Sri Raghuveera Gadhyam: Uttara KhAndham --part 7

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Dear Rama BhakthAs :

 

On this day of Hanumath Jayanthi , it is a privelege to conclude

this Yajnam of posting a series of articles on Swami Desikan's

magnificient tribute to Raghuveeran .

 

I am delighted to read the posting by Sri Anbil Ramaswami

on the Vaibhavam of Anjaneya Swami . Thanks to Sriman Ramaswami

for a well-researched and comprehensive article on Siriya Thiruvadi .

I had the feeling that He was watching over my shoulder as the Rama

Kathaa was being discussed in Cyber space .

 

With Yesterday's posting , all of the 94 salutations of Swami Desikan

to Raghuveeran have been covered . Today , we will complete the remaining

two slokams . I will also focus on the tributes of NadhOpaasakAs on

HanumAn in acompanion posting .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

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Slokam 1 : chathurmukEswaramukai: putrapowthraadhisaalinE I

nama: SitAsamEthAya RamAya gruhamEdhinE II

 

(Meaning ) : My salutations to Sri RamA , the GrahasthA accompanied by

His dharma patnee , SitA piratti . My salutations to Him , who observed

the GrahasthAsrama dharmam and had Brahma as His son, Sivan as

His grandson and VinAyaka and SubrahmaNyA as His great grand children.

 

(Commnets ) : BrahmA is the son of Sriman NarayaNA , who took the avathAram

as RamA . He followed the rules of Grahasthasrama dharmam with his consort,

SitA pirAtti . They had progeny through chathur mukha BrahmA and the whole world

 

is their family . All the jeevans --Bhaddha , Muktha and Nitya jeevans --

of this and the other world are the children of this Divya Dampathi .

 

Saint ThyagarajA celebrates this family of the Lord in his LalithA raga Krithi

" Seethamma Mayammaa Sri Ramudu maatanDri " this way : " Sita is my

mother and Rama is my father; HanumAn , LakshmaNA, GarudA , SatrughnA ,

BrahmA , BharatA and others are my brothers ; Parameswara , VasishtA ,

Parasara , NaaradA , SaunakA , SukA, IndrA , GautamA , GanesA , GuhA ,

SanakA and all true BhagavathAs are all my close relations ( Nija

BhagavadhgrE saru lEvarO vArEllanu vara ThyagarAjuniki

Parama Bhandavalu ) " .

 

Slokam 2 : kavikathaka simha kathitham kaTora

sukumAra gumbha gambheeram I

bhava bhaya bheshajam yethath

mahA veera vaibhavam sudhiya : II

 

(Meaning ) : O Learned people of the World ! This gadhyam on

the Raghu Veeran was composed by Vedantha Desika , who is the lion for

the elephants of the poets and the logicians . This gadhyam has deep

meanings and is constituted by the union of tender words with feminine charm

and powerful words with masculine attributes . Please recite this gadhyam

that serves as the most effective medicine for the removal of the fear of

SamsArA .

 

(Comments ) : Swami Desikan was like a lion in the contest with the

poets and logicians of his time , who were like elephants that got

defeated in their uneven contest with the king of the jungle . He recommends

to us to recite this gadhyam celebrating the heroic deeds of Raghuveeran

and to meditate on the deep meanings of the individual salutations . He

points out that those , who are afraid of the disease of SamsArA would

use this Gadhyam as a powerful medicine to cure that disease.

As ParamAcharyA , he recommends that the people with discriminating

intellect recite this gadhyam with reverence and develop Bhakthi

to Veera Raghavan , perform prapatthi at His lotus feet and attain

Moksha Siddhi .

 

kAyEna vAchA manasEndriyaivA buddhyAthmanA vaa prakrutEsvabhAvAth I

karOmi yadhyath sakalam parasmai NaarAyaNAyehti samarpayAmi II

 

Sri Maha Veera Vaibhavam SampoorNam . Subhamasthu !

 

KavithArkika simhAya KalyANa guNasaalinE I

SrimathE venkatEsAya Vedaantha GuravE nama: II

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradaachAri Sadagopan