raama ashtothram 19

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Dear sri vaishNava

perunthagaiyeer,

 

On that krithi starting, "Sree

pathayE nama:", let us continue on references in Sree VishNu Sahasra Naamam

SVSN for the naamaas 'raajaathi raajaaya namah' and 'ravi kOti thEjaaya namah'.

 

 

Who is a raajaa? He is king or

bhoomipaala.

The meaning for raajaa in

sanskrit as per Monier Williams is --

rÄja m. (ifc.) = 1. rÄjan,

a king, sovereign, chief or best of its kind.

 

See another word indhra which

also means "best, excellent, the first, the chief" again as per Monier

Williams. So 'raajaathi raaja' means 'chief of chiefs or best of best'.

 

[indhra of any class of objects

means best of - cf. surêndra, rÄjêndra, parvatêndra,

& c.)

And that is what is statd in

naamaas in SVSN.

 

[please note meanings given here

are as per bhattar]

 

1. Om mahaa indhraaya namah -- naamaa no. 269 occurring in slOkam

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meaning: he, of great wealth

- one having all round effulgence of highest order

- lord of indhra, the king of dhEvaas or gods.

 

2. Om athi indhraaya namah -- naamaa no. 159 occurring in slOkam

17

Meaning: one who is beyond indhra in knowledge glory and strength.

 

He who excels indhra.

 

3. Om indhra karmaNE namah

-- naamaa no. 792 occurring in slOkam 84

meaning: he did great things for the sake of indhra

one who performs gloriously auspicious actions.

 

point when one has to be the lord of

indhra, as in these 3 naamaas and excel indhra and has to do great things for

indhra – then he must possess abilities far greater than indhra – is it not?

Then, is he not 'raajaathi raaja' of thyaagaraaja.

 

Few more indhra naamaas in SVSN are

 

4. Om upa indhraaya namah or upEndhraaya namah -- naamaa no. 153

occurring in slOkam 17

Meaning: lord who came as younger brother of indhra.

 

5. Om vaasava anujaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 324 occurring in slOkam

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Meaning: the younger brother of indhran. [indhra's other names are

vaasava, sathakrathu etc]

 

6. Om kapi indhraaya nama: -- naamaa no. 503 occurring in slOkam

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Meaning: the lord of monkeys. In the raama avathaaram gods came as

monkeys and raama their leader. So raamaa is the indhra of kapi -s.

 

Next on this 'ravi kOTi thEjaaya':

[or kOTi ravi thEjaaya – for in Sanskrit you can place words in

front or back or other place to a particular word, that liberty is there, and

have to do proper anvayam to get correct meaning and to the correct context].

 

In SVSN there are naamas, which

mean 'kOti ravi thEjaaya' -

 

1. Om sahasra archishE nama:

-- naamaa no. 830 occurring in slokam 89

meaning: who has provided thousands of beneficent rays to sun,

He, who has in his effulgence thousands of rays.

 

2. Om sahasra amsave nama:

-- naamaa no. 484 occurring in slokam 51

meaning: - the 1000 rayed sun

- he is endowed with immeasurable knowledge in all spheres

[sun in sanskrit is

'sahasra amsuh'].

 

3. Om ravayE nama: -- naamaa no. 884 occurring in slOkam 94

meaning: as sun sri hari dries up every thing in universe

one who absorbs vapour the rasa from every thing.

The uththaraayaNa puNya kaalam - the 4th step in the

archiraadhi maargam.

 

4. Om aadhithyaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 39 occurring in slOkam 5

meaning: the very person or truth or purusha in the sun is

aadhithya.

 

Also naamaa no. 568 occurring in slOkam 60

Meaning: son of adhithi and kaasyaba - [adhithi is dhEvaki in

krishna avathaaram]

Who is to be realised by means of 'aa' the beeja manthra .

 

5. Om BhaanavE nama: -- naamaa no.126 occurring in slOkam 14

meaning: the sun who shines.

Sri sankara considers this naama with previous sarva vith and

gives a meaning

- one who is all knowing and effulgent.

 

Also naamaa no. 285 occurring in slOkam 31

Meaning: the lustrous sun who shines himself - self effulgent

- the sun presiding over the solar system.

 

6. Om Bhaaskara dhyuthayE nama: -- naamaa no.283 occurring in

slOkam 30

meaning: the effulgence of the sun - he who has the brilliance of

the sun.

This naamaa is Bhaaskaraaya nama: for sri sankara - meaning - the

sun.

 

7. Om bruhadh BhaanavE nama: -- naamaa no. 335 occurring in slOkam

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meaning: one who illumines the world with rays of sun and moon

- of profuse lustrous rays that spread every where.

 

8. Om jyOthi: aadhithyaaya nama: -- naamaa no.569 occurring in

slOkam 60

meaning: the supreme lord who is the resplendence in the sun.

 

9. Om thEjO vrushaaya nama: -- naamaa no.763 occurring in slOkam

81

Meaning: one who showers splendour, radiance. As the sun he

showers heat and light.

 

10. Om arkaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 801 occurring in slOkam 85

meaning: one who is in the form of sun - naaraayaNa is the sun [

this meaning is from sri sankara]. Sri

bhattar considers this naamaa as representing the bhudhdha avathaaram.

 

11. Om saptha vaahanaaya nama:

-- naamaa no. 833 occurring in

slokam 89

meaning: one who has seven vehicles as carriers,

the sun has a chariot [or carrier] drawn by seven horses, which

are seven days of a week.

 

12. Om ravayE nama: -- naamaa no. 884 occurring in slOkam 94

meaning: as sun sri hari dries up every thing in universe

one who absorbs vapour the rasa from every thing.

The uththaraayaNa puNya kaalam - the 4th step in the archiraadhi

maargam.

 

13. Om virOchanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 885 occurring in slOkam 94

meaning: one who shines in different forms

- he is the sun moon and other resplendent spheres in the cosmos.

The particular year- when sun shines both in uththaraayaNa and

dhakshiNaayanam

- 5th step in the archiraadhi maargam.

 

14. Om sooryaaya nama: -- naamaa no.886 occurring in slOkam 94

meaning: the sun in the solar system - one source from where all

things have been born - the source of movement in the form of wind - the 6th

step in the archiraadhi maargam.

 

15. Om savithrE nama: -- naamaa no. 887 occurring in slOkam 94

meaning: as sun he who produces rain and crops

one who brings forth from himself the universe of things and

beings.

The 7th step in the archiraadhi maargam.

 

16. Om ravi lOchanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.888 occurring in slOkam

94

meaning:one whose eyes are the sun

he who illuminates moon lightning and varuna

the 8th 9th and 10th steps in the archiraadhi maargam.

 

17. Om sipi vishtaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 274 occurring in slOkam

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Meaning: - he who pervades the rays of the sun.

- sipi is the sacrificial cow, so the meaning will be - one who

sanctified all dedicated offerings in the yajnaas

 

point: that very sun – naaraayaNa or vishNu came to

this world as 'raama' sung by thyaagaraaja – he came in same 'soorya kulam' –

'ina kulam' or 'soorya vamsam' or 'dhinamaNi vamsam'. So no wonder raama is

addressed by thyaagaraaja as 'ravi kOTi thEjaaya namah' -- for bheeshma in SVSN

has so many naamas addressed to krishNa which gives meanings as sun. .

 

Let us coninue

with more in next post.

Dhasan

Vasudevan MG