thirup pAvai - part 9 - brahma muhoorttham

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Dear bAgawathAs, mArgazhi sravanam day 7

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mArgazhi - brahma muhoorththam

 

ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

Each year of jivAtmAs are one day for dEvAs. The month of

"thai", also referred as uththirAyaNa puNNiya kaalam, is their

(devas) soorya uthayam or sunrise. From then the period of

uththirAyaNam runs for 6 months for us the "boolOga vaasis" and

such is their (devas) pagal or day time. The dakshinAyanam from

"Aadi" to mArgazhi is their night time. Thus the month of

"mArgazhi" which is prior to their "day break" or "sunrise"

(uththirAyanam) itself becomes the brahma muhoorththam for them

(devas). The para dEva arAdhani that is done during this predawn

time (mArgazhi) is most desirable for them. i.e., the prayers

of all the devas and as well as thriLoka vaasis are all done this

time and our prayers are enhanced in the company of prayers

of Devas as well. All the prayers done in this unique time are

focussed on the Lord like a laser beam awakening HIM to bless us.

In fact there is a custom in Tamil Nadu that no marriages will

be celebrated in this month of mArgazhi. *One of the reason*

cited is that by doing so it seems one will disturb the devas in their

poojas by bringing them and the Lord to attend the marriage. There

are other shAstric reasons as well for this.

 

According to Sri peria vaachchan pillai this custom of pre

dawn bath in mArgazhi and praying to the Lord parama purushan and

seeking HIS blessings and prosperity is a custom, that had been

followed by tradition from time to time immemorial. As similar to

AzhwAr's aruLich cheyal Sri PVPillai's vyAkyAnams also have deep

meanings. When he said time immemorial, it is understood that

this nOnbu or thirup pAvai is beyond the unit of time and is a

sambhandam (association) of jivAtmA and paramAtma and such that

"thirup pAvai" is eternal, (parama kAvyam - 6000 padi) and appears

in every yugam, and When the Lord created Brahma the unit of

time was not created then, in such brahma muhoorththam. ie the

reference for the metric "time" starts with respect to this punnya

kAlam as derived from these.

 

In ancient tamil custom, the day is accounted from sunrise only. ie.,

the time for the day is accounted from sunrise only.

Similarly as per certain calendars, the birth or shrusti of the

unit or the fourth dimension known as time is also assumed as

the beginning of the incarnation of sooryan known as soorya

uthayam. Hence our mArgazhi which is the brahma muhoorththam

for devas is prior to even time and is time immemorial. Our 44 th

Jeer (Srirangam Sri Raja Gopuram) mentioned in his vyAkyAnam

that is also known as soobOthinee, that the thanur maasya

(maargazhi month) thiru arAdhanai is to be done prior to soorya

uthayam (prior to sun rise) as per "shAsthram". It is also

conceived that since all the dEvAs are engaged in their prayers

on the Lord, this is probably the only time duration in this

month that we can disturb them when address them and call them

in this month.

 

This period is also called as muhoorttha kAlam (brahma

muhoorttham) especially because we the jivAtmAs seek our "union"

(marriage with HIM) through this "thirup pAvai nOnbu" known as

"saranAgathi" as guided by Sri ANDAL.

 

ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarjan

 

 

 

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