Dear BhakthAs : The sacred month of Dhanur Maasam is about to begin on Wednesday , Dec 15 . It is also a SravaNa dinam . Every Dhanur Maasam , adiyEn tries to reflect on some of the sacred topics such as TiruppAvai , ThiruppaLLiyezucchi or ThiruppallANDu . You may ask why ThiruppaLLiyezucchi ? Dhanur Maasa aarambha dinam is considered by the residents of Srirangam as ThiruppaLLiyezucchi AvathAra dinam . Although Sriman T.C.A. Venakatesan has covered the avathArikai and the first Four Paasurams of ThiruppaLLiyezucchi in an excellent manner , Six more remains to be covered and adiyEn is sure that he will continue with his kaiamkaryam during this season . You can access his excellent write ups , which are VyAkhyAna Saarams of Swamy Nanjeeyar and Swamy PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai . The URL is: http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/tpezhu adiyEn will share with you personal anubhavams of the coverage of the ten paasurams of ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr , who blessed us with Thirumaalai and ThirupaLLiyezucchi ( TPZ) . adiyEn will also cover the Sanskrit Commentary of Sri Upanishad BhAshyakArar on ThiruppallANDu . SriPeriya ParakAla Swamy , Thirukudanthai Desikan and Thirukudanthai Sri RanganAtha Swamy have written in the last three hundred years have written additioanl commentaries on THIRUPPALLANDU . All of these have been edited by SrimAn V.N.Vedanatha Desikan on behalf of his AchAryan , HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan Swamy in 2002. Since all of them are in MaNi PravALam or in Sanskrit , my own contribution would be to summarize the highlights of these commentaries on ThiruppallANDu in English for extended enjoyment . adiyEn will start with the ThiruppaLLiyezucchi Paasurams today . There are specific references that you would like to have for deeper study of ThiruppaLLIyezucchi ( TPZ ) . Here they are : 1. The ThirupaLLiyezucchi of Sri ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr by Dr.V.K.S.N.Raghavan , VisishtAdhvaitha PrachariNi sabha . 2. Sri UtthamUr Swamy's commentary , Ubhaya VedAntha Grantha maala series , 1956 . 3. Sri P.B.Annangarachar Swamy 's commentary , DhivyArTa Dheepikai Series , 1996 4. Sri K.C.Varadachar Swamy's commentary , Alwars of South India , BharathIya VidhyA Bhavan , 1966. 5. ThiruppaLLiyezucchi and Sri Venaktesa SuprabhAtham , M.K.Rangaswamy Iyengar , 1996. 6. ThirupaLLiyezucchi and Thiruppaavai: V.Sadagopan's writings on ThiruppAvai from previous years. 6. Taniyan VyAkhyAnams for ThiruppaLLiyezucchi , Sri Vatsya Ahobilacharya . Let us reflect for a moment on the name chosen by this Azhwar from ThirumanDangudi ( close to PuLLambhUthangudi dhivya dEsam) : THONDARADIPPODI ( Anbar ThALL ThULi : UpadEsa Ratna Maalai: 4) . BhAgavatha Seshathvam is saluted here as being superior to Bhagavath Seshathvam . The three Sanskrit slOkams quoted usually in this context are : yEthath samastha paapAnAm prAyascchittham manishibhi: nirNitham bhagavadh-bhaktha paadhOdhaka nishEvaNam (Meaning) : For all the sins acumulated by human beings , there is a sure remedy : partaking of the BhagavathAs' Sri Paadha Theertham . yasya murdhni sthitham yAvath VaishNavAngri-rajas-subham GangAdhi SarvateerthAni tavattisthantyasamsayam (Meaning): There is no doubt about the auspicious dust from the sacred feet of Sri VaishNavAs being superior to holy waters like GangA et al. nirapeksham Munim santam nirvairam samadarsanam anuvrajaai aham nithyam pUyEya ithyangrirENubhi: (Meaning): adiyEn follows always the VaishNavite Sages ( BhagavathAs) , who are known for their vairAgyam , equipoise and freindship to all , so that the dust from their sacred feet can sanctify me. KulasEkhara AzhwAr celebrates the BhakthAngri rENu ( the dust from the sacred feet of BhagavathAs) in his PerumAL Thirumozhi: II.2 " ThoNDardippodiyAda nAmm peRil , Gangai neer kudainthAdum vEtkai yennAvathE " ( What will happen to our desire to immerse deeply in Gangaa theerttham , if we had the opportunity to wear on our head , the sacred dust from the feet of the servants of the Lord ?). Swamy NammazhwAr ( ThiruvAimozhi 4.6.6) celebrates the holiness of the dust from the feet of the servants of the Lord and exhorts us to adorn it : " Maayan Tamaradi neeRu koNDu aNiya (vENum)" . PeriyAzhwAr observes that this world has great good fortune through the contact with the dust from the BhagavathAs , who perform AaarAdhanam for Lord Narasimhan : " Naathanai Narasinghanai navinREthuvArkaL uzhakkiya padha thULi paduthalAl ivvulakam bhAkkiyam seythathE " ...PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi: 4.4.6 ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan P.S: Please do remember to help in housing the priests of Lord Ranganatha at the Pomona temple , well versed in Ubhaya VedAntham . We have 20 days left to conclude this kaimakaryam for the BahgavathAs serving the Lord at HIs Pomona , NY home . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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