what was that you did?

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Dear sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

"My son, having born through me, is expected to solve the problems, coming

in the way of my pithrukkaL's and mine, to enable us to reach swargam

easily, being relieved from the claws of the "puth" naragam. That is why he

is called puthran". This is the general statement as per saasthrams for all

of us mortals.

 

If para vaasudhEvan, that supreme Lord himself, who is that ultimate problem

solver and the solution, for all ills in this and all other worlds, is the

puthran for a set of human beings, what sort of relief will he give to his

parents [or what are all the benefits the parents will get from such a

son?].

 

Is it only relief from the "puth" naragam or moksham or something else.

 

I feel, it may be something more valuable, than that relief from puth or

moksham. That something else is that, their name will always remembered

along with the name of the Lord, as long as that Lord is meditated on or

thought about in this world. Is this the greatest bhagyam in this world or

that moksham in that world.

 

Note: [please do not pick up a thread for another controversy that I am

belittling moksham and those aspiring for that moksham by becoming

prapannaas. It is usual practice to praise one thing a little more, to show

that is more important to the context than any other thing. The same style

is adopted here]

 

So is it a wonder, if somebody addresses that parent with a question "what

is that you did to beget such a son?" or "what is that penance you did to

beget such a son?", who got that para vaasudhEvan as his or her son like

King dhasaratha or vasudhEvar, dhEvaki or YasOdhaa. Can some body really

quantify, what is that thavam or penance, or, is it really possible to get

an answer.

 

See the lines below, here the mother, not even that father is showered with

such accolades. This song is by Sri Papanaasam Sivan in raaga kaapi- a song

marvel, from a person who passed away recently.

 

Whenever I read or hear this song, [sung even by a learner- an absolute

kaththuk kutti] my eyes swells with spring of tears, for it is about my pet

kutti kaNNan and the song is enriched with so much meaning in it.

 

Pallavi:

Enna thavam seidhanai- yasOdhaa

Engum nirai parabhrahmam ammaa enru azhaikka - enna

 

Anupallavi:

EerEzhu bhuvanangaL padaiththavanai kaiyil Enthi

Seeraatti paal ootti thaalaatti vaLarkka nee - enna

 

CharaNam 1:

Bhirammanum indhiranum manathil poraamai koLLa kaNNanai

Uralil katti vaai poththi kencha vaiththa thaayE- nee- enna

 

CharaNam 2:

Sanakkaadhiyar thava yOgam seithu varunthi saadhiththathi

punitha maathE eLithil pera nee - enna

 

Now see another krithi from a different author, but the pith and substance

is same proclaimation, "Oh! YasOdhaa!! What is that penance you did to beget

such a child". See the Ambujam krishna krithi in raagamaalika

 

Pallavi &anu pallavi in Raaga - Kalyani

 

Pallavi:

paNNiya puNNiyam yadhu ammaa adhaip

parinthu emakku ingu koorammaa - paNNiya

 

Anupallavi:

paarkadal paambu aNai viduththup paraman un

madi aduththup paal uNNa yasOdhaa nee - paNNiya

 

CharaNam 1: in raaga keeravaaNi

kattith thayir veNNai kaaichchina paal vaiththuk

kaaththirunthEn ethir paarththu irunthEn

thatti vazhi maraiththu um sattith thayir veNNai

kottiyavan uNNa gOkulaththeer neevir- paNNiya

 

CharaNam 2: in raaga naatakurinji

eNNam enum izhaiyil paN malargaL thoduththuk

kaNNan kazhal saaththak kaaththirunthEn

paN isaiththu ummudan paal nilavil avan

vaNNamaai viLaiyaada vanithaiyar neevir - paNNiya

 

CharaNam 3: in raaga lalithaa

thanjam thanjam enru thaaL malar paNinthum

konjamum ennidam dhayavu illaa gOvindhan

anjEl anjEl enru anru giri thaangi

anbudan adaikkalam thanthida aayar kulam - paNNiya

 

Read one more krithi from a different author, but the pith and substance of

this krithi is also again the same proclamation, "Oh! YasOdhaa!! What is

that penance you did to beget such a child". See the Ooththukkaadu Venkata

Subbu Iyer krithi in raaga ataaNaa

 

Pallavi:

engum illaadhoru piLLai peRRaaL yasOdhai

ini mEl avaLukku enna kuRai?

 

Anupallavi:

Eduththuch chonnaal adhu oru abhachcharam

Endi namakkuL intha vivagaaram

Koduththu vaiththavan nandha gOpa maharaajan

Kulam engaNum nirai mangaLam udhavumpadi padhapankajam - engum

 

CharaNam 1:

Sankai illaadhu inthap piLLaip peRRuk koLLa

ThavangaL iyaRRiyathu eththanai

Thangu thadaiyinRi aasai niraivEra

Dhaana dharumangaL eththanai

Gangaiyum kaasiyum raamEsvaramumaai

Kanda kshEththirangaL eththanai?

Kai mEl palanaaga uRi veNNaith thayir paalum

KaLavaadum neelach chamaththanai - engum

 

In the next post we will enjoy the meanings and some comments

 

Dhaasan M.G. Vasudevan