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Dear BhakthAs :

Let us enjoy the introduction of U.V. (Sudarsanam)
PutthUr KrishNaswamy IyengAr  for the Sanskrit
version of SuprabhAtham for Lord RanganAtha by
Aasukavi KidAmbi T.Govindha Iyengar of SrivilliputthUr.
The above Sanskrit SuprabhAtham was inspired by 
ThoNDardipodi's Tamizh PaLLiyezucchi .

PerumAL's Yoganidhrai
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The very special "sleep " that the Lord has at Srirangam
is known as yOga nidhrai or "vizhi thuyil " or " aRi thuyil "
or " KaLLa Nitthirai" . PeriyAzhwAr in his 5.1.7 Thirumozhi
refers to this KaLLa nitthirai :

" veLLai veLLatthin mEl oru paampai metthayAha viritthu
athan mEl kaLLa nitthirai "

His yOga nidhrai is all about staying awake thinking about
how He can redeem the souls , who have diminished Svaroopa
Jn~Anam and thus suffer in SamsAram . SamsAris think that there
is only this world ( ayam lOko naasthi para ithi maani). They
think  of themselves as brave and learned and wander in this
samsAram like the blind led by the blind ( " Svayam dheerA:
paNDitham manyamAnnA: , dandhramyamANA: pariyanthi mooDA: 
andhEnaiva neeyamAnA yaTAndhA: " says the KaThopanishad).

BhagavAn resting at Srirangam on the bed of AdhisEshan
in the state of Yoga nidhrA contemplates on  customized
ways to help these sufferers in SamsAram . Indeed , He never
sleeps according to another Upanishadic passage : " Ya yEshu
supthEshu jaagrathee " He is the only One , who is awake , while
the SamsAris are deeply lost in their slumber of nescience and
viparItha vyApArams of  breaking the Lord's commands .

To awaken such a  Lord engaged in Yoga Nidhrai and to request
Him to come to the rescue of the Bound Jeevans (Bhaddha
chEthanams ) is the ancient avocation of Jn~Anis dear to Him.
Veda Purushan Himself requests the Lord in TaitthirIya
NaarAyaNa vallee : " Utthishta Purusha Haree lOhitha
pingalAkshi " . Parama Purushan is awakened here with
the prayer : " Oh Haree ! Parama PurushA ! Oh the Lord with
beautiful red eyes reminescent of the red lotus ". PunDareekAkshan
and PurushOtthaman are jointly invoked here.

The other awakenings of the Lord
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Sage ViswAmithrA awakened Raamachandran, the SuprajA of
Kousalya during morning sandhyA to perform his ordained
duties ( ParamAthma"s aarAdhanam) :

KousalyA SuprajA Raama poorvA sandhyA pravartathE
utthishta nara saardhUla karthavyam dhaivamAhnikam
--- -- Srimath RaamAyaNam : Baala KANDam: 23.2

In Utthara KaaNDam of Srimath RaamAyaNam ( 37.4) ,
the mighty and beautiful Raamachandra is awakened by
the court vandhees with the reminder that the whole world
gets into slumber , when He sleeps (Thvayi supthE jagath sarvam
svapathi ) and that He must awaken them from their sleep of
avidhyaa :

Veera Soumya ViBhudhyasva KousalyAnandha vardhana
jagathithi sarvam svapathi Thvayi supthE narAdhipa

The AzhwArs who preceded ThoNDaradippodi awakened
the Lord at different dhivya dEsams in their own way :

" ThORRamAy ninRa SudarE ! Thuyil yezhAi " --- ANDAL

" Kidantha naaL kidnathAi, yetthanai  kaalam kidatthi"
asked Swamy NammAzhwAr ( ThiruvAimozhi: 9.2.3 )

" Moovluhum thozha iruntharuLAy ThiruppuLingudi
   kidanthAnE " is the appeal of Swamy NammAzhwAr
   on another occasion to the ArchA Moorthy at ThiruppuLingudi.

ThoNDaradippodi followed Vedam , Upanishads and
the AzhwArs that preceded him and composed the dhivya
Prabhandham of ThirupaLLiyezhucchi to Lord RanganAthan,
who had awakened him earlier from samsAric sufferings.

PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram Annan modeled after the Azhwar's
(RanganAtha Pathivrathai's) ThirupaLLiyEzucchi paasurams
to compose his Sri VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham .

This then is the ancient SampradhAyam of awakening
the Lord engaged in Yoga Nidhrai during the early
morning hours at the dhivya dEsams .

Today , adiyEn will continue with the study of the two
Taniyans for the ThiruppaLLiyezucchi Prabhandham .

Thirumalai AaNDAn's Taniyan
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TamEva mathvA ParavAsudEvam
RangaEsayam raajavadarhaNeeyam
prabhOdhakeem yOkrutha sookthimAlAm
BhakthAngrirENum BhagavanthameeDE

(Meaning): adiyEn offers my salutations to ThoNDaradippodi
AzhwAr , who possesses the auspicious guNams such as
Jn~Anam and who blessed us with the dhivya Prabhandham of
ThiruppaLLiyezucchi that  awakens the Lord of SriRangam ,
whom He considered as the ParavAsu DEvan Himself
presiding over Sri Vaikuntam . In this dhivya Prabahndham ,
AzhwAr hailed the Lord resting on the bed of AdhisEshan as
the king of the universe and offered his reverential
salutations .

(Comments) :Tradition has it that the archA Moorthy at Srirangam has
to be considered as Para VaasudEvan , who resides at Sri Vaikuntam .
The Lord of Srirangam(SrI Rangasaayee  illuminating the meaning of PraNavam
( PraNavArTa PrakAsakan ) is ParavAsudEvan Himself
in archai ( Sa VaasudEvO RangEsa: prathyaksham paramam padham ) .
The river Cauvery at Srirangam is considered as VirajA nadhi at
Sri Vaikuntam . The Ranga Mandhiram ( Garbha Graham  housing
the Lord) is equated to Sri Vaikuntam in this view :

KaavEri VirajA sEyam Vaikuntam Rangamandhiram
Sa VaasudEvO RangEsa: Prathyaksham Paramam Padham
VimAnam PraNavAkAram Vedha srungam MahAdhbhutham
SrI Rangasaayee BhagavAnn PraNavArTa prakAsaka:

--- --- Sri ParAsara Bhattar in Sri RangarAja Sthavam 

(Meaning): This Cauvery river holier than GangA is the river
VirajA , which marks the boundary of Sri Vaikuntam .
Sri Vaikunta Lokam is the temple of Sri RanganAtha with
the seven prAkArams . The Lord resting on the five headed
AdhisEshan is one and the same as Para VaasudEvan of
Sri Vaikuntam .Therefore , Sri Ranga KshEthram is the Parama
Padham that can be seen with the physical eyes of the SamsAris.
Sriranga VimAnam has a form similar to PraNavam and it glorifies
the meaning of PraNavam .

Second Taniyan by Thiruvaranga PerumAn Arayar 
****************************************************
MaNDangudi yenbar maamaRayOr manniya seer 
ThoNDaradippodi thonnaharam- - vaNDu
tiNarttha vayal TennarangatthammAnai -- PaLLi 
uNartthum PirAn udhitthavoor 

Great  Vedic scholars point out that  ThirmaNDamgudi
is the place of birth of ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr , where reside
BrahmaNa srEshtAs reputed for their Vaidhika anushtAnams and 
VedAdhyayanam . Here was born the AzhwAr , the  parama upakArakar ,
who pleaded on behalf of us with the Lord of Srirangam known for 
its many  ponds , where the bees hover to collect the honey from
the lotus flowers . At this dhivya dEsam of Srirangam , the Moolam
for all dhivya dEsams , ThoNDaradipodi appealed to Lord RanganAtha 
to awaken and bless all the chEtanams assembled in front
of His court yard and bless the world as well  .

In the next posting , adiyEn will give the meanings of the individual
Paasurams of ThiruppaLLIyezucchi .

SrI RanganAyaki samEtha SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan






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