SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Todayâs verse is the 29th verse. A brilliant verse- the verse that needs to be recited in Bhagavad sannidhiâ. An essence of Saranagati tattvam. Let us enjoy the wonderful commentary of His Holiness Srimath Paravakkottai Andavan of Sri Poundarikapuram Swami ashramam, Srirangam â translated into English by Sri CG Balaji Swami. siRRan ciRu kaalE van^thunnai cEviththu * un poRRaamarai atiyE pORRum poruL kELaay * peRRam mEyththu uNNum kulaththil piRan^thu * nI kuRREval eNGkaLaik koLLaamal pOkaathu * iRRaip paRai koLvaan anRu kaaN kOvin^thaa * eRRaikkum Ezh Ezh piRavikkum * un thannOtu uRROmE aavOm unakkE naam aatceyvOm * maRRai nam kaamaNGkaL maaRRu ElOr empaavaay. 29. In this verse, the Gopis seek the supreme fortune of being in eternal service to the Lord. siRRam siRukaalE vandhu unnai seVitthu un poRRaamaraiyadiyE pORRum poruL kELaay! Oh Kanna, early in the morning, you would embark on your journey to accomplish all those deeds in your volition. During the day, it then becomes impossible to see you in solitude. Hence we have come here to pray at your lotus feet during the early hours of the morning without heeding to the showering mist. It is the time when the sounds due to the churning of the curd by the cowherd ladies may be heard. It is the time when saints would wake up chanting the holy name âHariâ continuously. It is the time when the tamogunam and the rajogunam see their lows while the satvagunam, responsible for instigating the contemplation of the Lord, stands head high. This is the most appropriate time to serve you and worship you with devotion. Thus we have come for the same. Devotees, singing and dancing have been thronging your doorsteps. You should have in fact come to meet us out of your own accord, just as how you went to Guha, the great sages of Dandakaranya, Shabari and Sugreeva. But we have come to you out of our own yearning. It is natural for the female genre to have a liking for gold and flowers. Your divine feet are like the finest gold that is of the purest form, brightest in hue and superlative in quality. They are like the flowers that are most delicate, fragrant and beautiful. We have extolled such great feet with as anRu ulagam aLandhaay adi pORRi.. sakatam udhaitthay pugazh pORRi. We do so now alsoâ. When Kannan was not paying too much attention to their words and was engrossed in observing who all had come and was observing the expressions on each one of their faces, Andal says, âporuL kELaayââ We have come seeking an object of desire. Pray lend your ears and listen to the sameâ. peRRam mEYtthuNNum kulatthil piRandhu kuRREval engaLai koLLaamal pOgaadhu â We seek to be in your servitude for the rest of our time. So far, we have been running through the cycle of transmigration. We seek an end to this and wish to be in your eternal servitude. This fortune shall definitely be ours. Oh Lord! How were you before and how are you now? You are the Lord of Vaikuntham and the Lord of ubhayavibhuti. You are the consort of Sri, the goddess of all wealth. You are inherently virtuous with infinite auspicious attributes that are the object of praise of everyone. Your essential nature is of infinite bliss. You are the superlative of all orders. But you have chosen to incarnate in as low a lineage as that of ours, the cowherds. Our lineage is a poor one where the cowherds graze the cattle all day long only to win a few measures of grain. Why have you incarnated in such a lineage? Only to uplift and enlighten the impoverished ones like us. We do not eat our daily bread until the cattle are satiated. We unfailingly protect everything that we are supposed to. You are also therefore obligated to protect us, who consider you to be the food we partake, the water we imbibe and the (vetrilai) beetle foliage that we chew. Pray we therefore unto you to bestow on us the wealth of your unstinted service. Kannan then says, âYou already asked me for saala perum paRaiyE â, the percussion instrument with a well reverberating sound. Here it is, take it all. I have one per person.â iRRai paRai koLvaan anRu kaaNN kaNNA! â Kannaa, when we said âPaRai, did we mean this instrument? No. Never. Please take a look at our faces. You seem to be too naÃve. yeRRaikkum yEzhEzh piRavikkum unthannODu uRROmEyaavOm; umakkE naamAT cheyvOm â Not only in this birth, but even if we were to take many more births, then in all those births we would wish to be in your service alone. If you bless us with the bliss of beatitude, then we would be in your eternal service at your supreme abode of Srivaikuntham. The Vedas proclaim that a liberated soul can attire itself with many sharirams. Even if we happened to do so, then in every one of those bodies we would continue to serve you alone and none else. Kannan says, âIn that case are you not interested in any other material pleasures?â maRRai num kaamangaL maaRRU â Pray bless us to have no other desire other than you. Andal, in this pasuram is elucidating that, having surrendered unto the Lord, the soul should only ask for the fruit of performing unstinted service to the Lord always, similar to Lakshmana. This is the hidden purport of this pasuram. Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! 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