garudOthsavam - ThirunaRaiyoor

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On Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:57:02 -0800 (PST) Mr. Triplicane said:

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> The beauty of the paasuram is augmented by this verse

> 'aanaiyin thuyaram theerap puLLoornNdhu seNnRu nNiNnRu aazhi

> thottaaNnai'

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> three separate acts,which is very well portrayed- senRu, nNiNnRu, aazhi

> thottaaNnai. He reached, stopped, just touched the aazhi.....

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Here is another angle: the Lord had to "stop" after

"reaching" because the aazhi could not keep up with

the Lord and arrived a little late. AzhvAr is pointing

out our Lord's swiftness in coming to the aid of His

prapannaas.

 

Thank you Mr. Triplicane :-)

 

 

-- Dileepan

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Sri. Sampath's personal experience at the ThirunaRaiyoor kal garudOthsavam

made me feel so bad that i very narrowly missed this spectacular, moving

event. one needs to be thoroughly blessed by HIM to be a part of these

spiritual experiences. Thanks to Sri. Sampath for splendidly bringing the event

in front of our eyes.

 

Is there any other kshEthram where a stone idol is used during the uthsavam?

This seems to be very unique.

 

Thinking of pakshi raajan this paasuram just flashed my mind.

In ThirumaNGgai aazhwaar's periya thirumozhi on our ThirvallikkENi , one of

the paasurams is about the varadharajar perumaaL at the same temple.

 

1076:

meenamar poygai nNaaNmalar koyvaan

vEtkaiyi NnOdusen RizhinNdha,

kaanamar vEzham kaiyeduth thalaRak

karaavadhan kaalinaik kadhuva,

aanaiyin thuyaram theerappuL LoornNdhu

senRunNin Raazhithot taanai,

thEnamar sOlai maadamaa mayilaith

thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE. (2) 2.3.9

 

 

The beauty of the paasuram is augmented by this verse

'aanaiyin thuyaram theerap puLLoornNdhu seNnRu nNiNnRu aazhi

thottaaNnai'

 

The aazhwaar doesn't even tell that He killed the crocodile with His

aazhi. HE just touched the aazhi, thats it. No more elaborations! It

conveys a lot of stuff than by explaining verbatim, the quick response

for the elephant's request for help, the nearly atomic performance of

three separate acts,which is very well portrayed- senRu, nNiNnRu, aazhi

thottaaNnai. He reached, stopped, just touched the aazhi.....

 

Aren't we blessed to have an opportunity to atleast read these

beautiful paasurams and enjoy.. It is indeed wonderful to chant /

listen to the rythmic chanting of these verses in front of HIM.

we are all missing so many things back home.

 

Viji

 

(Vijay Triplicane)

 

ps: i feel kinda happy when people here address me as Mr. Triplicane. I

indirectly give them the opportunity to say the Dhivya dhEsam's

name!!!