SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi day Release of audio Casette on Ranga-Raama Bhakthi
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• December 15, 2002
SrI: SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama: Today is the SamvathsarOthsavam (annula festival )of SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi PuRappAdu at SrIrangam . The Lord emerges out of His aasthAnam and goes thru the special Vaikunta Vaasal (Tavittari Vaasal) followed by the blessed throngs of devotees (Thiruvaranga KoottatthAr)after following some ancient rites relatable to yOga Saasthram . The Vaikunta EkAdasi Celebrations at SrIrangam *********************************************** This is a Naataka roopa Uthsavam , where the Lord Himself enacts the very stages of a Mumukshu's (one who is desirous of gaining Moksham ) travel via archirAdhi mArgam (dEvayAna maargam), the enjoyment of the MaryAdhais by adhivAhikAs on the way , a dip in the virajA river, welcome by the nithya sooris and welcome by divine damsels thereafter with poorNa kumbhams and the climactic entry through the gOpuram of SrI Vaikuntam to reach the inner court , where the Lord welcomes the Muktha Jeevan ;there the liberated jeevan enjoys the supreme bliss of being with the Lord and performing nithya kaimkaryam there for Him and His Devis (vide: Parama Padha sOpAnam of Swamy Desikan). The Vaibhavam of SrIrangam *************************** SrIrangam is saluted as Thiruvarangam Periya Koil ( the grandest and the holiest temple of SrIrangam ). It is ancient and its illustrious Vaibhavam is indicated by Swamy VedAntha Desikan in his Tamil Prabhandham : aarAtha aruLamudham pothintha kOil ambhuyatthPn AyOddhi mannarkkaLittha kOil thOlAtha taniveeran thozhutha kOil thuNaiAna VeeDaNaRkku thuNayngkOil sErAtha patyanellAm sErkkum kOil sezhumaRayin mudhal yezhutthu sErntha kOil theerAtha vinai anaitthum theerkkum kOil Thiruvarangam yenat-thikazhum kOil thAmE --AdhikAra sangraham: Paasuram 42 (Meaning): The dhivya dEsam of Thriuvarangam is the permanent abode of the KaruNA moorthy , Lord RanganAthan , who is like the insatiable nectar for His dear devotees. This temple (VimAnam and PerumAL ) was given as a present by BrahmA to the Emperors of IashvAku Kulam to which Lord Raamachandra belongs. The Lord of this temple was worshipped by Lord Raamachandran Himself during His Vibhava avathAram at AyOddhi.This Lord resting under PraNavAkAra VimAnam became the protection for VibhIshaNan , who served the Lord during His RaamAvathAram. This Koil has the uniqueness of conferring boons that can not be obtained elsewhere. It is united with the VimAnam shaped in the form of PraNavam. Visit to this koil destroys all of our sins.This Koil therefore stands on top of every dhivya dEsam. The Moola and Uthsava BhErams at SrIrangam ******************************************* The Moola BhEram ( Moolavar or the stationary deity) is the Lord who is resting on AdhisEshan . He has the rope marks on His waist arising from the days , when His mother YasOdhA bound Him with KaNNinuNN SiRutthAmpu ( small knotted rope), to punish Him for stealing butter . He got the name of DaamOdhara KrishNan from that day onwards. Thus the Moola BhEram at Srirangam is recognized and saluted as Krishnan . The Uthsava BhEram (Uthsava Moorthy or processional deity) wears His Paadhukais and goes on SanchAram . He is recognized as Raamachandran . He gurantees all those who seek His protection by granting abhaya pradhAnam (Freedom from fear of any kind): SakruthEva PrapannAya TavAsmIthi yaachathE abhayam sarvabhUthEbhya: dhadhAmyEthath vratham Mama Even for those who surrender only once to Him for protection , He assures them complete freedom from fear of any kind . He says that it is His vow (Vratham)to protect them. That RangarAjan as Raamachandran enjoys sanchAram on SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi day wearing His Dhivya MaNi PaadhukAs and Special RathnAngi to enter SrI Vaikunta Vaasal. Of this sanchAram adorning His Paadhukais , Swamy Desikan has this to say in SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram: Saradha: Sathamambha ! PaadhukE ! syAm samayAhUtha-pithAmaha-sthuthAni MaNI MaNDapikAsu Rangabharthu: ThvadhadhInAni gathAgathAni pasyan --262 SlOakm of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram (meaning): Oh PaadhukE! During Uthsava Kaalams at SrIrangam , the dEvAthas are invited to enjoy the Lord's darsanam.They have all arrived now . PerumAL starts His sanchAram to the various gem- studded MaNDapams adorning You. As he travels to these selected locations , the dEvathAs eulogize Him . adiyEn has the desire to enjoy that unique sEvai for a hundred years and stay right here at SrIrangam. Such is the SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi RathnAngi sEvai at the Thiruvarangam Periya Koil today . A special Audio Tape for this Occasion *************************************** To celebrate the RaamAvathAra Uthsava Moorthy of SrIrangam , adiyEn is releasing a special tape about Saint ThyagarAjA's Naatai pancha Rathnam : " JagadhAnandha KaarakA ". This Pancha rathnam has 108 NaamAvaLis incorporated in 10 charaNams . Each of the NaamAs are the Naama kusumAnjalis placed at the Lotus feet of the Lord by one of the greatest Raama BhakthAs , the VaalmIki amsar, ThyAga Brahmam of Panchanadha KshEthram (Tiru IyyARu). This Naattai Pancharathnam is different from the other Pancha Rathnam known as SrIranga Pancharathnam sung by him , when he attended the ChaithrOthsavam at SrIrangam . Latter are the crystallization of the waters of the sweet river of Bhakthi that flowed , when the Saint had the darsana soubhAgyam of Lord RanganAthan during another Uthsavam . The Nattai Pancha Rathnam however is part of AarAdhanam at ThiruvayyARu for Lord Raamachandran adorning the special MaNi ManTapam that he built for the Lord at the poojA gruham of his home . The Saint chose the majestic Naattai Raagam to perform the Naadha KusumAnjali in the form of AshtOtthara Satha (108) NaamAvaLi . Nattai , GambhIra Naattai, MallAri are the raagams chosen for PuRappAdu of PerumAL during the Uthsavams at our temples. The other 4 of the Pancha Rathnams have different moods and are set in the RaagAs of GouLai, Aarabhi, VarALi and SrI . The present tape deals exclusively with the Naattai pancharathnam and the Naadha naivEdhyam of this great Raama BhakthA. The Content of the special Audio Tape ************************************** The deeper meanings of each of the NaamAs adorning the Naatai Pancharathnam are explained in a mixture of Tamil, Samskritham and Telegu. The main text is in Tamil admixed with Sanskrit (MaNi PravALam). The quotations from PurANams , Veda Manthrams ,Upanishads ,IthihAsams , Kambha RaamAyanam ,SrImath BhAgavatham ,SthOthrams like SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam , Raama KarNamrutham , AzhwAr Paasurams are included to illustrate the Vaibhavam of each of the NaamAs chosen by Saint ThyagarAjA in a mood of Parama Bhakthi . Copious quotations from the other Krithis of the Saint are also included to experience the echos of the NaamAs belonging to Naattai Pancha rathnam . The Nattai Pancha rathnam is a Thodaya MangaLa Krithi , where the full power of the Rishabha svaram in its sharp (mjaestic) and upward striving form is brought in to play. This pancharathnam is also celebrated for the dignity of its DhAthu and Maathu . It is a brilliant and moving eulogy and at best a heroic praise for a Hero without any match. The SvarAlankArams found in this Naatai Pancharathnam are evidences to the genius of this composer , who had the anugraham of the peripatetic Saint Naaradha ,the great bard singing the glories of SrIman NaarAyanan to the accompaniment of his VeeNA . On this SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi of ChithrabhAnu , adiyEn is fortunate to share with you the news about the special ( Home recorded ) audio Tape along with the recordings on the other Ghaana Raaga Pancharathnams . The second pancharathnam , " Duduku gala nannE " is in a mood of Naicchiyam and aathma garhanam ( mood of repentence and recount of his shortcoings).The third pancharahtnam (samayAniki) is the dialog with KrishNan (Moola BhEram of SrIrangam)while worshipping Him as Raamachandran(Uthsava BhEram of SrIrangam ) in the ChAyalaka raagam of Aarabhi. The fourth Pancharathnam ( Kana Kana RuchirA) is set in (Jaala) VarALi raagam to celebrate the Roopa Mahimai of SrI Raamabhadran. The fifth Pancharathnam in the auspicious Raagam of SrI (YentharO MahAnubhAvulu) celebrates the darsana mahimai of Parama BhAgavathAs. AdiyEn has written about them in English in Bhakthi List. These recordings however follow the original Tamil Text of a Book that adiyEn wrote in 1990 with forewords from SangItha KalAnidhis Semmangudi SrInivAsa Iyer and PaalakkAdu K.V.NaarAyana Swamy Iyer . adiyEn concludes this special SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi essay with three salutations to SrI Ranga Raaman: NeelabhadrEsa! NikhilEsa ! JagannivAsa! RamaNIya-guNAbhirAma! SrIdhAma ! Dhaithyakula mardhana! Raamachandra! Thvath pAdham anisam kalayAmi chitthE ! DasaraTa-varaputhram JaanakI-sathkaLathram Dasamukha haradaksham Padma PathrAyAdhAksham Karadhrutha Sara chApam chAru-mukthA-kalApam Raghukula NruvarENyam RaamamIdE SaraNyam --BhOdhEndhrAL's SrI Raama KarNAmrutham vadhathu vadathu VaaNi RanganAthEthi Nithyam Japathu Japathu chittham RangaEsa paadhAravindham Namathu namathu dEham santhatham RanganAtham na bhavathu mama pApam janma-janmAntharEshu SrI BhUlOka Vaikunta ChakravarthinE nama: Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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