Post 20
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
The next naama is "sanaathanaaya nama:" in our respected sri sadagopan swamy's collection of 108 naamas on 'raama' from thyaagaraja krithis.
In Sree VishNu Sahasra Naamam, there is a slokam
sanaath sanaathana thaamah kapilah kapih avyayah. Slokam 96.
So this naama is staright away there in SVSN - Om sanathana thamaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 898 occurring in slOkam 96
Meaning: ageless but still new. Most ancient. Though his form is ancient and eternal, he always looks as though he is new and fresh, and enjoyable to his devotees. Even in the past he was and is new.
That krithi from where this naama is taken reads --
Pallavi
sanaathana parama paavana
ghanaa-ghana varNa kamala aanana (sanaathana)
Anupallavi
thanavaaDa nE abhimaanamu
dhaivamaina neekEla galgadhO (sanaathana)
CharaNam
raaja adhipa anvaya saagara
raaju neevai vilasillithE
thEjarillagaa krupa joothuvE
ee jagaana thyaagaraaja sannutha (sanaathana)
meaning: [summarized]: O Eternal Lord! O Supremely Holy! O Lord who is dark-cloud hued! O Lotus Faced! O Lord well-praised by this thyaagaraajaa! Being a God, why wouldn't You have affection towards me that I am Yours? If You are indeed shining as the moon born in the ocean of the dynasty of emperors, You would surely have, gloriously, shown grace (towards me) in this world.
This krithi is in Phala Manjari Raagam.
Phalam means result or fruit.
Manjari means a bunch â so phala manjari means - a bunch of results.
In sreemadh raamaayaNam, who really got a bunch of results and who addresses the lord raama as sanaathanaa â oh eternal lord âNow let us see a list of personalities.
1. Can it be sugreeva â for he got
3. Can it be the rishis in dhandakaaraNya â for they got
tham dhrishTvaa sathru hanthaaram maharsheeNaam sukha aavaham || 3-30-39
babhuuva hrishTaa vaidhEhee bharthaaram parishasvajE |
meaning: And Seethaa on seeing her husband, the eliminator of enemies and accorder of happiness to sages, embraced her husband Raama, rejoicingly.
thathah thu tham raakshasa sangha mardhanam
sa poojyamaanam mudhithaih mahaathmabhih |
punah parishvajya mudhaa anvitha aananaa
babhoova hrishTaa janaka aathmajaa thadhaa || 3-30-41
meaning: She whose face is beaming with delight that Seethaa, the daughter Janaka, on seeing Raama who has eliminated demonic troops, and whom great-sages are worshipping, again embraced him and became rapturous.
4. Can it be bharatha â
6. last but not least â can it be raama himself getting a 'phala manjari' â from others â and those who offered him that bunch of fruits then praises raama as 'sanaathana' having realized who is this raama â a classy answer that strikes my mind is that samudhra raajan â for he gave to raama
Later raama also got performed a crowning on the lankan shores of ocean [after crossing thru the bridge]. See vaalmeeki describing that crowning â [not that pattabhishEkam in ayOdhyaa â sargam 128 - being crowned by vasishTa â the kula guru]
thadh adhbhutham raaghava karma dhushkaram |
sameekshya dhEvaah saha sidhdhha chaaraNaih |
upEthya raamam sahithaa maharshibhih |
sam abhyashinchan sushubhair jalaih prithak || 6-22-86
meaning: Seeing that Raama's accomplishment, which was amazing and arduous; celestials, Sidhdhhas (semi-divine beings possessing supernatural faculties) and Chaaranas (celestial bards) along with great sages, forthwith approached Raama and consecrated him with very splendid waters separately.
jayasva sathroon nara dhEva mEdhineem |
sasaagaraam paalaya saasvatheeh samaah |
ithi iva raamam nara dhEva sathkritham |
subhair vachObhir vividhair apoojayan || 6-22-87
meaning: The celestials, Sidhdhaas and others exalted Raama, who was duly respected by kings with their auspicious words as follows: "O, king! Defeat the enemies. Rule the earth and ocean eternally for years."
So I invite readers to give some clues to conclude who is this personality who praised raama as 'sanaathanaa'.
Dhasan
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