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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Continuation of BhumA Devi's glories, let us enjoy
Swamy Desikan's Bhoosthuthi.. 

>From the inimitable work of Sri Sadagopan Swami: 

In  thirty three slokas, Swami Desikan offers his
homage to Sri Bhudevi in the stotra Bhoosthuthi, as
the Dharma Patni of Yajna Varaha Murthy , who fought
with the Asura known as HiranyAksha to bring back the
stolen
Bhumi Devi from under the ocean. 

Thanks to Sri Sadagopan Swami for his wonderful post
summarizing this sthothra. 

Our Acharya points out here that She is easy to
approach by Chetanas and She is the sustenance of the
Chetanas. He states that Sriman Narayana is enriched
by His association with Bhumi Devi. The seventh Sloka
covers his thoughts on this aspect of Bhumi Devi.
Through the latter half of this verse , he proclaims:

TVATH SANGAMAATH BHAVATHI 
MAADHAVI LABDHAPOSHA :
SAAKA SATAI : ATIGATHO 
HARICHANDANOSOW 

Here Swami Says that Sriman Narayana , who is
like a Harichandana tree (a variety of Kalpa Taru ) ,
gets His nourishment by His association with 
Sri Bhumi Devi and thereby becomes empowered
to perform His duties as praised by the hundreds of
branches of the Vedas .

Swami desikan"s reverence for Bhumi Devi is revealed 
in the sixth sloka , where he recites Her many names 
to provide an unambigous describtion of Her and 
dwells on Her many glories as the dear wife of the
Lord. His choice of words are Sarvam Sahaa , Avani,
Viswambhara,Achalaa, Vipulaa, Vasumdharaa, Ananthaa,
PruthvE  et al. By the holy name of Sarvam Sahaa, he
points out that She represents Her infinite patience
with us and putting up with our many trespasses. By
the name Avani, She indicates Her functions in
protecting the  universe; by the name Achalaa, She
represents Her steady resolve in helping the
Prapannaas to receive the mercy of Her Lord ; by the
name Viswambharaa, She hints at Her duties of bearing
the Universe; by the name Vipulaa , she points out to
Her Immesaurable auspicious qualities;by the name
vasundharaa, She reveals Her enormous wealth.

To show the unique distinction of Bhuma Devi and Her
special place in the affection of Sriman Narayana ,
Swami states that Bhagavan carries Sri Devi only in
His chest , where as He carries Bhuma Devi on His
thousand heads in His role as Adisesha:

VISWAMBHAREH MADHURIPU: PRANAYAANURODHAATH
SESHAATMANAA TU BHAVATHEEM SIRASAA DHADAATHI 

In resonance with the first Rk of Bhoosooktham, 
Swami Desikan states that She enriches and nourishes 
the Earth and makes it produce all riches including
food and minerals .The First Rk of Bhoosuktham is as
follows:

BHUMIRBHOOMNAA DHYAURVARINAANTHARIKSHAM MAHITVAA 
UPASTEH TEH
DEVYADHITEHAGNIMANNADHAMANNAADHAYAAYAADATEH 

In this Taitiriya samhita mantram, the invocation in 
honor of Bhumi Devi is referred to. The meaning of
this 
Mantram is as follows: 

O Bhumi Devi! You are Immeasurable in Your dimensions;
it is not possible to asses your expanse. You shine
forth in a manner that is respected by every one. Your
qualities of compassion and forbearance elevate You to
dizzying heights;You can not be divided into finite
pieces by anyone. We offer the Agni that is capable of
consuming the Havis for You in appreciation of our
recognition of You producing the food that nourishes
us. 

Swami Desikan"s twelfth slokam of Bhusthuthi echoes
the 
sentiments of the above Bhusooktha Mantram. It begins
with the words: Bhutheshu Yath -----

Here , Swami says that those living beings , which are
the object of the mercy of Bhumi Devi get nourished
through Her blessings very well ;he also says that
among the five elements ( Pruthvi, Water, Agni , Vayu 
and ether) , only Pruthvi, the amsam of Bhu Devi 
has the five qualities such as Taste , Fragrance ,
Shape, Touch and Sound . The rest of  the four
Pancha Bhoothams have one or two of the above
attributes only.As a rsult, Bhoomi Devi is the 
embodiment of the mighty riches.

In the twenty eighth slokam of this Sthuthi, Swami
addresses Her as Kshameh and goes on to describe
Her influence with Her Lord to help chetanas approach
Him.Our Acharya says that She is like a ladder 
(Svargaapavarga Saranim ) for Svargam and Moksham. 
In yet another verse, Swami describes Her as the
possessor of blemishless quality of Mercy
(Anapaanukampaa) .She prepares therefore the fearing
Jivans to approach Her Lord .The chetanas are bent
down by the fear that their enormous sins can not be 
expiated by any amount of Praayaschittam . They are
sacred to experience the fruits of their accumulated
sins through prolonged residence in Narakam. While
they are in the grip of such terror, they pray to You
and You out of your infinite compassion take pity on
them and use Your influence with Your Lord to get the
boon of entering Srivaikuntam. 

Swami Desikan concludes the Bhusthuthi with a splendid
word picture enshrined in the Dhyana slokam.Here, he
describes Her as the Adivaraha Mahishi seated on the
immense tusk of her Lord (Bhuvaraha Murthy ) arising
out of the Pralaya waters :

PATHYUR DAKSHINA PAANI PANKAJA PUTEH
VINYASTHA PAADHAAMBHUJAA 
VAMAM PANNAGA SAARVABHOWMA SADHRUSAM
PARYNKAYANTHEE BHUJAM
POTHRA SPARSA LASAT KAPOLA PALAKAA
PULLAARAVINDHEKSHANAA
SAA MEH PUSHYATU MANGALAANYANUDHINAM
SARVAANI SARVAM SAHAA 

The above verse is set in the majestic 
Sardhoola Vikriitham meter in contrast to 
almost all of the other slokas of this Sthuthi ,
which are set in the lilting Vasantha Tilaka meter.

In the above Dhyana Slokam, Swami describes the 
beautiful vision of Bhumi Devi resting both of Her 
Lotus feet on the right palm of Sri Varaha Bhagavan 
and placing Her head on His Cheek, while being 
embraced by His left hand . Our Acharya says that 
the intimacy of Her cheek touching the cheek of Her
Lord made Her experience the sensation of
horripilation. Our Acharya prays  that Sri Bhumi Devi
in that state of auspiciousness(Romanjali) and the
enjoyment of the proximity of Her Lord"s
presence(Saamepyam )to  confer on us all  blessings
every day.

Sri Bhumi Devi Sametha Sri Bhuvaraha PerumaaL
thiruvadigaLeh Saranam.

Let us enjoy How Goddess Mahalakshmi can be Paratvam
along with Her Lord Sri MahavishNu. 

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vadhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



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