SrI:
Dear VishNu BhakthAs :
Let us study the structure of MaangaLya Sthavam First .
The First two slOkams contain the questions of Sage DhAlabhyar :
KaaryArambhEshu sarvEshu dhu:svapnEshu cha satthama
amangalyEshu dhrushtEshu yajjapthavyam tadhuchyathAm ---SlOkam 1
yEnArambhAsccha siddhyanthy dhu:svapnOscchOpaSaamyathy
amangaLAnAm dhrushtAnAm parihArAsccha jaayathE ---SlOkam 2
(Meaning): Sage Dhaalabhya asks : Oh Sage Pulasthya ! the great one among
those who comprehend the Supreme Brahman! What should one recite
when one commences initiatives ? What should one recite when one has
bad dreams ? What should one recite , when one wishes to ward off
inauspiciousness ?Please enlighten us . How do the tasks started
reach auspicious endings without disruptions ? How does the bad dreams
fail from delivering their inauspicious effects ? Which is the force behind
the banishment of amangaLams ( inauspiciousness) ?
Sage DhAlabhya 's concern is that for us as well . We would like to start
a task with a Phalan in mind and would like to speed towards its realization
without any hindrance . We wish to have vigna upasAnthy thru parihAram
for those amangaLams that stand in the way of fulfilment . Hence , Sage
DhAlabhya's question has an universal ring to it . He wants to know about
a sthOthram/Mantra Japam that will be an antidote for the amangaLams that
one may come across in the execution of tasks initiated or SaadhanAs attempted .
Which powerful sthOthram would help us is the question !
Sage Poulasthyar agrees to respond to the question of Sage DhAlabhyar .
He says :
JanArdhanam bhUthapathim Jagadhgurum
smaran manushya: sathatham MahAmunE :
dhushDAnyasEshANAyapahanthy sAdhayathi
asEsha-kAryANi cha yAnyabheepsathy ----SlOkam 3
Sage Pulasthyar says : Oh great Rishi DhAlabhya ! I will reveal
to you as to how one chases away all these amangaLams and
gains the auspicious fruits that one wishes . He does it by
meditating on the Supreme Being of the Universe, who is the owner of
all chEthanams and achEthanams (Sentients and insentients) of
the universe and who has the unique power to eliminate future
births in this samsaaric world subject to the amangaLams of
the tApa thrayams . The name of that Supreme Being is JanArdhanan .
Meditation on Him confers all MangaLams and destroys all amangaLams.
The key words in this slOkam are (1) Janardanan (2) BhUtha Pathi
and (3) Jagath Guru . Let us study these three significant nAmAs chosen
by Sage Pulasthyar :
(1) JanArdhana : "Bhaktha vidhvEshaNAm thUrNam mardhanAth Sa JanArdhana :
He is called JanArdhana because He protects His devotees ( Bhaktha RakshaNam)
from their enemies and destroys (Mardanam) latter without any external help
( anAvaraNa guNam) . He is endless and boundless and stands Supreme
at His temple on the beach at Varkala in KeraLA and everywhere for that matter .
(2) He is BhUtha Pathi :Vedam salutes: " Pathim visvasya aathmEswaram Sivam
Achyutham ".
He is the Master of all bhUthams ( beings) .The following VishNu Sahasra NaamAs
will help appreciate the significance of BhU sabdham and the many NaamAs
containing that BhU sabdham . Here is a brief comments from Bhagavadh
GuNa DaerpaNam of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar :
2.1: BhU: (438th NaamA) : The All-Supporter
2.2: BhU Garbha: (72nd Naamaa) : He for whom Earth is the object of protection .
2.3:He creates all beings without any external help and protects them
as BhUthakruth (5th NaamA) .
2.4:He is the Master of all things in the past, present and fruture as
BhUtha Bhavya Bhavath Prabhu ( 4th Naama for JanArdhana Prabhu).
3. Jagath Guru : He is the AchAryan for us all . Thru his avathArams as
Varaha ( Jn~AnappirAn) , Raama and KrishNa (GeethAchAryan) , He blessed us
with the three Charama slOkams as the Jagath Guru .
Essence of the Fourth SlOkam
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The fourth slOkam is in the form of an assurance by Pulasthyar that he will
initiate Sage DhAlabhyar in to the Japam of a Sthuthi , which would produce
subham , remove all obstacles that stand in the way of desired fruits and
destoy all amangaLams . The benefits accruing from mediatation of
JanArdhana Hari is indicated as the remedy for the ills associated with
amangaLams .
Rest of the Maangalya Sthavam
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In the next 8 slOkams , Sage Pulasthyar describes the sarvOnnathathvam
(Supermacy over every one) of Hari , His Jagath KaaraNathvam ( Cause
behind the universe , its creation , sustenance and dissolution ) ,
Mokshapradhathvam
( unique power to grant Moksham ) , antharyAmithvam ( presence as the indweller
in all ) and Parathvam ( Supermacy ) .
The next set of 8 slOkams , the greatness of NrusimhAvathAram is celebrated
by the Sage ; this in turn is followed up with a description of the uniqueness
of
VarAhAvathAram in the next 7 slOkams . These two avathArams are specially
about Bhaktha RakshaNam and removal of amangaLams ( the two RaakshasAs
who tormented the Lord's BhakthAs) . Sofar we have reached a count of 27 among
the 50 slOkams of Maangalya Sthavam .
After the celebration of VarAha avathAram , VaamanAvathAram comes into
focus . Sage Pulasthyar salutes this avathAram with 7 slOkams. This is followed
by
salutations to Sri HayagrIva , Sri ParasurAma , Sri Ramachandra and Sri KrishNa
avathArams with one slOkam each . Now we have reached the count of 39 slOkams .
Now , Sage Pulasthyar moves away from salutations to the individual avathArams
and devotes one slOkam each to the Moorthys , which are to be meditated
upon in the Morning , afternoon , the evening and at all times by us . Two
phala sruthi
slOkams flow next about these Four Moorthys to be worshipped at different
times of the day or throughout the whole day . That Hari is the sakala Phala-
pradhan is proved with referecne to some of His leelais in the next slOkam .
This Sthavam ends with three more slOkams linked to the celebration of
the uniqueness of Hari Naama Sankeethanam and Hari Naama Japam
for removal of all amangaLams and the realization of all MangaLams .
In the next few postings , adiyEn will study in detail the 4th SlOkam and
the ones that follow it .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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