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ARANA DESIKAN

A SERIES OF ARTICLES COLLECTED / PUBLISHED


BY SRAVANA SAMITHI, MUSCAT
DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF
PURATTASI, SARVADHARI 2008

DARSANAM
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Sarvadhari Purattasi – 7, 7th article
9/23/2008

SWAMI DESIKAN, MADURANTAKAM

SRAVANA SAMITHI, MUSCAT


Stood thy consort to your measure in virtues inherent
Stayed she ever in your servitude as sweetness in sugar
Anklets indeed she is who adorns your sandals pristine
Pray we for her benevolence to shower on us forever - 4

This verse celebrates the consort of Swamy Deshika, Thirumangai Kanakavalli


Nachiyaar as the manifestation of the sandals of Swamy Desika.
She was in every way a worthy consort to Swamy Desika. She stayed ever in the
servitude of Our Swamy as sweetness to be found in sugar but is never be separated
from it. Such was their inseparable
association or apruithak-siddha
sambandham. The disciples of Our Swamy
have prayed at her feet eulogizing her as
their mother and have sung about her
inherent virtues in their srisooktis. The Guru-
parampara prabhavam composed by the
second Jeeyar and the third Jeeyar of
Parakala matham have respectfully
acknowledged her as "samAnAtmaguna
sampanna dharmapatnI" and have placed
her on the same pedestal as Our Swamy in
terms of auspicious and inherent virtues.
Kumudavalli Nachiyar, Kanchi
She was like the anklets adorning
the gem-studded sandals of Our Swamy. The jingles adorning the gem studded
Padukas of Swamy rejoiced more than those tied to the gem studded sandals of the
Lord. It is natural for jingles to be tied to bells and they enjoy a common association
with each other. The jingles in the sandals of Our Swamy enjoyed this natural

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association, as Our Swamy is indeed the manifestation of the bell of the Lord of seven
hills, Tiruvenkatamudayan.
OurSwamy in his Paduka Sahasram, Prakirna paddhati celebrates Piraatti to
have assumed the role of the Lord's sandals during Nrusimhavataram -
"miktAMshukEsaravatI ...
narasiMhamUrteH"
Here Piraatti is celebrated as
the incarnation of the Lord's sandals
and is eulogized to be appropriate to
the Lord in everyway. In a similar
way our mother Thirumangai
Kanakavalli Nachiyaar is indeed the
manifestation of the anklets that
adorn the lotus sandals of Swamy
Desika. We pray at her lotus feet to
shower her merciful benevolence on
us always and to act as
purushakaram in making the
benevolent grace of our
Paramacharya Swamy Desika, to be
Swami Desikan, Vallipuram
on us forever and to make us worthy
recipients of the wealth of bhagavatha sheshatvam, jnanam and vairagyam from
Swamy Deshika.
Vaazhi Thoopul kula Dharmapatni
Vaazhi ThiruMangai Naachiyaar
Vaazhi Kanakavalli thaayar.

Courtesy:- Sri Ranga Sri. Sri C G Balaji Swamy


Nangainallur Venkatesan

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