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SrI :

Dear BhakthAs of Saptha GirIsan :

In a previous posting , adiyEn focused on the philosophical
background on the Param JyOthi Tatthvam invoked in lighting
the Maa ViLakku as a PrArTanai by the ladies of the house .
Today , Iw ould like to share with you additional thoughts
on the symbolism and significance of Maa ViLakku .

There are no specific pramANams to cite from Kalpa Soothrams.
It is a form of Dheepa Poojai practised by some families devoted
to Lord VenkatEsa as the immortal lamp on top of  the seven hills  .

Govindhan as Svayam JyOthi on top of the Seven hills
**************************************************************
On this day , the Govindha Naama sankeerthanam reverberates 
on the hills of Venkatam as the sevArthees meditate on the dheepam 
and climb the hills to have the sevai of this eternal dheepam .Swamy 
Desikan salutes this aprAkrutha JyOthi on the hills as " Jayanthee
sambhavam DHAMA " full of tEjas born on SrI Jayanthee day . That 
tEjomaya dhivya MangaLa vigraham is invoked in our houses especailly
on PurattAsi SraaNam days to bless us .This is the beautiful , illuminating
radiance born in aayar kulam ( ThiruppAvai : Paasuram 5 --" Aayar kulatthil 
thOnRum aNi ViLakkai ) . This radiance is aprAkrutha Suddha satthvamaya
dhivya JyOthi ( Addhiyam sOthi Uru--Swamy NammAzhwAr). This DhAma sabdham 
has been linked to the dhivya MangaLa vigraham of the Lord by commentators.
Vaikunta Vaasi SrIman Anbil GopAlaacchAr Swamy has instructed us 
that this "DhAmam " ( incomparable radiance in the form of the radiance )
is the sacred feet of Govindhan with the auspicious marks of Dhvajam , rEkhA 
et al ( CharaNa roopa dhAmnA vallavee Jana vallabha thva  rahasya 
sankeerthanaanupadhamEva). This is "  the SvaprakAsa  JyOthirmaya 
VaasudEva Roopam " according to Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan . The sacred feet 
which roaed in BrundhAvanam and thos esame feet that landed on
Venkatam hills for the purposes of avathAram comes to our house , when 
the Maa ViLakku is lit by pious women folks on PurattAsi Saturdays.

AzhwAr's a nubhavam of this JyOthi
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The three Mudhal AzhwArs lit their own lamps in the first verses 
of  their respective ThiruvanthAdhis and had a cosmic vision of
the Lord with His Devi .  

Poygai AzhwAr , the first of the three Mudhal AzhwArs is the PaanchajanyAmsar.
This AzhwAr lit a Cosmic Lamp for the Lord with the gigantic Earth as 
the container vessel/bowl  (ahal) to hold the surrounding seas serving as 
the fuel for the lamp and lit the lamp with the hot rayed Sun as the light 
(ViLakku)
to ban the darkness of ajn~Anam:

" Vyaam TahaLiyA Vaar kadalE neyyAha 
  veyyak--kathirOn viLakkAha ---Seyya
  SudarAzhiyAnukke SootinEn sonn maalai
  idarAzhi neenguhavEyenRu "

When Poygai AzhwAr spoke with the dawning of JN~Anam 
that the Lord is the Supreme Master (Sarva Seshi) , the next of
the Mudhal AzhwArs, BhUtham used His Bhakthi as the ahal
to for the Lord and His intense desire to visualize / experience 
the Lord as the ghee/fuel for that lamp . The wick in that lamp 
was His heart that was racing in anticipation of the bliss of 
enjoying the Lord's presence :

AnbE tahaLiyA aarvamE neyyAha 
inbhuruhu sinthai idu thiriA --nanpuruhi
JN~Anacchudar viLkkERRinEn NaaraNaRkku
Jn~Anat-Tamizh purintha naann 

pEy AzhwAr with the benefit of Para Jn~Anam joined the other two
AzhwArs to have ParipoorNa SaakshAthkAram of the Lord in the light
(glow) of the lamp lit by the other two and described that anubhavam
of enjoying the Lord with His divine consort and His weapons :

"ThirukkaNDEn ponn mEni KaNDEn--Thihazhum
arukkanaNi niRamum kaNDEn --seruuliLarum
ponnAzhi kaNDEn purisankam kai kaNDEn
yennAzhi VaNNan paalinRu"

In the third Paasuram of the MoonRAm THiruvandhAthi ,
PeYAzhwAr described the Lord   as the permanent cure for
the illness of SamsAram( varu naraham theerkkum marunthu) 
and identifies Him with  residences in the Milky ocean ,
the breast region of MahA Lakshmi and his heart lotus :

"  ManatthuLLAn Maakadal  neeruLLAn--MalarAL
   tanatthuLLAn TaNN thuzhAi Maarbhan -----
   varu naraham theerkkum marunthu "

PeyAzhwAr  declares further that he  visualized the Lord's
Sacred feet and announces that he clung to them tight 
as the refuge to destroy forever the cycles of future births .

AzhwAr explains in the next Paasuram that the dhivya jyOthi
of the Lord's feet  are our means for the liberarion from the terrors
of SamsAram and they should be goal and the Supreme object
of enjoyment ( Marunthum poruLum amuthamum thAnE ).

The same Jyothi ( Kaarthikai dheepam ) was seen by Thirumangai Mannan 
at SrIrangam and Utthama Nambi explained that as the means , goal and 
the perrenial , insatiable enjoyment (aarAvamudhu) for us .

May the divine JyOthi of the PurattAsi Saturday dheepam shining on
the ahal of Maa ViLakku chase away our darkness of aj~nam and
Vipareetha Jn~Anam and offer us the comforting place in His
Parama Padham at the end of our earthly existence !

NamO SrI VenkatEsAya ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil Varadachari Sadagopan





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