thirup pAvAi - part 2 - thirup pAvai Jeer

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Dear bAgawathALs,

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

 

It is reported in achArya vaibavam that Sri Ramanujar used to

deliver the bAshyams for Sri Brahma Sutra, upanishads, and Srimad

bagwad Geetha during the day time. In the evenings and early

night time, it seems he used to request the "aRaiyar" to chant

thiruppAvai. While listening to these 30 terse verses his

emotions used to be high and his eyes pour tears (bakthi para

vasak kaNNeer) in plenty wetting his thiru aadai (dress) even.

 

Once a person had asked him, "Swamin, you have delivered so

many vyAkyAnams for many nools. Why didn't you make one for

thirup pAvai ? ". Sri Ramanujar was telling it seems "en

pOnRavar ithanai sollath thagunthathu aNRu. "mugavaay izhantha

moodar ithanai unarAr. mullaik kodi pONRu menmaiyAna paNbudaiya

magaLirE ithanai unarvar". ie., People like me cannot do

vyAkyAnams for this. And certain foolish men who had lost their

identity (ie., who has strayed from the path of purusharthakaram)

are not eligible to chant these either. Those woman who had not

lost their nature of being tender and kind as similar to the trunk

of the jasmine plant only knew and would understand this nool".

 

It is said, he added that many boologam mangaiyar who are not

performing the "nOnbu" aren't going to be doing this. Even Sri

vaikunda mangaiyar such as Sri periya piraati, Sri nila devi

wouldn't know this as they want to keep the lord for themselves.

However, gothA piraati who is sharing these with all others of us

may tell this and we can learn from this. meaning, She is the only

one who can deliver this again for us and hearing from none other

would justify as she is the only one who is sharing this nectar of

anubavam that she churned from the ocean of love on Lord Sri

Krishna.

 

One of the "spirit" of thirup pAvai is such that the Sri

bagwath anubavam is to be felt and shared among ghosti. The under

lying meaning for AndAL's "Eval" (in tamil it means Azahitthal or

calling) is such that She calls everyone of her "suRRam" or

friends (ghosti) to join this Sri Bagwath anubavam whenever AnDAL

is referring to her thozhis.

 

The empahsis is such that the ghoSti has to join and enjoy this

anubavam. It is like several drops of water making the ocean.

everyone must feel this anubavam themselves and in the company

of fellow bAgawathALs as well. The Sri bagawath ghosti and

bAgawatha sathsangam is so important in enjoying this Sri bagwath

anubavam.

 

Udayavar was so much in love for this aboorva nool and its

deliverer, Sri AndAL. Due to this extraordinary attachemnt Sri

Ramanujar had with "thirup pAvai" and ANDAL, he is also known

as "thirup pAvai jeer".

 

There are few incidents in emperumAnAr Sri Ramanujar's

vaibavam that demonstrates his intense attachment to Sri ANDAL and

thirup pAvai.

 

(His fulfilling AndAL's wishes for offering 1000 and odd vessels

of AkkAra vadisal to Sri Azhagar. It is said that Sri AndAL

appeared in front of Sri Ramanujar just after this episode at

thiru mAl irum sOlai and addressed him as "AnnA". ie., It is

customary that the elder brother offers the pirantha veetu "seer"

that were promised and since Sri Ramanuja fulfilled the "seer" that

was promised earlier, he earned the status of Anna from Sri AndAL

herself. One can write many pages about this episode itself and

narrate various versions.

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadaikaLE saraNam

Sri Boomi dEvi thAyAr samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

Sri SridEvi samEtha Sri Azhagar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

note: As mentioned earlier, adiyEn will stick to Sri bagwath

niyamanam mainly. Though there are several source materials

available, adiyEn have to write that which adiyEn can write within

the Sri bagwath niyamanam during this brahma muhoorttham and goto

work at 7 :00 Am and for a long day of lowkeekam untill 9:00 PM.

 

Several friends mentioned to adiyEn to reproduce the earlier parts.

adiyEn will present some of them again with additional experience

and more in the days to come. Sri Varadhan requested adiyEn if he

may join adiyEn's anubavams. It is a pleasure to have fellow

bAgawathALs join and do "koodiyirinthu kulirnthu El Or em pAvAi".

 

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