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Dear BhakthAs :

ThiruppaLLiyezucchi paasurams are recited in all
Sri VaishNava Temples before the doors of sanctum
sanctorium are opened every day . It is part of the
salutation at Dawn (Ushath Kaalam ) ; it is a song
awakening the Lord . Appropriate references are made
about the signs of the dawn and announcements are made
about the throng of sevArTees (DevAs , Adityaas , Rudraas,
Vasus , other gods and Maharishis ) waiting eagerly to have
the awakened Lord's darsana soubhAgyam .

The Connection between ThirumAlai and ThiruppaLiyEzucchi
***************************************************************
Both are aruLiccheyalkaLs of Thondardippodi . In ThirumAlai ,
Lord RanganAtha awakened the AzhwAr , who was "asleep" for
aeons and blessed the AzhwAr with His dhivya soundharyam
and dhivyAthma guNams .

Lord RanganAtha granted the AzhwAr dhivya Jn~Anam on
Tatthva Thrayam and ArTa Panchakam . AzhwAr became convinced
that Lord RanganAthan is both the upAyam (Means) and UpEyam
(Goal) for Moksham .  AzhwAr's love for the Lord of Srirangam
intensified . He recalled the times that he had wasted in trivial
and worthless pursuits and how the Lord of Srirangam intervened
and saved him :

" At the time when I was a gambler and a thief and caught in
the net of a woman's fish-like eyes, was helpless , was it not
the beauty of the Lord of Srirangam who called me , entered into my mind
and made my love increase for Him " --- ---Thirumaalai : 16th Paasuram

AzhwAr describes the effect of the divine beauty of the Lord of
Srirangam on him :

" Seeing the Lord of the colour of the ocean , resting on the serpent having
placed His crowned head to the eastern direction - - - my
soul has begun to melt . Oh people of this earth ! What shall I do ? "
--- --- Portions of the 19th Paasuram of Thirumaalai

" Oh Lord of Srirangam ! I am imploring thee with loud cries : Make me
Thine object of mercy and deliver me " -- -- Portions of 25th Thirumaalai
paasuram .

" Out of desire for Thy grace  have I come and stood before Thee "
-- -- Portion of the 33rd Paasuram of Thirumaalai .


THUS LORD RANGANATHAN AWAKENED THE AZHWAR FROM HIS
DEEP SLUMBER IN SAMSAARAM . After that , Swamy PeriyavAcchAn
PiLLai points out that the Lord of Srirangam went to sleep without
any worry . It was now AzhwAr's turn . AzhwAr sang ThiruppaLLIyezucchi
pAsurams to awaken the Lord and prayed for the boon of performing
blemishless Kaimkaryam to the Lord of Srirangam at all times , places
and states . He reminded the Lord of the approach of dawn and requested
the Lord to shower His grace on all assembled devotees at that sacred hour
of Dawn (Ushath Kaalam) .

Ushas or Ushath Kaalam in Rg Vedam
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Ushas is not just  the physical dawn , which is palpable as a sacred
hour by the humans ; in Vedic parlance , Ushas has a deeper meaning.
She creates light for all the worlds and is therfore saluted as Gomathy .
She is a state of bliss filled with light and vital force . She is the
Lord's
messenger to awaken the torrid souls languishing in the dark night of
SamsAram so that they can strive to gain Jn~Anam and awaken
the Lord engaged in Yoga NidhrA for such  a boon .

Many pasages of ThiruppaLLiyezucchi capture the beauty of Ushath
Kaalam at Srirangam and dawn approaching to serve the Lord . A Rg Veda
manthram from the third book captures the beauty of her arrival:

RithAvaree dhivO arkairaBhOdhyA Revathee rOdhasee chithramasTAth
aayatheemagna Ushasam vibhAtheem vaamamEshi dhraviNam bhikshamANa:
- - - - Rg Vedam : III.61.6

(Meaning provided by Sage Aurobindo) : " By heaven's illuminings , one
percieves her(as) a bearer of the truth and raptourous she comes with her
varied lights into the two firmaments . From Dawn as she approaches
shining out on Thee , Oh Lord , Thou seekest and attainest
the substance of delight ".

In the 7th book of Rg Vedam , there is a manthram that connects
the mysterious light of the dawn to the early morning bright rays of
Sooryan ( maturation of Jn~Anam granted by the Lord ):

utha nO gOmatheerisha Aa vahaa duhithardhiva:
saakam Sooryasya rasmibhi:

(Meaning): " Bring to us , Oh Daughter of Heaven , luminous impulses
with the rays of the Sun ".

Luminous impulses are the awakening of the dhivya Jn~Anam and ripening
of that Jn~Anam to lead upto Moksham and thereafter nithya Kaimkaryam
in the Lord's Supreme Abode in BhUlOkam (Srirangam) or the abode in
the Nithya VibhUthi ( SrI Vaikuntam) .

We will conclude this posting with reflections on two more Rg Veda
Manthrams about the power of intervention by the Lord :

" Oh all-wise and all-seeing God , direct the ignorant worshipper ,
who follows the wrong paths and help him to revert to the acts
which will reclaim him . You always protect in times of conflicts
those who are feeble , but on the path of truth , against those
who are strong but on the wrong path " - - - - Rg. Vedam: I.31.7

" Oh adorable God , You are the first and foremost essence of life ;
You are the revealer of the divine knowledge . You are the giver of bliss
to the enlightened persons , and friend to Your devotees , whose actions
are guided by Your eternal laws. In Your supervision, the righteous
persons , activated through wisdom , become seers and virtous"
....Rg Vedam: I.31.1

adiyEn will commence next the study of individual paasurams of
ThiruppaLLiyezucchi by ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr .

SrI RanganAyaki samEtha SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan






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