Sri GuNa Rathna Kosam : Part XXIX: SlOkam 20

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Dear BhakthAs : AdiyEn will cover the 20th SlOkam of

Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam in this posting :

 

SaBdhAdheen VishayAn pradarsaya vibhavam vismArya dAsyAthmakam

vaishnavyA guNamaayAthma nivahAn viplAvya poorva: pumAn

pumsA paNyavadhU viDambhi vapushA dhUrthAnivAyamAsayan

SrirangEswari! kalpathE tava parihAsAthmanE kElayE

 

(Meaning by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan): Oh Goddess RanganAyaki!

The Lord, Your consort plays a mischievous deception on

the world beings. He does it for your pleasure ! He projects

the sense-objects (like color, sound etc) before the beings ,

which are carried away by the MaayA of the Lord.The so-duped

beings are caught in the illusion-net. They fail to see

the Lord's existence and the individual's subservience

to the Lord. All including Brahma are subject to this MaayA

-effect.The deception played thereby would recall to one's

mind what forms part of certain social dramas: a male-being

would put up a feigned woman-like appearance , which would

successfully seduce adulterers , who would madly pounce upon

the woman-character.The sentient ones chasing sense-elements

are only like this. And the Lord does it for Your delectation.

 

Addiitonal Observations by adiyEn

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Here what the Lord does to entertain His divine

consort in the temporal world is alluded to.

Oh RanganAyaki! The Adhi Purushan Sri RanganAthan

has the power to perform some deeds for Your pleasure.

He shows the chEthanams Sabdha-sparsa roopa-rasa-gandhA

vishayams and thus casts His MaayA over them , which makes

them forget that He is the Sarva Seshi and they are His

DaasAs/Seshaas.This MaayA of Your Lord is not easily

overcome and this He Himself points out in His

Bhagavath Geethai slOkam : " dhaivI heyEsha guNamayI

Mama MaayA durathyayA " . The deluded chEthanams

forget their Seshathvam /Daasyathvam.Even Chathur-mukha

BrahmA is not above such delusions .Your Lord does all

these leelAs for Your pleasure. He is head over heels in

love with You and performs His leelAs to amuse You.

 

AchArya RaamAnujA in His GeethA BhAshyam explains

that The MayA of the Lord consisting of the three

GuNAs (Satthva-RajO-Tamas) is created by Him as

the Supreme Lord for purposes of sport ( KreeDA

pravrutthEna) .This MaayA is divine in power (Dhiavi)

and threfore is difficult to overcome ( dhurathyayA).

This MaayA of the Lord is " absolutely real " and it

obscures the essential nature of the Lord for

the ChEthanams (Bhagavath Svaroopa TirOdhanam).

 

The chEthanam gets enchanted by the MaayA of their Lord

and forget their svaroopam as Dasans for the Lord

and fail to enjoy His Swamithvam and His anavadhikAdhisaya

aanandha Svaroopam ( His nature of boundless Beatitude).

Sri RanganAyaki is intrigued and amused by the power of

Her Lord's MaayA . She is relieved , hpwever, when

Her Lord teaches the chEthanms as how to free themselves

from His powerful MaayA. He points out : " MayyEva

yE prapadhyanthE MaayAmEthAm taranthi tE " ( Those

who take refuge in Me alone shall pass beyond

this MaayA of Mine consisting of the three guNAs.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE Saranam,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan