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Dear BhakthAs :

Let us   start today the study  of the Fourth ThiruppaLLiyezucchi
Paasuram.

The Fourth Paasuram of ThirupaLLiyezucchi  takes this form :

mEttiLamEthikaL taLaividum AayarkaL
  vEynkuzhal-Osayaum vidai-maNik-kuralum
yeettiyavisai disai paranthana vayaluL
  irinthana surumbinam ilankayar kulatthai
vaatiya varisilai vanavarERE
  maamnui vELviyaik-kaatthu , avabhiratham
aattiya vadutiRal AyOddhi-yemmarasE !
  ArangatthammA ! PaLLi yezuntharuLAye !

The translation of the Fourth Paasuram by
Dr. K.C.VaradAchAri Swamy is as follows :

The sounds of the huge and tender buffaloes
moving , the flute songs of those cowherds  who had united them ,
the jingling noises of the bells tied to the necks of those cattle ,
these (mixture of sounds) have spread in all directions. The honey-imbibing
bees have all moved out of their hives . Oh SriranganAthA ! Master of
the Celestials ! Oh Protector of the Yaagam of ViswAmithrA and destroyer
of the LankA's RaakshasA hordes ! Oh wielder of the KodhaNDam bow ,
who was anointed as the crowned ruler of AyOdhyA and ruled from there
for the purpose of destroying the enemies of light and truth ! Please wake
up from Thy sleep and bless us.

Sign of the Early Morning
****************************
Here one is reminded of the ThiruppAvai scene , where ANDAL
referred to the release of the buffaloes from their pens for early
grazing by the cowherds and the haunting flute music of the cowherds
emanating from the grazing  fields . Buffaloes graze mEl pull
( dew laden top blades of grass , where as cows do not .
Hence Buffaloes are let out twice , once in the early morning
(SiRithu viduthal ) and again later , when the Sun is up.

These cowherds ( having Buffaloes , Cows and sheep as their
wealth )  guide the buffaloes to their grazing grounds (siRu veedu=
gardens )  ( " KezhvAnam veLLenRu Yerumai siRuveedu mEyvAn
paranthana kaaNN " : 8th ThiruppAvai Paasuram ) .

"Keezh Vaanam" : at this early morning hours , the sky begins
to whiten. Then AruNOdhyam happens with its spectacular red
color . It is followed by the day break, when the sky becomes fully
white with advanced Sun's rays.

ThoNDaradippodi's anubhavam of cattle movement at Dawn
***************************************************************
" mEttila-mEdhigaL thaLai vidum AayargaL ,
   vEynkuzhal-Osayum vidaimaNik-kuralum
   ittiyavisai-thisai paranthana"

In that assembly of cattle herded by the cowherds (AayarkaL),
there were young buffaloes with their horns just about sprouting ,
Cows and grown up bulls with bells tied around their necks to
track their location and movement . Earlier , the Aayars had freed
them all from their ties to the posts ( ThaLai vidum AayargaL).
After releasing them , the Aayars used thier flute to guide them
towards their grazing fields and that sound of flute mingled
with the sound of bells around the neck of the bulls and spread
in all directions ( vEnkuzhal-Osayum vidai maNik-kuralum
ittiyavisai-thisai parandhana).   What a scene of kOlAhalam !

VayaluL Irinthana Surumbinam
********************************
Next , AzhwAr hears the swarms of awakened bees rushing by .
The busy bees have awakened and started on their long journeys in search
of honey for their community . They perform Hari Naama Sankeerthanam
as they go about their daily morning duties and cross the rice paddy
fields . " Surambinam" means the horde of bees . " Irinthana"  means
the making of a big ghOsham . This sound gets mingled with
the sound of the bells from the neck of the moving bulls and
the sound of Flute originating from the cowherds for the purpose of
directing the cows to their grazing areas . This is also part of
the dawn scene at Srirangam seen by ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr
as he rushes towards the innards of the Lord's temple.

Tribute to AyOddhikku Arasu
*******************************
At Srirangam , uthsavar is considered as Lord Raamachandran
and the Moolavar is saluted as DaamOdhara KrishNan ( KaNNan)
with three welts amde by the rope that YasOdhA used to tie Him up .

AzhwAr thinks of the Uthsavar first and recalls the heroic deeds of
(uthsavar) Raama as a Young boy during the occasion of ViswAmiithra Yaaga
SamrakshaNam and performing avabrutha snAnam afterward to celebrate
the successful conclusion of the Yaagam at SiddhAsramam ( Maamuni
vELviaik-kAtthu avapiratham aadu-thiRal AyOdhdi yemm arasE ). aadu-tiral
means one who has the bravery and ParAkramam to bring the Maamuni
ViswAmithrA's Yaagam to the successful completion stage and then
performing avabrutha snAnam .

Next AzhwAr thinks about the Yuddham at LankA by Lord Ramachandra
and salutes the Lord as " Ilangayar kulatthai vaattiya varisilai vAnavarErE
".
He scorched the Kulam of RaavaNan with the power of His bow and arrows
in His role as the Lord of the DEvAs and IndhrA .

AzhwAr addreses directly the Lord of Srirangam of valourous deeds
as "AyOddhi yemm arasE ( My Emperor of AyOdhyA ) " and appeals
to Him to awaken and bless all .

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 13 days to complete our Temple raffle to raise
 the needed 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 regarding your
 participation .











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