SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Let us enjoy the fourth verse of ThiruppAvaiâ aazhi mazhaik kaNNaa! onRu nI kai karavEl * aazhiyuL pukku mukan^thu kotu aarththERi * Uzhi muthalvan uruvam pOl mey kaRuththup * paazhiyan^ thOLutaip paRpanaapan kaiyil * aazhi pOl minni valampuri pOl ninRathirn^thu * thaazhaathE caarNGkam uthaiththa caramazhai pOl * vaazha ulakinil peythitaay * naaNGkaLum maarkazhi nIraata makizhn^thu ElOr empaavaay. 4. In this pasuram the greatness of the devotees of the Lord are being told. When Andal, along with Her friends set out to take a holy dip, the Lord of rain comes and stands in front of them. All the other celestials would be waiting to perform some service to the devotees of Paraman. Even Yama says to his followers, âDo not go near people who recite the holy name of Paramanâ. Such is the greatness of Bhaagavathas. Andal, the very incarnation of mother Earth after having seen the Lord of the rains in front of her ordered him thus âYou should make sure without exception that the entire land gets a good uniform rainfall regularlyâ. Piraattiâs compassion has no discrimination. When the demons set fire to the tail of Hanuman, she had ordered âFire, you shall not harm Hanuman with your scorching flames, but shall give him a pleasant cooling effectâ. When Ravana was making adverse remarks at Sitai and though she had the power to burn him into ashes, she did not use it. Andalâs compassion is similar in nature. âOh! Lord of rain, take lots of water from the ocean, and become dark in hue like Paraman, who is the sole savior and the material and instrumental cause of this universe. Shine like the discus in His right hand, reverberate like the balamuri conch in His left hand and rain down like the arrows shot from His bowâ, says Andal. Valmiki says, âWhen Sri Rama killed around fourteen thousand demons at Janasthanam, then nobody ever looked at Him take His bow, fix an arrow and drag the string till His ear and shoot it at lightening speed. Everyone just watched the demons fall down. It was Andalâs wish that a dry Aayarpadi should be getting lots of rains, that is an acharya and his deeds are being talked about in this pasuram. Acharyan is the one who has full knowledge of Brahman (Brahma jnanam), who has totally dissociated himself from anything other than Paraman. He is the one who performs the ordained duties without fail (nitya nailittika karma), one who has dipped himself in the ocean of divine attributes of Paraman, one who constantly contemplates on these divine attributes of the Lord and sheds tears of joy. Just like how a cloud takes away pure water from the salty waters of the ocean and showers it as cool potable water, an acharyan preaches the Bhagavad vishayam and tatvams (truths), which are the most essential essence of the Vedas. Similar to how the clouds tend to move with breeze and cause rains at different places, so does an acharyan move from place to place and cause (jnana mazhai) rain of wisdom and truths. Just like a water bearing cloud, an Acharya is one who gives knowledge but does not expect anything in return. This pasuram teaches us that it is only through an Acharyanâs anugraham that one could ever attain Paraman These English translations for were written by Sri CG Balaji Swami of Bangalore on the discourses by asmadhacharyan His Holiness Srimad Paravakottai Andavan Swami broadcast in AIR, Trichy. Out of Swamyâs infinite mercy, His Holiness had assented to give a series of concise and succinct lectures on the topic of the most delectable Thiruppavai of Andal. These lectures were broadcast on Radio Trichy. The same was later brought out in a printed edition from the illustrious house of âSri Kanchi Perarulalanâ. This tamizh treatise was released during the occasion of Swamyâs shathabhishekam during Vikrama- Panguni-Rohini, year 2001. Our profound thanks to Sri CG Balaji Swami for his efforts in translations for the benefit of all of us. Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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