Sri Parthasarathi thunai SrimathE rAmAnujaya
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha ?Srivatsachinha misrEbhO namavukthi
madheemahi, yadhuktayas trayeekantE yAnthi
mangaLasootrathAm? ?Sri parasara bhattAryA: SrirangEsa
purOhita: srivatsAngitha sudhas sriman sreyasE
mEstu bhooyasE? In the previous posting we enjoyed the SriRangaraja stava sloka of Swamy Parasara bhattar and Varadarajan stava sloka of Swamy koorathAzhvan both telling us about the divine qualities of emperuman. Swamy koorathAzhvan expresses the same idea in one another sloka of his excellent work ?athimAnusha stavam?. ?Jnanambalam vipulameeshanaveerya
shakthi
tejAmsee cha
triyugabhooya
mupAgadhAni I
poornAni shat cha parigruhya bhavan
chaturthA
bhaktham janam
tvamanujagrahithAnurAgAth II? (6) [Oh! MY lord you along with limitless
kalyana gunas primarily six in number viz., Jnanam, balam, Ishvaryam, veeryam,
shakthi, tejas attain the form of vasudeva with all the 6 divine qualities and
as sankarshana, pradyumna and aniruddha with 2 of the 6 gunas (predominating) to
shower your grace on the bhakthas.] Sri Pillai ulagariyan in his
tattvatraya-Ishvara prakaranam explains the same as
follows:- ?parathvaththil jnAnAdhigal Arum
poornamAyirukkum; vyuhaththil evvirandu gunam prakadanamAyirukkum adhil
sankarshanar jnanam balangalirandOdum koodi jeeva tattvaththai adhishtiththu
aththai prakruthiyil nindrum vivEgiththu prathyumnAvastaiyaiyum bhajiththu
shAstra pravarthanaththaiyum jagath samhAraththaiyum pannak kadavarAyiruppar;
prathyumnar Ishvarya veeryangalirandOdunkoodi manas tattvaththai adhistiththu
dharmOpadEsaththaiyum manusadhushtayam todakkamAna suddha varkka srushtiyaiyum
panna kadavarAyiruppar; anirudhdhar shakthi tejassukkalirandOdun koodi
rakshanaththukkum tattvajnana pradhAnaththukkum kAla srushtikkum
misrasrishtikkum kadavarAyirrupar? We have already seen that though it has been said that each moorthi has 2 of the 6 qualities it refers only to the predominance of the qualities and actually bhagavan takes any avataram along with all his divine qualities only. At this point the words of Swamy VedantAchariyar in his rahasya traya sAram comes handy.
?ekgunangalellAm sarva kAlaththilum svaroopAsrithangalAyirukkum. Para vyuhAdhigalil gunaniyamam sollugiradhellAm avvO roopangalai anusandhippArkku sarvEshvaran Avishkarikkum gunavishEshangal sollugaikkAga vaththanai? Sri PeriyavAchAn
pillai in his tattvatraya sangraham says, ?emperumAnudaiya divyAtmaguNangalAvana- jnanam shakyAthi shatguNangalum, adhilE pirandha sowsheelyAdhigalum? ?evaithAn OrO guNangalukkum avadhiyindriyilE, evattrukku thogaiyumindriyilE yirukkum? Thondaradipodi
azhvar rightly said, ?pEsittrE pesalallAl?. What a similarity in words and meanings
have our poorvacharyas expressed in their works. It gives us a clear picture with out any
room for even a slight confusion.
There is absolutely no limit or count for the bhagavat kalyana
gunas. Nammazhvar enjoys the same
as, ?yAnum Eththi Ezhulagum muttumEththi pinnaiyum tAnumEththilum tanni Eththa
Eththa engaidum? (4-3-10) [I try to praise emperuman then the whole world fully
tries further emperuman himself tries to talk his praise but no limit can be
found], ?Erila vanpugazh? (1-2-10), ?ennil tholpugazh?
(3-3-3). ?yathA rathnAni
jalathE: asankEyE Yani puthraga I tathA gunA: anantasya asankEyEyA
mahatmana: II? Like the countless
valuable gems inside the sea, the ocean of kalyana gunas of ananthan is also
innumerable adorns a puranic sloka. Till now we have seen the reason
behind the title ?Bhagavan?
given to
the supreme lord and how that has been expressed in their works by our
poorvacharyas. In the next posting
we will see what the six qualities actually signify and see where we will be
able to visualise this Bhagavan even with our 'oona kan' (those eyes with which
we see the world today). (To be
continued) Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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