ANDAL , PERIYAAZHWAAR THIRUMOZHIS ON SRIRANGANAATHAN : PART 16

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DEAR SRI RANGANAATHA PREMIS :

 

Let us pay homage to AchArya RaamAnujA on

his Thirunakshthram today and reflect on the eighteen

upadesams given by ThirukkOshtiyUr Nambi to him

and complete the 18 steps so well described by

Our Sri MadhavakkaNNan . Please take the steps

to join in the 18 brick kaimkaryam for Sri RanganathA temple

at Pomona , NY on this day , when we remember with

affection our ThiruppAvai Jeeyar , YathirAjar .

 

I am so glad that Sri BharadvAj Jaganath

is taking sankalpam to write about the 18 chapters

of Sri Bhagavad GitA as intrepreted by the Late

Sri Sri Thirukullam Swami .

 

Please join in and help realize the one and only

temple for Sri RanganathA in the North American

continent .

 

I will not have much of a chance to invite your

attention after today on this important subject.

I will complete the 18 brick kaimkaryam of mine

with the rest of the coverage of the AzhwAr's

MangalAsAsanams of Sri RanganathA .You will got

a lot of mails today from me . Please bear with me

on this , since I have taken a sankalpam to finish

this kaimkaryam today on AchArya RaamAnujA's

birthday and give you some rest thereafter .

 

I will start with Andal"s MangalAsAsanam

on this day of GodhAgrajar's ( Sri RaamAnujA's

birthday : the elder brother of GodhA as She

hailed him for his services to Her Lord at

ThirumAlirumchOlai by serving 1000 vessels

full of akkara Vadisil ) .

 

 

AndaL's longing to be united with Sri RangarAjan

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All her young life was animated with a deep desire

for uniting with Sri RanganAthA . The whole decad of the 11th

Thirumozhi of NaacchiyAr is about her expression of her

longing for the Lord of Srirangam . Inview of the shortness

of time today , I will cover only one paasuram from

this decad .

 

THE PAASURAM FROM NAACCHIYAAR THIRUMOZHI ( 11.10 )

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Andal had the MahA VisvAsam in the Lord's vow

that he etched in His Charama slOkam ( Sarva

DharmAn partithyajya MaamEkam SaraNam vraja ).

She concluded that he is not a dvhvi bhAshi

( the one who breaks the word that he gave to

BhakthAs and reverses Himself or speaks twice about

a vow that he took to give prapannAs protection).

She was however feeling desperate with her anxiety.

She began to console Herself with the thought

that He will come to Her rescue even if He turned

out to be a Dhvi Bhaashi for the simple reason

that she was the daughter of the noble saint ,

PeriyAzhwAr , who happened to be Her AchAryan

as well as Her father.She was convinced that

the SaraNAgatha-Vatsalan will not turn down

those recommended by the AchAryAs like Her father .

The paasuram containing these thoughts is :

 

semmai udaya Thiruvarangar thAmm paNittha

meymaip peru vaarthai Vittuchitthar kEttiruppar

tammai uhappaarait thAmm uhappAr yennum cchol

tammidayE poyyAnAl saathipparAriniyE ?

---NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi : 11.10

 

( Meaning ) : My Lord Sri RanganAthan had

the unison of mind , speech and observance ,

when He uttered the noble and grand charama

SlOkam ( Meymaip peru vaarthai) vowed to come

to the rescue of those , who performed prapatthi

at His lotus feet through an AchAryA . My Father,

who is my AchAryA has recited His charama slOkam

and the Lord has heard it . The Lord will stay true

to the words of His Charama slOkam as recited by my

father and AchAryA . This was my assumption .

Alas ! He has not fulfilled His promise .

If the established doctrine that He will desire

those , who desire Him becomes false as a result

of His lapse , who else can command Him to

behave properly ? Who can set this injustice

right ?

 

Two decads later, the Lord fulfilled His promise

to Her and appeared before Her and ANDAL was

thrilled and with that AnandAnubhavam , She concluded

Her Thirumozhi .

 

Sri RanganAtha CharaNou SaraNam prapadhyE

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan