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Re: Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 64: slOkam 54

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Sadagopan • Fri Mar 01 2002 - 19:15:53 PST 


SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

In the 54th slOkam , Swamy Parasara Bhattar 
continues to pay his tribute to SrI RanganAyaki ThAyAr 
during Her avathAram as SitA PirAtti to accompany
the Lord during His RamAvathAram.He points out 
that Her Lord will do anything to please Her :

adhi-sayithavAn abdhim NaaTO mamanTa bhaBandha tam
  Hara-dhanur-asou vallIbhanjam Babanja cha MyTili
api dasamukhIm lUthvA raksha: KaBandhamanarthyan
  kimiva na: Pathi:karthA ThvacchAru-chunchu manOraTa:

(Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy):
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Oh Mother SitA! The Lord will do anything for Your sake.
He takes His reclining residence on the milk-ocean , for
the simple reason that You were once born in it.He churned
it once; when (it became)necessary , He built on it a bridge-link
(Sethu)to secure You.Indeed He broke the mighty bow of SivA 
just inorder to win Your hand, albeit ,very easily as
He would a creeper-length; He cut asunder the ten-headed 
monster(RavaNA)to let his headless trunk enact a dance!

What would Your consort not do for You , when He imagines
that His only duty is to please every one of Your mental
fancies?

Additional Comments
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In the context of SitAvathAram , ParAsara Bhattar
addresses SrIranganAyaki here as MyTili (adhI MyTili ,
just like in the Upanishads ,"adhIhi BhagavO BrahmEthi").
Then , Bhattar lists a variety of the activities of 
BhagavAn to please His dear Consort: "abhdhi-sayana ,
tann-maTana , Hara dhanur-bhanjana , abdhi-bhandhana ,
raksha: kabandha nartana " kaaryams .

Vatsya VeerarAghavAcchAr swamy coments about 
the order of the above deeds . He says that the order 
does not stick to any kramam (Time sequence) and is all
over the place. First abdhi sayanam ( reclining on 
the milky ocean) is mentioned and and is followed by 
abdhi manTanam (churning of the milky ocean for 
the PeNNamuthu , MahA Lakshmi); next comes breaking of
the Siva Dhanus in SitA Svayamavram; the next item is 
sEthu bhandhanam ( building a dam across the southern 
ocean to get to Lanka to retrieve His consort ); this is
followed by kabhandha narthanam (cutting of the heads of 
RaavaNA and letting his severed trunk jump around in 
a dance-like pattern) . The sequence of the acts of
the Lord is described in a helter-skelter way . 

The proper order would be:(1)breaking of the bow of 
Siva to marry SitA (2) Building a dam over the ocean to
get to LankA (3)destruction of RavaNA there in 
the battle field (4) Churning of the Milky Ocean 
to gain MahA Lakshmi , which is during the earlier Koorma
avathAram (5) reclining on the milky ocean in honor of
it being the place of birth of MahA Lakshmi . Vatsya
VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy points out that the disorderly
sequence is consistent with a PramANa Vaakyam :
" athyantha bhakthi-yukthAnAm naiva Saasthram na 
cha krama:" ( For those endowed with deep devotion ,
there is no saasthram or time-based ordering of 
the items selected during recall ). The conclusion is that 
Bhattar's bhakthi adhisayam leads to a random 
jumbling of events across a disordered time sequence.

Bhattar wonders loud as to what RanganAtha will not do 
to please His Consort's fanciful wishes (ChADu-chamchu-
manOraTa:). Indeed , What will he not do ? He will not 
cease from doing anything , mighty or small, just to please
and amuse Her . "kim vaa na kuryAth ?" He will do
even things that are not conceivable (agaditham 
sarvamapi kuryAth).He is so love-stricken over 
His dear consort that He will recline in the milky
ocean, churn it, build  a dam over it , break the mighty
Siva KOdhaNdam , destroy RaavaNa or for that matter 
anything else to please Her.

Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan /Sadagopan  

P.S: AdiyEn appeals with folded hands to you 
to participate in the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam for 
Swamy Desikan and ViLakkoLI PerumAL at Thoopul .
Our AchArya Saarvabhouman was conferred the title of 
Sarva Tanthra Svathanrar by Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr 
Herself.Please contact me for details on how you can help 
by taking part in this noble & auspicious kaimkaryam . 

We have reached the 7,000 $ mark against the target of
10,000$ forthe core fund . SamarpaNam of $100 each by
25 bhakthAs would put us over the top and let us reach
the stage of Kaimkarya Poorthi for now. Thnaks for your 
help through particpation . 




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