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SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

There is solid evidence in Naan mugan Thiruvandhadi that it is Lord 
Rama who has taken his abode in Thiruvarangam.
I request the fellow bhagavathas to refer to verses 29 & 30 of this 
Thiruvandhadhi.
In verse 29, (ugappuruvam thane..) Raman's beauty is described as 
also His valour in having overcome Kumbhakarnan. 

Sri AppiLLai's vyakhyaanam for this pasuram is too detailed and 
describes  Rama's beauty from every type of text, from sruti to 
smriti texts. Rama's  thirumEni  is desired as `ugappuruvam', `oLi 
uruvam', and `magappuruvam' and such a Rama is one who is in 
Thriuvarangam is what the aazhwar says in the next pasuram. (avan 
ennai aaLi arangil..)

Both Sri Peria vaachhan piLai and AppiLLai, continue the vyakhyanam 
for the 30 th verse as continuation of the previous verse which 
extols Sri Raman.
The previous verse ends a `yaidaan avan' ? the avan is Raman.
In the next verse, aazhwar begins as `avan ennai aaLi arangil' ? the 
avan is therefore Raman who staying Arangam , protects me from this 
world or samsara which is like an arangam or stage.

Therefore the one residing in the Archa vigraham of Ranganathan is 
Saakshaath Rama Piraan Himself.

 Now about  Arangan nama  not finding place in Vishnu sahasra naama.
I request the readers to refer to the 3rd verse of Naan mugan 
thiruvandhadhi.
After declaring in the first 2 verses, that Narayana is the Adi 
devan, the aazhwar describes in the 3rd verse the abodes where He can 
be found. 

He is one who is lying on milk (paalil kidandathuvum)
He is one who established Himself at the ancient city of 
Thiruvarangam (pandarangam mEyaduvum)
He is one who is sleeping on the banyan leaf (aalil thuyindraduvum)
Then aazhwar asks who will know His greatness. (aararivaar?)


The milky ocean and aalilai  are His ancient abodes. By placing 
Thiruvarangam along with them, the aazhwar concedes the praachIna 
sthithi of Thiruvarangam. Bhagavan can not just keep Himself confined 
to the first two abodes as He is more concerned about making Himself 
easy for access to chethanas and therefore chose Arangam in the very 
earliest of times. Since it is the `avatharangaLin ellai nilam' ,  
Arangan  is considered as the foremost among His archa rUpams. This 
is further established in the expression in the pasuram "gyaalatthu 
oru poruLai". This is with reference to archa rupam on the earth. 
This is expressed in "architha" in sahasra naamam.

Since He is the ancient one known by name in archa vigraham to 
mankind (gyaalatthu oru poruL), it can deduced that all the 999 names 
are Arangan's names and I wonder whether it is actually Ranga sahasra 
naama.
We must also refer to the context in Mahabharatha  where it has been 
rendered by Bheeshma.

Another reasoning I can think of is the beginning with Thiruvarangam 
and ending with Vaikuntham of the divya desams. The 108 desams are 
like 108 beads of the japa mala. The ends of the japamala are 
generally connected and not left untied. The Bhooloka vaikuntham and 
paraloka vaikuntham are thus indeed next to each other.
Arangam is the stage where He has been established. From there 
onwards, every other manifestation of Him till His sthithi in 
Vaikuntham is being described in Sahasra naama. That may be perhaps 
why He as Arangan is not directly mentioned.

Regards,
Jayasree saranathan








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