SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, AzhwAr blesses us with various roopams [forms] of EmperumAn Sriman Narayanan. moonRumuppa dhaaRinOto raindhumaindhu maindhumaay, moonRumoorththi yaagimoonRu moonRumoonRu moonRumaaya, thOnRusOthi moonRumaayth thuLakkamil viLakkamaay, EnRenaavi yuLpugundha then_kolOvem meesanE! (4) My nAThA! [Master- Lord!]- One who has taken 3+ 36= 39 vibhava forms; out of which the three fives (15) important ones! One who is at Milky Ocean (PaaRkadal), Soorya maNdalam, and at Sri Vishnu lOkam! Who is of twelve forms, Kesavan, Narayanan? Dhamodharan, who are from the lustrous three vyUha avathAr (Sankarshana, Pradhyumnan, Aniruddhan)! Who is eternal jyOthI at Paramapadham! In spite of all these glorious forms, You have also most compassionately and mercifully entered into my heart and reside there as Haardan! What a dayaa of Yours! [Why? That itself is the wonder!] Swamy Desikan mentions thirty plus avatarams in tattvathrayaadhikaaram of Srimad Rahasyathrayasaram, [perhaps based on this verse]. In the commentary SaaraswAdhini, based on Paancharaathram and SrI Saasvatham statements, the vibhava avathArams are enlisted as thirty nine avathArams. (Sri SMS Chari lists them in his book on Vaishnavism). There is also a SrI Sookthi that says: Mathsya koorma varaaha avathArams? are specially mentioned due to a specific purpose for these avatharams. (ivaRRil mathsya koormAdhya avathArangaL oru prayOjanavasatthAlE visEshitthuch chollappattana..). Aindhum aindhum aindhumaay- The first five are mathsya koorma, varaaha, narasimha vaamana avathArams. Next the human avathArams with parents: RamO Ramaccha raamaccha Krishna: kalkI janArdhana: Parasurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna Kalki avatharam. For teaching [upadEsans] and connected with Vedas: five avathArams: Hamsa, Hayagriva, Nara Narayanan ? dhatthAthrEya avathArams. kANadha Saakya pAshandai: tharI dharmO vilOpitha:- thridhaNdadhAriNA pUrvam vishunaa raksithA thrayI- thus dhatthAthrEya was glorified by Acharyas. [From Sri Varadan?s post few years ago: there was a rishi nammed aTri. He and his wife anuSuyai performed penance requesting that brahmA, siva and mahAvishNu be born to them as sons. As a fruit of that successful penance, perumAL came as their son dattAtrEya rishi, siva was born as durvAsA and chandra was born as brahmA's amsam. When the sons reached a certain age, aTri educated them and sent them to perform penance. dattAtrEya went to the himAlayAs, durvAsA went to kailAsam and chandran went to satyavrata kshEtram. Since brahmA's day is spent performing penance to perumAL, chandran, being brahmA's amsam performed penance to perumAL in this kshEtram. perumAL appeared to chandran in the form of vAmanA and asked for his wish. chandran requested perumAL to come to chandramaNdalam and be there so that he can perform nitya kainkaryam to perumAL. perumAL did the same and went to chandra maNdalam.] moonRu mUrthy- Sriman Narayanan enters into Brahmaa and Rudran [anupravEsham] and performed as indweller and thus He is TrimUrthy. MoonRumaay- Kesava, Narayanan ? 12 which are divided into four three ; with each four from each of the three vyuha namely, SankarshaNan, Pradyumnan and Aniruddhan. [Swamy desikan had established thus with three vyUha vivahaaram when he mentions about Paancharaathra perhaps based on this AzhwAr?s moonRumaay- Swamy desikan always states based on AzhwAr, AchArya Sri Sookthis. KuResa also mentions beautifully in Varadarajasthavam The VyUhaa states are four in number: VaasudEvan-SankarshaNan-Pradhyumnan-Aniruddhan . In the above Four VyUha roopams, the first One ( VaasudEvan) is identical with Para VaasudEvan of SrI Vaikuntam . Both have all the Six guNams ( Jn~Anam , Bhalam , Veeryam , Isvaryam , Sakthi and Tejas ). Thus PaancharAthra Saasthrams inform us that the other three VyUha Moorthys have unique pairs of the above six guNams between Them . According to this view , SankarshaNan has exclusive ownership of Jn~Anam and Bhalam pair ; Pradhyumnan has Veeryam and Isvaryam;Aniruddhan has Sakthi and Tejas. This is the view of PaancharAthra Aagamam. The VaikAnasa Aagamam identifies on the other hand the Four Moorthys of the VyUham as : Purusha-Sathya-Achyutha-Aniruddha Roopams .Aniruddhan is thus common to both the Aagamams. If Para VaasudEvan is identical to the VaasudEva Roopam of the four VyUhams of PaancharAthram , then the total number of VyUhams can be reduced to just three ( Thri-vyUha Paksham ). Even with all these splits of the six guNams between the three VyUha Moorthys, they have inherently all the six guNams at all states. It is only for the convenience of UpAsakAs , the six GuNams are split as three diads and are linked to each of the three VyUha Moorthys. We have to remember again the ShAdguNya Poorthi ( embodiment of all the Six GuNams) is manifested in all the five states of the Lord ( Para-VyUha-Vibhava- ArchA and antharyAmi).That is why KurEsar chooses the word " Sarvathra" to emphasize this fact. Swamy Desikan has chosen this SlOkam of Sri VardarAja Sthavam as the pramANam for his elaboration of the VyUhA and other derivative VyUhA concepts ( vyUhAntharam). In Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram , Swamy Desikan has used this slOkam to reconcile the fact that the VyUham can be either Three or Four. Swamy Desikan has also referred to the meanings of this slOkam in the context of his commentary on VyUham in the Chillarai Rahasyams of Sri Tatthva Maathurkai and Sri Tatthva Thraya chuLakam . Swamy Desikan provided pramANam for the three fold VyUham view ( Thri-VyUha-paksham View) in His Taathparya Chandrikai, which is a commentary on GithOpanishad of Lord KrishNaa. Out of the Four VyUhams arise the twelve KesavAdhi Roopams. Three VyUhantharams are linked to each of the four VyUhams to yield the Twelve VyUhAnthara Roopams , which we wear as Urdhva PuNDrams at different parts of the upper torso invoking the presence of these 12 VyUhAnthara Moorthys: 1.Kesavan : Chathuscchakram namasyAmi Kesavam Kanakaprabham 2.NaarAyaNam :NaarAyaNam ghana-shyAmam chathussankham namAmyaham 3.Maadhavan (4) Govindhan (5) VishNu (6)Madhusoodhanan 7.Thrivikraman (8) Vaamana (9)Sridharan (10)HrishIkEsan (11) PadhmanAbhan and (12) DhAmOdharan. Each of these 12 VyUha Moorthys are linked to each of the Twelve AdhithyAs ; Each of these 12 VyUha Moorthys are also associated with each of the twelve months starting from Maarghazhi. Thus the Four VyUhams and their derivative Twelve VyUhAntharams are linked to the 12 PuNDrams, 12 Months and 12 AdhithyAs (as NirvAhakars for them). All of these glories are assoicated with Lord VaradarAjan is the upadEsam by KurEsar in this slOkam] SrI UttamUr Swamy says: it may also mean: Koil, Thirumalai, PerumAL Koil (Srirangam RanganAthan, Thirumalai Srinivasan and Kanchi Varadharaja PerumAL]. yEnRu- Thus having taken mercifully all the above forms and Roopams for the sake of devotees: [yERRukkoNdu]. When You can perform as indweller in chEthana and achAEthana everything with your sheer will[sankalpam], You have taken all these roopmas (forms- dhivya mangaLa vigraham] only for the sake of devotees and NithyasUris; thus You are with form ever and always with full entirety. [nathE rUpam nachAkArO nAyudhAni nachAspadham. thathApi purushAkArO bhakthAnaam tvam prakASayE..- jithanthE sthOthra- 1-5]. Thus You have on Your own accord have taken so many forms? yen AviyuL- Other external forms- my physical eyes always can never see. Some are in Other world. (Paramapadham); Some were there only during sometime (Rama, Krishna avatarams). ArchAvathAram- also one has to go and see and enjoy. But in order to be with me always blessing me compassionately, You are there in my heart as Haarda rUpan- what a dayA of Yours! Your vaathsalyam, vyAmOham- is beyond my words of expression. I can never ever put them in words- Your mercy on me ? affection on me is indescribable. What a wonder! What a dayAparan You are! KrupAkaran. Parama dhayALu! In spite of all those great places, You have chosen to reside in my heart too!. Now Sri UttamUr Swamy elaborates the Poorvachaarya commentary. Swamy says: Since the Hitha was described with various kinds of learning and development of jnAnam, there can be a link of the individual alphabet of Sanskrit to these. moonRu muppatthu -33 letters. Ka, cha, ta, tha, pa- each five (ka, kha, ga, gha, nga- thus 5) time five= 25; ya, ra, la, va- four; Sa, ksha, sa, ha....four ). ARinOdu oru aindhum aindhum sixteen letters- akaram to am? a, aa, yi, yee.. etc..] Aindhum- LakAram- mooNru mUrthy- rk, yajur, saamam- three Vedas. moonRu moonRu moonRu moonRum- 12 lettered VasudEva mantra. [AzhwAr ? why did he leave ashtAksharam and chose dwAdasAksharam? This also is as great [if not greater than] as ashtAksharam. Every number may mean a mantra- one may ask. Yes. But they may not be as powerful as 2, 8, and 12.] moonRu thOnRu jyOthi- the three lettered praNavam and the jyOthiswarUpi- is the One enshrined in praNavam- as Sarva sEshi; JagathkaaraNan. With all such glories, and still, You have mercifully entered into my heart.. what a sowlabhyam! [etthiRam ! etthiRam!] AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ------------------------ Yahoo! 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