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From: "jayasartn" <jayasree_saranathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "sgopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: padithadhai-ch-cholgirEn (Vishnu sahasra nama)


>SrI:

>Respected Sri swamin,

>Your mail is an enriching experience and the description leaves no
>doubt about Rama's vaasam in Arangan and Arangan's leela at this
>stage. But still I am not clear whether this name Ranga which seems
>to be a sanskrit one, means Lord of this arangam / leelas in the
> arangam. May I know the exact meaning of Rangan?

>Regards,
>jayasree.

SrI:

Dear Srimathy SaranAthan:

Thanks for your note . I will focus on the Ranga Tathtvam .

The Sanskrit word , "Rangam " ( an arena , an ampitheater ) got
adopted in to Tamil word "arangam " . The Master of that stage
is then RanganAthan (AranganAthan) or Rangan in short .

Ranga in Sanskrit also means the audience . In my earlier
mail , I mentioned about RasAnubhavam between the actor
( the Lord) and the audience ( ChEthanams) and the effect .
The saying : " Rangasya darsayithvA nivarthathE narthakee
yathA nruthyAth "  We are all the aspiring Narthaskees
yearning for the rasAnubhavam of the union with the Pursushan
(Sarva Sesahi). Our silly dances come to an end after seeing
this cosmic dance of the Parama Purushan .

Just as Hasthi Giri and Hasthi GirIsan( Thirumalai and Malayappa
Swamy as well in DayA Sathakam ) are synanymous , the Rangam
and RanganAthan go together .Commentators of Sri VaradarAja
Sthavam of KurEsar and DayA Sathakam of Swamy Desikan have
commented on this intricate relationship between the stage and
the actor pn that stage . AzhwAr's anubhavam about ThirumAlirumchOlai and 
ThiruvEnkadam fit into this category .

The next line of the slOkam quoted above is : " Purushasya TathAsthAnam
prakAsya vinivarthatE PrakruthE : " . That is the effect of seeing
the dance of the Lord on His Ranga BhUmi.  Prakruthi sambhandham is
eliminated thru the experiencing of this dance of the actor at
the Ranga BhUmi. It is difficult to seperate the Rangam and
the Master of that Ranga BhUmi , Sri RanganAthan , the Ranga
AvathArakan ( the actor on the stage) . At this Ranga PeeDam ,
the place of dance , He reigns supreme . At this Ranga BhUmi , He dances
His cosmic dance facing South towards Sri VilliputthUr and
Lanka Raajyam of VibhishaNan . At His Ranga MaNTapam ,
RanganAthan is the Ranga Vasthu and teaches us Ranga VidhyA ,
the dance of the Jeevans cherographed by the PraTamAchAryan .
No wonder every one has flocked around this Ranga SaalA
to gain liberation from the cycles of births and deaths.He is the Pathi
or Naathan of SuddhAntha Naarees ( us , His anthapuratthu PeNNmaNikaL) .
" Antha: purEshu saleelam RangEswara: Sancharathy " enjoying
His bhOgam in His LeelA VIbhUthi .  yEthath kaalEshu , bhakthi namra:
prapannA:  ThvAm anvapasyan aanandha avasTAm vahathE ( During these
times of enjoying Your dancing , the PrapannAs with heads bent down with 
Bhakthi
experience  You in a state of bliss) . At those times , He is NaarayaNa
rishi and we are NarAs recieving upadEsam from Him .

That Rangam is constituted by the sand dunes in the island made of
Cauvery  ( Tadheeyam puNyam PuLinam iyam KavEra tanayA krutham).
There He has His dance on the Rangam as RanganAthan . Here with
the golden hues of His Thiruvadi , RanganAthan makes the river Cauvery
filled as it were with golden lotus blossoms ( Hema sindhum aathmeeya
kaanchana ruchA hemAravindha bharithAmiva vidhathe ).The fragrance
of the VedAs emanate from that stage (Surabhi nigama gandhA asmin
RangE asthi) . Here the dancer Azhagiya MaNavALan is united with
SriranganAyaki during His dances and are celebrated by the PrapannAs
( Soumya- jaamAthru yukthAm Sriyamiva MahaneeyAm ThvAm prapannA:
upacharathy ).  RnaganAthA ! Your sanchArams on that stage are like
the gait of the elephant in rut moving around the foothills of Meru
Parvatham ( sanchAraNeeyaam sura SikhariNa: mEkhalAyAm  tasTushA
mattha-dhvirapathinA sameekshyaam saamyakashyAm dhatthE ).

Below this Rangam , AadhisEshan longs for Your Paadha Sparsam and
therfore holds the Rangam on his thousand heads ( SEshAthmanA nijayaa
Moorthyaiva Ranga BhUmim / Vasumatheem dhathsE ) .

One gets carried away by the thoughts about Rangam and the dance that takes
place at this Ranga Bhumi for our benefit . Being afraid of this note 
getting even
longer I will stop here . The Sanskrit Quptations are from Swamy Desikan's
Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram .

NamO Sri RanganAthAya ,
V.Sadagopan





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