Sri Azhagiya Singar"s AruL MozhigaL --Part 3

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Dear BhakthAs of GodhA Piratti :

 

In this final part , I will complete the essence of

THiruppAvai as revealed to us by H.H . The 44th

Jeeyar of AhObila Mutt .

 

THE ESSENCE OF THIRUPPAVAI ( PAASURAM BY PAASURAM )

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16. NAYAKANAAI : This paasuram teaches us that the Lord

with the flag of Garudan is the One , who removes all of the sins

of a SaraNAgathA and blesses that jivan with unsurpassed bliss

in Sri Vaikuntam . It teaches further that we should correct those ,

who are prevented from approaching the Lord and help them

access the Lord through SaraNAgathi .

 

17. AMBARAME TANNEERE : The seventeenth paasuram asks

us to respond to human misery appropriately even after taking

refuge in the Lord through SaraNAgathi . It suggests that in

diffcult times , we should perform anna dhAnam to relieve

the hunger of the poor , provide water and butter milk during

the hot season to allay the thirst of the suffering and donate

clothes to the needy and help .

 

18 . UNDHU MADHALIRRIN : The eighteenth paasuram hints

that the men and women independent of their status and

wealth should offer their shAshtAnga namaskArams twice

a day to their parents and in-laws .

 

19 . KUTTHU VILAKKERIA : The ninteenth paasuram relates

to the need for us to perform our daily duties with a pure heart

during the day and to lie in a clean bed without theettu and

yecchil at night and meditate on the Lord in a manner of

our choice and then sleep .

 

20 . MUPPATTHU MOOVAR : Twentieth paasuram suggests that

we should rise before dawn , perform our anushtaanams , open

the door of the Koil azhwAr and recite the ten thiruppaLLIyezucchi

paasurams of Thondaradipodi and wake up the Lord ; thereafter ,

we should offer our shAshtAnga namaskarams to Him and

receive His blessings for engagement in the daily activities .

 

21 . YERRA KALANGAL : The twenty first verse suggests that

we should offer our salutations to the Lord by remembering

His blessed parents as well through the words of Sage Valmiki

" KousalyA SuprajA RaamA " and prostrate ourselves before Him .

 

22 . ANGANMAA J~NAALATTHARASAR : Twenty second verse reminds

us that we should bend low before Bhagavan and His BahgavathAs

to indicate that we are casting aside our egos and then prostrate

before them .

 

23 . MAARI MALAI MUZHAIJIL : The twenty third paasuram recommends

that during the time of festivals at the temples , we should enjoy

the majestic gait of the Lord as he is taken around and take in

the beauty of Him as He offers us His darsanam , while seated

on His throne attended to by sevakaas on foursides performing

fan kaimkaryam .

 

24 . ANRI IVVULAHAMALANTHAAI : The twenty fourth paasuram

entreats us to reflect with feeling over the many sufferings that

our Lord underwent in His avathArams such as reducing Himself

to the status of a beseecher of favors while asking for a gift of

three steps of land as VamanA , losing His kingdom ,

when born as the son of DasarathA , roaming in wild forests ,

surviving on roots , fruits and tubers and being born as

the offspring of a pillar in HiraNyakasipu's court , which had

no name , kulam or gothram during NrusimhAvathAram .

We should reflect with gratitude and sing His praise over

the sufferings that He went through to protect His bhakthAs

and destroy the unrighteous .

 

25 . ORUTTHI MAHANAAI PIRANDHU : The twenty fifth paasuram

asks us to consider " VaasudEva: Sarvam " and" ninrathellAm

nedumAl " and to get deeply identified with the thought that

all chEtanAs and achEthanAs are BhagavAn's sareeram .

It asks us to wonder where the Lord is hiding and how He

is testing us from there and to cope with these anxieties by

considering " VaasudEva: sarvam " and achieve peace of mind.

 

26 . MAALE MANIVANNAA : The twenty sixth paasuram asks us

to be strict followers of saastraic injunctions and not to devise

our own ways to intrepret saasthrAs to suit our convenience .

It asks us not to be thaan-thOnRis and not to engage in

activities prohibited by saasthrAs .

 

27 . KOODAARAI VELLUM: The twenty seventh paasuram

asks us to think while dressing ourselves that this body

is that of the Lord and therefore we are honoring it through

beautifications . It asks us to partake food recommended by

saasthrAs only after offering it to the Lord .

 

28 . KARAVAIGAL PIN SENRU : This paasuram asserts that

we can get BhagavAn's anugrahams only through gaining

saastraic knowledge at the feet of one's AchAryA followed by

performing the anushtAnams and manthrOpadesams taught

by them .

 

29. SIRRAMSIRUKAALE : The twenty ninth paasuram reveals

that all of us , whether we are of different castes , aasthikAs

or naasthikAs , pandithAs or simple folks ( paamarAs ) ,

Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Sri VaishNavAs , we

are ALL the dasa bhUthAs or property of Sriman NaarAyaNA .

Even if we wish to discard Him or He wishes to discard us ,

the relationship between us and Him can not be cut asunder .

One who understands this cardinal and unbreakable

relationship will be blessed to enjoy all asupiciousness .

 

30 . VANGAKKADAL KADAINTHA : The thirtieth paasuram conclues

that the above-referred avathAram of the Lord as Thiruppaavai

is first and foremost among all of His avathArAs . Sri ANDAL is

the Mother of this avathAram . Those , who offer their homage to

this avathaaram every day would be fully blessed and protected

by Sriman NaarAyaNA both here in His LeelA Vibhuthi and

the hereafter in His Nithya Vibhuthi .

 

Sri ANDAL THiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Sri Lakshmi Nrusmha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

SrimathE SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri Vedantha Desika

Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama :

 

SrimathE Sri lakshmi Nrusimha Divya PaadhukhA Sevaka

SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra

MahA DesikAya Nama :

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan