Guest guest Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Srimathe Ramanujaya namaH Srimathe Varavaramunaye namaH Vaikasi, Sarvajith Azhvar 8, Acharya 6 Sri ParAsara Bhattar Thirunakshathram : Vaikasi Anusham SriparASarabhaTTAryaH SrirangESa purOhithaH SrivathsAnka suthaH SrImAn sREyasEmEsthu bhUyasE It is well known that Sri NampiLLai, Sri Periya vAchAn piLLi , Sri NanjEyar and so many others are the pillars of the vyAkyAnam-s. However, it is Sri Parasara Bhattar's prowess and education that this vyAkyAnam tradition sprouted and spread in geography of place and time. Periya Thirumozhi vyAkyanam and Edu are replete with quotes from Sri Bhattar. In fact, for some pAsuram-s, but for Sri Bhattar we would not know the true import of the pAsuram.( e.g kaRavA mada nagu 7-1-1 of Periya Thirumozhi) Broadly, Bhattar's vyAkyAnam-s can be categorized into Sheer intelligence, Chaste Tamil, sarcasm, prejudice towards Chakravarthith thirumagan , prejudice towards Sri NamperumAL. This apart, Sri Bhattar's works can be divided into two - Stotrams on The Lord and the thaniyan-s. Sri Bhattar dedicated the whole of Thiruvaimozhi to Thiruvarangam, The ThiruvAimozhith Thaniyan -vAn Thigazhum sOlai dedicates the ThiruvAimozhi to the auspicious qualities of Nam/Periya PerumAL. Sri Bhattar won over the great vEdhanthi who embraced our fold and gave us his anubhavam-s with bhattar and also blessed us with ONbadhinAyirappadi. The ThirunedunThaNdakam sAsthram, it is said, helped Bhattar establish in unequivocal terms our faith. It is also said that Sri Bhattar gave commentary for the 21st pAsuram of ThiruneduNthANdakam -mai-vaNNa narun-kunchi. For namperumal bhattar composed several instant poems, for which he himself gave commentary. Collectively they are called thirumanjana kattiyam which are still recited in front of namperumaL during thirumanjanam. It was bhattar who started categorizing rahasyas, the first and formost work on rahasya thraya was by bhattar which is known as Ashtasloki .. In 8 slokas bhattar summarizes rahasyathraya. Sribhattar combined the two pasruams of thiruppavai, Kutthuvilakkaeriya and chittham chiRukAlE and composed a thaniyan for thiruppavai the well known nILA thunga sthanagirithaDI While in asylum at thirukkOTTiur, he composed sriranganatha sthothram. After coming back to srirangam he composed his magnum opus sthothras Sri Rangaraja sthavam : an entire treatise of srirangam. Divided in to two, poorvasathakam in detail inch by inch enjoys srirangam. Uttharasathakam is a short sribhashyam bedecked with the metaphysics of visishtadwaitha. Sri GuNa-rathna Kosam : was written for sriranganAcchiyar, with 54 sloka it is a sthothra par excellence. It is believed that the commentator to Sriguna rathnakosam, Prathivadibhayangaram annangarachar swami, did not touch it till the end, just because of the reason, he did not find a satisfactory explanation for the wonderful second sloka, ullAsa pallavitha pAlaitha sapthalOki… He is said to have written several other granthas like lakshmi kalyanam etc, which are lost. BhaTTar's bhAshyam: Bhattar himself has authored the detailed commentary for Sri VishNU sahasraNaamam. The vyAkyAnam does not see the Sahasranamam as just 1000 divine names but deciphers the link in the chain of garland of Divine names and attributes it to the Lord's auspicious qualities. bhIshma himself says, yAni nAmAni gauNAni- one thirunamam for one gunam-Since, this mirrors EmperumAn's qualities this is well known as " BhagavathguNAdarppaNam " and is a must for all srevaishNavites to read and study. While sankaras bhashyam differs a lot with bhattars, in terms of the fundamental guna taken up. When sankara completely focused on the parathvam, bhattar bhashyam completely focuses on sousleelyam bedecked with parathvam, always our typical style. One example is the two thirunamams vijithAthmAvidhEyAthma sankara splits as AvijithAthma avidhEyAthma : the one who can never be won over and the one who is not at all obedient. Bhattar explains as for the devotees it is not the case he is vijithathma and vidheyathma. His final work is said to be the commentary to kaiSika puraaNam which is still read on kaiSika Ekadasi day. Though VyAkyAnam tradition commenced with Sri Ramanuja, a careful reading would reveal that this commentary culture flourished during BHattar-s period. Let us enjoy a few classic cases from Bhattar's nirvahams in the following Issue. vara vara muni dasargaL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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