irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi - part 8 - "thEn vanthu pAyum eeram"

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

This is an informtion item .

 

Sri Sampath Rengarajan is posting a series

of important articles on the greatness of Sri RaamAnuja

NooRRandhAthi and the greatness of its author,

Thiruvarangatthu AmudhanAr , a contemproary of

AchArya RaamAnujA .

 

 

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now and may not be known well to the readers of

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He has provided 8 postings sofar

as Introduction and from here on he will

be writing about the individual 108 slOkams

over the next few weeks /months .In all , there

will be 100 plus postings of 3-4 paragraphs length .

Some difficult to assemble information is being

presented in these postings.

 

V.Sadagopan

 

>"Sampath Rengarajan" <srengara

>irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi - part 8 - "thEn vanthu pAyum eeram"

>

>Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam

>Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

>Sri Ramanujar thiru vadigaLE saraNam

>Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

>

>Dear bAgawathAs,

>

>singAra kuyilgal sangeetham pAdum

>sil enRa kARRu sol meethu oorum

>then amuthanAr sollin dheeram

>thEn vanthu pAyum eeram

>

>meaning: When this "varik kuyil" of Srivaishnva pArampariyam sings

>about Sri irAmAnusa nooRru anthAthi, there is a gentle breeze

>known as "anubavam" that dips itself in the "oyyAra aruvi" (the

>flow of the thought conveyed in the poorvAchAryA vyAkyAnams about

>Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi is similar to a "falls" that is so

>elegant and is flowing continously) and brings the dampness of the

>falls ("sAral") along with it. Such dampness is felt even when

>reading the words of Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr in his

>pasurams of Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi. The dampness is not

>only felt but it has been coming out as similar to a "spring"

>(ooRRu) with a non-stop flow. The "valimai" or the power of the

>words of Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr are incomparable. Whenever

>one dwell in this anubavam they will be soaked in honey or "thEn",

>in addition to this dampness and the the flow from this "ooRRu" or

>the "spring" and the words that are so powerful in senthamizh.

>

>

>These 3 pasurams were also validated by the prathyaksha darshanam

>of Sri emperumAnAr, Sri Koorathu AzhwAr and their shishyALs. Sri

>emperumAnAr, Sri AzhwAn and shishyALs stood as the "rakshai" this

>time around, and provided the protection for the 4000 at the end

>of it. It is said that Sri Kooratthu AzhwAr pleaded to Sri

>RanganAthar and thAyAr and wished that there must be "three sARRu

>pAsurams" for Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi. He did so, to make

>everyone to remember this incident that the last 3 pasurams are

>delivered in the presence of Sri emperumAnAr himself. So when all

>the other prabhandhams will have only 2 sARRu pAsurams Sri

>irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi alone will have three sARRu pAsurams.

>

>Though Sri peria vAcchAn pillai did not deliver a vyAkyAnam for Sri

>irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi, he had however overwhemingly mentioned

>refererence to Sri thiru arangatthu amuthAnAr's par-excellence in

>senthamizh pulakAngitham in many places. Sri peria AcchAn pilai

>also has compared some of the utterances in AzhwArs pAsurams to

>the usage of excellent anubavam of Sri Arangatthu amuthanAr. The

>"nirvAham" of Sri arangatthu amuthAnAr for AzhwAr pAsurams is

>cited by Sri peria AcchAn pillaiin in many of his vyAkyAnams. ie.,

>Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr had his own unique anubavam of Sri

>AzhwAr pAsurams and such is highlighted none other by the vyAkyAna

>chakravathi Sri peria AcchAn pillai himself.

>

>Sri pin pazhagiya jeer who is also the shishyAL of Sri nam jeer

>had delivered references to Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr in his

>"vArrtha mAlai" and "Sri ArAyirapadi guru pArampariyam". Swami

>dEsikan had referred to Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr in his

>"prabhandha sAram". Sri nayinAr AcchAn pillai (son of Sri peria

>AcchAn pillai) had delivered ample references to Sri thiru

>arangatthu amuthanAr in "saramOpAya nirnayam". Sri yamunAchAriar

>of thiru malai AndAn's vamsam also has delivered many references

>to Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr in his "pramEya rathnam".

>

>Sri thiru arangatthu amuthanAr lived for 108 years and he

>delivered 108 apoorva rathnams as pAdals or pasurams of Sri

>irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi. Sri MaNavALA mA munigaL delivered a

>concise "uRai" for these 108 pasurams. Sri pillai lOkam jeer

>delivered an elaborate vyAkyAnam using 1000 padi (*), for this

>grantham. Sri prathi vAthi bayankaram AnnangarAchAr delivered a

>vyAkyAnam for this "nool". Sri Utthamoor Swami delviered a

>vyAkyAnam for this grantham as a part of his commentary for 4000

>divya prabhadham. A detailed publication of Sri pillai lOkam

>Jeer's vyAkyAnam and Sri MaNavALa mA munigaL's "uRai" has been

>published after a a lapse of 108 years (ie after 1891) in 1999.

>Such publication was released to this world under the holy feet of

>than oppAr illappan last year at thiru viNNagaram sannithi. (**)

>thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan

>

>note: (*) - Please refer to some explanations for the metric known

>as "padi" from adiyEn's writings on thirup pAvAi.

>http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/dec98/./0172.html

>

>(**) - It is a divine command and unknown coincidence that adiyEn

>began to attempt to write on this as desired by the AngyAI of Sri

>Oppiliappan conveyed through Sri Oppiliappan kOil Varadachari

>Sadagopan Swamin. adiyEn was asked to write on this by a parama

>bAgawathAL of Sri than oppAr illappan without knowing about this

>publication that took place under HIS holy feet. After reading

>this incident, it is a "mayir kooccherirum experience" for me to

>think of how all this started here. Sri Sadagopan has delivered

>beautiful write up on Sri thiru arangatthu amuthAnar's anubavam

>that led to the birth of Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi & as well

>as about the thaniyans (please refer to the postings of the month

>of April from Malolan net archives) of this aboorva grantham.

>Since the thaniyans are already covered by Oppiliappan kOil Sri

>V.Sadagopan Swamin, adiyEn will pray to thiru arangatthu amuthanAr

>with those thaniyans and will attempt to start from pasuram 1 in

>the next part.