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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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