Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 43: slOkam 32

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the 32nd slOkam , ParAsara Bhattar instructs us

about the dhivyAtham Svaroopa GuNams and dhivya MangaLa

Svaroopa GuNams (dealing with Thirumeni )that both

Lord RanganAthA and His divine Consort, Sri RanganAyaki

have in common .These two categories of GuNams are common

to both of them .There is no exclusivity in terms of

possession of these assembly of guNAs by one or

the other dhivya dampathi.

 

The 32nd SlOkam

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prasakana bhala jyOthir-Jn~AnaiswarI vijaya praTA-

praNatha varaNa prEma kshEmankarathva purassarA:

api parimala: kaanthir-lAvaNyamarchirithIndhirE

tava BhagavathascchaitE sAdhAraNA guNarAsaya:

 

(Meaning by Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan):

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(Oh RanganAyaki!)We shall delineate the charactrestrics

that mark You and Your Lord equally as follows:

 

a) Power , Might , effulgence,knowledge,Supermacy ,

sustainability --all these , said to be the implication of

Bhagavaan and Bhagavathi, being the meaning of Bhaga.

 

b) Acceptance of a refugee , love for the person surrendered,

doing all good to that devotee--these marks of a God that

appeals to us as heartening qualities of the magnanimous

soul.

 

c) the great fragrance, charm , personal beauty of all

individual limbs , halo etc.--all of which mark an

individual form and physical figure.

 

--all these heaps of traits cited are true , common aspects

for BOTH of You: not that One of You has one(a GuNam)

that is not had(possessed) by the other.

 

Additional Comments by adiyEn:

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Parasara Bhattar groups the rich assembly of GuNAs

possessed by the Lord and His Consort into two distinct

categoties:

 

1) Dhivya Athma Svaroopa GuNams

2) Dhivya MangaLa Svaroopa GuNams

 

Both these categories of GuNams are shared by both.

 

What are these Dhivya Athma Svaroopa GuNams?

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These are :(1)Prasakanam or prakrushtA sakthi or

Enhanced Sakthi(power).This is the first of

the six dhivyAthma Svaroopa GuNams commonly

shared by Bhagavaan and Bhagavathi .

 

(2) Bhalam : might/ strength / vigour is

the next one shared by them .

 

(3)JyOthi: Tejas/ lustre/ radiance/ brilliance/

splendour; He is like a "nandhA ViLakku" with

Svayam PrakAsam .This is "Sudar Jn~Ana Inbham "

as revelaed by Swamy NammAzhwAr in ThiruvAimozhi

10.10.10 ( Soozhnthu athanil periya Sudar Jn~Ana

InbhamO).She is radiant in Her own rights.

 

(4)Jn~Anam: True Knowledge; Svayam prakAsa Jn~Ana

Svaroopan.This dhivyAthma GuNam is saluted by

Swamy NammAzhwAr as " uNar Muzhu nalam " in

ThiruvAimozhi 1.1.2 as explained by our

PoorvAchAryAs.She possesses the same Jn~ana

Svaroopam.

 

(5)Iswaryam: Supreme wealth associated with

Parathvam (Supermacy among Gods/supreme Being ).

This is hared by both again.

 

(6)VijayapraTA: Veeryam or prowess is another

MahA mangaLa GuNam common to both.

 

The Lord as ParavAsudEvan is recognized as

the possessor of all these six dhivyAthma

GuNAs ( "ShAdguNyAth Vaasudeva: Para" according

to ParAsara Bhattar in Sri RangarAja Sthavam ).

Here in Sri GuNa Rathna Kosam , Bhattar explains

that Sri RanganAyaki shares all these six GuNams

as Bhagavathi .

 

Some of the other dhivyAthma GuNams are :

PraNatha VaraNam , PraNatha PrEmam and

PraNatha KshEmankarathvam. When some one

seeks their protection through prapatthi ,

the dhivya damapthis have the common trait of

attracting those praNatha Janams , loving

them , showing preethi and blessing them

with all anugrahams.

 

The dhivya Dampathis also have GuNams relating to

their ThirumEni ( Dhivya MangaLa Svaroopa GuNams

such as Sougandhyam or divine fragrance(Parimalam).

The Lord is known as Sarvagandhan; His consort shares

Sarvagandhathvam. If the Lord is ParimaLa RanganAthan,

then His consort is Sugandha RanganAyaki.Further,

the dhivya dampathis share Kaanthi (effulgence) and

LaavaNyam ( beauty in all limbs/SarvAnga Soundharyam ).

 

when it comes to DhivyAthma GuNams or dhivya Mangala

Svaroopa GuNams , they are thoroughly matched

( OnRukku OnRu sOdai pOhavillai).

 

Bhattar had earlier said that the Vaibhavam of

the Lord was derived from MahA Lakshmi. In this

slOkam , He points out that they are equally matched

in every way .In the next slOkam , Bhattar will

explain as to how that happens.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan