ) with Him .

Driven by his great love for the Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram ,
Swamy Desikan emulates the two AzhwArs ( NammAzhwAr
and Thirumangai) and takes on the role of a damsel in
deep love (Venkata Naayaki) with the Lord and speaks 
to her Lord directly as well as through her girl friend and
sevili thAyAr .The ten Paasurams captuirng this multimode
dialog charms our minds .

First Paasuram of MummaNikkOvai :
**************************************
Swamy  Desikan desires to perform SaraNAgathy at
the lotus feet of Lord DevanAthan and as a first step 
performs PurushakAra Prapathti to SrI HemAbhjavalli 
in the first paasuram .

Oh Lord DhaivanAyaka ! You have earned the name as
"Natha Sathyan/ adiyavarkku Meyyan " because You are
resolute and infallible in the matter of blessing Your bhakthAs.
You have blessed us with the divine sight ( Jn~AnakkaNN) 
to enjoy Your matchless beauty and gain true Jn~Anam .
The various ThiruvAbharaNams ( Jewelery ) adorning 
Your body have gained their brilliant lustre by association 
with Your broad , blue chest  ! In that expansive chest resides
HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr also , who never ever leaves that 
choice place of residence of Hers  . When You incarnate in
Your many forms , Your divine consort takes a corrsponding 
incarnation/from  and follows You .She stays as a resplendent
rathna dheepam and removes our dark cloud of ajn~Anam .
She listens to the soulful cries of the suffering samsAris ,
recommends them to You for forgiving their trespasses 
and thus destroys their karmAs. She makes those , who sought 
refuge with Her fall at Your feet and shines as the parama
dayA Moorthy ( as the embodiment of Your DayA ) . Thus 
SrI HemAbhjavalli , who never leaves Your side even for 
a fraction of a second  and enhances Your vaibhavam ,
becomes joyous over our Prapatthi and blesses us in
every way .

The multiple meanings of SrI Sabdham is brought out brilliantly
by Swamy Desikan in the following section of this Paasuram:

" vENDurai kEttu , MeeNDavai kEtpitthu ,
theeNDiya vinaikaL mANDida muyanRu ,
Tannadi sErntha Tamar Unai aNUha  , 
Ninnudan sErnthu niRkkum Ninn ThiruvE " .

She is "Thiru"  and He is " Thiruvukkum ThiruvAiya Selvan "
or " MangaLAnAm MangaLam" .

Paasuram 2 : 
*************
In this Paasuram ,  Swamy  Desikan points out that his Prabhandham 
is Parama bhOgyam ( supremely enjoyable) to Lord DhaivanAyakan . 
Swamy Desikan says that the Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram 
adorns his Prabhandham of MummaNikkOvai on His chest  
as a  cherished aabharaNam like the KOusthubha gem necklace .
The Lord elevates the Prabhandham of Swamy  Desikan to 
the most exalted status by wearing it on His chest , 
where His dear , divine consort has a preferred place of
residence . Swamy  Desikan suggests that this Prabhandham
dear to the Lord should also be most enjoyable to His 
BhAgavathAs .

Paasuram 3 ( Utterance through the ThOzhi/ girl friend) :
**********************************************************
This paasuram is set in the style of Tamil poems called "irangal" ,
where the girl friend gets distressed over the suffering
state of her Naayaki due to seperation from the Lord and 
the girl friend appeals to the Lord on behalf of the Naayaki
to banish the vislEsha janitha sOkam ( sorrow generated 
from seperation ) through the boon of SamslEsham ( Union ).

Swamy  Desikan's intense love for the Lord of Thiruvayindhai
made him feel like a lady in deep love with the Lord . Swamy Desikan
attained thus the status of a Naayaki ( Venkata Naayaki ) just as
Swamy  NammAzhwAr became ParAnkusa Naayaki and
Thirumangai became ParakAla Naayak under such circumstances i. 
Venkata Naayaki developed intense passion to enjoy the Lord and for
the Lord to enjoy her feminine beauty and charm . Such a physical 
union with the Lord was impossible . Venata Naayaki began then 
to suffer immensely from the arrows of Manmathan  and  her passion 
for the Lord grew further . Unable to bear the sorrowful state of 
the Naayaki , Thozhi speaks in this Paasuram to the Lord about 
her friends' unbearable suffering this way :

MozhivAr Mozhivana  mummuRai aahum Ayinthayil vanthu
izhivAr izhiha yenRu innamutha kadalAhi ninRa 
vizhi-vAr-aruL Meyyar melladi vENDiya melliyal mEl
pozhivAr Anangar tamm poom karumpu unthiya poo mazhayE

--- --- Paasuram 3 

(meaning): Thiruvaheendhrapuram has such divinity that all 
the words spoken by sakala jeevarAsis including  girls , parrots 
and nightingale attain the status of the essence of the Vedams . 
Here , Lord DhaivanAyakan incarnated for the benefit of all
to come and have His sevai (darsanam) . The Lord at this
dhivya dEsam invites every one to come and enjoy Him as
insatiable nectar and through His sacred glances showers
them with His auspicious grace . The Naayaki is longing 
to embrace the Lord tightly out of Her intense love for Him.
Meanwhile , Manmathan shoots his flower arrows  on 
the Naayaki and makes the Naayaki suffer even more . 
The girl friend of the Naayaki sees the suffering of her
Naayaki and feels empathetic and describes to the world
and the Lord about this sad lot of her Venkata Naayaki.    
  
Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan  KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



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