Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Sri RanganathA:SlOkam23/ Three Comments

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Dear Devotees of Lord RanganAtha:

 

It is my pleasure to share with you the excellent input

of Dr.Ramanuja on the 23rd SlOkam of Bhattar's

Thirumanajna Kattiyam .

 

NamO Sri RanganAthAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

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"M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr

"Iowa" <srivenugopala>

Cc: <sgopan

Friday, May 20, 2005 7:44 AM

Re: [srivenugopala] Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Sri

RanganathA:SlOkam23/ Three Comments

 

 

>

> Dear Sri Sadagopan swamy,

>

> Adiyen was blessed to receive devarir's appreciation of my comments

> and frankly adiyen do not deserve such big words . But it is what keeps

> our enthusiasm unabated in matters of collective srivaishnavism.

>

> Coming to the topic of 23rd slokam, as per my understanding,

> in the context, "dhiShTa" in "PuShya dhiShTa" can mean occuring or located

> in PuShya. Poetically PuShya can be used to denote the month of Pausha in

> which month Fullmoon occurs mostly on Pushya. May be, there could

> be a pAThAntaram as "kAlO ayam PuShya driShTO" meaning the

> (pre-mentioned

> event) seen in PuShya mAsam.

>

> As deverir had mentioned about Pushya and vyateepAta, I have the following

> inputs which please peruse.

>

> There are 27 yogas determined by the relative sphuTa positions of the

> Sun and Moon of which VyateepAta is one which occurs cyclically every 26

> or

> 27 days. Shravana star can fall on AmAvAsya only in Pushya or Pausha mAsam

> or MAgha mAsam (lunar calendar) which generally occur in Thai (Makara) or

> MAshi (Kumbha) mAsams (solar calendar). By the way, it is well known that

> the names of the lunar months are given by the star asterism occuring on

> the full moon day of the particular month and obviously the thirteenth or

> fourteenth star from there will occur on amAvAsya. As the following

> pramAnams define, only when vyateepAta, amAvAsya, ShravaNa star, Sunday

> and sunrise occur in Pausha or MAgha we have ardhodaya. And ardhOdaya is

> such a great time and is associated with SEtu snanam to be highly

> meritorious like tulAKAveri snAnam and MAgha snanam in PrayAga and is

> availed by persons who have done penance in one crore births !!

>

> Recognizing the significance of this, the genius of Sri ParAshara Bhattar

> has described Sri Ranganathar as ardhOdaya, SEtu, and teertha in one

> slokam so that Sri Ranganatha darsanam is adequate in lieu of sEtu

> snAnam for His devotees.

>

> As it was relevant and there were some doubts about Pushya mAsam , Adiyen

> has included hereunder the pramAnams from TulAkAveri MAhAtmyam in further

> explanation to the 23rd slokam.

>

> pAtasyanta: purvabhAgastvamAyA: shrONAmadhye bhAskarasyodayE chEth

> pAuShE bhAnOrvAsarE ardhOdaya: syAth kinchit nyUnE tam

> mahApUrvamAhu:

>

> =If the earlier part of AmAvAsya is occurs inside the duration of

> VyateepAta yogam, during ShravaNa asterism at Sunrise in Pausha mAsam on a

> Sunday , it is called ardhOdaya. If all these aspects do not coincide but

> are partly satisfied , then such an event is called MahOdaya. Both events

> are nearly the same in their fruits.

>

> pAtArka shravaNayr yuktA yA hyamA pauSha mAghayO:

> asau ardhodayO yoga: kOTi sUrya grahAdhika:

>

> =When an amAvAsya occuring in Pausha or MAgha masams is coinciding with

> VyateepAta yogam, Sunday and Shravana star asterism, it is known as

> ardhOdaya punya kAlam or yOgam which is superior than a crore of Solar

> eclipses in the power to bestow punyam..

>

> snAnam tulArkE kAvEryAm prayAgE mAgha majjanam

> sEtAvardhOdayE snAnam kOTi janma tapa: phalam

>

> =A bath in Kaveri river in TulA mAsam, a dip in PrayAga in MAgha mAsam and

> a bath in SEtu at ardhOdaya time is a fruition of penances done in ten

> million lives. It annihilates pancha pAtakas and is said to uplift a crore

> of ancestors and successors (kula kOTim samuddharEt).

>

> (Source for all the three slokams = TulA kAveri MAhAtmyam) --

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> Regards

>

> Adiyen Ramanuja dasan

>

> Ramanuja

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