PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 3.10- Hanuman identifies himself narrating incidents!
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• March 12, 2003
Regards
Narayana Narayana
NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan
SrI:
SrImathe Gopaladesika mahaadesikaya namah:
Dearest srivaishnavas,
In the last ten, AzhwAr did not elaborate the Sundara kaaNdam in his verses
and hence takes it up here in short form. Also, it is difficult to narrate
the entire Ramayana in one stroke and enjoy and thus, AzhwAr in the words of
HanumAn to SitA PiraaTTi narrating her the incidents in RamaÂ’s life to
remove the doubts in her mind if Hanuman had been sent by Ravanan himself as
Ravana himself had come in that guise. Hanuman narrates very beautifully the
incidents one by one as mentioned to him by Rama for identification of
himself (Hanuman) as RamaÂ’s messenger. AzhwAr narrates this as if it is
revealed to him by the Lord as AzhwArs are mayarvara mthinalam arulap
perravargal..
Let us enjoy the verses and their beautiful divine meanings:
neRindhakarunguzhalmadavaay! ninnadiyEnviNNappam
seRindhamaNimudichchanakan silaiyiRuththun^inaikkoNarndhadhu
aRindhu arasukaLaikatta arundhavaththOn_idaivilanga
seRindhasilaikodudhavaththaich chidhaiththadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 1.
Oh PiraaTTi! One who has dark, curly dense tresses! Listen to vignApanam
(request) from your dAsan: [I am the messenger- dhUthan of] the one who
broke the strong siva dhanus (bow) of the King Janaka, (who has densely
impregnated gemstone bedecked crown on his head) and married You; having
heard that He had married You, Parasurama appeared there on your way to
AyOddhi and he (my master, Rama ) crushed the penance of Parasurama with his
own vishnu dhanus. [This is one identification to exhibit to you that I am
His dhUthan.]
I was Rama dAsan till now. Having seen your chaste, your madappam (divine
feminine beauty), I am now your dAsan as well. I am the dAsan of Divya
Dampathi. I narrated the whole story from the tree. I mentioned about the
wedding of yours. The bow was so strong that others could not even touch.
Your Rama- my Master- my Lord had effortlessly broken it and not only that;
He also won over Parasu Rama muni and destroyed his penance using his Vishnu
dhanus which is even grander than the earlier Siva dhanus.
The dark hair is curly and rugged as she had had no snAnam and samskAram
being separated from her Lord Rama.
alliyampoomalarkkOdhaay! adipaNindhEnviNNappam
sollukEn_kEttaruLaay thuNaimalarkkaNmadamaanE!
elliyampOdhinidhiruththal irundhadhOridavakaiyil
mallikaimaamaalaikoNdu angu_aarththadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 2.
Oh PiraaTTi! One who is like garland of fragrant flowers! GodhA! I have
prostrated at your feet and listen to this vignApanam that I am going to
tell. Oh darting beautiful deer eyed one, matching each other for their
tender flower like beauty! In that great AyOddhi, the place of pleasure, in
that moon lit night, [You] tied Him with soft tender fragrant jasmine flower
garland. That is another identification.
One may note that though this was not mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana, Valmiki
does mention about twelve years passing in Ayoddhi after wedding. During
those years, there were many spring seasons (vasantha rudhu) and there could
be many incidents and plays which need not have been uttered by the sage. As
revealed to AzhwAr one such incident is this. Also SitA may have had doubts
that it (Hanuman) could be Ravana in disguise. But surely he (Ravana) would
not have narrated this romantic incident of SitA tying down Rama with the
jasmine flower garland.
Rama had spent the entire day with parents, sage Vasishta, and other
princely activities. SitA is perhaps angry and did not speak to Him when he
comes back. Rama having come enthused is disappointed at SitAÂ’s lack of
response and her love and hence he too gets upset and attempts to leave her.
Sensing that he may leave and not wanting to loose the short span of time
being available with her nAthan, she holds him tight and ties him with the
jasmine flower garland. She does not tile like Yasodha and she caringly and
lovingly ties him soft so that it does not hurt Him.
Also it may mean that she tied him with her sweet nature, with her divine
beauty, with her most auspicious kalyAna gunas; with her equal strengths
etc..
AzhwAr uses the word GodhA for SitA. She like his daughter ties Him with her
garland. Sraji nigaLitham yAbalAthkruthya bungthE..
kalakkiyamaamanaththanaLaayk kaikEsivaramvENda
malakkiyamaamanaththananaay mannavanumaRaadhozhiya
kulakkumaraa! kaaduRaiyappO enRuvidaikoduppa
ilakkumaNan_thannodum angu_Ekiyadhu_OradaiyaaLam. 3.
KulakkumarA! Oh son of Utthama IkshvAku kulam! Go to the forest- said
Dasaratha. KaikEyi, having her mind brain washed (changed) by Mantharai,
asking for such boons from Dasaratha and the king also grief struck and
unable to refuse (as he had promised earlier for granting any two boons)
Dasaratha had instructed the same to Him. [And He] along with Lakshmana went
is another identification.
Though born to such greatest IkshvAku kulam, because of me, my darling had
to go to the forest- thus crying unable to say, He asked Rama to go to the
forest.
vaaraNindhamulaimadavaay! vaidhEvee! viNNappam
thEraNindha_ayOththiyar_kOn perundhEvee! kEttaruLaay
kooraNindhavElvalavan gukanOdumkangaithannil
seeraNindhathOzhamai koNdadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 4.
Oh feminine beautiful PiraaTTi! The one who wears upper cloth (kacchu) on
your breasts! Oh darling daughter of VidhEha dEsam! Oh divine consort of
Lord Rama, the master of residents of AyOdhyA! Listen to my vignApanam: Even
with Guhan, the boat man and the hunter, holding sharp spear, [Your Rama]
befriended on the banks of river Ganges and moved with him with such
sowlabhyam (moving with everyone without looking at their status) and
sowseelyam (easy accessibility) – is another identification.
Rama hugged Guhan and addressed him as his fifth brother. Guhanodum
ivarAnOm. We became five with Guhan. He (Guhan) throughout the night was
awake and walked up and down with a bow in his hand {along with Lakshmana)
protecting Rama and SitA who were sleeping in his place. Such was his love
for Rama. He offered fish, and honey for Him with love. Soham priysakam
rAmam sayAnam saha seethayaa rakshishyAmi dhanushpAni: sarvadhO jnAthibhi:
saha: -
The upper cloth being referred to means she did not wear the deer skin or
wood (maravuri) dress like Rama, Lakshmana.
Hence, Guha had the seeraNindha thOzhamai- greatest
friendshipmaanamarumeln^Okki! vaidhEvee! viNNappam
kaanamarumkalladhar_pOyk kaaduRaindhakaalaththu
thEnamarumpozhiRsaaral chiththirakoodaththu_iruppa
paalmozhiyaay! baradhan^ambi paNindhadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 5.
Oh deer like tender soft beautiful eyed One! VaidhEhI! Listen to this
vignApanam of mine: the one with sweet milk like speech! [When you] went to
that stone laden forest and stayed there in eth Chithrakootam, surrounded by
dense gardens everywhere, the greatest devotee BharathAzhwAn came begging to
Rama, surrendered at His feet and prayed Rama to come back to accept the
kingdom- is another identification.
The sweet talker- SitA is addressed here- She went walking with such
enthusiasm, with no semblance of weariness as if she is going to some picnic
spot; she was with Rama in Chithrakootam spending time joyously therein. Or
this sweet milk like talk- can be connected to Bharathan as well. She having
heard BharathaÂ’s sweet milk like speech as it was from his sincere devoted
heart full of bhakti and service to Divya Dampathi and his ardent prayers to
Rama. [AchAryasÂ’ anubavam is wonderful.]
chiththirakoodaththu_iruppach chiRukaakkaimulaitheeNda
aththiramEkoNdeRiya anaiththulakumthirindhOdi
viththakanE! iraamaavO! ninnabayam_enRu_azhaippa
aththiramE_adhan_kaNNai aRuththadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 6.
when [you were] at Chithrakootam, the small lowly crow touched your tender
breast and hurt you; He sent a small grass as brahmAsthram (uttering the
required manthra) towards the crow and that crow in order to escape from the
same, ran all three worlds; approached everyone to protect { in vain) and
finally with no other refuge and no other go (due to your grace) came
addressing “Oh Parama krupALu! The most strongest One! Most merciful One!
Asritharanjaka! Oh MahaanE! You are the only one who can save me- and
prayed, which let the asthram take only one eye instead of the life itself.
– is another identification.
The crow was the son of Devendran and though a deva is called kAkAsuran and
addressed by AzhwAr as SiRu kAkkai- smallest one- lowliest one for having
committed such great apacharam. And the most compassionate Jagan matha
helped the crow fall at His feet and get saved.
minnoththan^uNNidaiyaay! meyyadiyEnviNNappam
ponnoththamaanonRu pukundhu_inidhuviLaiyaada
ninnanbinvazhin^inRu silaipidiththu_empiraan_Eka
pinnE_angu_ilakkumaNan pirindhadhum_OradaiyaaLam. 7.
Oh lighting like narrow waisted one! Your truthful servant – aDiyEn’s (my)
vignApanam: When the golden beautiful deer that attracted your eyes came
near You, You asked Rama to catch hold of the deer for you to play with. He
went behind the same chasing the deer in the path of that desire that you
had and You sent Lakshmana (when you heard the painful shout from that maayA
mrugam- cunning animal) and Lakshmana one who was there to save you also
left you from that place (having been asked by you to go looking for Rama)
Truthful servant- meyadiYen- is referred to as HanumAn did not want SitA to
have even an iota of doubt that it is Ravana who is talking to her.
maiththakumaamalarkkuzhalaay! vaidhEvee! viNNappam
oththapukazhvaanarakkOn udanirundhun^inaiththEda
aththakuseerayOththiyar_kOn adaiyaaLamivaimozhindhaan
iththakaiyaal_adaiyaaLam eedhu_avan_kaimOdhiramE. 8.
Oh dark haired one (which must have been adorned with most fragrant
flowers)! VaidhEhi! My vignApanam: Sugreevan- the king of monkeys- one who
is qualified in all aspects to become a friend of Rama became an ally to
Rama and Lakshmana and discussed with them to start searching for You
through us (who are his servants); one among them is me- who having seen you
here, has brought from Rama, [the One who is suffering from the pangs of
separation from You (in as much as You suffer) ], the master of residents
of Ayodhya, these identifications as narrated to me by Him directly. And
this one (ring) is the ring that He wears in his finger and He asked me to
give this to You for yet another identification.
How did she wear flowers? The asoka vanam had such grand fragrant flowers
and Anjaneya imagined her wearing such flowers. Or as Swamy desikan mentions
in Hamsa sandhEsam, the flowers that were adorned by Anasooya are still in
her tresses as fragrant as they were when worn.
The way AzhwAr hands over the ring mentioning that the above identifications
were uttered by him to me and now this one is given by Him to be handed over
to You.
The king of residents of Ayodhya –s is mentioned which means before the 14
years are over, you will join Him and reach Ayodhya for him to become a king
thikkun^iRaipukazhaaLan theevELvichchenRan^aaL
mikkaperunchabain^aduvE villiRuththaanmOdhiramkaNdu
okkumaal_adaiyaaLam anumaan! enRu_uchchimEl
vaiththukkoNdu ukandhanaLaal malarkkuzhalaaLseedhaiyumE. 9.
Looking at the beautiful shining ring that had the divine name of Rama [who
bent the Siva dhanus and broke the same in the large assembly of Janaka
maharaja during visit to Mythila for the Yagna performed by King Janaka who
had his fame spread in all eight directions as ParamaikAnthin] said ,
“HanumaanE! Yes. What you said and what happened is the same. All that you
said did happen- she is travelling back to those incidents and reminisced
those great days of her time with Rama. Looking at the ring she saw the
finger, His hand, his divine ThirumEni and the most beautiful handsome Rama
Himself in front of her. She became ecstatic, cried with happiness (that she
has His ring) and sorrows that she misses Him and is away from Him, holding
the ring on top of her head and she felt immensely pleased with the ring. It
was a wonderful event.
It was a wonder to see SitA being happy in Asoka vanam after so many days
looking at His ring. And also the prathikkoolar (HanumAn whom SitA thought
is RavanaÂ’s man) has turned himself to anukoolar with his smart and clear
communication and that is a wonder as well.
vaaraarummulaimadavaaL vaidhEvidhanaikkaNdu
seeraarumthiRalanuman therindhuraiththa_adaiyaaLam
paaraarumpukazhppudhuvaip pattar_piraanpaadalvallaar
Eraarumvaikundhaththu imaiyavarOdu_iruppaarE. 10.
About these identifications mentioned by Hanuman ( as uttered to him by
Rama) to SitA PiraaTTi, the daughter of Vidheha dhEsa, these songs have been
sung by Sri VilliputthUr Bhattar Piraan and those who learn them and recite
them will be blessed to be with NithyasUris in Srivaikuntam.
To enjoy and to be with the Lord alone should be our desire, goal and
nothing else should be in our minds. When such is the case, even with the
Lord by her side, she desired for the materialistic desire to own the golden
deer and sought for the same. She lost her Lord, dragged and abducted the
ten headed (five karmEndhriyas and five jnAnEndriyas) sense organs (Ravana)
and dragged into samsaaric suffering and afflictions alone with the Lord
separated. When feeling remorseful and longing to unite with the Lord, He
sends with all relevant identifications and symbols like His ring to show
our relationship with Him eternally, the messenger who is His truthful,
trustworthy dAsars – Acharyas – like HanumAn. (Hanumath samEna GurunAm- says
Swamy Desikan) Learning these identifications, and His desire / suffering
from our separation as well, and understanding Tattva Hitha Purushaarthams
from the messenger – His dasars- our Acharyan- one can realize the path, and
lead finally to Srivaikuntam and be with the group of NithyasUris. Swamy
Desikan mentions this in Sankalpa sUryOdhaya –dharpOdhagradhasEndriyAnana..
PeriyAzhwAr ThirvadIgaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
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