MahA VidvAn PerukkAraNai Swamy's ThiruppAvai Commentary: Part V : ParAsara Bhattar's Taniyian

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Srimathyai GodhAyai Nama:

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Let us pay our respects to the Taniyans of ThiruppAvai

in this posting .

 

Introductory Remarks (v.S)

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ThiruppAvai's glories are celebrated by the THREE Taniyans

(Mughdhakams) , which are composed by ParAsara Bhattar(b.1074 A.D)

in Sanskrit ( NeeLA Thunga Sthana Giri--) and two more in

Tamil by UyyakkoNDAr ( 826-937 A.D), the direct disciple of

AchArya Naathamuni . Swamy UyyakkoNDAr's Taniyans are:

 

(1) Anna Vayal Puthuvai ANDAL--

(2) SooDikkoduttha SudarkkodiyE --

 

There are number of other celebratory verses on

ANDAL's ThiruppAvai or Her avthAra Sthalam

by PoorvAchAryAs although the above three are

the only ones recognized as Taniyans for ThiruppAvai .

Some of the other verses in Tamil celebrating

ANDAL's Vaibhavam are:

 

(1) vEyar Pukazh VillipputthUr --Swamy Desikan

(2) inRo AadippUram ----Swamy MaNavALa MaamunigaL

(3) PeriyAzhwAr PeNN PiLLayAi-- "

(4) Anjukkudikku oru SanthathiyAi -- "

(5) paathakangaL Theerkkum Paramandi Kaattum

Vedam anaitthukkum VitthAhum --Vedap PirAn Bhattar

(6) Godhai PiranthavUr --Vedap PirAn Bhattar

(7) Vaazhit ThirunAmam: ThiruvAdip Pooratthil--

 

We will focus on the First of the three Taniyans

in this posting : Sri ParAsara Bhattar's Sanskrit

Taniyan , which is considered as the essence Of

(SaarArtham of )ThiruppAvai takes this grand form :

 

NeeLA-Tunga sthanagiri-taDI Suptham udhbhOdhya KrishNam

PaarArTyam svam sruthi-satha-siras-siddham adhyApayanthI

svOcchishtAyAm sraji nigalitham yaa balAthkruthya bhunkthE

GOdhA Tasyai Nama idhamidham bhUya yEvAsthu BhUya:

 

(Meaning according to Dr.V.N.S.Raghavan): May I offer

my obeisance again and again to Goddess ANDAL alias

GOdhA --to her alone--who awakened Lord KrishNA (taking

rest and)sleeping on the mountain-like lofty breasts of

Goddess NILA alias Nappinnai PirAtti; GOdhA , who has

imparted to Him ( Lord KrishNA )Her dependence ( on Him )

as established in the hundreds of the texts of the crown

of the VedAs( Viz. the VedAnthA or the Upanishads); and

GOdhA , who forcefully enjoys Him after binding Him with

flower-wreaths that were already worn by Her.

 

Last week , SrimAn U.Ve. M.A.VenaktakrishNan Swamy

gave a Tele-UpanyAsam on this Taniyan alone for

more than thrity minutes . He dealt at length with

the avathAram of this Taniyan at ThirukkOshtiUr

at the request of a sishyar of ParAsara Bhattar ,

who was at this dhivya dEsam in self-exile from Srirangam

as a result of his anguish over the apachAram of a local king.

Sri M.A.V.Swamy explained the significance of the words

" PaarArhtyam" at length in his UpanyAsam.

 

We will take up the SvApadEsArthams of this taniyan

as revealed by PoorvAchAryALs in general and

Sri PerukkAraNai Swamy in particular in the next posting.

 

"PinjAi PazhutthALai ANDALai Bhakthiyudan

NaaLUM VazhutthAi ManamE mahizhndu "

 

ThiruppAvai Jeeyar Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.SatakOpan