SrI
:
Dear Bhakthas : In this
posting , we will study the four
slOkams( 2- 5) , where
KurEsar salutes Lord RanganAtha
as the ultimate
athi-mAnusha ChEstithan .
At Srirangam , it is well
known that Moola BhEram is DhAmOdhara
KrishNan and the Uthsavar (
Processional deity ) is Lord
Raamachandran . Hence it is
not surpriisng to see KurEsar
devoting four slOkams at the
beginning of AthimAnusha Stavam
to SrI RanganAtha as the
integrated essence of Raama-KrishNa
avathArams .
SlOkam 2
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SrEya: kiranthu kiraNA :
charaNAravindha
nishpandhamAna makarandha rasouga dEsyA:
tajjA: sruthErmadhuna uthsa
ithi pratheepA :
Mangalya Ranga-nilasya Parasya dhAmna:
( Meaning) : May the radiant rays emanating from
the lotus feet of
the Lord of Thiruvarangam resting under the
Sriranga Vimaanam ,
known for its goal to bless all with auspicousness
, confer mangaLams
also on us ! Vedam declares that the Supreme
JyOthi of the lotus feet
of the Lord generates the delectable
flood of honey ( VishNO:
padhE
ParamE madhva uthsa: ) . May those fast
flowing flood of honey drench us
in its swetness and grant us all soubhAgyams
!
( Commentary ) : In this sthavam focussed on the
celebration of
Vibhava avathArams , KurEsar stops to salute
the archAvathAra
Moorthy at SrIrangam first . This is consistent
with the anubhavam of
AzhwArs , who switch often from Vibhava
Moothys to ArchAvathAra
Moorthys . An example is provided by ThiruppANa
AzhwAr : " KOvalanAi
VeNNai uNDa vAyan yenn uLLam kavarnthAnai aNDarkOn
ANiyaranganai " .
If we recognize Moolavar as DhAmOdhara KrishNan ,
who was tied upto
a rice husking mortar in Vibhava avathAram
and Uthsavar to Lord Raamachandra,
the links of these two vibhavAvathArams to
archAvathAram becomes evident
.
VishNu Sooktham found in Rg Vedam states that Lord
Thrivikraman from
whose sacred feet Ganga ( honey ) flows as Sri
Paadha Theertham in
the form of a brook fulfilling the desires
of men , who wish to attain the status
of dEvAs and that EmperumAn is our Sarva vidha
Bhandhu :
tadhasya priyamapi
paaTO asyAm narO
yathra dEvayavO madhanthi
urukramasya Sa hi
BhandhuritthA VishNO: padhE madhva uthsa:
The second slOkam is thus connected to the above
Rg Veda Manthram .
Sri RanganAthan is recognized as that Supreme
JyOthi ( Mangalya Ranga--
nilayasya Parasya dhAmnA ) . His charaNAravindhams
are the source of
ever flowing stream of delectable honey (
CharaNAravindha nishpandhamAna
makarandha rasa Oga dEsyA: madhuna uthsa: ) .
KurEsar prays for the rays
emanating out of those lotus feet to bless
us with SrEyas .
SlOkam 3
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Srimath ParAnkusa
muneendhra manO nivAsAth
tajja anurAgarasa manjanam ajn~asApya
adhyApi anAratha tadhutthiTa
rAgayOgam
SrirangarAja charaNAmbhujam unnayAma :
(
Meaning) : We carry on our heads the lotus feet of the Lord
of
Srirangam with His divine consort ; those sacred feet have
recieved
the abhishEkam from the water of love from the mind of
Swamy
NammAzhwAr of blemishless bhakthi and Kaimkarya SrI . Lord RanganAtha
resides in the heart lotus of Swamy NammAzhwAr and the cool abhishEkam
that the
Lord has recieved makes the hue of His lotus feet even a shade
redder
than usual . We bear on our heads with
affection those lotus red feet of the Lord .
(Commentary ) : The sacred feet of the Lord of
Srirangam are red in color .
KurEsar inquires about the cause behind that red
hue and concludes that
the origin of that color is from the permanent
residence of the Lord in
the heart lotus of Swamy NammAzhwAr . Poets
have a tradition of describing
the love for a dear one having a red hue (Rakthou
cha Raagou ) . This is not
uncommon . Swamy NammAzhwAr's prEmai for the Lord
of Srirangam is
famous : AzhwAr's Sriranga Paasurams of
"Kangum Pahalum " are abundant
proofs of such pure love .
The prEmai of Swamy NammAzhwAr leads him to perform
abhishEkam for the Lord resting inside his heart
and the end result of the enjoyment
of that kaimkaryam by Lord RangaAtha is the
further reddening of His already red feet
caused by the pressing of them by Sri
RanganAyaki ( " Malar MahaL kai varuda
malar pOthiR sivanthana " )
.
SlOkam
4
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Vajra-dhvajAnkusa SudhA
kalasAthapathra
pankEruhAnka parikarma pareethamantha:
aapAdha-pankaja visrungala
dheepra-mouLE
SrirangiNa: SaraNayOr yugam aasrayAma:
(Meaning) : We seek the refuge of the sacred feet
of the Lord of
Srirangam , the soles of which are adorned with
VajrAyudham ,
Flag of Garudan , elephant goad , Conch , Disc ,
white umbrella ,
pot of nectar in the form of lines ( rEkhAs) to
indicate Sri RanganAthA's
soverignity as the Emperor of all universes . The
radiance from the gems
on Sri RanganAyaki samEtha Sri RanganAthan's
tall crown spreads
without interruption all the way down to
His sacred , lotus-soft feet
.
(Comments) : The Parama Purusha LakshaNam of the
Lord is described
here . The radiance of the gems from the Lord's
crown spreading all the way
down to His lotus feet has been saluted by
the AzhwAr to provide the inspiration
for KurEsar : " Kathir Aayiram Iravi
kalantheritthAl ottha neeL mudi " .
SlOkam
5
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SrI RangarAja charaNou
praNumOn yayO: khalu
yEkas Thrivikramavidhou vasudhAm asEshAm
vyakramstha saachala kulAmapi
viprakeerNa-
sToola avalagna sikathAm iva nirnathOccham
(Meaning) : We eulogize the gigantic growing
feet of Lord RanganAtha , which
measured the wide and enormous
world during the time of His
avathAram
as Thrivikraman to seek three
steps of earth from emperor MahA Bali
.
At that time , the worlds with the huge
KulAchalams of the Universes
stuck to His growing feet like little grains of
sand and the Lord's Thiruvadi
sambhandham was realized by every entity in
the universe without distinction
about their loftiness or insignificance
.
(Commentary ) : The seven KulAchalams known for
their mighty size are :
HimavAn , Vindhyam , PaariyAthram , Nishadham ,
Sahyam , Malayam ,
MahEndhram and Dhardhuram . As
Thrivikrama-RanganAthan took one
step to measure all of the earth , these seven
KulAchalams looked like
little grains of sands sticking to that right foot
, while the left foot shot
upward to the sky . The greatness of that " thaaLL
parappi maNN thAviya
Thiruvadi of Thrivikraman" sanctified all
chEthanams and achEthanams
through contact with it through Thiruvadi
Sambhandham ( UnnathAnAm
avanathi: nathAnAm yathra cha unnathi: ) . Rg
Vedam celebrates this noble
act of the Lord and His Thiruvadi as "
samooDamasya paagumsurE ".
In view of the extended celebration of
ThrivikramAvathAram in
the VedAs , KurEsar pays special attention to that
avathAram in
the context of offering his salutations to Lord
RanganAtha.
Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
MalOla PaadhukA Sevaka SrImath Azhagiya Singar
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