THIRUP PALLAANDU-2

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Dear Sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Why I started with "mal aaNda thiN thOL" for offering my comments, is in

line with the anvayam of the paasuram 1 as given by Sri Periyavaachchaan

Pillai, which is "mallaaNda thiNdOL maNivaNNaa, PallaaNdu pallaaNdu

pallaayiraththaaNdu pala kOdi nooraayiram un sEvadi sevvith thirukkaappu".

 

To continue on "mallaaNda thiNdOL"

 

8. aaNdaaL says "senrangu thennilangai seRRaai thiral pORRi" 24- oh

krishnaa, in your previous avathaaram of Sri raama, you went to lankaa in

the south and conquered the king of lankaa with your thiral- valimai-

exhibited the power of your shoulders in sending arrows that killed

raavaNaa- salutations to that thiral- the power of your shoulders.

 

9. Single handedly Lord Raama conquered the 14000 raakshasaas in the

aaraNyam with his kothandam only- this message was carried to raavaNa by his

sister- when she described raamaa's valour, the thOl valimai was also

described. Such thiN thOL.

 

10. Swami periyavaachchaan piLLai gives a meaning "midukku" for "mal"- in

samskrit can we consider this as ghaamBheeryam?- in English majesty or

grace. The shoulders of raama is said to have the ghaambheeryam and have a

beauty of their own. "sukumaara kumbha gambeeram"-Swami desikan says in his

raghuveera gadhyam.

 

11. "ichchaa mohi mahaa baahum raghuveeram mahaabalam gajEna

mahathaayaantham raamam chathra vruthaananam" - this slokam is used daily

during thiru aaraadhanam-The shoulders are described as "mahaa baahu" in

this slokam- which is thiN thOL in tamil.

 

Like this the list can be extended. Now let us take the next word. "maNi

vaNNaa"- the Lord naaraayaNan is addressed by this name "maNi vaNNaa".

 

1. He is having the kousthubha mani in his chest. That maNi is giving

bright shine all around. So the person who is adorned with this kousthubha

maNi is maNi vaNNan.

 

2. Another maNi is also there in his chest- the sthree rathnam- periya

piraatti- agalagillEn enru- due to her swarna maya kaanthi (brightness of

gold) he also shines with his blue colour- who adds brightness and colour to

whom is a point for a lengthy discussion- so he is maNi vaNNan.

 

3. In krishna avathaaram he fought for syamanthaga mani and had it. He

only donated it to King sathraajith and however it came back to the Lord. So

one who adorned with the syamanthaga mani is maNi vaNNan.

 

4. Sri vishnu sahasranaamam dhyaana slokam is- "ksheerOdhanvath pradEsE

suchi maNi vilasath saikathEr moukthikhaanam maalaa kluptha sanastha

spatikha mani nibhair moukthikhair maNdithaanga:".

In the milk ocean the Lord is adorned with pearls and other rathnams

which are better than the spatika maNi - colourless spatika maNi- such a

person is maNi vaNNan. Who is that rathnam - paarkadalil paLLi koLLUm

paraman sriman naaraayaNan- so he is that maNi- blue coloured lord in white

coloured ksheerabhdhi- a beauty even to imagine of the colour contrasts- he

is also adorned with the pearls and others -spatika maNi- colourless

rathnams- which reflects the shine of the pearls he is wearing and his own

plus the swarna kaanthi of his consort in his chest- now which colour is

more bright- each clouding the other or all at a time bright and shining- so

is there any wonder calling maNivaNNan -so for one who thinks of him of

having a particular colour, he appears he is of that colour.

 

5. In thiruppaavai also aandaaL addresses "maalE maNi vaNNaa in 26th

paasuram- 2+6=8. 26th reminds ashtaaksharam -so there is no wonder aandaaL

in her 26th paasuram starts with maalE- thirumaalE- oh Sriman naaraayaNa! Oh

maNivaNNaa!

 

6. In 1-2-17 seethakkadal group of paasuram "paruvam nirambaamE

paarellaam uyya thiruvin vadivokkum dhEvaki peRRa uruvu kariya OLi maNi

vaNNan" says periyaazhvaar.

uruvu- body

kariya- black in colour

oLi- bright light

maNivaNNan- the person called maNivaNNan- or one who has the colour

and brightness of the mani- nava rathnam- special stones.

Black in colour but bright- kariya oLi- oh- what a contrast in

statement- or it appears to be contrast- is black itself bright or the

rathnams adorned by the black pearl give the brightness to black coloured

lord- for the lord anything is a special and specials for us are ordinary

for him. So uruvu kariyathu aanaal oLi migunthathu.

 

7. thuRRi Ezhulagu uNda thoomaNivaNNan- 4-4-2 of thiruvaaimozhi- so

every aazhvaar is fascinated by this two words- so no wonder peryaazhvaar

places this thirunaamam of maNi vaNNan in the first paasuram itself.

 

Rest we will see in next post

Dasan Vasudevan M.G.