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) -- > *********************************************** > *********************************************** > > Regards > > Adiyen Ramanuja dasan > > Ramanuja > > > > > ================================================== > Srimathe Venugopala Krishnaswaminae Namaha > ================================================== > To post a message send mail to : > srivenugopala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ================================================== > http://www.srivenugopala.org > ================================================== > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. 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