SrI
:
Dear BhakthAs of Periya
PerumAL :
SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
On an AvaNi SravaNam day , Swamy ParAsara
Bhattar arrived to take
part in the Thirumanjana
uthsavam . Bhattar was
overwhelmed by the dhivya
Soundharyam of the Lord that he praised the
glory of SravaNa Nakshathram
(Sri VishNu Nakshathram) as the Lord of all
Nakshathrams . He explained that
Lord RanganAthan as the Lord of all
the Universes is the athidEvathai for
that Nakshathram ( SrONO nakshathram
Vishnur dEvathA )
and recognized
its Prasastham ( Superiority ).
Lord is said to start on
His vijaya Yaathrais
to destroy the asurAs on SravaNa nakshthram
days . On this avaNi avittam
(SraavaNi) day , adhyayana aarambha kaalam
arrives . SishyAs search AchAryAs
to commence the adhyayanam . Sri
RanganAthan is our PraTamaachAryan .
He also follows His own edict of
performing all KarmAs even though He has
nothing to gain by it . He observes
therefore AvaNi SraavaNam as well
after His early morning Thirumanjanam
.
The 7th SlOkam of Thirumanjana Kattiyam is
:
saardham dhvijas-srAvaNakarma
Rangin
kalpOchitha-snAna vidhim karOshi
Sruthi-smruthibhyAm
vyapadhisyamAnam
svayam
mamaaj~nAm anuvarthayAmi
Dr.S.Padmanabhan's Comments : During the constellation of SraavaNa , which
is
very auspicious for VishNu ,
Lord RanganAtha is given a sacred bath in the early
morning (KalpOchitha snAnam)
, being accompanied by many twice-born
(saardham dhvijai: ) reciting
Vedam and dhivya Prabhandham . This according to
the poet , indicates that the
Lord is putting into practise what He Himself
has commanded
others to do
through the Sruthi and Smruthi Texts (Sruthi
Smruthi MamaivAj~nA ) .
He Himself
practises SraavaNa karmaa to demonstrate
that He follows His
command to the others in performing nithya karmaas .
SlOkam 8 : Thirumanjanam on
Sri Jayanthi day
************************************************************
Bhattar arrived once on a Sri
Jayanthi day to particpate in the Lord's
Thirumanjanam . As he started
to eulogize the Lord of Srirangam ,
He was distracted by the
significance of that day and ended up saluting
the glory of Sri Jayanthi day
(Ashtami) and compared it to the VedAs
(Thrayee) :
Samunmishath
padhmaja-tAra samsrithaa
TavaavathAra-krama
paaDa-tathparaa
Thrayeeva
RangEsa samarTyatE janai:
asou Jayantheeth-udhitEyam
ashtamee
Meaning
according to Dr.S.PadmanAbhan: Bhattar uses pun (double
meaning)
to identify
the Lord's
JanmAshtami marked by the Jayanti constellation
(Characterising
KrishNAvatAram) with the
Vedic lore (Thrayee) . The VedA has as its source ,
the TaarA ( the OmkAraa) ,
which was pronounced by Brahmaa( Padmajaa)
first . It has different ways
of chanting the Vedic texts such as Krama ( Krama Paatam)
during the process
of its evolution (avatAraa) . In the case of Lord RanganAtha ,
He manifested ( as Sri
KrishNa) under the constellation of RohiNee (Taaraa) ,
which has Brahmaa ( Padmajaa)
as its presiding deity . Lord is also known for
His commitment
to evolve
Himself in a series of avataarAs ( avatAra-Kramaa) .
VyAkyAnam
of Swamy Parasara Bhattar : Samunmishath Padmajataara
Samsrithaa:
RohiNee nakshthram is associated with Brahmaa ( PrajApathi). The paryAya sabdham ( another word
meaning the same ) for PrajApathi is
Padhmajaa ( Srashtaa PrajApathir-Vedaa)
.VasudEvar of Mathuraa is the amsam of Kaasyapa PrajApathi
and can be
considered
hence as a Prajaapathi . Using VasudEvar as a nimittham (KaaraNam)
,
Oh Lord , You
were
born on the Jayanthy Ashtami day . Therefore , VasudEvar can also be
recognized as athidEvathai for RohiNi just as Padmaja/PrajApathy .
TavAvathAra-krama paata-tathparaa : NaayantE ! Vedam
deals with Your avathAra kramam
and is therefore
elaborately involved in eulogizing that avatAram ( TathparamAi irukkum)
.
For instance Vedam salutes
Your ThrivikramAvathAram : " ThreeNi padhaa vichakramE
VishNOr gOpaa athAbhya: " . Vedam also salutes : Kramu PadhavikshEpE " .
Kramu means
step by
step. Paadha
vikshEpam is placement of the foot . Thus the
ThrivikramAvathAram
is celebrated by the
VedAs . Thrayee salutes Your avathAram ( Tava ThrivikramAvathAram )
elaborately ( padha
tathparaa) and particularly Your Padha VikshEpam to measure the
Universe
and the sky with two steps .
Your avathAram on this
Jayanthi ashtami is decribed as " YasyAm JaathO JagannAtha: Kireetee
Kousthubhee Hari : ". This is done without mentioning Your avathAra
Kaalam lest Kamsan
gets wind of it .
This ashtami day
is therefore known without specifics just "Thrayee " ( Thrayeeva RangEsa
samarTyatE janai:
asou Jayantheeith-yutitEyam ashtamee ) . Your avathAra
prabhAvam
( the glory of Your
incarnation) led to that ashtami day being known as Thrayee .
SrI RanganAtha
ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
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