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Sri:
 
Dear Sangeetha RasikAs :
 
Visvambari is the 54th MeLa Raagam .
It  belongs to the Brahma ( 9th) chakram .
 
Srimathi VidvAmsini Padma VeerarAghavan's
Kriti is a tribute to BhUmi Devi of Oppiliappan
Sannidhi . At this Dhivya dEsam , there are no
Tani sannidhis for BhU devi and there are no
Ubhaya NaachiyArs for the Utsavar or Moolavar .The bride groom stays at the Father in Law's house as at SrIvilliputthUr .
 
Pallavi:
 
ViSvamayamE  SrI ViSvambhari
ViNNagar Naathanin Isvari nee
 
Anupallavi:
 
MacchAvatAra ManOharan
MaNNulahuyya vanta BhUmi Devi ThaaYE  
 
CharaNam :
 
PaaRkkadal AnnayE BhArgaviyE
Bhavakkadal meetkka vantha MaarkaNDan mahaLE
yaarkkum kidaikkavoNA aruL nidhiyE
paarkkum pakkamellAm pasumayAi thihazhntiduvAi
 
Meaning of the Name Visvambhari:
 
In Swamy Desikan's BhU stuti , we come
across the clue to the name Visvambhari .
Swamy Desikan says: " Visvambharasya
dayitAsi tadhEkanAmA " .
 
" (Ambha!)  Visvambharasya tadh yEka
naamA dayithA asi " is the prose order .
 
On Mother ! Thou art the dear consort of
the Lord Visvambharan ( one who holds
this world) having the same name
( VISVAMBHARI) as Your husband .
 
In yet another slOkam of BhU stuti ,
Swamy Desikan refers to BhUmi Devi
as Visvambhari and performs Prapatti
to Her stating that he has no other
refuge:
 
" Visvasya maatharam akinchana
KaamadhEnum , VISVAMBHARAM
aSaraNa: SaraNam prapadhyE "
 
(Meaning): adiyEn performs prapatthi to the Mother of the Universe who is
the boon granting KaamadhEnu to
me , who has no one as refuge .
 
In one of the famous slOkams of
BhU stuthi saluting BhU Devi , Swamy
Desikan invokes the name of Visvambahri:
 
SarvamsahEthyavanirityachalEti Maata:
VisvarambharEti vipulEti  VasundharEti
anyAni chAnyavimukhAnyabhidhAnavruttayA
naamAnyamUni kathayanti tavAnubhAvam
--6th slOkam of BhU Stuthi
 
(meaning): Oh Mother BhUmi Devi! You are saluted with many names to reveal Your mulrifaceted Vaibhavam . You are Sarvam Sahai ( One who bears with the apachArams of Your devotees) ; You are Avani ( protector of the World and its beings) ; You are Achalai ( Firm of resolve in protection of the beings of
this world) ; Visvambhari ( AdhAram for the world ) ; Vipulai( Immeasurable); VasundharA ( One possessing precious treasures) ; Each of
these names refer to one or other of Your innumerable auspicious guNams .
 
Such is the glory of Visvambhari !
 
Pallavi:
 
VisvamayamE SrI Visvambhari
ViNnagar Naathanin Iswari Nee !
 
BhUmi Devi is addressed here as
the Iswari ( Empress , Divine Consort)
of the Lord of ThiruviNNagar .
 
As Visvambhari , She manifests as 
the entire Universe ( Visvamayam) 
and supports it . Our Lord who honors
the daughter of the Milky Ocean by
giving abode to Her in His chest goes one
step further in recognition of BhUmi Devi
by carrying Her on His Siras during His
AadhiSEshAvathAram : " VisvambharE !
VaruNAlaya Raaja kanyAm VakshasthalE
SambhAvayan Madhu ripu: SEshAtmanA
bhavatheem SirasA tu dhadhAti ". 
 
Anupallavi :
 
MacchAvathAran ManOharan
MaNNuluhuyya vantha BhUmi DEvi ThAyE    
 
( Comments) : The bewitchingly beautiful
form of the Lord as MatsyAvathAran is 
invoked here instead of VarAha- avathAram,which is normally linked to BhUmi Devi. The reason for link to avathAram as a giant fish to save the world from drowning in the PraLyam waters by pulling the universe to safety with a rope tied to the horn of that unique fish ( MacchAvathAran) . He came to rescue the world ( MaNNulahu uyya VanthAn) and BhUmi DEvi was the reason for His avathAram .
 
CharaNam 
 
PaaRRkkadal AnnayE BhaargaviyE
Bhavakkadal meetkka vantha MaarkaNDan mahaLE
Yaarkkum kidaikkavoNA aruLnidhiyE
paarkkum pakkamellAm PasumayAi thihazhinthiduvAi 
 
( Comments) : Thou art the Mother , who serves the Lord at the Milky Ocean by pressing His sacred feet to remove the fatigue from the avathAram
actibities ( Paarrkkadal Annai).
 
She is the Bhaargavi or the amsam of SrI DEvi .BhArgavi is the name linked to the avathAram of Sri DEvi as the daughter of Bhrugu Maharishi.
 
She is the daughter of MaarkaNDEya Maharishi at the TuLasi Vanam of ThiruviNNagar . The sage found Her under a TuLasi bush and raised Her as
His own daughter ( MaarKaNDan MahaL). She incarnated to redeem the samsAris from the horrors of the samsAric ocean ( Bhava Kadal meetka vanthavaL) .
 
She is a rare Treasure house of Grace and Dayaa which is not easily accessible to many ( Yaarkkum kidaikka-voNNaa aruL nidhi) but is readily attainable by Her true devotees:
 
"sanchintyasE Vasumati sthirabhakti-Bhandhai:
 antar-Bahisccha BhahudhA praNidhAna dakshai:"
 
For those who display firm bhakti to You
( sthira bhakti Bhandhai: PraNidhAna
Dakshai: anta: Bhaisccha bhahudhA
sanchintyasE) You are visible thru
dhyAnam internally and externally .
 
" PaaRRkkum pakkam yellAm PasumayAi
thihazhntiduvAi " . Whichever direction
One looks , BhUmi Devi looks fertile
and full of auspicious wealth . She is
therefore saluted as the LakshaNam of
nectar that counters the poison of want
and poverty ( dhourgatya dhurvisha vinAsa sudhA nadhi) .Pasumai stands for Youth ,abundance of wealth and fertlity .
 
In this Visvambhari Raaga Kriti ,
the Vaibhavam of BhUmi Devi ,
the presiding Empress of ThiruviNNagar
is celebrated .
 
SrI BhUmi Devi SamEta Sri Oppiliappan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan    
 
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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