tiruppavai satha ashtotra namAs

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srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Dear Baghavatas,

 

Thanks to many bhAgavatAs adding bhagavAn namas in tiruppAvai to make

satha ashtotra. adiyEn has neither authority nor qualification to

make it a nAmAvaLi. This is just to identify various gunas that

andAl has used to praise the lord. When we prefix with pranavam and

suffix with namaha, it becomes nAmAvaLi.

 

Sometime back Sriman Sudharshan Swamin of Kuwait, had written a

splendid explanation about the word "kim". When Yudhishtra asks 6

questions, enquiring "kim"

 

1. kim Ekam daivatam lokE : Who is the supreme god

2. kim vAp Ekam parAyanam : Who is the only abode

3. stuvantah kim : Who is the god to be praised (worshipped)

4. kim archantha prApnuyur mAnava subham : By praising whom, human beings will obtain subham.

5. kO dharma sarva dharmAnam : Of all dharmAs, which is the supreme dharmA

6. kim jappan mUchyatE jantuh janma samsAra bandhanAth : By

meditating on who, the living beings come out of this samsaric cycle.

 

Ironically, our temple in pluit, jakarta is also guarded by person

named "Kim". I understand from Badri mama that he though being a

muslim is a strict vegetarian.

 

For this Bhisma pitAmakar starts replying that "jagad prabum, deva

devam, anantham, purushottamam, stuvan namah sahasrEna purusha

sathata uttitaha" Hearing this, Yudishtra starts looking up and

enquiring himself where is HE. Bhisma concludes "HE is just sitting

near to you and HE is dEvaki nandana". Finally, these sahasra nAmAs

are "yAni nAmAni gounAni". The thousand names of Lord (sahasra

nAmam), each nAmA represent a gunA of the Lord. It was my bhAgyam to

hear the upanyAsams of Swami Vellukudi Krishnan on tiruppAvai and

prays for Swamin's anugraham. adiyEn shall try to post some of

Swamin's anubhavam on tiruppAvai and nAmA (guna) of the Lord.

 

Hence, namA represents gunA of the Lord. The basic gunAs of the Lord

(word bhagavAn means having six gunAs) gnanam, sakthi, veeryam,

aiswaryam, tejas, balam and our Lord has anantha kalayana gunas in

addition like dayA, soulabyam, sowseelyam, et al. That's why one of

the Lord's nAmA is "nambi", which means guna paripoornan (emodiment

of satva gunAs). Let us try to relate each of the below mentioned

nAmA to his gunA. adiyEn request the enlighted people to correct my

mistakes and shall be blessed to stand corrected.

 

namO nArAyanA

 

G. Sundarrajan

 

Pasuram 1 : 1. Nandagopan kumaran 2. Yasodhai iLam singam 3. karmenian

4. sengkannan 5. kadhir madiyam pol mugathan 6. nArAyanan

Pasuram 2 : 7. pArkadaluL paiya thuyindra paraman

Pasuram 3 : 8. Ongi ulagaLanthavan 9. Uthaman

Pasuram 4 : 10. am (beautiful) thOludayavan 11. oOzhi muthalavan 12. Padmanabhan

Pasuram 5 : 13. mAyan 14. vada mathurai maindhan 15. yamunai thuraivan

16. Ayar kula aniviLakku 17. dAmodharan

Pasuram 6 : 18. puL arayan 19. kalla sakatam kAlOchiyavan 20. vella

tharavil thuyil amarndha vittu (ksheerapdi nathan) 21. Hari

Pasuram 7 : 22. nArAyanan 23. mUrthi 24. kEsavan

Pasuram 8 : 25. mAvAi piLandhavan 26. mallarai mattiyavan 27. dEvAthi dEvan

Pasuram 9 : 28. mAmAyan 29. mAdhavan 30. vaikundan

Pasuram 10 : 31. natra thuzai mudi nArAyanan 32. parai tharubavan 33. puNiyan

Pasuram 11 : 34. mugil vannan

Pasuram 12 : 35. then ilangai komanai setravan 36. manathukku iniyan

Pasuram 13 : 37. pullin vai keendan 38. polla arakkanai killi kalaindhan

Pasuram 14 : 39. thadakkaiyan 40. pangaya kannan

Pasuram 15 : 41. vallanai konravan 42. matRu azhikka vallan 43. mAyan

Pasuram 16 : 44. nAyakan 45. mAyan 46. maNivannan

Pasuram 17 : 47. Ongi ulagalandhavan 48. umbar kOman 49. baladevanin umbi

Pasuram 18 : 50. nappinai maithunan

Pasuram 19 : 51. malar marban 52. maithadam kanniyin manalan

Pasuram 20 : 53. amararkku mun senravan 54. kappam thavirpavan 55.

kali 56. seppam udayavan 57. thiral udayavan 58. setrarku veppam

koduppavan 59. vimalan 60. thiru (thiruvukkum thiruvagiya selvan) 61.

nappinnai manalan

Pasuram 21 : 62. Pasukkal atra padaithanin (nandagopan) magan 63.

ootram udaiyavan 64. periyavan 65. thotramAi ninra sudar

Pasuram 22 : 66. thAmaraI poo pondra kannudayavan (pundareekashan) 67.

sengkannan 68. tingalum adityanum pol kannudayavan (ravi

chandrakshakaha)

Pasuram 23 : 69. seeriya singam 70. poo vannan 71. seeriya

singasanathu irruppavan (namperumal sengkol)

Pasuram 24 : 72. (mundru) ulagam alanda adi 73. ilangai setra thiral

74. sagadam uthaitha pugazh 75. kanrai kunilai erintha kazhal 76.

(govarthana malai) kudaiyai edutha gunam 77. pagai kedutha gunam 78.

vEl kondavan 79. sevagam(E) koLbavan 80. (gopika sthreegalukku)

irangubavan.

Pasuram 25 : 81. dEvaki magan (orutti maganai pirandhu) 82. yasOdhai

magan (orutti maganai valarndha) 83. (kamsanin tavarana) karuthai

pizhaipittavan 84. nedu mal 85. parai (kaimkaryam) tharubavan

Pasuram 26 : 86. mAl 87. manivannan 88. Alin ilayAi

Pasuram 27 : 89. koodarai (those who don't wish to associate with HIM) velbavan 90. gOvinda

Pasuram 28 : 91. Ayar kulathil pirandhavan 92. punniyan 93. kurai onrum illadha gOvinda 94. iRaiva

Pasuram 29 : 95. potramarai adi 96. (petram meithu unnum) kulathil

pirandhavan 97. (bAghavatA's) kutra evalgalai kollubavan 98. gOvindha

99. matra kamangali matrubavan

Pasuram 30 : 100. vanga kadal kadaindhavan 101. mAdhavan 102. kEsavan

103. parai (kaimkaryam) koduppavan 104. irirandu thoL udayavan 105.

mAl 106. sengkannan 107. selvan 108. thirumAl

 

namO nArAyanA

 

G.SundarrajanIndonesia