thirup pAvai - part 18 - "selvach sirumeer kAL"

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Dear bAgawathAs, mArgazhi day 10, 5:15 AM

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

"selva sirumeergAL"

 

This aaypAdi is such a place that it is full of

"aayars sirumiyars" who are nErizhaiyars ("realised jivAtmas").

Such sirumiyars are rich in their nature ie;, selva means rich.

So there is no more explanation required to state that such place

is indeed very very special. Though the aayar (jivAtmAs) are

"nEr izhaiyeers" (realised souls) they are still sirumiyars

ie., they are very young damsels. This indicate their paruvam ie.,

the maturity that is most suitable for the "nOnbu" or little

effort known as saranAgathi (prapatti) as a marriage with the

Lord.

 

ie., It is preferable to attain jivAtma swaroopam at an

early stage of this birth itself prior to the prArabtha karmAs

taking its toll on the jivAtmA. However, this depends on Lord's

thiru uLLam. Only HE can provide this swaroopa viLakkam (ie.,

clarity of their nature) through achAryA's thiru aruL. These

aaypAdi sirumiyars had the bAgyam of attaining such swaroopa

viLakka niyAnam due to the very presence of the Lord with them.

In kali yugam in the absence of the direct incarnation of the

Lord the nool (literature or divay prabndham) "thirup pAvai" is

itself considered as the thiru avathAram of the Lord and one may

read it again and again to get their own swaya anubavam with the

blessings of bAgwathAs and achAryAs. Lord SriKrishna provides

HIS thiru aruL for those, who reads this nool (thirup pAvai) in

mArgazhi,, by direct means or by putting them in the right path

and in association of bAgawathAs to acquire a bAgawatha

sambandham leading to seek the blessings from an AchAryA, it is

believed. For those who had sought AchAryAs blessings and

perfomed saranAgathi, it is believed that certain karmAs donot

affect.

 

The second meaning is that Such realised jivAtmAs are still

sirumiyar as they are now at the prerequisite state only. ie.,

they are about to perform the nOnbu and are at the pre nOnbu

stage. This is the marked difference as well between the

prapannAs and baddha jivAtmAs. ie., If a person has already

performed this nOnbu ie., saranAgathi She/He is considered totally

different. She/He must be accorded all respects as similar to

an Acharya or guru (simply because they were chOsen by the Lord to

surender at this birth and that they chose to surrender at holy

feet of AChAryAs and did saranAgathi) by the baddha jivAtmas who

are yet to perform this nOnbu. It is a srivaishnava tradition

that we do our prostrations (sEviththal) to each other prapannA

once baranyAsam is over or saranAgathi is performed. It is known

as bAgawatha dharmam. In fact each prapannA also considers the

thoughts and deeds of a fellow prapanna in "Sri bagawath Vishayam"

as the thiru uLLam of the Lord revealed through these means. It

is said in shAstrAs that, Lord will not tolerate an insult or

apachAram committed to a prapannA or a surrenderd soul. There are

ample examples from purAnAs and Sri Rama and Sri Krsihna vaibavams

to support this. This is one of the main reason as to why one must

be careful and should refrain from bAgawatha apachAram.

 

The inner most meaning for "selva sirumeerkAL" is that

though they are special, they are still sirumiyars in the company

of Lord. ie., jivAtma's relationship with respect to paramAtma

is revealed here.

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

 

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