SrI:
Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs
:
This is the last slOkam of
Thriumnajana Kattiyam .
We are told that there are
additional kattiyam slOkams that are
available with the
descendants of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar .
Among the slOkams used today
during the Thirumanjanam of the Lord ,
this is the last . In some
traditons , the "Thvam mE aham mE " slOkam
is used first . SthalatthAr
of Srirangam , who have been fortuante
to witness the Lord's
Thirumanjanam are requested to comment
on these points
.
The Twenty Seventh SlOkam
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pasyath surAsuragaNam
sumanOvikAsa--
sathsiddha-chAraNa -samUha nishEvyamANam
samdhrushta-chArutara
sAratharAmruthougam
ThvAm RangarAja
kalayAmi hi MandhrAdhrim
Dr. S. PadmanAbhan's
comments:
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In
verse 27 , we
find Lord RangarAjan identified with the Mandhara
mountain used by the gods for
churning the (milky) Ocean .The mountain
is used by the gods and the
rAkshasAs . It is resorted to by
the siddhAs
, ChAraNAs and others (who are fond of its slopes)
.
It has seen the production of
nectar ( amrutha) , the most precious of all
things brought out of the
Ocean ( with the exception of MahA Lakshmi ,
PeNnamudhu) . Lord RangarAja
is also resorted to by the SiddhAs and
ChAraNAs (who sing His glory)
with their hearts full of joy . He is the source
of immortality (amrutha)
. Thus the
Saamyam between Mandhara mountain
and Lord RanganathA is
developed by Bhattar ( ThvAM RangarAja
kalayAmi hi MandharAdhrim )
.
Bhattar's avathArikai (
Introduction ) for the 26th SlOkam
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Oh Lord RanganAthA ! You are
seated in Sri Vaikuntam with Your
Devis and are surrounded by
the Muktha Jeevans and Nithya Sooris
performing nithya
Niravadhya kaimkaryam for You ( "VaikuntE
tu
ParElOkE SriyA sArdham
Jagathpathi: aasthE VishNur-achinthyAthmA
bhakthair-bhAgavathais-saha "
) .
" suzhip-pattOdum
sudarcchOthiyAna nalamanthamillathOr naattilE
onDaDiyAL ThirumahaLudanE ,
Vaikunthatthu amararum munivarum
vahuttha adimai seyya ,
yEzhulahum tanikkOl sella , kOppudaya
seeriya singAsanatthil
veeRRirunthu , veevilinbham yellai nihazhnthu
irukkira DEvareer" is the
homage to the BhUlOka Vaikunta NATan
from the dhivya prabhandham
passages by Swamy
ParAsara Bhatar .
The Vaikunta gadhyam scenes are invoked by Bhattar here . The Lord
in
His supreme abode blesses the dEvAs , nithya sooris and the sages
with
His sErthi sEvai with MahA Lakshmi and accepts the nithya , niravadhya
kaimkaryams from them . While the Vaikunta Vaasis are blessed with
this soubhAgyam , the nithya SamsAris in BhU lOkam miss out on that
aanandhAnubhavam due to their karma bhandhams and are like the beings
stuck in deep mud . Driven by His unparallleled compassion
, Sri Vaikunta
NaaTan takes on the archAvathAram to rescue these samsAris . Our Lord
wants to lift the suffering samsAris out of the mud of samsAram
(kai laahu kodutthu yezhuppuvAn pOlE ) and lift them up to Sri
Vaikuntam
to unite them with with the MukthAs and nithya sooris to serve HIm and
His
divine consorts there ( pithru kramatthAlE sErril-azhunthik-kidantha
prajayaik-kaNDa pithAvAnavan aadhuratthudanE yedukka varumAp-pOlE ) .
For lifting this suffering and suffocating child out of the mire of
SamsAram ,
Sri Vaikunta NaaTan descended to earth ( took the avathAram as Archai)
and reclined at Sriranga KshEthram . Our Lord travels around
the Veedhis
of His RaajadhAni for the benefit of all who could not come to His
aasthAnam
to have His darsanam .His Paadhukais carried Him every where and
returned
Him to His garbha graham . Our Lord's PushpahAsa sukumAra ThirumEni
( Flower soft ThirumEni) became tired from these roamings (SanchArams)
outside and to remove that fatigue , Lord RanganAtha enjoys His
Thirumanjanam .
During that time of Thirumanjanam , He appears like the Mandhara mountain
.
( To be continued)
Swamy ParAsara Bhattar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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