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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

After PeriyAzhwAr anubhavams, let us now continue on
his darling daughter GodhA PiraaTTi?s Naacchiyaar
Thirumozhi verses... on ThiruvEnkatam? [Extracted from
the most wonderful translation of Smt Kalyani
Krishnamachari based on Sri Sadagopan Swamin?s
treatise and acharyas? commentaries.]  

nAcciyAr tirumozhi VIII ? starts with viNNIla mElAppu
? these ten verses are on ThiruvEnkatam. Let us enjoy
the third verse- oLi vaNNam, vaLai, chinthai)

oLi vaNNam vaLai Sindai uRakkattODu ivai ellAm
eLimaiyAl iTTu ennai IDazhiyap pOyinavAl
kuLir aruvi vE~nkaTattu en gOvindan guNam pADi
aLiyatta mEga~ngAL! Avi kAttu iruppEne 8.3

Translation (meaning) from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh
treatise: Oh compassionate clouds! My tEjas, my color,
my bangles (which keep falling because of my becoming
thin with kAmam), my sleep etc. have all forsaken me
because of my being away from Him, and this has made
me very weak. In this state, can I cling to my life
just by singing the praise of kaNNapirAn of
tiruvE~nkaTam? (I don't think this alone can keep me
alive).

Additional thoughts from SrimAn SaDagopan:
gOvindan guNam pADi: ANDAL is wondering - Can singing
the praise of emperumAn through words like "kaDiyAr
pozhil vEnkaTava, karum pOrERe, SenniyOn~gu taN
tiruvEnkaTam uDaiyAi, ulagu tannai vAzha ninRa nambi,
dAmOdhara, acyuta, ananta, gOvinda, Ayar tam kozhunde,
veLLai viLi San~gu iDangaiyil koNDa vimala", be
sufficient to keep me alive alone without Him?C.
Additional thoughts from SrI PVP: oLi vaNNam vaLai
Sindai uRakkattODu ivai ellAm pOyina: All the tejas,
color, etc. that she got because of her earlier
association with Him have now abruptly left her. Not
only the external things (removable decorations) that
were her characteristics such as her bangles are
leaving her, but also the internal attributes
(non-removable things) such as her thinking faculty,
sleep etc., are leaving her. The choice of the word
"ellAm" means that these were not the only things that
left her, but everything that can be conceived of have
left her. eLimaiyAl ennai iTTu: May be they left her
because she was in a deplorable state (eLimaiyAl); or
may be they left her because of their lowly nature of
forsaking one who is in a deplorable state,
mercilessly.

iTTu: Just discarding her as if she was a mere
lifeless object (acetana). They did not consider for a
moment that they were an integral part of her all this
time, and they now forsake her with no concern
whatsoever. Luster, color and bangles left her not
even thinking that they had mixed with her hand and
her body intimately all this time. Sleep left her
without even remembering that it associated itself
with her eyes. That too, when they left, they left
without any compassion (kaNNaRRup-pOittu).

Idazhiyap pOyinavAl: they drained her of all her
strength when they left her. Unlike this, when kaNNan
leaves her, He tells her that He is going to leave
her, embraces her, tries to console her with His smile
and lets her know that He really does not want to be
separated from her. Unlike that, it looks like the
vaLai, sleep, etc. were just looking for an
opportunity to leave her, and abruptly left her.In
vishNu purANam 5.18.29, we have: anurAgeNa
SaithilyamamAsu vrajitE harau | Saithilyam upayAntyASu
karEshu valayAnyapi || (When kaNNan leaves us, we
become thin because of our love for Him; our bangles
slip out of our hands).
kuLir aruvi vE~nkaTattu - This is in praise of the
sacred tiruvE~nkaTa Hills, the mere thought of which
can remove the greatest of our tApa-s. en gOvindan -
The stress is on "en" - my own gOvindan. Even though
He has not blessed ANDAL yet with His presence in
response to her prayers, it is an undeniable fact that
He exists for His devotees. guNam pADi Avi kAttu
iruppEne: A mukta indulges in the anubhavam of His
kalyANa guna-s when he is united with bhagavAn in
meditation - sOsnutE sarvAn kAmAn saha brahmaNA
vipascitA (taittirIya upanishad A..1-2). ANDAL is
wondering aloud whether bhagavAn now thinks that those
who meditate about Him and are one with Him enjoying
His guNAnubhavam, will get to live by just gunagn~Anam
and guNa sankIrtanam when separated from Him? Does He
think she is like sItA who survived by just guNa
jn~Anam: "AsamsEyam hariSrEshTa mAm prApsyatE pati: |
antarAtmA hi mE Sudhastasmimsca bahavO guNA: || 

" (rAmAyaNam sundra kANDam 37-14 - "My mind is very
clear now; I am sure He will come and get me; He has
innumerable, good qualities")

aLiyatta mEga~ngAL: Unlike Him who has left her in
despair, and unlike her tEjas, color and bangles which
have left her at this time, these clouds are so full
of compassion that they at least came to see her.

Avi kAtthu iruppEne: ANDAL knows that as a devotee,
she should have His guNAnubhavam as the sole objective
of her life. It now looks like bhagavAn wants her to
be responsible for sustaining her AtmA also. That is
His responsibility, not hers. She is not her own
prANa-nAthan. Protecting her life is the
responsibility of the Sarva-Saktan, not hers. SrI
aNNa~ngarAcArya svAmi points out that it is the nature
of bhagavata-s that they have great enjoyment and
happiness when they have bhagavad-anubhavam, and they
feel very weak and desperate when they are separated
from Him - "en ma~ngai izhandadu mAmai niRamE". 

what a wonderful anubhavam of ANdAL! How beautifully
Smt KalyaNi Krishnamachari has written the above..
Thanks to her for sharing her article
AndAL ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


                
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