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Varadarajan Sourirajan • July 30, 2002 


Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

“ Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

  Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

  Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

  Eppozhudum peesu”

 

“ Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 

  yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa”

 

Pranams,

 

In the previous posting, we saw the meanings of namA, kannan.  Similarly there are meanings for all the thirunAmams of the bhagavan.  In his bhagavat guna tharpanam, Sri ParAsara bhattar gives the meanings of each nAma in the Vishnu sahasranAmam extensively.  Narayana nAmA is paratva soochanam and Govinda nAmA Sowlabhya soochanam.  Narayana nAma is seen in the Vedas whereas the Govinda nAma was the god’s beloved nAma in krishnAvatAram, though it refers to him in other avatArAs too.  “gO” can refer to both cow and earth.  Since varAha saved the earth he is also called ‘mahAvarAhO Govinda”.  Since Sriramar was bhoopalan(ruler of the earth) he also gets the name Govinda.  But then why does it refer to Krishna mainly, that is because only in KrishnAvatAram there was a specific govinda pattabhishekam.  That is why govinda nAma gets its significance.  Andal says ‘kurai ondru millAdha Govinda’.  Our ancestors did govinda keertanam before doing anything eating, sleeping etc.  Before starting anything they start with

 

  kaniyirundhanaiya sevvAi kannanai kanda kangal:  We saw earlier that the alwars were always deeply involved in the beauty of the lotus like eye and the coral liked juicy lips of the bhagavan.  Here thondaradi podi alwar says that the lips of the bhagavan are red and they are so sweet like a ripened fruit.  When we say the mouth is reddish like a coral then we may think the mouth is tasteless like a coral.  So to get us rid of that doubt alwar says the mouth is both beautiful and sweet in taste.  After describing the bhagavan’s beauty, alwar then talks about his own eyes.  What does his eyes do?  Alwar says kannanai kanda kangal, but is he not standing in front of Sri RanganAthan? why doesn’t he say that  instead why say kannanai? Actually all through his prabhadham alwar sings RanganAthan to be kannan or rAman.  Here PVP differentiates Periya Perumal to be kannan and namperumal to be rAman.  He says, “yesodhai pirAtti pillai manam kannAmal theembhilE kai valarum padi valarththa mosumosuppellAm thOtrierrukk

 

  paniarumbhu vudhirumAlO enseikEn pAviyEnE:  When the emperuman was in pArkadal there are number of droplets which are like pearls there.  But in Srirangam pearl like droplets fall from the eyes of the bhagavatals who enjoy the beauty of periya perumal.  They do not want to show their bhakthi to others so they hide their tears.  But then they are unable to do the same so we find small droplets in the corners of their eyes.  Then the tears roll down through their cheek.  Kulasekara alwar says these bhagavatals wet the whole area with their tears.  Alwar also doesn’t want his tears to be shown to others but unfortunately he is unable to stop it hence he says ‘vudhirumAlO enseikEn’(It falls what can I do?).  Alwar feels that his bhakthi is nothing compared to the krupai of bhagavan.  Even kuchElan, a friend of Krishna cries and says ‘aham pApi, daridhdhiraha’.  He says he is a pApi because he feels that he has cheated and got the krupai of Krishna paramAtma.  Here also alwar calls himself papi because his bhak

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 



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