Interestingly it is in the VarAha AvathAram, Sri Bhoodevi made Emperuman to bless us with the easiest way of SaraNAgathi and we JeevAthmAs are always indebted to Her. DAsan, Ilayavilli S Boovarahan --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "B.Senthil kumar" <b_senthil2002@...> wrote: > > Dear AndAl BhakthAs and BhAgavathAs, > > adiyEn is extremely overwhelmed by seeing lot of articles > on the event of Thiruvaadipooram day of Sri AndAl by many > scholars. It greatly shows the affection of childrens over > their mother (Its natural!!!). Yes, we indeed know that > Bhoomi pirAttiyar took birth as Godhai in this earth to > recover us from this samsAric ocean. > When bhoomi pirAttiyAr (earth) was abducted by asurAs > and hidden under the ocean, emperumAn took VarAhavathAram > to rescue her. The size of emperumAn during this Varaha > avatharam is explained well in "Vishnu puranam" as the > Himalaya and mEru mountains became the 'parals' for the > 'sathangai' worn by Varaha peruman. EmperumAn grown into > such a gigantic size inorder to lift the bhoomi pirAttiyar > without shaking or disturbance. The puranam says that not even the > sands or drop of water got shaked or disturbed during the > lift by emperumAn. Such was the great love HE had on > bhoomi pirAttiyar. > > Under many circumstances emperumAn showed his care > and affection over bhoomi pirAttiyAr. > > 1) Whenever there is threat or problem from external > to bhoomi pirAttiyAr, he will rescue her as he done > during Varaha avatharam. > > 2) During pralaya kaalam, emperumAn swallow the entire > thing into HIS beautifull stomach. > > 3) During srushti kaalam, emperumAn spit(vumizhnthu) > out the things which were swallowed during pralayam. > "moovulagum vundu vumizhtha muthalva..." > "aalamaa marathin ilaimEl oru baalaganAi > gnaalam yElum undAn.............." - thirupAnAlwar > > 4) EmperumAn measured with his lotus feet, one feet > covering the entire earth - > "Ongi ulagalantha utthaman..." > > After the uththAranam from the ocean, still bhoomi > pirAttiyAr was shivering at the laps of Varahar. Now > Lord Varahar asked the reason, our pirAttiyAr asked > the way for ujjeevanam of jIvAtmAs like us. She told > "Swamin, adiyen knows that you will come and rescue > me. But help our childrens to know the path and attain > at your lotus feet who is dipped under the samsAric > ocean". Mother will allways feel for the goodness of > her childrens. > > Varahar tells the way. which is known as > "Varaha sarama slokam" which was reflected by Bhoomi > pirAttiyAr during her incarnation as Sri AndAl in the > thirupaavai pasuram. > " ...................thoomalar thoovi thozhudu > vaaayinaal paadi, manaththinaal sinthikka...." > > The Action (Karma), Vaaku , Manam, all these three > should be dedicated to emperumAn. THis will eradicate > our sins and make way to reach HIM by surrendering at > HIS lotus feet. > > To reflect this, bhoomi pirAttiyAr took avatar as > Andal and passed the important message of how to > attain salvation from this samsAric world. > > To show our affection towards HER, lets follow the > words from Sri Andal and be good child to HER. > > AndAl thiruvadigalE saranam: > > adiyen > senthil. > 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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