SrI :
Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs
:
At SrI Rangam Periya Koil ,
when NamperumAL enjoys Thirumanjanam (Sacred bath) ,
the descendants of Swamy
ParAsara Bhattar ( Sri RangEsa PurOhithar) recite in a
majestic
way the 27 slOkams of THIRUMANJANA KATTIYAM OF THEIR ANCESTOR
EVEN TODAY .
These 27 slokams of Swamy Parasara
Bhattar have deep meanings on VisishtAdhvaitha
darsanam and have slEdai ( double meanings
) and reveal the genius of Bhattar as a poet
and AchAryan with direct links to AchArya
RaaAnujA . Bhattar has witten a profound
commentary to these 27 slOkams , which are
treasured by the descendants of his vamsam
at Srirangam .
Sri Parasara Bhattar was raised as a child
by the Srirangam dhivya dampathis and they
themselves rocked the child in a cradle
next to their garbha graham . The dhivya dampathi's
ParipoorNa anugraham was therefore
abundantly present for ParAsarar to let him bloom
in to a MahA Medhai , MahA Kavi and
brillinat Acharyan conversant with all SaasthrAs
and Sruthis . The Taniyan for Him is
:
SrI ParAsara BhattArya: Sri
RangEsa PurOhitha:
SrIvathsAnga sutha: SrimANn
srEyasE mEasthu bhUyasE
(Meaning) : May Sri ParAsara
Bhattar , the son of KurEsar with parama Sri VaishNava Sri
and serving as the PurOhithar
for Lord RanganAtha bless me with all auspiciousness !
At Srirangam , Lord
RanganAtha enjoys Thirumanjanam on the Maasa PiRapu days ,
every EkAdasi , AmAvAsai ,
the days on which Revathi nakshathram is in ascendance ,
Solar and Lunar eclipse days
and the last days of Uthsavams .
As Sri RanganAthan's
PurOhithar , Swamy ParAsarar sttod in front of his Lord
on the above days for
reciting Vedams and the Thirumanjana Kattiyams as
the Lord enjoyed His sacred
bath . The KOil SthAnIkar will invite Swamy ParAsara
Bhattar and give the Lord's
command to recite Thirumanjana Kattiyam during
those occasions with a formal
declaration : " AruLappADu ParAsara Bhattar "
Our Bhattar will step forward
and say "NaayinthE " and then recite these slOkams .
adiyEn will take up these
Thirumanjana Kattiyam slOkams in the subsequent
postings . These are the
SlOkams that we are going to initate at SrI RanganAtha
Temple
at Pomona , NY shortly
.
A similar Thirumanjana
Kattiyam on adiyEn's Kula dhaivam , Sri Oppiliappan
is available to you all at
the Oppiliappan Home pages . AdiyEn was inspired by
Swamy Parasara Bhattar's
dhivya sookti to compose the Oppiliappan Thirumanjana
Kattiyam :
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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