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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 Sadagopan
http://www.sadagopan.org
 
 
 

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