Sri:
GodhAm udhArAm sthuma: ( Let
us eulogize the Generous GodhA ) !
Andal Mutthangi Kaimkaryam is
making progress . Please take part
in this kaimkaryam and
recieve ANDAL's blessings !
SlOkam 11: The Supermacy to
the South thru GodhA's avathAram
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Swamy Desikan declares here
that the Southern direction became
Superior ( uttharA ) to all
other directions as a result of Godhai's
avathAram at SrivilliputthUr
, which is located South of Srirangam :
" DEvi ! Tava avathArAth
dakshiNaa dhik api sarva uttharaa bhavathy ".
How did that happen ? Your
incarnation in the TuLasi vanam at
SrivilliputthUr is the reason
( Tava avathArAth sarva uttharaa bhavathy) .
The
Southern direction got ripened with the PuNyam of Your
avathAram
( Paripakthrima puNya labhyAth , Tava avathArAth sarva uttharA
bhavathy)
and became superior to every
thing .
Even though Lord RanganAthan
is enjoying His yOga nidhraa at Srirangam
( Yathra
yEva RangapathinA nidhrALunA api) , He
repeatedly opens his eyes
with affection and with a
great sense of anticipation to see if You have taken
Your avathAram yet ( NidhrALunApi BahumAna poorvam niyatham
kaDAkshA:
nihithA : ) . As a bridegroom
, he is looking at the southern direction to check
whether his brids has
appeared on the scene .
SlOkam 12 ; The glory
attained by Godhavari
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River GodhAvari has the name
of GodhA associated with it . Swamy Desikan
points out that the sanctity
of Godhavari that enables it to cleanse all of
our sins through immersion in
it arose because of its Naama sambhandham
with GodhA ( Devi ! Godhaavari bhavathee vyapadEsa yOgAth idham
jagath payasaa prAyENa
puneethE ) . GodhAvari becomes empowered not only
to cleanse the humans of
their sins but it also cleanses the other rivers like
Ganges , when they come to
unite with GodhAvari ( YasyAm
Bhaageerathee
prabrudhaya: api samayEshu
samEdhya chiram nivAsAth puNyA: bhavanthy) .
During their theerthADanams ,
humans leave behind their sins in rivers like
Ganges and they get impure .
They travel to GodhAvari , immerse themselves in
latter and become cleansed of
all the impurities left by the humans .
SlOkam 13 : The Friends of
GodhA making fun of Her for choosing an Old Man
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In the Svaymvaram , Godhai
chooses the ancient Lord of Srirangam over
all the other dhivya dEsa EmperumAns as Her bridegroom . The dear friends
of
GodhA tease Her choice of the old Ranganathan and pose these questions
to
ANDAL : Oh GodhA with such a beautiful body ( Sutanu) ! How did you go for this
old man ( PurANa Purusha:) , who has the snake
as His bed(nAgEsaya:) and
a bird for His transport ( PakshiraTa: ) . How
are you persuaded to choose Him
in Your Svayam varam ( KaTam tE PurANa Purusha:
svayamvara Pathi: Jaatha : ?).
The friends of Godhai , who teased Her became persuaded that
Godhai made
the right choice because of the depth of Her love for Lord RanganAtha
( BhavathyA: samuchitham
praNayam sandarsayanthy ) .
SlOkam 14 : The garland worn by GodhA becomes
superior to Vyajayanthy Maalai
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The bees were attracted by the divine
fragrance of Vyjayanty ( Vana Maalai)
and were circling it in a tight
circle . Once PeriyAzhwAr brought the garland
adorned by ANDAL and presented it to
Vadapathra Saayee , He wore it on
His siras . The bees sensed immediately
that the dhivya gandham of GodhA's
Maalais was superior to that of Vyjayanthy
Maalai and abandoned latter
and flocked now to the Maalai of Godhai
adorning the Lord's crown
( BhrungA: Vyjayantheemapi
hithvaa , Thvath bhuktha maalya surabheekrutha
Tava Pathyu: chAru mouLE lOlA
: ) . This is the testimony of the rasikAs .
SlOkam 15 : The
Superiority of GodhA's Maalais over Vyjayanthy
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The VanamAlai adorning the Lord's chest is
forever fragrant
( SadhA
aamOdhavathy ) , dear to the Lord by its proximity to
His chest ( HrudhayangamA ) , and has a softness (laLIthA)
and enchanting red color ( raaga anvithA ) . It has thus many
superior attributes (GuNa UttharA) . Inspite of these
positive
factors , the garland adorned erstwhile by
GodhA and now
resting on the crown of the Lord defeats
the Vyjayanthi thru
its superior attributes( Mukundha kireeDa-bhAjA Tava MouLi
SrajA , Vyjanthy
maalAm adharithA khalu bhavathy) .
16) The Bees raising
auspicious Naadham for Andal"s svyamvaram
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GodhE ! It was the time of Your Svayamvaram
. The honey bees were
tasting the honey from the garland adorning
the Lord's crown , which was
originally worn by You and then presented
to Your Lord . They were in
a state of exhuberance from partaking that
honey ( Svacchandha kalpitha
sapeethirasa
pramOdhA: Madhu liha: ) .
They had a sweet humming that
created a plesant naadham ( Manju svanaa madhu liha: ) . They sensed
the occasion as Your Svayamvaram and
therefore raised an auspicious
Naadham simulating the playing of the
mangaLa vaadhyams ( Madhu liha:
tE svAyamvaram kamapi
mangaLa thUrya ghOsham vidhadhu:) relevant
for the occasion
.
17. The respect of RanganAtha for the
garlands worn by ANDAL
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Oh GodhE !
Your Lord has many celebrated features
that generate
specific fragrances :
(1) His Naabhi kamalam has fragrant pollens,
each of which
has the power to rule the world ( VisvAyamAna
rajasaa
kamalEna naabhou ) , (2) His chest has the markings of the
fragrant
sandal paste worn on the breasts of MahA Lakshmi ( Kamalaa
sthana
chandhanEna vakshasthalE cha) (3) The fragrance
of the
VedAs
at the sacred
feet ( Nigamai: angri yugmE ) .Inspite of all these
exhilirating
fragrances associated with Him , He reveres the special
fragrance
associated with
the
gralands having Your dEha sambhandham
and accepts it with a
bent head ( tEshAm aamOdhitha: api ,
Tava
mouLi maalAm nathEna
sirasA dhatthE ) .
18. RanganAthan getting
elevated by the dress and garlands of GodhA
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Your dear Prabhu adorns His crown with the garland , which had
association with Your
black tresses and which was brough to Him
by PeriyAzhwAr wrapped with your upper garment !( GodhE !
Tava
utthareeyam Thvath aLakai:
adhivAsya dhatthAm maalam api
chUDApadhEna parigruhya
Bhibharthi ). This Lord of Yours attains
the
fitness to the wealth of auspiciousness to adorn Your
garlands
( yEsha:
Rangapathi: soubhAgya sampath abhishEka
mahAdhikAram
prAyENa Bhibarthi
) .
19. RanganAthan gaining special fragrance
by wearing ANDAL's garlands
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The garlands worn and presented to Your
Lord have their own
unmatched fragrance . Your Lord adorns
those garlands on His
crown and gains a special fragrance that is
unparalleled because
of their sambhandham with Your
dark and curly tresses
( Sa: Thvadheeya kuDila
aLaka vaasithAbhi: maalikAbhi:
anyam aamOdham
adhigacchathy ) . This is the Lord
, whom
Upanishads as sarva gandhan with all kinds of
fragrances
free from links to Prakruthi . Your garlands on the
Lord's
crown outdo any fragrance attributed earlier to the Lord
by
the Upanishads ( akruthrima gira:
tungai: utthamAngai:
yamm sarva gandha: ithi
svayam saadharam udhvahanthy
).
20. ANDAL glancing the crown of the Lord adorning Her
garlands
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Your Lord is wearing with pride the
garland worn by you
on His crown.
This Lord of the Universe
feels that He is blessed to wear them .
(Thvath mouLi maalya bharasambharena dhanyE samastha
jagathAm pithu: ) . Your glances fall on His siras wearing the
crown
with affection
( JagathAm pithu: utthamAngE ThvadheeyAni
aakEkarANi bhaumAna
vilOkithAni ) . The effect of those glances
falling on Your Lord's crown
is like covering it with a garland made up
of blue lotuses ( ThvadheeyAni vilOkithAni bhooya: indhIvara
srajam
aadhadhi iva
).
Our SrivilliputthUr ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
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