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 ***************************************************************** 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 *************************************************************** 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 ************************************ 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 . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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