From: "V. Sadagopan" <75041.3037@compuserve.com> Sender: bhakti-errors@lists.best.com To: bhakti@lists.best.com Subject: Twelfth day of Dhanur Maasam : Artha Panchakam& Thiruppavai: Part 3 Date: 02 Jan 97 20:52:24 EST Dear BhakthAs of GodhA Piratti : We will together start the discussions on the First of the five doctrines of Arhta Panchakam now. We will be guided by Swami Desikan's RTS and the excellent essay of Dr. Rangarajan on the subject of Artha Panchakam and Thiruppavai .. *****First doctrine : PARA SVARUPAM The Taittireeya Upanishad passage 3.1 states majestically that Brahman is the one which is behind the creation , protection and dissolution of the Universe ( Jagath KaaraNathvam, Rakshakthvam and Upasamharakam ) . This upanishadic passage starts with the famous pronouncement : YathO vaa imAni bhoothAni JaayantE---tadh Brahma . The Brahma Sutram , JanmAhdasya yatha: , has been based on this Upanishadic passage . The Bhagavad RamAnuja SiddhAntham has established that the SUKSHMA CHIDH ACHIDH VISISHTA BRAHMAN IS NONE OTHER THAN NARAYANAN . This is the conclusion of Acharya Ramanuja , the Thiruppavai Jeeyar . The basis for that is the identification and salutation of Narayana as the Jagadh KaaraNan by AndAL right at the beginning of and the end of Thiruppavai as " Oozhi Mudalvan (Verse 4 ) , "Aalin ilayaai (Verse 26 ) .She points out through these salutations that NarAyanan is the SUKSHMA CHIDH AND ACHIDH VISISHTA PARABRAHMAN . She elaborates this principle by addressing NarayanA in her twenty first Paasuram as " Ulahinil ThORRamAi ninra SudarE . Here , Dr. Rangarajan points out that AndAL indicates the kaarya Dasai of Jagadh KaaraNa activities as suggested by the " Baheesyaam --" passage of Taittireeya AraNyakam . Here BhagavAn's sankalpam to create is referred to . In this context , AndAL uses NarAyaNa nAmam in verses 1 , 7 and10 : NaarayaNanE namaakE parai taruvAn ( Paasuram 1 ) NaarayaNan moorthi Kesavan ( Paasuram 7 ) NaaRRatthuzuhAi mudi NaarayaNan (Paasuram 10 ) This Brahma Sabdham is saluted by AndAL in her 25 th verse , when She addresses NarayaNA as " nedumAlE ". nedumAL and ThirumAl are unique names affiliated with VishNu/NarAyaNan in Tamil . Swami Desikan states in the context of describing Isvara Svarupam in RTS the Svarupam of PrApya Brahman is contained in Mula manthram's PrathamAksharam ( PraNavam ) and in the purva and Uttara portions of Dvya manthram ( Sriman NaarayaNa -- and SrimathE NarayanAya --) . The same Brahma sabdham denoting NarAyaNa is indicated by the words Maam and Aham in the Sarama Slokam revealed in Bhagadh GitA . In the next posting , the Isvara Svarupam of NaarAyaNa as the one united always with His consort will be discussed . samastha chidhachid vasthu sarireeyAkhilAthmanE I SrimathE nirmalAnandhOdhanvatE VishNavE nama : II ---MangaLa Slokam of Vedantha Saaram of Sri RamanujA (Meaning ) : My salutations to the blemishless Lord VishNu , who is always united with His consort , MahA Lakshmi and who is like an ocean of Aanandham . SrimathE nArayNAya nama : Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan From: "V. Sadagopan" <75041.3037@compuserve.com> Sender: bhakti-errors@lists.best.com To: bhakti@lists.best.com Subject: Thirteenth Day of Dhanur Maasam: Artha Panchakam : Part 4 , Iswara Svarupam Date: 02 Jan 97 20:52:46 EST Dear GodhA PriyAs : ***** Isvara Svarupam (Continued ) *** Isvaran as JnAnanandha Svarupan& Sriya: Pathi He is never without His consort as indicated by the Harivamsam verse section , " Yesha NaarayaNa: SrimAn KsheerarNava niketana : " ( he is the one with Sree Devi residing at the milky ocean known by the name of NaarayaNan ) . BrahmA salutes Him in RaamAyaNam as : BhavAn NaarayaNO deva: SreemAn ChakradharO Vibhu : " Again , He is celebrated in RaamAyaNam as " SrivatsavakshA nityasree: ". VishNu PurANam avers that Maha Lakshmi is never away from the Lord : nityaivaishA jaganmAthA VishnO: SriranapAyinee I YathA sarvagathO VishNu : Tathaiveyam dvijotthama II In the slokams of Chathusloki , AlavandhAr recognizes right at the start the united principle of Divya Dampathis as Isvara Svarupam . In the MangaLa slokam of Acharya RamAnujA's VedAntha Deepam , the undivided principle of Lakshmi NarAyaNan is saluted as "Sriya:KaanthO ananthO Vara GuNa gaNaikAspadha VAPU :" In the MangaLa slokam of Sri Bhashyam , Acharya RaamAnujA clearly describes the Isvara Svarupam as " Sruthi sirasi vidhEpthE BRAHMANI SRINIVAASEH " . Here he identifies and salutes that Brahma svarupan , who is the abode of Sri Devi . In GitA Bhashyam , Acharya salutes the Isvara Svarupam as : " Sriya: pathi: nikhila heya pratyaneeka kalyANaikatAnAnAnda JnAnanda Svarupa : " . NammAzhwAr addresses Srinivasan in his famous saraNAgathi verse of Thiruvaimozhi ( 6.10.10 ) this way to indicate that SrinivAsan is never ever separated from His consort and She can not bear to be without Him even for a fraction of a second : " ahalahillEn iraiyumenru AlarmEl mangai urai maarbA " In AndAL's Thiruppavai , the SRIMAAN ( united with Sri ) aspect of Isvara Svarupam is indicated at the following words/sections of the AruLiccheyal : 1 . SELVATTHIRUMAALAAL (Verse 30 ) 2 . Maamayan MAADHAVAN vaikunthan enru (Verse 9 ) Maadhavan is the sanskrit term for the Consort of Sri Devi . 3. un maNALanai , un maitthunan ( Verses 19&20 addressed to NiLA Piratti by Godha Piratti) . Here Isvaran and His svarupa visesham is indicated as NeeLApathi . AndAL herself is Bhumi Devi . Here , we get the attestation that the Isvaran is the Lord of Bhumi and NeeLA ( Sri ) Devis . In the next posting , we will continue with the blemishless (NIRMALA TATTVAM ) nature of Isvara Svarupam as stated by hte first doctrine of Artha Panchakam as supported by AndAL in her Thiruppavai . Sreerithyeva cha naama teh Bhagavathi ! Bhruma : katham tvAm vayam ? --- AlavandhAr's chathusloki , Verse 1 (meaning ) : Thy name is Sree . O Consort of the Lord having identical six GuNAs that he possesses ! How can we succeed in our futile attempts to describe your limitless glories ? Sriya: pathayeh nama: Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan