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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all, 

Todayâs verse is No. 9th- let us enjoy the wonderful commentary of His 
Holiness Srimath Paravakkottai Andavan of Sri Poundarikapuram Swami ashramam, 
Srirangam â translated into English by Sri CG Balaji Swami. 

thUmaNi maadaththuc cuRRum viLakkeriyath *
thUpam kamazhath thuyilaNaimEl kaNvaLarum *
maamaan makaLE! maNikkathavam thaaL thiRavaay *
maamIr! avaLai ezhuppIrO * un makaL thaan
UmaiyO? anRic cevitO? anan^thalO? *
Emap perun^thuyil man^thirap pattaaLO? *
maamaayan maathavan vaikun^than enRenRu *
naamam palavum navinRu ElOr empaavaay.          9.

In this pasuram, Andal establishes that Bhagavan's holy
names are more powerful than Bhagavan Himself and they can
grant the wishes of the devotees faster. Draupadi in order to get
liberated from the offence thrust upon her, pleaded to the Lord
chanting His divine names "Shankha-chakra-gadaa-paani!
Dwaraka-vaasa! Achyutha! Govinda! Pundarikaksha! I have
surrendered unto you" and in no time even as Dushyasana kept
pulling her saree garment, they just kept coming. Kannan was deep
in worry when he was ready to go back to Srivaikuntham after
having hit by an arrow. He was worried thinking that He could not
help Draupadi, who had such a strong belief in Him. When he was
told not to worry as He had protected her maanam by providing an
unceasing supply of clothing (saree), He said that it was only His
divine names, which had done that deed and He who was the
owner of all those holy names had done nothing.

Likewise, the elephant that was caught in the jaws of the
crocodile cried out His divine names, Narayana! Manivanna!
Naganaiya! Aadimula and obtained protection from Him.

The Gopis move to another house, which was that of a wealthy
lady. One could see things enmeshed in precious gemstones (ratna
and mani). Mangala deepams (light) were lit all around and the
glitter of the wealth resembled sunshine. Seats and beds that were
prepared for Kannan were beautifully decorated. Since it was
brightly decked, they could see their friend inside the house.
Amidst the surroundings filled with rich fragrance.

âOh girl! How could you take pleasure by sleeping on a soft
cushion, while we, suffering from the pangs of separation from
Kannan are sensing this fragrance to be very unpleasant and the
soft bed of flowers seems like a burning one. She is the one who
has suffered separation from Kannan out of a playful indignation.
She now expects Kannan to come and take her with Him. Donât you
understand this you girl! Open the latch of the doorâ, said they.
âWhy donât you open the door for yourselvesâ, said she from
inside. âWe are not able to see the latch properly in this glitterâ,
said they. Then her mother wakes up and says âGet up oh child.
How could you lay asleep when so many people are calling you from
outside?â Having heard this voice, her friends standing outside
started shouting âOh! Aunt, could you kindly wake her up? But
they were not successful in waking her up yet.

One of her friends with anger said, âAunt, is your daughter
dumb? Why doesnât see speak?â while another one said âOh! are
you deaf?â, A third one then said, âNo, no, I feel she has been with
Kannan joyfully all the time and has come just now perhaps and so
is taking some rest to ease her strainâ. A fourth one then said âI
think someone must have cast a spell on her by using ammaanpodi
or shukkuppodi, that has made her sleep so long.â

To this Andal says, âSing the names of the Lord to wake her up.â

âIs that so? 
Maamaayaa â One who can attract girls with his mysterious deeds, mischief, 
magic, 
Maadhavaa â One who is the consort of Lakshmi, 
Vaikunthaa â One who resides in a supreme place.â 

They could not wake her up yet. 
They then started to sing the thousand holy names of the Lord,
and soon her friend was out of her sleep and joined them happily.
Here Andal remains blind in seeing the mistakes of others,
remains dumb when it comes to accusing others and remains deaf
when it comes to hearing ill about others and preaches that if the
sahasranamam of the Lord is recited everyday, then that shall
increase oneâs devotion towards Paraman and bring in all round
happiness, at the same time driving away all evil deeds.

Andal ThiruvaDigaLE  SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



      

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