Sri:
GodhAm udhArAm
sthuma: ( Let us eulogize the Generous GodhA )
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Today we will
continue the study of the importance of Mutthu (
Pearls)
and the specail role of
MUtthangi from the MukthA Paddhathi slOkams
of Sri NigamAntha MahA
Desikan .
Slokam 5 of MUkthA
Paddhathi
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There is a
golden kavacham that ANDAL has . The Mutthangi is
adorned
over that Kaanchana
(Golden) Kavacham .
Swamy Desikan's
similie is adaptable here :
" ThvAm amitha: nihithA
nava moukthikAvali: MurArE:
PadhAsrithAnAm nakha
ChandramasAm prathimachandra
paramparEva BhAthi
"
Oh Mutthangi ! On You are
enmeshed with the radiant pearls .
Your Lord RangamannAr ,
who rushed from Srirangam to marry You
is standing right
next to you .The reflections from the ten toe nails of
Your Lord seems to
have taken the form of the jyOthi of the pearls adorning
Your
Mutthangi
( ChandramasAm prathimAchandra paramparEva
bhAthi ) .
The rows of the new
pearls of the Mutthangi seems to be covered on
all four sides
by the
reflections of the Kaanthi of the Lord's nails
to give the
pearls their illustrious white radiance ( amitha: nihithaa
nava moukthikAvali: ).
Slokam 6 of Mukthaa
Paddhathi (Adapted meaning )
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Ganga river arose from
the Lord's Thiruvadi during ThrivikramAvathAram .
As it descended from
Sathya LOkam and reached the Himaalayan mountains ,
it has a sparkling white
pure color like the pearls adorning the Mutthangi .
That white color of the
sacred Ganga river originates from the white lustre of
the
toe
nails of the Lord . It is as though the white lustre of the Lord's
nails
gets spray painted on the
Ganga river The whiteness resembling the Moon beams
is acquired by GangA ,
which is the same as the matchless lustre of the pearls
found in the Mutthangi of
ANDAL ( SadhA Bhavadheeya maha: churithA
HaripadhOdhbhavayA
surapurApagayA vapushAmapi samathAm upaithi) .
The body of Ganga and the
rows of pearls achieve equanimity in their
appearances
.
SlOkam 7 of MukthA
Paddhathi ( Adapted Meaning )
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Here Swamy Desikan
continues with the analogy of the white radiance
of the pearls with the
lustre of the Lord's toe nails . Adapted to the Mutthangi
,
we can imagine that
the
beauty of the rows of pearls in this aabharaNam
is like the beauty of the
new set of stars residing in the chandra maNDalam of
the toe nails of the
Lord's lotus feet ( Vimalaa Tava Moukthika aavali:
charaNaaravindha Nakha
chandramaNDala praNaya upayAtha nava taarakaa
ruchim samudhvahathy
) . The rows of pearls ( the stars) are seen in that
chandra MaNDalam of the
toe nails of the Lord out of their love for the
Lord's
Thiruvadi .
The darkness that
envelops Bhaddha Jeevans is their ajn~Anam and
vipareetha Jn~Anam . The
chandrika ( the Moon's cool and bright light )
is the lustre from the
pearls on the Angi of our Mother Andal and Her
KaruNA KatAksham
.
SlOkam 8 of the MukthA
Paddhathi ( Extrapolated Meaning )
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Here , Swamy Desikan
continues with the analogy of the pearls
having the white lustre
similar to the sparkling waters of GangA .
Srimath Andavan is fond
of comparing these pearls to the blemishless
paasurams of Swamy
NammAzhwAr . When one enjoys the sevai of
Mutthangi with its rows
of blemishless pearls , one is reminded of
aakAsa Gangai and Swamy
NammAzhwAr's Paasurams that purify
the world with their
association ." MayUkha PaaNDaraa " , the white
lustre
( Suddha Sathva mayam )
of the pearls and the pure waters of GangA
(Sura Nadhi) are
eulogized
here .
SlOkam 9 of the Mukthaa
Paddhathi ( Extrapolated Meaning )
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Oh ANDAL adorning the
Mutthu angi ! Those who have the darsanam of
Your subhAsraya ThirumEni
clad in the Noothana aabharaNam of
Pearl kavacham ( GodhE ! yE bhajanthy Bhavatheem ) experience
growth in their Jn~Anam
about Tatthva thrayams and reach Sadhgathi
( tE
Tava moukthika dhyuthi vikalpa Gangayeiva mouLi
chandraSakalasya
chandrikAm vardhayanthi) . Swamy Desikan says
that those who
meditate
on ANDAL unceasingly
attain growth in the Jn~Anam from the chandrika
( nilavu = jyOthi ) of
the pearls . The little nilavu from the crescent Moon
on Lord SivA's head grows
to bigger dimensions .
SlOkam 10 of MukthA
Paddhathi ( Extrapolated Meaning )
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Lord Sivan and BrahmA ,
who are prone to be under the influence
of RajO and TamO guNams
have the darsanam of ANDAL adorning
the Mutthangi . What
is the effect of such a darsanam ? They are
normally karma vasyALs
and desire the high offices of Brahma Pattam
and Siva Pattam and
engage in KarmAs ( penance) & perform YaagAs
)
to attain them . When
they encounter the JyOthi of the pearls ( Paasurams
of Swamy NammAzhwAr ) ,
their RajO and TamO guNams get diminished
and their Jn~Anam about
the dhivya dampathis increases manyfold .
( Thvadheeyai: Mukthaa
mayUkhai: avatamsa chandram aapUrayishyathi ).
( To Be Continued
)
Sri RangamannAr SamEtha ANDAL
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan
Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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