FW: thirup pallaaNdu- part 4

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This is a post from Sri M.G.Vasudevan.

 

 

adiyEn,

chandrasekaran.

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> > thirup pallaaNdu- part 4

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> > Dear Sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

> >

> > Due to my own enthusiasm to complete the series "kaNNan

> peRRa veNNaik

> > kalvi" and other official commitments, I could not continue

> with these

> > postings. Sri Venkat Iyengar reminded me on this that I

> must continue.

> > With the fervent hope that these are welcome posts, I

> venture to continue.

> >

> > Just before we take up the next paasuram some more on the

> "sEvadi" in the

> > first commencement paasuram "pallaaNdu".

> >

> > 1. "Thava amruthasyandhini paadha pankajE nivEsitha aathmaa

> katham anyath

> > adhigachchathi! Sthithe aravindhE makarandha nirBharE maDhu vrathO

> > nEksharakamhi veekshathE!! Alavandhaar's sthothra rathnam

> >

> > meaning: Bees, when they go for hunting for honey, catch

> sight of lotus

> > flowers nearby which are full of honey, will not go near

> nor even like to

> > go near other lower types of flowers. (neer muLLi poo- I am

> unable to give

> > equivalent English name for this).

> >

> > Like that, Oh Lord! Nobody, whose mind is fixed upon your nectar

> > originating (generating or flowing) lotus feet, will have

> the taste for

> > other lower things.

> >

> > Such aravindha sEvadi.

> >

> > 2. "KaRRinam mEiththa enthai kazhalinai paNimin neerE"- thirumaalai-

> > paasuram 9

> >

> > The "thoNdar adip podi aazhvaar" who refused to sing others

> except thiru

> > arangan, the Lord of Srirangam, can not resist his taste

> for the lovely

> > lotus feet of my Sri Krishna, which trekked the brindhaavan

> going behind

> > the calves. He requests all the thoNdar to bow down to the

> feet of that

> > lord Sri krishna who grazed the cows and calves. Such kaNNan sEvadi-

> > rangan sEvadi- naaraayaNan sEvadi.

> >

> > 3. "EngaLtham aayar azhaga! adigaL aravindhavaayavanE!'- 10- 5-2

> > thirumangai aazhvaar

> > The feet- adigaL are aravindham- lotus. adigaL azhaga!-

> "aravindha azhaga

> > aravindha adigaL azhaga- aayar azhaga"- since feet are

> beauty, is it that

> > the person also gets beauty, or is it that the beautiful person has

> > beautiful lotus feet. Oh krishna- I am at confusion.

> > AravindhavaayavanE- or is it that the vaai- mouth is

> beautiful like lotus.

> >

> > This aravindham and azhaga can fit anywhere and gives a lot

> of beauty.

> > That too engaltham aayar azhaga- our yadhava beauty - see

> the amount of

> > proximity - relationship- claim for that relationship. Oh

> krishna- engal

> > tham azhaga- That is the specialty in thirumangai

> paasurams.- such sEvadi.

> >

> > Incidentally this also links the Smt. Ambujam Krishna song in raaga

> > dhanyaasi azhagaa- azhagaa on the thirumaaliruncholai sundararaajan.

> >

> > Rest we will see in next post.

> >

> > Dasan Vasudevan M.G.

> >

> >

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