ThiruppAvai first pAsuram

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThiruppAvai- the essence of all vEdAs- the seed of all vEdAs- was

written in an inimitable style by our ThiruppAvai Swami Sri Samapth

Rangarajan - 67 posts on the first pAsuram. What a narration it was! As

commanded by Sri Sampath Rengi, it is my pleasure to jot down my usual

"little" worthy post on this first pAsuram of ThiruppAvai.

 

Sri AndAL - GodhA PiraaTTi sang 30 verses on performing the nOmbhu

("saraNAgathy" nOnbhu), on the lines of the nOnbhu that was performed by

Cowherd girls at Nandha Gokulam, during KrishNAvataar. She sings on her

pledge (vratham) that she (along with her friends) undertook, KrishNA's

Greatest KalyANa guNAs, her requesting the Lord KrishNan for pardoning

her trespasses committed, (not by her, on our behalf for our trespasses,

the most merciful compassionate BhUmi PiraaTTi appeals to the Lord), her

plea for His grace to bless her with eternal servitude to the Lord and

her declaration that the way and the goal is the Unbounded Beauty with

limitless attributes, Blemishless, Faultless, Sriya: pathih Sriman

Narayanan. She sings the 30th pAsuram for all of us and advises us to

sing these 30 pAsurams of ThiruppAvai to get His Grace for ever and for

everything!

 

Let us proceed to enjoy the beauty of the first pAsuram.

 

maargazhith thingaL madhi niRaindha nannaaLaal *

neeraadap pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer *

seer malgum aayppaadic chelvac chiRumeergaaL *

koorvER kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran *

yEraarndha kaNNi yashOdhai iLaNchingam *

kaar mEnic chengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththaan *

naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan *

paarOr pugazhap padindhElOr embaavaay.

 

"Oh young Girls! The Ones who wear faultless ornaments, who get so much

radiance (madhi niRaindha) on their faces listening to this, who are

blessed with the treasure of being born in Ayarpaadi with the wealth of

Bhagawadh Sambhandham and Bhagwadh jnAnam! Those who have a longing

desire for service to the Lord are qualified to join me on this "nannAL"

(the most auspicious day- the day that has appeared of its own accord

for the observance of the vow and is the good day only when one

understands all about himself and his eternal connection and servitude

/relationship with the Lord) for performing this "saraNAgathy nOnbhu" to

immerse ourselves in KrishNAnubhavam, and for being praised by everyone

all over the world.

 

He - the son of Nandhagopan - (who never lets anyone- even an insect-

get away with troubling the "Kutti KaNNan", as if it is he who saves the

Lord- but he is like periyAzhwAr; he simply punishes them to the

severest extent, with his spear (vEl)- hence "cruel" Nandhagopan.

Nandagopan's vigilance in guarding Krishna with his very sharp spear in

hand symbolises and characterises the quality of a SriVaishnava) - the

lion cub of YashOdhA- (who has dark, long most beautiful eyes, who has

spoiled KaNNan with those charming child pranks) is the One who has cool

dark cloud-like ThirumEni (Divine Body) and has merciful red lined, Red

Lotus like Divine eyes, who has the beaming brightness on His face like

the Cool bright lovely moon, who has the lustrous Thirumukha maNdalam

(Divine face) like the Shining Sun- KrishNan- is Sriman Narayanan and He

alone is the One who can grant salvation even to "us" (the earthly souls

-jIvAthmAs- in spite of all our apacharams- He grants us simply because

we have sought and surrendered to His Feet- simply because we have

expressed a desire (also, due to His Grace) to ask Him for serving Him).

What an aacharyam! How Compassionate! What a dayai! How Great! How

merciful!

 

(This reminds me of Sri Bharat's recent excellent post quoting Embaar's

:"icchaiyE adhikaaram' irakkamE upaayam; inimaiyE upEyam"- meaning:

desire for Him alone is the qualification. His compassion alone is the

Means to attain Him; The enjoyment of (serving )Him alone is the Goal!)

 

Narayana! Narayana!

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

 

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