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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



"Srivatsachinha misrEbhO namavukthi madheemahi,

yadhuktayas trayeekantE yAnthi mangaLasootrathAm"



"Sri parasara bhattAryA: SrirangEsa purOhita:

srivatsAngitha sudhas sriman sreyasE mEstu bhooyasE"



In the previous posting we enjoyed the SriRangaraja stava sloka of Swamy 
Parasara bhattar and Varadarajan stava sloka of Swamy koorathAzhvan both 
telling us about the divine qualities of emperuman. Swamy koorathAzhvan 
expresses the same idea in one another sloka of his excellent work "athimAnusha 
stavam".



"Jnanambalam vipulameeshanaveerya shakthi

tejAmsee cha triyugabhooya mupAgadhAni I

poornAni shat cha parigruhya bhavan chaturthA

bhaktham janam tvamanujagrahithAnurAgAth II" (6)



[Oh! MY lord you along with limitless kalyana gunas primarily six in number 
viz., Jnanam, balam, Ishvaryam, veeryam, shakthi, tejas attain the form of 
vasudeva with all the 6 divine qualities and as sankarshana, pradyumna and 
aniruddha with 2 of the 6 gunas (predominating) to shower your grace on the 
bhakthas.]



Sri Pillai ulagariyan in his tattvatraya-Ishvara prakaranam explains the same 
as follows:-



"parathvaththil jnAnAdhigal Arum poornamAyirukkum; vyuhaththil evvirandu gunam 
prakadanamAyirukkum adhil sankarshanar jnanam balangalirandOdum koodi jeeva 
tattvaththai adhishtiththu aththai prakruthiyil nindrum vivEgiththu 
prathyumnAvastaiyaiyum bhajiththu shAstra pravarthanaththaiyum jagath 
samhAraththaiyum pannak kadavarAyiruppar; prathyumnar Ishvarya 
veeryangalirandOdunkoodi manas tattvaththai adhistiththu dharmOpadEsaththaiyum 
manusadhushtayam todakkamAna suddha varkka srushtiyaiyum panna 
kadavarAyiruppar; anirudhdhar shakthi tejassukkalirandOdun koodi 
rakshanaththukkum tattvajnana pradhAnaththukkum kAla srushtikkum 
misrasrishtikkum kadavarAyirrupar"



We have already seen that though it has been said that each moorthi has 2 of 
the 6 qualities it refers only to the predominance of the qualities and 
actually bhagavan takes any avataram along with all his divine qualities only. 
At this point the words of Swamy VedantAchariyar in his rahasya traya sAram 
comes handy.



"ekgunangalellAm sarva kAlaththilum svaroopAsrithangalAyirukkum. Para 
vyuhAdhigalil gunaniyamam sollugiradhellAm avvO roopangalai anusandhippArkku 
sarvEshvaran Avishkarikkum gunavishEshangal sollugaikkAga vaththanai"



Sri PeriyavAchAn pillai in his tattvatraya sangraham says,



"emperumAnudaiya divyAtmaguNangalAvana-

jnanam shakyAthi shatguNangalum, adhilE pirandha sowsheelyAdhigalum"

"evaithAn OrO guNangalukkum avadhiyindriyilE, evattrukku thogaiyumindriyilE 
yirukkum"



Thondaradipodi azhvar rightly said, "pEsittrE pesalallAl". What a similarity in 
words and meanings have our poorvacharyas expressed in their works. It gives us 
a clear picture with out any room for even a slight confusion. There is 
absolutely no limit or count for the bhagavat kalyana gunas. Nammazhvar enjoys 
the same as, "yAnum Eththi Ezhulagum muttumEththi pinnaiyum tAnumEththilum 
tanni Eththa Eththa engaidum" (4-3-10) [I try to praise emperuman then the 
whole world fully tries further emperuman himself tries to talk his praise but 
no limit can be found], "Erila vanpugazh" (1-2-10), "ennil tholpugazh" (3-3-3).



"yathA rathnAni jalathE: asankEyE Yani puthraga I

tathA gunA: anantasya asankEyEyA mahatmana: II"



Like the countless valuable gems inside the sea, the ocean of kalyana gunas of 
ananthan is also innumerable adorns a puranic sloka.



Till now we have seen the reason behind the title "Bhagavan" given to the 
supreme lord and how that has been expressed in their works by our 
poorvacharyas. In the next posting we will see what the six qualities actually 
signify and see where we will be able to visualise this Bhagavan even with our 
'oona kan' (those eyes with which we see the world today).



(To be continued)



Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan







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