Re: Selected excerpts from MahA VidvAn Sri U.Ve. PerukkAraNai Swamy's ThiruppAvai Monograph: Part XIII-> Sixth day : PuLLUm Silampina KaaNN dinam
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• December 21, 2000
Sriamthyai Godhayai Nama:
SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:
Dear BhakthAs:
>From the sixth to the fifteenth paasuram ,
Bhaagaavtha ThirupaLLiyezucchi (awakening of
the devotees of Lord Krishna )are covered.
Ten important bhakthais deeply involved with
KrishNa anubhavam are woken up to participate
in the Paavai nOnbhu. Each of the Ten important devotees
of KrishNa are awakened with one paasuram (6-15).
In this sixth paasuram, the first one to be
awakened is a young Gopi , who is a novice in
devotion to and love for KrishNa.She does not
know the difference between Bhagavath and
Bhaagavatha anubhavam due to her youth (JananyAcchAr).
"yEka svAdhu bhunjItha, bhunjItha cha dasabhi: saha"
says Saasthram. The parama bhOgya vasthus should not
be enjoyed alone. They must be enjoyed with tens (many)
people" .If that were so for worldly pleasures , then
the enjoyment of the greatest of pleasures -- enjoyment
of the anantha kalyANa guNams of the Lord-- must be
done with thousands of like-minded adiyArs of the Lord.
Swamy NammAzhwAr refers to the same , when he describes
the aananthAnubhavam of perumAL sEvai at Sri Vaikuntam:
" vanthavaethir koLLa maamaNi maNTapatthu,
anthamil pErinbatthu ADIYORADI IRUNTHAMAI"
(Sri PBA Swamy anubhavam).
Therefore ANDAL and Gopis awaken many represented
by the level of spiritual perfection of this Gopi
to join in the enjoyement of Bhagavath
GuNAnubhavam and Kaimkaryam to Him.
The Meaning of the Sixth Paasuram (V.S)
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Awaken , Oh Young girl! Even the birds have woken up
and are chirping about the arrival of the morning .Do n't
You hear the loud and sacred sound from the white conch
being blown at the temple of our Lord , who rides on
the divine GarudA ? Oh Young girl ! Wake up! .
The Yogis and Sages with minds known for uninterrupted
contemplation of our great Lord celebrated for His
adhbhutha leelais such as:
(1)destroying evil Poothanai by suckling her poisonous
milk-bearing breast and at the same time sucking her
life away
(2)destroying a cunning asuran , who came in the form
of a cart by splintering him into pieces with a swift
kick from His tiny (baby) toe .
He(Our Lord) is the primal cause of the whole Universe .
He sleeps on AdhisEshan in Yoga NidhrA at the milky ocean .
The Yogis and sages have now come out of their meditation
slowly and are reciting the name of Lord Hari loudly
for seven times.The crescendo of that Hari Naama UccharaNam
resounds like thunder and enters into our hearts and
pleases us. Does it n't that aravam enter your heart too?
Oh Young girl! Please Awaken and join us in the nOnbhu !
The Inner Meanings of this Paasuram
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PuLLum Silampina The Lord who took HamsAvathAram
KaaNN and the bird like AchAryAs (Parama
HamsAs) , who have received His
anugraham , are performing upadEsam
for us now.
PuLLarayan Koil For us like Pakshis ( little birds) and
Pasus(helpless Janthus), that one ,
(white conch) present in the ashtAkshara
roopa temple of the Lord (is blowing)
VeLLai ViLI Sankham That one (Sankham), which is the embodiment
of satthva guNam and which instructs
us on all the rahasyArthams (is sounding).
pEr aravam kEttilayO? Have n't you heard of that majestic
naatham of the white conch ? Its sound
delievers us the message :(1) EmperumAn
is Sarva-Seshi,the Supreme Lord (Swami)
of us all(2)We,the chEthanams , are His
seshans(eteranl servants ). Have n't
you heard that uplifting message?
PiLLAi YezhunthirAi Please discard your childish attitude
that the Supreme Lord and You are
one and the same and gain true
knowledge about Your Master-servant
relationship with Him and awaken !
pEy mulai nanjunDu Of those (AchAryAs), who destroy
the avidhyai named Poothanai ,
which is the cause of ahankAram
and mamakAram in us
kaLLa chakatam Of those (AchAryAs),who control and
kalakka azhiya kaal prevent our body (cart)drawn by
Occhi the indriyAs from running in destructive
directions thru their intervention
VeLLattharavil Thyuil Of those(AchAryAs),who do not have
amarntha any desire of swimming in the samsAra
saagaram full of fierce snakes(Taapams)
Vitthinai Of those great (AchAryAs) , who set us on
our journey in the Moksha maargam(path)
by being the seed of AchAram & anushtAnam
uLLatthil koNDu meditating on them (on those AchAryAs),
MunivarkaLum YogikaLum the two kinds of prapannAs recognize
mella Yezhunthu clearly their insufficencies to practise
Bhakthi Yogam(One kind of prapannan is
known for Bhagavath guNAnubhavan and
the other known for Kainkarya anubhavam
or Karma yOga nishtai ).
Hari YenRa pEraravam approach the Lord and loudly request
Him to eliminate the Paapams and PuNyams ,
which are the seeds of SamsAric
afflictions (approach AchAryan as
Moksha bheeja BhUthan)
uLLam Puhunthu That aartha naatham ( sufferer's loud
cry) of the PrapannAs entered through
the Lord's(AchAryA's) ears and reached
His (their)heart(s).
KuLirnthu That sound reaching the Lord's heart
made Him happy and contented ; That
anubhavam of the Lord (Achaaryan)
made Him PrasAdha-Visishtan for us.
Hearing this uplifting message and its
effect on our Lord(AchAryan) , Oh Girl ,
please awaken and join in the Nonbhu !
Additional Meanings for individual words
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A.The addressing of the Gopi Here as "PiLLAi"
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Four Views:
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(1) This Gopi being awakened is a novice in
Bhagavath-BHAgavatha anubhavam .The highest
among the bhakthAs of the Lord is the One , who
has Bhaagavatha Bhakthi (devotion to the Lord's
devotees). This Gopi is not there yet and She has
PiLLaitthanam ( attributes of a novitiate).Her
BhAgavatha Bhakthi is not ripe and needs growing .
Hence , She is addresed as PiLLAI ( Sri PeruKKaraNai
Swamy).
(2) The young ones do not know kapatam ; they are not
adept in the wily ways of life. It is a guNa visEsham
of youngsters. Therefore , this Gopi is addressed as
"PiLLAi"...Sri PBA Swamy
(3)Our AchAryAs are also addressed as Vadakku
Thiruveethi PiLLai , Periya VaacchAn PiLLai,
NampiLLai. In this context , this Gopi who is good as
a youngster in grasping , preserving and growing
Bhagavath anubhavam (GrahaNa DhAraNa pOshana padur
Baala:) is given a place of respect by being addressed
as "PiLLAi"...Sri PBA Swamy
(4) Oh Gopi! You are new to Bhagaathanubhavam.
Therefore this sleep has enwrapped you .Please
cast aside this slumber of PiLLaittanam (youth)and
make an effort to grow further in Bhagavathanubhavam .
Please grow up in anubhava rasam and become adhikAri
in Bhagaavth anubhavam by joining this group singing
the Lord's ThirunAmams.--Sri UtthamUr Swamy
B.Inner meanings of the Other phrases of the 6th Paasuram
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according to Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy
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(1)PuLLarayan Koil= Thirumanthram (AshtAksharam), the place
of preferred rsidence(Koil) of the Lord.
(2)Sanghu = The Conch there (at that temple )is PraNavam .
(3)Inn (ViLi Sankhu+inn ) = Iniya(Sweet) sound of NaarAyaNa
padham in AshtAksharam.
(4)VeLLai= Satthva guNam. "VeLlai ViLi sankhin Peraravam
KettilayO?" = Have n't you heard yet the rahasyArthams
of the sweetest manthram arising from the sankha dhavni?
(5) pEy mulai najunDu= pEy is Moola prakruthi; its mulai
(breasts) are bhuddhi and ahamkAram ; nanju = the dhOshams
arising from them.
(6) KaLLa sakatam kalakkazhiya KaalOcchi= Sakatam is manOratham
(abhilAshai); That sakatam unless directed towards the Lord
is stealthy and defective ( sthEna mana: anrutha vaadhini
vaak--Vedam) . Kalakkazhippathu in this context is the
growth of vairAgyam to eliminate the KaLLatthanam
(stealthiness) of anrutha Vaak ( untrue talk).
(7) VeLLattharavu = SamsAra BhOga pravAham
(8) Thyuil amarvathu = dircting the mind away
from those dhukkham causing Bhogams
(9) Vithtinai ULLatthu kONDu = by treasuring that Koota-sthAna
AchAryan/Bhagavaan deep in mind and meditating with preethi.
"ULLatthuk KoNDu" : When we get up, we uter the ame of Hari,
when we start travel, we say KesavA , when we eat we say
GovindhA and whenw e are about to sleep, we say MadhavA ".
Lord is kept in the heart and meditated upon by
Munis and Yogis.
(10) meLLa Yezhunthu: Hari yenRa pEraravam = arising slowly
with the recitation of the name of Hari ( One who removes
our aj~nAnam and Viparitha Jn~Anam completely) . That Hari
naama sankIrthanam has swelled up to a loud ghOsham . Hari's
naama mahimai has been celebrated by Haryashtakam of
PrahlAdhan : "Taani sarvANi asEshANi Harir ithi akshara Dhvyam".
ANDAL , Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan
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