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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:30
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Subject: [Oppiliappan] Yours
Affectionately
Yours
Affectionately
"ingu thamizil
archanai seyyap padum" greets the board in some of the
temples in tamilnadu. 'Here the archanai will be
performed in tamil' -what does it mean? Traditionally, the archanai
to the Lord is performed in sanskrit slOkAs pertaining to the particular
em-perumAn.
There is nothing wrong in performing
tamil-archanai provided it is done with single minded devotion and
wholehearted affection but not for the sake of it.
This takes us to the thought of how
should one worship the Lord? What should be the words -when we go to the
divya-dhEsam-s.
Let us take a leaf from one of the
community in thirumAl irum-sOlai. What do we do on festive days? We wear new
clothes, eat sweets and request from Him "Oh! Lord ! Take
care of us" However, these community people pray the Lord for His
welfare.They prepare fresh items for Him as havis and present as offering for
Him and utter these words:
'Oh Lord ! Let Your Golden Feet be
forever' . Unimaginable , but true.
This is from the periyAzhwAr thirumozhi
"puna-thiNaik kiLLi
-pudhu avi kATTi-
vun-ponnadi vAzhga enRu-
inakk kuRavar
pudhiyadhuNNum --ezhil mAl irum-sOlai endhAi" 5-3-3;
That Sri PeiryAzhwAr's pallANDu pallANdu is height of affection is well
known. Sri nam-AzhwAr opines that everyone worhsips Him with affection
manifested into words emanating as per their vocabulary and capacity. Swami
nam-piLLai in EDu, quoting an instance of Sri VangEpurathu nambi who
worshipped standing in group of woman, justifying his place there as there
words of worshipping the Lord were simple and affectionate, Sri nam-piLLai
refers to ANDAn's reply for this. ANDAn asks him what were there words of
worship " ponnAlEA pUNul iduvEr; nURu prAyam vAzhvEr and
so on" --Oh! Lord, Be adorned with Golden yagjnOpavEtham; You
should go on for another hundred years and so on' These words spring out
from the affection overlooking the fact that all the wealth is His and He is
eternal.
"And what was your reaction?" was
ANDAn's query for which Sri VangEpurathu nambi replied
'vijayE bhavA;vijayE bhavA"
"Well; Even after going to that side you
are not able to leave off the tough sanskrit. Come over this
side"
This episode is narrated to reiterate
the fact that each and everyone spell out the words towards the Lord as per
their capability mixed with affection .
'thangaL anbArath thamadhu
sol vaLathAl -thalaith thalai siRandhu pUsippa' thiruvoizhmozhi 9-2-8;
We are indeed fortunate to be in this
world after AzhwAr-s periods as we are having the treasure -aruLich cheyal.
Whenever, we visit em-perumAn's abode, these aruLich cheyal should be
appropriate prayer and will suit any given situation and place. One should of
course, take care that this does not become a ritual but is done
with
'Yours
Affectinately'
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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