Thirteenth Day of Dhanur Maasam: Artha Panchakam : Part 4 , Iswara Svarupam

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Dear GodhA PriyAs :

 

***** Isvara Svarupam (Continued )

 

*** Isvaran as JnAnanandha Svarupan& Sriya: Pathi

 

He is never without His consort as indicated by

the Harivamsam verse section , " Yesha NaarayaNa:

SrimAn KsheerarNava niketana : " ( he is the one

with Sree Devi residing at the milky ocean known

by the name of NaarayaNan ) .

 

BrahmA salutes Him in RaamAyaNam as : BhavAn

NaarayaNO deva: SreemAn ChakradharO Vibhu : "

 

Again , He is celebrated in RaamAyaNam as

" SrivatsavakshA nityasree: ".

 

VishNu PurANam avers that Maha Lakshmi

is never away from the Lord :

 

nityaivaishA jaganmAthA VishnO: SriranapAyinee I

YathA sarvagathO VishNu : Tathaiveyam dvijotthama II

 

In the slokams of Chathusloki , AlavandhAr recognizes

right at the start the united principle of Divya Dampathis

as Isvara Svarupam .

 

In the MangaLa slokam of Acharya RamAnujA's

VedAntha Deepam , the undivided principle of

Lakshmi NarAyaNan is saluted as "Sriya:KaanthO

ananthO Vara GuNa gaNaikAspadha VAPU :"

 

In the MangaLa slokam of Sri Bhashyam , Acharya RaamAnujA

clearly describes the Isvara Svarupam as " Sruthi sirasi vidhEpthE

BRAHMANI SRINIVAASEH " . Here he identifies and salutes that

Brahma svarupan , who is the abode of Sri Devi .

 

In GitA Bhashyam , Acharya salutes the Isvara Svarupam as :

" Sriya: pathi: nikhila heya pratyaneeka kalyANaikatAnAnAnda

JnAnanda Svarupa : " .

 

NammAzhwAr addresses Srinivasan in his famous

saraNAgathi verse of Thiruvaimozhi ( 6.10.10 ) this way to

indicate that SrinivAsan is never ever separated from His

consort and She can not bear to be without Him even for

a fraction of a second :

 

" ahalahillEn iraiyumenru AlarmEl mangai urai maarbA "

 

In AndAL's Thiruppavai , the SRIMAAN ( united with Sri )

aspect of Isvara Svarupam is indicated at the following

words/sections of the AruLiccheyal :

 

1 . SELVATTHIRUMAALAAL (Verse 30 )

 

2 . Maamayan MAADHAVAN vaikunthan enru (Verse 9 )

Maadhavan is the sanskrit term for the Consort of Sri Devi .

 

3. un maNALanai , un maitthunan ( Verses 19&20 addressed to

NiLA Piratti by Godha Piratti) . Here Isvaran and His svarupa

visesham is indicated as NeeLApathi . AndAL herself is

Bhumi Devi . Here , we get the attestation that the Isvaran is

the Lord of Bhumi and NeeLA ( Sri ) Devis .

 

In the next posting , we will continue with the blemishless (NIRMALA

TATTVAM ) nature of Isvara Svarupam as stated by hte first doctrine of

Artha Panchakam as supported by AndAL in her Thiruppavai .

 

Sreerithyeva cha naama teh Bhagavathi ! Bhruma : katham tvAm vayam ?

--- AlavandhAr's chathusloki , Verse 1

 

(meaning ) : Thy name is Sree . O Consort of the Lord having

identical six GuNAs that he possesses ! How can we succeed in

our futile attempts to describe your limitless glories ?

 

Sriya: pathayeh nama:

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan