SrI : Dear BhakthAs of Periya
PerumAL :
In this 6th slOkam , Swamy
ParAsara Bhattar compares Lord
RangnAtha to a
beautiful , busy Honey Bee known for its
shyAmaLa ( Bluish-black)
niRam (hue) and vinOdha sanchAram:
antha: sTithas-sumanasAm
amarEsa-rathna
cchAyA vikalpitharuchi:
nayanAbhirAmam
aapAthitasmaraguNa:
praTithaprachAra:
saakhAsu
Ranganrupathir-madhupO vibhAthi
(Meaning according to
Dr.S.Padmanabhan ) : In this verse , Bhattar identifies
Lord Ranganatha with a bee . Both of
them stay in Sumanas ( in the hearts of
good people and flowers) ; they are both
dark in colour like the indhraneela
gem (amarEsa rathnacchAyaa) and are
pleasing to the eye (nayanAbhirAmam) ;
they both are popular and all
pervasive ( praTitha
prachAra: ) among the Sakhaa's
( The Vedic rescensions and
the branches of the trees) .
Again Rangaraja possesses
the quality of love
for His consort (smaraguNa)
whereas the bee is set on ManmathA's
bow as its string (
smaraguNa).
Excerpts from the VyAkhyAnam
of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar : NaayantE !
Your sEvai during the Tirumanjanam with
Sandal paste and saffron reminds
adiyEn of Your current state of
being similar to that of a madhukaram( Honey Bee ) .
antha!
sTitas-sumanasAm: NaayantE ! The Bee ( Madhukaram) will
enter in to
flower bunches in groves and will stay
inside them (antasTitham) .Oh Lord ,
You in turn enter in to the minds of pious
ones and stay there ( " anthaNar
tamm chinthayAn ")
. You stay inside their
anthakaraNams (SumanasAm antha:
sTitham)
.
amarEsa ratnacchAyaa
vikalpitha ruchi: NaayantE ! The Bee will have the hue
of
Indhraneelam (Bluish-Black) .Oh Lord
RanganAtha ! You also have the ShyAmaLa
niRam (hue) as the AzhwAr celelbrated : "
Saamatthin niRam koNDa ThADALan " .
nayanAbhirAmam: The Madhukaram will be a delight to enjoy with our eyes
( spruhAspadham) . Oh Lord RanganAtha
! Your beauty is such that great
desire wells in our minds and the eyes long
to experience Your dhivya
soundharyam (nayanAbhirAmam)
. One AzhwAr gave evidence
to this longing
to enjoy You with his eyes: "
Unnaik-kaaNa virumbhum yenn kaNNkaL " .
AapAthitha-smaraguNa:
NaayintE ! The bees served as the connecting
chord
for the bow of Manmathan ( "
MadhukaramAnanthu Kaaman
Kaarmukatthukku
guNa bhUthamAi irunthathu ") . Kaarmukam is
the bow and GuNam is the connecting
chord ( naaNN) in that bow . Oh Lord
RanganAthA saluted as " Kaamani payantha
KaaLai " ( One who created Manmathan as
Your son ) ! You made the bodiless
Manmathan (anangan) regain body
and become angi ( Having a
body with the limbs)
through Your anugraham of
guNa dhAnam ( granting the
attributes/GuNams) .
The word GuNam and its double meaning is
used adroitly by Bhattar in making
a comparison between the black bee and
the Lord of Srirangam .
PraTitha prachAra: saakhAsu:
The Madhukaram ( the bee) because of its fondeness
for the honey (madhu) will be roaming from
flower to flower in the blossomed tree
branches (SaakhAsu praTitha prachAra: ) .
Oh Lord RanganAtha ! You enjoy a vinOdha,
vividha (pala vahayAna) sanchArams amidst
the branches of the Veda SaakhAs .
Ranga Nrupathi: madhupO
vibhAthi : With all these similarities , Oh Lord of
Srirangam ,
Your beautiful appearance during Your
Thirumanjanam reminds us of Swamy
NammAzhwAr's aruL vaakku : " thUviyam
puLLudai Dhaiva VaNDu " .
In the next Thirumanjana Kattiyam slOkam ,
Bhattar celelbrates SravaNam ,
the VishNu Nakshathram and relates its
significance to Lord RanganAtha .
SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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