PrAtha: sandhyA prayer for ThiruveLLUr Kaimkaryam : Part 6

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Daer BhakthAs : Today ( July 3 )is Sudarsana Jayanthi .

I will post my sixth and seventh and Final appeal today on the

NavAham series on the MahA SamprOkshaNam Kaimkaryam

and rest my case appealing for your most welcome support at

this time of urgent need . Sriman K.G. KrishNan of Chennai

is advancing the Funds from his own pocket in the hope

that our members would come thru with their support

and join in this rare kaimkaryam .

Please help . Thanks in advance.

 

We can receive the pledges upto the night

of July 5 . I will brief him that

evening in time to add the names of the supporters

in the sankalpam for this MahA Kaimakryam .

Please do not mind my many postings

on this subject inviting your welcome participation .

Thanks for the support from you on behalf of

the organizing committee at Chennai .

 

As I was worrying about how we are going to

meet the need , a great BhagavathA called me

last night and pledged another $1,008 over and above

the sum of $216 that he had already donated . Further,

I learnty that One University student has pledged $525 .

It is amazing how ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn enters into

the mind of aasthikAs and moves His bhakthAs

to join in the mahA kaimkaryam for Him

on the blessed day of AchArya Naatha Muni's Janma

Nakshathram ( Aani Anusham -July 6 ). WE ARE NOW

AT THE 56%LEVEL OF FUND RAISING WITH PLEDGES OF $2,800 .

with an additional $2,200 , we would reach

our goal of fully helping this Yajnam at ThiruveLLUr .

 

Today is crucial since the July 4 weekend

will set in and we would have only one working day

to conclude this appeal .Thanks very much for your

understanding and support and please do not mind me

asking you once again . Today's appeal wiil be THE LAST ONE.

 

Swami Desikan's salutations to Sri Veeraraaghavan

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Beyond the lengthy tributes to the Pourusham of

Veeraraaghavan in Sri Raghu Veera Gadhyam ,

Swami Desikan summarized the Veearam of the Lord

succinctly in his DasAvathAra SlOkam :

 

paara vaara payO vishOshaNa kalA

paareeNa kaalanala

jwAlA jaala vihAra haari visikha

vyApAra gOra krama: I

sarvAvastha sakruth prapanna JanathA

SamrakshaNaika VrathI

dharmO vigrahavAn adharma virathim

dhanvI sa tanveetha na: II

 

The Heroism and the bravery of the KodhandapANi

is celebrated here . The ferocity of the arrows

that left His bow are visualized here . When our Lord

got angry at the insult and negligence of Samudhra Raajan ,

He got up from His dharbha Sayanam at ThiruppullANi ,

and was ready to use the power of His arrows

to evaporate the waters of the Ocean . VeerarAghavan"s

arrows have the scorching power that is greater than that of

the praLaya Kaala Agni , which burns the entire world

at the time of deluge .

 

Our Lord is a matchless warrior and is supremely deft in

wielding His bow , kOdhaNdam , to protect the prapannAs .

His vow is to save anyone , who sought refuge

at His lotus feet . Any one who attempted to harm

those , who had sought refuge in Him are decimated

by the power of His arrows . Even those , who surrenderd to

Him even once are saved by His infinite sense of duty

to protect them . He is dharma SvarUpi . His mighty

valour in protecting Prapanna JanAs is legendary .

He declares that it is His sole mission . Swami Desikan

prays to this VeerarAghavan ( prapanna janaa

samrakshNaika vrathee ), who is the embodiment of

Dharmam . Swami Desikan prays to this VeerarAghavan

of unfailing prowess to save us from engaging in

adharmic acts .

 

The slokAs of Yuddha Khaandham and the corresponding

section of Sri Raghu Veera Gadhyam are testaments

to the Veeram of Sri Vijaya /Veera Raaghavan .

 

The NaalAyira Divya prabhandham has many passages

saluting the glories of Sri VeerarAghavan besides

the specific paasurams on the Lord of ThiruveLLUr .

I will provide below some excerpts for our anubhavam.

 

PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi(PT): 2.6.8 &9

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PT 2.6.8 :Minnidai Seethai poruttA ---Here AzhwAr asks the crow

to bring in the grazing staff for kaNNan, who is eager to

go to the forest with His friends to graze the cows and

calves . AzhwAr salutes on this occasion Lord VeerarAghavan ,

who cut the ten heads of RaavaNA for the offense that he

committed by kidnapping His slender-waisted wife

and imprisoning Her .His prowess in handling His

KodhaNdam is praised with these words:

 

Tannihar onrillacchilai kaal vaLaitthitta

minnu Mudiyar

 

In the next paasuram , PeriyAzhwAr praises

the parAkramam of Veeraraghavan that led to

the destruction of RaavaNA and the crowning

of VibhishaNA as the successor to the Kingdom

at LankhA .

 

ANDAL's salutation to Sri RamachandrA has been

covered in a previous year Margazhi posting

archived in the Bhakthi list .

 

PerumAL THirumozhi of KulasEkara AzhwAr

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Kulkasekara PerumAL was a Raama Chaithanyar.

Just as PeriyAzhwAr became YasOdhA to enjoy

the baalya leelais of KrishNA , KulasEkarar

took on the role of KousalyA devi and eulogized

VeerarAghavan and sang lullabies ( 8th Thirumozhi ).

He reminds us the valor of VeerarAghavan with

the paasura Vaakhyams :" Tenn ilankaik kOn

mudikal sinthuvitthAi " . He states that the Lord

cut off the ten heads of evil RaavaNA and scattred

them on the battle field with one arrow.

 

The entire tenth Thirumozhi on Thillai ThirucchithirakUtam

is a summary of Srimadh RaamaayaNam and there , the AzhwAr

salutes the heroic acts of VeerarAghavan ( Paasuram 2 :

TatakA vathm ; Paasuram 3: ParasurAma Garva Bhangam;

Paasuram 5 : VirAtha Vatham ; pasuram 6: Vaali vatham;

Paasuram 7 : RaavaNa Vatham ; paasuram 9: Sampuka vatham

taking place in hte Uttara KhAndham ) .

 

Thirumangai"s paasurams on the Heroism of our Lord

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Thiruppirithi : Periya Thirumozhi (PTM):1. 2.2

BadarikAsramam : PTM: 1.4.2

SaaLagrAmam : PTM: 1.5.1

ThiruvEnkatam : PTM :1.10.1, 2

ThiruveLLUr : 2.2 , entire decad

ThiruvallikkENi : 2.3.7

KaazhicchIrAma ViNNagaram : 3.4.7

 

ThiruvAli : 3.7.3

Vaikuntha ViNNagaram : 3.9.4 ,5

Thiru arimEya ViNNagaram : 3.10.6

Thiruk kAvaLampAdi : 4.6.4

Thirup Paarthan PaLLI : 4.8.5

Thiru veLLiyankudi: 4.10.6

Thiru narayUr: 6.8.5

 

ThiruvazhundUr : 7.8.7

" panthaNaintha Mel viralAL SeethaikkAhi--"

Thiruk kaNNapuram : 8.5.5( Yezhu maram tuLaipata--)

Thirup pullANi: 9.4.5

Chakravarthi Thirumahan Vishayam :PTM 10.2 and 10.3

( 20 Paasurams ): yEtthuhinROm Iraaman naamam--

 

Thiruk kurmthANtakam : Paasuram 15

Thiru nedumthANtakam : Paasuram 28

THiruvaimozhi : NammAzhwAr:7.5.1-2

" KaRpAr RaamapirAnai allaal maRRum kaRparO"

Other paasurams in Thiruvaimozhi .

 

I conclude this posting with the Paasura Vaakhyam

of Thirumazhisai , who lived next door to

ThiruveLLUr .He had a special affection

for the Lord's sevai as Sesha saayee :

 

naahatthaNaik Kudanthai vehhA THIRUEVVULL

naahatthaNai Arangam pRranbil ,-naahatth

aNaip paaRRk kadal kidakkum aadhi nedumAl ,

aNaippAr karutthanAvAn

 

Here , Azhwar puts at the center ThiruveLLUr

emperuman and sandwiches Him between

Emperumaans of Thiruk Kudanthai AarAvamudhan ,

Thiru vehhA"s yathOktha kaari , Srirangam

RanganAthan , Anbil Vadivazhahiya Nampi

and KsheerAbdhi Saayee . Here , As Sri Ram Gopalaswamy

referred to in one of his private notes ,

Param , Vibhavam , Archai and AntharyAmi

sthithis are all saluted .

 

Let us meditate on this Parama Purushan at

ThiruveLLUr on this Sudarsana Jayanthi morning

in the words of Thirumazhisai , where he explains as

to how he spoent his time on earth and how

he has MahA VisvAsam in the Lord as His saviour .

 

" theritthezhudhi vaasitthum kEttum vaNangi vazhipattum

poositthum pOkkinEn pOthu "

 

( I spent my time on His earth writing, reading and

listening about His charithrAmrutham and worshipping

Him ) .

 

" Thirumaal Talaikkonda Nangattkku , yEngE varum Tthee vinayE ?"

( For us , who have accepted the supermacy/parathvam

of Sriman NaarAyaNA , how could any harm come our way ? )

 

Sri Kanankavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE Nama:

AdiyEN , Oppiliappan Koil Varadchari SadagOpan