Two Items: Status report on ThiruveLLUr & PeriyAzhwAr Vaibhavam

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

We are now Two hours away ( ThiruveLLUr time ) from

the MahA SamprokshaNam .It gives me great pleasure to

thank every one of the 26 participants in this great

Kaimkaryam at ThiruveLLUr . Some of the 26 participants

have sent their contributions directly to the Kaimkaryam

committee at Chennai in Indian Rupees or in US Dollars .

The bulk of the samarpaNams have been or are being sent

to Sriman Dileepan for trasmittal via Ahobila Mutt for

100% Tax deduction purposes . Sriman K.G.Krishnan , the Treasurer

of the MahA SamprOkshaNa committee has been provided with

the names of the 26 members joining in this MahA Kaimkaryam .

I have sent a fax to him yesterday night and this morning

I had a telephone conversation with his son , Sri Raghu

to update him on the latest information on the donors

so that he can help arrange for a special sankalpam

before the Divya Dampathis of ThiruveLLUr

and the assembled AchAryAs to bless all

the BhakthAs , who have come forward and joined

in this kaimkaryam .Archanai PrasAdhams and other Prasaadhams

will be sent by Sriman KrishNan once the festivities

are over tomorrow at ThiruveLLUr and he has a few days

to settle all the post-Kaimkaryam matters .

 

Meanwhile , Please visit tomorrow morning , the Special

Home page set up by Sriman Dileepan for the ThiruveLLUr

SaraNya Dampathis ( http://www.cdc.net/~dileepan/evvul.html)

 

THANKS TO EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR

MOST VALUED PARTICPATION . A CRISIS HAS

BEEN AVERTED NOW AND THE SHORT FALL HAS BEEN ADDRESSED .

WE HAVE RECEIVED $ 3,600 FROM 26 PARTICIPANTS , WHICH

IS EQUAL TO 1.4 LAKHS OF RUPEES AGAINST THE ASSESSED

NEED OF 2.0 LAKHS . WE HAVE THUS REACHED THE 72% LEVEL OF

THE TARGET IN A SHORT TIME FRAME OF FIVE DAYS .

 

It has been an extraordinary experience for me to

be part of this effort and witness such an outstanding

expression of Bhagavadh Bhakthi and dharma chinthanai

to particpate in such a glorious kaimkaryam . THANKS

TO EVERY ONE OF YOU .

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

 

PeriyAzhwAr Thirunakshthram : Aani SvAthi

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Dear BhakthAs : Today is Sarva EkAdasi .

Yesterday was the Thirunakshathram of

PeriyAzhwAr and tomorrow is the Thirunakshathram

of Natha Muni. What a grand juxtaposition of days

before the MahA samprOkshaNam at ThiruveLLUr !

 

In preparation for the Denver December conference ,

I had posted a number of articles on PeriyAzhwAr's

moving paasurams : ThiruppallANdu , NeerAttam ,

Poocchuttal , Kaapidal and SenniyOngu Paasurams

at the request of Srimathi Naagu Sathyan .

They are archived in the Bhakthi list ( Dec 14 thru Dec 26).

The anubhavams of PeriyAzhwAr expressed in

his divine paasurams have been assessed as

the outpourings of his Vaathsalya Bhakthi for

" KuttikkaNNan " , a phrase dear to our

Sri MaadhavakkaNNan .AzhwAr's enjoyment of

Baala KrishNan from paadhAthi KesAntham as

Mother YasOdhA of GOkulam are unique .

 

The arayars at Sri VilliputthUr and

Srirangam have intrepreted the bhakthi-laden

mood of the Mother YasOdhA , who was overcome by

the "pongum parivu " that she had for the Lord ,

who happened to be her dear son full of mischief .

 

Tamil Scholars have explained that PeriyAzhwAr's

paasurams belong to the category of AaNNpAll(male )

PiLLai Tamizh literature . The Scholars have further

subdivided this type of literature in to ten

most enjoyable stages of the child's growth :

 

1.Kaapu 2. Senkeerai 3. TaalAttu 4. SappANi

5. Muttham 6. Varuhai 7. Ambuli 8. Siru PaRai

9. SiRRil Sithaitthal and (10) SiRu thEr Uruttal .

 

PeriyAzhwAr according to these scholars has broken

new ground in AaNN paal PiLLai Tamizh by introducing

new anubhavams of the mother watching , interacting

and enjoying her dear child with great vaathsalyam .

PeriyAzhwAr kept kaapu (anthik kaapu ) , Senkeerai

paruvam , sappANi paruvam , muttham kEtkal , varuhai ,

and ambulik kaatal ( six of the ten features defined by

Tamil literature for PiLLait Tamizh ) . He added his own

TEN unique anubhavams of Kuttik kaNNan's play and composed

special paasurams covering them . These TEN unique

anubhavams deal with :

 

1. TaLar nadai ( tender and uncertain steps of a baby

as it starts to take the first few steps after the

crawling stage )

 

2. AcchO , AcchO play

 

3. purampulkuDil play with the child

 

4. Poocchi Kaatal play

 

5. Invitation to drink milk from her breast

( mulai uNNa azhaitthal )

 

6. Kaathu kutthal (ear piercing ceremony )

 

7. neerada azhaitthal ( Invitation to take his bath )

 

8. kuzhal vaaral ( tending to His black , curly tresses)

 

9.kOl kondu varuthal ( asking the crow to bring the

grazing staff for Kuttik KaNNan )

 

10. pUcchUttal ( decorating His freshly combed hair

with different kinds of beautiful flowers/AlankhAram )

 

These anubhavams are the most beautiful for us to experience .

Further , in his ThiruppallANdu , SenniyOngu and a host

of other paasurams , we come across the depth of AzhwAr's

mystical experince in relating his sambhandham with the Lord .

His expression of gratitude to the Lord for all His

anugrahams and comforting of the Lord that He does not need

to worry about additional anugrahms beyond what He

has already blessed him with ( SenniyOngu Paasurams )

are the highest expressions of a Parama Bhakthan ,

who has acheived the supreme status of one , whose

Prapatthi has been accepted by the Lord totally .

 

AchArya RaamAnuja , Bhattar , EmbhAr , Periya VaacchAN

PiLLai ,Swami Desikan , MaNavALa Maamuni and a whole array

of AchAryArs have been moved deeply by PeriyAzhwAr paasurams .

 

Let us meditate on the sacred feet of the blessed Father-in-Law

of Sri RanganAthA on the occasion of his Birthday that just

went by and prepare ourselves for tomorrow , when AchArya

Natha Muni recovered the entire NaalAyira Divya prabhndhams

from NammAzhwAr Himself thru Yogam and blessed us to have

them as our kula dhanams .

 

Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE Nama:

AzhwAr , AchAryAL THiruvaigaLE SaraNam .

 

Subhamasthu ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

BhaudhAnya Samvathsaram , Aani 21 , Sarva EkAdasi thithi