Swami Desikan’s
VAIRAAGYA PANCHAKAM
With Annexure: KAnchi PurattAsi SravaNam MangaLASAsanam
Annotated commentary in English By:
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TO S RI SRI VAIRAGYA PANCHAKAM V ïImt “Swamy Desikan – Kaanchipuram” “Swamy Desikan–Kaanchipuram” AIR ïI v A eingmaNt mhadi ïImt GYA P EraGy pÂkm . ïI>. eraman ANCHAKAM 3 ujay nm> rd VaradarAjan sannidhi every dayandhad every rd VaradarAjansannidhi Aaradhanam athis Aaradhanam amy was at Kaanchipuram andsustained amy was atKaanchipuram eskay nm> his sishyAs. Hespurnedwealthandled hissishyAs. Peetam atayoungageafterHisown st of his time was spent in interpreting wasspentininterpreting st ofhistime
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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org DakshiNa SankaraPeetamatSrungEri.Vi lateradornthe ownriteandwould wasascholarinhis VidhyAraNyar kings. whowastheraaj snEhithar, VidhyAraNyar, While SwamyDesikanwasatKaanchipuram, Jn~Anama AnushtAnam, Desikan's Sixth slOkam (Naasthy pithrArjitham--) has anushtup meter. meter. (NaasthypithrArjitham--) hasanushtup Sixth slOkam (SareerapathanAvadhi--) Fifth slOkam Fourth slOkam(dhureeswaradhwArabhair---) hasVamsasTamasthemeter. (Jwalathu jaladhi--)hasHariNeemeter. Third slOkam kimanalam --)issetinPruTveemeter. to ashissecondresponse Desikan sent Second slOkam,whichisthefirstslOkamof First slOkam(KshONikONaSathAmsa---) The metres usedbySwamyDesikaninthe wealth that matteredand th fromthem.HetoldVidhyAr to seekfavors stated firmly thathewillnot Desikandeclaredhisdisi clothing. Swamy tobe andstoopinglow human beings ofpraising thepractice Panchakam,SwamyDesikancondemned In SriVairAgya was fullofpraisefortheVairAgyam Panchakamwi Thus wasborntheVairAgya hisearlierreply,whichtooktheformofasingleslOkam. slOkams toexpandon to considersuchanopportuni pressing SwamyDesikantoaccepthisin andyetdidnotwanttogive disappointed thatexplainedhisdisint a singleslOkam appointment atthecourt.SwamyDesikan attractive position.Hesentoneoftheem invitation tocomethecourtofVija wanted VidhyAraNyar poet/philosopher. wallowing inpoverty spiteofhis(Swamy e restofthewealth inthisworldisworthless. be seen in the porches ofth be seenintheporches ty andrejecteditfirmly.SwamyDesikancomposedfive nd VairAgyamwereexemplary. SwamyDesikanandwishedhimwell. 4 issetagaininPruTveemeter. vitation. SwamyDesikanwasnotinterested VidhyAraNyar. ThesecondslOkam(silam ya nagaramkingsandhold afinancially erest inworldlywealth. VidhyAraNyarwas saw theinvitationan issaries fromthecourtwithletter of six slOkamsofSriVairAgyaPanchakam: aNyar thatLordVaradarAjanistheonly th six slOkams altogether.VidhyAraNyar th sixslOkams issetinSaardhUlavikreetitham. dyAraNyar feltbad Desikan's) scholarship andtalentsasa scholarship Desikan's) nterest in pursuing such activities and suchactivitiesand nterest inpursuing up.Hesentthereforeasecondletter to help his boyhood friendthrough boyhood to helphis the pentad of the slOkams that Swamy thatSwamy theslOkams thepentadof a guruatthecourtofVijayanagaram g thewealthyforone'sfoodand he receivedaletterfromhisbaalya e wealthytopraisethemand d responded through d respondedthrough that hisfriendwas xana m kshubhyath kshudhra narEndhra chADu rachanA dhanyAn na manyAmahE namanyAmahE dhanyAn kshubhyath kshudhranarEndhrachADurachanA ] ]a “kuchEla visited Srikrishna inDw “kuchEla visitedSrikrishna u_yt d dhAnA mushti muchEKuchEla munayEdhatthEsmavitthEsathAm mushti dhAnA ev e[I ka kshONee kONa SathAmsa paalana kalA dhurvAra garvAnala- SathAmsapaalanakalAdhurvAra kshONee kONa dEvam sEvithumEvaniscchinum < s uiò m ! ] eivt u Ô nr e[ Zata uc um e k ! @viniín eNÔ caq u c e l m e ya ahE yOasoudayALu:purA e SmivÄ e=sa E dya¦ ! nmNyamh Rr gva eztam u> p Rnl £ !. 1. ura e, sadagopan.org sadagopan.org before our Lord and seek the before ourLordandseek comparable tothatofKubhEra.Followingth Lord acceptedthatpresen when hewenttovisitKris for Hehadnothingtogive of KrishNa. poverty. wassteepedin life poor. His Once uponatime,there wasapious manwi wealth weneed evenwithoutourasking. these people.Webelievethateulogizing these deludedonesassignificantones.Our rewards fromthesekingsandconsiderthem There arehumanbeings,whopraisethesein thes of earth.Thehaughtiness this land on There isnoKingwhorulestheentireworl (E XTENDED M EANING ): hna. Thatwaswhathecouldafford.Themostmerciful t as a great gift and blessed KuchEla withwealth KuchEla t asagreatgiftandblessed wealth from Him alone. wealth fromHim 6 KuchEla was a boyhood friend and classmate friendandclassmate KuchEla wasaboyhood his friend except a fistful of pounded rice, his friendexceptafistfulofpoundedrice, SrimanNarayananwillgrantusallthe d. The different kingsrulelittleparcelsof d. Thedifferent e kings is huge and grows like wild fire. fire. likewild e kingsishugeandgrows philosophy and values are different from andvaluesaredifferent from philosophy significant kings uptothesky.Theyget kings significant selves as fortunate. We do not consider selves asfortunate.Wedonotconsider is path,wearedetermined toprostrate th the name of KuchEla, whowasdirt th thenameofKuchEla, (E Whatamisery? water andClothing!Alas! likethat,evenlearnedschola situation is little pieceoftornclothcanbeusedasa to quenchone'sthirst?Youcanuseeventh enou Isitnot appetite? one's field toquell process theirSvaroopam.Isitnotenough andpraisethemforthesakeofth kings Alas! Eventhosehavingadiscriminating XTENDED -jiNt ivb bhajanthy viBHudhAmudhAhyah py> às M silam kimanalam bhavEthanalam oudharam BhAdhithum silam kimanalambhavEthanalamoudharamBhAdhithum EANING paya: prasruthi poorakam kimunadhArakamsArasam paya: prasruthipoorakam ayathna malamallakampaTipaDaccharamkaccharam isl AyÆ mlm‘k < ikmnl uxa m ): &it p U rk uxa ýhhk < ikm < -v SLOKAM 2 < piwpq½r 7 ednlma u nxark gh to take a handful of water from the pond gh totakeahandfulofwaterfromthepond loincloth tokeepone'smodesty.Whilethe rs approachthewealthyand begforfood, intellect and true Jn~Anam approach the approachthe intellect andtrueJn~Anam eir livelihood and destroy throughthat anddestroy eir livelihood to collectfew scattered grainsfromthe …i]t> k at waterforsustainingone'slife.The aha kukshithaL kukshitha: kukshitha: aha kukshithaL Edr < sarsm < baixt < k½r ui]t>. 2. < u< !, sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ( anything from them. anything from Therefore, adiyEnwillnotuse our Lord.Similarly,thisSpee blossomed duringtheevening.Thatmallikai speech isnotanordinaryone.Ithasth as aresult!Wewillnothowevergo tothe shinewithgrowingflames! JaaDarAgni growsinintensity,one'shung JaaDarAgni as JaaDarAgni.Itabsorbsa does notflowoveritsshores.Similarly, excess water thatflowsintotheoceanfrom In themiddleofOceanisafirewith E XTENDED pirm¦m t Jvlt M àit-q pq &[mip vy jwalathu jaladhi krODa kreeDa jwalathu jaladhikrODa EANING parimaLamuchA vAchAyAchAmahEnamaheesvarAn thruNamapi vayamsAyamsampullamallimahtallikA prathibaDa paDujwaLamAlAkulOjaDarAnala uca vacayacamh u jlix³a ): < say u Jvala malak ll thefoodinputandhelpswi ch of mineisintendedforth ch of this tongue of mineinserv tongueof this < s SLOKAM 3 e f ³Ift < ) 8 uLl miLlmtiLlka Let more and more hunger beexperienced Let moreandhunger court of a king and beg for anything. Our Our court ofakingandbegforanything. the faceofamare.Th we have a fire in our bellies known belliesknown wehaveafireinour e nmhIñran e fragranceoftheJasmine flowerthat th krupeeDabhavaPrabhA rainandstorm.Asaresult,theocean er grows further andfurther.Letthis growsfurther er flower and its fragrance belongs only to flower anditsfragrancebelongsonly ! k ula e jQranl>, &pIf -và-a e eulogyofth ice topraise menand seek th our digestion. As this this As th ourdigestion. !. 3. at agnidrinksthe e Lordalone. xnÃy SyNdn- Êraiskay Dhananjaya syandhana bhUshaNam dhanam syandhanabhUshaNam Dhananjaya ydÃna- ÊrIñr Öarbihr “aDiyEn hasParthasarathy asmytreasure” yadhaj~nanAbham nirapAyamasthy mE yadhaj~nanAbham nirapAyamasthy dhureeswara dhvAra bahir vitardhikaa- dhureeswara dhvArabahirvitardhikaa- dhurAsikAyai rachithOayam-anjali dhurAsikAyai E ricta < inrpaym SLOKAM 4: 9 U;[ e=ym ! ivtidk < xnm ! AiStm ! AÃil>, ! . 4. R a e sadagopan.org sadagopan.org my hand, why would adiyEn seek any perishable wealth? seekanyperishable my hand,whywouldadiyEn routesandgetdestroyed.Whil inauspicious Through HisGithOpadEsam,He sitting asanenchanting,et myhandinprayertobesa adiyen folds requests.It isadetestable sit inthefrontporchwait rich haughty One hastogothehousesof (C (Wealthy) ones inastat theoute hands totheactofsittingbefore else?Ther why wouldadiyEnneedanything decoration totheChariotofArjunainba neverp thedarkbluehued, adiyEn has (M OMMENTS EANING ): ) e offorceddejection. ing fortherighttimetoapproachthemmakeour state. MayadiyEnbesaved ernal treasurein Arjuna's saves the people of the world from traveling on worldfromtravelingon the savesthepeopleof 10 ved from this sorrowful state! KaNNan is KaNNanis sorrowfulstate! ved fromthis tobegforperishablewealth.Wehave e adiyEnhasthispermanenttreasure in ttle field. While adiyEnhasthistreasure, ttle field.While erishing, eternaltreasure-seatedas efore adiyEnsaysgoodbyewithfolded r pial of the houses of insignificant r pialofthehousesinsignificant chariotas PaarthasArathy. from this obnoxious state! from thisobnoxious sAdhanam for all fruits is the true wealth that one can possess. thetruewealththatonecanpossess. forallfruitsis sAdhanam Govardhanam, delights th Arjunan, lifted therefore fruitlesstooneinthelongrun. one saluteandservetherichpeopleuntil The wealthacquiredtoquenchtheJaadarAg That samewealthshowers mangaLamson fromthewrathofIndhran. faced danger hill ofGovardhanamto protecttheGopAs in thebattlefield andshowed withallkindsof wealth, wecanbeblessed imperishable wealth availabletous.Ifwe is apitythattheyspendtheirlives try topleasethehaughtyrichbypraisingth effort toacquirethenecessarywealth to watertoquenchthe fire in and with food wealth What istheuseofacquiringimmense (C (M OMMENTS EANING s usaxnm ): abhindhana Dhananjaya pr Dhananjaya abhindhana ): dhananjaya vivardhanam dhanam UdhUDa gOvardhanam dhananjaya vivardhanamdhanamUdhUDagOvardhanam AibNxn xnÃyàzmd susAdhanam aBAdhanam sumansAm samArAdhanam aBAdhanamsumansAm susAdhanam zrIrptnavix à- SareerapathanAvadhi pra xnÃy ivvix ! Abaxn him the auspicious way. That wealth lifted and held the the way.Thatwealthliftedandheld auspicious him the < s SLOKAM 5 R n u mnsa 11 < xnm aSamadham dhanam dhandhanam dhandhanam aSamadham dhanam quench this JaadarAgni. Until they die, men theydie, JaadarAgni.Until this quench u in; bhu nishEvaNaapAdhanAth the stomach (JaadarAgni). It takes immense (JaadarAgni).Ittakes immense the stomach in theseuselessactivities.Thereisan The imperishablewealth,whichelevated The e minds of the righteousand thecorrect e mindsofthe approach that eternal and undiminishing approachthateternalandundiminishing mangaLams.Thatwealth Arjunan guided em toaccumulate wealth littlebylittle. It < smaraxnm one has this body onehasthisbody and Gopistheircattle, whenthey ? All of these are for filling our stomach ? Alloftheseareforfillingourstomach all who think of itwith affectionand all whothinkof ni, whichhaswaterasitsfood,makes u ËF ga < xn ev[apadnat < dNxn evx R n !. 5. < < , ! such apursuitis sadagopan.org sadagopan.org eleventimesinthisslOkam. word “Dhanam” gofordifferentkindsofp would anyone While wehavethistruewealth with the delights theirheart.Thatwe alth isthemeansforgainingalltypesofPurushArTams. 12 name ofKaNNanbeingavailabletous,why erishable wealth? SwamyDesikanusesthe Giri. ItsnameisVaradarAjan. the wealthbequeathedtome I canclaimashavingbeenearnedbyme. adiyEnhasnoclaimstoan (M EANING AiSt m naiSt ipÇa=ij ): nAsthy pithrAarjithamkimchith asthy mEHasthi-sailAgre e hiStz y wealth accumulatedbymyFa Rt Ela¢ by Brahma Devan, which stands onthetopofAtthi by BrahmaDevan,whichstands < ikiÂt “Paithaamaham dhanam” e vSt SLOKAM 6 13 ! nmyaikiÂdaij vasthu paithAmahamdhanam u p I have ownership over one wealth; that is wealth;thatis I haveownershipoverone namayAkimchithArjitham E tamhm ! xnm ther. Ihave nowealththat !. 6. R tm !, sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Oppilappan KoilVaradAchAriSadagopan Oppilappan Daasan, perishable? kind ofwealth,whichis family imperishable this adiyEn possesses VaradarAjan andBrahmadEvan Giri atKaanchipuram.Hewasblessedthere Y Brahma DevanperformedanAsvamEdha (C OMMENTS kivtaik ): ïImt SrImate ve~nkaTeshaaya vedaantaguravenamaH. SrImate ve~nkaTeshaaya kavitaarkika simhaayakalyaaNaguNa Saaline. e v R k is e»q ezay v aagam on top of the hill named Hasthi namedHasthi aagam ontopofthehill after withthegreatwealth namedLord urv u[zailn e nm>, to us for eternity. While to usforeternity.While e , iyEn seekanyother iyEn personally duringthenext PurattAsiSravaNam be will who readthesepostings BhakthAs, remembrance ofthis specialdayatKaan will attempt tosynthesizetheseaccounts have describedtheeventsofMangaL SrI NrusimhaTaathAryaSwamy'sdiscip SrI R.SrinivAsaVaradhaTatachAr,thedi AchAryan ofKaanchiknown protected thiskramamand SrI great AchAryan,Thirupputkkuzhi blisstoexpe anunique His avathAradinamis and vaikari(style)ofSwamyDesikan'sma Kaanch byAchAryAsof Atthigiri practiced Therearespecialkramam(order)to THE KANCHILORDOFATTHIGIRI LordVaradarAjanofAtthigiri,Kanchi MANGALASASANAM OF as SrI AyyAtthu Swamy. Varadaha GuNAmrutha Varshi, AyyAtthuSwamy.VaradahaGuNAmrutha as SrI this hasbeenembellishedfurtherbyanother great ANNEXURE 15 perform mangaLAsAsanamoftheLord AsAasanam dayatdifferentplaces.AdiyEn le andThUppulNarasimhAcchArSwamy sciple of MahA VidvAn, Thirupputtkkuzhi sciple ofMahAVidvAn,Thirupputtkkuzhi KrishNa TaatAryaMahA Desikanhas KrishNa i fromancienttimes.Thespecialkramam ngaLAsAsanam ofLordVaradarAjanon ngaLAsAsanam chipuram and hope that some of the thatsomeofthe chipuram andhope and present an integratedpicturein and present rience inone'slife fortunatetoexperience thisbliss dayatKaanchiadiyEn isgratefulto on thisearth.The sadagopan.org sadagopan.org nithyAnushtAnams. by.Th KiNaRu (NadaVaapi)arenear year, anewMaNTapam hasbeenconsecrated.The areasincludingtheNadai arrive at theThiruMaaLikai,whereHeused HisaasthAnamandwill Desikanwillleave Swamy before SravaNam,around4P.M, when HeblessesuswiththesEvaionYaaL SravaNamda beforethis days For nine Hasthigiri, wheretheLord waitsforSwamy onthewayfrom located sannidhis individual various SrISookthisandTamilPrabandh This MangalAsAsanakramamusesmost event andaskedmetowriteab SrIman SaTakOpaTatAchAr Swamy, whopr 1.T on thisday. Desikan'sreluct VaradarAjan, andSwamy descent fromHasthigiri,thePiriyAVi ofVarada follow thejourneytosannidhi Let usstartfromtheSannidhiofSwam HE DAY BEFORE P URATT A SI out thisauspiciousevent. S RAVA N 16 AM y, SwamyDesikanhasPurattAsiUthsavam, y DesikanatThUppularound9A.Mand ant return to his aasthAnam around 9 P.M around9 ant returntohisaasthAnam dai given by the doting Father, Lord Father,Lord givenbythedoting dai AT ly the slOkams from Swamy Desikan's fromSwamy ly theslOkams is is where, SwamyDesikanhadHis is where, i, ElephantVaahanams Desikan toarirveonthisspecialday. to live during His stay at ThUppul. This toliveduringHisstayatThUppul.This rAja, thevarious stopsinbetween,the T esented measpecialsouvenironthis thetempleentrancetoallway ams andrelatesspecificallytothe H U PPUL et al. On this day et al.Onthisday 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Desikan toconferallthefollowing the devotee.Thepowerofthismudhrai/F “am +jalayathi”,meltingtheLordaswate seeingHisdevotee'sanjali quenched on counter arrow forthearrowofanger ofthe (prathyasthramanja VaradarAja PanchAsath 30thslOkamofSrI andinthe Vaibhavam” “Anjali Sookthi, desikan inHisSrI ofan thenextday.Thepower of Hasthigiri SrI MaragathaValliThAyArofThirutthaNkA perform MangaLAsAsanamof M Anjali Thirumanjanam) fromVyAkhyAto ne HayagrIvan's sannidhi andPeethAmbharamtravel ThoppAram At theendoftraditional Thirumanja ANJALI MUDHRAIADORNMENT of Hisbeingaliverightinfront think of BrahmatEjas.Hisbewitchi displaying ready tohaveHisThirumanjanauthsavam Once SwamyDesikangetsseatedinthece THIRUMANJANAM ATTHETH The SrISookthithat He composedfor toenteri and MaragathavalliThAyAr prior andengagesin performs PradhakshiNam Guruison signify thattheVedAntha At 6P.M,onehearsthesoundof M ANGA pariNathimathvam) as thefinalfruitfo Offering Himself Power toconfereternalsoubhAgy rakshakathvam) (anubhandhi- Protecting those,whohavelinkstoHim(PrapannAs) Power toconfer allauspiciousness Power todestroy allsins(asEsha-dhOsha-nivarthakathvam) (aasu-kaarithvam), Giving thedesiredphalansquickly LA S A SANAM AT T HIRUTTHA arby. HisHasthaMudhrai the Lord of His birthplac the LordofHis soubhAgyams in Anjali Vaibhavam: inAnjali soubhAgyams IRUMAALIKAI MANTAPAM N ams (akshayaphalapradhathvam) (aseshakalyANaKaaranathvam) K 17 A us across the span of sevencenturies. thespanof usacross ng smile and VyAkhyA mudhrai makes one andVyAkhyAmudhraimakes ng smile His waytoViLakkoLiPerumAlKoil.He mangaLa vaadhyamofThirucchinnamto mangaLa bhaddha hastham. Anjali is recognized as bhaddha hastham.Anjaliisrecognizedas olded hand gestureis olded ng the sannidhi of Lord DhIpaPrakAsan. ng thesannidhiofLord Lord DhIpaPrakAsan(SrISaraNAgathiLord jali mudrai has been mudraihas jali nam, He adorns dhivyAbharaNams like HeadornsdhivyAbharaNams nam, r thePrapannan(PhalaroopasajAthIya the MangaLAsAsanam ofGodhAPirAtti with a simple vasthram and ThirumEni withasimplevasthramandThirumEni r on seeing the anjali mudhrai shown by r onseeingtheanjalimudhraishown Lord overourtrespasses.Lord'sangeris nter ofthatspecialMaNtapam,Heis thateveningandthedhivyadampathis lirasou TavanigrahAsthrE).Itisthe udrai toindicateth s onasmallkaitthaLamto Lord haschangednow(after e, SrIDhIpaPrakAsanand celebrated by Swamy bySwamy celebrated described by Swamy bySwamy described at He is going to to at Heisgoing sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 18 dhaivatham na:). day. DhivyaDampathi Tatthvamispe special sambhandhamofNaacchiyArkaLis BrahmOthsavam, ThOttaUthsavam and transporting theLordwithHisUbha when HegivesusHissEvaiinMohinial thetwoPallAkkusisforHisown One of us forSwamyDesikan's golden palanquins have arrived.Th by SwamyDesikanwould (palanqui By thistime,thegoldenpallAkku P.M. with HissalutationstotheAzhwArsand the Lord.AftermangaLAs now recieveSaThAri,garland,Theerttham DhIpikai) willberecitedmaje PaarAyana ghOshti andpreceded PaarAyana ghOshti PallAkku andstartHis journeyaround9.30 themornin arrived earlyatThUppul in The KaanchitempleElephant,Horse,Pari T HE DAY OF P URATT A SI S RAVA stically by the assembled GhOshti. Swamy Desikan will SwamyDesikanwill GhOshti. stically bytheassembled Asanam of the Lord,Swam Asanam ofthe N AM by DhivyaPrabandhaGhOshti. 19 g. Swamy Desikan will ascend the Golden Desikanwill ascend g. Swamy use during the 5th day of BrahmOthsavam, use duringthe5thdayofBrahmOthsavam, rhaps revealed here(YuvAmDampathI andothermaryAdhais(PrasAdham)from ankAram. The other pallAkku is used for ankAram. TheotherpallAkkuisusedfor return to His aasthAnam at ThUppul by return toHisaasthAnamatThUppulby ya NaacchiyArsonthe3rddayof e LordofKaanchisendsoneHistwo vArams ofLordVaradarAjawouldhave n) of Lord VaradarAjan forusenextday ofLordVaradarAjan n) sent for the use of Swamy Desikan next Desikannext fortheuseofSwamy sent VidaiyARRi. Thispallaakkuwiththe e duringthePurattAsiSravaNam day. A.M to Hasthigiri followed by Veda byVeda A.M toHasthigirifollowed y Desikan would continue continue y Desikanwould sadagopan.org sadagopan.org them thruthedEvayAnapath: showingthearchir groupare aadhivAhikAs andtheassemb vikshObhyathyamBaram) Saama srUyathE); DEvAsareperforming sampra heard alldirections(dhivyA Taniyan for Swamy Desikan is recitedhere: Taniyan forSwamyDesikanis heard: is following Yethsarikai The PaadhamThAngisliftSwamyDesikan' ondhundubhi KinnarAs playing the slOkamsdescribingcelebrations At theentranceofSwamyDesikanSannidhiat people intheSannidhi Streetwillbe A.Mnow and Temple ontheway.Itwouldbearound10.30 around YathOkthakAri theWesterngOpuramentr progresses towards MangaLa Vaadhyamswillbeplayingon dhivyA samprathi dhundhibhirdisi dhundhibhirdisi dhivyA samprathi aarabdha-prathisamskruthi: krut dEvaanAmapi haavUhaavU-laha vEdAnthAchArya-varyO mESannidhatthAmsadha hrudhi idVya sMàit idiz xvanEmuR÷> ÊiNxiÉidRis ïUyte aj~nAdhAribhirAthivAhika ga aj~nAdhAribhirAthivAhika AarBx-àitsMSk«it> k«tmuoEricRmuoE> ïIpte> SrImath VenkatanATArya ! PhaNidharaNidharAdhIsa SrImath VenkatanATArya!PhaNidharaNidharAdhIsa A}axairiÉraitvaihk g[E> AaidZyte pÏit devanamip havUhavU-lhrae iv]aeÉyTyMbrm! iv]aeÉyTyMbrm! havUhavU-lhrae devanamip SrImAn VenkatanATArya:kavi-tArkikakEsarI yethsarikai SwamyYethsarikai yethsarikai Swamy Vijayee Bhava vijayee BhavaVijayee dhivya GaNDAvathara! Vaadhyamfrequentlyandth 20 waiting forSwamyDesikan's arrivalwith ghAnam (dEvAnAmapi hAvU hAvUlaharI ghAnam (dEvAnAmapihAvU thi dhundhubhir-dhisi dhvAnair-muhu: dhvAnair-muhu: thi dhundhubhir-dhisi hamukairarchimukhai:SrIpathE: hamukairarchimukhai:SrIpathE: in theskyisrecited:Thereareyaksha- Adhi maargam to prapannAs and leading Adhi maargamtoprapannAsandleading ground now as well as SwamyDesikan aswell now ground nai: aadhisyathEpaddhathi rO vikshObhayathyambaram disi dhavaanairmuhu: srUyathe disi dhavaanairmuhu:srUyathe s Pallakkuontheirshouldersoncethe ly ofLord'skaimkaryaparALs,the ThUppul,asHestarts ance ofVaradarAjatemple aftergoing at auspicious dhvani is at auspiciousdhvani out,thefirstof STEP BYSTEP. WE WILLFOLLOWNOWTHIS SPECIALJOURNEYOFSWAMY DESIKAN Vaahana Mantapamduringthelateevening. thetimeofstartingfr continue from passages formawide-rangi GhOshti followsSwamyDesikanandrecite ThoNDaradippodi Vaasal.FromtheV attheUdhayabhA sthambham andarrives After beingseatedonthego mantapam intheevening. follows recitingSwamyDesikan'sSrIsookth bhavani the specialGhOshti.The the TempleofLordVaradarAjan.TheKa seatedonaGolden Tanga pallAkkuandis garland andSaThAri(NayinAchAryan). Desikan andSwamyhonorsthe AmmangAr. DarsanaThaambhUlamispres wherela KumAra ThaathaDesikansannidhi, farewelltoSwamyDesikan, GhOshti bid After entering theWesterngOpuram,th PoorNa Kumbhams. lden Kaittalam, Swamy Desi ng sthOthramsofSwamy inside the temple starts from here now. GhOshti now.GhOshti thetemplestartsfromhere inside 21 om UdhayabhAnu Mantapam to return to Mantapam toreturn om UdhayabhAnu ttiyams forSwamyDesikanarerecitedby aahana Mantapam,thesthOthraPaata Swamy desikan descends now from the Swamy desikandescendsnowfrom e vedaPaarAyaNaandtheadhyApAka Kaittalam for mangaLAsAsanam inside KaittalamformangaLAsAsanaminside who proceedsnowtowardsLakshmi who ThAtha Desikan dampathis with His ThAtha DesikandampathiswithHis nu manTapam prior to entering the nu manTapampriortoenteringthe tter's archai is with his dharmapathni, dharmapathni, tter's archaiiswithhis s Kattiyamsinbetweentheselected is untilhereturns ented by Lakshmi-KumAra ThAtha ented byLakshmi-KumAraThAtha kan goes around theDhvaja kan goesaround Desikan. 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SwamyParAsaraBhattarrefersto The Kattiyam forSwamyDesikanringsforththereafter: Vaakyam: “ One isremindedoftheaanandaMayama Sahasras-stune ananthaguNa sEvathE: Anan isLpE> kLpytIv m{fnmsae cetiSwter! m{fp> cetiSwter! kLpytIvm{fnmsae isLpE> rÆ-StMÉ Éuvaeip rSmy #me saepan gaepansI- mXym! yÇmXym! kv]yiNt iviht-àTy¢ icdzma> ivSvàI[n ivSvkmR-rcna-catuyR-katyRtE> VisvathisAyee VisvAmithragOthra-bhUshaNa: VisvathisAyee "Thondaradippodi vaasal" vaasal" "Thondaradippodi ”. Itisfilledwiththegh 23 thasoorE: aathmasambhava! this Aanandha Maya MaNTapam in one MayaMaNTapaminone thisAanandha NTapam referredtobytheUpanishad Oshti of the Lord'snithya Oshti ofthe sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Agni Kuntam in the Yaaga Vedhi of Chathur Agni KuntamintheYaagaVedhiof thePu The sthOthraghOshtisalutesnow SALUTATION TOPUNYAKOTIVIMAANAM PuNyakOti VimAnamcomesintosight. As SwamyDesikancrossestheThoNDa SrI RaghuVeeraGadhyam hasbeenreleased Gadhyamisrecitedwithgrea Raghu Veera (RamarSanni now atthefirstSannidhi After PuNyakODiVImAnaDarsanaminth FORRAGHUVEERAN MANGALAASAASANAM worshipped here.Theoriginofth The world-celebrated kingofVimA After thisKattiyam, Yethsarikai Oh thecelebratedsonofAnanthasoori! of theentireworld!OhSwamywhois Oh SwamywhoistheaabharaNam ofVisvAm AnNtgu[ sevte> AanNtsiUr> AaTmsMÉv AaTmsMÉv AanNtsiUr> sevte> AnNtgu[ Vijayee bhava! Vijayee Bhava! Vijayee Bhava! Vijayee bhava!Bhava! puNyam bhavEthkODiguNamvivruddham ivñitsayI ivZvaimÇ gaeÇ-ÉU;[> pu{ym! Évet! kaeiqgu[m! ivv&Ïm! Tath PuNyakODithi bhuvi prasiddham Tath PuNyakODithibhuviprasiddham YacchAyamAsrithya vinirmithamyath- yCDmaiïTy yt!- ivinimRtm! tt! pu{ykaeqIit Éuiv àisÏm! àisÏm! Éuiv pu{ykaeqIit tt! ivmanrajm! 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The gloriesofRaamachandraninprotecti After the recitation of these sthOthrams sthOthrams After therecitationofthese KaaNDam. Vaibha him,whose special Haaratthifor suffering samsArisaresalutedhere.HanumAn vaibhavamofLordRaamachandr Additional padhathrENaivEha thribhuvan thruNasyaivAsthrathvam ripus tathOapyEtacchithram yadhut 6) SilAdhE:sthrIthvAdhivipa Raamachandran. of oneeyebyKaakam--areth VisvAmithrA, travelwith thechiefsofmo Sabari his retinueatBhardhvAjaAasramam, deheiSmn! ÉavisNxuna pirgtae xInam! dsam! AaiSwt> AaiSwt> dsam! xInam! pirgtae ÉavisNxuna deheiSmn! 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SALUTATION TOAADHISESHANATAALAVANTHAAR MURRAM VibhavAvathArams. AnanthAzhwAn, whoisaNithyasooriand andSwamy Desikan Yethsarikai isannounced Garland, SaThAri)andthiskattiyamringsforth: Swamy DesikanrecievesnowMaryAdhais saluted here. sportful butdeadlyactivitiesofHanumAn tail lit ofHis fruit toeat,thequenching The earlyexploitsofBaala dhatthE bahuvidham bhOgai: sruthidhrushti sTiraasraya: sTiraasraya: dhatthE bahuvidhambhOgai:sruthidhrushti Anantha-khyAthisampanna: suddha sathva sudhIbala: Anantha-khyAthisampanna: suddhasathvasudhIbala: AnNt-OyaitsMpÚ> zuÏ sTv suxIbl> suxIbl> sTv zuÏ AnNt-OyaitsMpÚ> xÄe b÷ivxm! iSwraïy> ïuit†iZt ÉaegE> kivtaikRk klÉìj kblIk«it isMh isMh klÉìjkblIk«it kivtaikRk pir[t )l¢as öÏaij¢i]t ÉaSkr> ÉaSkr> öÏaij¢i]t pir[t )l¢as KavithArkika kalabhavraja kaBalIkruthi Simha! kalabhavrajakaBalIkruthi Simha! 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NaacchiyArkaL withthefirstslOk After Yeccharikai,Swamymovesonto KidAmbi (AthrEya)AcchAn: KidAmbi After MaryAdhaiatMadaipaLLINaacchiyArkal, another Kattiyam: came tousviaKidambi(MadaipaLLi)Aacch ofAchAryaRaamAnujA.Anot prime disciple to MadaipaLLIAacchAn,whoperformedMa Here thesalutation istoMadaipaLLiVa Kattiyam for SwamyDesikanfollows: samvardhamAna:” startingwith, Another SlOkam vibhudha parishannishEvyAm VedA vibhudha parishannishEvyAm sraddhAtavya SaraNyadhivyadamp ithi YathirAjamahAnasaparimaLa #it yitrajmhans pirm¦pi #it yitrajmhans ïÏatVy zr{y idVydMpitdyaidVyapgaVyapk ivbux pir;iÚzeVyam! veda maNym! ytIZvr mhans s<àdaym!. 1 . 1 s<àdaym!. mhans ytIZvr maNym! PadhmApathE: sthuthipa mÖaKy s am ofSrISaraNAgathiDhIpikai: am “LakshmI nEthrOthpala-S 33 Ntaedyn sMàday suxam sMàday suxam Ntaedyn zhi vantha SampradhAyam.Thereferencezhi vantha is haneeya vividhOthanata! the MangaLAsAsanam ofMadaipaLLi theMangaLAsAsanam nthOdayana sampradhAyasudhAm nthOdayana dhEna vipachyamAnam dhEna vipachyamAnam parivAha vaasithAm piBhatha parivAhavaasithAmpiBhatha athi dayA dhivyApagAvyApaka! athi dayAdhivyApagAvyApaka! rvah vaistam! ipÉt her slOkamsalutingthistraditionthat daipaLLi Kaimkaryamandservedasa An (1057-1157A.D)isthesubjectof two moreversesarerecitedtosalute rIsatataparichayAdEsha sadagopan.org sadagopan.org the gloriesofKalyANaKotivimAnamwillberecited: On theDarsanamofHerKalyANaKotiVi KotiVimAnam. darsanam ofSrIPerumdEviThAyAr'sKalyANa the furtherandhas Desikannowtravels Yethsarikai isannouncedandSwamy followed byaKattiyamforSwamyDesikan: eruditioninVedAntha recognition ofhis wasatitlegiventoKi VedAnthOdayana aaabharana samarpaNamsareassociatedwi thosetraditions. Thegoldenpl continuing many kaimkaryamsatKaanchipuramtemp Lakshmi KumAraThAthaDesikan(1572-1632 Matamandhi AhObila of Azhagiya Singar about PanchaMathaBanjanaThAthaDesika Here, thesalutationstoKalyANaKoti YacchAyam samupEthyaThAtha gArhasTAsramamAkalyya VaradhamprINAthitammbhAsvaram gArhasTAsramamAkalyya KanyAnAm sathalakshalakshith KanyAnAm sEvE SrInilayamvimAnamaparam KalyANakOtyAhvayam seve ïI inlym! ivmanmprm! kLya[ kaeq(aþym kaeq(aþym kLya[ ivmanmprm! inlym! ïI seve gahRSwaïmmakLy vrdm! àI[ait tm! ÉaSvrm! y½aym! smupeTy tawygué> lúmIk…maraiÉx> kNyanam! ztl] li]t mhadanen sÖi[Rt> yathipathi sampradhAya YathirAjamahAnasa parimaLaparivAhavaasitha yitrajmhans pirm¦ pirvah vaist VedanthOdayana sampradhAya paripOshaka! VedanthOdayana sampradhAyaparipOshaka! yitpit sMàday inrpayxnaepict vedNtaedyn sMàday pirpae;k 34 dAmbi AacchAn by AchArya RaamAnujA in dAmbi AacchAnbyAchAryaRaamAnujAin nirapAyadhanOpachitha! . ThesalutationtoKidAmbiAacchAnis yaguru: LakshmIkumArAbhidha: yaguru: LakshmIkumArAbhidha: mAnam, thefollowingslOkamcelebrating a mahAdhAnEna sadhvarNitha: a mahAdhAnEna ates overKalyANaKotiVimAnam,many VimAnamislinked th Sri Lakshmi KumAra ThAtha Desikan. th SriLakshmiKumAraThAthaDesikan. s famous son, Koti KanyA dhAnam SrI dhAnam famousson,KotiKanyA s le andtheirSriSailaVamsatthArare n (1509-1591 C.E), a disciple of the6th n (1509-1591C.E),adiscipleof C.E). Both are very closely linked with C.E). Bothareverycloselylinked withreminiscences Sannidhi. HaaratthiforKaNNantakesplac Swamy nowmovesontoKaNNansannidhi A dayand othe recital onKaisikaEkAdasi Thriumanjana Kattiyamrecital,ManthraPu vamasatthAr haverecognizedrightsof Paandyan and KumAran presentedRathnAngi sEvai. Twoyearsago,oneofthevams wornbyLord VaradarAjandu ThoppAram KumAra Desikan.OnesuchaabharaNa jewelery worn byThAyArandPerumAL and excelledinalltypesofKaimkaryams. wealth formanytemple kaimkaryams. coinsandthathe(Lakshmi gold pot fullof illness. LaterPerumdEviThAy He wassavedbySrIKomalavalliThAyArof RRIVAL AT THE M UKHA M ANTAPAM "The Lord's Chief Wealth" Chief "The Lord's aar toldhiminhisdreamth OF 35 r specialrecognitionsatthetemple. T He obeyed PerumdEviThAyAr'scommand H atthAr withthesamenameasLakshmi at KaanchiaresamarpanamsofLakshmi Kumara ThAtha Desikan) should use that Many Vaahanams,Many special piecesof MudhalTheertham,Maalai, Thirukkudanathai, when he had a serious hadaserious he when Thirukkudanathai, m isthediamondandgemstudded A ring HisspecialVaikaasiGarudOthsava e andfourslOkamsarerecited bythe YAAR locatedatthemuhappuofThAyAr shpam recitalrites,PurANaPatana KoNdaiforLordVaradarAjan.This S ANNIDHI at hewillreceiveagolden sadagopan.org sadagopan.org The nextmajorstopfor SwamyDesikanis commences. ofThAyaarSanni ardhaMantapam the and in After theseslOkamsarerecited,SwamyDe 3. 2. yEkIbhavEthbhirayuthairapi manmaTAnAm 1. KamsadhvamsaikaveerO -- The otherthreeslokamsstartwith thesewords: salutedalsofo --are recalledandHeis river asa shepherdboy--HisplaywithGo The verymanywonderousdeedsthatKaNN metre: Sardhoola VikrIditham GhOshti startingwiththe PraNipathAmi Bhavanthamananyadhee: NaaTAyaiva nama: padham bhavathu NaaTAyaiva nama:padhambhavathu kailNdI riskay kaily )i[ S)ar S)qa vaiqka - rangOthsanga Visangachankr bhUyOpi bhuvanAnyamUni kuhanaa gOpAya gOpAyathE kuhanaagOpAya bhUyOpi bhuvanAnyamUni r¼aeTs¼ ivz» yte. 10.r¼aeTs¼ pyaRycyaR c<³mxura KaaLinthIrasikAya KaaLiyaphaNisphArasohaDAvADikA KaaLiyaphaNisphArasohaDAvADikA KaaLinthIrasikAya ÉUyaeiÉÉuRvnaNymUin k…hna gaepay gaepayte, nawayEv nm>pd< Évtu niíÇEíirÇ ³mE> ³mE> niíÇEíirÇ Évtu nm>pd< nawayEv Aiol kar[m! Aaiöt cr[m! cr[m! Aaiöt kar[m! Aiol akhila kaaraNamaasritha charaNam kimapi yathpadhamyEkamdhIyathi anugamAdganidhampraTamA gira: ikmip yTpdm! yekMxIyit yekMxIyit yTpdm! ikmip AnugmaÌinxMàwma igr> igr> AnugmaÌinxMàwma DasAvathAra SthOthramsaluti r His Jagath RakshaNavyApAram here. r HisJagath 36 amadhurAparyAya charyAyathE amadhurAparyAya pis, Danceontheserp sikan receivesMaryAdhaifromKaNNan at His Mother's sannidhi, where She has where Shehas at HisMother'ssannidhi, an performed on the banks of Yamunaa Yamunaa of an performedonthebanks dhi; the recital of SrI GopAla Vimsathi Vimsathi GopAla therecitalofSrI dhi; na: chithrai:charithrakramai: ng Lord KrishNa in the the KrishNain ng Lord ent KaaLiyan'shood Sriyam sIthApAngAmahamasaraNOyaamisaraNam dhUthvAkami adhrushyathvam prapatthavyE tatthvE parinamitha-vaisishtya vibhavAm prabhrut 2. mahEndRAgnAVishNu PrapadhyE ThAmEkAmSriyamakhilanATasya MahishIm tadhArambhE tayAgiramavadhadhAnEnamanasA ya vidhu: prAyascchittham dhurithajaladhEryannirUpamam 1. anAdhEnissImnO consortwillringout: and Herdivine Haaratthi forThAyArwillbeperformed. GopAla VimsathiatthemukhamantaPam been waitingpatientlyforHersontoarrive. ---SrI varhtishyanthE vithamasi yasminnIshan namithasirasOyApayithvAsarIram Sthuthi sampadhAmpaadhapadhmam samithavipadhAm SiddhikshEthram 3. sEvEdEvithridasamahilAmouLimAlArchitham thE SlOkam SrISthuthiwillberecitednow: Three moreslOkamsfrom 20 Universal Mother. Both oftheaboveslOkamsarePurushak iïym! sItapaNgam! Ahm! Azr[ae yaim zr[m! zr[m! yaim Azr[ae Ahm! sItapaNgam! iïym! A†ZyTvm! ËTva kimturiÉgMyTv jnnIm! jnnIm! A†ZyTvm! kimturiÉgMyTv ËTva àp*e tamekam!àp*e iïymiolnawSy mih;Im! àpÄVye tÅve pir[imt-vEizó( ivÉvam! ivÉvam! pir[imt-vEizó( tÅve àpÄVye mheNÔa¶a ivZ[u àÉu mhTv-àÉ&itvt! Anade inSsIçae ÊirtjlxeyRiÚêpmm! ivxu> àayiS½Äm! yÊr"uÊrI[syivx> àayiS½Äm! yÊr"uÊrI[syivx> ivxu> tdarMÉe tya igrmvdxanen mnsa mnsa igrmvdxanen tya tdarMÉe padhE VaasudEvasya dhanyA: padhE VaasudEvasyadhanyA: dhuraghudhurINasayavidha: dhuraghudhurINasayavidha: thurabhigamyathva JananIm thurabhigamyathva hishu mahathva-prabhruthivath 37 Following slOkams praising Jagan MaathA praisingJaganMaathA Following slOkams Ara PrapatthislOkamsaddressedtothe of ThAyArSannidhiinfrontKaNNan, At theconclusion oftherecitation ofSrI sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ---SrI saishA dEvisakalabhuva sadhAmE Madhuvijayina:sannidhatthAm sampathdhivyA Sthuthi: nithyAmOdhA nigamavachasAmmouLimandhAramAlA kaaruNyaseemA 5. KalyANAnAmavikalanidhi:kaapi 24th salutesthosepowerful Thiruvadis. boons. adiyEn SlOkam small prostration/namaskaraNam nithyakaimkaryam earthly lifeandperform reach YourSuddha-satthvamayaParamapa perform SaraNAgathiatYourThiruvadiare themwithgreatauspiciousness and blesses Thiruvadi withthoseflowers.YourThiruv Thiruvadiandthat their tressesfallatYour Oh MahADevi!WhenthedEvasthrIspros (M ---SrI vibhAsi kim thEbhUya:priyamithikilasmEravakthrA dhatthO YushmathparijanatayAdEsikairapyathasthvam Sthuthi: dayAyA: JananiYuvayOrEkalakshyam JAthassOham 4. MaathAdEviThvamasiBhagavAnVasudEva:PithAmE 23rd SlOkam Simhamwebpages. intheSundara of SriSthuthi The detailedcommentaryonth EANING ): ik< te ÉUy> iàyimit iklik< te Smer v±a ivÉais. 23. vitR:yNte ivtmis pde vasudevSy xNya>. 20. vasudevSy ivtmispde vitR:yNte jat> sae=h< jnin yuvyaer! @k dyaya>, lúy< jnin yuvyaer! jat> sae=h< yiSmn! nI;n! nimtizrsae yapiyTvazrIr< yiSmn! nI;n! mata deiv Tvmis Égvan! vasudev> ipta me me ipta vasudev> Égvan! Tvmis deiv mata dÄae yu:mt! pirjntya deizkEr! APytSTv< APytSTv< pirjntya deizkEr! yu:mt! dÄae isiÏ ]eÇ is recordedinthee-book i yieldsthegreatestof Muramardanasya Bhukamadhya peetikAm a Muramardanasya Bhukamadhya 6) iyamathraVisvajananI samutthiT (Muramardhanasya bhujamadhyapeetikAm): The nextslOkamsalutestheMahADevise limitless glories. helps Himperformthosedutieseffectively. ever. WhenherLordengagesinRakshaNa Shedoesnotknow ab (anugrahamayi). janams (SammanthrithaJagathhithAm Lord inthinkingaboutth The AchAryainexttotheLo theseco followedby This willbe Her. MaythisSrIDeviofwonderousa KaamadhEnu forthewholeworldandgrants byHerLordas heads”. Sheisrecognized vedAntham as“theever-fragrantgarland with HerLordandshinesas AtthetimeofPrapatthi, His sAsthrams. Her waywardchildrenandpleadswith MangaLam onanymangaLavasthuinthiswo Periya PirAtti shinesasth (M (M EANING EANING ANUGRAHAMAYEEM VANDHE nithyaamajna~thanigrahAm VANDHE ANUGRAHAMAYEEM ): ): kLya[anam! Aivkl inix> ka=ip kaé{y sIma sIma kaé{y ka=ip inix> Aivkl kLya[anam! SahadharmacharIm SourE: sammanthritha Jagath hithAm SahadharmacharIm SourE:sammanthrithaJagathhithAm sE;a devI skl Éuvn àawRna kamxenu>. 24. kamxenu>. àawRna sklÉuvn devI sE;a inTyamaeda ingm vcsa< maEil mNdar mala, mNdar maEil ingmvcsa< inTyamaeda Anu¢hmyI— vNde inTym}at in¢ham!.2. s ). SheistheembodimentofdayA of MandhAra Pushpams restingontheir Pushpams of MandhAra His chief wealth. She stays as the divine chiefwealth.Shestaysasthedivine His vyApArams, She stands next toHimand vyApArams, She dhiruhya visvamavathi sva-vIkshaNai: dhiruhya visvamavathi Lord tooverlook theirtrespassesagainst ated in the middle of the Lord's chest ated inthemiddleofLord'schest adiyEn salutes this adiyEnsalutes Her devoteesallwhat theyseekform rld. Sheforgivesallthetrespassesof can conferonHerBhaktha armachAriNi. Shejoinsher is praised in the VedAs and theVedAs is praisedin e istheOne,whoconfers periyaPirAttiof sadagopan.org sadagopan.org and SarvaTantraSvathant The two titles givenbyLordRanganathA with Yethsarikaicanbeannouncedbythekattiyam Swamy: Following kattiyamforSwamyDesikanisre murmdRnSy ÉukmXy peiqkam! Aixéý ivSvmviw Sv-vI][E> Sv-vI][E> ivSvmviw Aixéý peiqkam! ÉukmXy murmdRnSy #ymÇ ivñjnnI smuiTwta kmlaivkaiskmlaexriSwta TathsahadharmachAriNee krupAtthAkhilatanthra SvAtantrya! SrIrangarAja dhivyAj~nAlabd tTshxmRcair[I k«pat! AaioltÙ SvatÙ( AaioltÙ k«pat! tTshxmRcair[I ïIrNgraj idVya}a lBx vedaNtacayR pd hrar) arehailedhere. 40 n andSriRanganAyaki (VedAnthAchAryan ha VedAnthAchaarya Padha! ha VedAnthAchaarya cited aloud now so that His PurappAdu that HisPurappAdu cited aloudnowso Sthuthi slOkams are recited now as Heascend arerecitednowas Sthuthi slOkams He receivesSaThAri,sandal paste,ManjaL havearrivednow Swamy Desikanwould Such isYourglory! evenfromplaces blessed byYouwillcome case ofcommercelinkedtoseajourneys. On case ofKusElar.Thatauspic That tohelpKouthsar. Raghu MahArAjan of KubhEran.Itcanbelikethewealthth unearthed fromtheBhUmi. Thoseshowersof sought (fromeverywhere). Th Youco anugraham,bothof both forthis cannot askanyoneexceptbothofYouforsu Yaj~nam, theyneedspecialanugraham. have toabidebyVarNAsramadharmams. thepr yOgam beforethat.Asangamsfor and fortherealizationofsuccesswithJn Forthat siddhi. yOgam forgainingMoksha Oh SrIDevi!SomeparamaikAnthisofthiswo ---SrI vasUnAm vAnchithAnAm dhArA niryAnthyadhikamadhikam tEshAm bhUmEr-dhanapathi Sthuthi: dharmam prApthumpraTamamih 7) yOgArambhathvarithamana 16th SlOkam coins isremembered: thathelpedtheBrahmachAr powerful slOkam ofThAyArsannidhiandthe movesaroudtheprAkAram Swamy Desikannow (M EANING ): xara inyaRNTyixk mixk< vaiÁDtana< vsUnam!. 16. yaegarMÉ Tvirt mnsae yu:mdEkaNTy yu´< xm¡ àaÝu< àwmimh ye xaryNte xnayam!, xnayam!, xaryNte ye àwmimh àaÝu< xm¡ te;a< ÉUmer! xnpit g&had! AMbradMbuxevaR AMbradMbuxevaR xnpitg&had! ÉUmer! te;a< iousness canarisefromtheo iousness gruhAth amBarAthambhudhErvaa sO YushmadhaikAnthyayuktham ose anugrahamsarerealized righthereliketreasures a yEdharayanthEdhanAyAm 41 at wasshoweredbyKubhEranonbehalfof ~Ana yOgam,theyhaveto performkarma actice ofBhakthiyOgamasYaagam,they at theMahANavamiMaNTapam. There, nfer onthemmuchmo Because they are ParamaikAnthis, they BecausetheyareParamaikAnthis, that arehardtoimagineandwillmultiply. kAppu and other maryAdhais. All the Sri maryAdhais.Allthe kAppuandother ch ananugraham.Wh ch they havetopracticeJn~AnayOgamfirst wealth cancomefromtheskyasin For beingsuccessfulpractionersofthis e thingisforsure.Thatlimitless wealth i to be blessed with the shower of gold i tobeblessedwiththeshowerofgold wealth can pourout fromthetreasury s theKolaPadiof rld engage in the practice of Bhakthi inthepracticeofBhakthi rld engage cean asithappensinthe ThAyAr sannadhi to ThAyAr sannadhi en theyprayto You re thanwhatthey sadagopan.org sadagopan.org PuRappAdu withHisdEvi(s), Hestopsat present(PaaridhOshikam).Lord boon asHer prayerofSwamyDesikan) samIpadhaschEth: thatwillplease boon would betheonly thatblessing nasvaram. Shenowconcludes knows thatHersonwillrejecttheboon with thestatement “asthimEhasthisa Her sononthisspecialday.Sheknowsthat all ThAyAr PerumdEviwouldbethinking and SaThAri. get nearHiswaitingMotherandthereaf Kanchi Garudan 42 him (ThvadhanjchEth praseedhasi TavAsmi TavAsmi him(ThvadhanjchEthpraseedhasi ilAgrE vasthu pathAmaham dhanam”. She vasthupathAmahamdhanam”. ilAgrE ter theGhOshtiwoul along abouttheright any IsvaryamwillberejectedbyHerson Desikan sannidhi first atHistempleand sannidhi Desikan ofkaivalyamorAathmAnubhavamas Her sonwithsErthi Her . She says: “asthu thE” and gives that “asthuthE”andgives . Shesays: listenstothisandeverytime Hehas d receiveTheertham sEvai withHerLord kind of present for present for of kind — Pakshimalla: SankhapAlam GuLikamapibhujEdakshiNE chooDAyAm Padhmam karNEapasavyEpraTimavathi SrI rakshEnnastakshakENa graTithakaDi phaNipathi 2) VaamEVaikuntasayyA Garuda protect us! PanchAsath: all otherserpentsandmadetheirwivesam response totheserequestsfromSooryan, SlOkam In food. asHis AdhisEshan HerequestedGarudannottothinkabout AdhisEshan. worried aboutanyharmtoHisbow.Em 36 entities ofHisraTam.Siva and ofGarudantointervene and thebrother devoured. Therefore,Sooryanaskedforthe serving asthenostrilchai serpents duetoHisanger overthemenma Here, thefearofSooryan,SivanandEm (M aryamNAdhuryayOkthra grasanabha 1) inpraiseofPaks and FourslOkams MaNTapam andrecitationofSrISthuthi After thehonorsforSwamyDesikan at andthere Narasimhan Sannidhi) The nextstopsareGarudanSannidhia withHisDevi(s). blesses SwamyDesikanwithSaThAriandsEvai EANING — Sri Garuda panchAsath: SlOkam27 —SriGarudapanchAsath: na:Phana PakshIndhras-thrAyathAm talpE kalpEthamaathEmathirithi sanktha:SamkarENa chakithadhiyA kODaNDajyAm jigrushEdhithi p]INÔs! Çayta< n>)[xrmi Çayta< p]INÔs! AyRM[a xuyR yae± ¢h[ Éy É&ta saiNTvtae AnUébNxat! tLpe kLpet ma te mitirit hir[a Aip Aadre[anunIt> Aip Aadre[anunIt> mitirit hir[a te ma kLpet tLpe ): kaed{fJya< ij"&]eidit ci n hadamajorserpentasthe n (PoottAnkayiru) for His seven-horsed chariotwillbe seven-horsed forHis n (PoottAnkayiru) spective MangaLAsAsanamsthere. hirAjan are recitedbytheGhOshti: hirAjan are 43 HariNAapiaadharENaanuneetha: kaDakO Vaasukibrahmasoothra: taDs- cchAruKaarkODahaara: kt ixya zi»t> z»re[, z»re[, zi»t> kt ixya dhara mahishI pathrabhangApahAri dhara mahishIpathrabhangApahAri h;I pÇɼapharI.h;I 27. Sivan andEmperumAn, Sivan mahA padhmamanyathra Bhibrath mahApadhmamanyathraBhibrath yabhruthA saanthvithOnuroopaBandhAth saanthvithOnuroopaBandhAth yabhruthA , hAratthi takes place at Garudan Sannidhi , hAratthitakesplaceatGarudanSannidhi nd SrI Azhagiya Singar Sannidhi (Guhai SingarSannidhi (Guhai nd SrIAzhagiya perumAn aboutthedestruction ofallthe perumAn was concerned about His bed, perumAn wasconcernedaboutHisbed, sse. Sooryanwasworriedthattheserpents the ThAyAr sannidhi MahANavami theThAyArsannidhi angalis. MaythatpowerfulPakshirAjan intercession of AruNan, His charioteer intercession ofAruNan,Hischarioteer save thoseserpents,whichareintegral chord forHisbow.Sivanwas Garudandestroyed sadagopan.org sadagopan.org -- na: dhukkhavaariplavO SabhavathuGarudO thrushNA pAriplavAnAm samAslEshIdhOshNA Ya: sthapakasurabhiNA VaidhEhi karnapoora SrI leelAmabhinayath maayA maanushya vEgOdhvEla: suvElEkimidhamithimiTOmanthrithOVaanarEndhrai: Garuda RaamAvathAram fromNaakaPaasam ontop PanchAsath: 3) ThisslOkamsalutesthekaimkary SlOkam of the8MahAsarpamsprotectus! His Crownisseenthesarpam,SankachUDa 48 earisseenMa Padhman andontheleft iswo Takshakan isthewaistband;KaarkODan handsrespectively. andright on Hisleft aredescri body parts ofHis Here, theadornment offamous LakshmaNan inthe battlefield. Recogn Indhrajith usedtheserpen Indhra wife (SithAPirAtti)andengaged thatavathAram, His ownsankalpam.During ofoneundergoing performed theabhinayam SrIman NaarAyanantooktheavathAramof (M (M EANING EANING maya manu:y lIlam! AiÉ nyit hraE lBx seva ivze;>, ivze;>, seva lBx hraE nyit AiÉ lIlam! manu:y maya t&:[a pairPlvana< s Évtu géfae Ê>o vairPlvae n>. Ê>o vairPlvae géfae sÉvtu pairPlvana< t&:[a ): ): vame vEk…NQ zYya )i[ pit kqkae vasuik äü sUÇae äüsUÇae vasuik )i[pitkqkae zYya vEk…NQ vame vegaeÖel> suvel> ikimdimit vEdehI k[R pUr Stbk suriÉ[ k[R pUr vEdehI cUfaya< zŒpal< guilkmipcUfaya< pi]m‘>. di][e Éuje pÒ< k[eR=psVye àiwmvitmhapÒmNyÇ ibæt! k[eR=psVye pÒ< r]eÚSt]ke[ ¢iwt kiqtqíaé kakaeRq har>, har>, ¢iwtkiqtqíaé kakaeRq r]eÚSt]ke[ t arrows(NaagAsthram) to bed: He wears AdhisEshan bed: HewearsAdhisEshan 8 serpents by Garudan as Garudanas 8serpentsby i Harou labdha sEvA visEsha: visEsha: i HaroulabdhasEvA 44 hA Padhmanasearrings/KuNDalams;On imwae miÙtae vanreNÔE> am of Garudan to His Lord during am ofGarudantoHisLordduring a Human Being (Son ofDasaraTan)and (Son aHumanBeing a y> sma ðei; dae:[a jith, thesonofRaavaNanincombat. Vaasuki iswornasHissacredthread; n. May this Garudan with the adornment the adornment Garudanwith n. Maythis He fought RaavaNA, who abducted His RaavaNA,whoabductedHis Hefought the experiencesofjoyandsufferingwith izing this problem caused by the izing thisproblem caused bythe of SuvElahillsthecityLankA: rn asnecklace;onhisrightearisseen and GuLikan as two bangles astwobangles and GuLikan tie downbothRaaman and ornaments inthedifferent was hitbytheVajrAyudham. Garudanchased the weltsformedfrom the earliercombat hurt Garudanwithhisarrowsa Vairochanan atthenetherwo Garudan arrivedquickly Garudan toretrievethecrownfromVairOcha out thatVairOchananmustha they foundthattheLord'sThiruvabhishEk theLordwoke up the netherworld.When anevilthough had VirOchanan the LordatMilkyocean. PrahlA ofBhaktha wastheson VirOchanan ---SrI sanghAtham sarpagAthISaharat virO VairOchanAsthra-vranakiNa Garuda samagaDisu pincchA kalpAnukalpa: prabhUtha:svakamahim dugdhOdhanvath PanchAsath: to theLordduringHisKrishNAvathAram: SlOkam comes fromSrIGarudaPanchAsathandre 4) ThefourthandfinalslOkamused 49 ocean ofSamsAricmisery! things help usengagedinpursuitofpetty flowers wornbySithAPirAtti timely service rendered.Raamachandran’s shou removed theirbonds.Raamachandrango sawthe LordandHisbrother binding the (M themastowhatth among and discussed SuvEla malaicouldnotfigureouttheobject NaagAsthrams, Garudansweptdownina EANING s'!"at< spR"atI s hrtu mhta< mhta< shrtu spR"atI s'!"at< ipÁDa kLpanukLp> sm"iq su†Fae yTàid:t> ikrIq>, ikrIq>, yTàid:t> su†Fae sm"iq kLpanukLp> ipÁDa ): ÊGxae dNvt! àÉUt> Svk mihm p&wu iv:[una k«:[naça vIrae vEraecnaô ì[ ik[gu vEraecnaô vIrae inHerears.MaythatGarudan embraced bytheLord Our Lord was deeply engaged in His Yoga Nidhrai. Yoga LordwasdeeplyengagedinHis Our ve absconded withthatdi ve absconded t atthattime.Hestolethe hu mahathAm asmath adhyAhithAnAm hu mahathAmasmathadhyAhithAnAm guNithO- dhagranirgAthaghAtha: guNithO- dhagranirgAthaghAtha: dhruDhO yathpradhishDa: kirIDa: kirIDa: yathpradhishDa: dhruDhO 45 ASmd! ATyaih tanam!. 49 . 49 tanam!. ATyaih ASmd! for themangaLAsAsanam ofGarudanalso s ofGarudanwithIndhran, whenGarudan t upandembracedtightlyGarudanforthe rld and engaged VairOchanan in combat. combat. in VairOchanan rld andengaged approaching Garudan,th approaching A praTur- VishNunA KrishNanAmnA A praTur-VishNunAKrishNanAmnA i[taed¢ in"aRt vat> am (Crown)wasmissingandtheyfigured dhan. HewasperformingKaimkaryamfor fers tothekaimkaryamdone byGarudan by takingtheformofa Boatacross the at objectwouldbe and blessed the sages that visited Him, blessedthesages thatvisitedHim, and moving downwiththespeed ofamissile nd themarks ofthosearrows addedto big hurry. The monkey chieftains on chieftainson big hurry.Themonkey awayVairOchananand ascendedfrom nan's secret hide out in PaathALam. inPaathALam. nan's secrethideout lders carriedstillThefragranceofthe vine crown.Theyprayedto Lord's crown and ran off to Lord's crownandranoffto . Oncetheserpents ey took flight and ey tookflight sadagopan.org sadagopan.org place. Eight grand slOkams saluting Lord place. EightgrandslOkamssaluting Narasimhan's (GuhaiNarasimhan's)sannidhi Garuda DaNDakam.Attheconc Swamy Desikanareoffered.Nexttheairisre At theendofrecitationabov bonds ofSamsAram! crown andhadthedarsanasoubhAgyamofHi His favoriteaabharanam.Maythisservan child. Thatcrownfitted exac theLord head, big crownwasplacedonHis NaaTanontheheadof KshIrAbhdhi recognized HisLordanddescendedfromthe friend playingwithHis Lord KrishNan PaathALam andtraveledacrosstheskies.At tly and became second tothe lusion ofthatrecitation 46 e four Garuda PanchAsath, MaryAdhais for GarudaPanchAsath,MaryAdhais e four s as GOpAlan at BrundhAvanam. Garudan Garudan atBrundhAvanam. GOpAlan s as child KrishNan(BaalaGOpAlan).Oncethe Narasimhan ring forth. Eight slOkams are slOkams forth.Eight Narasimhan ring t oftheLord,whopresenteddivine made the Crown fit His smaller head as a smallerheadasa made theCrownfitHis that time, Garudan had thedarsanamof thattime,Garudanhad sonant with the auspicious sounds of SrI SrI of sounds sonant withtheauspicious skies andplacedthatgiganticcrownof . HaaratthiforLordNarasimhantakes s Lord wearing thiscrown,destroythe s Lordwearing peacock feather, which was peacock feather,whichwas , Swamy arrives at Lord , SwamyarrivesatLord ---23rd ThrailOkyam yEtadhakhilamNarasimhagarbham adhun sthambhaikavarjam SlOkam, kuhanAmadhijagmushasthE bhadrAm Nrusimha dhAnavasisO:paripAlanAya 2. Bhakthasya SrI jumped outofthestruckpillar. VaradarAja HiraNyan andcametotherescueofPrah thatin (Kimathra Hari?).OurLordjumped PanchAsath pillar MasterHariinthis Your Is son: tohis HiraNyakasipu withthequestion Here intheNarasimhAvathAram inresp to You. You jumped out of a pillar ofHi pillar outofa jumped to You.You to towards you.Hiranyan exposedhisson a enimity towardshisson, PrahlAdhan, Oh PeraruLALaPerumALE!Onceanasur (M (M ganAravadhvig thrudadh gana ssambrama pura: sphurathi HiraNya karagaDDithAthsapadh 1. kimathraHaririthyataprakaDithaOpahAsakramam NrusimhAvathAram: recited nowthatdealwiththediffe EANING EANING ): ): ÇElaeKym! @td! Aiol< nris É´Sy pirpalnay danvizzae> Api karIsa noonam Api karIsanoonam sphuDsaDAcchachaDAchODana sphuDsaDAcchachaDAchODana uNa brumhitha:SimharAD uNa i jrumbitha:sthambhatha: i 47 lAdhan. TheKingofSimhams(SimharaaD) cruel punishments for displaying bhakthi fordisplaying bhakthi cruelpunishments raNyan's courtwiththe mostbeautiful an bythename ofHirNayandisplayed great BhAgavathanwith limitless love rent aspectsoftheVaibhavam onse tothehittingofpillarby stant outofthepillarthatwashitby sadagopan.org sadagopan.org avyAth thrINi jagathyakuND prah 4. prathyAdhishtapurAdhana nowthenaturea We understand chil the MotherfeedingHerdarlinglittle and comfortedBhakthaPrahlAdhan.ThatDayA This wasindeedamiraclethat generating glancesandascool,nectarin compassi cool glancesatPrahlAdhan.Your angry lookscreatedterrorin Atthattime,Yourrapidlymovingmanesloud, sitting onthedoorstepsofhispalace. nailstotear uses theweaponofYour by otherdevathAs.YoutooktheNrusimha offending fatherHiraNyan;thatschemedi tocomethe devised auniquescheme ThiruvELukkai!OhNarasimh Oh Lordof (M ---- SarOjasadhrusA dhrusAvyativishajyathEvyajyathE dhatthasthanA dhanujaDimbha krupA kapaDakEsarin! KaamAsikAshtakam sphurathkrudhi parisphuDadhbhr sarabhasADDahAsOdhbhaDE 3. SaDApaDalabhIkshaNE : SlOkam them).ThisisforSure! have Youintheirwombs(inside ofNarasinghan.Ther all vasthusintheform 7 Oh VaradaNarasimhA!Fromthattimeon immediately toprovethatYouarethere there. HiraNyan chosetohitthepillar atanyobject fingers HiraNyan pointedhis You tooktheSanklapamtobepresentinever Narasimha RoopamtoprotectYourdear EANING ): sraej s†za †za VyitiÉ;Jy te VyJyte .7. VyJyte te VyitiÉ;Jy †za s†za sraej S)…rt!³uix pirS)…qd! AÉ&k…iqke=ip v±e k«te, k«pa kpq kesirn! dnuj ifM_a dÄ Stna dÄStna ifM_a dnuj kesirn! kpq k«pa sqa pql ÉI;[e srÉsa”hasaeÑqe srÉsa”hasaeÑqe pqlÉI;[e sqa theheartofHiraNyan.At amahimaa VaikunDakaNDIrava: thesameglancecreated terror intheheartofHirNyan nd qualityofYourKaaruNyam! ukuDikEapi vakthrEkruthE ukuDikEapi araNa grAma: kshanampANijai: 48 HiraNyan apartatsaayamsandhyA,while d, PrahlAdhan. Oh VELukkai EmperumAn! EmperumAn! OhVELukkai d, PrahlAdhan. e and comforting glances for PrahlAdhan. forPrahlAdhan. glances e andcomforting Bhakthan. You destroyedHiraNyanand Bhakthan.You d notviolateanyboonsgiventoHiraNyan roopam, which is neither man nor lion and whichisneithermannorlion roopam, and questioned his so his andquestioned rescue of PrahlAdhan and to destroy his rescue ofPrahlAdhanandtodestroy until nowandforever,Youarepresentin protect Your dear Bhakthan on that day. thatday. protect YourdearBhakthanon aA! YourkaaruNyamis matchless.You in his court and You came out of it cameoutofit andYou court his in on reachedouttoHi efore, alltheobjects y objectof theUniversetobethere,if ofYoursservedasthebreastmilk the sametime,YoucastYour n about Your being being n aboutYour in thethreeworlds raNyan asterror- Narasimhan protectadiyEn! nigrah Bhaktha RakshaNam and Dushta like aredgarland.Thosehandscompetewi reddened bothof forth blood thatgushed WhenLordNarasi power ofVajrAyudham. huge formtotear theheartof offe Nrus handsof the in The powerfulnails (M --- aham praTamikAmiTa:prakaDithahavAbAhava: manuj avanthu madhanAsikA SrI nirargaLa vinirgaLadhrudhi 5. vikasvaranakhasvarukshathaHiraNyaVaksha:sTalI KaamAsikAshtakam: the meaningofthisslOkam. SlOkam Please refertoSundaraSimhamebookpage 6 ----DasAvathara pithAmahyabhUth Yaa kAchithsahasAmahAsura-suragruhasTUNA yathprAdhurbavanAdh avandhyajaDa SthOthram: slOkam 5 This slOkam is in praise of the nails of Narasimha BhagavAn. BhagavAn. ofNarasimha ofthenails isinpraise This slOkam EANING ya kaict! shsa mhasur g&hSwU[a iptamýÉUt!. 5. iptamýÉUt!. g&hSwU[a mhasur shsa kaict! ya ): AVyat! ÇIi[ jgNTyk…{Q mihma vEku{Q k{QIrv>, ÇIi[jgNTyk…{QAVyat! mihmavEku{Q yTàaÊÉRvnat! AvNXy jQra ya†iCDkat! vexsa< vexsa< AvNXy jQra ya†iCDkat! yTàaÊÉRvnat! Ahm!àwimka imw> àkiqtahva bahv>. 6. inrgRl \ixr ivingRlt! isNxu sNXyaiyta>, àTyaidò puraxn àhr[ puraxn àTyaidò AvNtu md naiska mnuj p v±Sy mam! pÂv±Symam! mnuj mdnaiska AvNtu ivkSvr no Své]t ihr{yv]> SwlI ra sindhu sandhyAyithA sandhyAyithA ra sindhu apanchavakthrasya maam rA yaadhrucchikAdhvEdasAm 49 nding HiraNyan.Theyhadthestrengthand ¢am> ][< pai[jE> pai[jE> ][< ¢am> imha BhagavAn have expanded to reacha haveexpandedto BhagavAn imha His hands.Thatextendedredglowlooked His s, e-book on DasAvathAra SthOthram for DasAvathAraSthOthramfor s, e-bookon am. May those hands of KaamAsikA ofKaamAsikA am. Maythosehands mhan toretheches th eachothertoperformthedutiesof t ofHiraNyan,the sadagopan.org sadagopan.org asmath bhIthivyapOham vivadhat asmath bhIthivyapOham Kshubhath-sapdhAmbhudhIni kshuraparus PrathyUDasTEma bhImapraLaya 8. PrahlAdhAhlAdhanAnipraNat The celebrationofNrusimhAvathAramis Prabhu: dhvishadhurastalIm kulAchala silAtaladhraDimaDambarassthambineeam saDA vidhuthisambramabram dhAruNair-Bal 7. VidhArayathi SrI NrusimhAvathAramisonceagaincelebratedhere. Brahmasthambhaikachandr Swami dhvamsaprakupyathsuraripu nishDyUthaa-sruksravanthI-bharitha 6. dhambhOLisrENidhIpyathkharana ]uÉt!-sPdaMÉuxIin ]urpéz no³Iift ]u{[ zôae> in:*Uta-öuïvNtI-Éirt dz idza dizRtapUvRsNXy> Svim XvMsàk…Pyt! surirpu àuwnaSwaemêpm! s yez ASmt! 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VishvaksEnar sannidhiforofferingHiswo and therecitationof at ANDALsannidhi recitedmajestically Now GodhASthuthiis Moorthy, GOdhAbeseated Lordunde worn onHertressestobringthe on affection infinite trespasses andshowers breasts makeHerbendforwardsomewhat gem (sapphire).Sheadornsaredlotus(s The deardaughterofPeriyAzhwAr,GOdhA, (M The dhyAnaslOkamofGodh sannidhi. theertham andSaThAri.TheMangaLAsAsan Swamy DesikanreceivesMaryAdhaifrom to co ofprahlAdhan beckoning Narasimhan's adhbhuthaattahAsams dur The events afterthedestructionbyLo After sannidhi honors arepresentedtoSw honors After sannidhi EANING yadhvEthra sikharasphandhE visv dEvam Soothravathisakham VandhE VaikuNta-sEnAnyam ): ivlstu ùid gaeda iv:[uicÄaTmja n>. 28. sthanabhara namithAngIsA sthanabhara StnÉr nimta¼I saNÔvaTsLy isNx u>, u>, isNx saNÔvaTsLy StnÉr nimta¼I A¦k Aak&ò ivinihtaiÉ>öiGÉr! nawa vilasathu hrudhi GodA VishNuchitthAmajA na: vilasathu hrudhiGodAVishNuchitthAmajA SathamakhamaNineelA chAru-kalhAra-hasthA SathamakhamaNineelA chAru-kalhAra-hasthA ztmo mi[nIlacaé kLhar hSta hSta kLhar ztmo mi[nIlacaé alakavinihithAsragbhirAkrushDDa NaaTA alakavinihithAsragbhirAkrushDDa in ourheartlotusalways! A Sthuthi rings forthnow: A Sthuthirings me nearHimare coveredhere. amEtadhath vyavasthitham 51 enkazhuneer flower) inherhand.Herheavy flower) enkazhuneer GOdhA Sthuthi,SwamyDesikanarrivesat GOdhA . Dear BhakthAs: After MangaLAsAsanam . Dear BhakthAs:AfterMangaLAsAsanam rd Narasimhanaresalutedhere.Lord amy Desikan on behalf of GodhA PirAtti. GodhAPirAtti. amy Desikanonbehalfof us. SheistheOne,wh Haaratthi takesplaceatVishvaksEnar ndhra-vAthsalya sindhu: ndhra-vAthsalya r Her control to help us. May that daya r Hercontroltohelpus.Maythatdaya LordNarasimhan.GhOshtireceives rship andthereafter,He arrivesat the ing thisavathAramandtheLord's has the bluish hue like a IndhraneelA aIndhraneelA huelike hasthebluish a yathraiarrivesnowatGodhAPirAtti . SheistheOne,whoforgivesour ar (SEnai Mudali), the third in our ar (SEnaiMudali),thethirdinour o usedthegarlands sadagopan.org sadagopan.org VishvaksEnar residesinSrIvaikuntamand (M — EANING ): yÖeÇ izorS)Nxe ivZvmetdt! VyviSwtm! vNde vEk…{Q senaNym! devm! sUÇvitsom! sUÇvitsom! devm! senaNym! vEk…{Q vNde “Hasthigiri emperumAn” 52 YathirAjaSapthathi:SlOkam3 commands alltoperformtheirassigned our PerumALandThAyAr: is recitedsinceHethethirdinline After honorsforSwamyDesikan,thefollowi aarAdhanamforthat perform VishvaksEna Heremo sAsthrAs. transgressing HisLord's SrInivAsan's dayAastheinstrument(flo mysalutationtoVishvaks adiyEn offers mangaLAsAsanams are elaborateandwi towards thewaitingLord VaradarAjanonto After thislastMangaLAsAsan (M — SrImatha: KaruNAmbhOdhou 2) asesha-vigna-samanamAnIkEswaramaasrayE command ofHisLord,Sriya:pathi. DayaadiyEn salutesthatVishvaksEnar,whoha behaves accordingly.TheconsortofVish willno cracks thatcane,thefearfulworld army. He haskaimkaryams tothedhivyadampathis.He always a cane in His hand as an insignia of His authority. When he sathakam : SlOkam 5 EANING ): ïImt> ké[aMÉaexaE iz]a öaet #vaeiTwtm!. 5. #vaeiTwtm!. öaet iz]a ïImt> ké[aMÉaexaE Aze; iv¹ zmnm! AnIkeñrm! Aaïye, visIrNa jAmbhUnadhavEthrasrungam Aalúy sNtae;m! Alúym! Alúym! sNtae;m! Aalúy SurAsurAdhIsvara mouLighAthAth aalakshya santhOsham alakshyam- aalakshya santhOsham anyai: AnIkanEthAram prapadhyE anyai: AnIkanEthAramprapadhyE ivsI[R jaMÉUnx veÇ﫼m! ANyE> AnIknetarm! àp*e AnIknetarm! ANyE> surasuraxIñr maEi¦"atat! maEi¦"atat! surasuraxIñr am atthefootofHast sikshAsrOtha ivOTitham ivOTitham sikshAsrOtha 53 ll takemanypostingsto cover. ofourAchAryaParamparai. Hefollowsafter Enar, who rose out of the ocean of Lord Enar, whoroseoutoftheoceanLord wing canal)forcorrecting theoffenders reason first inVaidhikakaaryams). vaksEnar has the name of Soothravathi. thenameofSoothravathi. has vaksEnar t swervefromtheirassignedstatusand is thecommanderinchiefofLord's ves all obstacles to subha Kaaryams. 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Supreme abodeisalsoreferred andtheirworshippin proximity ofHasthigiri PuNyakOti VimAnamisreferredto.ThebhA the UttharaVedhiandappearanceof as Hasthigiri Here ChathurmukhaBrahmA'sconductanceofagreatYaj~namusing A RRIVAL AT THE dhivyam kurvan dhramida vishayam dhrusyathE Hasthisaila: dhrusyathEHasthisaila: dhivyam kurvandhramidavishayam asyAm vEdhyAmanuvidhadhat bhOgaisvarya priyasahacharai: kApi LakshmI KaDAkshai: KaDAkshai: priyasahacharai:kApiLakshmI bhOgaisvarya ASyam! veXyam! AnuivdxtI Zyam¦m! hVyvahm sanchinvAnA TaruNa tuLasI dhAmabhi:svAmabhikhyam TaruNatuLasIdhAmabhi:svAmabhikhyam sanchinvAnA bhUya: syAmA BhuvanajananI dEvathA sannidhatthAm sannidhatthAm BhuvanajananI dEvathA bhUya: syAmA siNcNvana té[ tu¦sI xamiÉ> SvamiÉOym! varthishyanthi vithamasi padhE VaasudEvasya dhanyA: varthishyanthi vithamasipadhEVaasudEvasya idVym! k…vRn! Øimd ivzym! †Zyte hiStzEl> hiStzEl> †Zyte ivzym! Øimd k…vRn! idVym! yasyOpAnthE kruthavasathayOyApayithvAsarIram yasyOpAnthE FOOT tasyAsthIrE sarsijabhuva:soumyavaithAnavEdhi: tSyaStIre srisjÉuv> saEMy vEwan veix> ÉUy> Zyama Éuvn jnnI devta s OF THE SACRED e Lord on top of Hasthi Giri e LordontopofHasthiGiri Okams from his SrI sookthis are recited: Okams fromhisSrIsookthisare 54 H 50th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath: VaradarAjaPanchAsath: 50th slOkamofSrI ASTHIGIRI Enar Sannidhi,SwamyDesikanarrivesat Enar g theLordofHasthigiriandreaching is invoked here in anticipation of His ofHis hereinanticipation isinvoked hI syAmaLamhavyavAham maLa MoorthyarisingoutoftheAgni Lord VaradarAjanfromthataltarwith of Hasthigiri with garlands madeof withgarlands of Hasthigiri gyam ofthose,whoresideinthe May theLordVaradarAjanresideforeverin (M EANING ): BhOgaisvarya priyasahacharai:kAapiLakshMI KaDAkshai: BhOgaisvarya MaathangAdhrou Maragatharuc MaathangAdhrou bhUya: ShyAmA BhuvanaJananIdEvathAsamnidhatthAm bhUya: ShyAmA vyAtanvAnA TaruNaTuLasI VyatNvana té[tu¦sI damiÉ>Svam_Oyam! ÉUy> Zyama Éuvn jnnI devta s sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Mantapam ontopofAtthigiriin isnowrecitedtosaluteSrIAmmAL fromSankalpaSooryOdhayam A slOkam respectful salutationtothestepsof Swamy Desikanisnowbeforethe24steps S thedifferentsruthIs. in enshrined strength givingMantapamisresplendent freefromanyad sacred AchAryAsandis This strengthgivingMantapam T fortheorigin where andisresponsible Hasthigiri presidesthewonderousLord, theotherworldandIsvaryam Moksham in theswee LakshmI, ofMahA with theglances TuLasI garlandsandHisThirumEniisev ALUTATION RIBUTE TO S TO R I N visathi sumathisoudham VishNubhakthirvisuddham visathi sumathisoudham THE dhyuthibhiraviralAbhir-dhyOtayanthI dhiganthAn dhyuthibhiraviralAbhir-dhyOtayanthI sthitamathibhirananyai: sEvithA siddhabrundhai: sEvithAsiddhabrundhai: sthitamathibhirananyai: ADATH ivzit sumitsaExm! iv:[uÉi´ivRzuÏm *uitiÉrivrlaiÉr! *aetyNtI idgNtan! iSwtmiwiÉrnNyE> seivta isÏb&NxE> #ym! Aiol pumwR àawRna kLpv‘I kLpv‘I àawRna pumwR Aiol #ym! 24 sumathEs-sathvamayam vibhAthisoudham iyam akhilapumarTaprArTanAKalpavallI Bahubhir-bhAvitha vaibhavampramANai: sumtes! sTvmym! ivÉait saExm! b÷iÉr!-Éaivt vEÉvm! àma[E> àma[E> vEÉvm! b÷iÉr!-Éaivt STEPS Baladarsana mantapam sruthInAm Baladarsana mantapamsruthInAm bldzRn mNfpm! ïutInam! ïutInam! mNfpm! bldzRn U avadhUtha rajastamaskamEthath AvxUt rjStmSkmett! rjStmSkmett! AvxUt R A LEADING MM the formofAchAryaSalutation: shines as the embodiment of Sathtva gunam of the ofSathtvagunamthe astheembodiment shines AL the HasthiGiriitselfisofferednow: oftheUniverse(JagathKaaraNan). MANTAPAM 56 TO mixture withrajO andTamOGuNams.This en moredarkened(shyamALaThirumEni) who spreadsHisemeraldwho likehueevery THE withthegloriesofmanypramANams leading up to the top of Hasthi Giri. A leading uptothetopofHasthiGiri.A t companionoftheLo in thisworld. There ontopofthe TOP OF H ASTHI G IRI rd associatedwith is salutedthisway: shown tousbythegreatAchAryAslead The nextslOkamcelebratingthesacred As theonebelongingto theillustrious AchA AchAryathrived: own Desikan's imminent visittothesacredsite,wher A slOkamfromSrISankalpaSooryOdhayam there leadinguptothecreati the SrINadAthUrAmmAL'sKaalakshEpa Once again,SwamyDesikanisoverwhelmed S H desired boonsineveryoneofthefouryugams. of oftheresidence PurushArtams) because recognized astheboon-grantingKalpakA have noblemindandanushtAnam AchAryAs of Manthram isrecognizedastheabodeof VishNu Bhakthi”.TheUpparikaiontop as“Sum Here, theHasthiGiriissaluted ALUTATION ASTHI G IRI TO STEPS adhijigamishurAdhyam dhAma yushmath prabhAvAth dhAmayushmath adhijigamishurAdhyam priyagathiranugruhya prEksh dhivi bhuvi cha nivishtAn DEsikAN dhivyabhUmna: DEsikAN dhivi bhuvichanivishtAn THE praNathi niyathavrutthi:prArTayEkanchidharTam ARE kramasOsadhiruhya kruthina: samindhathE kramasOsadhiruhya kruthina:samindhathE B inrpay deizk indizRtam! #mam! inrpay deizk #mam! indizRtam! parisuddha satthva ³msaesixéý k«itn> simNxte LEMISHLESS S kmlashay ké[aixraeh[Im! ké[aixraeh[Im! kmlashay KamalAsahAya karuNAdhirOhaNIm nirapAya DEsika nidarsithAm imAm imAm nidarsithAm nirapAya DEsika pirzuÏ sTv pirkimRte pde pde sTvpirkimRte pirzuÏ UDHDA on ofSruthaPrakAsikai. S ATTHVA A CH 57 e the KaalakshEpa GhOshtiincludingSwamy e theKaalakshEpa A purest VishNuBhakthiandtheabodewhere purest athi soudham” and “Visuddha Soudham of of Soudham and“Visuddha athi soudham” RYA parikarmithE padhE MAYAM most steps(Suddhasatthvamayasteps) ing up to the proximity of Sriya: pathi ing uptotheproximityofSriya:pathi ryans of resplendent glories staying in SrI ofresplendentgloriesstayinginSrI ryans creeper forall PumarTams (allthefour of the24steps constitutingGaayathri yathAm bhruthyayEsha: LordVaradarAjan,whograntsallthe by theNirapAyaDes P ghOshti and the sacred pravachanams thesacredpravachanams ghOshti and ARAMPARAI is recitednowinan worshipped. This Hasthi Giri is also worshipped.ThisHasthiGiriisalso ika paramparaiand ticipation ofthe sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Desikan's own AchAryathrived: own Desikan's imminent visittothesacredsite,wher A slOkamfromSrISankalpaSooryOdhayam Consort aresalutedHereintheascending order. Consort SathakOpar (SwamyNammAzhwAr), Vishva NaathaMuni, Misrar (MaNakkAlNampi), UyyakkoNDAr(PundareekAkshar), RaamAnujA, HisAchAryanPeriyaNamp RaamAnujar (GuruofSwamyDesikan) toth The entireseriesofAchAryAs(AchArya S servant indebtedtothem. Vaikuntamorhere,Swamy staying inSrI As theonebelongingtoillustriousli F slOkam ofNadAthUrAmmALarerecitedhe from Desikan'sslOkams Ten ofSwamy to them. Vaikuntam orhere,SwamyDesikanpraysfor ECOND IRST S asmath guruparamagurUnYathivaraPoornouchaYaamunamRaamam L S PadhmAksha NaathaSaThajithsEnE PadhmAksha O L KAM O ASmt! gué prmguên! yitvr pU[aER c yamunm! ramm! ramm! cyamunm! pU[aER yitvr prmguên! gué ASmt! KAM pÒa] naw ztijt! senes rma rmaptIn! vNde SALUTING adhijigamishurAdhyam dhAma yushmath prabhAvAth dhAmayushmath adhijigamishurAdhyam priyagathiranugruhya prEksh dhivi bhuvi cha nivishtAn DEsikAN dhivyabhUmna: DEsikAN dhivi bhuvichanivishtAn praNathi niyathavrutthi:prArTayEkanchidharTam idiv Éuiv ciniv:Qan!idiv Éuiv SALUTING AixijgimzuraXym! xam yu:mt! àÉavat! àÉavat! yu:mt! xam AixijgimzuraXym! à[it inyt àawRyekiNcdwRm! v&iÄ> iàygitrnug&ý àeúytam! É&Tyye;> S R N I A ADATH MM AL K U 58 R e the KaalakshEpa GhOshtiincludingSwamy e theKaalakshEpa AALAKSH A deizkan! idVyÉUç> i (MahA PoorNar), YaamunaMuni,Raama i (MahAPoorNar), MM Desikan prays for their anugraham as the Desikan praysfortheiranugrahamas his various works and one benedictory worksandonebenedictory his various ne of AchAryans of resplendent glories ofAchAryansresplendentglories ne re tosalutetheAchAryaParamparai. paramaparai) starting from AthrEya paramaparai)startingfromAthrEya e LordHimselfissalutedhere.AchArya yathAm bhruthyayEsha: their anugrahamastheservantindebtedtheir ksEnar, PeriyaPirAtti and HerDivine AL K sa RamARamApathInvandhe is recitednowinan E PA AALKSH G H O SHTI E PA G H O SHTI ticipation ofthe F Phalan. we electthe SaravalOka SEshis,theLord forourimme We invokethenamassabdham recited now: A slOkamfromSrImathRahasyaThrayaSaar ismade recognized hereandsalutation SamsAric afflictions)bydippingdeepin The analogyofrelief(Sramaharam) from T F IFTH OURTH HIRD S S L L S thIrTam tathrasubhamprakAsay O nEdhishtEna mahApaTEna sugamO mahApaTEna nEdhishtEna O L KAM trayyantha: prathinandanIyavi yEthE mahyam apODamanmaTasarOnmATAyaNaaTAdaya: O KAM SamsAradhva gathAgathasramaharassarvAvagaahya:svayam sraddhAtavya SaraNyadampathi dayAdhivyApagA vyApakA: vyApakA: sraddhAtavya SaraNyadampathidayAdhivyApagA KAM tIwRm! tÇ zuÉm! àkasytu nSte_yae gué_yae nm> gué_yae nSte_yae àkasytu tÇzuÉm! tIwRm! SrIsamlEsha samullasathganarasa:SrIsastaDAkOmahAn vruNImahE cha tathrAdhyou DampathI JagathAmpathI DampathI vruNImahE chatathrAdhyou sparthA viplava vipralambha padhavI vaidEsikA DesikA: vipralambhapadhavIvaidEsikADesikA: sparthA viplava Gurubhyas Tadhgrubhyasccha namOvAkam adhImahE Gurubhyas TadhgrubhyascchanamOvAkamadhImahE sMsarXv gtagt ïmhrs! svaRvgaý> Svym! Svym! svaRvgaý> ïmhrs! gtagt sMsarXv ÇEYyNt> àitnNdnIy ivivxaedNta SvdNxaimh àitnNdnIyivivxaedNta ÇEYyNt> neix:Qen mhapten sugmae ye;am! àsadd! AÉUt! ïIsmez smu‘sTg[rs> ïIsStfakae mhan! mhan! ïIsStfakae smu‘sTg[rs> ïIsmez yete mým! Apaef mNmtzraeNmaway nawady> nawady> mNmtzraeNmaway Apaef mým! yete SALUTING SALUTING SALUTING v&[Imhe c tÇa*aE dMptI jgtam! ptI dMptIjgtam! ctÇa*aE v&[Imhe gué_ys! tÌ‚é_yí nmaevakm! AxImhe N N N AD ADATH AD A TH A TH U U R R U 59 A A to thoseAchAryaasandtheirparamparai. R MM MM A to the cool pond of AchArya anugraham is anugrahamis ofAchArya to thecoolpond vidhOdhanthA: svadandhAmiha athu nastEbhyOGurubhyOnama: the horridsummerheat(the experiencesof MM AL K andHisPirAttibothasUpAyam AL K diate Guru and His Gurus. Among them, Among Gurus. diate GuruandHis am fromtheGuruParamparAchapteris yEshAmprasAdhadhabhUth AL K AALKSH AALKSH AALAKSH E E PA PA E G MA PA H ND G O H SHTI APAM O SHTI sadagopan.org sadagopan.org fluttering ofthevictoryfl (kanaippu) ofLordHayagrIvaBhagavAn the AchAryAsiscelebratedinthisslOkam oftheLord withtheblessings siddhAntham The gloryoftheillustriousAchAryaparamapa This slOkam is an echo of S oftheseAc Vaibhavams andUpadEsams ManmaTA andotherdisturba world fulloftemptatations likelustfor are learned(2)destroying ancientsadAchAr codesofbehavior away frominauspicious GangA oftheirDayAtousareAchAryAs charithramsin celebrated throughmany DivineConsortare EmperumAn andHis to belonging directions ofSadAcAryAs celebrated hereandcontrastedwithth Sapthathi. TheVyApakaAchAryAsbelongingtothesathsampradhAyam are S EVENTH IXTH dhik-soudhAbaddha jaithra dhvajapaDabha jaithra dhik-soudhAbaddha kshiptha prathyarTi dhrupthirjayath prathyarTi kshiptha S HrudhyA Hrudhpadhma simhAsanarasi HrudhyA Hrudhpadhma siddhAntha sthOmathUlastaBaka siddhAntha L i]Ý àTyiwR Ô‚iÝr! jyiti]Ý àTyiwRÔ‚iÝr! b÷ manasi mamayathprasAdhAth vasathiRahasyathrayasya sArOyam O Aabhagavattha: praTithAmanagAm S KAM L idk! saedabÏ jEÇ Xvjpq Évn S)aiq inËRt tÄt! tÄt! inËRt S)aiq Évn Xvjpq jEÇ saedabÏ idk! isÏaNt Staem tUl Stbk ivgmn Vy´ sÖtRnIka Vy´sÖtRnIka Stbkivgmn tUl Staem isÏaNt OKAM ù*a ùd!pÒ isMhasn risk hy¢Iv he;aeimR "ae; "ae; riskhy¢Ivhe;aeimR isMhasn ùd!pÒ ù*a SpwaR ivPlvivàlMÉ pdvIvEdeizka deizka> ïÏatVy zr{ydMpit dyaixVyapga Vyapka> SALUTING SALUTING ag of our AchAryAs over N the thoughtshoused AD N A AD nces arisingfrominappropriatedesires,Maythe TH A U TH R 60 A U gu[a piN´r!-ASmt! guê[am! guê[am! piN´r!-ASmt! gu[a R MM i bahuguNA pankthir-asmath gurUNAm i bahuguNApankthir-asmath hAryAs becomeenjoyabletoadiyEn! e aadEsa VaidEsikAs (outside the divine thedivine e aadEsaVaidEsikAs(outside A Veda-VedAntham. Those who spread the Thosewhospreadthe Veda-VedAntham. vigamana vyaktha-sadhvarthaneekA like NaaTa Muni. TheseAchAryAsarefar the vedaMaargam),who bringmisery. the othersexinducedbyarrowsof MM such as(1)insultingothersbecausethey . The auspicious sounds of the neighing oftheneighing sounds . Theauspicious AL K as Sarva VidhyAdhikAri issaluted.The as SarvaVidhyAdhikAri ams (3) being deceitful. In this SamsAric (3)beingdeceitful.InthisSamsAric ams HayagrIvan sittingintheheartlotusof AchAryaSanthathimvandhE the trustworthySaraNyaDampathis ka HayagrIva hEshOrmighOsha ka HayagrIvahEshOrmighOsha rai and its victories rai anditsvictories AL K vana sphAthinirdhUthaTatthath- AALAKSH in the 65th slOkamofSrIYathirAja in the65th Para mathams isremembered. AALAKSH E PA E G PA H G O in establishing our in establishing H SHTI O SHTI T the bottomless OceanofSamsAram. act ofPrathamAchAryan, SrImanNaarAyaNan HayagrIvan sittingonthethroneatti not consideranydEvathAequaltoorg The greatAchArya BhakthiofSwamy Desikanis N tirelessAchAryaKaimkaryams. through their Lord (i-e).,VedaMaargam,freefrom The salutationshereareto E essence ofRahasyaThraya Saaram resides adiyEn salutestheAchAryaParamparai ENTH IGHTH INTH S S S L L L O yasyAsou bhajathEkadhAchid O AchAryAdhiha dEvathAm samadhikA manyAm namanyAmahE AchAryAdhiha dEvathAmsamadhikAmanyAm magnAnAm bhavinAm bhavArNava samuttharAyaNaarAYaNa: bhavinAm magnAnAm O KAM mnis mm yt! àsadat! vzit rhSyÇySy saraeym! rhSyÇySysaraeym! vzit àsadat! mmyt! mnis KAM AaÉgvÄ> àiwtam! An"am! AacayR sNtitm! vNde vNde sNtitm! AacayR An"am! àiwtam! AaÉgvÄ> Karma-BrahmAthmakE SaasthrE KAM AacayaRixh devtam! smixka mNyam! n mNyamhe nmNyamhe mNyam! smixka devtam! AacayaRixh A*asIn turNgv± ivlsj! ijþa¢ isMhasnat! adhyAseena turangavakthra vilasaj-jihvAgra simhAsanAth turangavakthravilasaj-jihvAgrasimhAsanAth adhyAseena prapadanamayE vidhyAbhEdhE prathishitithachEthasa: prapadanamayE ySyasaE Éjte kdaicdhÑUma Svym! ÉUimkam! ÉUimkam! Svym! kdaicdhÑUma Éjte ySyasaE prathipadamiha praj~nAdhAyam disanthu dayAghanA: disanthudayAghanA: praj~nAdhAyam prathipadamiha m¶anam! Éivnam! Éva[Rv smuÄray naray[> SaTharipu Suka VyAsa PrAchEthasAdhi niBhandhana PrAchEthasAdhiniBhandhana SaTharipu SukaVyAsa srama pariNatha sraddhA suddhAsayA mamaDesikA: srama pariNathasraddhA suddhAsayA SALUTING vNde hiStigrIzSy vIiw zaexk ikMkran! SALUTING vandhE HasthigirIsasya VeeTi sOdhaka kimkarAn VeeTisOdhakakimkarAn vandhE HasthigirIsasya SALUTING kmR äüaTmke zaôe kaEtSk…t invtRkan! N the SadAchAryAs,whokeptth THE N AD AD A A A TH CH TH U A U R RYA 61 R A any defects and blemishes (spic and span) andspan) any defectsandblemishes(spic A ahadhbhUmA svayambhUmikAm ahadhbhUmA p of the AchAryA's tongue and the merciful tongueandthemerciful p oftheAchAryA's MM PARAMPARAI MM in mymindduetotheiranugrahaBalam. reater thanAchAryAs.Tributeto Lord starting fromBhagavAnHimself.The AL' kouthaskutha nivarthakAn kouthaskutha AL K in uplifting those who aredrowningin thosewho inuplifting S evidenthere.Heassertsthathe will K AALAKSH AALAKSH e highways (Veedhis) of the the (Veedhis)of e highways E E PA PA MANTAPAM MANTAPAM sadagopan.org sadagopan.org S Sarva TantraSvatanthrar. After that aaseervAdhams, Swamy Desikanwe way ingreatquantities! with recognize andpraiseyourerudition sampradhAyam. Thegreatscholarswellve Youwilldestro pramANams! of VedAswith poured forthspontaneously: thedhivyatEjasofchildand taken upby DesikanatHisKaalaksh old VedAntha Na thebenedictoryslOkamfrom This is E andAadhiKaviVaalmIki. Brahmam, VyAsaBhagavAn AchAryakathvam boundbythedoctrineses (conviction/faith), they(AchAryAs)perfor maargam establishedbythepraTamAchA to rescue(steepflightdown The UpakAramsdonebyHisAchAryAsand ALUTATION LEVENTH SL bhUyAs thrai vidhyamAnyasthvam bhUrikalyANa bhAjanam bhAjanam vidhyamAnyasthvambhUrikalyANa bhUyAs thrai SrImadh-Varadha-GurukrupA-lambhithOddhAma Vaibhava! SrImadh-Varadha-GurukrupA-lambhithOddhAma SrI VaadhihamsAmbhuvAhAdhAchAryAthaaptha Saasthra! TO O prathishtAipitha VedAntha: VedAntha: prathishtAipitha ÉUyas! ÇE iv*maNySTvm! ÉUirkLya[ Éajnm! ÉUirkLya[ iv*maNySTvm! ÇE ÉUyas! KAM S WAMY ïm pir[t ïÏa zuÏazya mm deizka> mmdeizka> zuÏazya ïÏa ïm pir[t ïI vaixh SALUTING àpdnmye iv*aÉexe àitiót cets> cets> àitiót iv*aÉexe àpdnmye àitóaipt vedaNt àiti]Ý bihmRt àiti]ÝbihmRt vedaNt àitóaipt D ESIKAN “Oh Blessed Child! You will You BlessedChild! “Oh from theauspicouspath,time THE (K N ATTIYAM AD 62 Epa Mantapam.NadAthUrAmmALwasso dAthUr AmmAL,whenHemetthefive-year- A reverence. MayallMangaLamscomeYour TH m theirdutiesandblessusthrough prathikshiptha Bahirmatha: Bahirmatha: prathikshiptha tablished bySwamyNammazhwAr,Suka tablished ) &Y U y theargumentsofenemiessath the timesatwhichAchAryAscome ryan) arelistedhere.Withsraddha rsed in VedAs and VedAnthams will will rsed inVedAsandVedAnthams nt ontobecomeVedAnthAchAryarand its precocious talent that His blessings precocioustalentthatHisblessings its R A MM ETHSARIKKAI AL K establish the deep meanings establish thedeepmeanings of delusion about the vEda AALAKSH E PA M ANTAPAM bring himclosetothespace belowthesacr The archakAs holdgently thekaitthalam patiently forHisdearestonetoarriveallmorning! ofPurattA on hisbirthday MangaLAsAsanam Now SwamyDesikantravelstotheSannidhi Yethsarikai! Yethsarikai! 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