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 3rd verse today. manthi paayvada vEnkada maamalai, vaanavar_kaL, santhi seyya ninRaa Nnarankath tharavi NnaNaiyaan, anthi pOln^iRath thaadaiyu mathanmEl ayanaip padaiththa thOrezhil unthi mElathan RO_adi yEnuLLath thinnuyirE. Mandhi pAya vada vEnkata mAmalai- The Lord, Sri Ranganatha, who reclines on the serpent couch (Adhi sEshA) in Sri Rangam, is the same Lord VishNu, (Srinivasa) who has stood in the North at the Great Venkata Hills, where monkeys jump from one tree to the other. Lord Srinivasa has stood for the sake of Gods, who come to worship Him; the sweet core (inner soul) of my heart rests on the twilight coloured garment of the Lord and on His beautiful NAVEL, above it (the garment)-the GREAT NAVEL that created the four faced God Ajah(BrahmA). The verse thus means: The Lord reclining on the serpent couch in Srirangam is the Lord, who stood on the great Venkatam mountain in the north [of Tamil Nadu], with monkeys running hither and thither,--in order that the celestials may worship Him there at the Thiru Venkata dhivya dEsam. The twilight-colored pithAmbharam of that Lord ( Sri RanganAthan) and the shining navel above it, which created the (four-faced) BrahmA on it, is the place of rest for my mind's sweet soul. [moneys refer to our fickle minds as well] Here Acharyas comment that SrIvaikuNta nAthan Sriman Narayanan in roder to come into our place (earth) and stay here to shower grace on us and to let us enjoy Him and His sowlabhyam? recline in Srirangam, He first stands at ThiruvEnkatam.. When someone enters our home, first he stands, sits and then decides to settle down there and reclines? So, Rangan is here to stay? vaanavargaL sandhi seyya ninRaan- The Nithyasuris like Anantha, Garuda, Vishvaksenar et al come here at ThiruvEnkatam to enjoy seeing Him. Why? They could have enjoyed the same extent in SrivaikuNtam. Yes? But sriman Narayanan enjoying the company of Nithyars, Mukthars at SrivaikuNtam in its entirety wants the poor souls like us (Baddha jeevathmas, the human beings, the animals, the birds, trees etc to enjoy Him as well. So, He out of His parama kaaruNyam comes to ThiruvEnkatam (before coming to the delta of Cauveri in Thiruvarangam) and stands there majestically declaring His Supremacy and showing his bhaktha vaathsalyam, kaaruNyam. Nithyasuris wonder as to where He had gone? and wants to see why? So, they come here at ThiruvEnkatam to see His sowlabhyam and sowseelyam. The beings go to see Him and enjoy Him hearing about His glories, His Parathvam, his greatness and see who is this Greatest lord and How does He look. Thus they assemble going from down to the top of mountain. The Nithyars come from top to the mountain? Thus ThiruvEnkatam is the meeting point. One comes to see His sowlabhyam and others [human beings and animals] go to Him to enjoy His Supremacy and Greatness. Sri MK Sudharsan shares his anubhavam [as commented by Poorvacharyas] the first pasuram beginning with "AmalanAdhipiran....." has as its irst "akshara" the syllable "A". The second verse beginning with "UvandhaULathanAy ...." begins with the syllable "U" and the third verse,"MandhipAy ...." begins with the syllable, "Ma". If you add the three syllable you get "A" "U" and "M"; in other words you get the sound of the "pranava" Again in the "AmalanAdipiran", there are three continuous stanzas which begin as "PAramAyapazhavinai...." followed by the next stanza which begins with "ThUndavinpirayan ...".This is followed by KaiyInArsuri.". Now if you take the first three syllables of each of the three "pAsurams" you get "Pa", "thu" and "kai" giving you the esoteric significance of the Lord's "padukai" or his Divine Feet to which we all are hankering after in varying degrees. Let us how Sri Manavala maanuni enjoys in his upadesa ratthina maalai on ThiruppANAzhwAr?s birth as: Kaarthikai-UrOhiNI nALL kANNmin inRu Vaaittha Pukazh PaaNar vanthu uthippAl--aatthiyarkaL anbudanE thAnn AmalanAdhipirAn KaRRathaRppinn NankudanE koNdAdum NaaLL Oh people of this World ! Please recognize this day as Kaarthikai RohiNi dinam. This is the day on which the aasthikAs celebrate well the ThiruppANAzhwAr of lasting fame and feel joyous over the good fortune to have learned the inner meanings of his Dhivya prabhandham, AmalanAdhipirAn with intense devotion . ThiruppANaazhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dasan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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