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Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs :

On one occasion , Swamy ParAsara Bhattar was at the temple ,
when Revathy constellation was in ascendance . Revathy is the Janma
nakshathram of Lord RanganAtha .Thirumanjanam had been concluded .
As Bhattar enjoyed the YeeravAdai sevai ( Sevai in wet clothes ) ,
Bhattar was reminded then of the Lord as RaamavathAran , as
an YajamAnan  , who had just concluded ther MahA Yaj~nam of RaavaNa
SamhAram and has taken the customary ceremonial avabrutha SnAnam
at the end of that Yaj~nam . Bhattar composed this 21 st slOkam of
Thirumanjana Kattiyam  to celebrate the Revathi Samudhbhavan
during His birth Nakshathram (Janma Nakshathram) , Revathy :

SarvasmAth-Para ! sAmparAya-savanE Sakthis-tavEcchAthmikA
    Pathnee pAthragaNasccha hEthipathaya:  prApthArthvijO-bhAva:
PoulasthyA: paSavO DaSAnanamuhA : rakshaaphalam Jn~AninAm
    SrIman ! majjanakaitavAth avabhruthasnAtEva  RangEswara !

Let us take up Swamy Bhattar's commentary on this verse for
the next posting .  Let us reflect in this posting  on the Vedic
Significance of the name , Revathy and its significance as
the Lord's nakashathram from the four Vedams  and selected
BrahmaNams :

A. Yajur Vedam (1)
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Revathir na: sadhamAdh IndrE santhu tuvivijA :
kshamantO yAbhir madhEma --- --- Rg Vedam : I.30.13

(Meaning): " May You share our spiritual joy , Oh Resplendent God !
May we have abundant nourishment , and may our intellect be bright
and sharp , so that full of devotion and wealth (Revathy) , may we live
in perfect bliss in union with You ".

Revathy means wealth , Splendid and Resplendent . The highest of the
resplendent JyOthi is " SarvasmAth Paran " , SrIman NaarAyaNan resting
on His bed of Aadhi Seshan at Srirangam as at the Milky Ocean .

2. Sri RanganAthan as Vaag Devathai , Lord HayagrIvan/ Atharva Vedam:
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Satapatha BrAhmaNam of Sukla Yajur Vedam salutes Revathy this way :
" Vaagvai REvathO ". Vaag DEvathai is none other than Lord HayagrIvan .
This fits with the Atharva Veda manthram passage( Book IX.VII.3, 2495th
Manthram) : " Revathee GreevA:" .  The specific form of Hayagreevan
with the neck and face of a Divine Horse and human trunk is implied here .
This whole set of 26 Atharva Manthrams of Book IX.VII is a beautiful
description of the angams of the Cosmic Purushan .

3. Yajur Vedam as a source for conceptualization of the Lord as Vaag
Devathai
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Yajur Vedam salutes REvathy as the Vedic speech and requests the Lord of
that Vedic speech ( Lord Hayagreevan) " to remain at the altar of the
Yaj~nam and at this spot and in this house , where the Yaj~nam is being
conducted . Oh Vedic Speech ! Go not far from hence ! ".

The Yajur Veda Manthram linked to the above thoughts  is :

REvathee ! ramadhvamasmimanyOnAvasmin ghOshDEasmillOkEasmin kshayE ,
ihaaiva stha mApagAtha -- -- -- Yajur Vedam : III . 21

4. Yajur Vedam's additional Salutations to Revathy (1)
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Elsewhere Yajur Vedam refers to the REvathy verses of the Saama Vedam with
its 33 fold praise song ( RaivathE Saamanee thriNavathrayasthriaOgumsou
sthOmou - - -) . The thirty three fold praise is concievable to have arisen
from the 33 crores of dEvAs  standing in front of the Milky Ocean ( Cauvery
River, VirajA river of BhUlOka Vaikuntam) and singing the praise of Sri
RanganAtha NarayaNan .

5.Yajur Vedam's additional salutations to Revathy (2)
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At the XXIII chapter of Yajur Vedam ( Mantram 35) , the praise of the Lord
(RanganAtha ) through the singing of the verses in Raivathi Saaman is
referred to  :

MahAnAmnyO RevathO visvA aasA: prabhUvari
MaidheervidhyuthO vaacha: sUchibhi: Samyanthu ThvA

(Meaning) :  May the MahAnAmni and Revathy Vedic verses , all  spread far
to Supreme Regions , to the lightning in the Clouds as the voices uttered
by the subjects and  satisfy the King ."

The spreading of the song of praise for the Lord in MahAnAmni and Revathy
Saamans by the cosmic ghOshti of devotees (Subjects of the Lord)  from
earth to heaven visible all around as the flashing lightning in the Clouds
preceded by thunder  is visualized here. May this far spreading Vedic
vesrses of salutation be recited by the subjects of the Lord to please Him
is the prayer housed in this manthram .

( To Be continued )

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



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