A Tribute to ThiruppANAzhwAr : Kaarthikai RohiNI Thirunakshathram: Part I , The longing to have the darsanam of ArangatthammAn ( Part II , The anubhavam of the darsanam of Thiruvaranga ThirumAl) .

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Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs :

 

Yesterday was Kaarthigai Krithtigai . On that

PourNami day , Thirumnagai was born and stood

at Thiruvarangatthu ThirumuRRam and feasted on

the beauty of ThiruvudayAL MaNALan of Srirangam.

 

Thirumangai declared there with immense sense of

satisfaction :

 

" --PerumAnai TannadiyAr manatthu yenRum thEnAhi ,

amudhamAhi thihaznthAnai , mahizhinthu orukkaal

AanAyanai kaNDathu ThennarangatthE "

 

(Meaning):I saw with great joy (with my own eyes)

the Supreme Lord , who prefers to reside permanently

in the heart lotuses of His adiyArs as nectar

at the dhivya dEsam of Srirangam .

 

Here the mangaLAsAsanam is for Periya PerumAL (Moolavar)

giving darsanam to Thirumangai in the form of

RaajagOpAlan , the cowherd of BrindhAvanam .

 

Thirumangai recognizes Him as the One resplendently

resident in the heart lotuses of His adiyArs as

the delectable honey and amrutha svarUpan .

 

Thirumangai went on to say : " Aamaruvi nirai mEyttha

ANi ArangatthammAnai , -- mai vaNNam karu muhil pOl

thikazh vaNNa Maragathatthin avvaNNa VaNNanai yaan

kaNdathu ThennarangatthE " . He reminded us that he

had the darsana soubhAgyam of the cowherd with

the dark hue of the rainy season clouds grazing His

cows and calves at the southern dhivya desam of Srirangam .

This experience of parakAla Naayaki is very sililar

to the darsanam of ANDAL at the end of Her Dhivya

Prabhandham , NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi .

 

Just before Thirumangai AzhwAr , another dearest Bhakthan

of Punal Arangatthu AmmAn stood on the banks of Cauveri

at URayUr , closed his eyes and had the darsanam of

his dear one and was lost in that rapturous vision .

With the music of his lute accompanying his

sweet voice , this Bhaktha sikhAmaNi , who came to

be known later as ThiruppANAzhwAr sang about his

misfortune of not being able to see the Lord at

His sanctum because of his birht status . The rest of

the incidents that followed from the ThiruviLayAdal of

ArangathammAn are well known.

 

ThiruppANar was brought to the Sannidhi of Sri RangEsan

on the shoulders of Loka Saaranga Muni , performed

MangaLAsAsanam for his Lord with the glorious AmalanAdhippirAn

paasurams and merged thereafter with the Lord's param JyOthi .

Swami Desikan was moved by that Bahktha Charithram

that he blessed us with a ChillaRai Rahasyam known as

" Muni Vaahan BhOgam ".

 

In this special two postings for ThiruppANAzhwAr's

Thirunakshathram , adiyEn will start with the decription

of the longing of ThiruppANar to have the darsanam of

His Lord and then conclude with his joy over the

blessings arising from that sevai .The first posting

will be in the form of a song befitting ThiruppANar's

role as the bard-singer of the Lord's glories .The krithi is

set in Raagam VasanthA as the cool morning breeze

comforts him on the banks of the fast flowing Cauvery

river :

 

Pallavi: Ranganik KaaNNpatheppO ?

KasthUri Ranganik KaaNNpatheppo?

 

AnuPallavi: KaaroLi VaNNanai , KOmaLak KaNNanai ,

oLi mathisEr ThirumuhatthAnai (Ranganai KaaNpatheppO)

 

CharaNam I : Malarc chOlai Thiruvarangat ThirumAlai,

YeNN disayum paraviya maa perum sOthiyai (KaaNpatheppO)

 

CharaNam II: RaamanAik KaNNanAi niRaintha Disai ViLakkinai

aNi pozhil tannil , Aamaruvi nirai mEyttha (Ranganai-- )

 

CharaNam II :ThEsudait thEvanai , TamaruLLam kOil Vaazh NaathanAi

VEdhanai, yenn Aaviyaai , amuthanaai niRkum( Ranganaik--)

 

CharaNam III:Maiyyal seythu yenn manam kavarnthAnai , KaRpahamAi ,

KaathalanAi kamazhum kaamuhanai , PaaviyEN KaaNNpatheppO?

( Aananandha Ranganaik kANpatheppO? )

 

SrimathE RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAthAya NamO Nama:

ThiruppANAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan