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MaadhyAnhika SandhyA vandhanam - Part 3
 

SrI Komalavalli ThAyAr Sametha SrI Sarangapani

It is now Ucchik Kaalam at Thirukkudanthai. Sri KurEsar arrives in front of Sri KOmalavalli ThAyAr and salutes : "(Saa) Sri: Svasthi dhisadhAth ( may that Periya PirAtti of Sri AarAvamudhan conder on us all auspiciousness )!". He explains as to who that Sri Devi (KomaLavalli ) is:

"yasyA Veekshya Mukham Tadhingitha
ParAdhInO vidhatthE akhilam "

Here KooratthAzhwAn points out that the Lord follows the signs given by the brow of MahA LakshmI and follows accordingly (ingitham therinthu athaip pOl nadakkirAr ) to perform His various duties such as Creation of the world and its protection . Such is the power of Sri KomaLavalli over Her Lord .

KoorEsar recognizes our ThAyAr as " sakala Loka JananI " and prays to be the object of the waves of Her side glances ( HeY LakshmI ! thE katAksha Veechi visruthE: Lakshyam shyAma :).Next , AzhwAn refers to Her as the ocean of KalyANa GuNams ( tvath sadhguNa aRNO nidhou) and states that those GuNams are beyond the access of manas and Vaak ( mind and speech ).

The power of Her glances are next saluted by KurEsar. He says that even the Lord of the universe , who is His own Lord considers Himself blessed , when her nectarine glances fall on Him ( JagannAtha: AathmEsvara: NaarAyaNOpi tava EEkshaNAth svAthmAnam DHANYAM MANYATHE ).
KurEsar recognizes next that anything rich , beautiful , auspicious are all under Her control ( Yath Isvaryam Soundharya laavaNyayO; yadhitham roopam , lOkE yaccha hi MangaLam , Yath kimapi sath ithi uchyathE , Tath sarvam Yath tvadhInamEva ). Now , KurEsar makes a unique statement: Oh Supreme One ! MahA LakshmI ! Even Your husband does not comprehend the limits of Your Mahimai. More wonderful than that is the fact that You Yourself do not know the limits of Your own greatness! ".

We will conclude this section on the tributes paid by KurEsar with his prayer and paraphrase it with a tribute to Sri KomaLAmbhA:

Yasyaa: KatAksha veekshAkshaNa
laksham lakshithA mahEsAs shyu:I
Sri KomaLAmbhA saa maamapi
VeekshithAm Lakshmi : II

(meaning): May Sri KomaLAmbhA , whose auspicious glance , when it rests on any one for even a second makes them the richest among the rich , rest Her katAksham on me as well !

The Isvaryam that KurEsar asks for is the Isvaryam of Kaimkarya Sampath and Kaimkarya Sri in the spirit of " LakshmaNO Lakshmi Sampanna: ".

ParAsara Bhattar and Sri Devi
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Our KomaLavalli ThAyAr is the paDi ThANDA Pathni . She is a MahA pathivrthai . She is the SitA of Thirukkudanthai .

ParAsara Bhattar could have been visualized as standing before MahA LakshmI and saluting Her adhyAthbhutha Soundharyam as that belonging to the stage of " Saisava-Yauvana-Vyathikaram " ( an adolescent girl , who is just at the junction of childhood and Youth ). This MahA Lakshmi is revered and saluted by Bhattar as BhagavathI ( ShAtguNya SampUrNai) and as " the treasure-house of several perfections ". Her KshAnti (forberance) , AudhAryam (generosity and magnanimity) , DayA (compassion/anukampA) are saluted in depth by Bhattar.

The precocious son of KurEsa raised by MahA Lakshmi Herself pays special obesciance to her sacred feet and dayA-laden eyes. He says that her holy feet have renderd the Upanishads fragrant and Her auspicious glances qualify the Lord as PundarIkAkshan , which is the LakshaNam of VishNu . By the power of the glance of KomaLavalli , Her consort attains the supreme state of PundarIkAkshan with eyes as large as the lotus ( Tasya yathA kapyAsam PunDarIkam evam akshiNi –ChAndhOgya Upanishad passage made famous by AchArya RaamAnujA's correct intrepretation ).

Our KomaLavalli and Her divyAbharaNams ( kanaka mEkalA , pearl necklaces ,Diamond Taadankam/ThOdu, lalAtikam ( jewelery on the forehead ) and ankle bells beautify themselves by association with Her laavaNyam .

When it comes to visualizing Her kalyANa GuNAs , Bhattar came up with the name of SriguNarathna KOsam or the treasure house of gem-like qualiites for his sthuthi . Such is the Vaibhavam of Sri Komalavalli /Sri RanganAyaki/MahA Lakshmi . At Thirukkudanthai , MahA lakshmi Manifested Herself as Sri KomaLavalli , the divine consort of Sri AarAvamudhan . Her ParArthyam (subordination to her Lord ), Her karuNA, Vaathsalyam to her children have no match and yet She is a shining example of SamyukthAsrayaNam (inseparable like the Sun and its luster). Out of Her infinite compassion for Her children (erring Jeevans) , She acts as a mediator between the Jeevan and Her Husband .Parasara Bhattar concludes the GuNa rathna kOsam with a powerful statement that " MahA Lakshmi (KomaLAmbhA/RanganAyaki) is the Mother , Father and all that is dear to us and that one can be assured of any Isvaryam , when Her grace is assured .".

May Our Mother , the divine consort of Sri AarAvamudhan bless us all on this special day and confer us the blessings of growing Kaimkarya Sri and Vinayam .

Sri KomaLavalli Naayikyai nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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