Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 61: slOkam 51

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

I have been advised that this posting was not recieved

by many. Hence I am retransmitting it .We have posted

upto 55 slOkams as of now.We have SIX more slOkams

to complete this Kaimkaryam of celebrating the Vaibhavam

of SrI RanganAyaki ThAyAr.

 

V.Sadagopan

 

 

SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

 

The 50th slOkam was the beginning of a set of slOkams

through which Swamy ParAsara Bhattar instructed us that

MahA Lakshmi is the UpAyam ( Means for Moksham ) ,

UpEyam ( the Goal , the Lakshyam and PrApyam )

and that She is a Vibhu like Her Lord . She as

Bhagavathi has Thulya SeelA ( equal in auspicious

features in every aspect with Her Lord ,the BhagavAn).

Today , we will cover the 52nd SlOkam :

 

Matharlakshmi! yaTaiva MyTilijanastEnAdhvanA tE vayam

thvaddhAsyaika-rasAbhimAna-subhagair-bhaavarihaamuthra cha

jAmAthA DayithastavEthi BhavathI sambhnadha-dht rushtyA Harim

pasyEma prathiyAma yaama cha paricharAn prahrushyEma cha

 

Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy:

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Oh Mother MahA LakshmI! Even as the citizens of MyTilA

looked on , loved and respected , Sree RaamA , as

Yoour Consort, and as the son-in-law of King Janaka ,

we, today, Your people , Your subkects truly , look on

SrI RanganAthA on the basis of His connection with You

(i-e)., we revere Him , we love Him , we serve Him --

ALL of the above as Your Consort , that way , He being our

son-in-law , so to say, even as the son-in-law of PeriyAzhwAr,

so to say. That is how He earns a denomination as

RamyajAmAthA ! As such , since we have a relation to

the Lord through You , we would cherish --here and

in Sri Vaikuntam too -- a view of the Lord as Your

consort , a surrender unto You and a service to You--

all to You , Sri RanganAyaki ! That way is our joy!

 

Extended Comments:

****************** Here, ParAsara Bhattar categorically

states that his connection to Sri RanganAthaa is through

Sri RanganAyaki alone. He says that he will look at the Lord,

think about Him, serve Him, perform prapatthi at His Thiruvadi

and be soaked in the bliss of that anubhavams ,only in

the context of the Lord being the Consort of Sri RanganAyaki .

Bhattar says here that all he wishes for in this world

is to enjoy the aanandham of serving Sri RanganAyaki

as he would at Nithya vibhUthi. Bhattar points out that

Sri RanganAthan will have a special place in His heart

for him and others who reognize Him only as the consort

of Sri RanganAyaki. He will consider such bhakthAs as

PeNN VeettukkArarkaL and treat them with special

affection . Those dear bhakthAs delight Him by addressing

Him as Azhagiya MaNavALan , our MaappiLLai and PeriyAzhwAr's

MaappiLLai . He is thrilled over His Sambhandham with MahA Lakshmi

(SitA PirAtti in RaamAvathAram) and treats the BhakthAs ,

who remind of Him of this sambhandham ( as Jaanaki Kaanthan)

as special people (antha: pura janam ), who will recieve

His special anugraham and krupai.

 

Oh Our Mother, MahA LakshmI! The citizens of MiTilA nagaram

consider You as their own and cherish their sambhandham with

You. We at Srirangam feel the same way : "vayamapi SveeyA:"

(We are also Your own).We therefore have mukhya preethi

for You even while we perform Kaimkaryams for Your Lord

in the context of His special position as YOUR consort

and YengaL ahatthu MaappiLLai (Bhagavath KaimkaryEpi

Thvath Kaimkarya Buddhi:).He was the son-in-law of

King Janaka and PeriyAzhwAr.Our Kimkara vrutthi to

Your Lord is propelled by the thought that He is

our family's son-in-law.We are blessed to belong to You

and gain this distinction through You. We are indeed

MyTili Janam ." Thvath Priya Ithi cha Sri RangarAjam

vayam upacharAma:" ( we will offer Him reverence and

seve Him because He is Your Lord , our MappiLLai

through Your sambhandham). Your Lord and our son-in-law,

Azhagiya MaNavALan considers Himself Dhanyan because of

being the object of Your kaDAksham . If that were to be so,

how can anyone attribute aNuthvam and JeevakOti pravishtathvam

to You ? Like his father , Bhattar performs SaraNAgathi

to Sri RanganAyaki:

 

" Thaamm DevadEva MahishIm SRIYAM AasrayAma: "

 

Sri RanganAyaki's Svaroopa, Roopa, GuNa , Isvaryams

are thus clebrated and Sri RanganAyakan gets elevated

through His Sambhandham with Her .

 

Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan /Sadagopan