Re: MahA VidvAn Sri U.Ve. PerukkAraNai Swamy ' ThiruppAvai Monograph: Selected Excerpts: Part X->Fourth day of Dhnaur Maasam: Azhimazhai KaNNA Dinam
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• December 19, 2000
Sriamthyai Godhayai Nama: SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama: Dear BhakthAs: On this fourth day of ThiruppAvai Vratham , adiyEn will Cover " Azhimazhaik KaNNA " paasuram , where Godhai and Her friends sing in praise of " God VaruNA , the God of rains" and request Him to bless them with copious rains for the Maarghazhi vratham observance . The Meaning of this Paasuram ( Dr.V.K.S.N.Raghavan) **************************************************** Oh Lord VaruNA who is the prsding deity of ocean-like burst of rains! (We pray to you so that ) you please do not make your gift very small(i.e. be bounteous towards us). We request you (in the form of clouds) to pour plenty of rains in the world;first you should get into the womb of the deep seas and take excessive water ( so that even the sea becomes bereft of water), make thunder (uproar), and go higher up (in the sky); (the color of ) your body should become as dark as that of the primordial cause of the world ( Oozhi Mudalvan= Jagath Kaarana BhUthan); you should become resplendent with lightning, just as the dazzling discus (Aazhi=Chakram) held on the hand of Lord PadmanAbha with broad shoulders; you should make a thunderous roar like the conch(Paanchajanyam) held on the hand of the Lord; you should bring forth rains in abundance without any cessation,--the rains just like the shower of arrows coming forth in succession from the bow (Saarangam) of the Lord.;your rains should be for the good of the world so that the world flourishes ; and , through your rains , we will have plenty of water and also happily take the ceremonial bath during Maarghazhi month. ( Lord VishNu's important weapons--discus, conch and bow are cited here , in a form of invocation as it were; and Lord PadmanAbha is indicated as the JagathkAraNan-- the primordial cause ). The Inner Meanings of this Paasuram ************************************* Aazhi Mazhaik KaNNA Oh Venerable AchAryAs , who pour down the rain of Jn~Anam and whose eyes are flodded with the showers of aanandham (bliss) through Bhagavath anubhavam ! Nee onRu kai karavEl Please bless us with all the meanings of the three rahasyams without holding back any Aazhiut-pukku after entering the milky ocean of Upanishads muhanthu kodu taking the quintessential meanings aarthu yERi and roaring like a lion Oozhi mudalvan uruvam You (AchAryAs) who have the dark pOl mey karutthu hue of the Lord due to your constant meditation of that dark-complexioned Lord and You who are filled with infinite dayA similar to that of the Lord and who are the embodiment of His compassion (Tanmayathvam) Paazhiyam thOLudai You who have the radiance arising PaRpanAbhan kaiyil from your dhivya Jn~Anam Aazhi pOl minni Valampuri pOl ninRu You roaring like HayagrIva ghOsham athirnthu (Jn~Anandha maya vijaya ghOsham) thAzhAthE thinking that there will be inauspiciousness , if You (as AchAryAs)do not perform upadEsam to your sishyAs Saarngam Udaittha showering the Jn~Ana varsham ( torrent Sara Mazhai pOl of Jn~Anam) like the bhANa Varsham ( the torrent of arrows leaving KodhanDa Raaman's Saarangam bow) Ulahinil Vaazha For the people of the world to survive and live Mahinzthu peythidAi please rain (of Jn~Anam) with joy naangaLum mahizhnthu so that we will engage in the most Maarghazhi neerAda exalted (Maargha seersham /thalai siRantha ) act of Prapatthi/SaraNAgathi at Your sacred feet ! (Summary ): In the Ongi UlahaLantha Utthaman Paasuram , ANDAL equated AchAryAs to "VaLLal Perum PasukkaL" or the most generous and lofty milk cows.The sishyAs through the anugraham of these AchAryAs drink the milk of Jn~Anam. In the 4th(next) paasuram , the AchAryAs are compared by ANDAL to the dark , rain-baring , monsoon clouds that pour down Jn~Anam on those , who seek their refuge and uplift them from the taapams of samsAram and prepare them for Moksha Siddhi through the sacred rite of aathma-samarpaNam. SadAchAryAs serving as KaaruNyAmrutha Meghams ********************************************** Sri P.B. AnnangarAcchAr Swamy(PBA) has given us ten pramAnams from purAnams and AzhwAr paasurams that effectively compares SadAchAryAs to rain bearing clouds .At the end of that discourse , Sri PBA Swamy has quoted the Sanskrit slOkam , ( LakshmInAthAkhya Sindhou Sataripu jalatha: praapya KaaruNya neeram----DesikEndhra pramoukai:);this slOkam describes how the KaaLa Megham named Swamy NammAzhwAr plunged deep into the ocean of DayA known as LakshmInArAyanan and showered copiously on the mountain peak (Naathamuni) and how those auspicious waters flowed from there in the form of two fountains ( UyyakkoNDAr and MaNakkAl Nampi) , which joined to form the river ( AaLavanthAr) and which entered into the immense lake of RaamAnujA ; That lake overflowing with Jn~Ana theertham exited through 74 sluices ( 74 SimhAsana adhipathis) to bless the samsAris continously . AchArya RaamAnujA as a Daya-laden rain cloud ******************************************** adiyEn is reminded of the many passages in Swamy Desikan's YathirAja Sapthathi that eloquently compare AchArya RaamAnujA to the rich daya-laden cloud cooling us ( SamsAris) with and uplifting us through the downpour of divine Jn~Anam : Sruthi Surabhaya: SuddhAnandha abhivarshuka VaaridhA: --SlOkam 47 (These clouds have the fragrance of VedAs and shower the purest of pure bliss all around). udhgruhNItham upanishadsu nigUDam arTam -- ---SlOkam 25 ( here AchArya RaamAnujA's hands dipping into the deep ocean of Upanishads and bringing out their essential meanings (SaarArthams) is described. SlOkams 30 (paanIya Sindhu:) , 32 ( anthyam varNam prathayathi), 60 ( (nirucchEdhA Yathipathi DayA dhivya taDinee --samAplaavayathi/ that never drying GangA pravAham known as YathirAja"s Daya immerses me in it ). Abhinava Desikan's insights **************************** One Illustrative example of the brilliant insights backed up by Ubhaya VedAntham of Abhinava Desikan is given below: The ThiruppAvai vratham observers are ParamaikAnthis ( Those who will not worship anyone other than Sriman NaarAyaNan and will not ask anything for themselves); hence , they will not pray to the rain god VaruNan (DevathAntharam) for boons to bless them with abubdant showers.The Gopis addressed therefore the God of rain as "Aazhi Mazhaik KaNNan " .KaNNan is the name for the adhyakshakan /nirvAhakan (commander) of the rain clouds.He is the antharyAmi of the Meghams. The gopis addressed Him as Jn~Ana VairAgya KaaruNya KalyAna guNa samudhram and Sarva Tanthra Svathanthran and invoked HIM for the copious rain for the Subhiksham (well being ) of the world . The greatness of ANDAL's reverence for Tamizh language ******************************************************* Sriman PerukkAraNai Swamy points out that ANDAL has used the unique Tamizh letter (Zha) ELEVEN TIMES in this paasuram : Aaazhi , Mazhai , OOzhi , Paazhiyam , thAzhAthE , Vaazha , Maarghazhi , Mahizhnthu ---. The use of letter "Zha" is unique for Tamizh BhAsahi (language) ANDAL's father used it (ZHA) TEN TIMES in 285th Paaasuram of Dhivya prabhandham ( Kuzhal IruNDu--). It looks like the daughter went beyond him in this matter ! This paasuram is a great one that celebrates the glories of SadAchAryans and their KaaruNyam . There are many other deep meanings that adiyEn could not include due to the need to keep the postigns brief. adiyEn will be faced with this dilemma throughout this series of postings and request devotees' understanding. There is so much more . Srimath Azhagiya Singhar, ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE saranam RaamAnuja Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Search archives at http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/index.html#SEARCH Manage your subscription at http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
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