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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Today is Sri ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr Thirunakhathram-
Maargazhi KEttai.. 

He never ever sang on other Divya Desams except the
Only One Koil- Sri Rangam. 

Swamy Desikan refers this temple as THE TEMPLE. Koil.
Koil means only Srirangam. Let us meditate on the
lotus feet of this AzhwAr on his TN and enjoy the
glorious Divya Desam Sri rangam's Lord Ranganathan's
divine beauty referring to one of his wonderful verses
from Thirumaalai. 

Swamy Desikan said ,"thOlAdha thani veeran thozhudha
koil". He is Lord Rama's Kula deivam, kula NAthan..
Yamunacharya declares, in SthOthra Rathnam too as Kula
dhanam and Kula dhaivam..

Sri Ramanuja asserts in Gadyatrayam.. mamakula nAtham,
mama kula daivatham..

He is Our Kula nAThan' Our Kula dhanam. Our Kula
Deivam. His Beauty is indescribable in words. ayyO!
ivan azhagenna azhiyaa azhagudaiyaan.(says Kambar on
Lord Rama). He is The Beauty personified. (This is on
Lord Rama). Lord Rama Himself is captivated by
Lord Rangan's Beautiful ThirumEni. 

asmadhAchAryan His Holiness SrI PaRavaakkOttai Andavan
Swami in one of his upanyasams mentioned this:

When Rama was performing ThiruvArAdhanam to Lord
Ranganathan, SitA PiraaTTi accompanies him doing
kaimkaryams..  Her already large beautiful, well laid
out, ruddy lined shining eyes, opened wider in
admiration.. (Valmeeki addresses her at this stage as
"visAlAkshi.." (wide eyed..) 

Why wide eyd now? Because, She looks at Rama. So
Charming. So Divinely Beautiful. Embodiment of
Beauty..and then her eyes shift to the Lord whom
Sri Rama is worshipping. wow! He is grander, more
beautiful, more divine! more charming!

Wait a minute. Rama looked as an Ultimate Beauty
personified. How come Lord Rangan looks so now!
She again goes back to Rama's ThirumEni and His
enjoyment of ThiruvArAdhanam. She could not believe.
There appears to be a competition between the Two..
Her eyes open wider in admiration of BOTH..

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr for no reason says.."icchuvai
thavira yaan pOi indra lOkam ALum acchuvai peRinum
vENdEn. Aranga maa nagaruLaanE! Oh Lord
Ranganatha of Srirangam! (or Pomona!) Leaving this
taste of enjoying Your ThirumEni, even if granted to
rule the Paramapadham, I do not want that.
(Because Enjoying Him at Paramapadham is like going
from one airconditioned hall to the other hall. While
enjoying Him at Srirangam is like going underneath a
Huge Banyan tree for a cool shadow after being in a
scorching Heat of samsaaric afflictions. Which is more
enjoyable and more relieving!

(veyyilil iruppavanukkuthaan nizhal arumai theiryum.).

AzhwAr also tells:

kudathisai mudiyai vaitthu guNathisai paadham neetti
vadthisai pinbu kaatti then thisai lankai nOkki
kadal niRak kadavuL enthai arvaNait thuyilumaa kaNdu
udal enakku urugumaalO? en seyghEn ulagatthIrE?

What a sweet Pasuram! The Lord Ranganathan- who has
His Thirumudi in the West; Thiruvadi towards East;
back facing North and the Eyes looking to South
(lankA)..(as assured to Sri VisbhIshaNAzhwAn) is of
Blue hued Ocean coloured, Divinely Beautiful Form.
Oh! My body is melting.. what can I do, oh wordly
people! AzhwAr says: Not just my heart melts looking
at the Beautiful Divya mangaLa vigraham of Lord
Rangan. Also my Body is melting. I am not able to
stand. (That is why there are huge pillars at the
sannidhi says- KulasekharAzhwAr). He addresses the
world (us).. What can I do? tell me.

Question: why does he address us (world)? why not
Nithasooris, or the Lord Himself.. Perhaps, they can
give soultion to AzhwAr's problem. Not us.
Then, why should he address us..

Because:

We simply go into the sannidhi, look at the Lord..
(thinking of our own worries, whom to cheat, how to
make faster buck.. how to avoid this.. how
to get that promotion.. how to anti campaign aganist
the colleague who is in a better position to get
elevated in the office.. is all what we could
think of, when dIpArAdhanai is shown..) and come out
completely unaffected by the Lord's ThirumEni
azhaghu.. [divine beauty]

AzhwAr is simply stunned at our (no) reaction. That is
why he asks us: Tell me O world! How are you able to
maintain composure looking at Such a Beauty!
Hats off to you all! 

(as read in archives from Sri Vijay Triplicane's Post
quoting vyAkhyAna chakravartthi- Sri Periyavacchaan
Pillai's vyakhyanam- Thanks Sri Vijay Triplicane)

Pat yourselves on the back for being unhurt by the
Lord's Beuaty!

what is so special about this archA moorthy! Why archA
is God? how and why the Lord is in this form?
Let us enjoy God's different forms tomorrow.

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE Guruparamaraam
AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
engum suRRi RanganaichEr..
dAsan
Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE
Namah:



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