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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


      
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