SrI:
Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs
:
The Twenty Seventh SlOkam
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pasyath surAsuragaNam
sumanOvikAsa--
sathsiddha-chAraNa -samUha nishEvyamANam
samdhrushta-chArutara
sAratharAmruthougam
ThvAm RangarAja
kalayAmi hi MandhrAdhrim
Bhattar's
commentaries
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1. Pasyath SurAsura gaNam :
Manthra Parvatham will be
rotating
during the churning of the Milky ocean for
nectar on the back of
KoormAvathAran ( paruvarai onRu-mudhuhil
paRanthu suzhalhinRa) .
The DevAs and the asuraas are mesemerized
by the rotating mountain
and do not take their eyes off it ( Pasyath
SurAsura gaNam ) .
" MaTanOthyOga paareeNarAna dEvAsura
gaNatthai udaitthAyirukkum "
( The Mandhara mountain will be the object
of view of the assembly of
asurAs and dEvAs , who are engaged in the
churning of the ocean
with the rope of Vaasuki as the rope) .
When they got tired , RanganAthA
took over the churning all by Himself ,
while the astounded assembly of
dEvAs and asurAs watched
.
2.
SumanOvikAsa-sathsiddha charaNa samUha
nivEshyamANam:
Manthra Parvathm through its
bhOga yOgya pradhEsams
( places fit for enjoyment )
will be chosen as places of resort
by the youthful and majestic
SiddhAs and ChAraNAs ( siddha
chAraNa dEva yOni visEsha
parishannishEvyamAyrikkum ).
As for You , my Lord , DEvAs
of different kind will flock to You
to recieve Your anugraham ( "
SurayO nithya samsiddhA:
sarva darsina: ) . They are
nithya siddhAs . You are forever
worshipped by the SiddhAs ,
ChAraNAs , Sages
and DevAs
of all types ( " KalakkamillA
naltava munivar
karai kaNDOr
tuLakkamilla vAnavar yellaam
thozhuvArkaL ) .
The MukthAs whose SaamsArika
sankOsams ( doubts and attachments
about SamsAric pleasures
gone) through the development of clear Jn~Anam
about the inner meanings of
Nama: Sabdham from AchAryAs ( " Nama:
sabdhOpalakshitha Jn~Ana
BhakthyAthikaLai udya Mukthars) are
worshipping You and
serving You at Sri Vaikuntam .
3. Sandhrushta
chArutara amruthougam : As for Mandhara parvatham ,
it will have "
amarathvAvaharoopa chAthuryatthai udaytthAi mAthuryAdhisayatthAlE
,
saarataramAna amrutha
pravAhatthai udaitthathAyirukkum " . The Mandara parvatham
will have the attributes
and dexterity of the dEvAs engaged in churning the
milky
ocean
and will
have the association with the flow of the quintessential nectar
.
As for You , My Lord , You
will have the association of Nithyasooris :
" ThAmaraik-KaNNanai ViNNOR
paravum talai-mahanai " ( The lotus-eyed
Supreme Lord , who is
resorted to by the Celestials) . As " asprushta
samsAragandhar
aahayAlE ,
chArutararAi asTAna rakshA vyasanihaLAmpadiyAna
prEmAdhisayatthAlE saarataramAna Nithyasoori
sangatthai udayeerAirA ninReer " .
The glories of the Lord in
the company of Nithya Sooris is saluted here .
4. ThvAm RangarAja kalyAmi
MandhrAdhrim : Oh RanganAthA ! At the
conclusion
of Your Thirumanjanam , You
stand like Mandhara mountain with Your PirAtti
at Lakshmi Rangam . As the 33
crores of DevAs and 66 crores of AsurAs
were watching (pasyath
SurAsura GaNam ) , many wonders happened with
the Mandara Malai .
First our Lord ordered
them (DEvAsurAs) to lift the mighty mandhara mountain
and bring it ot the center of
the Milky ocean to be used as a churning rod
in amrutha maTanam . They
lifted it together and after a few steps felt haughty
that they could lift iand
carry such a lofty mountain . Their pride made them
powerless and then they
dropped the mountain . Our Lord stepped in , held the mountain
by His hand and placed it on
the back of the nithyasoori , Garudan and transported
the mountain to the center of
the milky ocean and started the proceedings of
Churning the ocean . The
moral is without dhaiva Balam , humans , dEvAs
or
AsurAs can
not succeed in their efforts . When Mandhara Malai began to sink
in the ocean
because of its heaviness , our Lord took
KoormAvathAram
and placed the Mountain on
His back to provide support ( KruthvA
vapu: kacchapam adhbhutham
mahath pravisya thOyam girim ujjahAra ,
BhAgavatham : 8.7.8) .
RanganAthan is Kshthidhara NaaTan ( One who
bears all the mountains
) and the
MandharA mountain was one of those
mountains . As the mountain
arose from its sunken position in to the open air ,
our Lord placed one hand on
the top of the mountain so that it did not
ascend too
far into the
sky , while holding it on His back under the ocean .
Lord
entered into
the mountain and DevAsurAs to reenergize them in
their efforts .
When amrutham did
not emerge even then , Our Lord held on to
the rope of
Vaasuki and
singlehandedly churned the ocean to release
the
nectar (YEkaasthvam karayuga krushta sarparAja:). For Kaarya siddhi
,
dhaiva Balam is the
only strength to count upon .
At many levels
, RanganAtha's Saadharmyam ( Mandhara Parvatha
sAmyam)
is alluded to by Swamy
ParAsara Bhattar in this slOkam . He is our
mighty
mountain . He is
the indweller of all chEtanams and achEtanams . He is
the empowerer of all of us in
our endeavours .He is the Phala Pradhan .
He is a veritable Mandhara
Malai (ThvAm RangarAja KalayAmi MandharAdhrim) .
Concluding Remarks &
SamarpaNam
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Lord RanganAtha is Sarva
Gandhan and Sarva rasan . As per Sruthi Vaakyam ,
" yajEna Yaj~namayajantha
DEvA : " , He empowers all the KarmAs .
He is also the enjoyer and
the Lord of all sacrifices ( Sarva Yaj~nAnAm
bhOktA cha Prabhu: ) . He is
the final resting place of the universe ( Visvasya
paramam nidhAnam ) . He is
the One without a beginning , middle or end
( anAdhi madhyAntham ) . The
entire universe is pervaded by Him and
He possesses infinite forms (
anantha roopan) and anantha veeryan ,
He is Sarvaj~nan (
Omniscient) . As ArjunA experienced (GithA: XI.43) :
pitAsi lOkasya charAcharasya
Thvam asya poojyasya gurur gariyAn
na thvath
samOsthiabhyadhika:kuthOnyO lOkatrayEpiapratima prabhAva
(Meaning)
: " You are the Father of the world , of the moving and unmoving
.
You are the venerable teacher
and the One most worthy of worship . There is
none equal to You . How then
could there be in the three worlds , another
one greater than You ?
".
Such a ParamAthmA resplendent
at Srirangam empowered adiyEn to share
the Maanaseeka
aanandhAnubhavam of His Thirumanjanam . adiyEn is
grateful to Bhattar
VamsatthAr to access their kula dhanam and Sri VaishNav
Sri
A. KrishNamAcchAr Swamy of
PutthUr agrahaaram for opening my eyes
to this treasure .
adiyEn feels blessed on this
Sri Nrusimha Jayanthi and Swamy NammAzhwAr
avathAra dinam to place these
Thirumanjana Kattiyam anubhavams at
Lord RanganAthA's sacred feet
.
adiyEn RanganAtha Daasan ,
Oppiliappan KOil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan ,
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi .
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