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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest srivaishnavas,

Today (July 21st ? Adi pooram) is the Most
compassionate, most merciful, our dearest Mother-
GodhA PiraaTTi- SrI ANdAL's Thirunakshathram. 
Let us meditate on 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 observing
Mouna vratham (perhaps, PradhOsham time). 

GoDhA looked gracefully at Swami and allured him as if
she says "Hm.... Sing .. Come 0ut..VedantaAchAryarE!"
Swami blessed us with 29 excellent verses of
GOdhAsthuthi. (one less than 30 pAsurams of
ThiruppAvai to pay respects to her wonderful
granthams)

vaidEsika: sruthi girAmapi bhooyaseenAm
varnEshu mAthi mahimA na hi mAdrusAm thE /
iththam vidanthamapi mAm sahsaiva gOdhE!
MounadruhO mukharayanthi guNA: tvadheeyAh //
(GOdha Sthuthi SlOka 2)

 Meaning
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
which have impelled me to compose psalms of praise
about you. [from Sri Anbil Swami?s  translation]

SrI AndAL- blessed us with two works namely
Thiruppavai (30verses) and Naacchiyaar Thirumozhi 143
verses. But it is Srimad Ramayanam which is also from
GodhA PiraaTTi -24000 verses in Saksrit. 

What? ?.. yes..

Sri GodhA is none other than the avathAram of Bhumi
PiraaTTi (Bhooma Devi). When the hunter was doing his
thapas there was an ant hill covering him completely
and hence called Vaalmeeki (valmeekam- ant hill). Thus
through the ear (of BhUmi Devi- namely the anthill)
and thereby from ANDAL- came this Vaalmeeki Ramayanam;
- says Swamy Desikan beautifully in GodhA sthuthi
[valmeekatha sravaNayO:] 

Her Thiruppavai is the essence and seed of All Vedas-
vedam anaaitthukkum vitthu. 

pAthagangaL thIrkkum paraman aDi kATTum
vEdham anaitthukkum vitthAgum - godhai
thamizh aiyyaindum aiyndum aRiyAda mAniDarai
vaiyyam Sumappadum vambu

ANDAL?s composition tiruppAvai has the power to
eliminate the greatest of sins, take us to the Divine
Feet of emperumAn so that we get the bhAgyam to do
kaimkaryam to Him for ever, and in fact GodhA?s
compositions are the very essence and seed of what the
veda-s teach us i.e. the bliss of uninterrupted
kaimkaryam to Him is the ultimate object that the soul
should strive for the same; It shows the way to attain
Him and the goal of every soul. It depicts our eternal
inseparable relationship of jeevan with the Lord. In
fact, this taniyan declares that one who has not
learnt the essence of tiruppAvai is not worth being
supported by this earth!

Sri Manavala Maamuni says:

inRO Thiruvaadippooram;- emakkaaga 
anRO inghu ANdAL avatharitthaaL-
kunRaadha vaazhvaana vaikuntha vaan bhOganthannai
igazhdhu
AzhwAr ThirumagaLaaraay.

Beautiful and simple: Maamuni says: Today is
Thiruvaadipporam. Andal appeared only for us; She
sacrificed Her eternal Vaikunta enjoyment and 
living and appeared here as the human daughter of
AzhwAr. (What a compassion of Bhumi Piraatti!)

pirATTi?s essential role in protecting the jeevathmas
from His wrath for all the infinite and ceaseless sins
that we revel in, is well known in our sampradAyam.
BhagavAn?s  incarnations are meant for the protection
of the good, the destruction of the evil, and the
establishment of dharma in this world [paritrANAya
sAdhUnAm, vinASAya ca dushkRtAm, dharma
samsthApanArthAya sambhavAmi yuge yuge); pirATTi?s
incarnations remind us of the infinite mercy that She
has for us, which she uses in every way to influence
Him in order to protect us.  

Swami Desikan vividly illustrates this over and over
again in SrI dayA Satakam, which is a whole
composition of over 100 Slokams praising Her dayA or
Mercy towards us.  In Godhasthuthi, Swami Desikan
again refers to this guNa of pirATTi- the reason why
bhagavAn forgives the cetana-s who have taken a vow to
commit sins against Him, is because of the
intervention of piraTTi who first binds Him to her
using whatever means she can bring to power at her
disposal including her beauty, and then makes Him do
whatever she  wishes, to protect the cetana-s against
His wrath.  In godA?s case, He is subservient to her
because He was blessed with the garland that she wore
on her head, and she also composed intensely
devotional praise on Him through her SrI sUkti-s (tava
mauLi dAmnA, tantrI ninAda madhuraiSca girAm
nigumbhai: niyamitah - godA stuti ? 5th verse).   

If none of this yields the desired result towards the
sinner, then she expresses her displeasure by her
facial expression which is beauty itself (bhoga
rasAnukUlah tava bhrU-kshepah eva - godA stuti 25),
and He gives in and does whatever she wants to protect
the cetana.   

Not only was this the significance of her incarnation,
but the whole of the southern part of the bhArata
deSam was blessed in a special way thus far unknown,
because of her birth in SrI villiputtUr. This is
pointed out by none other than svAmi deSikan in SrI
godA stuti:

dik dakshiNApi paripaktrima puNyalabhyAt 
sarvOttarA bhavati dEvI tavAvatArAt  |
yatraiva ranga patinA bahumAna pUrvam
nidrAkunApi niyatam nihitA: kaTAkhsA: ||

Until godhA was born in the southern part, everyone
had implicitly believed that the northern part is the
more blessed place by His kripa [grace].  The sacred
gangA flows in the north, Lord Krishna was born in the
north (brindhAvana caram vallavI jana vallabham), 
Lord rAma was born in the north, He married sItA
pirATTi in mithilA in the north, He incarnated as nara
and nAraNa in badri in the north, and on and on.  All
this was true till godhA decided to bless the south by
being born in SrIvilliputtUr.  By her birth, the south
became the northernmost to everything that was
considered north or blessed.    

The birth of godhA also earned the name periyAzhvAr- 
for her dear father, vishNucittar (tvan mouLi gandha
subhagAm upahRtya mAlAm, lebhE mahattara padAnuguNam
prasAdam)  vishNucittar pleased  emperumAn so
immensely by offering to Him the garland that godai
had first worn, that the Lord conferred on him the
title periya AzhvAr. 

[The above godhA sthuthi reference is an extract from
Smt Kalyani Krishnamcahri?s brilliant write up as
introduction to Nacchiyar Thirumzhi translation- the
entire English translation of Sri AnDAL?s Nachiyar
Thirumzhi [143 verses] is available in bhakti list
archives- written and posted by Smt Kalyani
Krishnamachari few years ago- and it is to be read,
re-read and enjoyed.- Thanks to her for granting
permission to post here]

Azhahiya MaNavALa PerumAL nayanAr summed up in a
beautiful verse the substance of what GodhA Piratti
taught us:

etttezhutthin iNaipporuLum irandain poruLum
iyal valitthEr arucchunanakku Iraivar tammaith--
totttu vaittha maRai iruthipporuLai yellaam 
tOnrum vahai PuduvairkOn Godhai 
kavi paadal poruL teriyakkAttinALE 

The daughter of the seer of Srivilliputthur revealed
to us through Her paasurams, the meanings
(rahasyaarthams) of the AshtAkshari, Dvayam and the
charama slokam given to the Mahaarathi, ArjunA by our
Lord Parthasaarathi.     

Let us mediate at the lotus feet of Sri GodhA PiraaTTi
reciting the  first sloka of GodhA sthuthi [from Sri
Sadagopan mama's translation

SrivishNuchittha kulanandana kalpavaleem
Srirangaraaja harichandana yoga drusyaam |
SakshAth KshamAm karuNayA KamalAmivAnyAm
GodhAm ananya saraNa: SaraNam prapathyE ||

(Meaning): O 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!

Srimanyai VishNu chitthaaryamanOnandhanahEthavE!
nandhanandha sudharyai gOdhaayai Nithya MangaLam!!
-Sri Manavaala Maamunigal's mangalasasanam to GodhA
PiraaTTi

Please learn to recite Thiruppavai and be saved.. !
godhA tasyai nama idamidam-bhUya yevAstu bhUyaha  || 
  
May I offer obeisance again and again to Goddess AndAL
alias GodhA 
AndaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayanan
dAsan




                
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