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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

"Has this counting of raavaNaa's head any reference in srimadh raamaayaNam? We 
will see in next post". That was the last line we had in previous post. [Sorry 
for delay in giving a reply to the question raised in the previous post. Due to 
certain business travel commitments I could resume to seat today only and then 
start on the topic]. 

To give a straight answer - it is "NO". This also raises another question - how 
come aazhvaar could get this reference, or see or visualize such an episode 
which was not envisaged by the writer of raamaayaNam who also had a good vision 
of that very same lord. 

For this sri Uththamoor Swamy [UV] says, in his commentary named "prabhandha 
rakshai" - re page 70 of mudhal thiruvandhaathi - 1. "puraaNangaLil engum 
prasidhDhamaana pala leelaigaL irukka ingE aazhvaar pudhiyadhoru varalaaRRai 
varaindhathu en enil em perumaanai aRiya yaarukkum aagaadhu enRum kooRalaam, 
aRiyak koodum enRum kooRalaam". 

Meaning - Why aazhvaar wants to raise a new episode in the puraaNaas [or 
history] when there are plenty of well known leelaas of the lord. Is it to 
establish that the humans can understand the supreme lord in a large measure or 
to prove that his devotees can not know him in his full capacities?

2. "pramaaNa grandhangaLil pala idangalil pudhiyana puguvadhum irundhana 
inmaiyum kaaNaaninROm". 
Meaning: in the reference books, we could see in many places the known episodes 
missing and new ones inserted.

3. "aNai katta aNilgaLum muyanRadhaagath thirumaalai koorumE". 
A new one appears in thirumaalai such as - the squirrels attempted to build the 
dam sEthu to lanka. [this, as a side line, also indicates that there is no 
original reference in raamaayaNam about squirrels helped in building the dam 
across the ocean.]

>From the above, it is clear that it is a "brand new" anecdote is visualised 
>and included by poigai aazhvaar in his andhaadhi. Ok, if it is one aazhvaar 
>visualised by the lord's grace and included. But how about other two aazhvaars 
>- pEiaazhvaar PA and thirumazhisai piraan TP also included the very same 
>anecdote. How come, it can be said they also had same vision? 

The answer can be as below. By the time poigaiyaar completed his andhaathi, 
second aazhvaar started - boothaththu aazhvaar. When he completed then the 
third - pEi aazhvaar started. So, we can even say, since first aazhvaar stated 
a new anecdote, third aazhvaar was influenced by first and included same 
anecdote in a different form in his verse [changed the language content with 
same theme], basing his reference on the first aazhvaar. 

How come thirumazhisaip piraan includes same anecdote in his work? For he is of 
slightly different period - born earlier, and lived as contemporary to PA. 
Since pEi aazhvaar was considered as guru of thirumazhisaip piraan TP, TP was 
influenced by his guru. So TP included such an episode, may know fully well 
that perhaps such an original ref is not there in srimadh raamaayaNam. 

That shows the "unquestioning acceptance of guru's words" in those periods. A 
rare attitude. [This perhaps may be a rarest thing today].

We can conclude, so to say, it may be that, long ago this anecdote was very 
much there in original srimadh raamaayaNam, later dropped by somebody. The 
version what we have is modified one - as stated by UV swamy above.  That is 
one aspect. 

There are some more specials in these paasurams. To enjoy those is also the 
intention. 

thamar ugandhadhu evvuruvam avvuruvam thaanE
thamar ugandhadhu ep pEr maRRu appEr - thamar uganthu
evvaNNam sindhiththu imaiyaadhirupparE
avvaNNam aazhiyaanaam - 44th paasuram - mudhal thiruvandhaathi.

thamar - bhakthaas. 
uganthu -santhOshappattu, aasai koNdu - with pleasure or happiness, with a 
longing desire
sindhiththu - thought continuously
imaiyaadhirupparE - did not wink their eyes. 

Generally it is said dhEvaas do not wink their eyes. Here it is uganthu 
sindhiththu imaiyaadhiruppar - or ugantha sinthanaiyaal imaiyaadhu iruppavar - 
becomes imaiyaadhiruppar means - by concentration on the lord becomes dhEvaas. 
Who enjoys the lord in that concentration on the lord, they do not even wink 
their eyelids in that enjoyment of him.  [the winking of the eyelids which 
incidentally is called anichchai cheyal - is also gone in that enjoyment of 
that supreme lord] - to that extent immersed in the thoughts on the lord. So 
naturally lord also confers the status of imaiyaadhiruppar -dhEvaas. That is 
said in the next paasuram amararkku aRiya aamE. Yes, dhEvaas who did same now 
comes to know of such a person - a new entrant is there to that elevated  
status. 

Ok adhu niRka - let it stand as it is. 
aamE amararkku aRiya adhu niRka
naamE aRigiRpOm nan nenjE poo mEya
maadhavaththOn thaaL paNintha vaaLarakkan neeLmudiyan
paadham aththaal eNNinaan paNbu - 45th paasuram - mudhal thiruvandhaathi

now see - poo mEya paadham aththaal eNNinaan - those feet which are being 
sanctified with flowers - he used those feet to count. The flowers were the 
offerings of such uganthu sindhiththu imaiyaadhirukkum devotees. 

Such a "poo mEya paadham eNNinaan" paNbu naamE aRigiRpOm nan nenjE - we will 
know ourselves - oh my mind - for we have come closer to him by becoming 
dhEvaas - imaiyaadhiruppavar - know about the character or nature of such a 
lord, whose feet are covered by flower offerings of devotees. 

When the mind realises the nature of that supreme lord what happens. See next 
paasuram 46 - 
puN purindha aagaththaan thaaL paNivaar 
kaNdeer amarar tham bOgaththaal boomi aaLvaar - 46 mudhal thiruvandhaathi. 

Such sindhiththu imaiyaadhiruppavar once realise the lord, then becomes amarar 
and will rule the earth with bOgam - enjoyment, and also fall at that lord's 
feet - thaaL paNivaar. 

Then what will happen - meignaanaththaal uNarvaar kaaNparE kain naagaththaan 
kazhal 47 mudhal thiruvandhaathi. 

They will feel the enjoyment at the lord's feet and also will practically see 
those feet - means will reach the lord's feet to see with their own eyes - 
those winking less eyes. That is why it is said evvaNNam sindhiththu - avvaNNam 
aazhiyaan - thinking of his feet always -lord helps such thinkers to reach his 
feet to see those feet.  Just combining the lines anew dimension is reached. 
Also this explains our sidhaantham of saraNaagathy also. 

In the New Year 2004 dear bhakthaas we will also do what aazhvaar guides us to 
do - sindhiththu imaayaadhirunthu kainnaagaththaan kazhal kaanbOm. 

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.



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