thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 25 - eettupookkal nadamAdum puL veLiyil !

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Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 25 - eettupookkal nadamAdum puL veLiyil !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

koottukkuL idamAdum guru chEtthiram

eettupookkal nadamAdum puL veLiyil

kangaL thadumArum minnal oLiyil

mownam thAn oru mozhiyAgum

 

meaning: The worms or pupa inside their "koodu" suddenly felt a

bright light penetrating their nest and was making even its

intermediate home bright. Such home itself now became their guru

kshEtthiram. They cannot move out until they are in the next

stage of their growth or parinAmam. However, due to AchAryALs

grace they get to participate in the "saranagathi thatthuva

viLakka ursavam" from whereever they are. That light came from

Sri nAdhamuni's desire to conduct the ursavams in an elaborate

way to propagate saranagathi thatthuvam to all Srivaishnvas. The

flowers that are in yield, in the current season were all doing

penance standing on one leg ie., their single stem. Suddenly

their wish was granted by Sri SriRamanuja and his Sri Ramanuja

udaiyArgaL. So they started walking on the grass marching toward

the AyirangAL mandapam to witness the uthsavam and learn the

saranagathi thatthuvam. When Sri namperumAL appears on this first

day of thiru nedumthAndagam, HIS face is expressing a very bright

light. The mAnida or human eyes are used to seeing only

lightening for a brief time. If the creator of all lightening

comes around and stands and shows HIS thiru muga mandalam for a

while the human eyes are unable to even see it. Those eyes of all

jivAthmAs are stumbling. ie Sri namperumAL also come faster than

lightening to participate in this thiru athyayana uthsavam on

this first day, as this is HIS most favourite ursavam. On hearing

the details of the pAsurams of thiru nedun thAndagam, everyone's

annyAnam is cleared as similar to how vEdhanthi was silenced by

Sri Bhattar. Mownam or silence becomes their bAhsai and everyone

keep their silence as perumAL hears thiru nedunthAndagam.

 

It is said thirumangai AzhwAr delivered the thiru nedumthAndagam

and the thiru kuRunthAndagam and madals only after the holy

revelations about thiru utthama nambi and thiru kArthigai deepam

as per the ANgyai of Sri Arangan. It is said the Sri nAdamuni

once wanted to do upadEsam of yOga sAdhanam to Sri uyyakkONdAr.

Sri uyyakkoNdAr replied, "piNgidakka maNam puNaralAmO?" ie There

are those samsAris who are nyAna soonyAs and are around us as

similar to "nadaip piNam" or a dead body that can only walk and

functionally is incapable of realising the purpose of their life.

When we have such nadaipiNam around us, how those of us who are

sent by Lord to show them the prapatti mArgam, can choose those

sAdhanams that brings pleasure to one's individual soul alone ?

Is n't it we are supposed to do "thirutthi pANi kOLLanum?"

 

Sri nAdha muni was very pleased with this suggestion. He

immediately thought about the AzhwAr's pAsurams that discusses in

elaborate details on the saranAgathi thatthuvam. He took several

steps to incorporate those pasurams in several of the temple

rituals. It is said that Sri nAda muni expanded the thiru

adhyayana ursavam started by Sri thiru mangai. Sri Ramanujar

introduced many of his shishyALs such as AzhwAn, AndAn, embAr and

aruLaLap perumAnAr and made them take a lead role in these

thiru adhyayana uthsavam celebrations. During this uthsavam many

of the several vyAkyAnams of pasurams are enacted in a very easy

to understand way. It is done so such that many samsAris can see

these simple abinava nAdagams and easily understand the purpose

of the life and seek a sadhAchAryAL and do saranagathi.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

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