thirup pAvai - part 12 - "neerAda pOthuveer"

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Dear bAgawathAs, mArgazhi day 8, 5:25 AM

 

(the tamil word neerAttam is dealt in this part with its meanings.

Those who are already aware of such meanings may want to skip this

part).

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

This *early* bath in this season is also advised to be a

good practise in keeping one's health in a good condition for the

rest of the year. ie., if one can observe these nOnbu after

taking their bath in the early morning in "mArgazhi", it is said

then that such person will remain healthy for a long time.

 

The word "neerAda Pothuveer" ie., "we shall bathe",

symbolise the "bagwath experience" known as bagwath guna anubavam.

For some it may even be an experience of bagwath kAmA. The pond

itself is referred to perumaL in many places in ilakkiyam.

nammAzwAr has expressed the Lord as "Lotus dwelling pond". ie.,

"thAmaRai pooththa thadAgamO". In Sri Kamba Ramayanam, Sri

Seetha, tells Hanuman, that when ever she sees the pond nearby she

is seeing Lord Rama. Same way it was also quoted earlier by Sri

Nammalwar that "HE is like an emarald pond born to DasarathA",

ie., thayarathan peRRa maragatha maNith thadam".

 

In the first line the word "thingaL" can also mean woman

or the pAvai or maiden (jivAtmA in its antharyamin) who has

attained the pakkuvam (mArgazhi). "mathi niRaintha" also means

the (mathi) "knowledge" that is filled with (niRaintha) Sri

Krishna Consciousness (bagwath Vishayam). "nan nAL am" means

(nalla naal aana inRu) such is the auspicious day when the matured

maiden (jivAtmA) is filled with bagwath vishayam or supreme

knowledge (in their siddham), on Sri Krishna.

 

Thus for the line "mArgazhi thingAL, mathi niRaintha

naNNaLAm neerAda pOthuveer" the overall inner meaning, is such

that, the day when a matured soul [a soul that has the pakkuvam or have

realised their self due to Lord's grace] (ie., the purpose

of jivAtmA is to serve the parama purushan Sri Krishnan eternally)

is filled with bagwath vishayam or bagwath knowledge and is

desiring for "Sri KrishnA anubhavam (bagwath anubavam)", (Sri

Krishna sthAyee, ie., "[1] Santham, [2] thAsyam [3] sAkkiyam [4]

vAthsalyam [5] mAthuryam), such day is an auspicious day. And on such

day let us do this nOnbu and seek our Lord's blessings and

enjoy the palans (Sri Bagwath anubavam).

 

The ordinary word "pOthuveer" means "You shall do" here this is a

divine command from Sri ANDAL for we folks jivAtmAs to experience

this Sri Bagawath anubavam on this holy day performing this nOnbu.

This is agian an assertive statement and one who reads this word

as the command of Sri ANDAL can be succesful in their observance

of nOnbu.

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri Boomi devith thAyAr samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

note: Please note that there are additional refernces made in each

of this part from the last year's postings. As requested by some

we are going over these once again such that those who are new

and wanted to have this anubavam read can enjoy the same.

 

 

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