[Advaita-l] Vatapi Ganapatim.....a few interesting observations

[V Subrahmanian]

Corrections:  It is Tiruvaiyaru.   5th invocatory verse.

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:05 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The song 'Vatapi Ganapatim' is very popular. It is a composition of Sri
> Muthuswamy Dikshitar, one of the composer-trinity who lived in Tiruvaru,
> Tamilnadu:
> The lyrics, with English meaning can be seen here:
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>  http://www.shivkumar.org/music/vatapi.htm
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> The lines/terms:
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> Bhoota Bhautika Prapancha Bharanam    =  *He pervades (“bharanam”)  the
> world  (“bhoota bhautika”) consisting of the five elements (“prapancha”). *
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> Vishwakaaranam   Vighna Vaaranam  =  *He is the cause (“kaaranam”) of
> creation(“viswa”)  and the obliterator (“vaaranam”) of obstacles (“vigna”).*
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> *are the subject matter of the 6th invocatory verse of Sarvajnatman's
> 'Sankshepa shariraka'.  The details can be seen here:*
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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6owbQlODVSLaHVrYk9mVXhsclE/view
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> The word: Nirantaram  =  Eternal or Impartite, is a term also found in
> Shankara's famous 'mudaa karaatta modakam..' ( paraatparam nirantaram).
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> This line of the song is also something special:
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> Muraari Pramukhaadyupaasitam  ==  *He is meditated (“upaasitham”) upon
> Vishnu (“muraari”) and other “Pramukhas” (important ones).*
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> Dikshitar is the composer of the famous songs 'ranga pura vihaara' on the
> presiding deity, Sri Ranganatha, of Srirangam, and also 'Ranganatham
> bhaje...'.
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> He has composed songs on all the deities of the Vedic dharma, including
> the navagraha-s. His navavarna kriti-s on Devi are very famous. We see how
> neatly aligned is Dikshitar to the Advaita sampradaya.
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> Om Tat Sat
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