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[SriParakalaMatham] Re: Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 65: slOkam 55

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Sadagopan • Sat Mar 02 2002 - 15:21:22 PST 


SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

In the 55th slOkam , Swamy Parasara Bhattar 
states that all the modes of Lord's Vaibhavam 
is only a miniscule of the bliss arising from His
leelA vilAsam (love play ) with Her ( "Bhagavatha:
SarvaprAkara vibhava: api Lakshmi vilAsa-lava 
anubhavE na paryAptha:" ):

dasa-satha-pANi-paadha-vadhanAkshi mukhai:akhilai:
  api nija-vaisvaroopya vibhavai: anroopa guNai:
avataraNair-athaisccha rasayan KamithA KamalE
  kvachana hi vibrama bhramimukhE vinimajjathi thE  

(Meaning): Oh Periya PirAtti ! Your beloved One displays 
Visvaroopam with thousands of hands , legs, faces,eyes
and other limitless limbs . His auspicious attributes
are limitless (anantha kalyANa guNams). In addiiton to 
Visvaroopam , he takes other avathArams such as the four
VyUhAvathArams , another one as VishNu among the Trinity
and yet another one as UpEndran as well as  mathsya-
KoormAdhi avathArams and enjoys Himself and makes 
all chEthanams happpy. Inspite of all these
avathAra aanandhams , He has the greatest of bliss 
when He engages in srungAra leelai with You. The other
aanandhAnubhavams pale into insignificance before 
the bliss of srungAra leelai with You . He gets lost in
the whirl pool of that bliss . You are a flood of 
great bliss . In that flood of bliss , His other
aanandhams get subsumed as a fraction of a drop.

Additional Comments:
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Oh KamalA PirAti ! VedAs & Sruthis salute Your dear 
Lord as " Sahasra sIrshA Purusha:, SahasrAksha: 
Sahasra Paadh" and as " anantha baahu-udhara vakthra 
nEthram " in the context of His visvaroopam. He enjoys 
revealing His Visvaroopam and gladdens the mind of those ,
who are blessed to see it as Arjunan in the battle field 
of Kuru KshEthram . 

The joyous and awe struck Arjuna broke into sthuthi 
of this extraordinary visva roopam this way:

anEka baahu udhara vakthra nEthram 
pasyAmi ThvAM SarvathO-anantha-roopam
naantham na madhyam na punastavAdim
pasyAmi VisvEsvara Visvaroopa --GIthai: 13.16

(meaning ):  With multifold arms , stomachs , mouths 
and eyes , I witness Your infinite form on all sides. 
I see no end , no middle nor the beginning too of You.
Oh Lord of the Universe ! Oh You of universal form! 
I behold only Your infinite form on all sides with
endless limbs .

You are aadhi-madhyAntha rahithan.You are anantha
veeryan. With Your own tEjas , You are warming 
the universe (SvatEjasA visvamidham tapantham 
ThvAm pasyAmi).

In addition to the Visvaroopam that He delights in
revealing , He also enjoys taking the four vyUhAvathArams
as Para VaasudEvan, Pradhyumnan , SankarshaNan and 
Aniruddhan. He takes the VishNu avathAram to protect
the Universe and enjoys those leelAs. he incarnates as
dasAvathAran and Your PirAtti takes on the appropriate
matching roopam as Your consort for Your sport. 

All these enjoyments that you experience is one thing .
Your love play with Your Devi and the aaanandham 
that You experience from that love play is some thing 
else again. You are lost in that aanandham . The other 
aanandhams (arising from the leelA chEshtithams of 
Viswa roopam , VyUhAvathArams ,DasAvathArams) become 
a drop in the flood of the bliss experienced by You 
during Your leelA vilAsams with Your Piratti.You are 
drowned in that aanandhAnubhavam like one being caught 
in a powerful whirlpool and losing His foothold.One 
aanandham is vast like the ocean ; the other aanandhams
combined together are like a dew drop in magnitude compared
to the LeelA vilAsa aanandham generated by the DEvi's 
amorous sport with Her Lord (SamudhrE ThushAra iva).
Such is the bewitching power of Sri RanganAyaki 
over her Lord , which makes Him appear like some one
swept in a flood and swirling inside a whirlpool
formed by that flood.

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$ for the core fund . SamarpaNam of $100 each by
30 bhakthAs would put us over the top and let us reach
the stage of Kaimkarya Poorthi for now. Thanks for your 
help through participation . 

There are six more slOkams to cover in 
SrI GuNa Rathna KOsam.



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