thirup pAvai - part 29 - "namperumAL"

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thirup pAvai - part 29 - "namperumAL"

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

It is a known fact that bagawAn's divya mangaLa vigraham has

the "ubAyathuvam", ie the ability to stand as the

sAdhya upAyam HIMself. Some people may question as to how

prapatti or baranyAsam is performed in front of the divya

mangaLa vigraham. ie., One may ask as to how a prapatti (nOnbu)

is offered through an AchAryA in front of a "divya mangaLa

vigraham and not the "arcchA rupam" is acceptable ? ie., It is widely

acceptable that the archhA rupam is one of the five forms

of the Lord. So one can assume that Lord is present in any

archhA rupam as similar to how HE is present in Srivaikundam. However

one may get confused when divya mangaLa vigraham is also considered in

par with the "archhA rupam" and prayers and prapatti are offered at

the holy feet of the divya mangaLa vigraham.

 

To begin with, many of the divya mangaLa vigrahAs are

all provided by Lord HIMself during yAgam or through vibavam ie

during HIS avathAram, eg Sri ParthasArathy perumAL divya mangaLa

vigraham was given to Sri vyAsar by Sri Lord Krishna Himself.

It is said that Sri Venkadan's and Sri Varadhan's divya mangaLa

vigrahams came out of yAgam. Sri mAlOlan and Sri Lakshmi

Hayagreevar are all blessed by lord to HIS devotees directly.

When we are in the presence of Sri namperumAL of Srirangam,

Sri Sarangapani of thiruk kudanthai, Sri Azhagar (aparanchi

perumAL), Sri Oppiliappan and Sri Ramar of Vaduvoor our hearts

melt and eyes water down with a feeling of a "radiance" coming

from them enveloping us. Even our voices choke ie.,

in tamil it is said "kural thazhu thazukkum". These feelings are

born due to our sambandam with these perumAL as our Lord stands

in front of us in these divya mangaLa vigrahams and we are

able to realise HIS presence.

 

Howvever, there are references from our poorvAcchAryArs

that explains us the validity of the divya mangala vigraham and

its role in accepting our prayers. It is further said that divya

mangaLa vigraham has the ubAya swaroopam of the Lord.

 

Sri thirumangai AzhwAr delivered pAsurams on Sri theLLiya singa

perumAL's divay mangala Vigraham at Sri pArtha sArathy koil in

thiru allik kEni and dedicated a whole deacde on Sri Ramar of

vaduvoor (when HE was in thiruk kaNNa puram). Swami desikan

delivered a sloKam on Sri namperumAL of Srirangam in Sri bagwath

dyAna SOpAnam. Since this reference of Sri ANDAL is referered to

the divya mangaLa vigraham of Sri NamperumAL in her

nOnbu (upAyam) it is important to deal this verse of Swami

dEsikan.

 

kAnthO thArairayamiha bujai: kangana jyA kinAngai:

laksmee thAmna: pruthala parihailakshithAbeethi hEthi:|

agrE kinchithbujaga sayana: swAthmanaivAthmanaha: san

madyE rangam mama cha hrudayE vardhathE sAvarotha:||

 

Simple meaning:

 

Sri Arangan who is also known as the "Aravanaip paLLiyAn" or

the one who is lying down on His serpant bed, incaranted a

little in front of HIM in another rupam or thiruk kOlam. Such

rupam has all the beautiful jewlerries and weapons and appears

as a temple for pirAtti in HIS chest (chest of Sri NamperumAL).

 

The four hands of this thiruk kOlam (of Sri namperumAL) appear

to be standing guard, with all the holy weapons in them. This

thiruk kOlam (of Sri namperumAL) also appear with HIS ubaya

nAcchimAr. Such thiruk kOlam is doing nityA vAsam in this Sri

rangam that is in the middle of the ubaya kAuveri. (kauveri

and kollidam garlands Srirangam and as such Srirangam is an island

between these two branches of thiruk kauveri river. Such

thiruk kOlam (of Sri namperumAL incarnated in my hrudayam

as well and is dwelling in my hrudayam as well.

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

 

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