Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 44: slOkam 33
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• June 10, 2001
Dear BhakthAs: In the 31st SlOkam , Swamy ParAsara Bhattar explained the doctrine of Svatha: SrIthvam of Sri RanganAyaki(MahA LakshmI). Bhattar made LakshmI Svaroopa anusandhAnam here. He reminded us about Her Tatthvam that She is a natural possession of Her Lord (Svatha: SrIthvam). He concluded this 31st slokam by submitting that ALL that is spoken of Her is ipso facto valid as well for Her husband. In the 32nd slOkam , Bhattar dwelled on all of the DhivyAthma Svaroopa Dhivya and MangaLa Svaroopa GuNams are shared equally by both the Lord and His divine consort . Bhattar addressed Sri RanganAyaki as " IndhirE and Sarva- IsvarayapradhE" in this slOkam .He listed first Her DhivyAthma Svaroopa GuNams that She shares with Her husband as: "Prasakanam prakrushtA Sakthi:, Bhalam , Sarav Jagadh BharaNa SaamarTyam , JyOthstEja: , Jn~Anam , SarvadhA sarva-vasthu SaakshAthkAram ,Isvarathvam , Vijaya praTAnathvam , Jaya- seelathva prasasthi: , Pranatha VaraNam , Aasritha VasIkarathvam, PrEmAsritha Vishaya Preethi: , KshEmankarathvam , Aaasritha- Ishta PrApakthvam , Tadhanishta-nivarthakathvam " Then , Bhattar went on to describe the Dhivya MangaLa VigrahaguNams that She shares with Her Consort : "ParimaLa: , Sougandhyam , Kaanthi: , Soundaryam and SarvAvaya ShObhA, LaavaNyam , SamudhAya ShObhA , Archi:, Oujvalyam , ithyEthi". Thus there are two types of Svaroopa GuNAs (GuNa SamUham) that they display equally .Bhattar emphasized that there is not one GuNam that is not possessed by the other. In the 33rd SlOkam , Bhattar continues with the enlisting of the SaadhAraNa GuNAs of Sri RanganAyaki . He addresses Her with a tender salutation: "Sriranga MangaLa VijrumbhaNa Vaijayanthi". Bhattar recognizes Sri RanganAyaki as the fluttering victory banner on top of Sri Ranga mangaLam (Sri RanganAthan's aasthAnam). The alternative meaning for this salutation is that She is the creeper like Soundharyavathi, who nourishes the auspiciousnes of Sriranga MangaLan , Sri RanganAthan. The text of the beautiful 33rd SlOkam is as follows: anyEpi youanamukhA: yuvayOssamAnA: Sriranga MangaLa VijrumbhaNa Vaijayanthi! tasmimsthava Thvayi cha Tasya ParasparENa Samstheerya dharpaNa iva prachuram svadhanthE (Meaning according to Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan ): Oh MahA LakshmI! Thou art really the victory-banner flying aloft in the seat of auspicousness , that is the substance of Srirangam shrine ! There are some more charactrestric traits (guNams)that are common to both of You: Ever-Youthfulness, delicate sensitivity , captivating beauty of the various limbs , extreme sincerity of response , etc . One's (Yours or His)particular quality admired is reflected in the Other and vice versa(as in a mirroe) : thus whatever You possess and shine thereby is verily His property too and marks Him too. Both of You mutually enjoy this phenomenon : Why ! It is delicious to us too: that You both possess such a common contingent of delectable attributes (GuNAs). Additional comments : The guNAs attributed to BhagavAn are reflected in You as a prathibhimbham in You serving as a mirror. Your guNAs are reflected in the same way as a prathibhimbham in Him serving as Your mirror. This Prathi palanam is delightful (bhOgyam ) to both of You and to us . This Bhimba-Prahtibhibhimbha svaroopam of Your guNAs seem to arise from Your YekasEshithva BhAvam (both serving as Seshis in unison) as a Dhivya mithunam (divine Couple). Sriman RaamakrishNa Iyengar translates " Sriranga MangaLa Vijrumbhana Vaijayanthi" as " Mannu Tennarangatthu Ongu MangaLak Kodi pOlvALE ". Their svaroopa GuNa visEshams emanating equally from from their eternal youth is translated form the Sanskrit text of "YounamukhA: YuvayOssamAna:" as " Innum iruvar TankaL iLamai munnitta paNpu". The delectable nature of their GuNa Visesahams changing mutually and reflecting as it were as a mirror image abundantly is saluted by sri RamakrishNa Iyengar as: " ManniyE pothuvAi mARi mARi maRRavariR ThOnRi nannilai kkaNNAdiyil pOl thihaznthu aLikkum inbham " ( Tasmimstava Thvayi cha Tasya ParasparENa samstheerya DharpaNa iva prachram svadhanthE ). The anyOnyathvam and Parspara BhAndhavam of the Dhivya Dampathis of Srirangam saluted here and reference is made to their GuNAs , which are exactly matched. Srimath Azhagiya Sigar ThiruvdaigaLE SaraNam , Daasn, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAcAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com 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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