Sri:
Dear Devotees of dhivya prabhandhams
and dhivya dEsams :
Sriman V. KalyANarAman of SrEyA
Publicities was kind enough to send me
two releases blessed by the sacred hand of
ParamahamsAdhyEthi Sri SrimushNam
Andavan to gain wider awareness by
Aasthika Janams all round the globe
thru the various VaishNava elists .
It is my bhAgyam to accede to
Sriman
KalyANa Raaman's request to share
with AastheekAs the content of
these two monographs .
The two books
are in Tamil and are
available
at the
following locations:
1. Srirangam Srimad
Andavan Asramam
Sir DesikAchari
Road
AzhwArpEttai ,
Chennai 600 018
2) Sri Raghuveer
Dayal
C/O Srirangam
Srimad Andavan Asramam
1/138-140 South Car
st
ThiruppullANi 632
532
The names of the
two monographs are:
(1) " MaNiyunthu PullANiyai manamAra
VaNanguvOm " , a
title chosen by Srimad SrimushNam Andavan Himself .
This book has 80
pages and is priced
modestly at 50 Rupees per copy. It
is
about the Vaibhavam
of the ThiruppullANi dhivya dEsam sung by Thirumangai AzhwAr
.Srimad
SrimushNam Andavan has provided
insightful
commentary on each of the Twenty moving Paasurams of Thirumangai Mannan
.
(2) Thirukkudanthai
Munivarin ThiruppAvai
ViLakkam ( with SrI
Munitraya SampradhAya Guru ParamparA )
This book has 165
Pages ; ThiruppAvai
UpanyAsa Saaram of
ParamahamsEdhyAti
Thirukkudanthai
Andavan for the 30 Paasurams are covered in 123 Pages; the remaining
42 pages
record the vaibhavam of SrI Munitraya SampradhAya Guru
Paramparai ; the
publisher is Sriman
ChEtlur VaradAchAri
RangarAjan Swamy.
The price is not
available . This precious book can be purchased from Srimad Srirangam
Andavan
Asramam at Sir DesikAchAr Road as well .
Book I: Maniyunthu
PullANiyai manamAra
VaNanguvOm
Thirty five Pages of this 80 page
book is
devoted to stala purANam going
back to
the happenings during the time ,
when
the kshEtram had the sambhandham
with
the sacred feet of Sri
Raamachandra Murthy.
The topics coverd are: VibhIshaNa
SaraNAgathy, Dharbha Sayanam
,
Garva Bhangam of Samudhra Raajan
and
the building of the NaLa sEthu
for
the fulfillment of the mission of
the Vibahava avatAram of the Lord
as Sri Raamabhadran/ RaavaNa
samhAran.
The charitram of the three
Maharishis
( Pullavar, KaNvar and
Kaalavar) ,
who had the bhAgyam of
seeing
the Lord here as a result
of
their theevra tapas is
described .
Lord acceded to their request
to
have permanent presence at this
dhivya dEsam for blessing all
who
visit His prAcheena dhivya dEsam
.
Lot of details about the VimAnam
,
theertams at this
dhivya dEsam ,
various PrakArams and sannidhis
there
leading upto the innermost
chambers
with the sannidhis and
vimAnams
for the three
EmperumAns ( Aadhi
JagannAthan/
DhaivacchilayAr ,
Dharbha Sayana Raaman
,Pattabhi
Raaman) , PirAtti ( PadmAsani
ThAyAr)
and the famous stala vruksham (
Asvattham) are covered
. There is a wealth of information about this dhivya dEsam , which will
be valuable for
the SevArthees and the First time visitors .
Specific information about
sEthukkarai ,
sankalpam for the ones performing
sEthu
snAnam and the sannidhis on the
way to
Sethukkarai are meticulously
covered .
This portion of the book
thus is a compendium of valuable information , which is hard to find
at one place for
would-be-visitors to this ancient dhivya dEsam .
The second portion of this book
covers
the rich and informative
commentary of
Prakrutham HH Andavan on the
twenty Periya Thirumozhi Paasurams of Kaliyan in the role of
ParakAla naayaki and
Her Oodal with the Lord for abandoning Her after enjoying her company .
Srimad Andavan's vyAkhyAnam is
indispensable for
enjoying the Sevai of the Lord of this dhivya dEsam .
The vaibhavam of Srimad Andavan's
detailed commentary
on Paasura
Vaakhyams can not be
summarized in words but can only be read in its entirety and the
RasAnubhavam
has to be tasted thru deep
reflection .
adiyEn recommends the speicific
vyAkhyAnam for the
following paasura Vaakyams of the Naayaki describing the "cruelty " of her Lord , who
enjoyed
her and later abandoned her
:
1) " Yennai naivitthu yezhil
koNDu ahanRa perumAn"--- Paasuram 9.3.1
2) " uruhi nenjE ninainthu
ingirinthEn thozhuthu yezhu"--PaasuraM 9.3.2
here , Azhwar asks his nenjam as
to the purpose of brooding over the abandonment of the Lord and
appeals
to the nenjam to proceed to His
abode at ThiruppullAni and stay there for regaining His union .
3) " yethu seythAl maRakkEn ?
"... Paasuram 9.3.3
The poignancy of
the inconsolable
sorrow , where the
Naayaki questions herself as to what should
she do to forget His cruelty in abandoning her after intense samslEsham .
She advises her mind
that they should
proceed
to ThiruppullAni and worship the
Lord of this dhivya dEsam of the Lord for their ujjevanam.
4) " nangaLeeSan namakkE paNittha
mozhi seytilan '--
Paasuram 9.3.4
Here Srimad Andavan comments most
movingly on the VaNdu
as the sole saakshi for her sambhOgam with her Lord and the sweet words
that He used for
vaseekaraNam and the subsequent
abandonment by making His
promises false. Srimad Andavan quotes two passages of KuRumthohai to
illustrate
the sufferings of the
Naayaki .
5) "uNaril uLLam sudumAl vinayEn
thozhuthumezhu"
--Periya Thirumozhi:
9.3.5
Naayaki sums up her situation
this way: I can not forget Him and at the same time I can not think of Him .
I am
caught up in this strange
dilemma. My heart is
being scorched due to my misfortune. I can not bear it . Oh my mind ! let us now go
to His nivAsa
sthAnam ( ThiruppulANi) . Srimad
Andavan's reference to
the sampradhAya siddhAnta pratibhAtakam
outlined in Periya VaacchAn
PiLLai's commentary on " Thozhuthum yezhu" is a gem of a reference relating
to the Vaibhavam of
Prapatthi.
6) "yeLhi nenjE !
ninainthingirunthEn tozhumezhu"-- Periya Thirumozhi 9.3.6
The mind says to Naayaki : You
said that you are being scorched over the thought of Your Lord's
cruel
abandonment . Why do n't you
console yourself by reflecting on His anantha kalyAna guNams ? Naayaki
answers: Oh my mind !
I can not get any relief from
this intense suffering unless I
meet and unite with my Lord possessing these infinite auspicious guNams. Let
us
now proceed hence to His place of
residence .
7) " iravum nALum inikkaNN
tuyilAtu iruntaten payan ? Thozhumezhu" --Periya Thirumozhi : 9.3.7
Naayaki tries to convince her
mind to start on the journey to ThiruppullAni by pointing out the futility of staying
with out sleep day and night at
the place , where she was abandoned . Srimad Andavan uses passages from Srimad
RaamAyaNam on the
suffering of the Lord over seperation from SeethA PirAtti( anidhram satatam Raama: )
.
(8) and (9) Here Naayaki
argues against the fear of the mind that the Naayaki will be overcome by emotion on
seeing
Her Lord at ThiruppullANi
and rush to unite with Him ,which may not fit with the way of a modest woman
. The mind tries
to dissuade Naayaki from taking that trip to ThirupullANi for that reason . The mind
counsels Naayaki on
the wisdom of staying where they are
and wait for the Lord's return .
Naayaki answers her mind that there is no harm in going to the place
of residence of her
Lord for KaalakshEpArtham .
She states that it fits her
svaroopam to go to ThiruppullANi and perform prapatthi there to
Him for
vaseekaraNam .
10) The phala sruthi Paasuram:
Here Kaliyan instructs us that
anyone recting these
ten paasurams or reflecting on the meanings of these Paasurams will undoubtedly gain Saadhya
Bhakti,
gain ruchi for rushing to
Vaikuntam and serve the Lord there .
In the next ten paasurams (
Periya Thirumozhi 9.4), Naayaki reveals in a heart rending manner her
physical and mental
sufferings as she
travels to
Her Lord's dhivya dEsam . She
appeals to the birds that she encounters to journey to ThiruppullANi
and for them to inform
her lord about the sufferings that she is experiencing and ask Him to rush to her
and save her from
these unberable sufferings:
" pavvat-tiraiulavu PullANi kai
thozhuthEn
Deyvac-chilayArkku yenn
sinthai nOy seppuminE" .
In the fifth paasuram
, Naayaki states that her mind has gone
after the Lord of
ThiruppullANi and until it returns with some news , she will put up with
whatever insults her relatives
hurl against her for
her "improper" conduct .
In the sixth paasuram , the Sun
sets and the Naayaki
feels intensely about her state of abandonment by her Lord
. The Moon rises
now and the cool rays
of the Moon makes her feel that they are like hot embers in her state
of seperation .In the ninth
Paasuram ,ParakAla Naayaki compares her restless and consequent
sleepless state to
that of the nearby ocean
as the night
advances : " Otamum
nAnum
uRangatu iruntEnE".She states
that the Lord had ordered the restles and ever awake ocean to be
her companion
.
In the Phala sruti Paasuram (
9.4.10) ,
Kaliyan informs us that those who
recite
these ten paasurams on
ThiruppullANi
Adhi JagannAthan will first
become rulers of this
earth and will ascend to Vaikuntam at the end of their earthly lives
.
adiyEn appeals to
all bhakthAs to acquire a copy of his monograph on Thiruppulli for
your family libraries and learn about the glories of this
dhivya
dEsam , where Srimad Andavan is observing ChAturmAsya vratam now, travel there
and prostrate before Him for blessing these insightful commentaries
on Kaliyan's
matchless paasurams on Aadhi JaganAthan .
adiyEn will
continue in the next posting about the second book : " Thirukkudanthai
Munivarin ThriuppAvai ViLakkam " .
NamO SrI PadmAsani
SamEta Adhi JagannAthAya ,
Daasan ,
Oppiliappan V.Sadagopan
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