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Dear BhakthAs :

Today , adiyEn will comment on the tradition of
Vandhis and VaithALikAs in the context of waking
up Kings in the mornig and wishing them SuprabhAdhams .
Lord RanganAthan is the Emperor of all Kings and
ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr performed both the Vandhi
and VaithAlikA roles in the magnificent awakening
Paasurams of ThiruppaLLIyezhucchi.

Who are trhe Vandhis and Vaithalikas ?
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Vandhi is the One who praises (eulogizes ) the King's
valour and auspicious attributes and VaithAlikan is
the One , who wakes up the Lord .

This comparison is inspired from Swamy Desikan's
Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram's 9th Paddhathi
known as VaidhAlika Paddhathi . Here , Swamy Desikan
sitting in front of Lord RanganAtha in the early hours of
the morning  engaged in the composition of the PaadhukA
Sahasram visualizes the Upanishads serving the roles of
both Vandhis and VaithAlikAa with a view to awaken the Lord
and to persuade Him to get into His Paadhukais to start
His day's "work ".

The slOkam portion referring to the role of Upanishads
in waking up the Lord through sthOthrams on His limitless
auspicious attributes is :

" YadhArOhasya VedAnthA: vandhi vaithAlikA: svayam "

- - - Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram(SRPS) : slOkam 241

Other happenings at the Lord's Sannidhi during ThiruppaLLiyezucchi
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In the other slOkams of VaithAlika Paddhathi , the scenario
is about the awakening of the Lord by Upanishads and their
requests for Him to wake up and adorn His PaadhukAs to come
out of His AasthAnam and travel to the morning DarbhAr to bless
His parijanams and all those jostling with one another in His
courtyard  to have His auspicious darsanam at Sunrise  .

These SRPS slOkams of Swamy  Desikan seem to be influenced by
the ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi (TPZ) prabhandha paasurams of ThoNDaradippodi
AzhwAr during one dawn at Srirangam .

Additional SRPS SlOkams by TPZ Paasurams
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Here are some more examples from the VaidhAlika Paddhathi:

SlOkam 2 : Oh Lord RanganAtha ! In Your courtyard  stand
Brahma , Sivan , Sages like Sanaka at the early morning hours .
Among those , who have the first rites to have contact with
Your sacred feet are Your Paadhukais as you awaken and
onward travel ( sanchAram)  to Your morning DarbhAr.
Please adorn Your Paadhukais and give sevais to those
who are waiting eagerly for that SEvai .

SlOkam 3: Oh Lord RanganAtha ! There is the lotus arising out of
Your navel (nAbhee kamalam)  , where Your son Brahma has His residence .
As You awaken , the glances arising from Your eyes
have an astonishing effect on that Lotus . One of Your eyes is
Chandran , which makes the lotus fold up ; the other eye is
Sooryan , which makes the lotus to open up  its closed petals.
When You are in the semi-awakened state, Your eyes are partly open
and partly closed . Consequently , the effect of Your glances from
Your semi-awakened eyes makes the lotus partly open and partly
closed . That is an extraordinary experience to enjoy . Oh Lord !
Please bless Your parijanams assembled at the court yard to enjoy
that rare sevai at Your ThirupaLLiyezucchi time !

SlOkam 4 : Oh Lord RanganAtha ! The moring muhUrtham
(Brahma MuhUrtham) selected by AdhisEshan for Your
awakening has arrived ( RanganAtha ! Sesha siddhAntha
siddham muhUrtham upanamathi) AdhisEshan as the MahA JyOthishar
is in charge of setting up Your PanchAngam times for Your awakening
and sanchArams during the day . Your daily uthsavams have to start .
Please awaken !

SlOkam 10: The final slOkam of this Paddhathi recognizes the great pleasure
that the Lord enjoys being awakened by the VedAs as Vandhis and VaithAlikAs
and being given the hints (sankEthams) by them during the day for 
participation
in the different daily uthsavams at SrIrangam :

ithi nigama vandhi vachasA samayE samayE gruhItha sankEta:
abhisarathy RanganAtha: prathipadha bhOgAya PaadhukE !

Lord RanganAtha recieves thus timely signals ( samayE samayE
gruhItha sankEta: ) from the Upanishads serving as Vandhi
( nigama vandhi vachasaa) . Lord RanganAtha  takes those cues
provided by the Upanishads and enjoys the unique pleasures
associated with the particular occasion ( Prathipadha BhOgAya
RanganAtha: abhisarathy).

ThoNDardippodi's earnest pleas as the Vandhi and VaithAlikan
for Lord RanganAthan have nigama parimaLam  ( fragrance of
the Veda manthrams) and the Lord awakens readily to bless
the AzhwAr and all the others assembled at His court yard .

In the next posting , adiyEn will comment on the meanings
of the individual paasurams of ThiruppaLLIyezucchi Prabhandham .

ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan






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