Sri Rama Navami : two requests from Fellow Members.

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Dear Members of the Prapatti Group ;

On this Sri Rama Navami Day, I am

delighted to respond to the two requests from

Srimans Vijay Srinivasan and Srinivasan Iyengar of

Sunnyvale related to Sri Ramachandra. I hope they do not

mind my referring to their requests on the net . I am

deeply honored to respond to their requests and will

attempt to answer. It appeared that the subject matter might be

of general interest to all members and hence I will

respond to their requests as a public posting .

 

A. Sri Vijay Srinivasan"s requests

1. He wished to have a set of Paurams on Sri Rama

for recitation at the Forthcoming Rama Navami/Panguni

Uttram day celebrations at the Buffalo temple .

2." Pasurams on Lord"s Paryankaasanam (Similar to

Kadhiravan--) for gently waking up from His Yoga Nidhraa."

 

B. Sri Srinivasan"srequest

A comparison of the Anubhavam of Kulasekhara

and Kambha Nattazhwaar of Chakravarthi Thirumagan .

He correctly pointed out that it was a monumental

task and said: " But today is Sri Rama Navami day and

I could not help making this request to You."

 

Once again , I am deeply touched and I will take it as the

divine wish to dwell on these subjects and do my best

to cover the topics, even if it will be an inadequate approach. .

 

Regarding the Pasurams on Ramachandra, Any picking

of TEN has to reflect one's own personal selection. Here is a list

of mine. I will use the order of 4000 divya Prabhandham in selecting the

ten verses :

 

1. Decad 3.10 verse 8 of Periyazhwaar:

This verse begins with "Maitthahumaamalarkkuzhalaai

Vaidevi ViNNappam" and ends with " Ittahaiyaan AdaiyaaLam

Eethavan Kai Modhirameh ". This whole decade is related

to the 36th chapter of Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam

(anguleeyaka Pradhaanam ). in the Pasurams of this

decad, Azhwaar describes the conversation that

Hanumaan had with Sita Piratti in Ashoka Vanam,

when he consoled her with Rama Charitam and

at the end proved that he wasindeed the messenger of

Sri Rama asked by Sri rama to convey his message.

Hanuman describes the episodes known only to Sita

Devi and Her Consort as revealed to him by Sri Rama

to gain Her trust that he was a true Rama Dhootha .

At the end of this conversation, Hanuman gives to

Sita the Kanayaazhi and says:

 

VAANAROHAM MAHABHAAGHO DHUTOH RAMASYA DEEMATHA:

RAMA NAAMANGITHAM CHEDHAM PASYA DEVYANGULEEYAKAM

 

O Lady of great fortune! I am the monkey coming to you as

the messenger of the wise Rama> Please see this finger ring

inscribed with his Name inside.

 

Periyaazhwaar(3.10.8) follows this thought of the above verse and says:

Lord Sugreeva sent on behalf of his friend Sri Rama powerful

monkeys to search for you in all directions. He chose me especially out

of his affection and sent me southward to Lankha . At that time,

your Lord placed trust in me that I could accomplish the task .

He recalled the various joys you had together and gave me

his Finger ring to give it to you. All I know were revealed by

the Lord himself, when he relived the days of your life together

before you were abducted by vile Ravana .In the next pasuram,

Azhwaar describes the Joyous state of Sita Devi , who received

the personal jewelery of her Lord and put it on Her head out of

reverence for Him. She felt reunited temporarily with Her Lord

and blessed Hanuman for his service.

 

2. Kanapuratthu Kaakutthan"s Taalaatu of Kulasekhara.

 

The whole decad 8 of PerumaaL thirumozhi

of Azhwaar is a tender lullaby to Sri Rama

as a baby . He takes the role of Kowsalai

to perform this service.The experience of

Kulasekhara as Kowsalai is similar to the

blissful experience of Periyazhwaar, when he became

Yasodha to enjoy the Bala Kreeta of Krishna.

Verse 8.3 is an excellent one in the tallattu series.

It begins with " Kongumali KaumkuzhalaaL --- "

Tenderly, he addresses, "EnghaL Kulatthin

Innamudeh Raghavaneh Taleloh ".

 

3. Tillai Thirucchitrakootam Pasurams of

Kulasekhara (PerumaL Thirumozhi Decad 10 )

are nothing but Sampoorna Ramayanam.One can

dwell on them and stop there. In my book on

Tillai Thiruchitrakootam, I have covered them .

Pasuram 10.1 is avery good one to include

in the count.

4.Thiruvellore Pasuram of Thirumangai on

Sri Veeraraghavan : Pasuram 2.2.2 of Periya

Thirumozhi.It deals with Veeram aspect of

Veera Raghavan destroying Ravana .It deals

with the Yuddha Khandam .

5.Thiru Nandipura Vinnagaram Pasuram:

Periya Thirumozhi -5.10.6 .It deals with

the Aranya Khandam episode.

6.The entire decad of Periya Thirumozhi

(10.2 ) deals with Chakravarthi Thirumahan.

the pasuram 10.2.10 is an excellent summary of

Thirumangai"s Rama Bhakthi (Pala Sruthi Pasuram ).

7. Nammazhwaar"s Thiruvaimozhi:4.2.8

The mother of Parankusa Nayaki refers to

her daughter"sdevotion to Sri Rama.

8.The famous verse "Karpaar Ramapiranai

Allal-- " is a must to include.

Thiruvaimozhi 7.5.1 Uttara Khandam

incidents are celebrated here.

9.AandaaL's nacchiyaar Thirumozhi : 5.3

Kuil Pattu. AndaaL begs her Nightingale to

sing for the arrival of Veeraraghavan.

10. Thiruvallikeni Pasuram of Thirumangai:

2.3.8 .Here Thirumangai Sees Ramachandra

in Thiruvallikeni.

11. Alternatively, You can

consider the SaaLagramam Pasurum1.5.1

Aranya, Kishkinda, Yuddha Khandam covered here

in this verse .

Thus a choice can be made of 10 from the above list

to celebrate Sri Ramachandra and Seetha Piratti.

 

Regarding the second Question on Paryangasanam

and request for getting up from Yoga Nidra , I would

suggest Nammazhwaar"s

Thiruppulingudi pasurams.Here

Azhwaar begs the Lord in Yoga Nidra to

wake up and asks Him to cast His

lotus eyes on him, the ancient servant of His.

The verse is 9.2.1

He appeals in the same vein in additional pasurams of

this decad.

On Sri Srinivasan"s request , I will send a separate mail.

Sri Ramachandra Parabrahmaneh Nama:

 

Oppiliappan koil Varadachari sadagopan