Why was the breeze during the dOlai continuous???
Till now sEthusamudram knew of its existence as a samudram. When the sacred lotus feet
of SrIlakShmIhayagrIva touched the waters of sEthusamudram, then the samudram also got
the direct association of Ganga that stems from the Lord's feet.
To pay their gratitide to the Lord, a few potable drops of water took support of the wind and
hit the shore as breeze to drench the Lord's feet. But they faced an ambiguity. They saw two
parimukha dESikars seated on the dOlai. Both with jnAna mudrai and SrIkOsham. Unable to
resolve they only swayed the dOlai and returned back.
During their second attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. They looked for the three tributaried Ganga that stems from the Lord. But
again they saw the three tributaried streams arising from both of them. Ref rahasyatrayasArOyam trisrOtasamakalmashAm" - SRTS is referred to as the three tributaried
stream that arises from swAmy similar to the unblemished three streamed Ganga that arises
from the Lord. Unable to resolve, they again swayed the dOlai and returned back.
During their third attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. The drops decided to look for the Lord's infinite nature that is like an
ocean. But again they had to face an ambiguity as they saw two oceans in front of them
brimming with waves of halahala nAdam. Unable to resolve, they again swayed the dOlai
and returned back. Their own banks seemed to be too feeble in front of those milky oceans.
During their fourth attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. The drops decided to look for the aspect of sarvatantraswAtantryam which
is the Lord's sole attribute. But again they had to face the same ambiguity and returned
without success but by swaying the dOlai.
During the fifth attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. They tried this time to look for the AchAryatanmai as the Lord is our
primordial AchArya. Now they were really bedazzled and totally helpless to find out who the
Supreme Lord was. "nirupAdhika dESikashabda vAchyarAnavar nam swAmy dESikan". This
time they hurried back swaying the dOlai and out of utter disappointment.
During the sixth attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. They tried this time to look for the Lord's thiruvadi that has marks of
shankham and chakram. They had to return utterly helpless again as the same were found in
both of their lotus feets. Ref - dESikaprapatti of swAmy varadanAtha that says dESika had
marks of shankhachakram on His feet that are uttama AchArya lakShaNams - "vikhyAtatAmarasa-shankha-rathAngachihnau vedAntasUricharaNau sharaNam prapadye".
During the seventh attempt, the drops of water again took support of the wind and hit the
shore as breeze. They tried this time to look for the Lord's ubhayalingatvam. But the result
was same. Both of them were replete with everything that was auspicious and were deplete
of everything that was vile.
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