SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Continuing on the wonderful verses on Srirangam by Kulasekara PerumAL? When! Oh? when? when.. When am I going to offer mouthful of praise of the Lord? Alwar expresses his yearning herein. vaayOree raiNYNYooRu thuthanga Laarntha vaLaiyudambi Nnazaln^aagam umizhntha senthee veeyaatha malarssenni vithaana mEpOl mEnmElum migavengum parantha than_keezh kaayaampoo malarppiRanga lanna maalaik kadiyarangath tharavaNaiyil paLLi koLLum maayOnai maNaththooNE paRRi ninRen vaayaara enRukolO vaazhththum naaLE 1.2 AdhisEshan,- who has thousand mouths (heads)which are always full of praises (sthothras) of Lord Sriman Narayana; who is of white divine body; exhales fire above the dhivya Thirumukha maNdalam of Lord Ranganathan so that no enemies can dare come near Lord Ranganathan. These flames of fire appear as if they are the ornament for the dhivya swaroopam of Lord Ranganathan who is like the blue hued kaaru neydhal flower so charmingly beautiful; He reclines having His yoga nidhrA on the bed of AdhisEshan in the land of Srirangam Periya Koil, surrounded by tall ramparts. Standing in front of such most divinely beautiful Lord Ranganthan, holding the two huge pillars (maNathooNgaL), when will be the day when I can sing His praise to the fullest powers of my speech? Tradition avers that Azhagiya manaVaaLan (Lord Ranganathan)?s divine fragrance from the ThirumEni (Dhivya mangaLa vigraham) have taken shape of the two huge pillars in His sanctum sanctorum. Another wonderful interpretation: Lord Ranganathan?s divine beauty is so captivating and arresting that it would keep one off balance when seeing and enjoying and hence one needs to hold onto the two pillars to remain in balance. It is also enjoyed that Sri Ranganayaki sits in front of Lord?s standing (one can enjoy on Panuni Utthiram dhinam) for the same reason that she can not stand His beauty and she is simply overwhelmed by His majestic enchanting Beauty. He is Azhagan personification of Beauty. 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 air-conditioned 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 worldly 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 rise.. how to anti-campaign against the colleague who is in a better position to get elevated in the office.. is all what we could think of, when dIpa / camphor ArAdhanai is shown..) and come out completely unaffected by the Lord's Divine beauty (ThirumEni azhaghu).. AzhwAr is simply stunned at our (no) reaction. That is why he asks us: Tell me 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) Pat yourselves on the back for being unhurt by the Lord's Beuaty! Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE Namah AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 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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