Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha In the next ten paasurams, Andal awakens all the
other gopis who are still asleep and haven’t joined them. Andal’s father Periazhvar also called
for everyone to join him to sing pallandu to emperuman. But he said, “koozhAt pattu nindreergalai engal kuzhuvinil pugudha
lottAm” But in AypAdi all the gopis were bhagavatas wanting bhagavat
anubhavam so andal woke everyone to join her to undergo the marghazhi nombu
thereby enjoy krishnAnubhavam. Why
should she wake those we haven’t joined?
Can’t she enjoy krishna by herself?
Sastras say, “Ekas svAdhu na bhunjeetha” Do not eat tasty food all
alone. Emperuman is “ArA amudhu,
akkArakani” can we enjoy him all alone.
It is one of the prime Srivaishnava lakshana that has been shown by our
dear bhoomi piratti “koodiyirundhu kulirindhu” All Srivaishnavas should get a
equal share in the anubhavam of emperuman.
During the rasa leela, krishna left all the other gopis and took one gopi
alone with him. But she didn’t
cherish the same due to her grace on the other gopis who were suffering due to
the separation from the lord. So
she acted to be filled with pride and hence krishna knowing her feelings left
her also. Then she joined the rest
of the gopis and sang the praise of krishna, “jayathi dEkitham janma nA vraja…”
At that time one of the gopi posed herself to be krishna and the other as kAliya
and they enacted the kaliyanardhana episode thereby trying to console
themselves. This sort of
consolation is called as “anukAram” the same thing
andal is trying to do in her thiruppavai.
So both for enjoying with krishna and in his absence to talk about his
greatness a ghosti of bhagavatas is absolutely necessary. Not only that, it is also utter selfishness if we do
not share that divine anubhavam with everyone. “bhOdhayantha parasparam” is the prime
quality of my bhaktha says geethAcharyan in his divine bhagavat geetha. Even the nithya sooris in paramapadham
search for bhagavatas, “adiyArgal kuzhAngalai udan
kooduvadenru kolO” If the nithyasooris who are filled with jnanam and
vairagyam need supportive bhagavatas what to say about these illiterate ignorant
gopis. Bhoomi piratti left the
divine abode of emperuman and came to this world as andal for the very purpose
of lifting all of us. Will she
enjoy krishnAnubhavam all alone? So
she engages herself in waking all the “panchalaksham kudi
pengal”. If all the gopis were equally interested in
krishnAnubhavam then why is it that there are a few who haven’t waken up and are
still asleep. Sri Pillai ulagariyan
in his sutra to explain vaishnava lakshanam says, “kuRRam seidhavar…….. pERRukku tvarikkaiyum pEru tappAdenru
tunindirukkaiyum…”
Here the gopis who are still in bed fall under the category “pEru
tappAdenru tunindirukkai” they very well know that emperuman is the upaya and
upeyam and hence they are waiting for the time the lord is going to come and
accept them. But the gopis outside
are unable to be so calm so they want to get the result immediately “pERRukku
tvarikkai”. Prapannas are
classified into two: Artha prapannan (like andal and the gopis outside), truptha
prapannan (like the gopis in their beds inside). In the sixth paasuram, the gopi inside asks why they
have all come so early and andal tells the indications for the crack of the
dawn. The gopi inside keeps on
giving negative response and hence andal says more and more substantiations to
prove her point of daybreak.
Finally andal says,“vellathu aravil tuyil amarindha viththinai ullaththu
kondu munivargalum yOgigalum mella ezhuindhu Hari endra pEraravam ullam pugundhu
kulirindhu” The munis and yogis who have emperuman inside their
hearts wake up slowly (so that no harm occurs to the lord inside. This reminds the episode of prahaladan
who was worried only about the lord in his heart when he was pushed down a
mountain as per the orders of hiranya) and loudly chants the divine nama, “hari
hari” the name of the lord who lies down on the white adhisesha in
pArkadal. They recite it loudly so
that everyone hears it. The nama
“Hari” is capable of washing out the sins of all those who chant it and those
who hear it (“harir harathi pApAni”). Here andal talks about two types of
sadhus, munis and yogis. Munis are
those who reiterate the divine qualities of emperuman in theie mind (“manana
sheela: muni:) and enjoy bhagavatanubhavam like the gopis who are still in
bed. Yogis are those who are
enthusiastic in doing divine kainkaryams to emperuman like andal and others
outside. “vaikundaththu amararum
munivarum” this shows that there are these two categories even in
Srivaikundam. While emperuman
descended to this world as krishna probably those two types of nithya sooris
have also descended taking avatara as gopis! (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links
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