SrI: SrimathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Today (Aug- Friday the 15th) is Thiru Adipooram. ANdAL's Thirunakshathram. Let us meditate on the most compassionate and most merciful Divine Godha PiraaTTi and surrender to Her Lotus feet. Swami Desikan starts off the GodhAsthuthi, which is reported to have been sung by Swami, when he was greatly captured by GodhA's Divine Beauty in the streets of Sri Villiputthur during a procession (Uthsavam) on the day of which Swami was obsevring Mouna vratham (perhaps, PradhOsham time). GoDhA looked gracefully at Swami and allured him as if she says "Hm.... Sing .. Come out.. VedantaAchAryarE!" Swami blessed us with 29 excellent verses of GOdhAsthuthi. (one less than 30 pAsurams of ThiruppAvai) - mounadhruhO mukharayanthi... vaidEsika: sruthi girAmapi bhooyaseenAm varnEshu mAthi mahimA na hi mAdrusAm thE / iththam vidanthamapi mAm sahsaiva gOdhE! MounadruhO mukharayanthi guNA: tvadheeyAh // (GOdha Sthuthi SlOka 2) Oh! GOdhA PirAtti! I resolved to remain silent because I realized that the limitless vEdas themselves had become speechless unable to complete the task of praising your abundant glory. I realized too that a common folk like me with mere limited 'Lowkika' knowledge it would be beyond my capacity to attempt where 'Vaidika vAk' had failed. But, your auspicious qualities would not bear with my silence. They know the art of making a mute person loquacious! It is they that have impelled me to compose psalms of praise about you. Let me reproduce Sri Satakopan Swami?s translation for the first slOkam: SaraNAgathi at the Holy feet of GodhA PirAtti: SrivishNuchittha kulanandana kalpavaleem Srirangaraaja harichandana yoga drusyaam I SakshAth KshamAm karuNayA KamalAmivAnyAm GodhAm ananya saraNa: SaraNam prapathyE II Oh GodhE! I perform Prapatthi at Your sacred feet as one , who has no other recourse! I have no one else to save me. You are the Kalpaka creeper adorning the Lord standing as the auspicious HarichandanA tree in the flower garden of the Kulam of VishNuchitthA, your father. The darsanam of You united with Your Lord tightly as the divine kalpakA creeper and the celestial HarichandanA tree is a blessed sight to see .In Your infinite patience with the aparAdhis, You appear verily like Bhumi dEvi and in your limitless compassion, You resemble Maha Lakshmi Herself. I offer my Prapatthi at your sacred, lotus feet as the one, who has no other means! Sri Manavala Maamuni says in Upadesa Ratthina maalai: inRO THIRUVAADIPPURAM , yemakkAha vanrO ingANDAL avatharitthAL--kunRatha vaazhvAna Vaikunthavaan bhOham tannai ihazhnthu AzhwAr ThirumahaLArAi Beautiful and simple: Maamuni says: Today is Thiruvaadipporam. Andal appeared only for us; She sacrificed Her eternal Vaikuntha Bliss and enjoyment and living and appeared here as the human daughter of AzhwAr. (What a compassion of Bhumi Piraatti!) Sri Satakopan Swami adds: Is not today , the great day of Thiru AadippUram, the birthday of ANDAL ,who disregarding the celestial life in Sri Vaikuntam , which is forever enjoyable with undiminished splendor incarnated as the daughter of Sri VishNucchitthA in this mundane world for the sake of people like us". In the next two paasuram of UpadEsa Rathna Maalai, Swamy MaNavALa Maamuni wondered aloud : Does any other day have the greatness of Thiru AadippUram, which is the birthday of ANDAL as the daughter of PeriyAzhwAr? Oh Mind, reflect on it and tell . There is no other person comparable to Her and hence there is no other day comparable to Her birthday" Swamy MaNavALa Maamunigal is overwhelmed with the thought about the greatness of ANDAL and the deep messages in Her Prabhandhams and asks his mind to praise ANDAL daily with devotion and delight (Anjukkudikkoru SanthathiyAi): ANDAL is the common and unique progeny of anju kudi( the five families, the God-fearing group) . Her nature was such, that She out performed all the other AzhwArs in Her love of Sriman NaarAyaNan, and in that love, She has ripened prematurely. Oh My Mind! May You eulogize Her everyday with devotion and delight". We will conclude our salutations for our most merciful ThAyAr on this AadippUram day with the prayer of Swamy Desikan for the boon of acquiring Her 173 Paasurams housed in Her two Prabhandhams born out of Her unquenchable love for Her Lord : "vEyar Puhazh VilliputtUr AadippUram mEnmElum miha ViLanga Vittucchitthan thooya ThirumahaLAi vanthu AranganArkku ThuzhAi maalai mudi soodikkoduttha MaathE nEyamudan ThiruppAvai paattARainthum nee uRaittha Thai oru ThingatppAmAlai- yaaya puhazh nooRudanAR patthu moonRum anpudanE adiyEnukku aruL sey neeyE" ---Prabhandha Saaram: 10 Srimanyai VishNu chitthaaryamanOnandhanahEthavE! nandhanandha sudharyai gOdhaayai Nithya MangaLam!! -Sri Manavaala Maamunigal AndaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana nArayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! 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