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 ************************* 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 ************************************* 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 ******************************* 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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