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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah;
Dearest all,

After the first four AzhwArs namely, Poigai, bhootha,
Pey and Thirumazhisai Azhwar?s enjoyment of
ThiruvEnkatam, we were blessed with Kulasekara
PerumAn?s wonderful eleven verses on ThiruvEnkatam.
Now let us enjoy ThiruppANaazhwAr?s. 

Before that, let us glean at his life history.. 

On a Kaisika EkAdasi day in the month of kArthigai,
our ThiruppANAzhwAr, an incarnation of Sri vatsa mark,
the mole on Lord's Chest, where Sri MahAlakshmi
resides, appeared (as an "ayOnijA", one who is not
born of mortal beings) and was picked up and brought
up by a childless pANar couple who belong to pANar
caste (untouchable "Harijan" caste)(in uRaiyoor near
SriRangam on the other side of river kAuvEri at
Tirucchirappalli). PANars were known for their sweet
voice and singing in praise of BhagawAn Sriman
NarayaNa.

Our pANan also grew up singing in praise of Arangan.
He used to come daily to the banks of River KauvEri
and stand there and sing for hours together in trance
enjoying the beauty of Srirangam temple from afar and
imagining the Lord's ThirumEni deeply(whom he had not
seen since pANars were not allowed to even enter the
temple). 

On one such morning, the temple chief priest by name
"sAranga muni" (known as muni for his devotion and
piety towards the Lord Arangan) came to the River bank
to collect water for NamperumAL's Thirumanjanam(Sacred
Bath of Archa moorthy). When he saw one pANan standing
on the way, since he belonged to untouchable
category(as per the traditions existed then), sAranga
muni ordered him to give way and go away from that
place. Our bhAgavatA was totally lost in his world of
Bhajan. sAranga muni shouted angrily and even threw a
small stone at him to make him come to senses(!). 

The stone hit him on his forehead and it started
bleeding! Our pANan
realized his blunder and apologised to muni and left
the place immediately feeling sorry for his action
towards the priest of Arangan.
Muni came back to the temple and found the Lord's
forehead with blood marks and muni was totally
astonished and shocked. He felt really sorry and
guilty for throwing a stone at that pANan and
recognised his apachAram. The entire place came to
know of the bleeding scene from Lord's dhivya mangaLa
vigraha; but not aware of the reason. During his
restless sleep, Arangan appeared and ordered the
priest to bring His bhaktA "pANAn" (whom he had
scolded and wounded that day) to the temple as a
prAyaschittam for his apachAram to His bhaktA. 

Loka sArangha muni realised the greatness of PANan and
the next morning he rushed to the river bank. He
narrated the entire incident to pANan and prostrated
to pANan pleading for his pardon. pANan was very much
embarrassed
and was deeply moved by the Lord's grace and dayA on
him. But he refused to
enter into the temple as he did not want to spoil the
purity and sanctity of the earth at Sri rangam. He
said that he was not fit to set his foot in the Holy
place. Immediately muni carried our "pANan" on his
shoulders! 

Our pANan was carried by Sarangha muni and was brought
to Srirangam
RanganAthar sannidhi (the Sanctum sanctorum). People
thronged to witness this great scene (of a high caste
individual none other than the Chief priest bringing
on his shoulders the lowest caste pANan to the
sannidhi and everyone was moved by Lord's greatness.
Our pANan throughout the journey on muni's shoulders
was having his eyes closed since 1. he was highly
embarrassed and 2. he was greatly moved by His daYA
and His mercy with which he has been blessed to enter
into the temple, which otherwise would have been
impossible. That is the reason pANan is called
MunivAhanar even today. (Sri vEdAntha Desikan wrote a
Sanskritized Tamil [maNipravaaLam] commentary called
"Muni vAhana Bhogam".)

On reaching the inner sannidhi of Arangan where the
Majestic Lord Sri
Rangan, the Black Emerald is having His Yoga NidrA and
on seeing that
Eternally Beautiful, Merciful Lord's ThirumEni our
AzhwAn PANan got down and stood with folded hands
glued to each other; faced the Lord and was looking at
His entire Sowlabhya ThirumEni. He thoroughly enjoyed
His mEni azhaghu and sang TEN EXCELLENT PASURAMS THEN
AND THERE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO COMPARISON AND
PARALLEL. Out of 4000 pAsurams, this ThiruppANAzhwAr
sang just ten! and those ten are gems. (Sri vEdAntha
Desikan composed BhagavadhyAna sOpAnam on similar
lines admiring Lord Arangan's ThirumEni azhaghu- 

At the tenth pAsuram (the end) our ThiruppANAzhwAr
says: "Lord RanganAthA is the Supreme Sovereign of the
Whole World and all the residents therein; He, who is
of the Black Colour and the Nature of (merciful)
clouds; who ate the stolen butter with his mouth and
his sweet hands; who has stolen my mind and the heart
fully; and HAVING LOOKED AND ENJOYED my nAthan (I
swear) these eyes can NOT see and will never see any
thing ELSE;" With that excellent pAsuram OUR
THIRUPPANAZHWAR merged and united with the Lord Sri
Ranganathar. 

We will enjoy this AzhwAr?s two verses {#1 and #3) on
ThiruvEnkatam, though he has sung in Srirangam? 
ThiruppANaazhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan


                
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