Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam : Part XXI: Arayar Sevai Paasurams used at SriRangam duirng the Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam.
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• January 10, 2002
SrI: SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama: Dear BhakthAs: This would be one of the penultimate posting on the recently concluded Thiruadhyayana Uthsavam at the Sri RanganAthA Temple at Pomona , NY. With one more posting, adiyEn will wrap up the series . Prior to starting on the main topic ,I would like to make a correction on the number of sEvArthis , who attended the services at the Temple on Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day. The number of 1,000 mentioned was for the New Year day and not for the Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day for which the figures are not available.Quite a few arrived all day long. Srirangam Arayar Sevai: ************************ at the outset , adiyEn requests experts on Arayar Sevai at Srirangam like Sri T.S.Sundararajan Swamy to correct any mistakes in my narrative. The purpose of this note is like a reminder for next year's Uthsavam and the expansion of Arayar Sevai to include items that are used by the Arayar's at Srirangam , since the Pomona Temple follows the Srirangam Tradition in its worship details. This Mutthamizh KoNDAttam is unique to Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam every where including the Pomona Temple for Lord RanganAthan. ThiruAdhyayana Uthsavam: Pahal Patthu *************************************** The Paasurams chosen by Arayar for the sEvai during the day time (Pahal Patthu) are 26 in number at Srirangam . The dance dramas of Kamsa Vathai, Vaamanan kathai, amrutha MaTanam and IrAvaNa vadham enacted on the 4th, 7th, 8th and 10th day of Pahal patthu is not covered here : 1. PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallANDu: " adiyOmOdum ninnOdum PirivinRi aayiram PallANDU", the second paasuram of ThiruppallANDu Prabhandham. 2.PeriyAzhwAr's Periya Thirumozhi: 3.1 , " TannErAyiram PiLLaihaLOdu TaLar Nadai ittu varvAN" Here , YasOdhA recognizes the Parathvam of Baala KrishNan, her infant baby and states that she is afraid to breast feed Him . 3. " SenniyOngu TaNN ThiruvEngadamudayAi" PeriyAzhwAr: 5.4.1 Here , PeriyAzhwAr joyously declares that he is blissful because of the fact that the Lord has blessed him through the entry into his HrudhayAkAsam and taking residence there. This is the valedictory address of PeriyAzhwAr to the Lord. The meanings of these paasurams are archived in the Dec 14,1997 issue of Bhakthi List. 4. Periya Thirumozhi: 2.10.1: "AaRRIrunthu ViLayAduvONkaLai" Here , the anubhavam of the neighbors complaining to YasOdhA about the injustices done to them by Baala KrishNan . 5. " Maargahazhi ThingaL " : First Paasuram of ThiruppAvai alone. 6. " KaNNan yennum Karum Dheivam" NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi: 13.1 Here , ANDAL appeals to Her friends to fan & comfort Her with by waving the cloth used by Her Lord as She experiences viraha Taapam. 7. PerumAL Thirumozhi: "UnEru Selvam" of KulasEkharar: Here, KulasEkharar addresses ThiruvEngadamudayAn and informs Him that he wishes to be in the form of any object proximate to the Lord at His seven hills. " KonEri Vaazhum KuruhAi piRappEnE" . 8. PerumAL Thirumozhi: " IruLiriya SudarmanikaL imaikkum neRRI": PerumAL Thirumozhi: 1.1.1. Here , AzhwAr lovingly salutes the Lord resting on AdhisEshan at Thiruvarangam and yearns for the day when His eyes will feat on His sevai. 9. ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr: The First Paasuram of ThirumALai: " KaavaliR Pulanai vaitthuk kalitanai kadakka paaynthu". Here ThoNdaradippodi struts with immense pride about the power of comprehending the Lord's ThirunAmam and overcoming the ills of Kali dhOshams and attainig immortality. 10." KaNNinuNN SirutthAmpu" of Madhura Kavi AzhwAr. The celebration of AchArya Bhakthi over every thing else is the topic of the Arayar Sevai here. 11. Thirumangai: "VaadinEn Vaadi ": Periya Thirumozhi(PTM): 1.1.1 The joyous declaration of Thirumangai on the discovery of the redemptive power of NaarAyaNa Naamam : " OdinEn Odi UyvathOr poruLAluNarvenum Perum Patham therinthu , nadinEn naadi NAANN KANDUKONDEN NAARAAYANAAVENNUM NAAMAM ." Please refer to Sri MadhavakkaNNan's facile translations on Periya Thirumozhi in the Bhakthi archives on this and other paasurams of Thirumangai. 12. Thirumangai PTM : 5.7.1: " PaNdai Naann MaRayum--" Thirumangai declares here that the all pervasviness of Lord RanganAthan as per VishNu nAmam( " --aNDamum thAnAi ninRa EmperumAn Arangamaa nahar amarnthAnE "). 13. Thirumangai Mannan's Paasuram on ThirukkaNNapuram: PTM: 8.2.1:" TeLLiyeer Devarkkum Devar ThiruttakkatthIr". This is about the anubhavam of ParakAla Naayaki. 14. ThirukkuRunkudi Paasuram: PTM: 9.6.1: " akkumpuliyanataLUmudayAr avaroruvar". 15. ThirumAlirumchOlai Paasuram : PTM: 9.8.1: Thirumangai's request to his mind to worship the Lord of ThirumAlirumchOlai: " munthuRavuraikkEn viraikkuzhal madavAr kalaviyai vidutadumARal". 16-26: Eleven Paasurams of ThirunedumthANDakam starting from "MinnuruvAi munnuruvil vEda NaankAi" to Pattudukkumayartthirengum paavai pENAL ". There are exquisite and moving meanings of the ThirunedumthANDaka Saasthram used by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar to win the MelkOte advaithin in a debate and to transform him into a great Sri VaishNavite AchArya by the ThirunAmam of Nam Jeeyar. adiyEn will cover the Pasurams used by Arayars for the Iraa Patthu Uthsavam in the next posting. AzhwAr, AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama: Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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