Feedbacks from Sri Venkat Iyengar on NT-5.5

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namaskAramgaL! I just wanted to share the following comments from

Sri Venkat Iyengar with the bhakti members:

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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Re: mannu perumpugazh

Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:55:20 +0000 (GMT)

"Venkat Iyengar S." <rsvenkat

 

dear madam,

Thank you very much for taking extra effort and time to beautifully

bring out the meanings of this paasuram and sri PVP's vyakyanam.

Unfortunately due to the (nagaram!) which has been established at

Srivilliputtur the gentle walking swans no longer roam in the fields

here.One has to go well into the forest nearby after rains to catch a

glimpse of the white birds floating around near water pools.Also i

came to know why hamsa vahanam/anna vahanam is one of Andal's favorite

vahanams.Sri Andal comes in the periya hamsa vahanam during garuda sevai

in adi masam ,and she will come riding through the Srivilliputtur streets

on Anna Vahanam on 11th jan 99(5 th thirunal) in this margazhi.

Also this paasuram is a special one in this series as it is recited 2 times

 

thank you

Venkat S Iyengar.

 

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Re: mannu perumpugazh

Tue, 5 Jan 1999 11:21:29 +0000 (GMT)

"Venkat Iyengar S." <rsvenkat

 

madam,

yes,you may share that mail in the list.i was reflecting on the

meanings of individual words of that paasuram last weekend.Sri

andal uses the phrase "en poru kayal kan inai tunja".the meanings

of the words "poru kayal" before kan is not very straight if one

thinks in simple tamil .one can imagine it as the eyes that are

waiting excitedly and impatiently for the permanent darsanam

of lord's thirumeni(as the words 'ponnadi kanbador asainal') is used

ponnadi kamikaporar adhi nichiyam but when..so andal is waiting

impatiently so that at the instant perumal gives her the darsanam

she does not want her eyes to be closed even for a fractional

amount of time at that instant and then from instant onwards

have nitya darsanam(sada pasyanti)

 

though i do not know the meaning of" poru kayal" i have just

tried to guess and speculate based on your meanings and

these are just some of my thoughts....

 

Venkat

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