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 SrImatyaI GodayaI Nama:

Tommorrow is the sacred day of Thiru-Aadi -pUram .Thinking about the
utsavams and vaibhavams some thoughts crossed my mind that
i want to share with you on SrI Aandal's Vaazhi Thirunaamam
.All errors are mine alone and members may excuse me
for any misinterpretations ,and for my poor and elementary style of 
writing.



tiruvADippUrattu jagattudittAL vAzhiyE
*****************************************

The glory of this day is best summed up by the Upadesa Rathina Malai 
pasuram of Svami Manavala Mamunigal

"periyAzhvAr peNpiLLaiyAi ANDAL piranda
tiruvADip-pUrattin SIrmai, oru nALaikku
uNDo? manamE uNarndu pAr, ANDALukku
uNDAgil oppu idaRkum uNDu."

Swami here uses the word Undagil
********

This word literally sums up the glory of Thiruvaadipooram

When will there be a day comparable to Thiruvaadipooram??
Only when someone comparable to the greatness of Andal is born will
there be a day comparable to Aaadipooram


Svami Manavala Mamunigal further highlights

inRO Thiruvaadippooram- emakkaaga anRO inghu ANdAL avatharitthaaL-

Thayar SrI Andal out of her outmost compassion for us appeared on 
this sacred day for helping us to escape from the afflictions of 
samsaaram and direct us to the Divine Feet of emperumaan. 

Thiruppavai Muppadhaum cheppinaal Vaazhiye
********************************************

Vedaas are in Sanskrit and very difficult to understand.So out of Compassion
Svaami Nammazhwar gave us the Tamil Marai-Dravida Vedam Thiruvaaymozhi.

We know from some works that In the Earlier days especially
around 12th to 15th century SrI Bhasyam and Bhagavad Vishayam Kalagshepams 
were very Popular.The passage of time has resulted in a decline in our mental 
faculties and abilities.In the current situation with the time constraints 
and circumstances in general we find it too extensive(more than 1000 verses)
and difficult to follow thiruvaaimozhi which propounds the thathuvams of
the vedas.So it is The work of Kothai Nachiaar the paamalai
of 30 verses, the essence of Vedams that is popular today with many 
Bhagavathaas attending Thiruppavai upanyaasams in many places.This nool has 
been translated 
into many languages and is known by a lot of people in south India.




Svami Periyavachaan pillai in the Vyakyanam for Thiruppavai has said

One should recite the 30 pasurams of thiruppavai 
if that is not possible
recite Cirram Sirukale Pasuram
if the above is not possible
at least remember and cherish that Sri Aandal took avatharam in Srivilliputtur 
on ThiruAadi pooram and blessed us with the 30 paasurams of Thiruppavai

periyAzhvaar peRRedutta peN piLLai vAzhiyE
******************************************

This verse highlights the yettam of Periyazhwar and Thayar.

It is mentioned in the puraanam

"Vishnuchittam munim drushtva sa pranamam karushyati"

On seeing Vishnuchitta muni(periyazhwar) Thayar bowed down before 
periyazhwar and offered respects

Then Periyazhwar saw Thayar and took Thayar in his arms

When bHoomi piratti had to take an avatharam Emperuman decided Vishnuchittar 
to be right choice under whose care he could leave Bhoomi Piratti among all 
his GREAT devotees in the Kali yugam.

Periyazhwar one of lord's dearest devotees used to tend his garden with
extreme care and devotion.The flowers tended by Aazhwar due to his devotion 
had a special fragrance which he lovingly presented to Bhagavaan.Extremely
pleased with his devotion and kaimkaryam Emperumaan presented Azhwar
with a maalai-Godai.


Thus Periyazhwar "won over the privilege" to be
the father of Thayar

Thayar as Azhwar's daughter is repeatedly emphasised and celebrated by our
acharyas.Thayar herself talks about the glory of Aazhwar like in the
Varanamaayiram pasuram.

vEyar pugazh villiputtUr kOn kodai

kothai daughter of PeriyAazhwar who is of
unmatched fame( Veyar pugazh villiputtur kon)


Svami Desikan Starts the Goda stuti with the line
"SrivishNuchittha kulanandana kalpavaleem"

Svami Manavala Mamunigal's slokam goes as
"periyAzhvAr peNpiLLaiyAi ANDAL" 

The grace showered by Emperumaan to periAazhwar is immense

1)He presented Godai to Azhwaar
2)He appeared before Azhwar at Madurai
3)He made Aazhwar share the same simmasanam with Him and Thayar


Perum pudoor mAmunikku pinnAnAL vAzhiyE
***************************************

This Vaazhi Thirunamam refers SrI Aandal as being the younger sister
of Udayavar even though Swami Emperumanaar appeared at a much later
date after the Thiruavatharam of Thayar.This is related to the event
when Swami Came to Srivilliputtur after the offering 
to Lord Sundararaja Perumaal at Thirumaalirumsolai .Smt Sumitra Varadarajan
had written very nicely about this Vaazhi Thirunanam few days ago.
Just would like to say that Svami came to be known as "Koyil Annan" after
this incident.Svami is popularly known as "Koyil Annan" in 
Srivilliputtur.


Usually we see that in all Srivaishnava temples and Divya desams
the utsavamoorthy's are just one or two feet in front of the moolavar.
In the Aandal Temple at Srivilliputtur we see that the utsavamoorthy's
Andal Rangamannar and Garudazhwar are probably more than 15 feet in
front.This feature is due to the above incident

Swami Thiruvarangathu Amudhanaar in iRamaanusa noorandhadhi 
16th paasuram has submitted how Swami Ramanujar always lived with
the paripoorna Thiruvarul of Thayar in his entire avatharam.

"arangar mouLi SuzhginRa maalaiyaic cudik koduttavaL
tol aruLaal vAzhginRa vaLLal iraamAnuSan ennum
mAmuniyE"

Oru nooRRu nARpattu mUnRuraittAL vAzhiyE
*****************************************


This Vaazhi Thirunamam salutes the work of 143 paasurams by Thayaar-
The Nachiyaar Thirumozhi.

Thayar teaches us in the nool that the bliss of uninterrupted Bhagavad 
anubhavam and kaimkaryam is the ultimate thing that we should strive for.

Svami Desikan in the Prabhandasaaram slokam on Goda devi
submits the following(concluding lines)


"nee uraittha thaiyoruthigat paa maalai
Aayapugaz nooRudanaaR patthu moonRum
AnbudanE adiyEnukku aruL sey neeyE"

Please bless me with the special arthams of the 
paamalai of 143 versers that starts from thai oru 
thingalum-Naciyaar Thirumozhi


Uyar arangaRkE kaNNi ugandu azhaittAL vAzhiyE
*************************************************

Arangan

Lord Ranganathan who reclines majestically at Thiruvarangam

Uyar Arangan

Lord Rangarajan,the lord of all the worlds,onmnipresent,omnipotent
and omniscient,the master and controller of everything

Uyar aranganukke
****
to the great lord himself

The Lord is the greatest of all,in that case can anyone else cause
or effect anything so that his greatness would be further increased??
How can it be when He is the ultimate in greatness??
uyar arangannukke kanni ugangathu alaithaal
By marrying SrI Ranganathar Sri Andal increased the glory and auspiciousness
of Sarveswaran SrI Ranganathan.



Just as a side think that the great lord whose lotus feet all the world
yearns for,lifted and placed Thayars feet on the grinding stone during
their Thirukkalyanam



MaruVaarum Thirumalli Vaazhanadu Vaazhiye
******************************************
Glory to SrI Villiputtur the bountiful land permeated by fragrance.


Thiru Malli Nadu is Srivilliputtur-The land ruled by the queen Malli

The reference "Malli Nadu" occurs in many places like
the thanian on Nachiyar Thiromozhi by tirukkaNNa mangai ANDAn Svaami

Malli Nadu Aaanda Madamayil-referring to SrI Andal who ruled Malli Nadu.

MaruVarum Thirumalli Vazhanadu-

The ever fragrant,prosperous and bountiful Land of Malli Nadu (Srivilliputtur)
Another name for for this town SrIvilliputtur is "Shenbagaaranyakshetram"
The Land of the Shenbaga forest.

Srimad Bhagavatham mentiones the Vrinda forest "vrinda ban"
permeated by the sweet fragrance of flowers ,so is Srivilliputtur permeated by 
the sweet fragrance of the Shenbaga and other flowers of the shenbaga forest.
This forest was supposedly filled with wide variety of shrubs,plants etc.Even 
today one can visit a place called shenbagathoppu at the foothills of the 
western ghats around 15 kms from Srivilliputtur.I have read about The PaTTa 
for the land of around 250 acres in shenbagathoppu being in the 
name of Nachiyaar(Thayar).

The Garlands worn by Thayar are even today offered to VatapatrasayI perumaal
.The fragrance that permeates SrI villiputtur is due to the
garlands that perumaal wears after it is worn by godai.


vaN puduvai nagark kOdai malarp padangaL vAzhiyE
************************************************

Glory to the sacred lotus feet of Andaal which are always our
refuge.

Swami Desikan in the first slokam of Goda stuthi says

"Godaam ananyasarana: Saranam prapadhye"

For one who has no other refuge I seek you(Thayar) as my sole
refuge.

Vanamamalai Svami in the Tanian "Kolasuri Sangai"
for Nachiyar Thirumozhi says

madippuDaiya sOlaikkiLi, avaL tooya naRpAdam tuNai namakke

Her Sacred feet are always our refuge 

Thayar and Perumaal will mount the thEr tommorrow morning around 4:30 am and
will bless thousands of devotees in the ThEr Let us also remember and meditate 
on Thayar's sacred tiny feet covered with Kungumam ,pray that it stays in
our mind always and be the recipient of the grace and blessings of the Divya 
dampathis.


I am reminded of the popular lines from the Oonjal Song rendered most
wonderfully by Sadagopa Nambi Svami during the Oonjal Sevai

"Aaadi Poorathil udhitha Andalum Kothaaii..
Ani Arangan Amarndhu Oonjal Aaadinalee "


SrI Aandaal Thiruvadigale Sranam

adiyen Ramanuja dasan
Venkat S Iyengar




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