Final slOkam of Thirumanjana Kattiyam : 27th SlOkam of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar : Part I

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs :

 

This is the last slOkam of Thriumnajana Kattiyam .

 

We are told that there are additional kattiyam slOkams that are

available with the descendants of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar .

 

Among the slOkams used today during the Thirumanjanam of the Lord ,

this is the last . In some traditons , the "Thvam mE aham mE " slOkam

is used first . SthalatthAr of Srirangam , who have been fortuante

to witness the Lord's Thirumanjanam are requested to comment

on these points .

 

The Twenty Seventh SlOkam

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pasyath surAsuragaNam sumanOvikAsa--

sathsiddha-chAraNa -samUha nishEvyamANam

samdhrushta-chArutara sAratharAmruthougam

ThvAm RangarAja kalayAmi hi MandhrAdhrim

 

Dr. S. PadmanAbhan's comments:

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In verse 27 , we find Lord RangarAjan identified with the Mandhara

mountain used by the gods for churning the (milky) Ocean .The mountain

is used by the gods and the rAkshasAs . It is resorted to by

the siddhAs , ChAraNAs and others (who are fond of its slopes) .

It has seen the production of nectar ( amrutha) , the most precious of all

things brought out of the Ocean ( with the exception of MahA Lakshmi ,

PeNnamudhu) . Lord RangarAja is also resorted to by the SiddhAs and

ChAraNAs (who sing His glory) with their hearts full of joy . He is the source

of immortality (amrutha) . Thus the Saamyam between Mandhara mountain

and Lord RanganathA is developed by Bhattar ( ThvAM RangarAja

kalayAmi hi MandharAdhrim ) .

 

Bhattar's avathArikai ( Introduction ) for the 26th SlOkam

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Oh Lord RanganAthA ! You are seated in Sri Vaikuntam with Your

Devis and are surrounded by the Muktha Jeevans and Nithya Sooris

performing nithya Niravadhya kaimkaryam for You ( "VaikuntE tu

ParElOkE SriyA sArdham Jagathpathi: aasthE VishNur-achinthyAthmA

bhakthair-bhAgavathais-saha " ) .

 

" suzhip-pattOdum sudarcchOthiyAna nalamanthamillathOr naattilE

onDaDiyAL ThirumahaLudanE , Vaikunthatthu amararum munivarum

vahuttha adimai seyya , yEzhulahum tanikkOl sella , kOppudaya

seeriya singAsanatthil veeRRirunthu , veevilinbham yellai nihazhnthu

irukkira DEvareer" is the homage to the BhUlOka Vaikunta NATan

from the dhivya prabhandham passages by Swamy ParAsara Bhatar .

 

The Vaikunta gadhyam scenes are invoked by Bhattar here . The Lord in

His supreme abode blesses the dEvAs , nithya sooris and the sages with

His sErthi sEvai with MahA Lakshmi and accepts the nithya , niravadhya

kaimkaryams from them . While the Vaikunta Vaasis are blessed with

this soubhAgyam , the nithya SamsAris in BhU lOkam miss out on that

aanandhAnubhavam due to their karma bhandhams and are like the beings

stuck in deep mud . Driven by His unparallleled compassion , Sri Vaikunta

NaaTan takes on the archAvathAram to rescue these samsAris . Our Lord

wants to lift the suffering samsAris out of the mud of samsAram

(kai laahu kodutthu yezhuppuvAn pOlE ) and lift them up to Sri Vaikuntam

to unite them with with the MukthAs and nithya sooris to serve HIm and His

divine consorts there ( pithru kramatthAlE sErril-azhunthik-kidantha

prajayaik-kaNDa pithAvAnavan aadhuratthudanE yedukka varumAp-pOlE ) .

For lifting this suffering and suffocating child out of the mire of SamsAram ,

Sri Vaikunta NaaTan descended to earth ( took the avathAram as Archai)

and reclined at Sriranga KshEthram . Our Lord travels around the Veedhis

of His RaajadhAni for the benefit of all who could not come to His aasthAnam

to have His darsanam .His Paadhukais carried Him every where and returned

Him to His garbha graham . Our Lord's PushpahAsa sukumAra ThirumEni

( Flower soft ThirumEni) became tired from these roamings (SanchArams)

outside and to remove that fatigue , Lord RanganAtha enjoys His Thirumanjanam .

During that time of Thirumanjanam , He appears like the Mandhara

mountain .

 

( To be continued)

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan