Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 45: slOkam 34

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In this 34th slOkam , Swami ParAsara Bhattar comments

on how the Svaroopa-Roopa-GuNa SaadhAranams of

the Lord and His Consort unite to bless the BhakthAs:

 

yuavthvAdhou thulyEpyaparavasathA Sathrusamana-

sthirathvAdheen kruthvA Bhagavathi guNAth pumsthva sulabhAn

Thvayee SthrIthvaikAnthAn pradhimapathi pArArTya KaruNA-

KshamAdheen vaa bhOkthum yuvayOrAthmani midhA

 

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

 

So far, we described what is common to You both :

but , there are some special traits , describale

as masculine , such as non-dependence , firmness in

destroying enemies(Sthirathvam) , etc.These mark the Lord .

Certain other features , which are special to You as a Lady are:

gentility , complete concession of decisions (on meeting out

punishmnets/DhaNdadarathvam to Your Lord; own kindliness ,

forgivenness, etc; This apportionment of GuNAs betewen You both

agreeing to do so: that is , by Your will and Your Lord's will

reconciling each other by common consent!

 

Additional Comments:

 

Oh Periya PirAtti! SaadhAraNa GuNAs like Youth , Soundharyam

are common to both of You. This aside ,There are certain qualities

exhibited by Your Lord as masculine being such as SvAthanthryam

( acting independent of others/Opposite of Paaratantryam),

Firmness of resolve in destroying the enemies of those who

surrendered to Him , etc. In You , we see the femenine attributes

shining such as softness of heart (the SoukumAryam of the heart ),

total dependence on the Lord as His wife , Mercy (SrinivAsasya

KaruNAmiva RoopiNI), Patience , Forgiving nature (KshamAmi na

KshipAmi) , etc. Thus , certain differences in aathma guNams

between You both arise as a result of Your mutual agreement .

 

DR.VNV refers to SiddhOpAya SodhanAdhikAram and

DhvayAdhikAram of Swamy Desikan's Srimath Rahasya Thraya

Saaram in the context of this slOkam . adiyEn will elaborate

on these references:

 

At the beginning of SiddhOpAya sOdhanAdhikaaram ,

Swamy Desikan instructs us:

 

" Jaladhi SuthayA sArTam DevO jagath-paripAlayan

Parama Purusha: SiddhOpAya: PrathishtAbhara: sathAm "

 

The Parama Purushan ( EmperumAn) with His Devi , MahA Lakshmi ,

the daughter of the Milky Ocean protects the world and

accepts the burden of giving the Moksha (Parama PurushArtha

Siddhi) to PrapannAs (upAya anushtAna karthAs).

 

A slOkam of Lakshmi Tanthram is the basis of the above

upadEsam of Swamy Desikan:

 

LakshmyA Saha HrishIkEsO DhEvyA KaaruNya RoopayA

Rakshaka: Sarva SiddhAnthE vEdAnthEpi cha geeyathE

 

(Meaning): The embodiment of Mercy , EmperumAn ,

protects the world with His Devi , MahA Lakshmi.

This is the siddhAntham celebratd in PaancharAthra

Saasthrams and Upanishads .

 

The Dhivya dampathis are yEka tatthvam as celebrated

by Ahirbudhnya samhithaI(4.78):

 

NaarAyana param brahma sakthirnArAyaNI cha Saa

VyApakAvathi-samslEshAth yEka-tatthvam ivOdhithou

 

(meaning): The dhivya dampathis who pervade in

all the objects of their creation are always

together without separation and therefore are

recognized as yEka Tatthvam ( Single doctrine).

 

NaarAyaNan , who is always addressed as

Sriman NaarAyaNan has 12 important guNams

(Mukhya GuNams: (1) Vaathsalyam /irakkam(2) Swaamithvam/

Lordship (3) Souseelyam/companionship even

with those, who are inferior to Him in many ways

(4)Soulabhyam/ease of access by one and all who

seek Him to perform prapatthi (5)Sarvaj~nathvam/

Omniscience (6) Sarva Sakthithvam/Omnipotence

(7)Sathya Sankalpathvam/frimness in delivering

His promise (8)Parama KaaruNikathvam/being an

embodiment of Mercy (9)Kruthaj~nathvam/not forgetting

even a small good deed and considering that as a major

upakAram (10)Sthirathvam/Firmness of purpose

(11)Paripoornathvam/being the embodiment of

all auspicious guNAs (12)ParmOdhArathvam/

being the abode of immeasurable generosity in

granting boons to the chEthanan, who practises

Bhakthi or Prapathti upAyam.

 

This Lord revered by NaarAyaNa Sabdham is

recognized as Sriman NaarAyanan in dhvaya

manthram.His masculanity is tempered by

the femininity of PirAtti as Sarva Loka MaathA;

Together with Her Lord , She stands as UpAyam

at the time of Prapatthi of the chEthanan and performs

Her dharmam as His Saha DharmachAriNi and accepts the havis

of AathmA at the time of Praaptthi .As a result of

their own sankalpam , they agree upon a gender-based

division of guNAs to bless the prapannAs as a united

Whole(Sriman NaarAyaNan). The Lord demonstrates masculine

attributes (Purushaika Nishtai) such as SvAtantryam

(independence) ,Sathru Samanam (Destruction of enemies of

BhakthAs), Sthirathvam ( Firmness of resolve/aprakampyathvam)

et al.MahA Lakshmi in line with Her role as the Supreme Lady

and the compassionate Mother of the World has a tacit

understanding with her Lord to display Mrudhu Hrudhayam

(Soft-heartedness towards AparAdhis), Bharthu Paaratantryam

( total dependence on her Husband, the Lord), KaruNA ( DayA ),

KshamA ( Forgivance), Para dukkha asahishNuthvam ( inability

to be indifferent to the sorrows of the suffering /erring

chEthanams), AparAdha Sahathvam ( putting up with

the trespasses to SaasthrAnushtAnam instead of

the tendency to punish/dhaNdatarathvam like Her Lord

and pleading for the erring chEthanams before Her Lord ).

The Divine couple highlight the individual guNAs befitting

their Savaroopams as PithA and MaathA of the Universe

and its beings and yet act in unison to protect the world

and grant Moksha Siddhi to PrapannAs .

 

This is the purport of the 34th SlOkam of

Sri GuNa Rathna Kosam of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan