--- Begin Message ---
- Subject: RE: [Oppiliappan] The Elephant 1-vAraNam
- From: "Mudumbai, Raghu" <raghu.mudumbai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:56:39 +0100
- Thread-index: AcWqaafUXxTjntjrTCa0DU5H9zE1+QABetGM
- Thread-topic: [Oppiliappan] The Elephant 1-vAraNam
Jai Srimannarayana Padmanabhan: Truly amazing........ Hat's off to the way you are presenting the contrasting experience. Jai Srimannarayana! -----Original Message----- From: Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Padmanabhan Sent: Fri 8/26/2005 11:08 AM To: ramanuja; Oppiliappan; vanamamalai; divyadesams Cc: Subject: [Oppiliappan] The Elephant 1-vAraNam vAraNam Today's HIndu carries the word ' Pachyderm' signifying the tusker. Let us first take one of the several words indicating this term. 'vAraNam'. Sri ANDAL talks of the jumbo, not one, not hundreds but a thousand and that too when -these surround at the time of the wedlock with the Lord --the famous words from The nAchiyAr Thriumozhi 'vAraNam Ayiram sUzha valm seidhu' 6-1; Generally, Azhwar-s just do not use this term for representing the tusker but while describing the GajEndhrA mOksham or narrating the demolition of the kuvalaiyApEtam. This apart AzhwAr-s take pride in comparing the elephant with the Lord Himself. 'vAraNam koL idar kadindha mAlai ..' 2-10-10; are the beatuiful words from Periya Thirumozhi recalling the gAjEndhra mOksham. ..vAraNam paiya ninRu vUrvadhu pOle'1-7-1 of PeriyAzhwAr ThiruMozhi says Sri PeriyAzhwAr making us visualise the big giant of the behomoth slowly and steadily shaking on both the sides progressing on its walk. This is likened to the walk of kutti kaNNan -The Almighty. The masterpiece on vAraNam is here from Sri PeriyazhwAr again 'oru vAraNam paNi koNdavan poigaiyil, kanjan than oru vAraNam vuyiruNdavan vuRaiyum malai, karu vAraNam than pidi thodarndhOda kadalvaNNan thiruvANai kURath thiriyum thaN mAlirunjOlaiyEa' 4-2-5; The first vAraNam on the first line --The Lord who granted kainkaryam-service to GajEndhrAzhwAn. The second vAraNam -second line --The Lord who vanquished the elpehant kuvalaiyapEtam. The thrid vAraNam-third line --- The elephant playing with its pair. (to be continued) dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan SPONSORED LINKS Beliefs of hinduism <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=utBelcONcTXyYnhbV3bF9A> Different religions beliefs <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Different+religions+beliefs&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=N6oJANMywGscm4q5YTI8pA> Hinduism religion <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Hinduism+religion&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=HnsTwAPe8FWxOmpLAjb_Qg> Hinduism <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Hinduism&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=v-6OHrPi6cKD9AJB7ns7Xw> Fund raising <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Fund+raising&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=lHoz9g4mDQPVhIGLnnLg2A> Beliefs <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Beliefs&w1=Beliefs+of+hinduism&w2=Different+religions+beliefs&w3=Hinduism+religion&w4=Hinduism&w5=Fund+raising&w6=Beliefs&c=6&s=126&.sig=x4ZF6xgrdtGLrkvB4L5XZw> _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "Oppiliappan <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____<<winmail.dat>>
--- End Message ---
*************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. ***************************************************************************************************
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |