79th Thirunakshathram of Srimath Azhagiya Singar: Dec 10 , 2005 at Bangalore , SrI sthuthi SlOkam 7 : Part XI

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SrI :

 

Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

 

This slOkam is recited to obtain high positions :

 

pasyantheeshu Sruthishu paritha: soori-BrundhEna sArdham

madhyE kruthya thriguNa phalakam nirmitha-sTAna bhEdham

VisvAdheesa PraNayini ! sadhA vibrama-dhyUthavrittau

BrahmEsAdhyA dhadhathi yuvayOr-akhasAra-prachAram

 

( Meaning according to Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):

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Both of You play a game of chess with primordial Nature (Moola Prakruthi)

as the chess board marked by different colored squares . Brahma , Iswara

and other devathAs are the pawns to be moved ; the VedAs and ever-liberated

souls watch this game .

 

(Meaning according to Vakunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy ) :

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Oh Empress of the World ! PerumdEvi ThAyArE ! Watched by the nithya Sooris

(eternally liberated souls) and the Veda MaathAs , Your chess game with Your

Lord known as Viswa Srushti takes place ; this game is played by both of You

on the chess board clearly marked by the three guNams (hues) of Moola Prakruthi

( Satthva , Rajas and Tamas) . The pawns used in this game are Brahma , Rudra

and other DevAs .

 

(Expanded meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrIrAma DesikAchAr ) :

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Oh Periya PirAtti ! Yourself and Your Lord displaying great love for You engage

in

the playing of a game of Chess / Chathurangam to amuse yourselves . This is

consistent with the practise of all loving couples to spend plesant times

together .

The couple will position the chess board between themselves .There will be

demarcations of squares with the colors of white and black as places to position

and to move the pawns with the roll of the dice . As the couple joyously engage

in this game , men and women friends will watch the progress of this game .

 

Oh Sri DEvi ! You and Your divine consort play a simialr game to amuse

Yourselves.

This game of Yours is watched and cheered by the assembly of Nithya Sooris ,

MukthAs ( liberated souls) and Veda MaathAs .

 

Your Chess Board is somewhat unique in that it is made up of Moola Prakruthi .

The colors of the squares on that ches Board are the colors of the three guNams

:

white for Satthvam , Red for Rajas and Black for Tamas . Brahma Lokam , Siva

LOkam .

Indhra Lokam(Svargam) are the places for the rolling of the dice . BrahmA ,

Sivan ,

Indhran are the pawns used in this game . Both of You roll the dice of their

KarmAs

and move the above dEvAs in the appropriate squares . In other words , Both of

You

amuse Yourselves by assigning Brahma , Siva , IndhrAdhi DEvAs to appropraite

positions befitting their karmaas in the Prakruthi MaNDalam having the three

guNams

as their defining features . Both of You enjoy the joy arising from your play .

These acts

of Yours are according to the dictates of the VedAs . Both of You make these

moves

with a unified mind set (i-e) without any discord . The NithyAs ( eternally

liberated

Souls ) and MukthAs ( liberated Jeevans) witness this game .

 

Additional Observations on the passages of the 7th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi

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1) Swamy Desikan addresses SrI Devi here as " ViswAdheesa PraNayini " .

 

Oh Periya PirAtti , who has the right to Your Lord's love ! Your Lord is

SarvEswaran

( the Emperor of all ) and You are the SarvEswari ( Empress of All ) . Hence

both

of You are equally matched for loving the other and display Vaathsalyam

and PraNayam between Yourselves .

 

2) Both of You are engaged in playing the game of Chess : " YuvayO : vibhrama

dhyUtha vrutthi: " . " Vibhrama: " means playful . " dhyUtha vrutthi: " means

the game of Chess . This is a royal game .

 

3) There is a chess board named Moola Prakruthi known for its three colors

that is positioned between Yourselves : " YuvayO: madhyE thriguNa phalakam

(asthi) " . One needs a chess Board to move the pawns , Minister, Camel , Horse

etc .

Moola Prakruthi serves as the Board . Its sixty four squares are alternatively

painted with the colors of White or Red or Black ( " nirmitha sTAna bhEdham

thriguNa phalakam " ) .

 

4) The dices are rolled to determine the extent and direction of the movement of

the pawns et al ( the dEvAs) . The dices are the KarmAs of the DevAs . As a

result

of the roll of the dices , the positions of the devAs go up or down or sideways

and

they attain new positions based on the sweep of their KarmAs . The dhivya

dampathis

play this game with great amusement ( " (Idham ) dhUtha vrutthau , Brahma-Isa

aadhyA: akshaSAra prachAram dhadhathi " ). " akshaSAram is the dice that is

rolled.

PrachAram is the movement from sTAnam to sTAnam ( Position to position on

the Chess Board ). " PrachAram dhadhathi " means they experience these position

changes on the chess Board of Moola Prakruthi .

 

6) Who are the bemused and cheering spectators in this diviine chess game ?

On the four sides of the chess Board are the assembly of NithyAs and MukthAs

as well as the VedAs , who witness always this most fascinating game played

strictly

according to the rules ( " Sruthishu , soori brundhEna paritha: sadhA

pasyantheeshu)

by the Dhivya Dampahtis .

 

SrI Devi plays this extraordinary game of chess in a concordant manner

with Her Lord and the movements in that game determines the assignments for

the DEvAs like BrahmA , Rudhra , IndhrA and others .

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan