SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of SundarabAhu
PerumAL of ThirumAlirum ChOlai :
We will study the SlOkams 18-20
of SundarabAhu Sthavam today .
SlOkam 18: May the Lord of
Solaimalai choose our heart for His residence !
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pruTivyAthi ya: athmAntham
niyamayathi Ya: tatthva nikaram
tathantharyAmee tath vapu: avidhitha : tEna BhagavAn
Sa yEsha svaisvaryam na
vijahath asEsham Vanagirim
samathyAseenO nO visathu hrudhayam
Sundarabhuja:
(Meaning): May Lord
SundarabAhu , who resides at ThirumAlirum ChOlai
choose our hearts as
His abode ! ( Vanagirim SamadhyAseena:
Sundara Bhuja: na: hrudhayam visathu ! ) . He is the indweller of
the assembly of Tatthvams
from Earth( insentients) to JeevAthmA
( Ya: PruTivyAthi aathmAntham
tatthva nikaram , tath antharyAmee ) .
He has also the
sentients and the insentients as His body ( Ya: tath
vapu: ) .
Inspite of the fact that He
is both the antharyAmee and the SarIram
for this assembly of
Tatthvams , He is not comprehended by them
( tEna avidhitha: )
. He as Bhagavaan with the six GuNams ( Jn~Anam
,
Sakthi , Bhalam , Iswaryam
, Veeryam and Tejas) controls them all
(tEna avidhitha: BhagavAn
niyamathi) . During His archai as Sundara Bhujan
,
or incarnations , He never
leaves aside His six guNams and Iswaryam
( Sa:
yEsha: Svaiswaryam na vijahath).
Special Notes from U.Ve. Sri
SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy
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This slOkam is based on the section(
PrakaraNam) known as AntharyAmee BrAhmaNam
from BruhadhAraNyaka Upanishad .
This PrakaraNam is very important for our siddhAnthAm.
This prakaraNam reveals that the
Lord is pervasively present as the indweller in all
the tatthvams ranging from PruTvee
(Earth) to JeevAthmA and commands them in
their activities and yet they do not
know Him as the indweller and commander
( Example of
PruTvee: " Ya: pruTivyA anthara: Yamm PruTivee na Vedha , Yasya
PruTvee
sareeram , Ya: pruTiveemantarO
yamayathi , yEsha ta aathmA antharyAmi amrutha: ) .
Having the status of antharyAmee
inside PruTvee , AakAsam , Tamas , agni , anthariksham ,
PrANan , Vaak , Manas , Vij~nAnam ,
rEthas , Jeevan etal ( all the Tatthvams: tatthva nikaram)
,
the Lord directs them in all their
activities . The antharyAmi adhikaraNam of SrI BhAshyam
and SubhAlOpanishad expound further
on the antharyAmi Brahma tatthvam . Here , KurEsar
focuses on this important
Tatthvam ( Ya: pruTivyAthi AathmAntham tathtva
nikaram
tadhantharyAmee)
.
The Lord
of Solaimalai (archAvathAran) of this Vaibhavam is not without
His six
GuNams as
BhagavAn . He stays as PoorNa ShADguNyan even in His archA
manifestation
( svabhAvam ajahath sasvath ajOapi
sann avyayAtmaa).
KurEsar prays now for the Lord in his hrudhaya
kamalam (heart lotus) . The question may arise:
Was not He there as antharyAmee all this time ?
Why invite Him afresh with the plea: "visathu" .
KurEsar follows the anubhavam of the AzhwAr : "
ThirumAlirumchOlai Malai yenREn yenna
ThirumAl vanthu yenn nenju niRayap-puhunthAn " , "
Malai mEl taann ninRu yenn manatthuL
irunthAnai " AzhwAr says that the Lord on top of
Solia Malai is also inside His Hrudhaya Kamalam .
AzhwAr says further that he uttered the name ,
ThirumAlirumchOlai and the Lord used it
as an excuse to enter His heart . Until that time
, his heart was filled with desire and hatred
(Raaga dhvEshams) and the Lord and it was
impossible to recognize the indwelling Lord
( raagadhi-dhUshitE chitthE naspadhee
Madhusoodana: ) . Once those interfering factors
exited , the darsanam of the indweller was easy .
KurEsar prays for the Lord to enter now
to be seen clearly .
SlOkam 19: Salutations to
Sundara aayutha Bhujan
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pratyagAthmani
kadhApyasambhavadh
bhUmabhUmim abhivakthi yamm
sruthi:
Tamm VanAdhri nilayam
susundaram
SundarAyatha bujam bhajAmahE
(Meaning) : We offer our salutations
to the Lord with the beautiful arms
(Sundara Baahu) , who is beautiful(Susundaram) in every way and
resides in ThirumAlirum chOlai (VanAdhri nilayam
bhajAmahE) .
He is the
Lord , who is Bhuma GuNa Visishtan ( One who possesse
the Vaibhavam that is not possessed by the
Jeevans) .
The BhUma VidhyA of ChAndhOgya Upanishad is
referred to by KuResar
Here . The BhUma VidhyA points out that
ParamAthmA is distinctly different
from JeevAthma even in its state of Mukthi
. For instance ParamAthmA
alone( NOT JeevAthma ) can grant
Moksham ; ParamAthmA alone can be
established in His Mahimai (SvE mahimnE prathishDitha:) . Our Lord
alone can be present inside all jeevans
( SarvAthmakathvam) . That
Lord
( Para Brahman) , the BhUmA visishtan is
blessing us with His sEvai
as Lord Sundara Baahu at ThirumAlirumchOlai
.
KurEsar helped AchArya RaamAnujA write his
magnum opus , SrI BhAshyam .
He was naturally conversant with all
aspects of Sri BhAshyam . In this context ,
KurEsar composed the 17th slOkam of Sundara
Baahu Sthavam to summarize
JyOthiradhikaraNam of SrI BhAshyam . In the
16th slOkam ( gathisAmya labdha),
the reference was to Yeekshathya
adhikaraNam . The 18th slOkam referred to
AntharyAmadhikaraNam . In the 19th slOkam ,
BhUmAdhikaraNa vishaya vAkya
sOdhanam (examination of the meaning of
BhUmAdhikaraNam) becomes the focus .
Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
SrimathE SrIvaNN SaThakOpa NaarAyaNa
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