Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 70: slOkam 60

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

 

In the 60th slOkam , Swamy Parasara Bhattar

continues to dwell on the NaicchAnusandhAnam

and follows the steps of Swamy NammAzhwAr's

Paasurams on Naichiyam and Swamy AaLavanthAr's

SthOthra Rathna SlOkams expressing deep Naicchiyam.

Swamy Desikan will follow the foot steps of Swamy

ParAsara Bahttar in his sthOthra granthams in

general and Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram in

particular(NirvEda Paddhathi). The 60th slOkam of

SrI GuNa Rathna kOsam takes this form :

 

ithyukthi kaitava sathEna viDampayAmi

ThAnn Ambha ! Satya-vachasa: purushAn purANAn

yadhvA na mE bhuja-Balam Tava Paadha-Padhma--

laabhE ThvamEva SaraNam vidhitha: kruthAsi

 

--SlOkam 60 , SrI GuNa Rathna KOsam

 

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

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Oh Mother RanganAyaki! I said that I am a rogue and am

unbearable for You. But, then, such confessions copying great

holy seers--who , however, spoke sincerely and truthfully --

in a fradulent and hypocritical manner, as if I too had

their heart-felt thoughts, are all pure and simple drama!

Hundreds of such perjury I am capable of! But, then , I have

no qualiifcations, no merit to deserve Your grace. However

I long for Your feet . For achieving this goal , I have no power;

but You , who have become the natural prop for me , please

help me and serve as a sure refuge for me to be redeemed !

 

Additional Comments (V.S):

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The SlOkams of Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam are coming to

a close and Swamy ParAsara Bhattar begs His Mother

RanganAyaki to forgive his hypocritical ways and

protect him .The appeal is earnest and urgent since

the next slOkma will see the completion of this SrI kOsam

on Her GuNa Rathnams.

 

Thirumalai Nallan Ramakrishna Iyengar Swamy's translation

of this slOkam in Tamil proceeds this way:

 

thollavar meyyE sollum thUneRi thodaruvEn pOl

yellaillamlijj~nan iyampinan salangalanthO!

allathu ThAyE ? Unn tTann adimalarp-peRaven kaiyyil

vallamai ilai athaRkku Vallai Nee athaRkku vithiyinAnAi

 

Oh Mother Sriranga Naayaki! There is the procedure of

NaicchAnusandhAnam as referred to in the previous slOkam.

But , my naicchAnusandhAnam imitating great PoorvAchAryAs

and pretending to have their anubhavam through hundreds

of lies on my part is utter deciet. You surely see through

this vEsham and abhinayam of mine! It is impossible to be

redeemed through these false acts and utterances. I have

no qualiifcations or accumulated good deeds . The only

longing that I have is to have the protection of Your sacred

feet. I am unfit otherwise . I do not have the strength or

skills to seek anyother means . You are my object of Surrender

according to SaathrAs . Please accept my SaraNAgathi.

 

" Thollavar " in the Tamil Paasuram stands for the " Sathya vachasa:

PurANa PurushAn " . It refers to the pious and ancient

Sathya Vaaks ( those true of speech) , the AchAryAs and AzhwArs.

" meyyE sollum " refers to their speech rooted in Sathyam.

Their dharmam is sacred ( " thooneRi " ). " Unn adi malar peRa

yenn Kaiyil vallamai illai " . I do not have the strength

and skills of my own to be graced by the anugraham of Your

sacred feet. " athaRkku Vallai Nee vithi aanAi " . That power

is You alone.

 

SrI Vaatsya VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy in his Vasu Raasi

commentary on this slOkam says: " Ithi poorvOktha prakArENa

yEthath sajaathIyatayA vaa ukthi kaitava sathEna kapaDa

Niacchya vachana sahasrENa thAnn --- " . As stated in the previous

slOkam , imitating as though adiyEn is sajAthIyan ( same group)

as the PoorvAchAryAs and AzhwArs , adiyEn uttered false

statements and performed abhinayam . adiyEn is not

therefore a PrAmANikan ( straight forward one telling

the truth and nothing but the truth) .AdiyEn has stated

decietful words on my unfitness and lowliness echoing

the words of Swamy NammAzhwAr, Thirumangai , Yaamuna Muni

and others ( " ParAnkusa ParakAla Yaamuna YathivarAdheen

ViDamBayAmi anukarOmi " ).Swamy ParAsara Bhattar expresses

his longing for Her protection through the utterance of

PoorvAchAryA's naicchyAnusandhAnam , even if it was not

true in spirit ( " TannaicchyAnukaraNa mAthrENa madhrakshaNam

kaaryam ithyAsaya: " ). adiyEn desires Your Paadha-Padhma laabham

( blessings of acquisition of Your Lotus feet for my rakshaNam).

adiyEn does not have the strength or capabiliites to achieve

that goal on my own ( Thvath CharaNAravindha samprApthou mE bhuja

Balam na Math-saamarTyam kimchidhapi naasthi).Therefore , adiyEn

seeks Your protection as a SaraNAgathan as prescribed by

the SaasthrAs . Please accept my plea for protection !

BhattAar pleads for the nirhEthuka KrupA of Sri RanganAyaki

in this slOkam and concludes this plea with the final slOkam

of SrI GuNa Rathna kOsam . adiyEn will conclude this series

tomorrow on Sukra Vaaram (Friday ) sacred to Her .

 

Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan /Sadagopan