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Sri:
Dear Devotees of dhivya prabhandhams
and dhivya dEsams :
Sriman V. KalyANarAman of SrEyA
Publicities was kind enough to send me
two releases blessed by the sacred hand of
ParamahamsAdhyEthi Sri SrimushNam
Andavan to gain wider awareness by
Aasthika Janams all round the globe
thru the various VaishNava elists .
It is my bhAgyam to accede to
Sriman
KalyANa Raaman's request to share
with AastheekAs the content of
these two monographs .
The two books
are in Tamil and are
available
at the
following locations:
1. Srirangam Srimad
Andavan Asramam
Sir DesikAchari
Road
AzhwArpEttai ,
Chennai 600 018
2) Sri Raghuveer
Dayal
C/O Srirangam
Srimad Andavan Asramam
1/138-140 South Car
st
ThiruppullANi 632
532
The names of the
two monographs are:
(1) " MaNiyunthu PullANiyai manamAra
VaNanguvOm " , a
title chosen by Srimad
SrimushNam Andavan
Himself .
This book has 80
pages and is priced
modestly at 50 Rupees
per copy. It is
about the Vaibhavam
of the ThiruppullANi
dhivya dEsam sung
by Thirumangai AzhwAr .
Srimad SrimushNam
Andavan has provided
insightful
commentary on each of the Twenty
moving Paasurams of
Thirumangai Mannan .
(2) Thirukkudanthai
Munivarin ThiruppAvai
ViLakkam ( with SrI
Munitraya SampradhAya
Guru ParamparA
)
This book has 165
Pages ; ThiruppAvai
UpanyAsa Saaram of
ParamahamsEdhyAti
Thirukkudanthai
Andavan for the 30 Paasurams
are covered in 123
Pages; the remaining
42 pages record the
vaibhavam of
SrI Munitraya
SampradhAya Guru
Paramparai ; the
publisher is Sriman
ChEtlur VaradAchAri
RangarAjan Swamy.
The price is not
available . This precious book
can be purchased
from Srimad Srirangam
Andavan Asramam at
Sir DesikAchAr Road
as well .
Book I: Maniyunthu
PullANiyai manamAra
VaNanguvOm
Thirty five Pages of this 80 page
book is
devoted to stala purANam going
back to
the happenings during the time ,
when
the kshEtram had the sambhandham
with
the sacred feet of Sri
Raamachandra Murthy.
The topics coverd are: VibhIshaNa
SaraNAgathy, Dharbha Sayanam
,
Garva Bhangam of Samudhra Raajan
and
the building of the NaLa sEthu
for
the fulfillment of the mission of
the Vibahava avatAram of the Lord
as Sri Raamabhadran/ RaavaNa
samhAran.
The charitram of the three
Maharishis
( Pullavar, KaNvar and
Kaalavar) ,
who had the bhAgyam of
seeing
the Lord here as a result
of
their theevra tapas is
described .
Lord acceded to their request
to
have permanent presence at this
dhivya dEsam for blessing all
who
visit His prAcheena dhivya dEsam
.
Lot of details about the VimAnam
,
theertams at this
dhivya dEsam ,
various PrakArams and sannidhis
there
leading upto the innermost
chambers
with the sannidhis and
vimAnams
for the three
EmperumAns ( Aadhi
JagannAthan/
DhaivacchilayAr ,
Dharbha Sayana Raaman
,Pattabhi
Raaman) , PirAtti ( PadmAsani
ThAyAr)
and the famous stala vruksham (
Asvattham)
are covered . There is a
wealth of information
about this dhivya dEsam , which
will be
valuable for the SevArthees and
the First
time visitors
.
Specific information about
sEthukkarai ,
sankalpam for the ones performing
sEthu
snAnam and the sannidhis on the
way to
Sethukkarai are meticulously
covered .
This portion of the book
thus is a compendium
of valuable information , which
is hard to find
at one place for
would-be-visitors to this
ancient dhivya dEsam
.
The second portion of this book
covers
the rich and informative
commentary of
Prakrutham HH Andavan on the
twenty Periya
Thirumozhi Paasurams of Kaliyan
in the role of
ParakAla naayaki and Her Oodal
with the Lord
for abandoning Her after enjoying
her company .
Srimad Andavan's vyAkhyAnam is
indispensable
for enjoying the Sevai of the
Lord of this
dhivya dEsam
.
The vaibhavam of Srimad Andavan's
detailed commentary
on Paasura
Vaakhyams
can not be summarized in words
but can only
be read in its entirety and the
RasAnubhavam
has to be tasted thru deep
reflection .
adiyEn recommends the speicific
vyAkhyAnam for
the following paasura Vaakyams of
the Naayaki
describing the "cruelty " of her
Lord , who enjoyed
her and later abandoned her
:
1) " Yennai naivitthu yezhil
koNDu ahanRa perumAn"
--- Paasuram
9.3.1
2) " uruhi nenjE ninainthu
ingirinthEn thozhuthu yezhu"
--PaasuraM 9.3.2
here , Azhwar asks his nenjam as
to the purpose of
brooding over the abandonment of
the Lord and appeals
to the nenjam to proceed to His
abode at ThiruppullAni
and stay there for regaining
His union .
3) " yethu seythAl maRakkEn ?
"... Paasuram 9.3.3
The poignancy of
the inconsolable
sorrow ,
where the Naayaki questions
herself as to
what should she do to forget His
cruelty
in abandoning
her after intense
samslEsham .
She advises her mind that they
should
proceed
to ThiruppullAni and worship the
Lord of this
dhivya dEsam of
the Lord for their
ujjevanam.
4) " nangaLeeSan namakkE paNittha
mozhi
seytilan '-- Paasuram
9.3.4
Here Srimad Andavan comments most
movingly
on the VaNdu as the sole saakshi
for her
sambhOgam with her Lord and
the sweet words
that He used for vaseekaraNam and
the subsequent
abandonment by making His
promises false. Srimad
Andavan quotes two passages of
KuRumthohai to
illustrate
the sufferings of the
Naayaki .
5) "uNaril uLLam sudumAl vinayEn
thozhuthumezhu"
--Periya Thirumozhi:
9.3.5
Naayaki sums up her situation as:
I can not forget
Him and at the same time I can
not think of Him .
I am caught up in this
strange dilemma. My heart
is being scorched due to my
misfortune. I can not
bear it . Oh my mind ! let
us now go to His nivAsa
sthAnam ( ThiruppulANi) . Srimad
Andavan's reference
to the sampradhAya siddhAnta
pratibhAtakam
outlined in Periya VaacchAn
PiLLai's commentary on
" Thozhuthum yezhu" is a gem of a
reference relating
to the Vaibhavam of Prapatthi.
6) "yeLhi nenjE !
ninainthingirunthEn tozhumezhu"
-- Periya Thirumozhi
9.3.6
The mind says to Naayaki : You
said that you are
being scorched over the thought
of Your Lord's cruel
abandonment . Why do n't you
console yourself by
reflecting on His anantha kalyAna
guNams ? Naayaki
answers: Oh my mind ! I can not
get any relief from
this intense suffering unless I
meet and unite with my
Lord possessing these infinite
auspicious guNams. Let us
now proceed hence to His place of
residence .
7) " iravum nALum inikkaNN
tuyilAtu iruntaten payan ?
Thozhumezhu" --Periya Thirumozhi
: 9.3.7
Naayaki tries to convince her
mind to start on the journey
to ThiruppullAni by pointing out
the futility of staying
with out sleep day and night at
the place , where she was
abandoned . Srimad Andavan uses
passages from Srimad
RaamAyaNam on the suffering
of the Lord over seperation
from SeethA PirAtti( anidhram
satatam Raama: ) .
(8) and (9) Here Naayaki
argues against the fear of the mind
that the Naayaki will be
overcome by emotion on seeing
Her Lord at ThiruppullANi
and rush to unite with Him ,
which may not fit with the way of
a modest woman .
The mind tries to dissuade
Naayaki from taking that
trip to ThirupullANi for that
reason . The mind counsels
Naayaki on the wisdom of staying
where they are
and wait for the Lord's return .
Naayaki answers
her mind that there is no harm in
going to the place
of residence of her Lord for
KaalakshEpArtham
.
She states that it fits her
svaroopam to go to
ThiruppullANi and perform
prapatthi there to Him
for vaseekaraNam
.
10) The phala sruthi Paasuram:
Here Kaliyan instructs us that
anyone recting
these ten paasurams or reflecting
on the meanings of
these Paasurams will undoubtedly
gain Saadhya Bhakti,
gain ruchi for rushing to
Vaikuntam and serve
the Lord there
.
In the next ten paasurams (
Periya Thirumozhi 9.4),
Naayaki reveals in a heart
rending manner her
physical and mental sufferings
as she travels
to
Her Lord's dhivya dEsam . She
appeals to the birds
that she encounters to journey to
ThiruppullANi
and inform her lord about the
sufferings that
she is experiencing and ask Him
to rush to her
and save her from these unberable
sufferings:
" pavvat-tiraiulavu PullANi kai
thozhuthEn
Deyvac-chilayArkku yenn
sinthai nOy seppuminE" .
In the fifth paasuram
, Naayaki states that her
mind has gone
after the Lord of
ThiruppullANi and until
it returns with some news , she
will put up with
whatever insults her relatives
hurl against her
for her "improper" conduct
.
In the sixth paasuram , the Sun
sets and
the Naayaki feels intensely about
her state
of abandonment by her Lord
. The Moon
rises
now and the cool rays of the Moon
makes her
feel that they are like hot
embers in her state
of seperation .In the ninth
paasuram ,ParakAla
Naayaki compares her
restless and consequent
sleepless state to that of the
nearby ocean
as the night
advances : " Otamum
nAnum
uRangatu iruntEnE".She states
that the Lord had
ordered the restles and ever
awake ocean to be
her companion
.
In the Phala sruti Paasuram (
9.4.10) ,
Kaliyan informs us that those who
recite
these ten paasurams on
ThiruppullANi
Adhi JagannAthan will first
become rulers of
this earth and will ascend
to Vaikuntam
at the end of their earthly lives
.
adiyEn appeals to
all bhakthAs to acquire a copy
of his monograph on
Thiruppulli for your family
libraries and learn
about the glories of this
dhivya dEsam ,
where Srimad Andavan is observing
ChAturmAsya vratam
now, travel there and prostrate
before Him for
blessing these insightful commentaries
on Kaliyan's
matchless paasurams on Aadhi JaganAthan .
adiyEn will
continue in the next posting about
the second book : "
Thirukkudanthai Munivarin
ThriuppAvai
ViLakkam " .
NamO SrI PadmAsani
SamEta Adhi JagannAthAya ,
Daasan ,
Oppiliappan V.Sadagopan
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