SrI: Dear BhakthAs: We will study the next 5 slOkams ( 46- 50) today . SlOkam 46 : ************* nithyA TavAnya nirapEkshamahA mahimnOapi yEthAdhrusee niravadhir-niyathA vibhUthi ; Jn~AnadhayO guNagaNA: samatheethaseemA: LakshmI: priyA parijanA : PathagEndhra-mukhyA: (Meaning): Oh Vaikunta NaaTa ! even though Your vaibhavam does not depend on any thing , the limitless LeelA and Nithya VibhUthis of Yours are under Your total control as their Supreme Master. Your Jn~Anam and the countless auspicious attributes are associated with You alone. Sri Devi of immeasurable glories is dearest to You in the most appropriate (abhimatha ) manner . Pakshi Raajan and other nithya sooris are Your dedicated servants . (Comments): Para VaasudEvan residing in Sri Vaikuntam and is established in His own glory (sva mahimnE prathishtitha: ) . His unparalleled glorious assembly of GuNams are recognized as existing expressly for Him (guNa gaNA: niyathA ) . KurEsar chose the words " Samatheetha SeemA LakshmI: Tava niyathA PriyA " based on the AzhwAr Paasura Vaakyam , " UnakkERkkum kOlamalarp-Paavai " and AchArya RaamAnuja Vaakyam , " Bhagavan-NaarAyaNa apimathAnuroopa BHagavathee" . SlOkam 47 *********** yEkasya yEshu hi guNasya lavAyuthAmsa: syAth kasyachith sa khalu vAng-manasAthika SrI: yE thAdhrusOathyavadhaya: samatheetha samkhyA: Thvath SadhguNas-Thvamasi tannirapEksha LakshmI: (Meaning): Any one , who possesses even one part in ten thousandth of one of Your auspicious guNams , he will be the celebrated owner of the wealth that would be beyond speech or thought . Such abundance of auspicious guNams have taken refuge in You . Those guNams do not add to Your glory but instead they become glorious because of their association with You . (Commentary) : There are a few who describe the Lord as NirguNan ( NirguNa Brahmam) . KurEsar wnts to remind these matha anusAris that the Lord is sakala KalyANa guNa sampoorNan. SlOkam 48 ************** Sarvasya chaiva guNathO hi vilakshaNathvam Iswaryathasccha kila kascchidh udhanjitha: syAth tath prathyutha Thvayi VibhO ! vibhavO guNAsccha samBhandhatastava bhajanthi mangaLathvam (Meaning): Oh Lord of All ! The greatness of any object is due to the glory of its Gunam. When one is respectfully treated , it is because of his abundant wealth . Oh Lord ! In Your case , this situation is reversed . Iswaryams and the guNams attain auspiciousnes because of links to You and not the other way round . (Comment ): The guNams atttain their satthaa and Mangalathvam through their association with Him ( " guNA: sathya- jn~Aana prabhruthaya utha Thvath-gathatayA Subhee - bhUyam yAthA ithi) . SlOkam 49 ************ dhoorE guNaastava thu satthva rajastamAmsi tEna thrayee praTayathi Thvayi nirguNathvam nithyam HarE ! nikhila sadhguNa sAgaram hi ThvAm aamananthi ParamEswaram IswarANAm (Meaning): Oh Hari! The three guNams (Satthva, Rajas and Tamas ) are far removed from You . Therefore , the Rg, Yajus and the Saama Vedhams announce Your nonpossession of these inauspicious guNams (nirguNathvam) . You are the Lord of all Iswaraas (i-e) ., You are SarvEswaran . You are like the ocean for all these limitless auspicous attributes to be housed. (Commentary ): This slOkam is to refute the Views of Adhvaithins that Bhagavaan is NirguNan . KuResar states that the three guNams --associated with Moola Prakruti-- are far removed from the Lord and therefore He is "NirguNan" and yet He is the deep abode (ocean) of all kalyANa guNams ( samastha KalyANa guNAmrutha aBdhi ) . The fourth paadham is based on Sruthi and UpabruhmaNams: " Ya : Para: Sa MahEswara: " and " anAdhinidhanam VishNum SarvalOka MahEswaram ". SlOkam 50 : ************ Jn~Athmana: Tava tadhEva guNam gruNanthi tEjOmayasya hi maNErguNa yEva tEja: tEnaiva viswam aparOksham udheekshasE Thvam rakshA ThvadheekshaNatha yEva yathOakhilasya (Meaning): Oh Hari ! You are the embodiment of Jn~Anam (Jn~Ana Svaroopi) . Scholars describe that Jn~Anam as a GuNam. One may wonder how that would be possible . He is Both Jn~Ana Svaroopan and Jn~Ana GuNakan . His Jn~Anam is asankuchitham ( unshrinking) and does not undergo shrinking and expansion like that of a Bhaddha Jeevan. He is both Jn~Ana Svaroopan nd Jn~Ana guNikan just as the lustre of the gem is the guNam for the gem full of lustre. With Your Omniscience , You cast Your glances on all the objects of the Universe. The protection for all these objects arise arises from those glances of Yours alone. (Commentary): Here , KurEsar focuses on the doctrines of DjarmabhUtha Jn~Anam and Dharmee Jn~Anam . KurEsar distinigushes the Jn~Anam of the Lord from that of BHaddha Jeevans here .He celebrates the IeekshA- poorvika srushti ( creation based on His glances alone) and the Omniscience (Sarvaj~nathvam) that empowers such srushti (Sa Ieekshatha lOkAn nu srujaa ithi , tadhaikshatha Bahu syAm prajAyEya ithi ). This Sarvaj~nathvam is saluted in the third line of this slOkam .The power of those glances of the Sarva Sakthan is celebrated in the fourth paadham of this slOkam . Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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