PiraaTTi and Her Greatness

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Today is International Day for women.

 

On this day, it is my intent, by the grace of Sriya: Pathih, to jot down

on the Greatest glory of our Dearest Mother- Nithya anapaayinee (the One

who never gets separated and is always with Her Divine Consort Sriman

Narayanan in all forms and under all circumstances). Let us surrender to

Akila jagan maathaa- asmath maathaa (The mother of the whole universe-

and our dearest mother too!) and seek Her blessings- Her kataaksham -

Her recommendation to the Lord for forgiving our incorrigle nature of

our comiiting mistakes- in the past- present and in the future- the

apacharams against Bhagawthas- and even to Divya Dampathis !

 

It is only She who can consider our case and recommends to the Lord

"DevarIr should ignore this "kuzhandhai's" (child's)

mistakes/trespasses; forgive him and save him- please!". The Lord smiles

and says "If you say, how can I say No… But this child has committed

great apacharams, you know?" . Our dear Mother replies… "SwamI… This

Kuzhandhai of ours… is lifting his two small hands, puts his two palms

together and performs anjali…. This child of ours is taking all troubles

and great efforts to prostrate at our Feet and is uttering Dwayam… with

his typical "mazhalai" words, making mistakes, thus making it more sweet

to our ears, NathA! Sathvaa guNaan Bhuvana SundharA! Please save our

child! Let him not suffer any more! He has surrendered raising his hands

saying "akinchanan anyagathischarNya tvadh paadha moolam charaNam

prapadhyE"… "Having no other recourse/ refuge, this lowly self-

surrenders to Your Lotus Feet..". The Lord smiles and says "As long as

You are there, these smart children know whom to approach and how to get

their things done through you ". PiraaTTi signals us and whispers "Don't

worry.. He is Most Merciful and kind-hearted and will certainly save

you. But samartthaa iru inimEyaavadhu.. ilaattaa appa kOvicchuppa-

appuRam engitta vandhu azhaadhE.. (Be good at least now onwards, doing

sandhi and other nithya karmanushaatna~ngaL.. and do not commit

apacharams knowingly.. Then Your Father will get angry.. and don't come

to me crying for help then.. )

 

1. It is Sriya: Pathih and VishNu pathnI- the Divya Dampathis who "is"

our SaraNyam and Praapyam. There is NO other recourse for us except Them

who is our means and well as the End.

 

2. pEyAzhwAr says beautifully in his first pAsuram of moonRaam

Thiruvandhaadhi",

 

"thirukkaNedEn ponmEni kaNdEn- thigazhum/

arukkan aNi niRamum kaNdEn- serukkiLarum/

ponnAzhi kaNdEn puri sangham kai kaNdEn/

ennaazhi vaNNan paal ninRu.

 

Look at the lovely words. Firstly, AzhwAr starts off with Thiru kaNdEn…

He saw Lakshmi PiraaTTi. - where did he see? "en aazhi vaNNan paal… in

my dark coloured Emperumaan's ThirumEni (Divine body).. Pon mEni kaNdEn…

the colour of the Mother is Golden (hiraNya varNaam hariNIm..)… the

Golden colour and the dark hued Emperumaan's colour are so nicely

superimposed so that it appears like that of Sun's rays on lustrous

Maragatha Mani (rays of the lustrous Sun on Emerald stone..).

Periyavaacchaan PiLLai says "this is like that of light warm Sun's ray

on a rainy season … "iLa veyyil..".

 

3. pEyAzhwAr further says in the last paasuram… "saarvu namakku enRum

chakkaratthaan…….. thEn amarum poomEl Thiru…" . The Goddess who sits

on the Honey dripping Lotus Flower- periya PiraaTTi - is the Saarvu

(meaning: SaraNyam as well as Praapyam)- She is the upaayam and the

upEyam as well. the Means as well as the End.

 

4. ALavandhAr in the first verse of chathusslOkI, establishes the equal

status of PiraaTTi with Her consort. She enjoys an equal status and

rules the physical and the transcendental universe. She possesses like

Her Lord, Svarupam , Rupam, GuNam and Vibhavam . She shares in equal

measure the six auspicious GuNAs of Her consort (Bhagawan) - JnAnam ,

Bhalam , Iswaryam , Veeryam, Sakthi , and Tejas . This Nitya Sri

surpasses in some regards Her Lord as a result of Her motherly

qualities such as DayA (Compassion), KshamA (forgivenness ) , Vaatsalya

(affection and love ) just as a mother has for her children . She

showers us with Her blessings (anugrahams ) and grants us Aiswaryam ,

Kaivalyam and Moksham.

5. Ramanujacharya, too requests the Mother in SaraNAgathy Gadyam,

addressing Her with Her all auspicious qualities with which she

surpasses Her Consort even. Ramanujacharya surrenders to this Supreme

Divine Mother (Deva Deva Divya Mahishi), as the Mother of the Universe

(akilajaganmaathaa) ; but immediately adds.. ``my Mother'' (asmadh

maatharam). Indeed, her compassion is unlimited. Ramanujacharya pleads

to the Mother for the bhakti / devotion that draws to the Supreme (Para

Bhakti), the wisdom or jnAnam that the Lord grants (Para JnAnam) and the

inability to move away from that Divine Glorious Vision (Parama Bhakti)

and Ramanujacharya prays that this togetherness be ever in him always

(``avirathaasthu me''). The Mother looks at Ramanuja with affection and

speaks: ``asthu the.. . tayaiva sarvam sampasyathe'' Let that be so.-

All your pleas be fulfilled- let all those who belong to you be blessed

with them too!". What a merciful Mother!

 

"agalagillEn iRaiyum enRu alarmEl mangai uRai maarbhA! … Pugal onRu

illaa adiyEn nin adikkeezh amarndhu pugundhEnE…".

 

She along with PerumAL is the Parathvam and the Eka sEshi for us. Eka

Seshitvam refers to both Sri Devi and Bhagawan together as the means and

the goal (upAyam and Upeyam )

 

My regards to all mothers. "Maatharaay piRatthaRkE nalla maa thavam

seydhidal vENdumammaa". (One should have done enormous penance to be

born a woman… a mother.. ) "moonRu bhuvanatthu poruL muRRUm

kodutthidinum en thaay oru naaL vaLartthadhaRkku iyaiyaadhE… " means

(even if one offers all three worlds to his mother- it will not match

her effort of having brought him up for a day.. - here being a mother

also refers to ashtaaksharam, for this ashtaaksharam is referred to as

one's mother for a disciple (deemed to be born a Srivaishnava, when

initiated by his AchAryan) and the AchAryan is the father). Let us pay

our obeisance to this Great Ashtaakshra mother and the Great loving

AchAryan (father)., for WE ARE INDEBTED TO THEM AND CAN NEVER PAY THEM

BACK FOR WHAT GREAT THEY HAVE DONE TO US.

 

ammA! yaan peRRa nanmai ivvulagil yaar peRuvaar? (who is so blessed in

this world like me to have You, as my Mother?)

 

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Namah:

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

 

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