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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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