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Dear BhakthAs:

I have been advised that this posting was not recieved
by many. Hence I am retransmitting it .We have posted 
upto 55 slOkams as of now.We have SIX more slOkams
to complete this Kaimkaryam of celebrating the Vaibhavam
of SrI RanganAyaki ThAyAr. 

V.Sadagopan


SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

The 50th slOkam was the beginning of a set of slOkams 
through which Swamy ParAsara Bhattar instructed us that
MahA Lakshmi is the UpAyam ( Means for Moksham ) , 
UpEyam ( the Goal , the Lakshyam and PrApyam )
and that She is a Vibhu like Her Lord . She as
Bhagavathi has Thulya SeelA ( equal in auspicious 
features in every aspect with Her Lord ,the BhagavAn).
Today , we will cover the 52nd SlOkam :

Matharlakshmi! yaTaiva MyTilijanastEnAdhvanA tE vayam
thvaddhAsyaika-rasAbhimAna-subhagair-bhaavarihaamuthra cha
jAmAthA DayithastavEthi BhavathI sambhnadha-dht rushtyA Harim
pasyEma prathiyAma yaama cha paricharAn prahrushyEma cha

Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy:
***************************************************
Oh Mother MahA LakshmI! Even as the citizens of MyTilA 
looked on , loved and respected , Sree RaamA , as 
Yoour Consort, and as the son-in-law of King Janaka ,
we, today, Your people , Your subkects truly , look on
SrI RanganAthA on the basis of His connection with You 
(i-e)., we revere Him , we love Him , we serve Him --
ALL of the above as Your Consort , that way , He being our 
son-in-law , so to say, even as the son-in-law of PeriyAzhwAr,
so to say. That is how He earns a denomination as 
RamyajAmAthA ! As such , since we have a relation to
the Lord through You , we would cherish --here and 
in Sri Vaikuntam too -- a view of the Lord as Your
consort , a surrender unto You and a service to You--
all to You , Sri RanganAyaki ! That way is our joy!

Extended Comments:
****************** Here, ParAsara Bhattar categorically 
states that his connection to Sri RanganAthaa is through 
Sri RanganAyaki alone. He says that he will look at the Lord,
think about Him, serve Him, perform prapatthi at His Thiruvadi 
and be soaked in the bliss of that anubhavams ,only in 
the context of the Lord being the Consort of Sri RanganAyaki .
Bhattar says here that all he wishes for in this world 
is to enjoy the aanandham of serving Sri RanganAyaki 
as he would at Nithya vibhUthi. Bhattar points out that 
Sri RanganAthan will have a special place in His heart 
for him and others who reognize Him only as the consort
of Sri RanganAyaki. He will consider such bhakthAs as
PeNN VeettukkArarkaL and treat them with special
affection . Those dear bhakthAs delight Him by addressing
Him as Azhagiya MaNavALan , our MaappiLLai and PeriyAzhwAr's
MaappiLLai . He is thrilled over His Sambhandham with MahA Lakshmi
(SitA PirAtti in RaamAvathAram) and treats the BhakthAs ,
who remind of Him of this sambhandham ( as Jaanaki Kaanthan)
as special people (antha: pura janam ), who will recieve 
His special anugraham and krupai. 

Oh Our Mother, MahA LakshmI! The citizens of MiTilA nagaram
consider You as their own and cherish their sambhandham with
You. We at Srirangam feel the same way : "vayamapi SveeyA:"
(We are also Your own).We therefore have mukhya preethi
for You even while we perform Kaimkaryams for Your Lord 
in the context of His special position as YOUR consort 
and YengaL ahatthu MaappiLLai (Bhagavath KaimkaryEpi 
Thvath Kaimkarya Buddhi:).He was the son-in-law of 
King Janaka and PeriyAzhwAr.Our Kimkara vrutthi to
Your Lord is propelled by the thought that He is 
our family's son-in-law.We are blessed to belong to You 
and gain this distinction through You. We are indeed
MyTili Janam ." Thvath Priya Ithi cha Sri RangarAjam
vayam upacharAma:" ( we will offer Him reverence and
seve Him because He is Your Lord , our MappiLLai 
through Your sambhandham). Your Lord and our son-in-law,
Azhagiya MaNavALan considers Himself Dhanyan because of 
being the object of Your kaDAksham . If that were to be so,
how can anyone attribute aNuthvam and JeevakOti pravishtathvam
to You ? Like his father , Bhattar performs SaraNAgathi 
to Sri RanganAyaki:

" Thaamm DevadEva MahishIm SRIYAM AasrayAma: "

Sri RanganAyaki's Svaroopa, Roopa, GuNa , Isvaryams
are thus clebrated and Sri RanganAyakan gets elevated
through His Sambhandham with Her . 

Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan /Sadagopan 







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