need info about 3 generations : Pravarams for ThirukkalyANam

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Dear Sri Govindarajan :

 

You had asked about the details on the Pravarams going

upto three generations that are used in the ThirukkalyAna

uthsavams for the divya dampathis in the context

of the celebrations this weekend at the Balaji

Temple at Bridgewater, NJ .

 

On this auspicious day , when our ANDAL's

" Vangak Kadal kadaintha Madhavanaik Kesavanai--"

is being recited at the various Temples and homes and

where our ThaayAr is blessing us ALL with Her benedictions ,

" SenkaNN Tirumuhatthuc chelvat ThirumAlAl,

YENGUM THIRUVAUL peRRu inpuRuavarempAvAi " ,

it is my bhAgyam to respond to your question

on pravarams for the Divya Dampathis , when we

as Their children celebrate their ThirukkalyAnam .

 

Our Sri Sampath Rengarajan's brilliant postings

on the deep meanings of the individual words of

the first paasuram of ANDAL ( KaarmEni ,

SenkaNN , Kathir , ILam Singham et al ) provide

the right background to answer your Query .Their

resonances are still ringing in my head .Inview of possible

interest of other BhakthAs performing the ThirukkalyANams

at the different temples , I am copying my response

to the other members of the two other Lists .

 

Today also happens to be the Thirunakshathram

for Thondaradippodi AzhwAr , who woke up

Sri RanganaathA in the early morning at Srirangam

with his ThirupaLLIyezucchi Paasurams just as

ANDAL woke up Vatapathra sAayi at SriVillipputthUr .

Threfore by every measure , it is good to choose

today( BhOgi paNDikai day ) to write about

the three generation Pravarams of the divya

Dampathis ,, who are Adhi madhyAntha rahithALs

( Those with no beginning ,middle or end ).

 

What is a Pravaram ?

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Pravarams and gOthrams are intimately connected

with the genealogies of some of the Vedic seers

( Rishis ) ; the concept of pravaram ( literally

choice in vocation ) and gOthram ( lineage, family ,

a cow pen literally ) are interwoven and and are

recited in several domestic ceremonies

such as Marriage , Upanayanam , mEkalA bhandhanam , Chowlam

et al ). The accepted meaning of pravaram is connected

with one or more illustrious ancestors of the YajamAnA

(Sacrificer ), the family ancestors of repute ,

prominent manthra kruths ( Vedic seers ).

 

In this contxt , the pravarAs of Athri maharishi

as given by Aapasthambha and BoudhAyana sutrakArAs

are : AatrEya AarchanAnasa SyAvAsva . This is the

lineage of PadmAvathi ThAyAr;She belongs to the AathrEya

gothram . These are woven in in Her Pravaram as

recorded below.

 

SrI VenkatEsan belongs--as a Yajus SaakhAdhyAyI --

to the Vasishta-MithrAvaruNI family and is of

Koundinya gOthram . VasishtA is the well known

rishi of the 7th canto of Rg vedam . SrI VenkatEsaa

is however chathur Veda svarUpI .He is identified here

as Yajur Veda AdhyAyin because , Yajur Vedam

is the dominant Vedam in the South ( Tamil Naadu-

AandhrA regions ), where His temple stands

on the top of the seven hills .

 

Pravaram for Sri Padmavathi SamEtha Sri Srinivasan

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There are three different pravarams ( Sri

Padmavathi samEtha Sri Srinivasan ,

Sri RanganAyaki samEtha Sri RanganAthan and

Sri MahA Devi SamEtha Sri VaradarAjan )

that weave in the details from the

respective sthala purANams . BTW , at

our Kula dhaivam's temple at Oppilliappan Sannidhi

( Sri Bhumidevi SamEtha Sri SrinivAsan's sannidhi ) ,

the divya dampathis enjoy ThirukkalyAnam

almost every day .The pravarams are almost the same

as the one at Thirumalai , since Oppiliappan Koil

is revered as DakshiNa Thiruppathi and

ThiruviNNagarappan is revered as " the elder "

in Archai to Sri Thirumalaiappan ("Balaaji ") .

I will therefore write about the ThirukkalyANa pravaraNam

at our temple , which applies as well to the Moorthys

at the Bridge water temple . Incidentally , there is

an excellent audio tape covering the ThirukkalyANam

at ThiruviNNagar . Sri Sampath Rengarajan has sent it

earlier to those , who took part in the RathnAngi

or Mutthangi AbhAraNa samarpaNa Kaimkaryam at

Oppiliappan Koil as MahA prasAdham.

 

Background for pravaram

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In Vaidhika VivAhams in Bhaaratha Desam , it is

a key step to recite the gOthra Pravarams of both

the bridegroom (Varan)and the bride (VadhU) and

consider them as SaakshAth NaarAyaNa svarUpi

and the Kannikai/VadhU as SaakshAth MahA Lakshmi

SvarUpi and peform KanyAdhAnam . The Vedic aspects of

the wedding ceremonies are archived in the Sri VaishNavA

home page by Sri Mani VaradarAjan and soon

Srimathi KalyANi KrishNamachAri will be writing

about them as ANDAL experienced them through Her

VaaraNamAyiram Paasurams .

 

The Gothra Pravarams of Sri Padmavathi

SamEtha Sri SrinivAsan have been constructed by

our revered elders from the slOkams of BhavishyOtthara

PurANam and the recitation of this pravarams

would yield the divya dampathi's choicest blessings ,

when we recite them .

 

Sri VenkatEsa PerumAL's Pravaram

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Yajur vedha SaakAdhyAyinE ,

 

Vaasishta MaithrAvaruNa Koundinya trayArirshEya ,

pravarAnvitha Vasishta gOthrOthbhavasya ,YayAthi

MahArAjA varmaNE naphthrE ,

 

Vaasishta MaithrAvaruNa Koundinya TrayArshEya ,

pravarAnvitha Vasishta gOthrOthbhavasya

SoorasEna MahArAja VarmaNa: PouthrAya ,

 

Vaasishta MaithrAvaruNa Koundinya TrayArshEya ,

praarAnvitha; Vasishta gOthrOthbhavasya

VasudEva MahaarAja VarmaNa: PuthrAya

 

Vaasishta MaithrAvaruNa Koundinya TrayArshEya ,

PravarAnvitha Vasishta GOthrOthbhavaaya ,

 

ThribhuvanAdhIsvarAya , akilAnDakOTi BrahmANDa-

naayakAya , TattvAthIthAya , Sakala NishkaLa

svarUpAya , SurAsurArchitha Padha padma yugaLAya ,

akhilOnnatha pavithrAya , AarthathrANa paarAyaNAya ,

Para VyUha VibhavAntharyAmyarcchA svarUpiNE ,

Chandra vamsa PaavanAya , SaraNAgatha santhrANa

TathparAya ,

 

SrI VenkatEsa VarmaNE SAAKSHAATH NAARAAYANA

SVARUPA VARAAYA ,

 

Jagan MaathA Padmaavathi ThAyAr(VadhU) PravaraNam

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AathrEya AarchanAnasa SyAvAsva thrayArshEya ,

pravarAnvitha AathrEya gothrOthbhavasya ,

Suveera MahArAja varmaNE napthrIm ,

 

AathrEya AarchanAnasa SyAvAsva ThrayArshyEya ,

pravarAnvitha AathrEya gOthrOthbhavasya ,

Sudharma MahArAja VarmaNa: PouthrIm ,

 

AathrEya AarchanAnasa SyAvAsva ThrayArshEya ,

pravarAnvitha AathrEya gothrOthbhavasya ,

AakAsa MahAraaja VarmaNa: PuthrIm ,

 

AathrEya AarchanAnasa syAvAsva ThrayArshEya ,

pravarAnvitha AathrEya gOthrOthbhavAm ,

 

chathurdasa BhuvanAdhIsvarIm , akhila JaganmAtharam ,

tatthva-svarUpiNIm , Chandhra Vamsa pradhIpikAm ,

saraNAgatha santhrANa tathparAm , chaithanya

DhAyinIm , SaaparAdhaanapi SvakatAksha VisEshENa

anugrahNanthIm , aj~nAtha nigrahAm , SaakshAn

Mahaa Lakshmi SvarUpiNIm ,

 

PadmAvathI naamnIm madhIyAm imAm kanyAm prajA

sahathva karmabhya: prathipAdhayAmi

 

ithi KshIrAbhdhiriva MahA Lakshmim SrimathE

NaarAyaNAya Sobhana ManthrAkshatha HirNyOdhaka

dhArA sahitham , mandhasmithAm PadmAvathIm ,

Sri Venkatesa karAravindhE SamarpayAmAsa :

 

SrI PadmAvathi SamEtha SrI SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>Wed, 13 Jan 99 20:33:17 EST

>trg (T R Govindarajan)

>sgopan

>need info about 3 generations

>

>We are having Aandal Kalyana Utsavam on January 16, 1999 at Sri. Venkateswara

>temple, Bridgewater, NJ. We want to tell about Andal/Sri. Renganatha up to 3

>generations (Kalyanam Vasithal) during Nitchayathartham. I don't know this.

>Can you send me these by e-mail so that we could use this info during Kalyana

>utsavam.

>

>dAsan.

>Govindarajan.