Dhati Panchakam 1

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Dear SrivaishNavites,

 

Thought it is widely belived that Sri KurathAzvAn was the author of DhAti panchakam, there are opinions also on the authorship.

 

Perhaps, looking at the verses and the padhap prayOgangaL, it points out to Sri KurathAzvAn-s.

 

Indeed wonderful verses and apposite meanisngs.

 

SRi TCA has taken up to bring to us this in lucid style. let us enjoy and go into the meanings easily while let him do the efforts.

 

thanks tca svamin.

 

dasan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

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TCA Venkatesan

Ramanuja ; JET USA

Friday, December 28, 2007 11:22 PM

[sri ramanuja] Dhati Panchakam 1

 

 

 

Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dhati Panchakam

Shloka 1

Based on Sri P.B. Annangaracharyar Swami's Commentary

 

 

pAShaNDa dR^imaShaNDa dAvadahanashchArvAka shailAshani: bauddhadhvAnta nirAsa vAsarapatirjainebha kaNThIrava: | mAyAvAdi bhuja~Ngabha~NgagaruDastraividya chUDAmaNi: shrIra~Ngeshajayadhvajo vijayate rAmAnujoyam muni: ||

 

Meaning:pAShaNDa dR^imaShaNDa dAva dahana: - Like a forest fire to the forest of Pashandas,chArvAka shaila ashani: - like thunder to Charvakas who are like mountains,bauddhadhvAnta nirAsa vAsarapati: - like the morning Sun to the darkness that is the Bauddhas,jaina ibha kaNThIrava: - like a lion to Jainas who are like elephants,mAyAvAdi bhuja~Nga bha~Nga garuDa - like a Garuda to Mayavadis who are like snakes,traividya chUDAmaNi: - like an ornament worn on the crest to Vaidikas;ayam - thus was present rAmAnuja: muni: - Ramanuja Muni,shrIra~Ngesha vijayate jayadhvaja: - who placed the victory flag in Srirangam.

Commentary:Pashandas are nAstikas - those that do not accept that there is a Supreme and rejectthe Vedas as authoritative. They were spread everywhere like weeds. Ramanuja removedthem completely - like a wild forest fire going through a forest. He was not like asmall fire that needs dry twigs to burn; he was like a forest fire that burns evengreen trees. This comparison alsoe shows that he destroyed their philosophy veryquickly.

 

This is what is shown in his vAzhi thirunAmam as "aRu samayach chedi adhanai adi aRuththAn vAzhiyE".

 

Thiruvarangaththamudhanar also states in his Ramanuja Nutrandhadhi "nAttiya nIsachsamayangaL mANdana" and "thaRkach samaNarum sAkkiyap pEygaLum ... nIsarum mANdanar".

 

Charvakas can be taken as an expansion of the word Pashandas; or it can be taken as Pashandas as well as Charvakas. Charvakas are those that believe that only those things that are visible to the eyes are true. Their philosophy is expressedas "pratyakshamekam chArvAka:". They stood rooted like mountains in this world andRamanuja fell on them like thunder falls on mountains and broke them. This is similar to Indra using the Vajrayudha (the thunderbolt weapon) on the mountains.

 

During Ramanuja's time, a darkness had surrounded the land due to the bauddhaphilosophy. As the sun known as Ramanuja rose (rAmAnuja divAkara:), this darknesswas dispelled automatically - Thondaradippodi Azhvar's verse "kadhiravan guNadhisai sigaram vandhaNaindhAn gana iruL aganRadhu" can be recalled here. ThisSun did not have to reach its apex. Just as the darkness is dispelled at theadvent of the early morning Sun, so too the bauddha philosophy was destroyed themoment Ramanuja was born.

 

The Jainas were like elephants and Ramanuja became the lion that chased themaway. In a forest where a lion rules, elephants would not exists and would getaway - so to in the presence of Ramanuja, the Jainas had to retreat. Thiruvarangaththamudhanar calles Ramanuja as a strong lion that derived itsstrength from Thirumangai Azhvars verses "vali mikka sIyam irAmAnusan".

 

Mayavadis are those who state that everything is false or an illusion. If theyare like serpents, then Ramanuja was like the Garuda whose very shadow was sufficient to destroy them.

 

The Lord's panchAyudhas are weapons to those who oppose Him, but are ornamentsto Him in the presence of His devotees. Similarly, while Ramanuja was asdescribed above to those who rejected the Vedas and Sriman Naranaya, he too is an ornament to those who accept the Vedas. Thus he is like the ornamentworn on top of the head, to Vaidikas.

 

Ramanuja thus established the victory flag of Srivaishnava Sampradhayam in thatmost divine of places - Srirangam. Ramanuja is praised as "Srirangesha Jayadvaja".It is therefore that he is praised "thennarangar selvam muRRum thiruththi vaiththAn vAzhiyE", "manniya thennarangApuri mAmalai maRRum uvandhidu nAL" andSrivaishnavas echo his words everyday "srIman! yam anupadravAm anudinam samvardhaya".

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/Dhati-Panchakam/index.html

 

 

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