Sri:
Dear BhakthAs of Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan :
adiyen had the good fortune of prostrating before Sri RanganAtha
and Sri RanganAyaki at Their Garbha grahams at Srirangam during
the recent visit to Tamil Nadu . on that day , adiyEn also had the great
bhAgyam of enjoying the Uthsava PuRappaadu with different gathis
from our Lord's AasthAnam to the DolOthsava Mantapam .
adiyEn took the praTijn~ai for the different kaimkaruyams for the year
and offered my prayers for His blessings to free adiyEn from fear about
completion of such kaimkaryams .
In this context , adiyEn is starting with a series of postings , the first of
which is on Sri Abheethi Sthavam . The e-book on Sri Sthuthi is almost done
thanks to the invaluable help of Sri Mukund of Singapore . adiyEn will add
later
an audio section on the individual slOkams of Sri Sthuthi that is being tuned by
adiyEn's sister and is being recorded at Chennai .
Today , we will study the First slOkam of Sri Abheethi Sthavam:
abheethir-iha yajjushAm yath avadheerithanAm bhayam
bhayAbhaya vidhAyinO jagathy yannidhEsE sTithA:
tath yEthath athilangitha dhruhiNa Sambhu SakrAdhikam
RamAsakham adheemahE kimapi Rangadhuryam maha:
( Meaning) : At the dhivya dEsam of Srirangam , the Supreme jyOthi
with the name of Sri RanganAthan descended from Sri Vaikuntam
with His divine consort and appears before us . This Supreme JyOthi
carries out the activities of creation , protection and dissolution with
the sheer power of its sankalpam . When one approaches this JyOthi-
svaroopa Sri RanganAthan with devotion , all the fears arising from
the bonds of SamsAram will be destroyed . This Lord of Srirangam will
create fear in those discarded by Him . For such unfortunate ones ,
the SamsAra Bhayam will persist .Those chEtanams who cause fear
for the people or remove the fear of the people are the servants of the Lord
of Srirangam and execute His orders . This Lord of Srirangam is the Supreme
being ( Para Devathai) over Brahma , Sivan and Indhran . May we meditate on
this Lord of Srirangam with such Vaibhavam along with His DEvi !
Special comments on the words of the SlOkam
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The key words in this slOkam are : " Ramaa-sakham Rangadhuryam yEthath
kimapi Maha: adheemahE " . Swamy Desikan says that there is wonderous ,
indescribable JyOthi / Tejas ( Kimapi Yethth Maha: ) at Srirangam that appears
before us with Sri RanganAyaki . We reflect on that Jyothi and bow before
that Supreme effulgence .
This supreme JyOthi is seen with Periya PirAtti ( Ramaa-sakham ) and is the
Lord of
Srirangam ( Ranga dhuryam ) . We meditate on this Supreme JyOthi ( yEthath
Maha:
adheemahE ) accompanied by Sri RanganAyaki ( Ramaa-sakham yEthath Maha: )
with its abode at Srirangam ( Rangadhuryam yEthath Maha:adheemahE ) .
This Supreme JyOthi ( Svayam-PrakAsa ParamjyOthi ) creates freedom from
fear of any kind for those in this world ( iha lOkE ) , who seek its protection
(iha yath jushAm abheethi : ) .
The JyOthir Brahma Tatthvam celebrated in ChAndOgya Upanishad
and intrepreted by AchArya RaamAnujA in Sri BhAshyam is refered to here
as "Kimapi Maha: ".Mundaka Upanishad identifies this JyOthi as the shining
One , everything shines after , by this JyOthi all jyOthis are illumined .
The same Supreme JyOthi creates bhayam in those , who are discarded by it
(Yath avadheerithAnAm bhayam ) .
Those chEtanms , which cause fear and remove fear (bhaya-abhaya vidhAyina: )
in this world (Jagathy) are under the control of that Supreme JyOthi ( yath
nidhEsE
sTithA: ) .
That Supreme JyOthi at Srirangam surpasses the Vaibhavam of Brahma , Sivan
and Indhran et al ( Tath athilangitha dhruhiNa- Sambhu-SakrAdhikam ) . It is
the Pars Devathai , whose vaibhavam is not equalled or exceeded by any other
Devathai.
We meditate on such a Supreme JyOthi with Its PirAtti at Srirangam and
are blessed with abheethi / abhayam .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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