Lord Ranganatha thus came from ksheerabdhi to Brahma’s hands and from Brahma to Vaivaswatha manu. Vaivasvatha manu’s race right from Ikshvaku to Sree Rama worshipped Him as their kuladeiva at Ayodhya. Lord Rama gave Ranganatha to Vibheeshana who while carrying Him placed him on his way at SriRangam. Dharmavarma who did penance there to bring the Lord to Srirangam was overwhelmed to see the Lord in front of his eyes. The Lord chose Srirangam as His permanent residence. Thus three main persons worshipped the Lord i.e., Brahma, Rama and Dharmavarma.
The devotees next question the Sadguru, “Oh Gurudeva please tell us how Goddess Ranganayaki appeared in the present form. How did she marry the Lord? Did she also exhibit her divine form from the ksheerabdi when the Lord manifested His archaavathara. The Sadguru replies:
“ Oh Rasikas May you now listen to the wonderful episode of the Avathar of Ranganayaki thayar.Dharmavarma performed all the rituals and worship of the Lord with great sincerity and dedication.One day on the dawn of panguni uththaram Goddess Ranganayaki appeared in Dharmavarma’s dream and instructed him to find her beautiful archa form below a Bilva tree on the banks of Chandrapushkarani. An ecstatic Dharmavarma woke up to his excitement, he ran to the Bilva tree and as dreamt found the magnificient svayam vyaktha form of the Goddess. ( Svayamvyaktha- not sculpted by a mortal but found on its own). Sree Devi thayar was found with sandal paste, kumkum, flowers, manjal, beautifully decorated seated on a lotus flower with lotuses held in two of her hands and two more of her hands showing the abhaya, Varada hastha. DEvas Gandharvas beat the drums, sing her glory, 2 Airavatha elephants perform abhishekam with Deva ganga. Dharmavarma does the ashoththaram, glorifies Her boundless mercy brings Her and Lord Ranganatha to the serthi mandapam. There in an ekasana he performs the wedding of the divyadampathi ( Serthi uthsavam).
( Concluding part of Ranga mahathmyam next issue)
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