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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.09 / ISSUE # 22 dated 14th March 2008
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. SARVAJIT ? PANGUNI MAASA PANCHAANGAM DETAILS
2. YUDDHA KHAANDAM PART - 12 (SRIMAD RAMAYANAM DISCOURSES IN THE
HINDU TEMPLE OF ATLANTA by SRI ANBIL RAMASWAMY SWAMI)
3. TAATPARYA RATNAVALI - SUBMISSION 52- SLOKAM 20 -PART 2
(SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARAIAR SWAMI OF CHICAGO)
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1. Sarvajit varsha maasi maasa Panchangam:
March 14, 2008 ? Friday ? Panguni month begins
March 17, 2008 ? Monday ? Ekadasi
March 21. 2008 - Friday - Panguni Utthiram ? Srirangam sertthi
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Thirunakshathram (Hastham)
March 27, 2008 ? Thursday ? anusham ? Sri viNNaaRRankarai Andavan
Thirunakshathram
March 27, 2008 ? Thursday ? anusham ? Sri Kozhiyaalam Swami
Thirunakshathram
April 1, 2008 - Tuesday ? SravaNam
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April 5, 2008 - Amavasya
April 7, 2008 - yugaadi pandikai (Telugu New year)
April 10, 2008 - Thursday ? RohiNi- H.H. Srimad Paravakkottai
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Navalpakkam S. Ramanuja Thathachar Thirunakshathram (Sathabhisheka
uthsavam in Navalpakkam village)
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2. "YUDDHA KHAANDAM" PART - 12 OF SRIMAD RAMAYANAM
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
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57. VIBHEESHANA LAMENTS
Though he was happy that the cruel Ravana was dead and gone, his
fraternal instinct took over. He lamented that such a mighty emperor
should have come to meet his end due solely to his lust. Rama
comforted him saying that a king who laid down his life in a battle
facing the enemy (without deserting the warfront) was sure to
attain "Veera Swargam" and advised him to take care of further
actions due. VibheeshaNa was sorry that there was not a single
living soul (other than himself) among the Raakshasas to perform the
death ceremonies of the fallen heroes. Rama assuaged his feelings
saying that he should not desist from doing the obsequies to Ravana
based on prior enmity because one should not feel ill will against a
dead person. He even offered to do them if VibheeshaNa was not
willing. The implication is that Rama felt grateful to Ravana by
proving himself the greatest of sinners thus facilitating Rama in
his work of destroying evil. "DushTa nigraham" (112).
58. LAMENT OF RAVANA'S WIDOWS
The widows of Ravana lamented on his death. (113)
MaNDOdari, the queen wailed saying
- That when she learned that Rama had decimated Kara and
14,000 others at Janasthaana within a muhoortham and that too single-
handed, she had decided that Rama was none other than Sriman
Narayana who had come in human form.
- That this got confirmed when his monkey messenger devastated
Lanka and the fact of the monkey army building a bridge across the
sea proved it.
- That she had advised Ravana several times not to entertain
any hostility towards Rama and that Ravana completely ignored;
- That his lust was waiting to take revenge on him for
subjecting Sita to such ignominious treatment;
- That Sita was fit to be worshipped like his mother;
- That Sita was both tolerant like BhoodEvi and the Goddess of
wealth and prosperity like Mahaalakshmi;
- That the fact that one who does PuNyam reaps its beneficial
results and the one who indulges in Paapam inevitably faces its
consequences - had proved true;
- That Ravana had brought his own nemesis with great effort
and like a mother who bears the fetus for 10 months and delivers her
child; he had preserved Sita in AshOka vana for 10 months only to
secure his own deliverance from the life cycle!
- That because of the arrows strutting out on Ravana's body
like the thorn like erectile spines of a porcupine she could not
even embrace his body let alone talk to him;
- That the curses of Pativratas whom he had dishonored and
terrified had borne fruit now;
- That his end was due to his ignoring the sage advice of
Maareecha and her father Mayan.
59. VIBHEESHANA PATTAABHISHEKAM
After doing the final rites of Ravana, VibheeshaNa came to the side
of Rama because there was no "Aasoucham" for him as Ravana died in a
battle. Rama directed LakshmaNa to seat VibheeshaNa on the throne
and perform the coronation (PaTtaabhishEkam) for him. Rama sent
Hanumaan to Sita's place to inform her that Ravana was killed and
that both he and LakshmaNa were safe and asked him to report her
response (115). Hanumaan did accordingly. He wanted to kill the
Raakshasis who tormented and tortured Sita while in their custody.
But, Sita would not allow it. She said that they were mere servants
who were carrying out their ordained duties and that even if they
deserved to be killed, it was not appropriate for them to kill them.
She added "Who in the world is not guilty of mistakes? It is their
nature to be cruel. It is our nature to be forgiving and forgetting;
it is the trait of nobility to excuse them even if they deserve
death"
Paapaanaam vaa subhaanaam vaa vadha arhaaNaam pLavangama/
Kaaryam karuNam aaryENa na kaschit na aparaadhyati// (116- 44)
60. SITA MEETS WITH RAMA
Hanumaan returned to Rama and told him of his conversation with
Sita, how she was anxious to meet with him. Rama now sent
VibheeshaNa to fetch Sita clean and neat after taking a holy bath
and decently dressed and adorned with brilliant ornaments. Sita
wanted to meet with Rama with her famished appearance. But, it was
Rama's orders and she had to obey it. Though he was happy to meet
with his beloved, Rama acted as if he loathed seeing her because he
doubted how people would view his accepting one who was in the
custody of his arch enemy. (117)
In a stern voice Rama told her: "If you think that I undertook all
these difficult and stupendous tasks for your sake, you are
mistaken. All this I did it only to save my honor as a Kshatriya. I
am not able to look at you even as a jaundiced person would not able
to see things except as tainted yellow! You may go wherever you wish
to, be it LakshmaNa, Bharata, Satrughna, Sugreeva or VibheeshaNa"
(118)
Comment: Whose fault is Jaundice? It is in the beholder's eye!
61. SITA ENTERS THE FIRE
Sita was beside with grief especially because Rama had used such
harsh words publicly in the presence of all those assembled there.
Swearing on her chastity, she declared that she was helpless when
Ravana took her by her hairs and that nothing objectionable ever
took place and she was with pristine purity as ever. Turning to
LakshmaNa, she reminded him of his mother's command that he should
treat Sita as his mother. "Now, in that role, I order you to bring
logs of wood and ignite fire. I will jump into the fire. If I have
any blemish, let the fire consume me". She circumambulated the fire
and jumped into it (119)
62. SITA EMERGES UNSCATHED
The fire God rose from the burning wooden logs holding Sita on his
lap .He addressed Rama: "Sita is chaste to the core. She had never
ever had anyone else other than you in her thoughts. She
is "Pativrata". Please accept her. This is my command". Rama was
pleased and said that he knew of this fact but he wanted to prove to
the world and that was why he kept mum when she entered fire. "Now
that the entire world has come to know of her glory, I am privileged
to accept her back" So, saying, he invited her to come near him.
(121)
dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
(To be continued)
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3.TAATPARYA RATNAVALI - SUBMISSION 52 - SLOKAM 20 -PART 2
(SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARAIAR SWAMI OF CHICAGO)
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SrImate ra'nga rAmAnuja mahAS deSikAya namaH.
tAtparya ratnAvaLi - Submission 52, Slokam 20 Part 2,
tiruvAimozhi 1.9, pASuram 1.9.3, 1.9.4.
pASuram 1.9.3:
arugal il Aya perum SIr amarargaL Adi mudalvan
karugiya nIla nan mEni vaNNan SentAmaraik kaNNan
poru SiRaip puL uvandu ERum pU magaLAr tanik kELvan
oru gati in Suvai tandiTTu ozhivilan ennODu uDanE.
arugal il, Aya perum SIr, amarargaL Adi mudalvan, karugiya nIla nan
mEni vaNNan, sen tAmaraik kaNNan, poru SiRaip puL uvandu ERum, pU
magaLAr tanik kELvan, oru gati in Suvai tandiTTu ozhivu ilan, ennODu
uDan - bhagavAn who is devoid of any deficiencies whatsoever, is
endowed with all auspicious qualities, is the Cause and the Lord of
all the deva-s, has the beautiful dark complexion that shines
brilliantly like the precious stones, has beautiful lotus-like red
eyes, rides the garuDan for His leelA, and is the Consort of mahA
lakshmI, prefers to be with me constantly instead of giving me just
one type of joy (such as the one He gives to yaSodA only, or to
garuDan only, etc.,) by His appearance and then going away. He
wants to give me all the above joys, and instead of climbing on His
garuDan with pirATTi and going away, He looks for a way to climb on
to me instead, like He climbs on to YaSodA's waist.
One may note that many anubhavam-s about emperumAn are referred to
in this pASuram by AzhvAr. Since bhagavAn gives the enjoyment of
Himself to the devotee in gradual steps, this pASuram is to be
understood as the intermediate stage between bhagavAn being in the
close vicinity of AzhvAr, and His trying to unite with AzhvAr's body
like child kRshNa climbing on to yaSodA's waist. He is just looking
for the best way to get on to AzhvAr's tirumEni like a child. It
denotes bhagavAn's samSlesha prayatnam - His attempt to unite with
AzhvAr.
svAmi deSikan describes the aspect of AzhvAr's anubhavam of uniting
with emperumAn sung in this pASuram with the words 'sva-viraha
vidhuram' - ozhivilan ennODu uDanE - He who will not move away from
me. Sri UV prefers the pATham 'sva-viraha-vimukham'. The meaning
as best as I can give, is: sva - His own, viraha - separation,
vimukham - ignoring; or vidhuram - a more intense form of ignoring,
such as spurning. Thus, the meaning is that bhagavAn hangs on to
the vicinity of AzhvAr, trying to get on to His waist like Child
KRshNa climbing on to YaSodA's waist, ignoring all these other joys
such as riding on garuDan, being with pirATTi, etc.
Commentators have given explanations such as : 'mayA saha eva
vartata iti arthah' - the meaning is that He wants to me only with
me; ennODuDanE irukkiRan - He is with me, without leaving me, etc.
In his commentary for this pASuram, SrI PBA comments that bhagavAn
does not leave AzhvAr, giving the impression that He administers His
nitya vibhUti in SrI vaikuNTham right from AzhvAr's side itself.
SrI UV's comment is: "garuDanum periya pirATTiyum arugil iruppadaik
kaNDum avargaLODu kalakkak kOri ennai viDuginRavanAgavillai" -
'Though garuDan and periya pirATTI are near Him, He does not want
to leave my vicinity and go and mingle with them instead.' - sva-
viraha-vimukham.
vimukham - with the face turned away from; opposed, disinclined;
vidhura - distressed, troubled, overwhelmed with grief, afflicted.
pASuram 1.9.4:
uDan amar kAdal magaLir tirumagaL maN magaL Ayar
maDa magaL enRu ivai mUvar, ALum ulagum mUnRE
uDan avai okka vizhu'ngi Alilaic cErndavan en ammAn
kaDal mali mAyap perumAn kaNNan en okkalaiyAnE.
KaNNan en okkalaiyAn - (okkal, okkalai - hip). KaNNan has climbed
on to AzhvAr's waist, like He gets on to yaSodA's waist. The same
KaNNan who has periya pirATTi, bhUdevi and nappinnai seated with
Him, the One who rules over all the three worlds, the One who
swallows all the three worlds at the same time at the time of
pralaya and then reclines on a banyan leaf, my own Lord, and One
whose leelA-s are beyond comprehension and deeper and broader than
the oceans - He has now climbed on to my waist. It is one of His
many leelA-s, that He has now made me His mother and He has become
my child.
svAmi deSikan describes AzhvAr's anubhavam in this pASuram with the
words 'Dimbhavat pArSva lInam' - (dimbhah - a small child; pArSva -
on the side; lInam - climbing) - KaNNan en okkalaaiyAnE. BhagavAn
is giving the experience as Mother YaSodA to AzhvAr, by getting on
to his waist in the form of Child KaNNan.
BhagavAn gives the experience of Himself to His devotees according
to their levels of accomplishment. He explained the extent of His
vibhUti to arjuna, and when arjuna assimilated that and wanted to
actually see bhagavAn in all His extensions, bhagavAn gave him the
divine vision and then manifested His viSva rUpam.In AzhvAr's case,
He goes beyond that, and gives AzhvAr the actual physical experience
of Himself step by step, starting as Child KaNNan.
pASuram 1.9.5:
okkalai vaittu mulaip pAl uN enRu tandiDa vA'ngi
Sekka'nceka enRu avaL pAl uyir Sega uNDa emperumAn
nakka pirAnODu ayanum indiranum mudalAga
okkavum tORRiya ISan mAyan en ne'njil uLAnE.
en ne'njil uLAnE - BhagavAn is now in my chest - The same emperumAn
who sucked the life out of demoness pUtanA with His beautiful red
lips when she tried to feed Him poisoned milk from her breasts, and
the same One who created rudra, brahmA, indra and the other
principal gods and is their Supreme Lord, is now in my chest. SrI
UV notes - 'agakillEn iRaiyum enRu alarmEl ma'ngai uRai mArbA' - now
bhagavAn is residing in AzhvAr's vaksham - chest, just as pirATTi is
residing in His vaksha sthalam.
svAmi deSikan describes AzhvAr's union with bhagavAn in this pASuram
with the words 'citte klRpta praveSam', according to most pATham-s.
The meaning is "He who has successfully entered into the
heart". 'ne'nju' normally means 'mind, thought', etc. However,
since AzhvAr is describing his external union with perumAL in these
pASuram-s, the word is interpreted as 'chest' by AcArya-s.
SrI UV suggests the alternate pATham 'citta sthAna pravishTam' - He
who has entered the 'place' of the heart - namely, the chest.
(ne'nju - mind, heart, chest) - en ne'njil uLAnE.
Regards
dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued)
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