Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 44: slOkam 33

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Dear BhakthAs: In the 31st SlOkam ,

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar explained the doctrine of

Svatha: SrIthvam of Sri RanganAyaki(MahA LakshmI).

Bhattar made LakshmI Svaroopa anusandhAnam here.

He reminded us about Her Tatthvam that She is

a natural possession of Her Lord (Svatha: SrIthvam).

He concluded this 31st slokam by submitting that ALL

that is spoken of Her is ipso facto valid as well

for Her husband.

 

In the 32nd slOkam , Bhattar dwelled on all of

the DhivyAthma Svaroopa Dhivya and MangaLa Svaroopa GuNams

are shared equally by both the Lord and His divine consort .

Bhattar addressed Sri RanganAyaki as " IndhirE and Sarva-

IsvarayapradhE " in this slOkam .He listed first Her

DhivyAthma Svaroopa GuNams that She shares with

Her husband as:

 

" Prasakanam prakrushtA Sakthi:, Bhalam , Sarav Jagadh BharaNa

SaamarTyam , JyOthstEja: , Jn~Anam , SarvadhA sarva-vasthu

SaakshAthkAram ,Isvarathvam , Vijaya praTAnathvam , Jaya-

seelathva prasasthi: , Pranatha VaraNam , Aasritha VasIkarathvam,

PrEmAsritha Vishaya Preethi: , KshEmankarathvam , Aaasritha-

Ishta PrApakthvam , Tadhanishta-nivarthakathvam "

 

Then , Bhattar went on to describe the Dhivya MangaLa VigrahaguNams

that She shares with Her Consort :

 

" ParimaLa: , Sougandhyam , Kaanthi: , Soundaryam and SarvAvaya ShObhA,

LaavaNyam , SamudhAya ShObhA , Archi:, Oujvalyam , ithyEthi " .

 

Thus there are two types of Svaroopa GuNAs (GuNa SamUham) that

they display equally .Bhattar emphasized that there is not

one GuNam that is not possessed by the other.

 

In the 33rd SlOkam , Bhattar continues with the enlisting of

the SaadhAraNa GuNAs of Sri RanganAyaki . He addresses Her

with a tender salutation: " Sriranga MangaLa VijrumbhaNa Vaijayanthi " .

Bhattar recognizes Sri RanganAyaki as the fluttering victory banner

on top of Sri Ranga mangaLam (Sri RanganAthan's aasthAnam).

The alternative meaning for this salutation is that She is

the creeper like Soundharyavathi, who nourishes the auspiciousnes

of Sriranga MangaLan , Sri RanganAthan.

 

The text of the beautiful 33rd SlOkam is as follows:

 

anyEpi youanamukhA: yuvayOssamAnA:

Sriranga MangaLa VijrumbhaNa Vaijayanthi!

tasmimsthava Thvayi cha Tasya ParasparENa

Samstheerya dharpaNa iva prachuram svadhanthE

 

(Meaning according to Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan ):

 

Oh MahA LakshmI! Thou art really the victory-banner

flying aloft in the seat of auspicousness , that is

the substance of Srirangam shrine ! There are some more

charactrestric traits (guNams)that are common to both of You:

Ever-Youthfulness, delicate sensitivity , captivating beauty

of the various limbs , extreme sincerity of response , etc .

One's (Yours or His)particular quality admired is reflected

in the Other and vice versa(as in a mirroe) : thus whatever

You possess and shine thereby is verily His property too

and marks Him too. Both of You mutually enjoy this

phenomenon : Why ! It is delicious to us too: that You both

possess such a common contingent of delectable attributes (GuNAs).

 

Additional comments :

 

The guNAs attributed to BhagavAn are reflected in You

as a prathibhimbham in You serving as a mirror. Your

guNAs are reflected in the same way as a prathibhimbham

in Him serving as Your mirror. This Prathi palanam is

delightful (bhOgyam ) to both of You and to us . This

Bhimba-Prahtibhibhimbha svaroopam of Your guNAs seem to

arise from Your YekasEshithva BhAvam (both serving as Seshis

in unison) as a Dhivya mithunam (divine Couple).

 

Sriman RaamakrishNa Iyengar translates " Sriranga MangaLa

Vijrumbhana Vaijayanthi " as " Mannu Tennarangatthu Ongu

MangaLak Kodi pOlvALE " . Their svaroopa GuNa visEshams

emanating equally from from their eternal youth is

translated form the Sanskrit text of " YounamukhA:

YuvayOssamAna: " as " Innum iruvar TankaL iLamai munnitta

paNpu " . The delectable nature of their GuNa Visesahams

changing mutually and reflecting as it were as a mirror image

abundantly is saluted by sri RamakrishNa Iyengar as:

 

" ManniyE pothuvAi mARi mARi maRRavariR ThOnRi

nannilai kkaNNAdiyil pOl thihaznthu aLikkum inbham "

( Tasmimstava Thvayi cha Tasya ParasparENa

samstheerya DharpaNa iva prachram svadhanthE ).

 

The anyOnyathvam and Parspara BhAndhavam of

the Dhivya Dampathis of Srirangam saluted here

and reference is made to their GuNAs , which are

exactly matched.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Sigar ThiruvdaigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasn, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAcAri SatakOpan