{"id":13206,"date":"2017-01-01T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=13206"},"modified":"2017-01-01T13:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T13:50:27","slug":"sthothra-rathnam-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/sthothra-rathnam-19\/","title":{"rendered":"sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/sthothra-rathnam\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/sthothra-rathnam-18\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art.jpg\" alt=\"vishnu-art\" width=\"358\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vishnu-art-768x603.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>ALavandhAr says just like <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>&#8216;s auspicious qualities are countless, each quality in itself is boundless.<\/p>\n<p><em>uparyuparyubjabhuvO&#8217;pi pUrushAn <\/em><br \/>\n<em>prakalpya thE yE SathamithyanukramAth |<\/em><br \/>\n<em>giras thvadhEkaikaguNAvadhIpsayA <\/em><br \/>\n<em>sadhA sthithA nOdhyamathO&#8217;thiSErathE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Word by word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>abjabhuva: upari upari api &#8211; more and more for brahmAs<br \/>\nthE yE Satham ithi anukramAth &#8211; by reciting &#8220;<em>thE yE Satham<\/em>&#8221; (such hundred) repeatedly<br \/>\npUrushAn prakalpya &#8211; imagining new brahmAs<br \/>\nthvath Ekaika guNa avadhi IpsayA &#8211; desiring to see the boundary of your each quality<br \/>\nsadhA sthithA: &#8211; always focussed on<br \/>\ngira: &#8211; vEdha vAkyams (sacred sounds\/hymns)<br \/>\nudhyamatha: &#8211; crossing over the starting stage<br \/>\nna athiSErathE &#8211; have not moved forward<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>By reciting &#8220;<em>thE yE Satham<\/em>&#8221; (such hundred) repeatedly for more and more brahmAs, vEdha vAkyams (sacred sounds\/hymns) are always focussed on imagining new brahmAs, desiring to see the boundary of your each quality, have not moved forward crossing over the starting stage.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>abjabhuva: uparyupari thE yE SathamithyanukramAth pUrushAn prakalpya:<\/em> &#8211; Being born in the divine naval without separation, on top of brahmA who learned [vEdham] directly from him [<a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>], placing that brahmA at the level of a human being, in the manner of thaiththirIya upanishath Anandhavalli &#8220;<em>thE yE Satham<\/em>&#8221; (the bliss of such hundred persons together) starting with the bliss of such a human being and increasing the bliss to another brahmA, and repeating the same with many imaginary brahmAs of great potential [by multiplying the bliss 100s of times at every step].<\/li>\n<li><em>Ekaika guNAvadhIpsayA sadhA sthithA gira:<\/em> &#8211; The sacred texts which are always existing and desiring to see the boundary [ultimate state] of Anandha guNam (bliss). By saying &#8220;<em>Ekaika (Eka Eka)<\/em>&#8221; (only one), it implies <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>&#8216;s features like his youth etc which brings about bliss. &#8220;<em>sadhA sthithA gira:<\/em>&#8221; also indicates the nithyathva (eternal) and apaurushEyathva (author-less) nature of vEdham. Since &#8220;<em>gira:<\/em>&#8221; (sounds\/hymns) is used instead of saying <em>vEdha akshara rASi<\/em> (collection of letters), as said in SrIvishNu purANam 1.5.63 &#8220;&#8230; <em>vEdha SabdhEbhya EvAthau &#8230;<\/em>&#8221; (brahmA named the creatures starting with dhEvathAs, their forms, and explanations for vaidhika activities [by learning them] from the words of vEdham), even laukIka Sabdhams (worldly words) are derived from vaidhika Sabdhams (scriptural texts) only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How did they [hymns\/texts] see the qualities of <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>nOdhyamadhO&#8217;thiSErathE<\/em> &#8211; While they ventured into the qualities of bhagavAn, they could not move a step forward. thaiththirIya upanishath Anandhavalli 8 &#8211; Starting with &#8220;<em>saishAnandhasya mImAmsA bhavathi<\/em>&#8221; (the bliss of brahmam (bhagavAn) is analysed here) and goes up to\u00a0 &#8220;<em>sa EkO brahmaNa Anandha:<\/em>&#8221; (This is brahmA&#8217;s bliss). As said in thaiththirIya upanishath Anandhavalli 8 &#8220;<em>yuvA syAth<\/em>&#8221; (Let him be a youthful man [as the texts are trying to analyse the bliss from the best possible starting point]), the youthful nature is attributed to the svarUpa (true nature) and guNams (qualities); it can also indicate the thEjas (glow) acquired by the youthful nature. <em>adhyAyaka &#8211; gyAnam<\/em> (knowledge); <em>ASishta: &#8211; Sakthi<\/em> (power\/capability); <em>dhradishta: &#8211; vIrya <\/em>(bravery); <em>balishta: &#8211; balam<\/em> (Strength); <em>thasyEyam &#8211; aiSvaryam<\/em> (wealth\/opulence). SrIvaikuNta sthavam 51 &#8220;<em>thrayyudhyathA thava yuvathvamukhair guNaugai: &#8230;<\/em>&#8221; (vEdham tried to explore your bliss which was nourished by your countless qualities such as youth etc and measured it saying &#8220;thE yE Satham&#8221; (hundred times of that) and declared loudly &#8220;he cannot be comprehended by the mind and speech&#8221;). and so on.<\/li>\n<li><em>udhyamatha:<\/em> &#8211; started.<\/li>\n<li><em>nAthiSErathE<\/em> &#8211; [but] the ability to cross over is not present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next SlOkam.<\/p>\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous Introduction ALavandhAr says just like bhagavAn&#8216;s auspicious qualities are countless, each quality in itself is boundless. uparyuparyubjabhuvO&#8217;pi pUrushAn prakalpya thE yE SathamithyanukramAth | giras thvadhEkaikaguNAvadhIpsayA sadhA sthithA nOdhyamathO&#8217;thiSErathE || Word by word meaning abjabhuva: upari upari api &#8211; more and more &#8230; <a title=\"sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 19\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/sthothra-rathnam-19\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 19\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-sthothra-rathnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}