Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 60: slOkam 51(Introduction ).

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

 

The 50th slOkam is the beginning of a set of slOkams

through which Swamy ParAsara Bhattar instructs us that

MahA Lakshmi is the UpAyam ( Means for Moksham ) ,

UpEyam ( the Goal , the Lakshyam and PrApyam )

and that She is a Vibhu like Her Lord . She as

Bhagavathi has Thulya SeelA ( equal in auspicious

features in every aspect with Her Lord ,the BhagavAn).

Today , we will cover the introduction for the 51st slOkam .

 

In these slOkams as elsewhere in Sri GuNa Rathna Kosam

(slOkams 21, 22, 28 , 31 , 33 et al),Swamy ParAsara Bhattar

elaborates on the doctrines housed in AchArya RaamAnujA's

SaraNAgathi Gadhyam (first choorNikai) ,Swamy KurEsar's

Sri Sthavm and Swamy Alavandhaar's ChathusslOki , Vedams and

PurAnams to establish that PerumAL and PirAtti are

the One and the Same Tatthvam .They are like

the Sun and its lustre( ananya hi mayA SeethA

BhAskarENa PrabhA yaTA ).

 

The disputations about MahA Lakshmi's status as

Vibhu, ANu , Moksha Dhaayakthvam ( power to grant

Moksham ) are addressed and settled in the above

PramANams.

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar has answered very clearly

these questions in another Sri Sookthi (Kaavyam) of his

known as Sri LakshmI KalyANam . In the first slOkam

(MangaLa slOKam)he summarizes our Mother's significance

to our Lord , the KshEmamkaran :

 

ananyAdhIna KalyANam anya mangaLa kAraNam

jagannidhAnam adhvandham dhvandham vandhAmahE

 

Through carefully chosen words, Bhattar summarizes

brilliantly the yEka sEshithvam of this divine couple

(Dhivya MiTunam ). " ananyAdhina kalyANam " here refers to

Her natural (svathas-siddham) glories ( auspiciousness).

It is not contributed or blessed by others . It is svAbhAvikam.

It is innate. " anya mangaLa kaaraNam " refers to the fact

that the Lord's auspiciousness arose out of the mangaLa

dhrushti ( auspicious eye glances) of MahA Lakshmi.

She is the One behind the glories/anantha kalyANa

guNams ) of Her Lord .He follows the signs of Her

eye brows to go about His duties and does what pleases

and amuses Her .Bhattar chooses the word " JagannidhAnam "

here to salute his mother , who brought him up at Srirangam.

" JagannidhAnam VandAmahE " is a salutation to Her as

Jagath KaarAna BhUthai with her Lord. She shares

this activity as well. She is JagannAyaki, Jagath Rakshaki,

Jagan Mohini and Sarva Isvarya PradhAyini , which

includes ubhaya vibhUdhi Isvaryam ( LeelA and Nithya

VibhUdhi) and Moksham .

 

Bhattar's father , KurEsar summed up the limits of Her

glory as not being fully understood even by Her Lord

( Devi Tvann-mahimA-vardhina HariNA nApi Thvyaa gn~AyathE).

Kuresar states here that Neither MahA Lakshmi or Her Divine

consort are aware of the limits of Her glories (Vaibhavam).

KurEsar performs saraNAgathi at Her Thiruvadi for that reason

(ThAmm DEvadEva MahishIm Sriyam aasrayAmaha:).All the AakArams

of BhagavAn are equally shared by Bhagavathi, MahA Lakshmi,

who blesses us as Sri RanganAyaki at Her abode at Srirangam

as ArchA Moorthy.The Bahu GuNams ( the many attributes )

of the Lord celebrated by AchArya RaamAnujA in His Sri BhAshyam

( JagadhupAdhanathvam ,Jagannimitthathvam, Sarvaj~nathvam ,

Sarva Sakthi yOgathvam , Sathya sankalpathvam ,SarvAntharAthmathvam

and sarva Niyamanathvam ) are shared equally by MahA Lakshmi.

They choose however specific attributes by mutual agreement.

For instance , " PurushakArathvam " (pleading for us to

be forgiven by Her Lord angry at our trespasses) belongs

uniquely to MahA Laksmi and DhaNDadharathvam ( punishing us

for our repeated trespasses of His commands) belongs

to the Lord. She is indeed asarNya SaraNyai and has been

saluted by every AchAryan including AchArya RaamAnujaa

in his SaraNAgathi Gadhyam at the beginning :

 

" --Padhma VanAlayAm BHAGAVATHEEM SRIYAM DEVEEM

nithyAnapAyinIm niravadhyAm DevadEva Dhivya MahishIm

akhila-JaganmAtharam asaraNya-SaraNyAm ananayasaraNa;

saraNamaham PrapdhyE " .

 

Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaTakOpan