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:
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