Shree Tirumala Venkateshwara Swaami vaari 2022 Shree Shubhakruth naama samvatsara Jyeshta maasa Jyeshtaabhishekam gets completed successfully with 3 days of Abhishekam ritual performed to ShreeBhoo samayta Malayappa Swami vaaru and his 3 celestial armours....
(Pearl Armour, Golden Armour, Diamond Armour)
"NamoJyestaayacha Kanishtaayacha"
gets mentioned in the Shree RudraNamakam and the word 'Jyestha' in this context refers to 'elder' between the two or eldest amongst many.....
And thus 'Jyeshtaabhishekam' refers to the Abhishekam ritual performed to the eldest of all in the eldest month....
Those who are knowledgeable about the maagha panchaka Shubha samayam,
Maagham / Phaalgunam / Chaitram / Vaishaakham / Jyeshtam are 5 months that are considered as holy for many weddings / functions / celebrations / rituals / etc and among these the 5th one, Jyeshta maasam' is typically the last month in the Uttaraayana PuNya kaalam....after which the Aashaadha maasam begins the onset of Dakshinaayana Punyakaalam.....
"Jaagrat" / "Swapna" / "Sushupti"
( let's set aside the seldom observable "Tureeyaavastha" for now) are the most commonly observable states of a human mind or more precisely human consciousness known as "avasthaatrayam" in the yogic terminology.....
"Jaagrat" avastha refers to the state where in we are physically and mentally active by being engaged in some action and are in a perfectly responsive state...
"Swapna" avastha refers to the state where in we are physically and mentally semi-active or semi-dormant in the sleep where dreams occur. The state in which REM occurs, as per the medical terminology, as a response to the dreams that our semi-dormant consciousness gets engaged with...
"Sushupti" avastha refers to the state where in we are physically and mentally completely dormant in a deep sleep / slumber where our consciousness gets completely dissolved in to the inner space / vacuum.
The above 3 states of a human consciousness have their celestial equivalents where in the cosmic consciousness of the spiritual entity being referred to keeps varying in terms of its engagement with the various earth bound realms....
There are 2 different aspects of every ritual followed in the sanaatana dharma sampradaayam.....
The comic aspect associated with the same and the corresponding worldly aspect associated with the same.......
In the 3 days' Jyestaabhishekam ritual performed to the utsawa moorthy of SreeBhoo samayta Malayappa Swaami vaaru,
the worldly and the cosmic aspects associated with the Lord wearing the Pearl Armour (MutyapuKavacham), Golden Armour (BangaaruKavacham) and the Diamond Armour (VajraKavacham) are.....
1. Pearl Armour (MutyapuKavacham)
Pearls are obtained in nature in the form of 'completely formed finite entities' which need not be subjected to any kind of additional amalgamation or transformation as such.
Because once a pearl gets formed it is a wholly formed finite unit....
( Be it in the oyster shells that provide the largest share of pearls available to the planet earth along with a few other sources like a few elephant species' heads / a few bamboo species' shells / etc...)
And pearls are a symbolic representation of "ChandraShakti" in astronomical / astrological calculation....
A palanquin decorated with various precious Pearls known as "Mutyaala Pandiri / Mutyaala Pallaki" is celebrated as a vaahana seva in the annual Tirumala Shree Venkateshwara swaami vaari brahmotsawam festival....
" Mouktikamu " / " Muktamainadi " /
" JeevanMuktulu" / etc are a well known usage in association with pearls' terminology...
Hence a pearl also symbolizes "salvation"....
This " MutyapuKavacham " is a symbolic representation of a daiwika
" Swapnaavastha " in which Lord Shree Venkateshwara's "bhoogata ShreeVaishnava chaitanya Shakti"
( the earth bound divine consciousness of lord Shree Venkateshwara) is identified and celebrated by adorning the pearl armour.....
2. Golden Armour (BangaaruKavacham)
Gold, the unanimously celebrated precious metal across the globe is undoubtedly the most sought after metal since times immemorial and it continues its eternal status quo even in these modern times.....
Right from governing a country's currency reserves being in proportional to the gold reserves held by it.......
to the medical world where in the processed pure gold is used as an element in certain medicines as an effective cure to certain ailments....
gold has always been heralded as the most cherished treasure by one and all...
For those who don't know, 100% purified golden ore is akin to a dense soft twistable chocolate that cannot be used to prepare jewellery...Only after certain amount of copper gets mixed as a required impurity, gold will become a metal that can be moulded in to an ornament.....
And in this Kaliyugam, gold is both an embodiment of ShreeMahaaLakshmi Kataaksham and also Kalipurusha aavaasa sthaanam.....
( refer to Pareekshith Mahaaraaju Vruttaantam from ShreemadBhaagawatam )
which means it has its own merits and demerits that are to be carefully balanced by its wearer....
In the satellite communication too, gold is used in the manufacturing of certain transceivers to sustain the high frequency communication equipment's intactness in the space or vacuum where in it isn't easy to repair any unforeseen glitches in the intricate SatComm equipment after its launch in to the destined orbit....
This " SwarnaKavacham " is a symbolic representation of a daiwika
" Jaagrat avastha " in which Lord Shree Venkateshwara's "bhoogata ShreeVaishnava chaitanya Sakti"
( the earth bound divine consciousness of lord Shree Venkateshwara) is identified and celebrated by adorning the golden armour.....
This is the most engaged divine state of Lord Malayappa all along the year as can be observed by all the devotees visiting Tirumala where in Lord Malayappa swaami vaaru blesses darshanam adorning the SwarnaKavacham in all the daily rituals inclusive of the Vasantotsawam....
( Vasantotsawam has a daily Abhisheka Kainkaryam to SreeBhoo samayta Malayappa Swami vaaru as an arjita seva attended by many devotees everyday......
3. Diamond Armour (VajraKavacham)
After gold, diamonds have been the most valued treasure across the globe since times immemorial...They essentially are precious stones formed in the various layers of earth's crust after being subjected to several years of geological stress and strain on certain graphine compositions that alters their chemical composition in to hard carbon structures which in turn get celebrated as diamonds.....
A diamond never reacts with any other metal or material and after getting transformed in to a diamond from a carbon stone, it literally stays intact in its new composition unaltered for several centuries....
It needs only polishing and nothing else as a makeover to make it shine like one...
Thus, in a way, a diamond symbolises eternity / immortality in the earth realm...
( The earth realm is known for its perishable nature for every living / non-living being present on it... for that it is referred to as
" MartyaLokam ".....
which means,
right from a simple peasant who lives a typical agricultural life by providing food to several people in his life time......
to a dictator like Hitler or some other person, who lives a life of tyranny,
each and every one of us have to take leave from this planet after a requisite amount of time duration has been spent on this planet by living a life of our choice typically for a 70 to 100 years in most of the cases...
Shatamaanam bhavati
Shatamaishwaryam bhavati
Shatamanantam bhavati.....
Shatamiti Shatam deerghamaayuhu....
)
This is one of the 3 engaged divine states of Lord Malayappa in an year as can be observed by all the devotees visiting Tirumala where in Lord Malayappa swaami vaaru blesses darshanam adorning the VajraKavacham during specific rituals like monthly Pournami Garudavaahana seva / annual brahmotsawams...etc....
Garuda vaahanam symbolizes many things of which immortality is one among them......for that GarudaaLwaar is revered as one among the 'nityasoorulu' of ShreeVaikuntha divyalokam created by VikunTha Maharshi with his TapahShakti.....
The reason why this state has an analogy with the "Sushupti" avastha of a human consciousness is that,
it is completely devoid of the characteristics of a mortal plane and as explained by sathguru ShreeChaaganTi gaaru....
" Sushupti" avastha lo unnappuDu.....
mana Indriyaalu Manasuloaki......
Manasu Buddhiloaki.....
Buddhi aatmaloaki.......
layinchipotaayi...... "
And because Aatma anea paratattwa pratipaadita vastuvu bhagawadgeetaloa cheppabaDinattugaa.... Shaashwatattwaaniki prateeka kaabatti....
( ref : https://resanskrit.com/blogs/blog-post/nainam-chindanti-shastrani-shlok-explained-in-hindi-english )
VajraKavacha dhaarana aneadi Shaashwatattwaaniki / daiwika Sushupti avasthaku prateeka......
Now coming to the point of why does Lord Shree Venkateshwara need to transcend his cosmic consciousness across these 3 realms....,
As we all know, we need to persist our consciousness in the aforementioned Jaagrat, Swapna, Sushupti avasthaatrayam in order to properly live a 24 hours' typical human life cycle....
Though it is true that 'Jaagrat avastha' is the most commonly observed state for a longer duration, say from 08.00 to 23.59 and the remaining 8 hours spent in the sleep holds the 'Swapna' and 'Sushupti' avasthas, skipping even a night's sleep will have its several cascading effects for the next 3 days which will affect the health adversely in the long run.....
( People who work in the late night shifts suffer from many health ailments due to lack of proper sleep in the most important time zone of 01.00 to 07.00 where in a human body is designed to rejuvenate its vital functions to heal itself )
So is the case with the cosmic consciousness of the Bhoogata paratattwam that is self manifested on the planet earth in the form of "Tirumala Panchabayra moortulu / tiruvaaraadhana"
They need to maintain their cosmic aural magnitudes intact in-order to cater to the needs of thousands and thousands of devotees thronging Tirumala to get blessed by them.....
Let me take a simplest example to make it understand as an even more simpler phenomenon...
While it's true that consuming good quality air, good quality water, good quality food....are required for a human being in order to rejuvenate themselves and persist their active and strong presence for a day.....
consuming good quality air is done in almost all the moments....
consuming good quality water is done in some moments....
consuming good quality food is done only twice or thrice......
However, all the above 3 are a must to make a successful strong presence for every given day though it might appear that a person is consuming only good quality air in all the moments....
Quite similarly,
Adorning the
Pearl Armour (MutyapuKavacham),
Golden Armour (BangaaruKavacham) and the Diamond Armour (VajraKavacham) are.....
akin to the above mentioned example.....
Though it might appear that Lord Malayappa is always clad in the golden kavacham...,
It is a must to adorn him with the other two armours as well in order to make his cosmic consciousness a complete / full fledged one for a given year......
śrī śēṣaśaila garuḍāchala vēṅkaṭādri
nārāyaṇādri vṛṣabhādri vṛṣādri mukhyām ।
ākhyāṃ tvadīya vasatē raniśaṃ vadanti
śrī vēṅkaṭāchalapatē tava suprabhātam ॥ 15 ॥
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