Srimadh NaarAyaNIyam ; 99th dasakam-SlOkams 7&8

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

In this posting , we will study the Vedha Sambhandham of

the 7th and the 8th slOkams devoted to Sri KrishNan of

GuruvAyUr .The Vedhic scholarship of Sri naarAyaNa Bhattadhiri

is clearly revelaed here , when we recognize how closely

the SlOkams adhere to the corresponding Vedha manthrams .

 

SlOkam 7:

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hEy lokA VishNur Ethadh bhuvanam janayath tanna jAnITha yUyam

yushmAkam hyAntharastham kimapi tadhaparam vidhyathE VishNu rUpam

nIhAra prakhya mAyA parivrutha manasO mOhithA nAma rUpai:

prANa preethyaika truptha: charatha makhaparA hantha nEcchA MukundhE

 

(meaning): Oh people of the World ! Lord VishNu created

this world .You do not comprehend that fact. You do not even

seem to grasp that indescribable VishNu svarUpam that is

distinctly different from the Jeevan resides in your heart

lotus a santharyAmi Brahmam. Oh poor people ! You engage

in Kaamya karmAs since your minds are covered with the mist

of VishNu mAyA ; you are dedicating yourself to relentless

pursuit of perishable pleasures driven by your delusions over

the naamAs and rUpams that you encounter.All of You fail to

display Bhakthi to Mukhundhan , the rantor of Moksham

( Moksha Daayakan ).

 

Sri Bhattadhiri maintains the admonishing tone of the Vedha

manthram talking to the bhaddha Jeevans of the world

chasing material and impermanent pursuits hedonistically.

 

The Vedha manthram relating to these thoughts is from

the tenth khANdam of Rg vedham:

 

na tamm vidhATha ya imA jajAnyadh yushmAkam antharam bhabhUvaI

neehArENa prAvruthA jalpyA chAsuthripa ukThasAs charanti II

 

--Rg Vedham : Canto -10.82.7

 

(Meaning): Oh ChEthanAs ! You do not know Him , who creates

all the beings of this Universe. He is distinctly different

from you all and yet resides in you . Wrapped in ignorance

and stammering nonsense , you recite the holy texts mechanically

and chase after the earthly desirs that are evanescent .Alas !

You do not care to know the ParamAthmA residing inside you .

 

The next few manthrams are appeals of the Jeevans to the Lord's

divine anger/wrath (manyu:) to protect them instead of punishing

them and to give them the strength to succeed in the (spiritual)

battles of Life through a clear understanding of the majesty

of the Visvakarman.

 

SlOkam 8:

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mUrdhnAmakshaNam padhAnam vahasi kalu sahasrANi sampUrya visvam

tath prOthkamyApi thishtan parimitha vivarE bhAsi chithAntharEpi

bhUtham bhavyam cha sarvam PARAPURUSHA bhavAn kimcha dEhEndriyAdhi-

shvAvishtO hyudhgathavAdh amrytha sukha rasam chAnubhunkshE tvamEva

 

(Meaning ): Oh GuruvAyUrappA ! You display thousands of heads ,

eyes and legs in Your VisvarUpam . You pervade the entire Universe

and stand beyond it also; and yet , You reside inside the tiny

cavity of our hearts .Oh Parama PurushA ! Oh KrishNA !You are

what were before and what are going to be ! Although You have

entered into dEhams , Indhriyams and become the BhOkthA , You

stand beyond that enjoyment and delight in the tasting of

Moksha rasam .

 

Sri Bhattadhiri based this slOkam eulogizig the antharyAmi Brahmam

and the cosmic Purushan of Purusha Sooktham as celebrated by

the KrishNa Yajur Vedham's TaittirIya Aaranyaka manthrams :

 

(1)Sahasra seershA; Purusha:, sahasrAksha: sahasra Paadh I

sa bhUmim visvathO vruthvAathyathishtath dasAmgulam II

 

Purusha yEvadhagum SARVAM yadh bhUtham Yaccha bhavyam ,

uthAmruthathvasyEsAna:---Purusha Sooktham: PoorvAnuvAkam

 

(meaning):Our Lord ,the Cosmic Purushan bears thousands of

heads, eyes and legs . He pervades this earth and the waters

that are ten times larger and beyond that He pervades Agni,

Vaayu , AakAsam ,ahankAram , mahAn and the mUla prakruthi ,

which is the root of them all ; He pervades tham all and yet

is far away from them .

 

This Parama Purushan is the informing principle behind

all that exists in the three time frames and is inside

them as AathmA and niyanthA .He is the One , who grants

Moksham to the chEthanams , who grow well with

the consumption of water and food.

 

(2)nIvAra SookavatthtanvI peethAbhAsyAth tanUpamA

tasyA: sikhAyA madhyE PARAMAATHMAA vyavasthitha:I

--NaarAyaNAnuvAkham :manthrams 11& 12.

 

(meaning):In the middle of that JaDaRAgni reaching out

from head to foot in our bodies , there is a delicate flame

which spreads upward. It is steady and motionless.

It has incomparably brilliant golden lustre.In the middle of

that tongue of flame is the auspicious body of our Lord

with the bluish hue of the rainy cloud.( The golden lustre

of the slender flame is that of MahA Lakshmi"s ThirumEni).

 

 

Thus in the 8th slOkam , Sri Bhattadhiri salutes

the Parama Purushan celebrated in the Purusha

Sooktham and NaarAyaNAnuvAkam present in us with

His PirAtti and points out that They are the grantors

of Moksha sukham for us.

 

Sri GuruvAyUrappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan