PRABHANDHAM AT ITS
PRIME
It is commonplace in SamprokshaNam-s to find
several casualties insofar as dhivyap-prabhaNdahm
recital is concerned.
1. The first is clarity. Since, the aurlich-cheyal
has to be completed in 8 sessions - 8th session being the shortest, the tendancy
is to speed up the whole process in each session.
2. This hastening process results in chaos,
confusion and utter disdain to the great work. In fact, I vividly remeber during
thiru-indhalLUr samprOkshaNam, we were asked to recite the prabhaNdham behing the Lord instead of in front of Him. Nobody
knew what was going on.
3. The resons are many. The instruments -=the
accompanying band which are unique to the homam - create sound which makes one
unable a trouble-free listening.
4. Furtehr, there use to be other itineries..
5. In thriu allik kEANi , the one and only goal was
prabhaNdham and the smooth ghOshti.
6.In other dhivya dhESam-s, the process gathers so
much momentum one is unable to catch up what is actually being recited.
pAsuram-s are skipped and to rectify the same brakes are
appleid . In fact, this happened
during srirangam samprOkshaNam.
7. Here it is the reverse. During nAchiyAr
thirumozhi ANdAL-s work was delviered with so much zest that adhyApakAs were
requested to sacrifice the anubhavam for the sake of time and reminded
time and again the mudhal Ayiram sAthumurai has to take place in that
session.
8.. The thirumozhi session of 5th ten to 9th ten-
five tens in one session was indeed grand. The words were so clear and anybody
within or out of the ghOshti could easily follow it. It took two hours and forty
five minutes to complete that session.
9. Similarly, the thiru voi mozhi session of 5th to
9th ten- 5 tens took two and a half hours ensuring rich quality of recital and
highest revernce to both the Lord and the AzhwAr.
10. Here, it seemed as though the whole
samprOkshaNam is for the sake of arulich cheyal and not vice versa.
11. There was no mike.
12. It is stated in AchArya hrdhayam that it
is not correct to look into the material which go into the making of the archA
Lord. I am not bothered. One thing I am sure.
If you break parthasarathy, the explosion will
result in thousands and thousands of AzhwAr-s pAsuram-s presented to Him
at His thruOlakkam time and again, time and again and time and
again.
13. Indeed, thiruvallikkEANi is conspicuous and
notorious for its bias towards prabhaNdham and parthasarathy whcih is nothing
but
PRABHANDHAM AT ITS PRIME.
ramanuja
dhAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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