Fw: Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Sri RanganathA : SlOkams21.2( Part II)

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs :

 

Let us study the meanings of the 21st SlOkam and

the commentary of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar :

 

SarvasmAth-Para ! sAmparAya-savanE Sakthis-tavEcchAthmikA

Pathnee pAthragaNasccha hEthipathaya: prApthArthvijO-bhAva:

PoulasthyA: paSavO DaSAnanamuhA : rakshaaphalam Jn~AninAm

SrIman ! majjanakaitavAth avabhruthasnAtEva RangEswara !

 

Dr.S.Padmanabhan's Comments :

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Lord Ranganatha who just had His Thirumanjanam is fancied

as having taken the avabrutha snAnam , which marks the completion of

a sacrificial undertaking (Savana) . The battle of the Lord waged against

RavaNa is the Savana .Naturally all the details of the battle are worked

out in the light of this metaphor . The IcchA Sakthi of the Lord is the

patni

(wife) of the sacrificer . The five weapons are the vessels used in the

course of the sacrifice .His four arms are the Ritvik priests . The

offsprings

or the descendants of Pulasthya (RaavaNA and others) are the animals

that were sacrificed . Protection of the virtuous is the fruit ( rakshaa

phalam) .

 

Bhattar's Commentary

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1) SarvasmAth-Para SaampraayasavanE sakthi sthavEcchAthmika Pathnee :

 

The Lord is SarvaJ~nan (Omniscient) , Sarva vidh ( all knowing ) , Sarva

sakthan ( Omnipotent) , SarvAdharan ( Base of every thing) . In GitA ,

He describes Himself : " mattha: parataram naanyath kinchithasthi ,

Dhananjaya " ( There is nothing Superior to Me , Oh Arjuna! ) . Bhattar

addresses this AvAptha Samastha Kaaman as SarvasmAth Paran .

 

This Supreme Being was approached by DevAs to get relief from

the cruelties of RaavaNa ; the dEvAs headed by Brahma dEvan

performed SaraNAgathy to the Lord and sought His refuge . Our

Lord responded by taking RaamaavathAram to destroy RaavaNan ,

the dhurvrutthan ( the one who displayed such bad conduct) .

 

Our Lord used the killing of RaavaNa as a Yaj~nam ( SaamparAya

Savanam) . Here the icchA sakthi for the Yaagam was MahA Lakshmi

( icchA sakthiriyam Lakshmi: ) . The vessels (yaJ~na Paathrams ) used

in this Yaj~nam were the five weapons of the Lord ( Paathra gaNAsccha

HEthipathaya: ) .

 

2. PrApthardhvijO Baahava: The Lord's 4 shoulders served as the Four Rth

Viks , who assisted the YajamAnan in the conductance of the Yaj~nam

( chathvAra ruthvija: samutthishtanthy) .

 

3. PoulasthyA: paSava: DaSAnana mukhA : RaavaNan , KumbakarNan ,

Indhrajith and others were the Yaj~na PaSus ( animals sacrificed )

in this Yaj~nam done by the Lord . Kumbhan and Nikunbhan were

the samiths (sacrificial twigs for kindling the fire ) , the tEjas of the

Lord ( ninn Tann sOthi VeLLam ) was the Agni .

 

4. RakshA Phalam Jn~AninAm : the NirhEthuka krupai extended to the pious

was the dakshiNai ( dhravyam offered ) in that Savanam .

 

5. SrIman! majjanakaitavAth avabhrutha snAthEva RangEswara! :

Your status ( appearnace) after Your Thirumanjanam is like the YajamAnan

who has completed the Yaj~nam in the prescribed manner soundly

and has taken the avabrutha snAnam . Oh Lord ! You finished this

SangrAma Yaj~nam( The Yaagam of battle with RaavaNan to kill him )

with Saanga Phala yuktham ( the Yaagam with different limbs /angams

and Phalan ) . Protection of the virtuous was the RakshA Phalam .

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: