SrI:
Dear SrI VaishNavAs
:
We are blessed to benefit
over the Telebridge, the KaalakshEpAnugraham
from our revered AchAryas
inspite of thefact that we are thousands of miles
away from them . There is a
flood of nectar that flows over the lines
and one is fortunate to
immerse in the cool , nectar-like pravAham directly from
our AchAryAs .
SishyAs of Individul Aasramams take a lot of effort to
keep
these stream flowing .Our
most merciful AchAryAs look very much forward
to sharing their
indepth knowledge about the PoorvAchArya
Commentaries
in a lucid manner . For
instance , right now , SrImath Azjhagiya Singar is
blessing us with the
KaalkshEpams on Kaliyan's ThirunedumthANDakam
and Sanklapa SooryOdhayam of
Swamy Desikan ;Srimath Srirangam
PeriyANDavan is opening our
ears to the beauty and TatthvArthams of
Swamy AlavanthAr's SthOthra
Rathna SlOkams and Swamy Desikan's
commentary on them ; Srimath
PoundarIkapuram Andavan from HIs
aasthAnam in Srirangam is
blessing us with the KaalakshEpams on
Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA
Sahasram . Erudite VidhwAns belonging to
the above or different
AchArya Paramparais are also enlightening us
on Srimad Rahasya Thraya
Saaram , Sri BhAshyam , AthimAnusha
Sthavam et al . This is
indeed a golden time for Tele-UpanyAsams ,
which fulfills the needs
of SishyAs , who could not be there in person
before thier AchAryAs and
pursue the traditional and time honored
KaalakshEpams . We are only
reminded of Swamy NammAzhwAr's
ThiruvAimozhi Passage : " Poliha Poliha Poliha....Kaliyum kedum
kaNDu
KoNmin "
.
SthOthra Rathna KaalakshEpams
by Srimad Srirangam PeriyANDavan
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With this introduction , adiyEn would like
to summarize now the most recent
and insightful
KalakshEpam of SrImad Srirangam
Andavan on the
21st
SlOkam of Swamy AlawanthAr's SthOthra
Rathnam . Srimad Andavan
is using Swamy Desikan's profound
commentary on SthOthra Rathnam in
Sanskrit . SrImath Andavan brought out the
deep inner meanings of
the moving words chosen by Swamy
AlawanthAr as revealed by
Swamy Desikan .
adiyEn thought it might be of interest to
the Sri VaishNavaas , who
could not attend this and other
KalakshEpams to recieve a summary
of these anugraha BhAshaNams of our revered
AchAryAs to experience
the Vedic fragrance of these KaalkshEpams
. adiyEn is putting together
a summary of Sri Sankalpa SooryOdhayam from
the KaalakshEpams
of asmath AchAryan , Srimath Azhagiya
Singar . Today , adiyen will
venture to summarize the last KaalkshEpam
of Srimad Srirangam
Andavan on the 21st SlOkam of SthOthra
Rathnam created by
Swamy AlavanthAr as a prayer to Lord
VaradarAjan to bless
Sri RaamAnujA as a Bhavishyath AchAryan and
Darsana SthApakar
for the VisishtAdhvaitha SiddhAntham .
AdiyEn will add Swamy
PeriyavAcchAn
PiLLai's MaNipravALa Commentary to the
Sanskrit Commentary of
Swamy Desikan .
May the AchAryaas accept
these SamarpaNams
and overlook the errors made by this mandha
mathi in a spirit of
Bhaagavatha Kaimkaryam !
SlOkam 21 of SthOthra
Rathnam
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NamO NamO
VaangmanasAthibhUmayE
NamO NamO
VaangmanasaikabhUmayE
NamO NamO anantha mahA
VibhUthayE
NamO NamO
anantha dayaika SindhavE
(anvaya Kramam
& PadhacchEdham ) : Vaang-manasa
athibhUmaye NamO Nama : ! ,
Vaang-manasa yEkabhUmayE
namO nama: ! ananatha mahA
vibhUthayE namO Nama:!
anantha dayaa yEka sindhavE
namO Nama: !
( Word by word Meaning) :
***********************************
Vaangmanasa athibhUmayE = To
You , who is unattainable by mind or
speech by those , who wish to
comprehend You with their own efforts
(Sva-yathnam)
,
namO nama: = namaskArams ,
namaskArams .
Vaangmanasa yEka bhUmayE = To
You , who is comprehendable by those
who are blessed to be shown
the way by Yourself through their mind and
speech to establish the
foundation of their blissful anubhavams.
namO nama: =
namaskArams , namaskArams.
Ananatha mahA
vibhUthayE = To You , who has limitless Iswaryam ,
namO Nama: = namaskArams ,
namaskArams .
anantha Dayaa yEka sindhavE =
To You , who is THE limitless ocean of
KaaruNyam
,
namO nama: = namaskArams ,
namskArams .
(General
Introduction ) :
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in the previous set of
slOkams , Swamy AlawanthAr celebrated the anantha
kalyANa GuNams and the
immeasurable Iswaryam of SrIman NaarAyaNan,
the Ubhaya VibhUthi NaaTan .
In this slOkam , Swamy AlavanthAr feels
overwhelmed by the grandness
and magnitude of the Lord's guNams and
Iswaryam and admits his
defeat to describe them in an adequate manner
like the residents of SvEtha
dhveepam , who declared their defeat with
their salutation : "
JithanthE PuNDareekAksha ". Swamy AlavanthAr feels
like Arjunan in the battle
field , when he was blessed to witness the Viswa Roopam
of the Lord and felt
totally overwhelmed by that vision and blurted out :
namO
namsthEasthu sahasrakruthva:
punasccha bhUyOpi namO namsthE
nama:
purasthAth aTa prushtathasthE
namOsthu tE sarvatha yEva sarva ---- Geethai
11.39
(Meaning ) : Oh Lord !
NamaskArams to a thousand times ! NamaskArams
to You again and again
! Oh Lord who is of every form ! adiyEn's
namaskArams
to You from
before and behind ! adiyEn's namaskAram to You in all
places
and at all
times. Salutations to You from all sides
!
Overcome by the
Uthkarsham ( exaltation ) of the anantha KalyAN
a
guNams and limitless
Iswaryam of the Lord in LeelA and Nithya VibhUthi ,
Swamy AlavanthAr echos
the mood of Swamy NammzhwAr (
ThiruvAimozhi:1.3.4):
yaarumOr nilaimaiyanena
aRivariya EmperumAn
yaarumOr nilamaiyanena aRiveLiya EmperumAn
pErumOrAyiram piRa pala
udaya EmperumAn
pErumOruruvamamum uLathillai ilathillai piNakkE
(Meaning according to
Dr.VNV Swamy ) : The correct comprehension of
the nature
of
the Lord and His ways is not vouchsafed to one without Bhakthi .
However high-placed
he
might be . With Bhakthi cherished , , one who is low and
down-trodden can
nevertheless correctly appreciate how the Lord is and how
He acts . The Lord has
thousands of auspicious guNmas and names that no
one
else can even imagine
. Forms , sportful action , compassionate protection
of
the devoted -- these
mark Him out . When the devout person realizes it in his mind
,
others just argue that
the Lord has no name , no form , no Quality ! This kind
of
religious dialectic
does go on always . Bhakthi alone enables one to experience
the Lord . The Lord
is easy of reach for men of devotion and who
yearn
for Him ( patthudayadiyavarrku yeLiyavan) and for the others , He is out of reach &
range
( piRarkaLukku ariya
Vitthakan ) .
Swamy PriyavAcchAn
PiLLai stats that until now Swamy AlavanthAr
focussed
on PrApya Svaroppam and
in this this slOkam , the svaroopam of PrApthA is
the topic of
attention . Untill now , the Svaroopam of Saranyan was
covered
and now , the attention
shifts to SaraNAgathy .
adiyEn will take up the
detailed commentary of Swamy PeriyavAcchAn
PiLLai
and Sri NigamAntha MahA
Desikan in the subsequent postings .
NamO NaarAyaNAya
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan
KOil V.Sadagopan
SrImath Azhagiya Singar
Thiruvadi
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