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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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