SrI :
Dear BhakthAs of Periya
PerumAL :
On a spring day ( Vasantha
Ruthu dinam ) , Swamy ParAsara Bhattar
enjoyed the Thirumanjanam for
Lord RanganAthan and was moved by
that delectable anubhavam to
compose the following verse :
Bhavantham Sreemantham
hasitha-kalikAlnkruthamiha
asOkam kurvantham bhramara-hitham athyuthsavakaram
sukha-sparssilshyath
Pavanaja-mahAnandha bharitham
Vasantham
RangEsa prakaDa-sumanaskam manumahE
( Meaning according to
Dr.S.Padmanabhan ) : Here , the Lord is identified
with the beautiful (Sreemaan)
spring season ( (Vasantam) , which puts forth
many a flower in
its advent and which adorns the AsOka tree , with
beautiful buds (
Kalikaalankrutha ) , making it attractive to bees
(Bramara-hita) . It is full
of bliss caused by the gentle and plesant touch of
breeze.(Pavanaja-mahAnandha )
The Lord is also glorious with SrI
(SrImAn) , rendering even
this KaliyugA a Kruthayuga ( KalikAlankruta ) .
He is free from misery
(asOka) and dispelling all-illusion(Bhrama-rahitha) .
Lord RanganAtha is full of
bliss of embracing HanumAn ( Pavanaja
mahAnanda) .
Additional Commentary by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar on this
slOkam : NaayantE :
Oh Lord of Srirangam !
Upanishads salute Your indwellership in all created beings
as " Sarvam khalvidham Brahma
" , " nEhAnAsthi kinchana " , eithathAthmiyam idham
Sarvam " , "YasyAthmA
Sareeram , Yasya Pruthvee Sareeram '' , " taani SarvANi
Tadh Vapu: " . AzhwArs have
saluted the same universal antharyAmthvam of
the Lord as " Udan misai
uyirenak-karaenthengum paranthuLan " , "YaavarAy
niRkinRathellAm NedumAl " .
As Sarva Sareeri and SarvAntharyAmi , Lord RanganAtha
feels the heat from the
strong rays of the Sun during this season as experienced
by His created beings .
Oh Lord ! You make a
sankalpam based on the NyAyam " MaathA pipathy kashAyam ,
stanantayO bhavathy neerOga:
" ( The Mother drinks the medicine so that her breast
feeding child will be free of
disease) and accept sisrOpachArams ( the upachArams
to remove the heat thru
cooling means ) . You accept Thirumanjanam with cool sandal paste
infused with KasthUri and
saffron to
cool the world during the vasantha Kaalam .
Both Madhu and Maadhava(
Yourself) are related to Spring this way : "Madhusccha
Maadhavasccha Vaasanthikkaa
puthrou " . Therefore , it is appropriate to use
the slEdai (double meaning
for Vasantha ruthu) of Vasantham for You .
Bhavantham Sreemantham :
NaayantE ! Vasanatha Kaalam is much more
luscious and radiant than all
other Ruthus ( Chaithra Sreemann ayam maasa: ) .
You are the Lord of SrI Devi ( Sriya: Sriyam , Thiruvukkum ThiruvAhiya
Selvan ,
Dhaivatthukkarasu ) . You are the Lord by every indicator ( SarvasmAth
Parathva
Soochakar) and reveal Your Sriya: Pathithvam as SreemAn .
Hasitha Kalikaalankruthamiha
asOkam kurvantham Bhramara-hitham :
NaayantE ! Vasantha Kaalam will make the
bunches of AsOka flowers adorned with
bees . Like Vasantham , You free the residents of Kaliyugam from
all illusions and
make them enjoy a status like they are the
residents of Krutha Yugam known for its
sarva MangaLathvam . For the Lord " Kalou
Krutha Yugam Tasya " . He blesses His
adiyArs abundantly to free them from the
dhOshams of Kali Yugam ( KaliyugamonRum
inRikkE TannadiyArkku aruL seyyum " . Kali
Yugam becoems Krutha yugam ( Dukkha/
Bhrama rahitham ) for those
souls blessed by
You ( nithyam pramdhithAs-sarvE yatha
Krutha yugE tathaa") .
Athyuthsavakaram : NaayantE ! Vasantha Kaalam is the time , when the Yaj~nams
like JyOthishtOmams are
performed as athyuthsavams / grand festivals ( VasanthE
vasanthE JyOthishA
yajathE ) . You
too like Vasantha ruthu make the hearts of sages
like ParAsarar , ParAnkusar (
kalakkamilaa naltava-munivar karai kaNDOr) filled with Joy (athyuthsavakaram )
: "
yeNNAthanahaL yeNNUm nann-munivar inbam talai siRappa " .
Athyuthsavam means grand
festivals , the occasion for grand joys (athiharsham) .
Sukha sparsa-slishyath
Pavanaja mahAnandha bharitham :
Vasantha Kaalam is known
for the sukha sparsam experienced by the people due to
the cool
embrace of the gentle breeze
(mandha maarutham)
prevalent at this season : angai:ananga-tapthairaviralamAlinkuthum Pavana:
" Comparing You to the Vasantha ruthu , we are
reminded of Your comforting
embrace(sukhasparsa-slishyath) with HanumAn ( Pavanaja )
:
" Vaatha Maamahan markaDam
vilangu maRROr saathi yaenRozhinthilai uhanthu
kaatalAdharam kadalinum
peruhacchey tahavinukkilai KaimmARu " ( You did not think of
HanumAn as a monkey
belonging to a Jaathi other than humans) and You embraced Him with
ardour for his UpakAram )
Thru anukoola sparsam , you embraced HanumAn
(aalinganam)
and derived joy and stayed as
Nirbharan thereafter .
PrakaDasumanaskam :
PrakaDam means PrakAsam . NaayantE ! Vasantha kaalam
is
radiant over all the other seasons with the
flowering trees abundant with bunches of fragrant
flowers ( PuNya Pushpitha Kaanana: ) . It
is PradhAnam therefore among the six seasons .
Oh Lord of Srirangam ! You are known
for your abundance of Samruddhi and Subham . Your mind ( ThiruvuLLam ) is
athiprasiddham ( very well known ) and athisObhakaram ( extremely
generous
for conferring all mangaLams )
.
RangEsa! Bhavantham
Vasantham manumahE : Therefore Sri Ranganaatha!
You remind us now of Your upadEsam to
ArjunA as ParTasArathy : " RuthoonAm KusumAkara: "
( I am Vasantha Ruthu among the Ruthus ) . In the next slOkam , Swamy ParAsara Bhattar
compares Lord RanganAtha
to a Hamsa Pakshi .
SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE
Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
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