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Dear BhakthAs :


 Let us   start the study  of the Second ThiruppaLLiyezucchi
 Paasuram.

The second Paasuram of ThirupaLLiyezucchi  takes this form :

kozhungudi Mullayin kozhumalar-aNaivik-
koorndhathu guNadisai maarutham ithuvO
yezhunthana malaraNai paLLikoLL annam
inpani nanaintha irum chiRahutari
vizhungiya mudalaiyin pilampurai pEzhvaay
veLLeyiRuravadan vidatthunukkanungi
azhunguiya aanayin arum thyur keduttha
ArangatthammA ! PaLLi yezhuntharuLAyE

The translation of the Second Paasuram by
Dr. V.K.N.S.Raghavan Swamy is as follows :

" Oh Lord RanganAtha ! (now) the gentle morning breeze from
the eastern direction blows , bringing with it the sweet fragrance
of the flowers from the jasmine ( Mullai) creepers. The swans have
gotten up from their bed of lotus flowers , shaking off the dew drops
from their wide wings . Oh , the Lord of Srirangam, You have protected
the great elephant , Gajendhran, which was in distress because of
its being caught within the massive teeth of the crocodile.
Oh Lord ! Please wake up and bless us ".

Sri RanganAtha SuprabhAtham's echos of the above Pasuram
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Mullai pushpam is known as Sri Maagadhee Kusmam in Sanskrit .
It is a slender creeper waving with the wind and sending Its delicate
and unmistable fragrance as the morning breeze from the east
transports that most enjoyable gandham( fragrance ) towards
the reclining Lord's garbha graham as KusumAnjali . Sri RanganAtha
SuprabhAtham captures this scene in two slOkams :

SrImagadhee kusuma gadhavaha - anilOsou
prAchyAnthu veejathi sanair-adhunA sukhEna
IndhrAdhi dEva paripAlana jaagarooka
Sriranga MangaLa MaNE Tava SuprabhAtham

--- --- Sri RanganAtha SuprabhAtham : SlOkam 7

(Meaning ):Oh the blue gem of Srirangam ! The eastern breeze
carries the fragrance of Mullai flowers and is blowing gently
and is causing hapiness all around . Oh Lord intent on protecting
Indhran and the other dEvAs ! May this be an auspicious
dawn to You .

pakshAn vidhooya hima-thOya gaNAmsccha HamsA:
ambhOja panja sayanAth Dayathum pravrutthA:
grAhENa peeDitha  gajEndhra rujO nivArin !
Sriranga Patthana PathE Tava SuprabhAtham !

-- -- Sri RanganAtha SuprabhAtham: SlOkam 8

(meaning): Oh the Lord of Srirangam ! Oh the GajEndhra Varadhan
who rescued in a trice the sufferings of the king elephant , whose
foot was caught in the mighty jaw of the crocodile in the lotus pond !
The Swan couple , which slept in the soft bed of lotus at night
are shaking their wings laden with the morning  dew and are winging
their way to the sky . Oh Rangapureesa ! May this be an auspicious
dawn to You ! Please awaken and bless us !

Three Topics of the Second ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi Paasuram
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These are : (1) Morning breeze wafting the Mullai Fragrance
                     (2) Awakening of the Swan couple in the lotus pond
                     (3) Gajendra Varadhan's blessed intervention

One has to close one's eyes and enjoy the Mullai fragrance
riding on the gentle morning breeze and enveloping us .

The picture poem of the loving swan couple stirring in the morning
is a poetic image to visualize. The bigger male swan was covering
its partner( female swan ) with one of its wings . The male swan wakes up
first and shakes off the dense dew that has accumulated on its wings
and shakes it off and its partner is now awake . Both get ready to
go about on their daily routines .

Gajendra Moksham is a very important episode for us since
it portrays the immediate attention that the Lord gives to His bhakthAs
in distress , especailly when they address Him as "AadhimoolamE "
and recognize His parathvam and their(BhakthA's)  ananya gathithvam .

The ancient practise of meditating on GajEndhra Varadhan begins with
the recitation of the following two slOkams:

" grAhagrasthE GajEndrE- - -avatu Harirasou amhasam samhatErnah "

" nakrakrAnte KarIndhrE mukutita- - -moolam yathpradurasiitsa
  disathu BhagavAn MangaLam santatham na: "

When our Lord in Sri Vaikuntam heard the heart rending cry of
GajEndhran in distress , He ran to the scene of the lotus bond ,
where His bhaktha was suffering from the mighty poisonous
jaws of the crocodile and cut its head off with ChakrAyudham .
He ran helter-skelter and did not even have the time to put on
HIs paadhukAs or nind His Keasam into a knot . He just jumped on
His Vaahanam , Garudan , to take Him to the lotus pond .

GajEndhra Moksham in PurANams
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Srimath BhAgavatham descibes the Moksham for GajEndhran in
the 8th skandham . Sri NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri covers it in
the 26th Dasakam of Sri NaarAyaNeyam .

A PandyA king who disregarded Sage AgasthyA got cursed
to become an elephant .  The Sage recognized that the king
was engaged in Bhagavath smaraNam and that was the reason
for his lapse of not offering adhithi sathkAram . Sage Agasthya
controlled his anger and blessed the king with the boon that
Bhagavath SmaraNam will rescue him from his life as
an elephant at Thrkoota Malai .

Meanwhile , a gandharvan had become a crocodile and stayed in
the lotus pond of VaruNaa , where GajEndhran came to play with
his family . Gandharvan was told by the Sage who cursed him that
he will be released from his birth as crocodile , when he grabbed
the leg of the devotee , Gajendhran . There was a fight for thousand
years between the crocodile intent on pulling the king of elephants
down into the water and latter trying to get back to the shore
by shaking his leg off from the mighty jaws and the teeth of the crocodile.
With his poorva janma jn~Anam , Gajenndhran took the lotus flowers and
began to perfrom aarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNan. Gajendhran still felt
that   he could defend himself with his physical strength;  when he
realized that no one except the Lord could save him , his ahankAram
and MamakAram disappeared . Immediately , Gajendhran began to
eulogize the Lord as the aadhimoolam , which enshrines Brahma
Tathtvam :

Sa vai na devAsura marthya -thiryank
na sthree na ShaNDo na pumAn na jnathu:
nAyam guNa karma na sanna chAsan
noshEdhasEshO jayathAdhasEsha:

(meaning): That Parabrahmam is neither dEvan or asuran or human or
animal or bird or insect ; neither is it a woman , man or neuter ; This
Supreme being is neither guNam or karmaa or satth or asatth . After
all these , whatever is left (aadhi moolam or Ucchishta Brahmam in
the Vedic parlance ) , May that appear before me and protect me .

When Sri Vaikunta Naathan heard this sthOthram and appeal ,
He rushed in a big hurry on the back of Garudan to the lotus pond and
sent His Chakram to destroy the crocodile . Our Lord placd His sacred
hand on His Bhakthan and directed the Chakram at the Crocodile and
released both of them from their states acquired by the Muni saapams .

The relevant Sri NaarAyaNeeyam slOkma pasages are:

SarvAthmA Thvam bhUrikAruNya vEgath
ThArkshyArooDa:  prEkshithOabhU: purasthAth

The key word here is " BhUrikAruNya vEgam".
This means that the Lord was propelled by
the mighty force of His immeasurable compassion
for His Bhaktha Janams and instantly appeared
in front of the suffering GajEndhran .

HasthIndhram tamm hastha-padhmEna dhruthvaa
chakrEna Thvam nakravaryam vyadhAree:

The Lord's weapon (sankalpam) made GajendhrA shine with
the bliss of Saaroopyam and the Gandharvan lost his crocodile form .

It is said that the Lord's touch released GajEndhran from
the samsAric nescience :

" GajEndhrO Bhagavath--sparsAth vimukthO ajn~Ana BhandhanAm "

BhagavAn says in Gita that the true detatchment from worldly matters
arise , when one is blessed with Bhagavath darsanam :

" rasa varjam rasOpyasya Param dhrushtvA nivartathE "

In the next posting , we will study together the third Pasuram of
ThoNDaradippodi's ThiruppaLLiyezucchi .

SrI Godharanga ParabrahmaNE Nama:
ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

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

P.S : We have just 14 days to complete our Temple raffle to raise
funds for the construction of the living quarters for the priests of
Sri RanganAtha at His Pomona , NY temple. Please support this
kaimkaryam during this sacred month of Maarghazhi and recieve
the blessings of ANDAL as well .Please contact me regardign your
participation .






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