Sri: Dear BhakthAs of Thiruvaheendhrapuram Achyuthan: Let us study 5 more slOkams ( 41- 45 ) today . SlOkam 41:( The description of the Lord's Thighs) *************************************************************** DhaasAnAm Sathya dhrusyathE dhAnava veerNAm dheerga nidhrA Sayanam tavOdhara-sTitha thribhuvana prasAdha stambha-sacchAyam UrU-yugam (Meaning according to D.R.Swamy): Daasa Sathya ! Your twin thighs are the final resting place for the vanquished asurA chiefs and they appear to be the sturdy pillars supporting the mansion of Thy stomach containing the three worlds . ( Comments) : Adiyavarkku MeyyavanE ! Your thighs are the death bed for the asura kings like Madhu-KaiDabhAs , HiraNyakasipu et al . They were crushed there and destroyed by You ( Tava Uru yugam dhaanava veerANAm dheerga nidhraa Sayanam ) Swamy Desikan jokingly alludes to death as dheerga nidhrA for the asurAs . Further , Your thighs are like the twin pillars for supporting Thy palatial stomach holding all the three worlds inside it ( Tava Uru yugam udhara sTutha thribhuvana prasAdhAsya sTambhacchAyam bhavathy) . SlOkam 42:(The description of the Lord's sacred feet ) *********************************************************************** Jaanu MaNi dharpaNEna cha jangaa marakatha kaLAchikayA cha dhanyA Achyutha na munjathy kaanthi Lakshmeeriva sarOjalAnchanou Tava charaNou (Comments):The key words are : " Achyutha ! Jaanu jangaa Kaanthy Lakshmi iva , SarOja-laanchanou Tava charaNou na munjathy ". Oh Lord! Your knees and ankles do not part with Your lotus-emblemed feet like MahA Lakshmi . Your knees shine like a mirror of gem . Your ankles with the lustre of green gem , Maragatham , are like the beautiful vessel for holding thAmpoolam . Your sacred feet are marked by such signs of beauty and have the lotus emblems on their soles . MahA Lakshmi presses those feet with Her lotus hands and is never seperated from them . Just like MahA Lakshmi does not leave them , the kaanthi of those feet never leave those sacred feet as well ( dhanyA kaanthii: Tava charaNou na munjathy) . SlOkam 43 ( Continuation of the Salutation to the Lord's Thiruvadi) ************************************************************************************* Sruthi seemantha prasUnam SObhathE natha Sathya Tava sarvacharaNyam kramaNa kshaNa janitha sura-nadhee praSamitha thrailOkya pAthakam Padha padhamam (Meaning according to D.R.Swami) : Daasa Sathya ! Thy lotus foot , from which the Deva GangA emerged at the moment Thou didst measure the world and thereby destroyed the sins of all the three worlds , that foot serves as the flower that bedecks the head of the VedAs and shines as the Protector of one and all . (Comments): Thrivikrama avathAram is the focus of this slOkam . The Veda Siras (Upanishads) adorn the Thiruvadi that measured the three universes as their head ornamnet ( Tava Padha Padhmam Sruthy seemantha prasoonam) . The Divine GangA river , which arose at the time of Your measuring the universes with Your steps (kramaNa kshaNa janitha Sura Nadhi ) removes all the sins of the people of these worlds thru Your sambhandham ( Sura Nadhi praSamitha thrailOkya paathakam ) . Those sacred feet of Yours shine as the Protecting object for all ( Sarva SaraNyam SObhathE ) . SlOkam 44 ( The enjoyment of the Lord by His adiyArs) *********************************************************************** ithi thribhuvanaika moolam AasvAdhayanthyanagaa amrutha-svAdhu-rasam Oshadhi Maheedhara paarsvE udhitham ThvAm Oshadheemiva dhAsarujAm (Meaning according to D.R.Swamy) : The faultless ones thus enjoy Thee , Thee who didst emerge near(an) Oushadhi hill , who art the sole root for all the three worlds , who art sweet as nectar , and who art the herb capable of curing Thy devotees of their sins . (Comments) : With the previous slOkam , the limb by limb enjoyment of the Lord's ThirumEni ended . This slOkam sums up the samudhAya (Collective) Sobhai (beauty) of the Lord's dhivya MangaLa vigraham celebrated in slOkams 29 to 43 and enjoyed in a rapturous manner by the blemishless BhAgavathas of the Lord (Anagaa:AasvAdhayanthy ) . Swamy Desikan salutes this nectar that appeared at the side of the Oushadha Giri in Thiruvaheendhrapuram ( Oushadha maheedhara pArSvE udhitham) and compares Him to the tap root for all the three worlds ( Thribhuvana yEkamoolam ) . Swamy Desikan goes on next to salute the Lord Achyuthan's s SubhASrayathvam . His divine auspicious form ( Dhivya MangaLa vigraham) has Subhathvam (MangaLam) as well as Aasrayathvam( qualities as the refuge for those seeking His protection ) . In the context of SubhAsrayathvam of the Lord's ThirumEni , D.R.Swamy quotes the following slOkam that points out the destruction of all the sins for those , who have the bhAgyam of seeing the PurushOtthaman's ThirumEni from His lotus peetam to the crown : AapeetAn MouLi paryantham pasyatha: PurushOtthamam PadhakAnyAsu naSyanthi kim punasthu upapAdhakAn Achyuthan is saluted further as the samsAric disease-curing effective herb , which also has the further trait of being delectable to enjoy like sweet tasting nectar (Amrutha svAdhu rasam ) , while serving as the curative herb for the samsAric diseases of His daasAs ( Daasa- rujAm oushadhi) . SlOkam 45 (The Lord's ThirumEni revealing His Svaroopam) ***************************************************************************** siddhAnjanamiva SyAmam Tava tanum nija vilOchanEshu kshipantha: Achyutha Lakshmee-nivAsam nithya nigUDam nidhimiva pasyanthi ThvAm ( Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ) : Achyutha ! Those who apply (take in and gaze with love and devotion ) Thy ShyAma ThirumEni to their eyes like anjanam (collyrium) prepared by the siddhAs , are able to percieve Thee , who art the residing place for Lakshmi , as an ever-hidden treasure (concelaed )when wealth is in abundance . (Comments) : In the previous slOkam , the power of the sEvai of the Lord's ThirumEni was covered . Here , Swamy Desikan compares the Lord's dark bluish-black body to the anjanam (collyrium ) used by the SiddhAs to reveal hidden things . Here the reference is to the Lord's ThirumEni revealing the Svaroopam ( inherent nature) , guNAs ( attributes) and VibhUthi ( wealth/ Lakshmi-NaarAyaNathvam ) . The above factors that one was not aware of before becomes patently visible now after the darsana soubhAgyam of the Lord's ThirumEni . The key words of this slOkam are : " SyAmam Lakshmi nivAsam Tava Tanum (pasyantha:) , nithya nigooDam ThvAm , nidhim iva pasyanthi ". When your dhivya ThirumEni is adorned by the blemishless BhAgavathAs in their eyes (SiddhAnjanamiva nija vilOchanEshu kshpantha: ) , then they see Your svaroopam , attributes and wealth clearly like a treaure in front of them . Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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