SrI :
(PraNavam) Samadarsinyai Nama:
(PraNavam) Hari-bhadrAyai
Nama:
(PraNavam) Sarva MantrAthmikAyai
Nama:
(PraNavam) BhavyAyai Nama:
(PraNavam) Sarva-ranjinyai Nama:
(PraNavam) lOka-Swaminyai Nama:
(PraNavam) SadhguNOjjvalAyai Nama:
On this third day of NavarAthri , adiyEn
seeks your participation
and support in the
kaimkaryam for realizing the living quarters
for the ArchakAs of Sri RanganAtha Temple . Please
take part in
this special project with your financial support ,
the details of
which are covered
at the Temple Web Site ( http://www.ranganatha.org).
In the previous posting , we studied the meanings
of " KaanthastE
PurushOtthama: " section of the First slOkam
of ChathusslOki .
On this third day of NavarAthri , adiyEn will focus
on the commentaries of
VyaakhyAna Chakravarthy Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai
and KavitArkika Simham
regarding the next set of words in the first half
of the first slOkam:
KaantastE
PurushOtthama: PhaNipathi: sayyA vaahanam
vEdAthmA
vihagEswarO yavanikA MaayA JaganmOhini
PhaNipathi:
SayyA
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PVP says : A king may have a
lady whom he might like and
as such would meet her once in
a while . She is called "abhimathai ".
He will not invite her to
share his royal bed. The king's royal bed is only
for the Queen , who is not
only abhimathai but is also anuroopi
( sharing attributes in the
most desirable way) . The ideal king and
queen have to match each other in every way . If
that were to be so
for ordinary kings and queens , we can comprehend
the anyOnyam
between the JagannAthan and Jagadheeswari .The
extraordinary
match in all aspects between Sri DEvi and
Her Lord is saluted by
these pramANams : " BhagavannArAyaNa abhimatha
anuroopa
svaroopa roopa- - - - " .
Their mutual match is saluted again
by
Sage Vaalmiki :
tulyaseela vayOvruddhAm tulyAbhijana
lakshaNAm
RaaghavOarhathy VaidEheem tamm
chEyamasithEkshaNAm
(Meaning): VaidEhi is the right match for
Raaghavan since She has
identical lakshaNams with Him in guNam ,
youth , conduct and
kulam . Vaidehi with dark beautiful eyes is the
most matching
wife for Raaghavan .
Swamy NammAzhwAr celebrates in his
ThiruvAimozhi (10.10.6)
the extraordinary match between PirAtti and Her
Lord this way:
" unakkERkkum kOlamalarppAvai " . Oh Lord ! She is
the most beautiful ,
utthama naaree , who is the best match for You .
They are the ideal
divine couple (dhivya miTunam ) demonstrating the
closest
abhimatham and anuroopam . Therefore , They
share the common bed,
AdhisEshan , the most exalted among the
servants /sEsha jeevans .
Swamy Desikan comments that Yaanuna Muni chose the
Nithyasoori
PariBruDan ( chief among
the eternally liberated Jeevans )
, AdhisEshan
as the
one serving as the bed for the divine couple . Swamy
Desikan
observes further that the PhaNipathy ( Lord
of the MahA Sarpams
like Vaasuki, Dakshakan et
al ) sabdham implies the beautiful ,
wide , soft , cool and fragrant nature of an
ideal bed fit for the divine
couple ( Surabhi-SukumAra-SeethaLa- VisAla-
UnnatatthvAdhi roopA: ).
That AdhisEshan is Her Bed as well as Aasanam is
referred to by
the following pramANams :
" BhOgapriyA BhOgavathee
BhOgheendhra SayanAsanA "
--- Sri LakshmI Sahasra
Naamams
VishNu PurANam points out that none can describe adequately
the beauty and power of AdhisEshan , who is serving as the bed
for Sri Devi and Her Lord.Such is the Vaibhavam of
AdhisEshan
serving the divine couple, Naree MaNi and
PurushOtthaman
as Her Kaanthan .
" Aasanam Vaahanam vEdAthmA
VihagEswara: "
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Sri Devi's seat/throne (aasanam) and transport
vehicle
( vaahanam ) is none other than the Veda Svaroopi
,
Garudan ( VihagEswaran). Such is Her loftiness
!
Since Sri Devi is not only abhimathai and
anukoolai
but she is also the
anugrahai as She sits with
Her Lord
on the seat of Garudan and flies off with Her Lord
for
blessing devotees : " VaikunTE thu parE lOkE SriyA
sArddham Jagathpathi: " . Her Nithya VIbhUthi
sambhandham
is referred to here . She is entitled to the
seat , bed and
Vaahanam of the Lord such as AdhisEshan and
Garudan.
As VihagEswaran , Garudan is one of the Pancha
PrANAdhipathi.
The other four ar eHis other forms : Sathya: ,
SuparNa: , Taarkshya:
and Garudan . Such as a VihagEswaran , where all
the Vedams
abide is Your Vaahanam
!
AdhisEshan is the head of the serpents and Garudan
is
the head of all birds and thus both belong
to viruddha jaathis
and yet are Nithyasooris serving the Lord ; as
such they
are worthy objects of worship by others .
Such lofty ones
serve Sri Devi .
"YavanikA maayA JaganmOhini
"
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Sofar , Sri Devi's links to nithya VibhUthi (Sri
Vaikuntam)
and the kaimkaryams there by Nithya Sooris were
discussed .
Now the attention shifts to Her other
VibhUthi ( LeelA
VibhUthi) of which She is a Joint owner with Her
Lord.
Swamy AlavanthAr refers to the
most -difficult-to-cross
MaayA of Bhagavan in this context
:
Dhaivee hEyshA guNamayee Mama mAyA dhurathyayA,
MaamEva yE prapathyanthE mAyAmEthAm taranthi tE
-- Bhagavath Geethai: 7.14
(meaning): This MaayA commanded by Me as its Lord
has the three guNams.This MaayA of mine can not
be
crossed over easily. Only those , who surrender
unto
Me unconditionally will be able to cross My MaayA
.
Maayaa JaganmOhini tE
yavanika
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That MaayA of the Lord is Her curtain. This
wondeful
MaayA (Moola Prakruthi) used by the Lord for
creation
of the world and its beings is the YavanikA
for Sri Devi
and become Her servant (sEshan) .This vasthu
known as
VishNu MaayA performs the act of creating
vipareetha
Jn~Anam (JaganmOhanam) through the operation
of
the thriguNams and becomes Her
servant in its role as
Her curtain ( TirodhAnakari)
.
BrahmEsAdhi suravrajas sadayithas
Thvad dAsa-dAsee gaNa:
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Oh Sri Devi ! Your vaibhavam can be understood
also from
the fact that the residents of the seven lokams
from BhU lOkam
(BhOgavathy) to Sathya lOkam as well as the
residents of atala , vitala Sutala ,
Mahaatala , Rasaatala and Paatala lokams have
VISHNU PATHNI
SESHATHVAM. All of them including the BrahmAdhi
DEvAs and
the others are bound by karmAs ( karmavasyALs) and
deluded
by the karmAs(mohithAnAm) and the GuNAs
driving those
karmAs.
In additon to Brahma , the dEvAs ,
and wives (sadayitha) also form
the assembly of servants ( daasa-daasee
gaNa:/AaNaDimai and
PeNNadimai ) .
SreerithyEva cha Naama tE BhRuma:
kaTam ThvAm vayam ?
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Sofar , the slOkam dwelled on the
tatthvam of Periya PirAtti
becoming Seshan
to Her Lord out of Her
own choice
( aham SishyA cha dhAsi cha BhakthA
cha Tava Maadhava in
VarAha PurANam )
. She is also the
Seshi for all vasthus in
Nithya
and LeelA
VibhUthis with Her Lord .
She is therefore saluted
in
SrI Soktham as
" Iswareem SarvabhUthAnAm
" , Bhagavathy
and
" asyEsAnA jagatha:
" in NeeLA
Sooktham . Just as the Lord is
addressed as
" Bhagavan NaarAyaNa" ,
She is invoked as
" Bhagavatheem
Sriyam Deveem ". Thus the
Naamam " SrI "
arises for Her
( SreerithyEva cha nAma
tE ). The six MahA nirukthis
relating to
Your name , "SrI: " (
SruNAthi , SrayathE , SreeyathE et al) .
She is the blemishless fountain of
nectar for anubhavam by
Her aasritha janam ( akaLanga
amrutha taarA ) .
Bhruma: kaTam ThvAm Vayam
?
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Swamy Alavanthar goes on next to
celebrate the Parathvam
(Supermacy) of PirAtti on a par with
Her Lord .When one
with limited intellect or even VedAs
attempt to describe
Her anantha KalyANa guNams they
flounder in their efforts
to eulogize Her adequately (
yathO vaachA nivartantE
aprApya
manasA saha) . Her Supermacy is
beyond grasp by the humans ,
celestials as well as by the VedAs .
Of this NirdhOsha MangaLakara
Moorthy , Swamy AlavanthAr confesses
that the aasrithALs are
incapable of eulogizing Her and
comprehendign Her limitless
Sakthi and gives up ( KaTam BhrUma:
ThvAm Vayam ? ).
"ThvAm" here is intrepreted by
Swamy Desikan as " VishNu PathnithvEna ,
Tadhidhara-sarva-sEshithvEna ,
tadhuchitha naamadhEyAdhi
yOgEna Prasiddham" ( You are well
known in all worlds with
appropriate NaamAs as implied by
Your role as VishNu
Pathni ,
Sarva Seshi with Your Lord
. "Vayam " here stands
for the entire
assembly of BrahmAdhi dEvAs and
ManushyAs , who are of
limited intellect to adequately
understand Her anantha kalyAna
guNams and DayA Svaroopam . It is
through Your anugraham , they
make an attempt to eulogize You and
persist in such efforts .
Otherwise , how can we try to engage
in this impossible act
( Vayam kaTam Bhruma :
?).
Thus ends the first slOkam of
ChathusslOki in a glorious note .
SrImath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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