Sriman narayana of MahaNarayanOpanishad

[K.N.RAMESH]

Courtesy:Sri Vaishnavism e-magazine

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Sriman NaarAyaNA of MahA NaarAyaNOpanishad

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I will conclude this posting with select manthrams of MahA NaarAyaNOPanishad .This Upanishad has moving revelatory passages

 on the identity of the ParamAthMan ( Paramapurushan ) . In the very first manthram , which has profound meanings , the role of the

 Lord of creation is saluted :

ambasya paarEbhuvanasya madhyE naakasya prushtE mahathO maheeyAn I

SukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta : PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha : II
( Meaning ) : " The Lord of Creation , who is present in the shoreless waters ,on the Earth and above the Heaven and who is

greater than the great , having entered the shining intelligence of creatures in seed form, acts in foetus (which grows into the living being that is born)".
This Lord of Creation and the AntharyAmi Brahman is recognized in the next manthram as the source of power by which all Gods remain

enjoying their respective powers ( Sarvam yasmin dEvA adhi visvE nishEdhu: ). The Upanishad goes onto declare that certainly has been true

 in the past and will be true in the future (TadhREva bhUtham tadhu bhavyamA ).

In section 12 , the 17th manthram of this Upanishad we come across the connection of the Lord to PraNavam :
yO vedAdhou svara: prOkthO VedAnthE cha prathishtitha : I

tasya prakruthileenasya Ya; Para: sa MahEsvara : II
This manthram asserts that this Lord of Creation is the supreme Lord , who transcends the syllable OM , which is invoked

 at the commencement of the recital of the VedAs , which is well established in Upanishads and which is dissolved in

the primal cause during contemplation .

The next few manthrams identify this supreme Lord as Sriman NaarAyaNA :
11 NaarAyaNam mahAj~nEyam visvAthmAnam parAyaNam
This Supreme Lord , Sriman NaarAyaNA is declared as the One , who is supremely worthy of being known by the Jeevans

and recognized as the supreme goal .

The thundering statements that follow are :
NaarAyaNa: param Brahmma tattvam NaarAYaNa: Para: I

NaarayaNa: parO jyOthirAthmA NaarayaNa : para :II

NaarayaNa: parO dhyAthA dhyAnam NaarayaNa : para : I
( Meaning ) : NaarAyaNA is the supreme reality designated as Brahmman . NaarAyaNA is the loftiest of all principles.

NaarAyaNA is the supreme effulgence described by Upanishads. NaarAyaNA is THE INFINITE SELF.

He is the most outstanding mediator and meditation.

Yaccha kinjijagathyasmin dhrusyatE SrUyatEpi vaa I antharbahisccha tathsarvam vyApya NaarAyaNa: sthitha : II
( Meaning ) : Whatsoever that is comprehended through perception or known through hearing , all that is pervaded by

NaarAyaNA within (indweller) and outside .

A CONCLUDING SALUTATION TO THE SAKALA UPANISHAD SVARUPAN

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This Lord of Srirangam , who has been saluted as Mahath Yasa: (the great glory). He is the web and woof of creation saluted

 by the Upanishads . He reclines under PranvAkruthi VimAnam and glorifies the meaning of PraNavam ( PraNavArtha PrakAsakan ) .

He is the para Vaasudevan of parama Padham . He is RangEsan . He has Srirangam as His temple by the side of KaavEri river and

 

 His other home is by the side of VirajA river in Sri Vaikuntam . That Sri RangasAyee is saluted by this famous slOkam :
KaavErI VirajAsEyam Vaikuntam Rangamandhiram Sa VaasudEvO RangEsa: Prathyaksham Paramam Padham I

 VimAnam PraNavAkAram Vedasrungam MahAdhbhutham SrirangasAyee BhagavAn PraNavArthaprakAsaka : II
It is this Sri RangasAyee saluted by Upanishads that Saint ThyagarAjA implored to come to him at Srirangam in his

celebrated KaambhOji Raaga Krtihi : Oh RangasAyee !pilachitE-Oh yanuchu raa raadhAA ?

 ( Oh Rangasaayee ! When I implore You to come to me , why should You not respond ?) .

Saint Thyagaraja composed the Sriranga Pancharathna krithis on this Lord reclining on Adhi SEshA at Srirangam .

We will salute those 5 krithis in the next posting .
Sri RanganAthO Jayathi !
Sri RanganAtha Para BrahmaNE Nama:
Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

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