Janani! Following the food offering in the big utsavam hall, the DevAs who are naturally Your servants consumed the food that was left over as Your prasAdam.

VanarASitanUbhave! Daughter of the Ocean! It is not surprising that those who adorned the flowers the DevAs offered You on their head at the utsavam became fit for worship by others in this world.

Comments:

PirATTi raises us from a lowly status to one where we become an object for worship ourselves.

 

Slokam 43

panasacUtaphalAdibhi: ujjvalam
sarasa sUpam apUpaSatAvrtam |
atha nivedanam amba surai: ksharad-
ghrtavaram tava ramyam akalpyata ||

 

Meaning:

amba! The DevAs offered sweet fruits such as mangoes, jack fruit and bananas, food items such vegetables, dhal, and special items such as vadA and other eatables that dripping with clarified butter (ghee) to You following the arcanai.

Comments:

During bhagavat ArAdhanam, six types of Asanams are offered to the Lord. They are mantrAsanamwashing EmperumAn’s feet and hands, snAnAsanam — bathing him and dressing him, alankArAsanamdecorating him with flowers, garlands, sandal paste, dhUpam, dIpam and jewellery, bhojyAsanamoffering food items and punar mantrAsanamwashing his hands and feet once again and concluding the ArAdhanam with paryankAsanam offering him a place to retire after the ArAdhanam. In the previous Slokams, the DevAs offered snAnAsanam for PirATTi by bathing Her in milk, alankArAsanam by decorating Her with fragrant flowers and in this Slokam they are offering the bhojyAsanam that includes fruits and naivedyam.

 

Slokam 44

janani SeshatayA bhrSam utsukai:
tava nivedita Sesham abhujyata |
sumadhuram sumanobhi: atha utsava
apavarake varaketana bhUshite ||

 

Meaning:

Comments:

Following the order when the flowers were offered to PirATTi the DevAs, Her devotees, sought and obtained the flowers that were Her prasAdam. Here the DevAs obtained the food prasAdam that were exceptionally sweetsumadhuramas they were PirATTi’s prasAdam.

It is said that a true SrIvaishNava will not consume any food that was not offered to the Lord. According to this Slokam, the DevAs are following that tradition.

 

tAyAr in aSwa vAhanam — tiruccAnUr

 

Slokam 45

atha sudhAnyabhavam janamodanam
janani mAnasaranjanamodanam |
bhavadavekshaNa samskrtam atti ya:
rasanayA sa na yAcati tAm sudhAm ||

 

Meaning: