Paasurappadi DasAvathara sthuthi

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

In the following posting , a unintended error had crept in

regarding the attrribution of the authorship of the Paasurams

quoted from 2-5 .

 

All of the Paasurams quoted are from PeriyAzhwAr's

Thirumozhi .Hence , please correct the passages

( paasurams 2-5) as PeriyAzhwAr Thirmozhi instead of

Periya Thirumozhi, which belongs to Thirumangai Mannan .

 

Regret the unintended confusion.

 

Daasan, V.SatakOpan(V.Sadagopan)

>Paasurappadi DasAvathara sthuthi

>

>Dear BhakthAs :

>

>This morning adiyEn had the opportunity to hear

>the beautiful DasAvathAra Raaga Maalika kruthi

>in 10 RaagAs sung by the late SangItha KalAnidhis

>AalatthUr Brothers.This krithi starts with

>Mohana Raagam.

>

>DasaavathAra Raaga Maalikia krithi

>**********************************

>This krithi is a beautiful one composed by

>the former King of Travancore, Swathi ThirnALL

>( 1813-47A.D).This king , a contemproary of

>Saint ThyagarAjA and ruled KeraLA (ParasurAma KshEthram)

>as the representative of Sri Aanantha PadmanAbha Perumal ,

>who had received the MangaLAsAsanams from Swamy NammAzhwAr

>( ThiruvAimozhi : 10.2.1-11) earlier.

>

>The Saahithya KarthA's ankitham (MudhrAs)

>*****************************************

>

>Swathi ThirunALL's main mudhrA as a composer in

>his saahithyams ( ParyAya MudhrA) is "PadmanAbhA".

>The other MudhrAs that he used to salute the Lord

>with reference to the Lotus (Padma )arising from his

>naabhi are : Abja NAbha , AmbhOruha nAbha, Ambuja nAbha ,

>Jalaja nAbha , Jalaruha nAbha, Kamala nAbha ,

>Khanja nAbha ,NaLina nAbha, Neeraja nAbha , Pankaja nAbha ,

>PundarIka nAbha , Saarasa nAbha , SarasIruha nAbha,

>SarOja nAbha , Vanaja nAbhA , Vanaruha nAbha, Vaarija-

>nAbha and Vaariruha nAbha . Such was His devotion

>for the Lord of Thiruvananthapuram , his kula dhaivam.

>

>Swamy ALavandhAr's anubhavam at Thiruvananthapuram

>****************************************************

>

>Prior to describing the effect of listening to

>this beautifully renderd Sanskrit DasAvathAra Krithi of

>the MaharAjA of Travancore , adiyEn would like to

>dwell briefly on what happened to Swamy ALavandhAr

>at Thiruvananthapuram .It all started from Swamy

>ALavandhAr hearing and reflecting on the Paasurams of

>Swamy NammAzhwAr on the EmperumAn of Thiruvananthapuram.

>

>Swamy NammAzhwAr asked all of us to rush to the side of

>Sri Hari Lakshmi SamEtha Sri Aanantha PadhmanAbha Swamy

>to receive freedom form all samsAric Afflictions . When

>Swamy AlavandhAr heard the recital of these paasurams ,

>he just took off as an arrow to Thiruvananthapuram and

>enjoyed the sevai of the Lord there and stayed there

>for a while steeped in the bliss of BhagavAn's

>sEvai . In this ecstacy , he forgot the date by which

>he should have returned to Veera NaarAyanapuram

>to be initiated into Yoga Rahasyam from his grandfather's

>(Naathamuni's) sishyan by the name of Thirukkuruhai-

>Kaavalappan .

>

>Naatha Muni was initated earlier by Swamy NammAzhwAr

>on the esoteric Yoga Rahasya anushtAnam as a special

>blessing at ThirukkuruhUr. Naatha Muni in turn had

>entrusted his disciple ,Thirukkuruhai Kaavalappan (TK)

>to receive the upadEsam on Yoga rahasyam. AlavandhAr

>was asked by his AchAryan, Sri Raama Misrar to receive

>the Yoga Rahasyam initiation (Family property )

>from Thirukkurhai Kaavalappan and latter obliged happily.

>Sri TK asked Swamy AlavandhAr to return before the coming

>Thai Pushyam , since he was going to shake off

>his mortal coils during the abhijin muhUrtham of

>that special day. AlavandhAr felt blessed and

>took a short trip to Thiruvanathapuram to

>worship Sri Anantha PadhmanAbhan . There he lost

>count of time and suddenly relaized that it was

>Thai Pushyam day and could not return to Veera-

>NaarAyaNa puram in time to receive the much

>longeed-for upadEsam on Yoga Rahasyam. Swamy

>AlavandhAr was heart broken over his misfortune .

>From that day , the yoga Rahasyam disappeared

>from anushtAnam due to the break in the chain of

>UpadEsam. Swamy AlavandhAr returned to Srirangam

>and in a trip to Kaanchi prayed to Lord VaradarAjan

>to bless Sri RaamAnujA to become his successor

>in the AchArya Peetam .

>

>Reflections on listening to the DasAvathAra Krithi

>***************************************************

>The reflection on the DasAvathAra Krithi of

>Swathi ThirunALL brought all these associative

>memories. AdiyEn was moved to compose a small eulogy

>to the DasAvathArams of Sriman NaarAyaNan using

>the words of AzhwAr Paasurams ( Paasurap Padi).

>AdiyEn has started this series with the Paasurams of

>PeriyAzhwAr and ANDAL's pORRIt Thiruppavai( 24th Paasuram ).

>

>

>AdiyEn presents it as samarpaNam at the sacred

>feet of Sri Hari Lakshmi SamEtha Sri PadmanAbha Prabhan.

>

>DasaavathAra sthuthi (Paasurappadi )

>*************************************

>

>1. anthiyam pOthilariyuruvAhi ariyai

>azhitthavan guNam pORRI --(ThiruppallANDu )

>

>2. thEvudaya MeenamAyAmayAi yEnamAi ariyAik KuRaLAi

> Moovruvili RaamanAik KaNnanAi KaRkkiyAI MudippAn

> puhazh pORRi-- Periya Thirumozhi: 4.9.9)

>

>Here, PeriyAzhwAr salutes all the ten avathArams

>of Sri RanganAthan . He starts with the MatsyAvathAram

>and points out that it was "ThEvudaya Meenam ".

>The lustre of that fish (mathsyam )grew bigger and

>bigger as it grew in to larger and larger sizes.

>

>The second avathAram is KoorMAvathAram and is

>saluted as "AamayAi". The third in the order is

>VarAhAvathAram and is described as " yEnamAi".

>The fourth avathAraam is that of Narasimhan

>(ariyAi) , which was saluted first in ThiruppallANDu.

>The fifth avathAram is that of the dwarf brahmachAri

>(KuRaLAi) , who measured the universes later as Thrivikraman.

>

>The sixth , seventh and the eighth avathArams of

>Sri RanganAthan are those three , which have the Raama

>nAmam in common ( ParasuRAAMA , Dasaratha RAAMA and

>Balabhadra RAAMA ). The ninth avathAram is that of

>Lord KrishNA ( KaNNanAI) and the final avathArAm

>that is yet to happen is that of Kalki ( KaRkkiyAI).

>

>3. annamum meenruvmALariyum KuRaLum Amayum aanavanE

> AayarkaL Naayakan aDi pORRi --( Periya Thirumozhi: 1.5.11)

>

>Here PriyAzhwAr is enjoying the senkeerai aadum

>stage of Baala Gopalan and has the vision of some of

>the dasAvathArams (Mathsyam , Narasimhan, Vaamanan

>and Koormam ) of the Lord of the GOpAs.

>

>4. KaaLiyan uchciyilE thooya nadam payilum

> Sundaran thALL poRRI --(Periya Thirumozhi 1.5.6)

>

>The dance lessons on the hoods of the serpent KaaLiyan

>by Baala GOpAlan is saluted here.

>

>5. Panchavar thUthanAi BhAratham kai seythavaa pORRi

> (Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.1, AcchO paruvam)

>

>The act of serving as the PaaNDava DhUthan and

>the management of the Bhaaratha yuddham

>to lighten the load of the Earth is saluted here.

>

>6. Maavali vELviyil Sukkiran KaNNait thurumpAl

> KiLariya Vaamana nampI ninn thiRal pORRi

> (PeriyAzhwAr : 2.10.7 & 2.3.8)

>

>Here, the piercing the eye of SukrAcchAr (asura guru)

>by Vaamanan who took the form of a bee to block

>the flow of water from the GhiNdi of MaahA Bali

>is sluted here.Vaamana mUrthy took a dharbham

>and with its sharp edge pierced one eye of the

>asura Guru to stop him from interfering.

>

>7. yEnatthuruvAi immaNNinai iDantha VarAha NampI

> ninn sathirp pORRi (PeriyAzhwAr: 2.10.9 )

>

>The pictureof BhUvarAhan lifting BhUmi Devi

>on His incisor is visualized here.

>

>8. Tankayai mookum tamayanait talayum taDittha

> yemm Daasarathy nin kaiyil vill pORRI

> (PeriyAzhwAr : 4.7.1)

>

>Lord RaamachandrA's cutitng the nose of SoorpaNakai,

>who offended JaanakI maathA and the cutting of

>the heads of RaavaNan , who offended Jaanaki dEvi

>is referrd to here.

>

>Naathanai Narasinghanai navinREtthuvArkaLuzhakkiya

>paatha thooLi paduvathAl ivvulaham bhAkkiyam seythathE

>( periyAzhwAr : 4.4.6)

>

>We will conclude this posting with a tribute to

>Lord Narasimhan as we started with and remember

>PeriyAzhwAr's word that this earth is blessed

>to have the connection with the dust of the feet of

>Sri VaishNavAs , who worship Lord Narasimhan through

>their sthOthrams and AarAdhanams like Srimath

>Azhagiya Singar .

>

>NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa,

>Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil SatakOpan

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