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Based on Sri P.B. Annangaracharyar Swami's Commentary
Shloka 2:
pAShaNDaShaNDa girikhaNDana vajradaNDA: prachChanna bauddha makarAlaya manthadaNDA: | vedAntasAra sukhadarshana dIpadaNDA: rAmAnujasya vilasanti munestridaNDA: ||
Meaning:
khaNDana vajradaNDA: - Like the thunder stick that breaks pAShaNDa ShaNDa giri - the mountain ranges that are Pashandas, mantha daNDA: - like the churning stick prachChanna bauddha makarAlaya - that churns the ocean which is the hidden bauddhas, dIpadaNDA: - like a lighted torch sukha darshana - that shows easily vedAnta sAra - the inner meanings of Vedantas, vilasanti - thus beautifully present mune: tridaNDA: - are the three sticks that Ramanuja holds in his hands.
Commentary:
Shlokas 2 & 3 talk about the greatness and beauty of the
Tridandam that Swami Ramanuja holds in his hands. It is this that Embar
praised as "muppuri nUlodu mun kaiyilE thigazh mukkOl than azhagum".
As opposed to Advaita sanyasis who carry Ekadandam (one stick) in their
hands, Srivaishnava sanyasis carry Tridandam (three sticks) in their
hands. Hence they are also called Tridandi sanyasis. By praising the
Tridandam in these shlokas, the greatness of Swami Ramanuja is brought
out.
pAShaNDa ShaNDa giri khaNDana vajradaNDA::
Pashandas are like mountain ranges; a single mountain is itself
difficult to attack, so what to say about a whole range of mountains.
Yet Swami's one dandam fell on them like Indra's Vajrayuda falls on
mountains. This is similar to what was said in shloka 1 as "chArvAka
shailAshani:".
prachChanna bauddha:
pracchanna bauddhas refers to the sampradhayins that claim to follow
the Vedas but misinterpret them. They are mentioned in Swami's nAL
pAttu as "sankara bhAskara yAdava, bhAtta, prabhAkara ..". The
regular bauddhas rejected the Vedas altogether; pracchanna bauddhas
accept the Vedas as authority but interepret them incorrectly. So,
even though they accept the Vedas, they are refered to as bauddhas.
It is thus the our elders called one group as prakAsha bauddhas and
the other as pracchanna (hidden) bauddhas.
makarAlaya mantha daNDA::
Such pracchanna bauddhas stood like an ocean - big and making lots
of noise. Swami Ramanuja's other dandam is like the stick that
churns this ocean (just like the milky ocean was churned). To churn
this ocean is not just to destroy their philosophies but also to
win them over (such as the victories of Ramanuja over Yagnyavalkya,
Yadavaprakasha and others).
vedAntasAra sukhadarshana dIpadaNDA::
Swami's third stick is like a lighted torch that shows the great
hidden truths of Vedanta comfortably to one and all. Swami's nine
gems, such as Sri Bashya, Vedarttha Sangraha, Vedanta Deepa, etc
bring the Vedantic concepts to everyone. Unlike other sampradhayams
that considered only certain portions of the Vedas (such as the
bheda sruti, abheda sruti, etc), Swami expounded the visishtadvaita
by including all the sruti vakhyas and in a manner that made it
accesible to all.
vilasanti mune: tridaNDA::
Such a Tridandam of Ramanuja was present as the one that showed
the true meanings of Vedanta. It is therefore that
Thiruvarangaththamudhanar said "nAraNanaik kAttiya vEdham
kaLippuRRadhu".
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