Srimadh NaarAyaNIyam ; 99th dasakam-SlOkams 7&8
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• August 9, 1999
Dear BhakthAs : In this posting , we will study the Vedha Sambhandham of the 7th and the 8th slOkams devoted to Sri KrishNan of GuruvAyUr .The Vedhic scholarship of Sri naarAyaNa Bhattadhiri is clearly revelaed here , when we recognize how closely the SlOkams adhere to the corresponding Vedha manthrams . SlOkam 7: ********* hEy lokA VishNur Ethadh bhuvanam janayath tanna jAnITha yUyam yushmAkam hyAntharastham kimapi tadhaparam vidhyathE VishNu rUpam nIhAra prakhya mAyA parivrutha manasO mOhithA nAma rUpai: prANa preethyaika truptha: charatha makhaparA hantha nEcchA MukundhE (meaning): Oh people of the World ! Lord VishNu created this world .You do not comprehend that fact. You do not even seem to grasp that indescribable VishNu svarUpam that is distinctly different from the Jeevan resides in your heart lotus a santharyAmi Brahmam. Oh poor people ! You engage in Kaamya karmAs since your minds are covered with the mist of VishNu mAyA ; you are dedicating yourself to relentless pursuit of perishable pleasures driven by your delusions over the naamAs and rUpams that you encounter.All of You fail to display Bhakthi to Mukhundhan , the rantor of Moksham ( Moksha Daayakan ). Sri Bhattadhiri maintains the admonishing tone of the Vedha manthram talking to the bhaddha Jeevans of the world chasing material and impermanent pursuits hedonistically. The Vedha manthram relating to these thoughts is from the tenth khANdam of Rg vedham: na tamm vidhATha ya imA jajAnyadh yushmAkam antharam bhabhUvaI neehArENa prAvruthA jalpyA chAsuthripa ukThasAs charanti II --Rg Vedham : Canto -10.82.7 (Meaning): Oh ChEthanAs ! You do not know Him , who creates all the beings of this Universe. He is distinctly different from you all and yet resides in you . Wrapped in ignorance and stammering nonsense , you recite the holy texts mechanically and chase after the earthly desirs that are evanescent .Alas ! You do not care to know the ParamAthmA residing inside you . The next few manthrams are appeals of the Jeevans to the Lord's divine anger/wrath (manyu:) to protect them instead of punishing them and to give them the strength to succeed in the (spiritual) battles of Life through a clear understanding of the majesty of the Visvakarman. SlOkam 8: ********* mUrdhnAmakshaNam padhAnam vahasi kalu sahasrANi sampUrya visvam tath prOthkamyApi thishtan parimitha vivarE bhAsi chithAntharEpi bhUtham bhavyam cha sarvam PARAPURUSHA bhavAn kimcha dEhEndriyAdhi- shvAvishtO hyudhgathavAdh amrytha sukha rasam chAnubhunkshE tvamEva (Meaning ): Oh GuruvAyUrappA ! You display thousands of heads , eyes and legs in Your VisvarUpam . You pervade the entire Universe and stand beyond it also; and yet , You reside inside the tiny cavity of our hearts .Oh Parama PurushA ! Oh KrishNA !You are what were before and what are going to be ! Although You have entered into dEhams , Indhriyams and become the BhOkthA , You stand beyond that enjoyment and delight in the tasting of Moksha rasam . Sri Bhattadhiri based this slOkam eulogizig the antharyAmi Brahmam and the cosmic Purushan of Purusha Sooktham as celebrated by the KrishNa Yajur Vedham's TaittirIya Aaranyaka manthrams : (1)Sahasra seershA; Purusha:, sahasrAksha: sahasra Paadh I sa bhUmim visvathO vruthvAathyathishtath dasAmgulam II Purusha yEvadhagum SARVAM yadh bhUtham Yaccha bhavyam , uthAmruthathvasyEsAna:---Purusha Sooktham: PoorvAnuvAkam (meaning):Our Lord ,the Cosmic Purushan bears thousands of heads, eyes and legs . He pervades this earth and the waters that are ten times larger and beyond that He pervades Agni, Vaayu , AakAsam ,ahankAram , mahAn and the mUla prakruthi , which is the root of them all ; He pervades tham all and yet is far away from them . This Parama Purushan is the informing principle behind all that exists in the three time frames and is inside them as AathmA and niyanthA .He is the One , who grants Moksham to the chEthanams , who grow well with the consumption of water and food. (2)nIvAra SookavatthtanvI peethAbhAsyAth tanUpamA tasyA: sikhAyA madhyE PARAMAATHMAA vyavasthitha:I --NaarAyaNAnuvAkham :manthrams 11& 12. (meaning):In the middle of that JaDaRAgni reaching out from head to foot in our bodies , there is a delicate flame which spreads upward. It is steady and motionless. It has incomparably brilliant golden lustre.In the middle of that tongue of flame is the auspicious body of our Lord with the bluish hue of the rainy cloud.( The golden lustre of the slender flame is that of MahA Lakshmi"s ThirumEni). Thus in the 8th slOkam , Sri Bhattadhiri salutes the Parama Purushan celebrated in the Purusha Sooktham and NaarAyaNAnuvAkam present in us with His PirAtti and points out that They are the grantors of Moksha sukham for us. Sri GuruvAyUrappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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