Mozhiyai kadakkum perumpugazhan- Swamy koorathAzhvan sahasravarusham celebrations(Part-9)

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Srimathe ramanujaya

Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara

munayE Namaha

“Srivatsa chinha

misrEbhyO nama ukthim matheemahE

 Yatustraya trayee kantE yAnti mangala

sUtrathAmâ€

 

Question (7): We

all search for good names to name our houses. 

Here is one wonderful name from KoorathAzhvan “Indira mandhiramâ€.  Who resides in this house?

 

When

we see ‘Indira’ we will immediately misunderstand it to be Indra, the master of

devas.  But it is not so.  Let us see what KoorathAzhvan says in his

SriVaikunthastavam Sloka 57

 

“naiva

hyavApyamana vApthamihAsthi yasya

 sattApi tasya tava veekshaNatha: prajAnAm

 sampath tu kimpunarithO na vadhAnyamanyam

 manyE tvamEva kalu mandhiramindhirAyA:â€

 

Oh!

My Lord, You are the owner of the two worlds (ubhayavibhoothi Nathan), so you

have nothing to aspire for and nothing that you haven’t possessed.  You are avApthakaman (one with completely

fulfilled desires) your grace showers all goodness to everyone.  What to say about wealth?  There is no one more charitable than you’re

self.  On top of all these you are the

place in which ‘Sri’ resides.  Sri

Mahalakshmi’s house is the Lord’s divine chest. 

‘Indira’ refers to Sri Mahalakshmi and the house in which she resides

‘Indira mandhiram’ is the thirumeni of Sriman Narayana.

 

Who else than Swamy

koorathAzhvan can give such divine meanings in small capsules.  We are almost nearing the rare event of the

1000th year celebration (Jan 25th to Feb 3rd 2010) of swamy. 

Hope all of you are tuned and ready/already part of the

kainkaryams.  If there is someone yet to Join the same don’t delay anymore, else you will be an odd loser.

 

For details visit www.kuresan.com or www.vedics.org

 KooraththAzhvan thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Asmad gurubhyO namahaAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Varadarajan <sumivaradan wrote:

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara

munayE Namaha

“Srivatsa chinha

misrEbhyO nama ukthim matheemahE

 Yatustraya trayee kantE yAnti mangala

sUtrathAmâ€

Question (6): Who

is bhagavan? As stated by Swamy koorathazhvan.

 

The term bhagavan undoubtedly refers only to Sriman

Narayanan, Sri maha Vishnu.  But the

confusion is only because of the ignorance of the meaning of this term.  What is the meaning of the term ‘bhagavan’?

We know who is ‘bhagavan’ – Bhagavan Sri Krishna.  We know that the purana that details about

Krishna and his divine leelas and attributes is only called as “Srimad

bhAgavatham†Krishna bhakthas are otherwise

called “bhAgavathas†and the great text given out of the divine mouth of

emperuman “svayam padmanAbhasya mukapadmAt†is called as “Srimad bhagavat

geetha†but what does this term “bhagavan†actually signify?

 

Bhagavan – according to Sanskrit grammar, the root

‘bhaga’ signifies six prime kalyana gunas. 

One who is filled with these kalyana gunas is called as bhagavan.  Again one more doubt may arise- we even use

this term to others like “Narada bhagavan, suka bhagavan, valmiki bhagavanâ€

why? That is because they have been blessed with some of these gunas due to the

nirheduka krupai of emperuman.  Like the

azhvars who were blessed with “mayarvaru madhi nalam†the above said rishis

were also blessed by bhagavan with some of the gunas totally not attainable by

a normal soul.  It doesn’t mean that they

have become equal to emperuman it is just to show their greatness and

superiority over the other souls. 

 

“Mozhiyai kadakkum perum pugazhan†Swamy

koorathAzhvan in his “Sri Varadarajan stavam†highlights the six kalyana gunas

in the 15th sloka

 

“prakrishtam vignAnam bala madulam Ishvaryam akilam

 vimaryAdham

veeryam varadan! Parama shakthirapi cha I

 param

tejascha ethi pravara guNashatkam prathamajam

 guNAnAm

nissemnAm gaNana vigunAnAm prasavabhoo: II (15)

 

[Meaning: Oh varada! Great jnana (knowledge),

incomparable bala (strength), uncountable Ishvaryam (wealth), unlimited veerya

(valour), excellent shakthi (power) and brilliant tejas (brightness) all these

are the Six prime gunas that dwell in the first primodial form, para

vAsudEvan.  These form the root cause for

the other limitless uncountable kalyana gunas of emperuman]

 

From the above sloka it is made clear that the para

vAsudeva moorthi is a embodiment of these prime gunas that further develops

into all the other countless kalyana gunas behind the bhagavat tattvam.  In the above sloka, Sri KoorathAzhvan adds

adjectives like “prakrishtam, adhulam†etc to show the speciality of knowledge,

strength etc possessed by emperuman while compared to the same of others.

 

Swamy

koorathAzhvan expresses the same idea in one another sloka of his excellent

work “athimAnusha stavamâ€.

 

“Jnanambalam vipulameeshanaveerya shakthi

  tejAmsee

cha  triyugabhooya   mupAgadhAni I

  poornAni

shat cha parigruhya bhavan chaturthA

  bhaktham

janam  tvamanujagrahithAnurAgAth II†(6)

 

[Oh! My lord you along with limitless kalyana gunas

primarily six in number viz., Jnanam, balam, Ishvaryam, veeryam, shakthi, tejas

attain the form of vasudeva with all the 6 divine qualities and as sankarshana,

pradyumna and aniruddha with 2 of the 6 gunas (predominating) to shower your

grace on the bhakthas.]

 

Question

(7) for next posting: We all search for good names to name our houses.  Here is one wonderful name from KoorathAzhvan

“Indira mandhiramâ€.  Who recides in this

house?

 

KooraththAzhvan thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Asmad gurubhyO namahaAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/SumithraOn Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Varadarajan <sumivaradan wrote:

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara

munayE Namaha

“Srivatsa chinha

misrEbhyO nama ukthim matheemahE

 Yatustraya trayee kantE yAnti mangala

sUtrathAmâ€

Thanks Sri Ranganathan for continuing to take part in azhvan's divine kainkaryam (Please see the answer for question(5) from Sri Ranganathan below).  It will be more interesting if more bhagavatas join this kainkaryam.  You can also send your questions based on Swamy koorathAzhvan's pancha stavams.

Question (6) for the next posting: 

Who

is bhagavan? As stated by Swamy koorathazhvan.KooraththAzhvan thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Asmad gurubhyO namahaAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra