SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of SundarabAhu
PerumAL of ThirumAlirum ChOlai :
We will study the SlOkams 20-21
of SundarabAhu Sthavam today .
SlOkam 20
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vandEya Sundarabhujam bhujagEndhra
bhOga-
saktammahAvanagiri
praNaya praveeNam
yamm tamm vidhu: dharam
ashDaguNOpajushDam
aakAsam
oupanishadheeshu Sarasvatheeshu
This slOkam summarizes the Dahara
Vidhyai of ChAndhOgya Upanishad .
The essence of this Vidhya is : "
This body is a fit place for the residence of
Brahman and hence it is
appropriately recognized as Brahmapuram . In this
sareeram , ParamAthmA resides always
in a small place ( daharAkAsam) inside
the heart lotus (Hrudhaya Kamalam)
. He has limitless
auspicious attributes .
One has to comprehend these anantha
kalyANa guNams of the Lord and
meditate on Him " . The supreme
JyOthi of the Lord and His anantha
kalyANa guNams are not affected even
by one iota inspite of His residence
in that small
place inside the heart
lotus . Out of His great vaathsalyam for
the Jeevan ,
He resides there
and comes to the rescue of the Jeevan .
Sri BhAshyam's
AakAsAdhikaraNam focuses
on this Dahara Vidhya .
Extended Meaning of the 20th
SlOkam
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The Yogis clearly visualize the Lord
occupying a small space inside
their hrudhaya aakAsam as described
by the ChAndhOgya
Upanishad
in the Dahara vidhya section . His
sarvEswarathvam is indicated by
Him having the eight guNams ( ashta
guNa upajushtam) . These 8 guNams
start with apahatha pApmathvam
( Freedom from Sins ) and
go on to vijaraa
( devoid old age) , Vimruthyu: (
eternal) , VisOka: (
without sorrow) ,Vijigathsa:
( no need for food )
, apipAsa: ( no need
for quenching thirst) , Sathya kaamathvam
( possessing true
auspicious attributes)
and Sathya Sankalpathvam ( ability to complete
what He wishes to do at the place
and time of His wish ) .
That same Lord who is fond of
reclining on AadhisEshan (inside the DaharAkAsam )
is residing now
at ThirumAliruchOlai
hills as the leader among those , who claim this
dhivya dEsam as their place of
residence ( Tamm BhujagEndhra saktham MahA Vana giri
praNaya praveeNam Sundarabhujam
vandhEya) . May adiyEn be blessed to have
the darsana soubhAgyam of this
Azhagar ( Sundara Baahu) ! It has been pointed out that
the slOkam is about MaalalankArar ,
one of the Pancha Moorthys inside the Garbha graham ,
who is in Bhujanga Sayanam
pose(Sayanak-kOlam) .
SlOkam 21
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yath svaayattha-svaroopa-sTithi
kruthika nijEcchA niyAmya svasEshA
nandhAsEsha
prapancha : tatha iha chidhiva-achidhvapurvAchi
sabdhai:
visvai: sabdhai: pravAchyO
hatha-vrujinatayA nithyamEvAnavadhya:
Tamm vandhE
Sundaraahvam Vanagiri nilayam PuNDareekAyathAksham
This slOkam is a terse one
summarizing the siddhAntha TatthvArTams contained in
AchArya RaamAnujA's gadhyam pasage :
" SvAdheena-thrividha-chEtanAchEtana
svaroopa-sTithi-pravrutthi bhEdham "
and the contents of Sri BhAshyam's
navilakshaNathva adhikaraNam ,
VaiswAnara adhikaraNam and athra adhikaraNam .
Each of the references in this
slOkam carries the essence of VisishtAdhvaitha
VedAntham ; the
object behind these sruthi passages is recognized by KurEsar as
Sri Sundara Baahu (Brahman) standing
as the Supreme JyOthi at ThirumAlirumchOlai .
KurEsar is thrilled over
the bhAgyam of worshipping this quintessence of
VedAntham named Azhagar with
matchless lotus eyes at the dhivya dEsam of
Vanagiri ( ThirumAlirumchOlai)
.
Extended Meaning
of SlOkam 21
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The Lord at Vana Giri dhivya
dEsam has the ashta guNams referred to
in the previous slOkam . He is also
free from any hEyam and is
nithya anavadhyan ( eternally
blemishes) . He has eyes that are beautiful
and soft like the red lotus (
PuNDareeka aayathAkshan) in His dhivya
MangaLa vigraham . His sacred
name as a dhivya MangaLa vigrahan
in archA form is
Azhagar ( SundarAhvam) .
His dhivyAthma svaroopam
is the One celebrated by
the
Sruthis as
free from any dhOshams and
possesssing ashta GuNams . His
Svaroopam is such that the entire world of
chEtanams
and achEtanams are under
His control and are His vibhUthi (Iswaryam) .
Their existence and activities are
totally under His control .These are markers
(lakshaNams) for His dhivyAthma
Svaroopam as well as elaborated under the different
adhikaraNmas of Sri BhAshyam . All
the chEtanams and achEtanams ultimately
points to Him according to the rules
of aparyavasAna Vrutthi . The Sruthi vaakyams ,
" Sarvam khalvidham Brahma ,
VisvamEdham Purusha: , Purusha yEvadham Sarvam ,
JyOtheeshi VishNu: BhuvanAni VishNu:
" underline the fact all these universes and
their entities are blessed by His
auspicious glances and attain steadiness and stay
under His
sole control and as
such all of them are Him alone (Sarvam khalvidham Brahma)
.
Such a Lord consistent with all
these features in His dhivyAthma Svaroopam as well
as His dhivya MangaLa vigraham
shines as the Param JyOthi at ThirumAlirumchOlai
with the name of Azhagan (Sundaran)
.
Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
SrimathE SrIvaNN SaThakOpa NaarAyaNa
YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:
Daasan Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchari
Sadagopan
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