Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam : Part XXI: SlOkam 13

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SrimathE RanganAyakyai Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

We will study the 13th slOkam of Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam

in this posting:

 

asyEsAnA jagatha ithi tE adhImahE yaam samruddhim

Sri: ! SrI sooktham bhaumukhayathE thAmm cha sAkhAnusAkham

EeshtE kascchij-jagatha ithi ya: pourushE sooktha uktha:

tamm cha tvathkam pathimadhijagou uttharascchAnuvAka:

 

(Meaning by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan):Oh LakshmI !

The Upanishadic statement , " The consort of VishNu is

the supreme Goddess , Isvaree , to all the world " is elaborated

in Sree Sooktha of each Vedhic branch ; and in the Utthara-anuvAkA ,

it is stated , "whosoever is declared in Purushasooktha as

the Lord ruling over this universe is the husband of

Bhoomi DEvi and Lakshmi". All this emphasizes that the Lord

NarAyaNA is the unquestioned ruler and You , the Empress of

the whole Universe.

 

Additional comments by Dr.V.N.V:

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Oh PirAtti ! TaittirIya Samhithai (4.4) declares

"asyEsAnA jagatho VishNu Pathnee " ( PerumAl's consort

is the Empress of all the worlds ).This Your Isavrithvam

(being an Empress )and aisouryam ( unlimited VibhUthi) is

saluted multifold in every brach of the vedAs . Further ,

Purusha Sooktam praising Your Lord's glories states clearly :

" Purusha yEvatham Sarvam ! yath BhUtham Yaccha Bhavyam

udhAmruthathvasyEsAnA:" ( All these are indeed Purushan !

That Purushan is the Lord of of ALL. He is indeed the Lord

also for the immortal and blissful Moksham ). In addition to

the above pronouncements , in the uttharaanuvAkam of the above

Purusha Sooktham , Vedam declares : " HrIsccha tE LakshmIsccha

Pathnyou " and " SraddhayAa dEvO Devathvam asnuthE " ( BhUmi

and Lakshmi are Your consorts and You obtain Your status as

Devan because of Lakshmi, Your divine consort). Thus MahA-

LakshmI's glories are loudly proclaimed by the blemishless

VedAs .He becomes Isvaran because of being Lakshmi Pathi

in the first place.

 

In view of this Vedic evidence , We stick to our original

statement made in the 9th slOkam : Sriyam tvatthOpucchair

vayamiha PaNAma:" ( Oh Lord of Sri Devi ! We assert that

Sri Devi is Superior to You inview of Her conferring

Isvarathvam for You ).

 

"EeshtE kascchijjagatha: ithi ya: pourushE sooktha uktha:"

( That One , who rules or lords over the Universe as

Isvaran) may not be found verbatim in the Purusha Sooktam ,

but the essence of this statement is clearly found in

Purusha Sooktham and the Upanishad passages .

 

AdiyEn's observations:

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In the previous slOkam , Bhattar had incorporated

text from Srimath Bhagavath GithA to extoll

the greatness of Sri RanganAyaki. In this slOkam ,

Bhattar includes exact text from TaittirIya Samhithai

(asyEsAnA JagathO VishNu PathnI:) and refers to

Sri Sooktham , Purusha Sooktham passages and Upanishads

contributing evidence to MahA Lakshmi conferring

Isvarathvam on Her Lord by being His consort. Bhattar

uses these evidences and diplomatically concedes

that Sriman NaarAyaNan is the undisputed Ruler of

this Universe and Sri RanganAyaki is the Empress of

the very same Universe.

 

Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan