SrI :
Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs
:
Today we will enjoy the
second slOkam of the Kattiyam for Lord RanganAthan
by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar
:
anisam kumudham
vikAsayantham
satatam
poorNamaharnisam cha dhrusyam
anupaplavamadhya
RangarAjam
manuthE chandramasam jAnOnumAnyam ----(2)
In this slOkam , Swamy ParAsara Bhattar
visualizes Lord Ranganathan
as the Moon . This RanganAtha Chandran is
however different in number of
ways from the ordinary Moon . First , the ordinary Moon makes the
lilies
(Kumudham) bloom (vikAsayantham) only at
night . Second , the Moon
is not full always ( satatam PoorNam) ;
it waxes and wanes . Third , the
ordinary
Moon is invisible during the day
time .
Fourth , the ordinary Moon
is full of
defects (dhOshams) and difficulties
( upaplavam) . In contrast , the
RanganAtha-
Chandran is quite different in many ways .
Lord makes the Kumudha ( the
Earth)
bloom always ( anisam) . He is always
full ( ParipoorNan in the spirit
of
IsAvAsyOpanishad ) . He can
be visualized day and
night ( aharnisam cha dhrusyam ) .
He is free from all defects and dhOshams ( upaplava rahithan ,
anavadhyan ,
nirdhOshan , anupaplavan
).
Bhattar enjoyed Lord RanganAthan
during one Thirumanjanam day
and compared the Lord with Chandran .
He found that the Lord of Srirangam
had many unique features that are not found
in the Moon . He enjoyed
the differences between Lord Ranganathan
and the Chandran step by step
( VyatirEka saraNi
) and blessed us with this slOkam
.
Bhattar wrote an in-depth , most erudite
commentary of his own for this slOkam
with many VedAnthic references . Here it is
with explanatory notes :
NaayantE ! You are the Jn~Ana JyOthi (
flame of Jn~Anam ) !
As the AzhwAr saluted , thou art :"
Yejjn~AnRum engum ozhivaRa
niRaintu ninRa mey
Jn~Ana sOthi " ( Saasvatha , ParipoorNa
,
all pervasive true JyOthi
). JyOthi svaropam of Brahma tatthvam is
saluted here .
You are akhila hEya Prayaneekan ( free from
any and all dhOshams) !
You are KalyANa guNaikathan ( abode
of all auspicious guNams)
SvEthara samastha vasthu vilakshaNar ( Tani
Tatthvam differing from
all others ) .
Sri RanganAthan's anugraham to the Bhaddha
Jeevan
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As the Jeevan driven by its timeless flow
of karmaas( anAdhi karma
pravAham ) embeds itself into four
kinds of bodies ( DevAs , Humans ,
animals and plants ) and roams in the 14
worlds . You take pity on them
and with Your visEsha kaDAksham ,
You rescue the Jeevan buffeted
amidst the aasA thrayaM ( MaNN , PeNN
, Ponn---land , women and gold)
;
that jeevan did not comprehend Tatthva
Thrayam ( Chith , achith ,
Iswaran)
before ; you blessed that jeevan with
Tatthva Thraya Jn~Anam and save them .
That jeevan is bound ( Bhaddhan) in
the bonds of karmAs and suffers
the Taapa Thrayam ( aadhyAthmikam ,
Aadhibouthikam and aadhidhaivikam ) .
At that time , the Jeevan is caught
up in the net of thriguNams ( Sathvam ,
Rajas and Tamas) and is drowning in Karma
Thrayam ( PrArabdham , Sanchitham
and AagAmi KarmAs) . Then , the Lord
through His visEsha KaDAksham
banished the Jeevan's VirOdhi Thrayam
( three obstacles to Moksham:
Svaroopa VirOdhi , UpAya VirOdhi and PrApya VirOdhi) and blessed them
with
Sukrutha Thrayam ( Yaadhrucchikam ,
aanushangikam and prAsangikam ) .
Our Lord engaged the jeevans in the aakAra
thrayam ( ananyArha sEshathvam ,
ananya SaraNathvam and ananya bhOgyathvam )
.He blessed them through
their AchAryan with Manthra Thrayam ( Moola
Manthram , VaasudEva Manthram
and VishNu Manthram ) . He chased away
their ajn~Ana Thrayam ( ajn~Anam /
nescience , anyathA Jn~Anam and Vipareetha
JnA~nam ) through sanmanthra
Thrayam ( Moola Manthram , Dhvayam
and Charama slOkam ) . In Moola Manthram ,
the esoteric meanings of the Padha Thrayam
( PraNavam , Nama: Padham and
NaarAyaNa Padham
) were revealed
. AakAra Thrayam led the
Jeevan onward to
Parva Thrayam ( Para Bhakthi , Para Jn~Anam
and Parama Bhakthi) and then on to
Paadha Thrayam ( Parama Padham :"
ThripAdhasyaamrutham dhivi " ) .
Special Notes on the Passages of
SlOkams
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" Anisam Kumudham
VikAsayantha: " During the night , Chandran
makes
the Kumudham ( Aambhal Flower , which is
Kumudha sabdha Vaachyam )
blossom . Lord RanganAthan gladdens ( Mudh)
the heart of BhUmi DEvi
( " Ku " sabdha Vaachyai ) : " Paarennum madanthayai maal seyyum Maal
".
" Sathatham PoorNam " : Chandran will be PoorNan one day and
apoorNan
at all other times . RanganAthan in
contrast is ParipoorNan always ( Idham
PoorNamatha: PoorNam PoorNAth
PoorNamuthrisyathe ! PoorNasya
PoorNamAdhAya PoorNamEvAvasishyathE " )
.
"
aharnisam cha dhrusyam " : Chandran is seen only at night (
Nisaa dhrusyan ) .
RanganAthan can be seen at all times by every
one ( Varadhas-sarva bhUthAnAm
adhyApi paridhrusyathE
) .
"
anupaplavam " : Chandran is Upaplavan , since he is attacked
by Raahu .
RanganAthan is " anupaplavan " . He cuts
off the head of Raahu and
attacks
Raahu and therefore He is
"
RaahOscchiraccha chicchEth DevAnAm Prabhurachyutha: "
.
"
adhya RangarAjam manuthE Chandramasam JanOnumAnyam " : The
state of
RanganAtha unlike Chandran was (1)
KumudhOllAsakam (2) PoorNan at all
times
(3) Seen at all times (4) unattacked by anyone
at any time . He blesses Muktha
Janams
to enjoy His dhivya mangaLa vigraham in archa
form at Srirangam without them
blinking
their eyes . Just as Chandran nourishes
medicinal herbs as rasAthmaka Chandra
Sareerakan , Our
Lord with His archA roopam nourishes us all and grows
our
Jn~Anam and Bhakthi
.
SrI RanganAtha
ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan
KOil V.Sadagopan
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