Ashtasloki - 1 - Bhattar's Tanian and Verse1

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Sri Vishnu,

 

Some excellent points that I am hoping will stir up some discussion within this

forum. I am sending Sri Varadan's postings to the group without modification

out of deference to the author. However, I would have to concur with your

position regarding the use of the term " puro:hita " in the thaniyan, since this

appears to the more precise translation, and also because this is the first time

that I have ever seen reference to Sri: Bhattar having read the pancha:ngam to

Sri Ranganatha on a daily basis.

 

To further your point, I would like to suggest that 1. could be expanded upon to

suggest that since the Supreme Being's concern is to rid the suffereing of all

of the souls who are shrouded by their own ignorance (baddhajeeva:tmas), Sri:

Bhattar, out of his overwhelming love for the Lord, acted as His agent in

bringing the meaning of the three mantras to the world such that His concerns

could be mitigated.

 

I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

 

--Mohan

 

 

Vishnu <vsmvishnu

Jun 19, 2005 2:37 PM

 

Re: [Fwd: [ramanuja] Ashtasloki - 1 - Bhattar's

Tanian and Verse1]

 

Dear Sriman Mohan,

 

Nice to see the mail. I have a humble observation:

 

purOhita means one who has hitam as his priority. A priest is considered to be

purOhita as people believe that the pUjAs and rituals are beneficial to the

society.

 

In case of AchAryas like Bhattar, they are always " SrIrangESa purOhita " s. This

can be interpreted in two ways:

 

1. One who has the hitam or well-being of SrIrangESa as his prime concern. Since

SrIrangESa is avAptasamastakAma, only thing realized souls like Bhattar do is

wishing His well-being always due to the extremity of their love for Him. Hence

doing hitam is nothing but mangaLASAsanam.

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Priya sriman Mohan & Madhuri!

Jai srimannarayana!

We have seen some commentary on the sloka

of Sri Parasara Bhattar Swamy. (Sri;para:sara

Bhattaryas sri:range:sapuro:hithah)

Some Sriman Vishnu gave two

interpretations to that word “puro:hithah”.

The definition to that word will be like “purasya

hitham sa:sthi iti puro:hithah”/

one who dictates good to the kingdom or to the area.

Dictating good, in all terms viz., financially, religiously,

morally, spiritually, socially etc. in olden days kings used to keep ‘puro:hitas’ as they used to keep the King always in

the right track, whenever there will be a chance to overrule. The Sage Vasishtta & Va:made;va were the puro:hitas

of the King Dasarattha. Lord Ranganatha

is more than a king. All the Dieties in that sense,

in all temples too, should be worshipped like that bhavana

only. Sri Bhattar

came next in the lineage of Sri Acharya Ramanuja,

having all the powers that Acharya were having, to dictate terms and conditions

of that Temple. That is why he was called as “sri:range:sa Puro:hithah” He was in a position to dictate all the

activities, related to The Temple. No doubt, he used to chant Pancha:ngam also before Lord as a

part of his services. It is not a mean activity. He used to remind Lord with

the day’s details. To day it is used in a different way,

that is a different issue.

Second interpretation that Lord did Hitam,

etc., is not at all good and out of context.

=chinnajeeyar=

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Revered Sri Jeeyar Swamiji,

 

I can only marvel at the bha:vanam that Sri Bhattar Swamy must have had

in being able to read out the day's activities to the Lord much in the

way that a courtier or minister would do for a king. It is something

that perhaps we can only loosely imitate in trying to see God as the

Ruler of our world and our lives.

 

adiye:n Ra:ma:nuja da:san

Mohan

 

Chinnajeeyar Swamiji wrote:

 

> Priya sriman Mohan & Madhuri!

>

> Jai srimannarayana!

>

> We have seen some commentary on the sloka of Sri Parasara Bhattar

> Swamy. (Sri;para:sara Bhattaryas sri:range:sapuro:hithah)

>

> Some Sriman Vishnu gave two interpretations to that word

> “puro:hithah”. The definition to that word will be like “purasya

> hitham sa:sthi iti puro:hithah”/ one who dictates good to the kingdom

> or to the area.

>

> Dictating good, in all terms viz., financially, religiously, morally,

> spiritually, socially etc. in olden days kings used to keep

> ‘puro:hitas’ as they used to keep the King always in the right track,

> whenever there will be a chance to overrule. The Sage Vasishtta &

> Va:made;va were the puro:hitas of the King Dasarattha. Lord Ranganatha

> is more than a king. All the Dieties in that sense, in all temples

> too, should be worshipped like that bhavana only. Sri Bhattar came

> next in the lineage of Sri Acharya Ramanuja, having all the powers

> that Acharya were having, to dictate terms and conditions of that

> Temple. That is why he was called as “sri:range:sa Puro:hithah” He was

> in a position to dictate all the activities, related to The Temple. No

> doubt, he used to chant Pancha:ngam also before Lord as a part of his

> services. It is not a mean activity. He used to remind Lord with the

> day’s details. To day it is used in a different way, that is a

> different issue.

>

> Second interpretation that Lord did Hitam, etc., is not at all good

> and out of context.

>

> =chinnajeeyar=

>

>

>

>

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>

> srirangarAja charaNAmbhuja rAja hamsam

> srimad parAnkusa padhAmbhuja brungarAjam|

> sri bhattanAtha parakAla mukhAbhja mitram

> srivatsachihnna saranam yathirAjameedE||

>

> I pay homage to Sri Ramanuja, the swan who has chosen the Lotus Feet

> of Sri Ranganatha as his refuge;

> who is collecting the pollen and nectar from the flower-like feet of

> Parankusa (NammAzhwAr);

> who brightens like the sun the faces of Bhattanatha (PeriAzhwAr) and

> Parakala (Thirumangai AzhwAr), and

> who is the refuge of Kuresa!

>

>

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