Sri Sampath Rangarajan's Tiruppavai Postings

January 3, 1999

Dear Bhagavatas,

As Margazhi began, the whole country was pummeled by torrential seasonal

rains, and storms. But, we Bhagavatas, had a different downpour of a pleasant

kind.

Naachiyaar in the fourth Pasuram of her Tiruppavai blends picturesquely the

scientific phenomenon of merciful rains with the weapons of the Lord thus-

"Aazhiyul Pukku Mugarndu Kodaartheri, Oozhi Mudalvan Uruvam Pol Mei Karuthu,

Paazhiyam Tholudai Padmanabhan Kaiyil, Aazhi Pol Minni, Valampuri Pol Ninru

Adhirndhu, Thaazhhade Saarngam Udaitha Sara Mazhai Pol, Vaazha Ulaginil

Peididaai"

meaning

Like the rays of the Sun penetrating deep into the depths of the ocean and

lifting the water therefrom, and appearing in the sky with dark rain bearing

clouds., illuminating like the lightning blaze of the Lord's disc, thundering

like the roaring Sunaadham emanating from the Lord's conch and like the

ceaseless darts of arrows issuing forth from the Saaranga Dhanus of the Lord,

she asks the rains to fall on us not destructively but for the welfare of the

world.

We are reminded of this scene while reading the postings of our dear Sri

Sampath Rangarajan with which he has been flooding us of his Swanubhavams

filled with meaningful meanings of the Sanga Tamizh expressions of Naachiyaar

in his own unique and inimitable style.

He presented his previous Part # 25 on the last day of 1998 and we have been

eagerly waiting for the further postings. I would earnestly request him to

complete the rest of the Pasuram # 1 of Tiruppavai in the next few days to

come and continue with the other 29 Pasurams as well in the weeks to come and

in the words of Naachiyaar plead with him "Vaazha Ulaginil Peidaai"

I look forward to his delineation of the entire Divya Prabhandam (the Tamil

Vedam) with his unique scholarship in Tamil language and literature, even if

it should take several months. In this, I feel that I am reciprocating the

sentiments of all Bhagavatas in the list and the net.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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