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PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 3.10- Hanuman identifies himself narrating incidents!

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Madhavakkannan V • Wed Mar 12 2003 - 20:13:08 PST 


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 Rama’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 Rama’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 SitA’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 Bharatha’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. [AchAryas’ 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 Ravana’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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