THE DAWN OF A NEW
YEAR
The astrological movements of planets and
stars determine the advent of new year. The 60 year cycle completes one such
set.
Thus there is a new year every year and
every 60 year there is a fresh cycle of new years.
The entry of sun into the aries marks this
event. Though the tamil, telugu, kannada and malayalam new years do not fall on
the same day, these are more are less about same month 15 days this way or that
way.
History teaches us that the
italian/Roman era marks a fresh season starting from july and august (
julius caeser and augustus caeser)
The advent of january middle marks the
dawn of utharAyanam. This is the popluar 'thai' month
opening gates for ausipicious events.
Not falling into any of these categories
is this January 1.
The english people who entered India
exploited the human and other resources, left certain indelible marks on
us.
The federal republic system, the defence
system, the bureacratic system are some of these.
The english language also which was thrust
upon us has been embraced by us voluntarily, paving way for criticism for
adapting an alien language. This curse has been become a boon for software
industry giving the vital edge.
The globalisation has perhaps given to us
the wester culture also alongiwth the advantages.
I used to wonder why the new year culture
has spread like this. The new year greetings in the form of paper, emails and
sms apart from perosnal meetings has permeated from top notch to the lowest
class of people
Never have i seen such a frenzy in tamil
new year nor ugadi or vishu except for some cultural programmes telecast in the
television channels.The nocturnal bashes, the opulent parties, the
extended eventides stretching beyond
midnight extending upto dawn are the flavour of the
season.
Nevertheless, the greatest advantage of
this has been social gatherings and a sense of togetherness in an otherwise
competitive world and cut throat competition.
As far as we are concerned, the dawn of
new year or era is the day when we realise the true values of our cult
-the srevaishNavite
cult.
This of course, is blessed to us by
EmperumAn and flows thorugh our AchAryan.adhuvum avanadhu in
aruLEa..(ThiruvAimozhi 8-8-3)
Thirumazhisaip piran declares that one is
not born till this realisation emerges.
(anRu nan
piRandhilEan-Thiruchandhavrutham 64)
Poizhgai AzvAr dooms it as a waste the
erstwhile days -pazhudhEa pala pagalum pOyina enRu anji
azhudhEan ..Mudhal ThiruvandhAdhi 16.
The Grace of EmperumAn is
the symbol of birth for us.
jAyamAna kAla kadAksham-Sri Azhagai maNavALap
perumAL nAyanAr declares in the divine work 'AchArya
Hrdhayam'.
This is underscored in the
vyAkyAnam for angan mA gnALam for the words
ankaN
iraNdum koNdu engaL meal nOkkudhiyEal...(ThiruppAvai
22)
Sri piLLai lOkAchAryAr in His ultimate
work Sri VAchaNa bHUshaNam summarises that
The Grace of Acharyan is the ultimate
refuge
AchArya abhimAnamEa
uthArakam.
The AchAryan's grace falls on us through
EmperumAn's Grace. This leads to Thirumathram resluting in eradication of all
evils.
The day EmperumAn's Grace falls on us, The
achAryan's grace befalls us, the realisation of EmperumAn and His devotees is
the dawn of new era, new day.
The
localites of Azhagar kOil used to wear new clothes and after harvest submit to
'Para svami' and do mangaLA sAsanam " OH!Lord LOng
live YOur divine feet"
and then take
feast.
'vun pon adi vAzhga enRu
inakkuRavar pudhiyadhuNNum ezhil mAl irum sOlai enthAi" periyAzhvAr
thirumzohi.5-3-3 ;
Such type of attitude is the
aim and the day we get transformed ourselves spontaneously,
signals
The dawn of the new
year.
Happy New
Year
dasan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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