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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all, 

Let us enjoy the fourth verse of ThiruppAvaiâ

maayanai mannu vatamathurai main^thanaith *
thUya perunIr yamunaith thuRaivanai *
aayarkulaththinil thOnRum aNiviLakkaith *
thaayaik kutal viLakkam ceytha thaamOtharanaith *
thUyOmaay van^thu naam thUmalar thUvith thozhuthu *
vaayinaal paati manaththinaal cin^thikkap *
pOya pizhaiyum pukutharuvaan ninRanavum *
thIyinil thUcaakum ceppu ElOr empaavaay.        5.

This pasuram speaks of ways to remove all sins. One of
Andalâs friends says, âWe are going to observe a festival. But are
you sure we will not have any impediments that will prevent us
from observing the nombu. It is said that a good deed has a
thousand impediments while a bad one has none. It was sage
Vasishtar who had fixed a day for the crowning ceremony of Sri
Rama, All His subjects prayed to their ishta devathai (favored God)
for the ceremony to go without any impediment. Even Sri Rama
and Sita prayed to Lord Aranga throughout the night. But still, the
crowning ceremony never took place. Why?â
Another friend of Andal says, âGood things begin to happen if
the Lord is contemplated upon always. Bad things begin to distance
themselves farther. It is similar to drinking thick pure cowâs milk
that gives great pleasure and at the same time drives away pittam.
If Paraman is prayed with all sincerity, not only can we finish our
nombu but also the impediments in its way will automatically get
driven away. But then how come Sri Ramaâs crowning ceremony
was stopped? Sri Rama never heeded to his own interests. Maayan
is very strange. He stopped his own crowning ceremony
(pattabhishekam) so that the crowning ceremonies for his devotees
namely, Padukai, Sugreevan and Vibhishanan can be done. All His
deeds and actions are strange. He converted a stone to a woman
(Ahalya episode). Even as a crawling baby, He killed
Shakataasuran. He made the waters consecrated by His feet
(padateertham) as the sacred Ganga. He created Parikshit in
Uttaraâs womb. He is a person performing strange lilas.
Not only this. He was born in Mathura (vada madurai) one of
the seven kshetrams like Kanchi, which provide Mukti to aspirants.
He joyfully took dips in the holy river Yamuna and sanctified it and
would play happily on its banks enjoying the food given to Him by
His mother. Our devotion increases towards Him after hearing to
His playful lilas with Gopis there.
When Vasudevar was taking Kannan to Gokulam, Yamuna
gave him way having known who, Kannan was and His greatness
as well. Just to get Bhaagavatha thiruvadi sambandham, Yamuna
had a small amount of water flowing in the way. Kannan out of
mercy allowed Yashoda to tie Him up with a rope. It left marks on
His stomach. These marks vouched that their bearer was Kannan,
the son of Yashoda. If such great a Lord were to be worshipped
with purity of mind, soul and body, and with pure fragrant flowers
and thulasi, by singing His names and contemplating on His glories
and by surrendering ourselves at His lotus feet, then all the sins
committed by us till today, the sins that we are committing now
and the sins that shall be committed by us in future shall
disappear similar to the way a piece of cotton gets burnt in the fire.
We also get the fruit of our bhakti. Our nombu will also get
completed without any impedimentsâ.
Our mind, body and words should always mean the same
thing. That is one who thinks of something in His mind and speaks
of the same and does the same thing with his hands is called a
mahatma or a noble soul. At the same time one who thinks of
something, says some other thing and does something else is called
a duratma or an evil one. Tradition says that Paraman should be
contemplated upon in the mind, praised in words and worshipped
with hands. If this tradition is not followed, then after
contemplating on the Lord, during the singing of His glories or
during worshipping Him, our mind tries to get diverted and starts
thinking of something else. This can be experienced. Andal has
shown us a way to avoid this. Having said âthoomalar thoovit thozhudhuâ - 
worshipping with pure fragrant flowers, depicting our act of worshipping, 
âvaayinaal paadi'â - singing verbally, depicting our verbal praise and 
âmanatthinaal sindhikka - contemplating on Him through our mind, depicting 
our mental contemplation of the Lord. But why does she say so? That is because 
Andal feels that if one can get
associated with the Lord by work and words, then a mental
association with the Lord follows automatically.

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




      

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