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The greatboon-givingVaradar ). s blessedwitheyesight. kirigir vrdhirtvar[É& . HewasagreatTamilpoet. sight fromtheboon-grantingVaradhan: 18 VaaraNa PerumAL ThoNdar, theGrand ThoNdar, VaaraNa PerumAL nkar-Vihithar, whowe andThirukkudanthaiAarAvamudhan.We s of DayA and flow of deep vAthsalyam andflowofdeepvAthsalyam s ofDayA his grandson,ThirukkacchiNampiand (SlOkam 126).ThisMahAnwhodevoted (SlOkam life. He composed 200 slOkams in praise life. Hecomposed200slOkamsinpraise am ofPeraruLALa perumALatleastonce and gothiseyesightrestored.These and ms that summarize summarize ms that 200slOkamseachonthefollowing 5 us. Thisgreatpoet (VenkatAdhvari aasi SevA Swamy arose, is also the Swamyarose,isalso aasi SevA thar was blind from birth. Through thar wasblindfrombirth.Through hasram dealing withVarahdanknown hasram dealing han, Thirumalaiappan, VaradarAjan, VaradarAjan, han, Thirumalaiappan, blind from birth. KurEsar himself blind frombirth.KurEsarhimself invited Pacchai-VaaraNa PerumAL invited Pacchai-VaaraNaPerumAL Ty smaþy< ApUivRkam! †z< AlMÉy †z< @v ApUivRkam! Ty smaþy< re knownfortheir who elsebesides Sadagopan.org and onto KurEsA’s . f
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He appeared out of appeared He was in ascendance. dha Yaagam as well as before the wives dha Yaagam as well as before the wives . That parama DayALu, who blessed . That parama DayALu, who Varadhan) has come no came. That most beautiful One came on One came on came. That most beautiful with His PuNya KOti VimAnam before all with His PuNya KOti VimAnam before all are forever worshipped by Nithyaare forever worshipped by Sooris 21 ). He was like a SvarNa Parvatham. i of Brahma on top of Hast ard and the Thirucchinna Vaadhyams were played by arrived. That generous On the priests, who officiated at the AsvamE arose out of the uttara Veth holy feet That Lord, DevarAjan, whose has certainly arrived now. Our Lord of Kaanchi, atthigiri aruLALabefore His Son, PerumAl appeared Chathurmukha Brahma on a ChithrA Sukla Paksha Chathurdasi Sunday during the morning hours, when Hastha nakshathram the HomAgni, of the asvamEdha Yaaga Vethi. He hue. golden a had He and noon at SooryAs of crores of that like was Tejas His was like a giant mountain. He appeared of BrahmA (Sarasvathi, Saavithri et al The Deva dundhubis were he sorrowful cry) of GajEndhran (GajEndhra (GajEndhra sorrowful cry) of GajEndhran the back of elephant, horse and thEr elephant, of the back BhakthAs with eye sight, has now arri sought by His dear devotees, haste in great who responded That One, That Lord standing on top of Hasthigiri That Lord standing on top season cloud pouring down the torrential Meaning: varamtharukarutha vanthAr deivap perumaaL mazhaimutthi vaNNar vanthAr pozhiyum muhil vallAr vanthAr moolamena Olamida uthitthAr vanthAr utthara vEthikkuLLe kazhaludaiyAr vanthAr thaame umbar thozhum Paasuram 17 meyviratha maanmiyam: --Swamy Desikan’s Sadagopan.org ---meyvirathamaanmiyam:Paasuram 16 vAneRa vazhitanthArvanthAr thAmE maruvalarkku mayakkuraikkummaayOrvanthAr thiruvaruLAl sezhum-kalaikaLtanthArvanthAr niRpArvanthAr thiruvurayAit thAmmporuLAi angamudan avaiyAkumariyOrvanthAr aru maRayinucchi-tanil ninRaar vanthAr pErAtha aruLpozhiyum perumAL vanthAr perumaiyudai atthigiripperumaaLvanthAr vaE[bvzitn the Upanishads has now arrived. He is the One, who is Vedaus withthe coolrainsofHispermanent Svaroopan with all its The HasthigiriLord of indescribableglor Meaning: mRvla tiRvRqal tiRv `g `RmAbyi[ `Rq Eprat epRAmy on thesacredHasthiGiri: Nithya Sooris.SwamyDesikandescribes < Aryay f k f kMd[ fK myk ftaa f f f f taa f f f Sadagopan.org mole of Srivathsam and who arose from the Agni who arose from at the time of the great at the time of the great both ears looked as though they they though as looked ears both s us the way to ascend to His Parama ascend to His Parama s us the way to cried out for his protection from the antharyAmi Brahmam in all of His of the Sun. His face was cool like the of the Sun. His face was cool an, the King of Elephants (GajEndhran) of Elephants an, the King saasthrams to nonbelievers is standing nonbelievers saasthrams to t mountain bend that made Hasthigiri as the PeraruLALan who is worshipped , He rushed with intense hurry to the with , He rushed great One, who shines as the artha the artha as One, who shines great performance of the asvamEdha Yaagam highest SaasthrAs has incarnated here. has incarnated highest SaasthrAs of indescribable soundharyam.of indescribable Atthigiri , This embodiment of karunai appeared bdha Svaroopam has indeed arrived. The indeed arrived. has bdha Svaroopam ar sought after by all the BhaagavathAs. the Supreme object sought by BrahmA object the Supreme e radiant effulgence, which banished the banished e radiant effulgence, which Maanmiyam this way: 23 broad chest. With His mysterious stomach broad chest. With His mysterious Paasuram of Mey Vratha Maanmiyam this way: th Svayam JyOthi Purushan and insentient creations creations and insentient Krutha Yugam her for attention. The divine her thrEthA Yugam verse of Mey Viratha verse th side of the pond, where His dear Bhakth before Chathurmukha Brahma at Hasthigiri. was addressing Him as Aadhimoolam and could not take their eyes off the Lord could not take their eyes AruLALan’s shining KirItam had the lustre Kundalams on chandra Mandalam. The makara with each ot were fighting on His Periya Piraatti were resplendent middle the in oasis that houses all the sentient the like was He Brahmam Para the VedAs, four the compare, by worshipped to feet sacred His with and deluge were one If all. to sevai His gave was like a grea of a scorching desert; He He was like th weight; under His immense He was darkness of nescience forever; through His grand Yaagam; He shone as creations. He stood out as the divine nect Swamy Desikan salutes Lord VaradarAjan in all the four Yugams in the 26 1. In the first Yugam of 2. In the next yugam of in front of us. The Para Brahmam, who show in front of us. for the BrahmA and all those assembled svaroopam, stands His PirAtti while as Sa compassionate has given us the One, who Mohana gives deluding who The same One, Padham has with His aavirbhAvam. the Hasthi Giri now sanctified describesSwamy Desikan the 18 KuNdam in the arrived. The now He has six angams. Sadagopan.org . Inthe fourthYugamof 4. Inthethirdyugamof 3. made fromatthiwood( forHisLord.Every40years, AarAdhanam an anthillnearthePush wanted tohaveHis sevaiasVarAhAvath and restoredhimtohisformerexaltedDeva Guru,Bruhaspathi position. name ofGajEndhra Varadhan. jaws ofthetormentingcr nithyArAdhakan, AdhisEshan. givesusHisSeva anantha Sarasand DhvAparam karaNi named after him( karaNi namedafter `t Kali ocodile. HesavedtheGa , Hereceived AarAdhanam fti mrm , LordVaradharAjan 24 f ) comesoutofHisspecial abodeunder Aran. Eventoday,AdhisEshanlivesat i andsharesthatSevaiwithHis another archaiofLord VaradarAjan anantha Saras jEndhran andacquiredthe fromAdhisEshan,who removed thecurseof ) and performs ) andperforms Sadagopan.org 25 aththivaradar in ninRa kOlam aththivaradar in ninRa Sadagopan.org 26 27 Sadagopan.org Prayer to perumdEvi-thanks SrIALRangarajan Prayer toperumdEvi-thanks 28 Sadagopan.org ” is ” is ” refers to tann ” at the beginning ” at the beginning ”. “ the beautiful first svasti hastigiri-masta-Sekhara: santanOtu ” and “ ven below to illustrate the nature of s for an uninterrupted showering of mbling down the hill side to welcome welcome mbling down the hill side to e Dhivya Mahishi of Lord VaradarAjA athis to confer their benedictions on when adiyEn recited slOkam, makes one experience the swift swift the one experience makes slOkam, ve the darsana SoubhAgyam of DevarAja ve the darsana SoubhAgyam 29 tanOtu svasti: mayi santatam svasti santanOtu ” is the other prayer seeking the Lord’s ” is the “ SLOKAM 1 SLOKAM ” is the root for “ ” is tann extended or uninterrupted. KurEsar pray auspiciousness from Lord Varadhan as he commences his eulogy. of the manthram and their meanings are gi anugrahams. “ racing to the top of Hasthigiri to ha racing to the top of Hasthigiri this melody of PerumAL. The lilting (of DayA) tu flow of the mountain brook us. him at the start of his efforts: the prayer to PerumdEvi ThAyAr. May th confer always MangaLams on adiyEn is the prayer. “ mayi santatam svasti santanOtu 3. of “ The many Rg Veda manthrams with the invocation 1. The Chandha nadai of this slOkam reminded me of the experience of joyously joyously of experience the slOkam of Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: of me reminded slOkam this of nadai 1. Chandha The 2. KurEsar invokes Damp both the Dhivya inSsma_yixkm_yxÄ y< devmaEpin;dI srSvtI. 1. srSvtI. y< devmaEpin;dI inSsma_yixkm_yxÄ svasti hastigiri-masta-Sekhara: santatam hari: | santanOtu mayi nissamAbhyadhikam abhyadhatta yamm devam oupanishadee sarasvatee || 1 my mind, The following thoughts crossed SviSt hiStigirmStzeor> sNtnaetu miy sNtt< hir>, sNtnaetu miy sNtt< SviSt hiStigirmStzeor> Sadagopan.org isnotGarudAhere,but“ Bruhaspahtiarereferences totheLo AllthenamesherelikeIndhran, SviStnStaúyaeRAiròneim> SviStn#NÔaev&Ïïva> Sv LordVaradarAjanprotectus! protector,withunblemishedweapons gu srishti-karthA ofthis cyclicuniver theOmniscient Lord,whoistheno “Maythehighly-revered, the resple vedhaManthramasitappliesto nourishing qualitiesoftheLord pains). arishtams(samsAric beovercomebyweapons(Narasim knowingand attaining).Similarly, the auspiciousness that KurEsar wasseeking: the auspiciousnessthatKurEsar 3.1 --RgI.89.6 svasti nObruhaspati:dadhAtu svasthi na:tArkshyOarishTanemi: svasti na:pooshAviSvavedA: vruddhaSravA: svasti naindrO iSt n>pU;a ivñveda>, SviSt naeb&hSpitdRxatu. trushtitum veditumyOgya PooshA . “arishtanEmi 30 The meaningunder thiscontext ofthis DevarAjan forthewhole Manthramis: se alwaysprotectus.MaytheSovereign PooshA, Taarkshyan,arishtanEmiand ndent Lordguardourwellbeing.May har) or one who cuts asunder all har) oronewhocutsasunder urisher guardourwelfare.Maythe rd Himself.For instance,Taarkshyan referstoHisStrengthgiving, ard usforourprosperity”.Maythis ” means the Lord, who can not ” meanstheLord,whocannot :” (Onewhoisworth Sadagopan.org KaaNDam of Rg Vedam of Rg Vedam KaaNDam th ). The svasti that Kuresar). The svasti that sought asvini dEvAs, Vaayu, Soman, asvini dEvAs, Lord as the indweller through a indweller through a Lord as the e ample support for the request to for the request e ample support bhaagavatha-aacharya kaimkarya Sri. bhaagavatha-aacharya for the YajamAnan. All the dEvathAs for the YajamAnan. 31 lavalEsai: svasti nO mimItAmasvinA bhaga: svasti devyaditiranavarNa: | svasti pooshA asurO dadhAtu na: svasti dyAvApruthivI sucetunA || ---Rg: 5.51.11 SviSt *avap&iwvI sucetuna. sucetuna. SviSt *avap&iwvI SviSt pU;a Asura dxatu n> SviSt pU;a SviSt deVyiditrnvR[>, 3.2.1: SviSt nae immItamiñna Ég> 3.2: which invoke Svasti (V.51. 11-15), like manthrams these mentioned in by the Aaadhithyan are empowered ( miniscule portion of His sakthi boon-giving Varadan to confer svasti. the are the svasti-vachana Here Veda Manthrams: There is a string of Veda Manthrams in the 5 the in Manthrams Veda of string a is There veda manthrams provid following The Vaishnava Sri of bhagavath- was Sri Sadagopan.org “ “MotherInfinity” andtheword,“ One. secondpaadham ofthismanthram most vitalheavenand earth vouchsa light andthedispenserofdarkness, contributetoourprosperity!Mayth “Maythepairof Meaning: asura: and pooshA anarvaNa: refers not to demons, but to life-giving clouds of KaruNA. refers nottodemons, buttolife-givingcloudsofKaruNA. Twin divines-thanksSrINarasimhansampathkumar ” herestandsfor . Theword“ Twin-Divines Pushtikaran aditi , thegraciousLordanddivineeternity, ” hasbeentranslatedbyDayaanandhaas 32 anarvaNa: arerevelatory.Thesewords are fe happinesstous!”Thewordsinthe Gvro teght ec Him). (Giver ofStrengthtoreach e irresistibleSun,thescattererof bestow upon us prosperity! Maythe bestow uponusprosperity! ” as the unyoked, irresistible unyoked,irresistible ” asthe aditi Sadagopan.org Aaditya maNDala to the luminary body like divine powers. May the radiant rays ALL 33 es bring us health and happiness!” es bring us ” in the fourth paadham refers ). Aaditya somam svastaye vaayumupa bravAmahai | svasti bhuvanasya yaspati: bruhaspatim sarvagaNam svastaye na: || svastaya AadityAsO bhavantu ---Rg: 5.51.12 SvSty AaidTyasae ÉvNtu n>. b&hSpit< svRg[< SvStyeb&hSpit< svRg[< SviSt ÉuvnSy ySpit>, SvStye vayumup ävamhE saem< saem< ävamhE vayumup SvStye 3.2.2 of all the Suns and the luminari The word, “ “We glorify the Lord of Vitality for prosperity and the Lord of Bliss for prosperity, who is the protector of the world. We praise the Supreme Lord (DevAthi Raajan), associated with Meaning: madhyastam ( resides and presides the Lord center Sun at whose Sadagopan.org VaradarAjan istheboon-g VaradarAjan MaythefearofLordterror ourprosperity!Maythedivinewise sages protect usforourprosperity! divinefire,thebenefactor ofallmen, “Mayallthe divinepowersbewith Meaning: SviStnaeéÔpaTvh ---Rg: 5.51.13 svasti nOrudrapaatvahamsa: svastaye devA avantvrbhava: VaisvAnarO Vasuragni:svastaye visve devAnOadyAsvastaye inthethirdpaadhamrefersto iver ofAchAryansfor us. 34 keep usfromcrimesandcalamity. ustoday forourprosperity!Maythe and giver of dwellings, be with us for and giverofdwellings,bewithusfor Men of wisdom (AchArya:). Lord Men ofwisdom(AchArya:). Sadagopan.org is connected with salutations to is connected with salutations us and May the spirit of indivisible us and May the spirit of indivisible us prosperity! May the guiding spirit us prosperity! May the guiding ches, grant us May the prosperity! Asyam about Paripoornathvam of the 35 svasti panthAmanu carema svasti mitrAvarunA svasti svasti pathyE revati | svasti na indraScAgniSca || --- Rg: 5.51.14 svasti nO aditE krudhi SviSt imÇavé[a SviSt pWye revit, SviSt SviSt imÇavé[a 3.2.5: gmemih. janta s< pundRdta¹ta SviSt pNwamnu crem sUyaRcNÔmsaivv, SviSt pNwamnu 3.2.4: nae Aidte k«ix. SviSt n #NÔíai¶í SviSt of firmament and the Goddess of ri adorable and resplendent Lord prosper fullness bestow prosperity upon us! Goddess of Riches to the The reference to refers fullness Indivisible ThAyAr here). MahA Lakshmi (PerumdEvi Lord. IsAv Sarasvathee from Oupanishdhee and bliss grant May the Lord of Light Meaning: Meaning: Sadagopan.org Xth Canto (RgX.7.1, RgX.63.15 andX.63.16): advocatedbythismanthram. The finalthree SvasthiManthrams come significance. ThisnobleKurEsarseems RaajAcommitted asahyApachAram,this Hasthigirifollowingthe commandofAchAryaRaamAnujAaftertheChOLa Inthecontext ofKurEsarstanding eachother,andinthemu moveinfullcooperationmutualgi Mayweever pursueourpathof pros Meaning: scemih tvdSm àketE%Ré:ya[ %éiÉdRev z --- Rg:5.51.15 jaanatA samgamemahi|| punar-dadatAghnatA | sooryAcandramasAviva tual rightunderstanding! 36 ttevr n fR ea n the h t at theveryendofRgVedamin ve and take, without causinginjuryto ve andtake,without perity liketheSu before theboon-givingVaradhanat to be guided by the code of conduct Vedhamanthramhastremendous n andMoon;Maywe Sadagopan.org of 2nd of 2nd viSvAyu: m beneficial acts . VibhUthi are sought here from the VibhUthi are sought here from the on us prosperity and abundant food in Vedhic parlance, y be able to perfor 37 annam response to our profuse praises”. Adorable Lord with abundant spiritual food synonymous is Aayu: Meaning: “Oh Adorable Lord! May You bestow up from Heaven and Earth so that we ma efficiently! Oh Divine! Oh Wonder-worker! Protect us with Your far far Your with us Protect Wonder-worker! Oh Divine! Oh efficiently! reaching indications of favour in Lord. from the LeelA and nithya The blessings Since Paadam stands for Sadagopan.org VedhamandUpanishads havethewell being forthe acquisition SrImAn)!We mother’swomb(Garbha Maywehavewell-being, surroundings! well-beingonourwaterways (billowing th andwellbeingonourpathsacross OhVital principles(Men ofSpiritua Meaning: sa naeAmasaeAr[e inpa SviSt#Rd! ixàpwe ïeóa 3.2.8: SviSt n>puÇk¯we;u yaein;u SviSt raye métae dxatn. SviSt n>pWyasuxNvsuSv 3.2.7: svasthir id dhiprapatheSreshTaasvasthir id ---Rg. X.63.15 marutOdadhatana|| svasti rAyE putrakrutheshuyOnishu svasti na: vrujanesvarvati| svasti apsu svasti napathyAsudhanvasu reK[SvTyiÉ yavammeit, tu SvavezaÉvtudevgaepa. as well as Saasthrams)! as wellSaasthrams)! iSt APsuv&jneSvvRit, 38 lity/AchAryAs)! Maywehavesecurity pray fortheirsafedelivery.Maywe samsaric oceans),evenin thehostile e (samsAric)deserts!Maywehave when ourchildren developin the ofriches(SriSookthisbasedon Sadagopan.org y). Abounding with wealth, May we y). Abounding with wealth, us well-being on (traveling across) our (traveling well-being on us son, ParAsara Bhattar. This slOkam us word of Svasthi ripe with Vedha Vedha with ripe Svasthi of word us el; blessed and protected by nature’s el; blessed and protected by va satakam of Bhattar’s SrirangarAja r life (PurushArtham)! May we haver life (PurushArtham)! May ode, and a security in forests too! ode, and a security in forests a Loka SaraNyan and his AchArya 39 are the two kinds of fortunes or forms of are the two kinds of fortunes : lp of a SadAchAryan. adhrushtam ANIYAN and T S ’ rEkNasvatyabhi yA vAmamEti yA rEkNasvatyabhi | ni pAtu amA sO araNe saa nO devagOpA svAveSaa bhavatu ---Rg. X.63.16 SAR dhrushtam E UR Stavam: yÊ´yôyIk{Qe yaiNt m¼l sUÇtam!. appears as the first slOkam of the poor slOkam of the appears as the first ïIvTsicûimïe_yae nm %i´mxImhe, K KurEsar’s Taniyan was composed by his Meaning: Meaning: one’s good wishes secure “May every excellent paths (adhyAthmic journe of ou attain the goal proceed to on the path that we trav protection bounties, May we have a pleasant ab Svasti. The most important among the two is adhrushtam (prapathe prkrushtAya maargAya) or Prapatthi or Aathma SamarpaNam the Lord’s at Sarv the KurEsar standing before with the he Thiruvadi most auspicioSaarvabhouman invoked the Sri Varadha Raaja Sthavam. of his illustrious Sambhandham as the first word Sadagopan.org SoubhAgyavathi, who istheembodiment ofRg, YajurandSaamavEdhams. Vedha manthrams. His Sri Sookthis Misrar(KooraNaathan), justaswedoVedhAdhyananambyreciting SrivathsAnga We repeatedlyperform oursalutations to Meaning: yaduktaya: trayeekaNThey SrIvatsa-cihna-miSrebhyO nama-uktimadhImahe | Srirangam kuraththazhwan-thanksSrI MNSrinivasan aanti mangaLa-sootratAm || aanti mangaLa-sootratAm 40 that MahAn with the ThirunAmam of thatMahAnwiththeThirunAmamof are like ThirumAngalyam forthe Sadagopan.org ). Swamy Sruthi (vEdhams Sruthi 1 at for the bride of at for the KAM Angalyam. He observes further that that further observes Angalyam. He or by the Upanishads shower me with Sruthi will be a widow without the ninea widow Sruthi will be O y that Lord, who has been described as y that Lord, who has been described g as the sacred thread aroundg as the m prAcheenAm naya paddhatim prAcheenAm even a grander commentary in Sanskrit even a grander lastic commentary of Sri SVC in Tamil. ookthis (panchaookthis are Stavams) like the L 41 : S no access to them at this time. an standing on top of Hasthigiri as its AabhraNam TAVAM S JA A Sruti-vadhU vaidhavya-khEdha ARADHAR V RI Meaning: "May the Lord PraNathArthihar confer on me all auspiciousness always! Ma out equal or superi the Supreme One with mangaLams always!" closely the scho adiyEn will be following adiyEn understands that he has written for the Pancha Stavams. adiyEn has inSsma_yixkm_yxÄ y< devmaEpin;dI srSvtI. 1. y< devmaEpin;dI inSsma_yixkm_yxÄ svasti hastigiri-masta-Sekhara: | santanOtu mayi santatam hari: nissamAbhyadhikam abhyadhatta yamm devam sarasvatee || oupanishadee SviSt hiStigirmStzeor> sNtnaetu miy sNtt< hir>, SviSt hiStigirmStzeor> S and their Upanishads), KurEsar’s Sri S KurEsar’s Upanishads), and their abhAraNam of Thirum auspicious Mangala th has commented Swamy SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy Desikan’s Sankalpa SooryOdhaya slOkam (2.46) houses similar thoughts slOkam (2.46) houses similar Sankalpa SooryOdhaya Swamy Desikan’s thoughts to the bride (VadhU) ofwith respect AchArya RaamAnujA the Sruthis and Sookthis ( AchArya RaamAnuja Sookthis servin Desikan points out here that the bride of out here that the bride of Desikan points neck. Her (Vedha MaathA’s) (ThirumAngalyam) Sadagopan.org Varadha: SarvabhUthAnAm adhyApiparidhrusyathE VegavathuttharE theerEpuNyakODyAm HARI:svayam Lord VaradarAjanisal anishtams(dhurbhAgyams)of (steals) the Lord VaradharAjan.Theisaddresse This slOkam is considered as a salutati SVC’sCommentary Sri will follow aftercoverageofSVC’s wherever appropriate.These will be identi adiyEn’s additionalthough so addressed as Hari: so addressedasHari: ts on individual words an ts onindividualwords Hastigiri's AbharaNam bhAshyam on individual slOkams. slOkams. bhAshyam onindividual on tobothSriPerumdEviThAyaarandHer 42 d asHariortheOne,whotakesaway fied asthoughtsfromadiyEn(VS)and all. InanotherAchAryan’sSriSookthi, d passageswillbeadded, Sadagopan.org boons to every one boons to every ” and has no equals or or ” and has no equals ”. No one equals Him or hwAr points out this tatthvam at two hwAr points out grants the desired thi, Hari NaarAyananthi, Hari appeared with has today by allthe Hasthigiri. on top of 43 nissama-abhyadhikan samAbhyaahdika daridran nissama adhyadhikan- thanks SrI Stakopa tatachar nissama adhyadhikan- thanks His PuNyakODi VimAnam. That who Lord, is seen even known as Varadhan and hence out that Varadhan is “ Kuresar points Meaning: river Vegava the bank of northern On the superiors. He is known as “ superiors. He vaibhavam. Swamy NammAz exceeds Him in places in his Prabhandhams: Sadagopan.org SviSt nStaúyaeRAiròneim> SviSt n#NÔaev&Ïïva> Sv “ Lord Varadhan is addressedVaakyam: “ at the abhyadhattha nissama-abhyadhikam very beginning hasnoequalsorsuperiors:“ Varadhan) of this stavamThe Upanishadsstateinunison that as “ as: “ Swamy Desikanhassuccinctlystatedthis maayA!” ilayAya “oppAr-mikkAr “tann oppAr-illappan”aboutThiruviNNagarappan, SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamyreferstoone wi RgVedaManthramsstart Atleast five name. HenceKuresarsalutesthedhivyada consort, referstotheLord’s Svasti also Raajan. Noneoftheothershave Su: +asti aruLALar thAmyeninumtamakkovvArE --RgI.89.6 svasti nObruhaspati:dadhAtu svasthi na:tArkshyOarishTanemi: svasti na:pooshAviSvavedA: vruddhaSravA: svasti naindrO tamm tu Oupanishadham purushampruccAmi tamm tuOupanishadham ”. ThatHisvaibhavam(irukkumiru iSt n>pU;a ivñveda>, SviSt naeb&hSpitdRxatu. anyclaim tothistitleas ”. ThisdeclarationisbasedontheSruthi 44 Lord DevarAjaPerumAL(PeraruLALan/ yamm devam Oupanishadhee Sarasvathee OupanishadheeSarasvathee yamm devam PerumdEvi orMahADe PerumdEvi of the five Rks in his vyAkyAnam: of thefiveRksinhisvyAkyAnam: ” mpathis ofHasthigiritogether here. matchlesstatthvamofLordVaradhan . th the auspicious word of Svasthi. th theauspiciouswordof ppu) iswellestablishedasDeva ”. ThEpperumAL vi. It is also Her . svasti ” or Sadagopan.org hastham stands for stands malai kuniya ” , which made the masta . and His hill is known as and His hill is referred to GajEndhra: kasccit aagatya ” means abhAranam. Lord ” means abhAranam. dhingnAgai: architha: tasmin dhingnAgai: architha: tasmin Hastigiri Hastee Hastee s the Lord of Hasthigiri with a very s the Lord of rlier this and other four Svasti and other rlier this Sekhara: ). with lotuses and He came later to its with lotuses and He came later the mighty mountain of the Hasti Giri. SrivathsAngAcchAr Giri. SrivathsAngAcchAr of the Hasti hill, when Hasta nakshathram was in nakshathram when Hasta hill, these names refer to Him only and seek and Him only to refer names these 45 was once worshipped by the dhig-Gajams was once worshipped by s boon granting abhaya PradhAna ding) bend under His weight (“ ding) bend under His weight ard the directions): “ ); hence this mountain was named Hastigiri after the ); hence this mountain was named ”. The name Hastigiri originated from this incident. ”. The name Hastigiri d with the authority of PurANams, KurEsar prays in of PurANams, KurEsar prays d with the authority Lord is addressed as ” - Hasti Giri means Elephant Hill; “ ” - Hasti Giri hasti-yUthAvrutO yathA . ”). That is why this mountain is called . Hasti Giri (elephants/hasthi that gu (elephants/hasthi purA VishNu: SanAthana: around that hill ( rescue, when its leg was tightly held by a crocodile ( poojayan purushOttamam king of Hasthis, GajEndhran. as He is known gesture, and it is for this hand ascendance; hence, the as Hastigiri mountain (on which He was stan ninRa malai hastigiri-masta Sekhara: hastigiri-masta His aasirvAdham. covered ea adiyEn has KurEsar addresse Rg Vedham. manthrams of meaningful ThirunAnaamam: “ masthakam or peak. “ or crest or head VaradarAjan stands as the crest jewel interpretations for this ThirunAmaam: Swamy gives six 1. of the Hastigiri The Lord on top because it was surrounded2. Hastigiri got that name elephants by roaming 3. Gajendhran worshipped the Lord here top of this 4. The lord incarnated on all points out that manthram This veda 5. Hi Lord VaradarAjan is known for 6. salutesSwamy Desikan His might as With Vedhic references an Sadagopan.org slOkam. adiyEnwillcoverthatfirstandad Sriman SrivathsAngAcchArSwamy hasblesse immense mantrasiddhi. also reveredastheone containing SriDevarAjamanthram; hence ithas essence of thedhvayaManthra The second slOkam is recognized by th this slOkamtoSrimanHariNaarAyaNanstandingontopofHasthigiri. m, sacredtoourtradition. e commentators as the one containing the e commentatorsastheonecontaining the 46 d thenadditionalrelatedinformation. d us with a rich This secondslOkamis commentary on this onthis commentary Sadagopan.org (Divine SrI-nidhim, thAs, who seek Him thAs, who seek Him divya mithunam ) is placed at the very ” with the most auspicious sabdhams next. The Sarva whose shores could not be nidhim dayA ess all of His Bhak mans, devAs and and all chethnams ” three times in this slOkam ( 47 rva MangaLa SvarUpiNi, PerumdEvi ThAyAr nidhim mangaLAnAM mangaLam s. He is like a limitless mine of auspiciousness. He s. He is like a limitless mine ) and qualifies “ SLOKAM 2 SLOKAM (Limitless) and DayA, who always thinks of the well being of His of His the well being DayA, who always thinks of invoke reverence for this for invoke reverence apAram (an Ocean of wealth/aisvaryam, devrajmixrajmaïye. 2. devrajmixrajmaïye. apAra nidhi ” sabdham first, SrI nidhim-apAram and dayA-nidhim “ MangaLathvam of Sri sabdham ( to of this slOkam beginning Couple). He is adiyEn’s preliminary observations Here, KurEsar invokes the word “ achethanams). He has taken the vow to bl achethanams). with the boons of PurushArtham for the Sa is also the wealth principle Herself. adiyEn seeks refuge at the lotus feet of the Lord of all dEvAs, who is the the is who dEvAs, all of Lord the of feet lotus the at refuge seeks adiyEn possessor of the wealth of Meaning: trees, hu creations (animals, birds, svRÉUtsuùd< dyainix< dyainix< svRÉUtsuùd< apAram arthinAmSrInidhim nidhim dIkshitamarthitArtha paridAna | sarva-bhUta-suhrdam dayAnidhim || devarAjam adhirAjam aaSraye ïIinix< inixmparmiwRna< AiwRtawRpirdandIi]tm!, AiwRtawRpirdandIi]tm!, ïIinix< inixmparmiwRna< Sadagopan.org seek Him?Hehasalreadyansweredthis DevarAja perumALhereas“ seek Mealone forrefuge. Iwill release The largermessageisthecharama slOkam The prayerinthissecond www.sundarasimham.org) Desikan laterattheThiruvEnkatamhills equally importantDayADevi,whobecame and PaadhukADevis.Heretheemphasis His wealthboththeDevis:SriandDayA. He is also the knowledge (Jn~Ani)”. the distressed,seekersafterknowle “Four typesofmen(and women)ofgood aarthO jig~nAsu: arthArthIjn~Anicabharatarshabha || caturvidhA bhajanthe maamjanaa:sukrutinOrjuna| AataeR ij}asurwaRwIR}anIcÉrt;RÉ. ctuivRxa ÉjNte ma< jna> suk«itnae=juRn, message “ least, MokshaSiddhi.TheMoolavaratHa Bhakthi for Him,BhAgavathaSevABhAgya fromHimsuchasJn~Ana aisvaryams inexhaustible wealthforthebenefitof pleasure? IsHeamiser,whohoards isthis discerned). Onecanask:ForWhom maa suca: DayA nidhi. ” (Donotgrieve). ” SlOkam hereiseightfold: He hasthewealthofDivine arthinAm apAranidhim 48 questioninBhagavathGithai(7.16): m, VairAgyam, AchArya Bhakthi, achala Bhakthi,achala AchArya m, VairAgyam, deedsworshipMe,Oh those, whoapproachHimandseekthose stigiri wearsinoneof Hishasthams,the dge, thewealth-seekers andthemenof . (DayaSatakam-Ebook#16,http:// He has also three more: BhUmi, neeLA Hehasalsothreemore:BhUmi,neeLA is ontheAadhiDevi,SriDeviand You from all the sins”. KurEsar salutes You fromallthesins”.KurEsar apAra nidhi intended? Is it just forHis apAra nidhiintended?Isitjust : “Completelyrelinquishing alldharmAs, His apAranidhi?No!Heusesthis m, Kaimkarya Sri andlastbutnotthe Sri m, Kaimkarya theobject ofad ” .Whoare thesearthis,that DayAorKaruNA.Hehasas ArjunA;theseare oration of Swamy oration ofSwamy Sadagopan.org ” ” (Periya ” (Periya maa nidhi or is SrInidhi dEvarAjan ) Swamy cites another lvA! dhaivatthuku arasE! ozhi: 6-7-11) in this context. Swamy r PerumAl, “vaittha maa nidhiyAm passage in mind, when he salutes s it. Thirumangai AzhwAr’s complete s it. Thirumangai jan in mind, the ThirunAmam after jan in mind, the ThirunAmam thiruvukkum thiruvAhiya SelvA “ 49 azhundhUr Aaamuriviappan in the above DevapperumAL or ThepperumAL. KurEsar tthukku arasu”, the emperor of DevAs of DevAs tthukku arasu”, the emperor ”. illiant insights given by ese eight fold salutations: ese eight - SrivatsAngAcchAr (SVS SrivatsAngAcchAr - thiruvukkum thiruvAhiya Se “ : He is the treasure for Sri Devi Herself as saluted by treasure : He is the SrInidhim DevarAjam adhirAjam aaSraye devarAjam aaSraye Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr (ThiruvAim NammAzhwAr’s reference to ThirukkOLU nidhim”. apAram for “apAram madhusUdhananai” has the echo has this Thirumangai AzhwAr’s paaasuram Dhaivam stands for DevAs. “Dhaiva Kanchi (DevarAjan ) is none other than VaradarAjan as “ arthinAm apAram nidhim aaSraye 1. SrInidhim 2. aaSraye devarAjam SrInidhim 3. arthinAm apAram nidhim aaSraye 4. arthitArtha aaSraye paridAna dIkshitam aaSraye suhrtam 5. sarvabhUta 6. dayA nidhim aaSraye 7. 8. br Now, we will summarize the SelvA” reveal “thiruvukkum thiruvAhiya Thirumangai Azhwar in his Paasuram: Thirumangai Azhwar in his SrivatsAngAcchAr Swamy to th SrInidhim aaSraye Thirumozhi : 7-7-1). saluting Ther is Thirumangai AzhwAr has Lord VaradarA paasuram, but he mangaLAsAsanam is: Sadagopan.org `Rqazi `m vm he addressesthepoets: naamam Swamy Desikanreferstoallthese PeraruLALan Thirumozhi: 9.5.10:“ kaNDakkAl PerumAL aaSraye dayAnidhim “suhrudam sarvabhUtanAmJn~AtvAmAmsaantimrucciati”. “sarvasya SaraNamsuhrudh”, expansion oftheSvEtaasva sarvabhUta suhrdamaaSraye the manyboonsrequestedof Phala-pradhan. Hehasvowed mighty emperor;JanakaMahArAjangained kingdom; KuberanbecametheLordofwe and thedumbonespeak. WithLordVara profoundgrace that LordVaradarAjan’s grants allthattheyseekof dhIkshitam paridhAna arthita artha Heis“apAranidhi”. (arthinAm), immeasurable/limitless nidhi.Forthos '[ kR^]k EprRqaqer[ f mi[ f p ” f kd^l, 'v f Bm ! `Rqaqp f , viyp fv] : The Tamil equivalent for DayAnidhi is DayAnidhi for equivalent Tamil The : f Bm thirumAmaLaip PeRRumyenn f ]m fpaviRT\Tm f enw f , tiRmk^qp tAra Upanishad passage: Upanishad tAra Him.AsALavanthArpointe f EpCv Him.HeisthusthearthapradhAnadhIkshitan. f epRmaeq[ : KurEsarhasinmindthe and hastakentheDhIkshai( f cm I a f Ekayil f :et[ - For those who seek His anugraham, He -ForthosewhoseekHisanugraham,He fpF kArp f epb 50 alth; King KaarthaveeryArjunan becamea alth; KingKaarthaveeryArjunan makes adeafonehear e, who approach Lord VaradarAjan e, whoapproachLordVaradarAjan dhan’s grace, Devendhranregainedhisdhan’s grace, f [pag f Bm f eka] s inhisHasthigiriMahAthmyam,when f Bm MokshaSiddhi.HeisthusSakala f - f – thisDayAnidhiinhisPeria < r] fEk. fd f d d outinhis famousslOkam GitA SlOkambased onan nenjaham kOilkoNDa aAruLAzhi ammAnaik ammAnaik aAruLAzhi DhIkshithan , thelameonerun “ PeraruLALap PeraruLALap ) togrant Sadagopan.org imayOr imayOr e, who received the havis e, who received ived the havis instead of hwAr's mangaLAsAsanams: Prathama satakE Veekshya Prathama satakE Veekshya to SVS Swamy refers to the am. As sarvaBhOkthA, Yaj~na dhan in the First centum of his centum of his dhan in the First Desikan that view in later endorsed ” (TVM: 1.1.1) and “ ” (TVM: 1.1.1) and 51 roopam and directly rece a Yaj~nam. He was the On sadmavAn padhmayOne: - KurEsar has Swamy Nammaz - adhirAja Sabdham according - adhirAja Sabdham according in the BrahmA’s asvamEdha Yaag ” (Swamy NammazhwAr Vara visualized adhirAjan ” (Thiruviruttham: paasuram 1). Swamy ayarvaRum amararkaL adhipathi turg svn ve*a< Zyam¦ae hVyvah>, turg svn ve*a< Zyam¦ae dvirada Sikhari seemnA in BrahmA’s Yaj~nam on top of Hastigiri. in BrahmA’s Yaj~nam on top iÖrd izoir sIça sÒvan! pÒyaene> turaga savana vedyAm SyAmaLO havyavAha: | - - Sri VaradarAja PancAsat, Slokam 1 He was “ talaivA he pointed out: “ UpakAra Sangraham, where Varadam ThiruvAimozhi). adhirAjam aasraye PradhAna (chief) devathai of He appeared in His shyAmala Ithenna paankE?”. paankE?”. yenRum, perumAL pulaveer! aruLALap vammin! peRRum- thirumAmahaLaip ammAn yenRum, aruLAzhi viyappa viruthUthumpadi yenRum, peraruLALan Ithenna pesuveer? - karunaikkadalai, yevvaNNam karai puranda koil koNDa yen nenjakam devarAjam aaSraye Sadagopan.org VaradarAjan andHisVaibhavam. VaradarAjan Thus thisDevarAjamanthraSlOkamcontai through Agni,whoseantharyAmiHeis. 52 ns awealthofinformationaboutLord Sadagopan.org ityam vibhu, namaamsacakshu: vibhu, ityam s this padha anvaya kramam (prose s this padha anvaya kramam d or experienced by physical senses d or experienced by and lips of KurEsar in front of Lord and lips of KurEsar in front 53 SLOKAM 3 SLOKAM m dhiya: api sudUrakam, (nityam prAdurasti): VedAs point out that the Supreme “na cakshushA-gruhayatE naapi vaacA , yat tat adhrEsayam, “na cakshushA-gruhayatE naapi vaacA , yat tat adhrEsayam, srOtram ...n agrAhyam.. acakshushu: abhiveekshatE tamm”. (maamsa Chakshus et al): Brahman can not be seen, grasped, hear indriya-patha-atikam 1. Meaning APynuïvizrSsu Ê¢Rh< àaÊriSt kirzElmStke. 3. kirzElmStke. àaÊriSt Ê¢Rh< APynuïvizrSsu mahO nityam indriyapathAatikam yOginAmapi sudUragam | dhiya: api anuSravSirassu durgraham || prAdurasti kariSaila mastake originating from the mind slOkam The third inTyimiNÔypwaitg< mhae yaeignamip suËrg< ixy>, ixy>, suËrg< mhae yaeignamip inTyimiNÔypwaitg< RaamAnujA ha Hasthi GirIsan and AchArya order form): indriya-patha-atikam, yOginA maha: kariSaila mastake anuSrava Sirassu api durgraham, nityam prAdurasti Sadagopan.org 5. 4. 3. 2. of Anantha Saras. Thusby Adhi He Seshan is present as the Supreme in effulgence alltrEthA, Heblessed Deva Guru,Brahaspa the on four top of Hasthi Yugams Giri on for the banks blessingGajEndhran inthenextyugamoftrEt His response totheasvamEdhaYaagam Desikan pointsoutthatLordVaradarA KshEthram, wherethe LordappearedoutofHisownsankalpam.Swamy is eternally. Kaanchipuram’sHasthigiri manifested theSupreme effulgence out - mastakenityamprAdurasti maha: kariSaila effulgence appearedontopofHa bhAntumanubhAti nityamtasyabhAsAsarvamidamvibhAti bhaantikutOyamagni:,tamEva vidhyutO nEmA bhAti, nacandra-tArakam their radiancefrom aminisculeportionofthatParamSudar( bedimmed aswell ofthestars,Agni appeared, theregular Sunpaledintoin the thousand crores of Suns duringth ( mastake maha: kariSaila Supreme effulgenceon part (anusravaSiras).EventhoseUpanis learnt throughhearingisanusravamor durgraham anuSrava Sirassuapi faculty. Itisfar,faraway( effulgence ontopoftheHasthigiri yOgis likeParAsarar,theauthorofVi abhiveekshaNAya practice of Yogam( according totheUpanishads yoginAm dhiya:apisudUrakam PahalOn pahalViLakkahaParamSudarthOnRiyathE ). yOgam with the discipline of yama-niyamA et al is done by SvAdhayAyascchakshurutha yEkamasya yOgO dvidIyam SvAdhayAyascchakshurutha yEkamasya yOgOdvidIyam top oftheHasthigiri. : Thatsupremeeffulgence islikecroresofSuns sudhUrakam . One is by Veda-adhyayanam and the other is by andtheotherisby . OneisbyVeda-adhyayanam - There are only two ways to see the Lord areonlytwowaystoseethe -There -Thatwhichistaught byanAchAryanand sthigiri and stays thereforever. sthigiri andstays 54 shNu PurANam. Even for them, the great Evenforthem,thegreat shNu PurANam. hA. In the dvApara Yugam thatfollowedhA. InthedvAparaYugam performed byBrahmA;Heprotected performed the center of that Svayam-Vyaktha centerof thatSvayam-Vyaktha the e day.When thatSupreme effulgence ) fromtheirken. is unreachable throughtheirmental Sruthi.Their headistheUpanishad hads cannotfullyfathom thatgreat and Lightning.Allofthelatterhave jan appearedinthefirstyugam thi. InKaliYugam,He isworshipped significance, Chandran’sjyOthiwas of its own sankalpam to stay there of itsownsankalpamtostay On topoftheElephant On hill ). Itwasliketherisingof ). That mighty ). Thatmighty na tatraSuryO Sadagopan.org 55 Supreme Effulgence BhakthAs in His self-manifested form. form. in His self-manifested BhakthAs Sadagopan.org pavithrANam pavithram-thanks sri statkopa tatachar pavithrANam pavithram-thanks sristatkopatatachar 56 Sadagopan.org ) poornam idam ) and the most auspicious of mangaLAnAm ca mangaLa Varadhan is saluted here. That most sacred ofis saluted here. That most m for the Vedams. The Elephant hill ed by KurEsar in this slOkam. MrushTa MrushTa ed by KurEsar in this slOkam. is like a mighty tree with many creepers is like a mighty tree with many creepers e VedAs, which wish to emulate the e VedAs, which wish ories of their Lord with equal efficacy. efficacy. Lord with equal ories of their ). SaraNAgathi is performed by KurEsar by ). SaraNAgathi is performed 57 tamm Mrushta-Vardaham aasrayE. tamm Mrushta-Vardaham Jn~Ana Moorthy, Lord VaradarAjan. SLOKAM 4 SLOKAM ies of the Lord standing on it, where as the VedAs amam) for this slOkam is: pavitrANAm pavitra svaroopan the auspicious Boon-granting Varadha Prabhu ( the sacred, Varadhan ( is saluted here by KurEsar. He is sampoorNa Jn~Ana Moorthy ( poornamidha: poorNAt poorNamudacatE to this Parama mangaLa, SampoorNa KurEsar articulates the longing of th Hasthigiri on which He stands; His form clinging to Him as the aadhAra Vruksha reveals to the world the glor the gl reveal to are unable circling Him Varadhan or parama parisuddha Varadhan Varadhan or parama parisuddha Sabdha SlEsham or double meaning is us Sabdha SlEsham Sruthimatha-mallikAmayee vallika yEna pallavitha visvasAkhayA , Sruthimatha-mallikAmayee svasriyA karigirE;vashti anukriyAm Meaning: The prose order (anvaya kr Sviïya kirigrernui³ya< viò m&òvrd Sadagopan.org The Hiranyagarbha hymn (RgVedhamX.12 instance RgVedamhas 21SaakhA for theUpAsanA.EachoftheseVedh The wordRkstandsforJn~Anam,theYa intotheclos UpAsanA (coming 3. The codeofactionsorconduct(karmaKaaNDam)and 2. TheKnowledge (jN~Ana)branch; 1. VedAs areclassifiedunderthreeheadings: 4. 3. 2. 1. it tohavethefelicityrevealVaibhavamofLord. tohavetheBhAg They (theVedams)long at thesacredfeetof ParisuddhaVara - AasrayE varadam tamm mrushTa blessed tohavetheradiance byvirtueof ( resplendent withthelustrebyhaving ( svaSriyA karigirE:anukriyAmvashTi- Vruksham havingmanySaakhAs is aboutthebranches(SaakhAs) blossoms ( Veda Saakhais).Atthe yEna pallavitaviSvaSaakhayA on standing VaradarAjan ( the mostfamouscelebratedVedams.Va Srutimata-mallikAmayee vallikA - vashTi svaSriyA Kozhu Kombhu ) tohavethesamathvaminlustre ) wouldliketoequal( viSvaSaakhayaa pallavitam viSvaSaakhayaa ). What is that gigantic tree? It is none other than Lord top oftheHasthiGiri. end of all these branches end ofallthese -Thattreehasmanybranches(SaakhAslike e proximityoftheSupreme Self) s. SaamaVedamhas1000 saakhAs. . anukriyA SrutiisVedam; adiyEn(KurEsar)wouldliketotakerefuge seen onthetree of 58 ). The sabdhaSlEsha ams has many branches (SaakhAs). For ams hasmanybranches(SaakhAs).For hdan restingontopofHasthiGiri. jur stands for Karma and Saama stands jur standsforKarma andSaama stands yam oftheElephant hill,which permits the Lordontopofit.Vedamwishes theLordtakingresidenceonitstop. ) thelustreofHasthi Giri,whichis 1) salutesthemighty creator, “the The Vedhams through its lustre TheVedhamsthroughitslustre llikA iscreeperclinging toatree to theKariGiri,whichhasbeen Srutimata-mallikAmayee aretenderleavesand m ordoublemeaning Lord and the Veda Lord andtheVeda is Sadagopan.org e sins, has been e sins, has been way (Yajur Vedham: way (Yajur Vedham: have the bhAgyam of the Hasthigiri have the bhAgyam s of the Lord this s of the Lord and does not do full justice. The Hasthi and does not do full justice. tending in all parameters, self-existing, tending in all d very much above th d very much is the One with penetrating wisdom (a is the One with ought to be, He creates commodities (ofought to be, He 59 staying as the creepers circling the Mighty staying as the creepers circling tree on top of the Hasthi Giri. tree on top of the Hasthi Giri. s ever-existing people”. s ever-existing people”. XL.8): pure an Lord, effulgent,--ever “He, the us from all the sides. He circumscribing source of golden light, the Lord of divine effulgence”. This hymn concludes that that concludes hymn This effulgence”. divine of Lord the light, golden of source adorations. object of our will be the Lord alone tries to describe the glorie Yajur Vedham superb poet), intelligence personified, ex personified, intelligence superb poet), and judiciously just as much and as it and judiciously Knowledge and wealth) for Hi Vedam tries to celebrate His glories thus any strenuous efforts by simply having the Giri however succeeds without Vedam longs to sambhandham of the Lord. it by and tries to attain equivalence to Lord, who stands as a gigantic Sadagopan.org The PramANam is: The PramANamis: and insentient,theSupreme Being adorns inside them.TheUpanishad goeson tosa the Jeevan insideisnotvisibletothe present in theformofsentientandinse sect MoorthAmoortha BrAhmaNam willsummarizehiscommentsbelow: of theUpanishad.adiyEn ofSriBhAshyam UpayalingAdhikaraNam BrahmaNamsection MoorthAmoortha SrivatsAnkAcchAr Swamypointsout and insentientforms. being ofthis dimensionorformlimited say accordingtoourpoorvAch to theVedAs(B (indhriyams) according LordDevAthirajan, whois and worship whic refugeatHasthigiri, adiyEn takes Meaning: || samAsraye yEsha tammkarigirim vakti yastamaparOkshamIkshayati neti paraparyudAsata: | yamm parOkshamupadeSatastrayee vi´ ySt ) sthigiri seems to say, “not so”, Yousthigiri seems to say, “not so”, KurEsar’s skills in interpreting the KurEsar’s skills in interpreting oration this of these insights into ). Veda VyAsaa’s views on Brahma ). Veda VyAsaa’s ; we are able to see the Lord with our ore, it is better to see Him with one’s directly adorning the sentient and can experience Lord VaradarAjan (The can experience Lord r Jn~AnEndhriyams as well. The hill of e Being does not confine Himself to does not confine e Being aspect. In the UbhayalingAdhikaraNam, aspect. In the exists in many other states. exists in many other states. our heart’s content and to worship Him pyuRdasm! Upanishads. Therefore KurEsar says: “Let ( 61 view, which stresses thatview, which stresses only Brahmam is e Hasthigiri. KurEsar therefore recommends KurEsar therefore recommends e Hasthigiri. na hi yEtasmAt iti na iti anyat paramasti na hi yEtasmAt Soothram refute this nirguNa Brahmam Soothram refute states: Vedha VyAsar “prakrutaitAvattvam hi pratishedhathi bhUya:”(paryudAsam) tatO braveeti ca “ Vedam says in this context: àk¯tEtavÅv< ih àit;exit ttae ävIit c ÉUy> ävIit ttae àit;exit ih àk¯tEtavÅv< nirvisEsha Brahmam (attributeless form nirvisEsha Brahmam the Suprem manthram points out that but He MoorthAmoortha Brahma Roopam, through incorp above Upanishad Vaakyams sayslOkam. Upanishad seems to that You Supreme Being) in MoorthAmoortha Roopam. Ha can see Him on top of me (Hasthigiri) insentient as body and Aayudhams. Theref to see over the inability instead of feeling agitated top of Hasthigiri own eyes on Him with indhriyAs as mentioned by the Hasthigiri to see Him to us reach the enjoy the SubhAsrayaHasthigiri thus makes it possible for us to access and dhivya mangaLa Vigraham of Lord VaradarAjan. He becomes visible to the human eye) on top of th pué;Sy ytatSy hEtSy mharjn< vas> purushasya yatA mahArajanamtasya haitasya vaasa:” of the adhvaithic This is the opposite SrivatsAnkAcchAr Swamy pays tribute to SrivatsAnkAcchAr Swamy there”. Hasthigiri makes Him visible for us Him with ou physical eye and experience Sadagopan.org p Hasthigiri thisway: Swamy DesikanreferredlatertoLord and us toreachthatmightyKarigiri kRd{RvamAbyi[ ;Rp>tma^lv[ma^lyakk ;RFkg caa etRq mBvakma[ pirkiRti f k] f karg f dakt f- seek thatsacredhillasourrefuge. f][ fkq 62 f f f- VaradarAjans aparOkshaSevaion VaradarAjans Sadagopan.org “garudan baE[. f e tattvams rest / adorn the ThirumEni e tattvams rest / adorn the Garudan’s sarIram is vedam as Swamy Garudan’s sarIram is vedam 63 ki[ f recognizes Lord VaradarAjan as recognizes Lord . the slOkams of Sri Garuda PancAsat: kak f fTg jin z)EivR¢hae vamdeVym!, jin z)EivR¢hae vamdeVym!, fB `^[t ni[ f Desikan himself describes in one of Desikan himself describes in SvaCDN*< n> àsUta< ïuitzt izoraiÉòutaTma géTman!. izoraiÉòutaTma géTman!. ïuitzt SvaCDN*< n> àsUta< netram gaayatramUce trivruditiSirO ca nAmadheyam yajUmshi ySy StaemaTmnae=saE b&hidtrgét! ta†zaçatpuCD> ySy StaemaTmnae=saE b&hidtrgét! ta†zaçatpuCD> DNda Sadagopan.org salutes thatsacredhill, Hasthigiri. easily visibletousbelongsHasthigiri to Moorthydiscernible Lord asaprOksha ofthe Lord,onecansavroopam climbup studyingUpanishadsand Instead of worship. SarvAbharaNa- Bhooshithan,veryreadilyvi VaradharAjan standsasParamJyOthion VaradharAjan the ownerofallchEthanamsandachEth the formofaayudhamsandaabharanams tatthvams, whicharenotreadilyvisibleto all adornedastheweaponsandaabhara Thus allthetatthvamsassociatedwith 9. for theformerbhUthamandk Pruthvi. ThetanmAthramoccursbetwee arisesGhandhatanmAt From Appu/Jalam parent ofAgni;fromAgniarisesrasa fromVaayu tanmAthram arisesVaayu; Fromlatter arises. tanmAthram sparsa FromAakAsam gives risetoAakAsam. produc aids thetaamasaahankaramto The tanmAthramsareinbetweenthe GhandhatanmAthrams. Rasaand tanmAthrams are:Sabdha,Sparsa,Roopa, Vaayu,Ag five bhoothamsare:AakAsam, becometheVanamAlaiadorni Bhoothams irubhootha maalaiVanamAlaiaaha Jn~AnEndhriyams asthetenarrowsforbow. stay On LordVaradarAjan’sbody,thefi feet; paayuisaasanadhvAramandupasth aaraNam forthelatterBhUtham. - accordingtoKurEsar.Therefore,KurEsar 66 the ChEthanams and the achEthanams are achEthanamsare the ChEthanamsand getting confusedabouttheParOksha tanmAthram,whichgives birthtoAppu. our senses.ThegloryofmakingtheLord thefivetanmathramsand Nams byLord VaradarAjan and these ana tatthvams. The SarvEsvaran, Lord Lord TheSarvEsvaran, ana tatthvams. thetopofHasthigi arises roopatanmAthram,whichisthe arises the Hasthigiriandveryeasilysee by Lord VaradarAjan, theIsvaranand by LordVaradarAjan, the eyeofahumanaremadevisiblein e SabdhatanmAthram,whichinturn dividual Bhoothams.RaajasAhankAram dividual sible tohumaneyesandreceives their n twobhUthams andisthe kaaryam ni, Appu/Jalam and Pruthvi. Thefive andPruthvi. ni, Appu/Jalam ve karmEndhriyamsandthefive am isthesymbolofmenandwomen). ng Lord VaradarAjan’s chest.The ng LordVaradarAjan’s hram, which inturngivesrise to hram, which ri asSarvAyudha, Sadagopan.org 67 param jyOthi- thanks SrI PR Srinivasan param jyOthi- thanks Sadagopan.org as “ SaraNAgathi routeas aMu tobecomethebhaagyasA paramparai tobelongthe janma sukrutham appropriate toapproachforMoksham. notleadthemtoconclude de VedAs do anddonothavethepowerto Vasyars) that SupremeBeingandalltheotherdEva Supreme Being, butwillnothelp eventhem outthatVedAsmighthelp KurEsar points (beingtheobje SarvalOka SaraNyathvam ParamAthmA. Thesevai ofHim evenonce SevAbhAgyam ofLordVaradarAjanat slOkam, KurEsarassuresusthattherewillbenodoubt foranyone,who hasthe through thestudyofUpanishadstounders the Hasthigiritocomprehend theLord In the previous slOkam,Meaning KurEsar instructed || ayamIsvarastviti devarAjam us that it is much easierhastidhAmani nanirNayate kO to ascend bhAgadheya-rahiteshu nOdiSet| yEsha IsaithinirNayamtrayI hiStxamin nin[Ryetkae @; $z#itin[Ry< ÇyIÉagxeyrihte;u nae idzet!, bhAgyamEndhip-Paran adiyAr devrajmymIñriSTvit. 6. mukshu. These BhAgyasAlisaredescribedby AzhwAr SLOKAM 6 ” accordingtoSri VatsAngAc-chAr Swamy. One needs AchAryaanugrahamandpoorva 68 grant thesupremeboonofMoksham.The ct ofrefuge forallthe worlds). path of Naatha-Yaamuna -RaamAnuja -RaamAnuja path ofNaatha-Yaamuna thAs areboundbytheirkarmAs(Karma as SarvEswaran instead oflaboring asSarvEswaraninstead there would dispelalldoubtsaboutHis understand that Sriman naarAyaNan is is naarAyaNan thatSriman understand cisively that other devathAs are not cisively thatotherdevathAsarenot lis to understandand followthe lis to afewcomprehendthenatureof Hasthigiri torecognize Himasthe tand His SarvEsvara tatthvam.Inthis tand HisSarvEsvara Sadagopan.org bhAgadheya- )" . , those BhAgyasAlis those BhAgyasAlis , e insight to recognize e insight to recognize bhAgadheya-rahiteshu, ve the SevA-BhAgyam of ve the SevA-BhAgyam and Upanishads help these do not the Lord on His Hasthigiri have no Hasthigiri have no on His the Lord who covet Moksham). From simple ones who covet Moksham). is the Lord of all Lords, who alone can is the Lord of VaradarAjan (The greatest boon-giving sthigiri Naathan as the Parabrahmam? e is no doubt about understanding this e is no doubt SarvEsvaran.as the DevAdhi Raajan and an naarAyaNan. These blessed ones an naarAyaNan.These blessed ones at Sriman naarAyaNan is that Supreme is that Supreme at Sriman naarAyaNan aarAyaNan. Such people are unfortunate ); On the other hand the other ); On 69 t have this good fortune as “ this good fortune t have ) are not helped with th Isvara: iti ka: na nirNayeta? trayI those who are blessed to ha those who are ” in this slOkam. Studies of Vedam of Vedam slOkam. Studies ” in this hastidhAmani tu devarAjam ayam hastidhAmani tu devarAjam rahitA: th to conclude clearly unfortunate ones other hand, Being. On the of the Hasthigiri, ther the Lord on top ( no do who describes those, KurEsar archAmoorthy of with the ThirunAmam Supreme Being, Srim Lord) as that Kuresar asks: Ha the recognize “How can one fail to comprehend readily this is the Lord, who this is the Lord, who comprehend readily Phalan to Mumukshus (those grant Moksha no difficulty in recognizing without doubt that to great scholars have VaradarAjan is that SarvEsvaran. study the VedAs ( Those who BhagavAn as the SarvEsvaran, Sriman n ( directions them clear give ones and Vedam does not yEsha: Isa: iti nirNayam trayI na disati soubhAgyamblessed with the darsana of Him difficulty whatsoever in recognizing Sadagopan.org distorted viewsemphasizin distorted DhUshaNi andParamadha Bhangam.Manu,th inSri untenable byAchAryaRaamAnujA true stateasBrahmam.Thes GuNams)andasni (KalyANa saviSeshatvam prANaroopams.Intheir avyAkruta- hold thatfollowers ofYaadhava-PrakAsA (Truth), Jn~Anam(Trueknowledge)ar HeisaJataBrah attributes andthat Those withtwistedviews commentary SrivatsAngAcchAr Swamin’s ( timesauspiciousattributes displays some isOnewithoutattributes( Sriman naarAyaNan Due naarAyaNan’s auspiciousattributes. with distortedviews,whohaverepeated This greatanduniqueHasthigiricompletely Meaning: tunga-mangaLa guNaaspadeharau|| samSayam karigiri:nudatiasau nirviSesha-saviSeshataaSrayam | hai! kudrushTi-abhinivishTa-cetasAm hE s (abode of all auspicious GuNAs). KurEsar recognizes this this (abode of all auspicious GuNAs). KurEsar recognizes of the proponent: GuNam “yaa vedabhAhyA: smrutayO y smrutayO “yaa vedabhAhyA: sarvAstA:nishphalA: pretya tamonishTaa: thA:” hi climb the Hasthigi When the BhAgyasAlis the two (saviSesham and nirviSesham), the archA Thir the darsana soubhAgyam of realize that the Lord is SarvaguNAthm (blemishes of any and He has no hEyams VaradarAjan even once, all their doubts their all once, VaradarAjan even refercured. Upanishads of to the untying of the ParAthparan: have the sevai cidhyante sarvasamsayaa: “bhidhyatE hrudhaya granthi: tasmin dhrushTe parAvare” kshIyantE cAsya karmANi of Ku doubts in the minds The lingering That happens Mukthis) disappear totally. housed in Sri Poushkaram (I-31 & 32): pu “SandarsanAt akasmAccha kuvAsanA kubuddhisca kutarkasca kuniscaya: kuhetusca kubhAvsca naastikatvam layam vrajet” Even an accidental darsanam of the Lord kinds of bad attitudes and distorted learni to rest forever. KurEsar states categorica kudhrushtis are banished ( MangaLa-guNAspatan transformation as a wonderful ac Sadagopan.org “Kudhrushtis” andtheirpersistent KurEsar’s choiceof wordsismarvelou Additional Comments(V.SaThakopan): beginning ofhisDayAsathakam. saluted NammAzhwAr andKurEsar--and which theLordStands.SwamyDesika KurEsar followsSwamyNammAzhwAr’s step ThirumAlirum ChOlai. ( toHis SatakOpa Sooriandpaystribute ( instructs ustoworshipthisLord ( as: “ SwamyNammAzhwArsalutesth atributes). Saag Our Lordisaparimitha-UdhAra-guNa samasta kalyANaguNAtmakOsau!” parAsya Saktir-vividhaivasruyatesv ya: sarvaj~na:sarvavid,guNesa:sathyakAma:sathyasankalpa:, KalyANa guNams: blemishes (DhOshamsofany havethethri doesnot Satthva Mayamand Our SiddhAnthamisbasedonthedoctri some times. They saythat theLord,whoisnirviSes HeisjustnirviSesha,JaDaBrahmam. GuNamsandthat ofKalyANa Lord isdevoid abhinivishTa-cetasAm veevil Seeran iRai uLLUha yeNN perukkanalatthu,vaNNpuhazh ). Thefruitofthiswors ) atHisplaceofresidences ) ascausedbytheirpaapavisE kind). Webelievethatth iRai sErmin mindsetholdingsuchviews( abhAvikI jn~AnabalakriyAca, 72 hip isinfinitebliss( ha Brahmam assumes the saviSeshaform ha Brahmamassumesthe n followed HispoorvAchAryAs--Swamy s. He describes the deluded ones as s. Hedescribesthedeludedonesas ” andthereforeSwamy NammAzhwAr ne thattheSupremeBeing is Suddha the ThiruvEnkaDam Hi ese ananthaKalyANaGuNasvaroopan infinite andsplendourousattributes aram (Ocean of limitless, auspicious (Ocean of limitless,auspicious aram s in saluting Hasthigiri, the hill on s insalutingHasthigiri,thehillon guNams like us. He is free of all ) andtocontemplateonthisLord such as ThiruvEnkadam and suchasThiruvEnkadamand shams. Theyinsistthatthe e Supreme Being isfullof veevil inbham lls at thevery kudrushTi- ) says Sadagopan.org 73 udhAra guNa sAgaram - thanks SrI PR Srinivasan Sadagopan.org effortlessly. oftheananthaKaly Darsana SoubhAgyam this Sacred Hill of Hasthigiri by itself makes it possible for all people to have the While peoplefollo tatthvams. become eligible tohave theexperience of MahA PurushAsandSaasthramswithgr themselvesthrough one or world assist ofgreatsageslikeVyAsar SadupadEsams MeemAm andUtthara (Poorva MeemAmsam His tatthvamsarebytravelingonthe essence, SrimannArAyaNan.Otherapproa Vedams arestrenuouslyresearchedbySa Meaning: hastidhAma sakalamjanamsvayam|| jOshayet harimanamhasOjanAn SOdhitai: sahakathancanatrayee| nyAya tarkamunimukhyabhAshitai: jae;yed!hirmn Saastra Jn~Anam bahu klesam buddhe: calana- Saastra Jn~Anambahuklesam buddhe: Naatha Munidefinedthroughhis SriSookthi, gs with the help of its six angams is stressedby gs withthehelpofitssixangamsis and have His darsana SoubhAgyam”. andhaveHisdarsanaSoubhAgyam”. 76 les) andbecomeobjectsof laughter. ggling people:“SaasthraJn~Anam isvery d comprehendtheLord dham to VedambecomesDharmam,when dham to of difficulties becauseoftheagitations preme Being.There isnoOneequalto true Jn~Anamandwhatisnot.The Those whodonotknowhowtotruly tounderstandtheLord,SageManu tarka SaasthraminnyAyaParisuddhi. nyAyam willendupgiving prominence Saasthram. SwamyDesikanbuiltonit true dharmam. The importanceof true dharmam. )”. andgetyourself Sadagopan.org ially read VedAs ially read VedAs at there rare are were revealed by Swamy by Swamy were revealed the plight of those, who fail to the plight of those, who hrAs are not at variance with Sage hrAs are not at variance with Swamy Desikan provides oothrAs). rfectly and superfic t follow these truths will be deluded t follow these truths will be ble about what is happening to them. ble about what as with Samyag-nyAya-tarakams and nized into two parts as Poorva and and nized into two parts as Poorva retations of Poorva MeemAmsakAs Poorva MeemAmsakAs retations of e strives for perfection; even among e strives for perfection; even among ile acknowledging th lp of studying MeemAmsa Saasthram. of studying MeemAmsa lp Saasthram; proves Sesvara MeemAmsA d MeemAmAmsa PaadhukAd MeemAmAmsa and he has imini accepted Isvaran as the Supremeimini accepted MeemAmsA is a Unitive Saasthram /Eka MeemAmsA is a Unitive Saasthram 77 Jaimini’s inner thoughts Jaimini’s inner Meaning: yttamip isÏana< kiíNma< veiÄ tÅvt>. veiÄ tÅvt>. kiíNma< isÏana< yttamip manushyANAm sahasreshu kascit yatati siddhaye | yatatAmapi siddhAnAm kaScinmAm vetti tattvata: || mnu:ya[a< shöe;u kií*tit isÏye, kií*tit shöe;u mnu:ya[a< rejected in them the wrong interp them the wrong in rejected (MeemAmsa PaadhukA is a series us to perform of 173 SlOkams instructing MeemAmsa dharmA in accordance with MeemAmsam approach: MeemAmsam Sesvara MeemAmsA an Desikan in his that Sage Jaimini’s Poorva-MeemsA Soot VyAsA’s Uttara (Brahma S MeemAmsA that Ja conclusive proof to the fact that Lord. He proved in this work Saasthram, which happens to be orga Utthara MeemAmsam). Those, who can no and will not see the Lord withand will not see the Lord the he BhagavAnGeethai (7.3) states in His comprehend His tatthvam this way, wh comprehend His tatthvam this Him: those, who truly comprehend “Among thousands of men, some on Yaaskar. niruktham of who impe Those 3. trem themselves Vedams will make the Meaning: Vedam has to be understood properly UpabrahmaNams like with as well and PurANams IthihAsams Sadagopan.org Lord standingontopof ( In the8 and theirsanctityinThiruvAimozhi. NammAzhwAr’sre andSwamy DayA Satakam toThirumalaihillsin thoughts areverysimilar toSwamyDesikan’ssalutations KurEsar instructsusthereforetoseekth tatthvam). Para (ParamAthmA, easy foreveryonetoknowthatVarada trueknowledgeaboutHiman Lord andgain While people atalllevelsofknowledge whoknow Me,an extremely small number am. thosewhostriveforpe tanjam ) forusbecauseithastheuncanny abil th SlOkam,KurEsardeclaredthattheHasthiGiriissuccour/refuge it istheSupremeBeing. rfection, someoneonly 78 struggle andoftenfailtounderstandthe rAjan inArchaaisthatSupremeBeing e Hasthigiriitself d His Svaroopam, Hasthigiri makes itso makes Hasthigiri d HisSvaroopam, verence toThirumAlirumchOlaihills ity torevealeveryonethatthe ofpeopleknowMe knows Me;andamongthose as ourrefuge.These in reality,as I Sadagopan.org 79 Supreme Being-thanks Sri satakopa tatachar Sadagopan.org celebrated bytheVedams with these doubtsarebanished andoneread Afterthe Sevai ofHimev guNa ParipoorNan. comprehending thisParamAthmAdescribe Hasthi Giri,itisunderstandableth is nooneequaltoHimorgreaterthanHi Upanishads tryhardtodescribethemyst Mysterious indeedaretheSankalpam, Jn top oftheHasthiGiri. front ofoureyesreadilywithallitsnatu the worldinaloudandclearmanner.Th limitless glories.Thisistheprofoundde That Supreme One (ParamAthmA) isfullofmysteriesandtheloftiest Onewith Meaning: tathyameva karidhAmnidrusyate|| ityaghOshi yadidamtadagrata: kincit-asthi kilavastunistulam| adbhutam mahad-aseemabhUmakam #Ty"aei; yidd antharyAmi - Sarvam khalvidam brahma!(Thi - Sarvamkhalvidam - s> sTykam>sTys Roopan and is the abode of Jn~Anam and Roopan andistheabodeofJn~Anam ams and the refugeforalltheworldand ams andthe r oftheJeevansbutHeisalsotheir hunger andthirst;Hecangainwhatever (HeistheOmniscient)-MuNDaka His mysterious ways). -ChAndhOgyam His mysteriousways). s SupremeBeingistheaarana Sadagopan.org e desires of all. ParamAthmA, the ”. He is the DEvarAja DEvarAja the is He ”. katha Upanishad katha Upanishad boons and fulfill th Lord of the nithya Sooris and devAs of Lord of the have the darsanam of Lord Varadarajan have the darsanam e the body; for that e the body; nam for all the ChEthanams. He is the nam for all the ChEthanams. 83 ayarvaRum amararkaL adhipathi yavanavan n tSy kiít! pitriSt laeke nityO nityAnAm cetanaScetanAnAm cetanaScetanAnAm nityO nityAnAm yEkO bahUnAm vidadhAti kaamAn -- inTyae=inTyana< cetníetnanam! (Indeed He is the VaradarAjan). (Indeed He is the VaradarAjan). 8) the Hasthi Giri, who is PerumAL on top of unfailing Jn~Anam. by the vedams are immediately All these deep doctrines declared aloud who by the fortunate ones, comprehended hill. standing on top of the elephant-shaped Only One, who can grant the highest of who can grant the highest of Only One, sooris. nithya and gods all of tasya kaScit patirasti lOke na Meaning: Lord the is He Him. to Lord is who one, no is -- SvetasvatAra Upanishad There He is indeed the “ Meaning: SthA He is the AathmA and Chaithanya kaman!, @kae bhuna< ivdxait entire achEthana universe is the body. entire achEthana 7) Meaning: ParamAthmA,For that ar the Jeevans all Sadagopan.org Indeed HeisVaradarajan -thanksSrI Narasimhansampathkumar 84 Sadagopan.org aahyars like Jainaas ons to the Veda Giri of Kaanchi, ons to the Veda sthigiri by worshipping the Lord sthigiri by worshipping the his full control. Here, KurEsar points his full control. Their hunger will be quenched by by Their hunger will be quenched believe that the prathyakshAthi i) and convince themselves about thei) and convince themselves m and invites Veda B eded PramANam with the Lord on its top. ject Vedam. Those Veda Baahyars will ject Vedam. Those Veda sy to have the anubhava soubhAgyam and anubhava soubhAgyam and sy to have the 85 of PramANam (proof) and that all declares SLOKAM 10 SLOKAM takes this form: slOkam, KurEsar concludes his salutati slOkam, KurEsar th Meaning: Veda Baahyas, who reject the Vedams tNmte=ip bt manta< gta hiStna=* prvStuin ÇyI. 10. ÇyI. bt manta< gta hiStna=* prvStuin tNmte=ip pramAntarai: kila yat samvadeta tat pramANamiti yE hi menire | tanmate api bata mAnatAm gatA hasthinA adya paravastuni trayi || s Tungamangala guNaspadan- thanks SrI AL Rangarajan 89 Sadagopan.org Saantham (itisalwaystr It issadhaaniramham(alwaysdevoid of niru present atallplaces).Itissadhaa That ThirumEniofYours asParaBrahmam opposite ofthesins thosewhoseekit Suddha SathvaSvaroopam). changes inthepast,presentorfuture). Itis It doesnotexperienceany vikAram( describe thatanubhavam.Your svaroopamandchooses Lord’s dhivyAthma goodfortune toenjoythe wondersabouthis beyond description?KurEsaralso faculty ofsightamabletovisualize Whata Oh BoongrantingVaradharAja! commentary: Meaning and vangmanasayO:|| tadidamapadam sAkshAt param roopam te param brahmaAamnAtamSrutiSirasiyattadvarada! sadA SantamSuddhampratibhaTamavadyasyasatatam| nirabAdham nityamniravadhiniramhOnirupamam pr< êp< sa]at! tiddmpd< va'!mnsyae>. 12. pr< äüaçat<ïuitizris yt!td!vrd sdazaNt Sadagopan.org bliss principle. It is like bliss principle. It is like . These two states of the m, the reference is to the archA the smallest; "aNOr aNeeyAn " and the smallest; "aNOr aNeeyAn bode of all auspicious attributes). bode of all auspicious attributes). utes that are blemishless. The other ent of Himself as the One owning His His owning One as the ent of Himself dhivya desam. There is a great and ra-VyUha-Vibhava and archA dasais. In thma Svaroopam of the Lord here. That thma Svaroopam 95 - This is one of the two lakshaNams of the Lord. lakshaNams - This is one of the two - It is the embodiment of of embodiment the is It - into those discussions here radiance break. without - This refers to The Lord’s enjoyment of Himself in His His in Himself of enjoyment Lord’s The to refers This - - It is able to penetrate even - It is all pervasive. slOkam of Sri VaradarAja Stava - This savroopam has no beginning or end. - This savroopam has no beginning th - It is Supreme and stands above all jeevarAsis. - It is Supreme and stands is subtle. nishspanda nandathu mayam Lord’s enjoyment are present in the Pa this 13 state of the Supreme Lord at this susookshmam sarvagatam state is nithyOditham (Brahman’s enjoym param nityam a cohesive and has a tight Santa data (Sanatoria) dhivyAthma svaroopam, auspicious attrib other of There are number two VibhUthis: nithya and leelA VibhUthis). explanations by AchAryAs about the two states: SaantOditam and nityOditam; we will not go He is the opposite of any blemish. The other lakshaNam of the ubhaya lingam lingam ubhaya the of lakshaNam other The bhUtam vipaksha akhila heya blemish. any of opposite the is He (twin marks) is KalyANa GuNAkarathvam (a 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 7. bhUtam vipaksha akhila-heya sancintayanti dhanyA: | hrdayena SamavatA SaantOditam varada! sarvagatamnityam param susookshmam || mayam bhavata: svaroopam nishspanda nandhathu is referring to the dhivyA Swamy Desikan consists of seven parts: 1. Sadagopan.org the dhivyAthma Svaroopam, whenthegr the dhivyAthmaSvaroopam, the 13 explaining thesetwostates.Theydespair TheVedamsdonot dasais. nityOditam Lord matchless aanandhamthatthe th slOkam of Sri VaradarAja Stavamas slOkamofSriVaradarAja 96 experiences intheSaantOditam and eat VedAs themselves havefailed. eat VedAsthemselves succeed in adequately capturingand and giveup.KurEsaraskstheLordin to how hecanattempttoexplain tohow Sadagopan.org ). You are He is bewildered He is bewildered by embodied Bhaddha na chakshushA gruhyate naapi vaktum na sooSakam ion in wonderment. ya sooris. KurEsar wonders as to how eyes), and direct experience by human by human eyes), and direct experience now readily available to be seen and of human ears to be understood as of ra Brahmam is standing as KaruNaamaya as a Para Vasthu (Para Brahmam) by the m has now descended down to Hasthi Giri bed by the VedAs as one beyond the as one beyond VedAs the bed by 97 ) to be experienced SLOKAM 14 SLOKAM sooSakam sa]at! tdis Éae> sa]at! tdis Éae> ! ”. ParipoorNa BrahmAnubhavam is Possible and SaakshAthkAram at Sri Varadha Raajan on top of Hasthi Giri. VedAs say: “ by the thought that the Lord descri the by the thought that perception by Maamsa Chakshus (physical ears, mind or by the faculty of touch is one’s sense organs as that Pa enjoyed by Vaachaa Vaikuntam only for Muktha JeevAs and nith this difficult to experience Para Brahma this difficult to experience Para KurEsar asks Lord VaradarAjan here a quest KurEsar asks Lord VaradarAjan to make Himself easy ( Jeevans as well. Thou who art declared VedAs and as such beyond description by speech ( Meaning and Commentary: pr< yd!vStUKt< nnu vrd nnu yd!vStUKt< pr< na manitum athOpAsisishitum na vaktum na SrOtum hi sooSakam | bhOktum tadanu na ca na ca drashTum sprashTum param yad vastUktambhO: nanu varada! sAkshAt tadasi katham viSvasmai tvam karigiripura: thishThasa iha || n c Ôòu< Sàòu< tdnu n c ÉaeKtu< ih sUzkm!, sUzkm!, ih n c ÉaeKtu< tdnu n c Ôòu< Sàòu< #h. 14. Tv< kirigirpuriStós kw< ivñSmE n vKtu< n ïaetu< n mintumwaepaisisi;tu< n mintumwaepaisisi;tu< n ïaetu< n vKtu< also described as beyond the experience Sadagopan.org bhAgyam! ahO to experienceandenjoyYourSvaroopam topofHasthiGiri.Youareblessingall worshipYouasstandonthe You andto human sensoryorgansortheMindhasnow the topofHasthiGiri!Whatamystery! according totheVedAs( The sensory organscannottherefore experienced bytouching ( cannotbeseenwithour svaroopam reach ( visualization ofYourThirumEnibymedita beyond conception byhumanmind( this orthatnature( upAsisishitum nasooSakam upAsisishitum SrOtum nasooSakam bhOktum na sooSakam iti uktam bhOktum nasooSakamiti drashTum nasooSakam SprashTumcanasooSakam manitum nasooSakam manitum ). VedAs assert th ). VedAsassert 98 and SvabhAvam as Archaa Moorthy. ahO andSvabhAvamasArchaa Youwhoisbeyondtheexperience of enjoy YourDhivyaMangaLaVigraham Maamsa Chakshus(physicaleyes)or Maamsa tion (dhyAnam) is naturally beyond our our naturallybeyond is tion (dhyAnam) ). VedAs further state that you are ). VedAsfurtherstatethatyouare become visibletooneandallenjoy ). Iftheseweretobeso, ). Oh Lord standing on at YourdhivyAthma ). Sadagopan.org You are visible to mAmsa chakshus 99 Sadagopan.org the Lordisnirgunan(without auspicious of AchArya RaamAnujA. This slOkamtwicein Desikan hasquotedthis slOkam rebuts the views ofestablished bySriVaishNav those, who assert that There arethose,who preachthat Youar Swamy Commentary bySrivathsAnkAcchAr Veeryamandtejas. Jn~Anam, Sakthi,Balam,aisvaryam, Your limitless derivativeKalyANaGuNams. VaasudEv as theFirstofMoorthys,Para Yourmostauspicio Oh VaradarAjaPrabhO! Meaning: || guNAnAm nissImnAmgaNana-viguNAnAmprasavabhU: param tejaScetipravara-gunashaTkamprathamajam vimaryAdam veeryamvarada!paramAsaktirapica| akhilam prakrushTam vijn~Anambalamatulamaisvaryam gu[ana ten guNams -Thecapacitytobethematc identified are: For instance,theJn~Anamshownby 102 e GuNamcelebratedasKaruNaiorDayA. as theLord’sJn~AnamisVilakshaNam th its chEthanams and achEthanams), th itschEthanamsandachEthanams), are manifestationsofthesixguNAsin perienced bySwamyDesikan inHisSri monograph entitled Sri VaradarAja monograph entitledSriVaradarAja of theLordonjeevansarelinkable ’s little efforts to worship Him as big Himasbig worship littleeffortsto ’s tion), conferraloftrueJn~Anamand hA Desikan,identifiestenauspicious into insignificance compared to the intoinsignificancecompared tothe Kaanchihaselaboratedfurtheron hless SupremeRadiance(Param Sadagopan.org kOpikAruNya rAsi (thanks SrI AL Rangarajan) lish whatever He has resolved to resolved He has lish whatever in pursuit of the vows made by Him in pursuit of the 103 ”. ” qualifier for the ” qualifier kOpi kaaruNya raasi: kOpi accomplish Swamy Desikan gives prominence to Swamy Desikan gives prominence Lord Varadhan’s karuNai just as He did one highlight the DayA aspects of remind to is ThiruvenkadamudayAn Dayaa in His BhagavAn Sathakam. The “ of KaruNai natures incomparable of its (Vilakshanam). Him in confidence the of KaruNai This auspicious attribute have to us helps as our Protector at the appropriate moment. When Lord’s KaruNai propels Him to have the Sankalpam to protect oppose the Universe can in us, no force that Sankalpam. RakshaNam will result without fail. KarUnai energizes His sakthi and vice versa. Without Sakthi, KaruNai can not accomplish any thing; without karuNai, Sakthi can not lead to MangaLams. 8. Sathya Sankalpathvam/ unalterable 9. Pari-Poornathvam wealth and bliss /abode of all ParamOdhArathvam/matchless generosity . 10. Lord Desikan describes Swamy VaradarAjan as “ /Omniscience 6. Sarvaj~nathvam to accomp /power Sarva Sakthithvam 7. Sadagopan.org “kalayatu kusalamna:kOpikaaruNyarAsi:” all theway uptoMoksha anugraham): on topofHasthiGiri.HeisSarvaPhala- can enjoy it withoureyesasthearchai Weca embodiment ofthisKaruNaigunam. The nameofPeraruLALanforLordVa 104 ThirumEni of Lord VaradharAjan standing standing ThirumEni ofLordVaradharAjan Pradhan (blessesuswithallwhatweseek n not see the GuNam of karuNai, but we n notseetheGuNamofkaruNai,butwe radharAjan suggests radharAjan that Heisthe Sadagopan.org a) with characteristic ove Six guNams babhaou (Jn~Ana, resplendent with their unique pair of resplendent - possessing guNams selected six arose 105 SLOKAM 16 SLOKAM matara moortistava babhau matara moortistava babhau haNa -Pradhyumna- aniruddh sa==iv:k¯itvzat! the Vyuha tatthvams: the Vyuha tatthvams: yug¦EihR iÇiÉrÉu>, yug¦EihR iÇiÉrÉu>, Your primordial form of Para VaasudEva ! )! ! : - is defined by all of the ab - Oh Lord VaradharAjA with three pairs of primary GuNams - Oh Lord VaradharAjA ShAdguNYa Moorthy tai: shaDbhi: guNai Prose order (anvaya kramam) meaning: triyuga! varada! ( prathamatara moorti - Sakthi, Bala, aisvarya, Veerya and tEjas). abhu: tata: tisra: teshAm tribhi: yugaLai: the three Moorthys (Sankars pairs of GuNams (two each) and they are guNams. VyvSwa ya cE;a nnu vrd Évan! svRÇEv Tvgi[tmham¼¦gu[>. 16. Tvgi[tmham¼¦gu[>. svRÇEv Évan! guNai: shaDbhistvetai: pratha tata: tisra: tribhirabu: | teshAm triyuga! yugaLairhi varada! saa-aavishkrutivaSaatvyavasthA yaa caishA nanu mahAmangaLa guNa: || bhavAn sarvatraiva tvagaNita ttiôöSte;a< iÇyug ttiôöSte;a< gu[E> ;f!iÉSTvetE> àwmtrmUitRStv bÉaE bÉaE àwmtrmUitRStv ;f!iÉSTvetE> gu[E> with This slOkam deals Sadagopan.org Swamy Desikanhas chosen thisSlOkam That iswhyKurEsar choosestheword in all the five Poorthi(embodiment again theShAdguNya states of the Lorddiads andarelinkedtoeachofthethre (P It isonlyfortheconvenience of UpAs the threeVyUhaMoorthys,they Evenwithall three (tri-vyUhaPaksham). thetotalnumberofVyUhamscanbereducedtojust PaancharAthram, then If ParaVaasudEvanisidenticaltothe boththeAagamams. common to VyUham as:Purusha-Sathya-achyutha-Anir The VaikAnasaAagamamidentifiesonthe aniruddhanhasSakthiandtejas. aisvaryam; exclusive ownershipofJn~Anam andBhal the abovesixguNamsbetween Them.Accord Saasthrams informusthat Sa (Jn~Anam, Bhalam,Veeryam,aisvaryam, ofSrI identical withParaVaasudEvan IntheabovefourVyUhar aniruddhan. The VyUhaastatesarefourinnumber Meaning (basedonSrIvatsA Extended to YourVyUhastate. a roopams) displaylimitlessauspicious inallYourfivestates(P VaradarAjan guNa: mangaLa tu bhavAnsarvatrayEvaagaNitamahA are definedbytheabove unique pairof yEshA yaavyavasthAsaaaavishkrutivaSAt the otherthreeVyUh haveinherently all the ngAcchAr Swamy’s commentary): Swamy’s ngAcchAr ara-VyUha-Vibhava-archA andantharyAmi). ara-VyUha-Vibhava-archA ttributes. ThesixguNAsarenotconfined VaasudEva Roopam ofthefourVyUhams VaasudEva guNams thattheyareknownfor. 106 : VaasudEvan-SankarshaNan-Pradhyumnan- e VyUhaMoorthys.We akAs, the six GuNams GuNams thesix akAs, Vaikuntam. Bothhave ara, VyUha,Vibhava,archAandHartha “Sarvatra” toemphasize thisfact. oopams, thefirstOne(VaasudEvan)is these splitsofthesixguNamsbetween am pair;PradhyumnanhasVeeryamand - This classification asthreeMoorthys -Thisclassification other hand thefourMoorthysof of Sri VardarAja Stavamasthe ofSriVardarAja of all the Six GuNams) ismanifested of alltheSixGuNams) uddha roopams.Anir kthi andtejas).ThusPaancharAthra ing to this view, SankarshaNan has thisview,SankarshaNan ing to a Moorthyshaveuniquepairsof six guNams at all states. six guNamsatallstates. - But, You, as Lord all the Six guNams alltheSixguNams are splitasthree have toremember uddhan isthus Sadagopan.org the meanings of this slOkam in the the meanings the Chillarai Rahasyams of Sri tatthva Rahasyams the Chillarai yUha-paksham view) in His taathparyayUha-paksham ct that the VyUham can be either three ct that the VyUham e VyUhA and other derivative VyUhA derivative and other e VyUhA akam.Swamy pramANam Desikan provided 107 of these 12 VyUhAnthara Moorthys: of these 12 VyUhAnthara Moorthys: shyAmam namAmyaham chathussankham we wear as Urdhva PuNDrams at different parts of the Twelve KesavAdhi Roopams. the Twelve KesavAdhi Roopams. . In Srimath Rahasya thraya Rahasya . In Srimath Saaram, Swamy Desikan 1. namasyAmi Kesavam Kesavan: Chathuscchakram Kanakaprabham 2. naarAyaNam: naarAyaNam ghana- 3. Maadhavan 4. Govindhan 5. VishNu 6. Madhusoodanan 7. Thrivikraman 8. Vaamana 9. Sridharan 10. HrishIkEsan and 11. PadhmanAbhan Three VyUhantharams are linked to each of the four VyUhams to yield the twelve VyUhams are linked to each of the four Three VyUhantharams VyUhAnthara Roopams, which torso invoking the presence the upper Out of the Four VyUhams arise Out of the Four VyUhams arise concepts (vyUhAntharam) concepts has used this the fa slOkam to reconcile Desikanor four. Swamy also referred to has commentary on VyUham in context of his Sri tatthvaMaathurkai and thraya chuL VyUham view (thri-V fold for the three of Lord KrishNaa. commentary on GithOpanishad is a Chandrikai, which th of elaboration for his pramANam Sadagopan.org www.ahobilavalli.org) in five volumesfrom 128(janArhdana:)tothe140(Chath can be accessedHe elaboratesontheVyUhatatthvams at - EBooks #commentary onSrIVishNuSahasraNaam 29 to EBook # 33AchArya RaamAnuja,hascommentedfu at: httpp:// KurEsar’s precociousson,SriParAsaraBh AchArya RaamAnujA. Moorthys isinthePaancharAthrAdhi states andatalltimes. Moorthy tohelptheUpAsakAsandyeteach elaborate ontheparticularpairofGuNa KurEsar takescaretopointoutthatth this slOkam. these gloriesassociatedwithLordVara Monthsand12Adhi the 12PuNDrams, derivati Thus thefourVyUhamsandtheir fromMaarghazhi. months starting each ofthese 12VyUha Moorthysarealso Each of these12 VyUha Moorthysarelink 12. DAmOdaran. The meditation (UpAsanai) on the individual VyUha ontheindividual (UpAsanai) The meditation 108 karaNam sectionofSrIBhAshyam karaNam during hiscommentariesonthenaamams darAjan is the upadEsam by KurEsar in darAjan istheupadEsambyKurEsarin attar, who received naamakaraNam from attar, whoreceived from naamakaraNam e threefoldclassificationofVyUhams thyAs (as nirvAhakars forthem).Allof thyAs (asnirvAhakars ve twelveVyUhAntharamsarelinkedto ur-vyUha:). (SriVishNusahasranaamam ams (SrI Bhagavath GuNa dharpaNam). GuNadharpaNam). Bhagavath ams (SrI ms attributed totheindividualVyUha ms attributed ed toeachof the twelve AdhithyAs; rther onVyUhaMoorthysinHis associated with each of the twelve of them have the Six GuNams at all Sadagopan.org rred to in the earlier two to in the earlier two rred ? Beyond that, Oh Lord, You the abode of unlimited auspicious of unlimited the abode DevAs, humans and animals. In these as in the case of nsequences of karma Vibahava avathAramsthe Lord (in of ripoorNa VaradarAjan. You hide them avam to engage in play on Your earth sed on the Para and VyUha forms Of VyUha Para and sed on the ong the dEvAs and humans, who clearly do 109 SLOKAM 17 SLOKAM state. Is it not that so hi Giri! What adiyEn refe Giri! What hi ratha kilecchAvihrtayE Tv< pU[aeR vrgu[gu[EStan! Swgyis. 17. vrgu[gu[EStan! pU[aeR Tv< ! Oh Lord VaradarAjA of Hast Meaning: slOkams is about Your VyUham enter into additional states such as Vibh (Your leelA VibhUthi) and incarnate among because be vibhava avathArams, Oh Lord, You who is to come vibhavAvathArams Your guNams hide them and take on births am You. to comparable guNams have not of Your sankalpam and not because of the co humans and devAs. You are vara-guNa-pa krIz iyam vaiyUhI vai sthiti sjatIySte;aimit tu ivÉvaOyamip Éjn! ivÉvaOyamip sjatIySte;aimit tu vibhUtInAm madhyE sura-nara-tiraScAm-avataran | sajAtIyas-teshamiti bhajan tu vibhavAkhyAmapi sthagayasi || karIsa! tvam pUrNO varaguNaguNais-tAn ivÉUtIna< mXye surnritríamvtrn!, ivÉUtIna< mXye #y< vEyUih vE iSwitrw ikleCDaivùtye ikleCDaivùtye #y< vEyUih vE iSwitrw withThis slOkam deals celebration of the the previous two slOkams, KurEsarthe previous focu Sriman naarAyaNan): Sriman naarAyaNan): Sadagopan.org Your possessions/vibhUthi (dEvAs, Your possessions/vibhUthi madhyEavataran tvam vibhUtInAm sura-nara-tiraScAm sport atha: kilaicchAvihrutayE this StavamareaboutVyUhanilaiofYours? iyam sthitivaiyUhIvai? karIsa! - Prose order(anvayakramam)meaning close toYoucomprehendYourSouseelyaGuNam. (SvAbhAvika GuNams)duringYourvibhav OhLordoftheElephant Hill! varaguna paripUrNan'spinsEvai-thanksSrISenthil - Is it not that so that adiyEn’s two previous slOkams in twopreviousslOkams in -IsitnotthatsoadiyEn’s - On top of that VyUha st humans, animalsandbirdset al) humans, 110 a avathArams and makethosewhocome and a avathArams ate, forpurposesofYour -Youincarnateamong Sadagopan.org ) ) ) are ) aprAkrutai: akapaDai: ) haani (danger) to ra rahsyam of the ). with Your anantha kalyANa with Your anantha of Your five states (viz)., (viz)., states five Your of iyaRkkaiyAna tanmaikaL ) nija vihAra vacanE siddhai: Ipikai covers these six rahasyams: Ipikai covers these six rahasyams: i is not made up of pancha bhUthams bhUthams pancha of up made not is i e human beings to consider You as one You to consider beings e human with karmAs like in our cases, but but cases, our in like karmAs with grows and there is grows and there is hlAdhA and punishing those, who are and punishing those, hlAdhA (aspects) of avathA the fruits of karma phalans. They are rrorize the world with their dhushtA- - You are born as a human being and hide as a human being and hide - You are born 111 aNan are not illusory, but real ( aNan are not illusory, tthvam free from rajas and tamas ( tthvam free from rajas ajahat svbhAvai: i - although You are filled i - although You - and enter into yet another enter into yet - and dharma samsthApanArthAya yuge sambhavaami yuge aatmIya rakshaNa, vipaksha vinaasa arthai: chAram ( not abandoned; they are very much part of Him in even these these even in Him of part much very are they dharmam ( abandoned; not manushyAvathArams et al ( like ours, but it is of suddha sa for protecting Your BhakthAs like Pra unrighteous (Kamsan, Raavanan) and te originate because of Your own sankalpam ( 2. of Sriman naarAy The avathArams 3. In those avathArams, guNams ( the svAbhAvika Lord. SlOkam 17 of SrI SaraNAgathi Dh SaraNAgathi Lord. SlOkam 17 of SrI (Ebook # 57; http://www.sundarasimham.org) 1. adharmam avathAram takes place, when 4. During these avathArams, Your ThirumEn 6. Your avathArams are not for enjoying 5. Your avathArmas are not associated 5. Here reference is made to the six amsams Here reference is made to Addditional comments: Addditional comments: of them and belong to their category. What a wonder? What category. their to of them and belong bhajan vibhavAkhyam Your anantha kalyANa GuNams and want th GuNams and want Your anantha kalyANa Vibhava state (Raama, KrishNa et al) KrishNa et al) state (Raama, Vibhava vara-guNa-gaNai: poorNa: ap GuNams in vibhava avathArams these ititeshAm sajAtIya: sthagayasi tu tAnn Sadagopan.org SarvEsvaran andenjoy Hissouseelyam. (Arjuna) cantakeliberties, theyre and letsbhakthAslikeArjunatotreatHi Even when Hegoesthrough theseextrao Youshouldrecognize me thus Dasarathan. manye raamamdasarathAtmajam “ qualities andsaytothemasYoudidinRaamAvathAram: about theirownlowliness byYourloftinessas will beintimidated Vaamanan, Raaman,KrishNanetal).You VibhUthi insomanyyonissuchasmathsyam,koormam,Varaham,Nrusimham, How wonderous itistoreflectonthefactthat Youincarnate inYour LeelA this context:“ SrIvathsAngAcchAr Swamyreferstoth | saadhu-samrakshaNArthatA dharmaghlAnau samudaya: suddha-sattvamayatvam casv avatArasya satyatvamajahatsvasvabhAvata| xmRGlanaE smudy> saxus th re him. It is the same with You, when when You, with same the is It him. re who are near the Su Him hide His Vara GuNa GaNams His Vara GuNa Him hide and Sun and the people may not be able to may not be able to people Sun and the sarvEsvarathvam directly and enjoy Your seelya guNa anushtAna sankalpam hides lofty GuNams as Sarv lebration of SrI VaradarAjan’s Souseelya VaradarAjan’s Souseelya lebration of SrI 113 guNams during Your avathArams. [an! vrd TvdIyan!, slOkam, KurEsar is rapturous over the reflection on the souseelya rapturous KurEsar is slOkam, souseelya on the the reflection over th pTyuiSTv;aimv pyaedv&tan! myUoan!. myUoan!. pTyuiSTv;aimv pyaedv&tan! Meaning: Oh Varada PrabhO! Although Your Soul àTy]yNTyivkl< tv siÚk«òa> àTy]yNTyivkl< tv siÚk«òa> Your natural with considerable effort are near and dear to You recognize Your sauSeelya-bhAvita-dhiyA bhavatA kathancitsauSeelya-bhAvita-dhiyA bhavatA tvadIyAn | sanchAditAnapi guNAn varada sannikrushTaa: pratyakshayanti avikalam tava mayUkhAn || patyustvishAmiva payOdavrutAn mingle with every one equally in His avathArams. The souseelyam and soulabhyam and soulabhyam avathArams. The souseelyam His equally in every one mingle with 27 by Swamy Desikan in the are celebrated gu sÁDaidtanip svabhAvika GuNams. Clouds may hide the saEzILy Éaivt ixya Évta kwiÂt! saEzILy Éaivt PancAsat in the spirit of KurEsA's ce of Lord VaradarAjanguNam which makes KurEsA's of spirit the in PancAsat GuNam: But those, those clouds. behind see the Sun clearly see the Sun and reve AruNan Sun like it comes to your hiding Your 17 In this Sadagopan.org anantakalyana gunaganan-thanks SrIStakopatatachar 114 Sadagopan.org one of these five e glories of Your cing Your anantha kalyANa deals with the celebration of deals with at dhivya desams or the antharyAmi antharyAmi the or desams dhivya at t blessed to see th t blessed the VyUha form or Vibhava form like the Lord (in the previous twothe Lord (in the slOkams, of boons! You might take on the Para of boons! You might take on the Para chEthanams. In every chEthanams. In every ppropriate auspicious guNams befitting ose who are not fortunate to have the 115 ada! yO yO bhavasi vai | SLOKAM 18 SLOKAM beneficiaries of experien beneficiaries yae yae Évis vE, yae yae Évis vE, ! slOkam of SrI VaradarAja slOkam of Stavam th VaasudEavA form seen in SrI Vaikuntam or Raama and KrishNA or the archA form seen Oh Lord VaradarAjA granting the best Oh Lord VaradarAjA the best granting sa sa tvam sann aiisaan varaguNagaNAn bibhrat akhilAn sa sa tvam sann aiisaan varaguNagaNAn itarebhyastvitarathAbhajadbhyO bhAsyEvam satatam || Meaning: form found inside the heart lotus of the ÉjÑ(ae ÉaSyev< stt< #tre_yiSTvtrwa. 18. ÉjÑ(ae ÉaSyev< stt< #tre_yiSTvtrwa. uta vaa-arcAvitaraNa: parO yaa vyUhO vaa vibhava bhavan vaa antaryAmee vara-var s s Tv< sn! @ezan! vrgu[g[an! ibædiolan! s s Tv< sn! @ezan! vrgu[g[an! Évn! va=NtyaRmI vrvrd Évn! va=NtyaRmI Vibahava, archA and antharyAmiVibahava, archA of states Of Lord VaradarAjan): on the Para and VyUha forms KurEsar focused ya VyUhae va ivhv %t va=cRivtr[> prae forms, Oh VaradarAjA, You adopt the a that state BhakthAs. Th and bless Your bhAgyam of closeness with You do not ge The 18 svaroopam and do not become guNams. This is indeed a pity! Sadagopan.org specific guNams each to take care of th (having thecomplete sixpradhAnaguNa proceeded toexplain thatParaVaasud visishtan(Possessor oflimi kalyANa guNa In theearlier establis slOkams,KurEsar itharathA asi be Yourdearones. itarebhaya: tu bhajadbhya: bhAsi akhilAn varaguNagaNAnbibhrat aisAn - sa: sann ya: bhavasi vai- antaryAmI vaa al bhavanvaa arcAvitaraNa uta vibhavabhavanvaa at themilkyocean) vyUha Vaa Vaikuntam vaa tvam para vara varada! Prose order(anvayakramam)meaning havingtheuniqueaspectsofYoursasIsvaran - or in the VyUhA state (as VaasudEVa-SanakarshaNAdhi VyUha states VyUhastates (asVaasudEVa-SanakarshaNAdhi -orintheVyUhAstate -stayinginthoseappropriate forms -OhLord grantingthechoiceboons! -Youstayasnonentity(JataBrahmam). -Foralltheothershowever, who -WhetherYouareinthe inSrI ParAformasParaVaasudEvan -orinthestateofindweller intheheartsofall -Youshineforthose,whoha orwhatever otherstatesYouexistin - or in Vibhavaa states like RaamA or KrishNA likeRaamAorKrishNA -orinVibhavaastates -orasarchAMoorthyin -YoudisplayallofYourauspiciousguNams. 116 Evan alone has the PoorNa shADguNyam alonehasthePoorNashADguNyam Evan eir specificduties. Next, KurEsarpointed ms) and theVyUha Moorthys havetwo ms) and hed that Lord VaradarAjan isanantha hed thatLordVaradarAjan tless auspicious attributes). Then, he attributes). Then,he tless auspicious ve sought refugeinYou. do nothavethegoodfortuneto SrIrangam, ThiruvEngadamet Sadagopan.org and sinners, this and sinners, slOkam, KurEsar links th the reflection on the souseelya the reflection on the souseelya ructs us that Lord VaradarAjan has ructs us that pparent following the aruLiccheyalkaLs aruLiccheyalkaLs the pparent following s Him hide His Vara GuNa GaNams and and archAall the Lord has states, the the Bhagavath dhvEshis the Bhagavath adhAna GuNams are transparent to those to those adhAna GuNams are transparent rd VaradarAjan with His Para, VyUha andrd VaradarAjan with His Para, hArams possesseshArams guNams. all six Here, 117 NammazwAr and Thirumazhisai AzhwAr. NammazwAr and uvadi and will be invisible to those, who do not seek and will be invisible to those, uvadi --To be continued in Vol 2--- --To be Sri Perumdevi sameta Sri VardarAja ParabrahmaNE Nama: slOkam, KurEsar is rapturous over slOkam, KurEsar is rapturous th Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V. SaThakOpan ShAdguNya paripoorNathvam will not be a like Swamy of number of AzhwArs who seek refuge at His Thir His protection. PoorNa ShADguNyam in all of the five states ranging from ParA to antharyAmi antharyAmi to ParA from ranging states five the of all in ShADguNyam PoorNa by saying that for state. He concludes Lord’s Pr Vibhava forms. He states that Additional comments: Additional comments: In the 17 KurEsar asserts that even in antharyAmi asserts that KurEsar guNams.six pradhAna Thus, KurEsar inst guNam of Lord VaradarAjan which make 18 His avathArams. In the in equally one every mingle with statesthe archai and antharyAmi of Lo avat His vibhava the Lord in out that Sadagopan.org 118 119 Sadagopan.org Jaganmohini tirukkolam -thanksSrISatakopatatachar 120 Sadagopan.org s in His of His creation all the sorrows of devotees taking all the sorrows of devotees to that jewel standing on top of the to that jewel standing on after each of these 108 naamAs culled after each of F for Lord Varadarajan first and then add d to grant the desired boons generously d to grant generously the desired boons „ of slOkams of SrI VaradarAjaof slOkams of Sthavam, 121 G . ïI>. . ïI>. who has the well being of all well being who has the (Please add praNavam before each nAmam) (Please add praNavam before SRI VARADARAJA ASHTOTTARA SATA NAMAVALI NAMAVALI SATA ASHTOTTARA SRI VARADARAJA devarAja SwaminE namO nama: KarigirIsAya namO nama: arthithArta paridhAna SwaminE nama: dhikshItha sarvabhUta-Suhrdha SwaminE namO nama: sarvabhUta-Suhrdha SwaminE (praNavam) Hasthgiri-masta-sekhara praNathArthi-hara SwaminE nama: tunga MangaLa guNa-aaspadha VaradarAjAya namO nama: (Salutations to the Lord of the Elephant Hill!) 6. heart!) 4. (Salutations to that Lord of all Gods!). 5. 1. (Salutations the remover of to the Lord, refuge at His sacred feet! Salutations Elephant hill!). 2. adiyEn will now list theadiyEn will now 108 naamAvaLis of these Sacred naamams the meanings (Salutations One, who has vowe to that them!). for His devotees, who seek 3. (Salutations to that Master, onto the next volume Before moving from KurEsar’s and Swamy Desikan’s StOtrams on and Swamy Desikan’s StOtrams from KurEsar’s VaradarAjan. Lord Sadagopan.org 7 guNAs!). most auspicious tothatKingofBoon-givers, (Salutations 16. PurushArthams!). and with allkindsofaisvaryams totheOnewithmost ch (Salutations 15. totheOne,whois (Salutations 14. refuge atHislotusfeet!). totheOne,whoisdele (Salutations 13. totheOneembodyin (Salutations 12. totheOnefilled with (Salutations 11. andtEjas). Veerya aisvarya, totheLordwithsu (Salutations 10 pervasive roopam!). totheLordwithchan (Salutations 9 totheEmpero (Salutations 8 glories!) totheLordof wondrous andlimitless (Salutations . adhbhuthaaseemabhUm . nirABhAdha Nithya NiravadhiNi . nirABhAdhaNithya . Hasthi-Kshithi-dharaPathayEnamOnama: . Pravara-guNa-ShaDkaSwaminEnamOnama: agaNitha MahA-MangaLa guNa SampoorNAya namO nama: namOnama: MahA-MangaLa guNaSampoorNAya agaNitha udhAraBhujaSwaminE namOnama: SwaminEnamOnama: PraNathaParatanthra PraNathaJanaBhOgyaSwaminEnamOnama: AayathAksha SwaminE namOnama: namOnama: PoorNAya Vara-guNa-GaNa r oftheHasthiGiri!). aka SwaminEnamOnama: the “servant” toHisBhakthAs!). g the anantha KalyANa GuNams!) g theananthaKalyANaGuNams!) countless auspicious GuNAs!). countlessauspiciousGuNAs!). rupama SvarUpaSwaminEnamOnama: 122 preme Six GuNAs:Jn~Ana,Sakthi, Bala, whoisthe abodeof ctable feast forthe ivalrous/ generousha geless, eternal,incomparableandall- thehighestand devotees, who seek nds that blessone nds that Sadagopan.org s, which resemble s, which resemble beautiful to all the way eyes extend n reminds one of the rainy clouds of n reminds one e bluish-black tresse e bluish-black l eyes reminding us of the red lotus in est is adorned by the moving beautiful moving est is adorned by the with limitless krupai for His devotees!). ant with the Urdhva-PuNDram on His on His Urdhva-PuNDram ant with the 123 ha Vakshasthala Vaibhava SwaminE ha Vakshasthala Vaibhava SwaminE filled with the mood of karunai!). Da shObhitha SwaminE namO nama: the Lotus-Soft beautiful eyes!). the Lotus-Soft beautiful eyes!). hra SwaminE namO nama: SwaminE namO hra abhIshta-GopikA aagrAtha kapOla YugaLAya namo nama: PushkarAksha VaradharAjAya namO nama: Urdhva-puNDraalankrutha LalA KaruNA-Rasa poorNa Nayana Vaibhavaaya namO nama: apAra KrupA nidhayE namO nama: sphuritha Moukthika Haaralankrut ambhuja nEthra PrabhavE namO nama: ambhuja nEthra PrabhavE namO neela Megha Nibha ghAt neela Megha SwaminE namO nama: KunthaLa anjana-punja-shyAma 24. (Salutations to the Prabhu with 20. (Salutations to the Lord, who is radi forehead!). 21. namO nama: (SalutationsGreat One, whose ch to the pearl necklace!). 22. (Salutations to the Lord with the eyes 23. (Salutations the Great Hasthi GirIsan to (Salutations with the beautifu to the One its beauty / soukumAryam!). 25. the assembly of Collyrium strips!). 19. His ears!). His ears!). 17. (Salutations complexio to the Lord, whose summer Months!). 18. (Salutations Lord, who has the dens to the (Salutations has the most Lord, who to the Sadagopan.org 28. tree!). totheGreatOnewithth (Salutations 27. of alovelyconch!). totheLordwithcaptivat (Salutations 26. infatuated GopaSthrees withtheir lips!). GopikA-Ramanan tothe (Salutations (Salutations totheLordofallYaj~nams!) (Salutations 33. protect themduringthetimeofMahAPraLayam!). totheLord,whoheld (Salutations 32. aNDaadhyushithaUdharA totheSupremeb (Salutations nama: namO 31. VarENyaVara-dhAthAya KurukshEthram warasthech holding theropesfordirectinghorse tothatParthasArathywi (Salutations mahAthmyAya namOnama: 30. the hallsof thehousesof totheinfantLordwithth (Salutations 29. PirAtti!). PerumdEvi (Salutation totheindhira-Ramanan, who tamAla Neela roopaya namO nama: NeelaroopayanamO tamAla namOnama: Kambhu KaanthakaNDalaavaNyAya Yaj~nEsvarAya namO nama: Kuru kshEthrEHayaNayaSoothraThOhtthrayO:aalamBana anghaNEshuri Vraja janasadhana indhirA AaslEsha RasikAyanamOnama: indhirA AaslEsha theGopisatGokulam!). arioteer ofArjunan!). oon-granting LordVaradhan!). oon-granting vaibhavAya namOnama: vaibhavAya nkhAtha VaibhavAya namOnama: 124 , whosecheekswere touchedby the e redpalmsarisingfrom Hiscrawling on th the Glory of reddened hands from th theGloryofreddenedhandsfrom e darkgreenish-black hue of aTamAla universes inside His small stomach to universes insideHissmallstomachto ing beautyoftheneckresemblingthat delights inreceivingtheembraces of and the saattai kucchhi (whip)atthe and thesaattaikucchhi Sadagopan.org an free from the twins of Lord of all Yaj~nams received directly received all Yaj~nams Lord of med by Brahma Devanmed by Brahma on Hasthigiri!). can not be measured by Place, Time or or Time Place, by measured be not can the rejuvenating nectar for those chment-hatred, old age-death, desire- , who can be rached by Jn~ana, Karma, , who can be rached by Jn~ana, creation, sustenance and destruction from who displays unmatched forbearance/ who displays unmatched 125 yOga maargENalabhyamAna the three taapams of SamsAram!). andhva SwaminE namO nama: l, blemishless Lord Varadh ibhavAya namO nama:) Anantha HasthIsAya namO nama: Anantha HasthIsAya namO Janma-sthEma-praLaya vidhaya vilasitha vaibhavAya namO nama: KshamiNAm Vara VaradharAjAya namO nama: Jn~Ana-KriyA-Bhajana-Prapatthi adhirAjAya namO nama: adhirAjAya namO nama: sarva lOka SaraNyAya taapa trayeemaya dhavAnala dahyamAna JanthO:amrutha sadhrusa nithya Niravadhya Nirdhv (Salutations to the indefinable One, who Bhakthi and Prapathti Yogams!). 39. Vasthu/ Desa-Kaala-vasthu!). 40. Samana Va (Salutations to the Lord, who is like chEthanams scorched by the heat of 41. (Salutations to the Eterna Hunger-Thirst, Sorrow-infatuation,atta anger, et al!). VaibhavAya namO nama: VaibhavAya (Salutations the Lord of Hasthigiri to (Salutations Emperor of all, to the 35. (Salutations to the One with powers of (Salutations to the Lord, who is the refuge of all the worlds!). 37. PoRumai!). 38. 34. (Salutations as the First who to Varadhan, AsvamEdha Yaagam perfor the Havis in the of His Sankalpa sakthi!). the blossoming 36. Sadagopan.org venuganakrishnantirukkolam- thanksSrI Satakopatatachar 126 Sadagopan.org with the realization/Knowledge that we we that realization/Knowledge with the iciousness on all, who seek His refuge!). iciousness on all, who seek His tchlessCompassion/Mercy towards the filled with the flow of natural affection of natural affection filled with the flow from the comprehension of those with no from the comprehension of 127 benefactor, VaradarAjan / PEraruLalan!). benefactor, VaradarAjan the kshEmamof all the ChEthanams!). the kshEmamof all the ChEthanams!). s the Hitham of all Jeevans!). without let by PerumdEvi ThAyAr!). urudaya nama: Varada SwaaminE KshamAmbhonidhayE nama: SaarvAya nama: Hithaj~nyAya namO nama: SriyA nishEvitha SwaminE nama: athula DayAnidhayE nama: athula DayAnidhayE abhaktha Durgraha SwaminE nama: abhaktha Durgraha SwaminE akruthrima prEma rasa pravAha vaibhava SwAminE nama: Seshathva Jn~Ana Daayaka Seshathva nama: SwaminE VisvajanIna SwaminE nama: VisvajanIna SwaminE nama: 44. 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