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Dear Devotees of Lord RanganAtha:

It is my pleasure to share with you the excellent input
of Dr.Ramanuja on the 23rd SlOkam of Bhattar's
Thirumanajna Kattiyam .

NamO Sri RanganAthAya ,
V.Sadagopan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Iowa" <srivenugopala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [srivenugopala] Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Sri 
RanganathA:SlOkam23/ Three Comments


>
> Dear Sri Sadagopan swamy,
>
> Adiyen was blessed to receive devarir's appreciation of my comments
> and frankly adiyen do not deserve such big words . But it is what keeps
> our enthusiasm unabated in matters of collective srivaishnavism.
>
>      Coming to the topic of 23rd slokam, as per my understanding,
> in the context, "dhiShTa" in "PuShya dhiShTa" can mean occuring or located
> in PuShya. Poetically PuShya can be used to denote the month of Pausha in
> which month Fullmoon occurs mostly on Pushya. May be, there could
> be a pAThAntaram as "kAlO ayam PuShya driShTO"  meaning the 
> (pre-mentioned
> event) seen in PuShya mAsam.
>
> As deverir had mentioned about Pushya and vyateepAta, I have the following
> inputs which please peruse.
>
> There are 27 yogas determined by the relative sphuTa positions of the
> Sun and Moon of  which VyateepAta is one which occurs cyclically every 26 
> or
> 27 days. Shravana star can fall on AmAvAsya only in Pushya or Pausha mAsam
> or MAgha mAsam (lunar calendar)  which generally occur in Thai (Makara) or
> MAshi (Kumbha) mAsams (solar calendar).  By the way, it is well known that
> the names of the lunar months are given by the star asterism occuring on
> the full moon day of the particular month and obviously the thirteenth or
> fourteenth star from there will occur on amAvAsya.  As the following
> pramAnams define,  only when vyateepAta, amAvAsya, ShravaNa star, Sunday
> and sunrise occur in Pausha or MAgha we have ardhodaya.  And ardhOdaya is
> such a great time and is associated with SEtu snanam to be highly
> meritorious like tulAKAveri snAnam and MAgha snanam in PrayAga  and is
> availed by persons who have done penance in one crore births !!
>
> Recognizing the significance of this, the genius of Sri ParAshara Bhattar
> has described Sri Ranganathar as ardhOdaya, SEtu, and  teertha in one
> slokam so that Sri  Ranganatha darsanam is adequate in lieu of  sEtu
> snAnam for His devotees.
>
> As it was relevant and there were some doubts about Pushya mAsam ,  Adiyen
> has included hereunder the pramAnams from TulAkAveri MAhAtmyam in further
> explanation to the 23rd slokam.
>
> pAtasyanta: purvabhAgastvamAyA: shrONAmadhye bhAskarasyodayE chEth
> pAuShE  bhAnOrvAsarE  ardhOdaya:  syAth  kinchit  nyUnE  tam
> mahApUrvamAhu:
>
> =If the earlier part of AmAvAsya is occurs inside the duration of
> VyateepAta yogam, during ShravaNa asterism at Sunrise in Pausha mAsam on a
> Sunday , it is called ardhOdaya.  If all these aspects do not coincide but
> are partly satisfied , then such an event is called MahOdaya.  Both events
> are nearly the  same in their fruits.
>
> pAtArka shravaNayr yuktA yA hyamA pauSha mAghayO:
> asau ardhodayO yoga: kOTi sUrya grahAdhika:
>
> =When an amAvAsya occuring in Pausha or MAgha masams  is coinciding with
> VyateepAta yogam,  Sunday and Shravana star asterism, it is known as
> ardhOdaya punya kAlam or yOgam which is superior than a crore of Solar
> eclipses in the power to bestow punyam..
>
> snAnam tulArkE  kAvEryAm  prayAgE  mAgha majjanam
> sEtAvardhOdayE snAnam kOTi janma tapa: phalam
>
> =A bath in Kaveri river in TulA mAsam, a dip in PrayAga in MAgha mAsam and
> a bath in SEtu at ardhOdaya time is a fruition of  penances done in ten
> million lives. It annihilates pancha pAtakas and is said to uplift a crore
> of  ancestors and successors (kula kOTim samuddharEt).
>
> (Source for all the three slokams = TulA kAveri MAhAtmyam) -- 
> ***********************************************
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>
> Regards
>
> Adiyen Ramanuja dasan
>
> Ramanuja
>
>
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