thirup pAvai - part 33 - "chengaN" - oru poruL viLakkam

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thirup pAvai - part 33 - "chengaN" - oru poruL viLakkam

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

The tamil word "chengaN" means "sivantha kaN" ie, the

eyes that have become red or appear red. ie., reddish eye. It

is said in sanskrit that "thasya yathA gapyAsam pundarigamE

vamakshinee" ie., Our Lord's eyes are reddish in color when

they opens up in the early morning after thirup paLLi ezhucchi.

This is similar to the lotus flowers that blossoms due to

Sunrise. ie., Our Lord's two eyes resembles a pair of lotus

flowers. It is noted that other AzhwArs have also used the same

comparison for Lord's eyes as "sen thAmarai thadangaN". It is

further remembered that, earlier HIS "kArmEni" was compared to

a "thadAkam" or a tank full of water to facilitate the

neerAttam of Aaychiars and quench their desires. Now there are

two lotus flowers (reddish eyes or chengaN) are seen in that

"thadAkam" or water tank or "thiru mEni".

 

Thirup pAn AzhwAr deliverd that "sev variyOdu koodiya

ap periya vAya kaNgaL ennai pEthamai seythanavE"., ie., The

eyes of Lord Sri Ranganthan has those red lines or the nurves

"rehai" (vari) in the retina. Such eyes are making me feel lost

and they mesmerised me or stupefied me. In the modern science

of Opthamology, the basic understanding is that the nurves on

the "retina" (the normally white looking portion of the eyes)

send messages to the brain and the brain thus tell one as to

what they see. When AzhwAr takes note of the "sev vari" on

the eyes it is an indication that AzwhAr's presence is already

noted down by the Lord and that after the delivering of the

next two pAsurams AzhwAr will be accepted by the Lord (in

"amalan Adi pirAn"). ie It is a confirmation that once one see

the sengaN they are assured of the boon that they are seeking

from the Lord and that the "sengAn" implies that the Lord has

taken note of one's appeal. Here the Aaychiars (jivAtmAs) are

assured by Sri ANDAL that once we received mantra upadEsam from

an AchArya and observe this nOnbu (saranagathi) Our Lord

assures that the "palan" will be awarded at the suitable time

and such is confirmed by HIS "chengaN".

 

AzhwAr deliverd the same thing as "vaNkARRaiyE orungE

maRinthu kidanthu alarntha men kAL kamalath thadam pOl

polinthana.., empirAn thdan kaNgaLE". The word kamala thadam

means a tank full of lotus flowers. Such tank is compared to

the eyes of the Lord. The Aaycchiars want to get hugged by that

thirumEni and long to be seen by that eyes that are enchanting.

 

 

Earlier it is noted that we referred the "kArmEni" itself as a

reference to periya perumAL Lord Sri RanganAthar. Now it is

confirmed from this "chengaN" that the "thiru mEni" associated

with such reddish eyes (chengaN) could only be our periya

perumAL's "thiru mEni".

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

 

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