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Dear BhakthAs: We will study the next 5 slOkams ( 46- 50) today .

 

SlOkam 46 :

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nithyA TavAnya nirapEkshamahA mahimnOapi

yEthAdhrusee niravadhir-niyathA vibhUthi ;

Jn~AnadhayO guNagaNA: samatheethaseemA:

LakshmI: priyA parijanA : PathagEndhra-mukhyA:

 

(Meaning): Oh Vaikunta NaaTa ! even though Your vaibhavam

does not depend on any thing , the limitless LeelA and Nithya

VibhUthis of Yours are under Your total control as their Supreme Master.

Your Jn~Anam and the countless auspicious attributes are associated

with You alone. Sri Devi of immeasurable glories is dearest to You

in the most appropriate (abhimatha ) manner . Pakshi Raajan and other

nithya sooris are Your dedicated servants .

 

(Comments): Para VaasudEvan residing in Sri Vaikuntam and is established

in His own glory (sva mahimnE prathishtitha: ) . His unparalleled glorious

assembly of GuNams are recognized as existing expressly for Him

(guNa gaNA: niyathA ) . KurEsar chose the words " Samatheetha SeemA

LakshmI: Tava niyathA PriyA " based on the AzhwAr Paasura Vaakyam ,

" UnakkERkkum kOlamalarp-Paavai " and AchArya RaamAnuja Vaakyam ,

" Bhagavan-NaarAyaNa apimathAnuroopa BHagavathee" .

 

SlOkam 47

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yEkasya yEshu hi guNasya lavAyuthAmsa:

syAth kasyachith sa khalu vAng-manasAthika SrI:

yE thAdhrusOathyavadhaya: samatheetha samkhyA:

Thvath SadhguNas-Thvamasi tannirapEksha LakshmI:

 

(Meaning): Any one , who possesses even one part in ten thousandth

of one of Your auspicious guNams , he will be the celebrated owner of

the wealth that would be beyond speech or thought . Such abundance of

auspicious guNams have taken refuge in You . Those guNams do not add

to Your glory but instead they become glorious because of their association

with You .

 

(Commentary) : There are a few who describe the Lord as NirguNan

( NirguNa Brahmam) . KurEsar wnts to remind these matha anusAris

that the Lord is sakala KalyANa guNa sampoorNan.

 

SlOkam 48

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Sarvasya chaiva guNathO hi vilakshaNathvam

Iswaryathasccha kila kascchidh udhanjitha: syAth

tath prathyutha Thvayi VibhO ! vibhavO guNAsccha

samBhandhatastava bhajanthi mangaLathvam

 

(Meaning): Oh Lord of All ! The greatness of any object is

due to the glory of its Gunam. When one is respectfully

treated , it is because of his abundant wealth . Oh Lord !

In Your case , this situation is reversed . Iswaryams

and the guNams attain auspiciousnes because of links

to You and not the other way round .

 

(Comment ): The guNams atttain their satthaa and Mangalathvam

through their association with Him ( " guNA: sathya- jn~Aana

prabhruthaya utha Thvath-gathatayA Subhee - bhUyam yAthA ithi) .

 

SlOkam 49

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dhoorE guNaastava thu satthva rajastamAmsi

tEna thrayee praTayathi Thvayi nirguNathvam

nithyam HarE ! nikhila sadhguNa sAgaram hi

ThvAm aamananthi ParamEswaram IswarANAm

 

(Meaning): Oh Hari! The three guNams (Satthva, Rajas and Tamas )

are far removed from You . Therefore , the Rg, Yajus and the Saama

Vedhams announce Your nonpossession of these inauspicious guNams

(nirguNathvam) . You are the Lord of all Iswaraas (i-e) ., You are

SarvEswaran .

You are like the ocean for all these limitless auspicous attributes to be

housed.

 

(Commentary ): This slOkam is to refute the Views of Adhvaithins

that Bhagavaan is NirguNan . KuResar states that the three guNams

--associated with Moola Prakruti-- are far removed from the Lord

and therefore He is "NirguNan" and yet He is the deep abode (ocean)

of all kalyANa guNams ( samastha KalyANa guNAmrutha aBdhi ) .

The fourth paadham is based on Sruthi and UpabruhmaNams:

" Ya : Para: Sa MahEswara: " and " anAdhinidhanam VishNum

SarvalOka MahEswaram ".

 

SlOkam 50 :

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Jn~Athmana: Tava tadhEva guNam gruNanthi

tEjOmayasya hi maNErguNa yEva tEja:

tEnaiva viswam aparOksham udheekshasE Thvam

rakshA ThvadheekshaNatha yEva yathOakhilasya

 

(Meaning): Oh Hari ! You are the embodiment of Jn~Anam

(Jn~Ana Svaroopi) . Scholars describe that Jn~Anam as a GuNam.

One may wonder how that would be possible . He is Both Jn~Ana

Svaroopan and Jn~Ana GuNakan . His Jn~Anam is asankuchitham

( unshrinking) and does not undergo shrinking and expansion like

that of a Bhaddha Jeevan. He is both Jn~Ana Svaroopan nd Jn~Ana guNikan

just as the lustre of the gem is the guNam for the gem full of lustre.

With Your Omniscience , You cast Your glances on all the objects of

the Universe. The protection for all these objects arise arises from

those glances of Yours alone.

 

(Commentary): Here , KurEsar focuses on the doctrines of DjarmabhUtha

Jn~Anam and Dharmee Jn~Anam . KurEsar distinigushes the Jn~Anam of

the Lord from that of BHaddha Jeevans here .He celebrates the IeekshA-

poorvika srushti ( creation based on His glances alone) and the Omniscience

(Sarvaj~nathvam) that empowers such srushti (Sa Ieekshatha lOkAn

nu srujaa ithi , tadhaikshatha Bahu syAm prajAyEya ithi ). This

Sarvaj~nathvam

is saluted in the third line of this slOkam .The power of those glances of

the Sarva Sakthan is celebrated in the fourth paadham of this slOkam .

 

Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: