Priest Quarters at Sri RanganAtha Temple series: PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallaNDU Paasurams: Part I

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Tomorrow is the Thiru Nakshthram of adiyEn's SamAsrayaNa

AchAryan , HH the 43rd Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam , Sri VaNN

SathakOpa Sri Veeraraghava YathIndhra MahA Desikan known as

the DEvanAr ViLAgam Jeeyar , who hails from an agraharam

near the dhivya dEsam of Oppiliappan Koil .

 

It is with DaNdavath PraNAmams to my SamAsrayaNa AchAryan

that adiyEn dedicates this series on ThiruppallANDu of PeriyAzhwAr .

 

Earlier I had written about the sources from which adiyEn is

planning to summarize the vyAkhyAnams on ThiruppallANDu

by AchAryAs during the last five centuries . Here is an excerpt

on the scope of these postings:

 

> adiyEn will also cover the Sanskrit Commentary of Sri Upanishad

> BhAshyakArar (16th Century C.E) on ThiruppallANDu ,

> Sri Periya ParakAla Swamy (1676-1737 C.E) ,

> Thirukudanthai Desikan(1700-1783 C.E) and Thirukudanthai

> Sri RanganAtha Swamy ( PeriyANDavan Thiruvadi ) have written

> in the last five hundred years additioanl > commentaries on

>THIRUPPALLANDU . All of these commentaries have been edited by

> Oppiliappan Koil SrimAn V.N.Vedanatha Desikan on behalf of his AchAryan ,

> HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan Swamy in 2002. Since all

> of them are in MaNi PravALam or in Sanskrit , adiyEn's value add

> will be in the form of summary of these commentaries on

> ThiruppallANDu in English for extended enjoyment by aasthikAs

>during this coming sacred month connecting to SrivilliputthUr .

 

Other Commentaries and Saarams

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Sriman T.C.A.VenkatEsan has assembled the avathArikai (Introduction)

of Parama KaaruNeekar PeriyavAcchAn PILLai , the VyAkhyAna

Chakravarthy on ThiruppallANDu and the meanings of the 12 paasurams of

ThiruppallANDu , which you can enjoy at:

 

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/tpallan/index.html

 

The Scope of current postings

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The structure of these ThiruppallANDu postings would have

these features :

 

1. The three Taniyans for ThiruppallANDu and the VyAkhyAnams

for them by Sri Vaathsya AhObilAcchAr Swamy . Two of these three

Taniyans are by Swamy Naathamuni composed at Srirangam

at the tiem of Adhyayana Uthsavam and the third is by Sri ParAsara Bhattar

durign his stay at ThirukkOshtiyUr dear to PeriyAzhwAr .

 

2. Introductions (avathArikais) by Upanishad BhAshyakArar ,

Srimath Periya ParakAla Swamy ,Srimath Thirukkudanthai

Desikan and SrI RanganAtha Swamy of Thirukkudanthai .

 

3. Individual PaalANDu Pasurams with excerpts from the commentaries of

the above Four Commentators to bring in the complimentary points of view

and the new insights .

 

It will take some time to complete this kaimakryam but AchArya

anugraham will help to conclude this humble effort .

 

adiyEn will conclude this posting with Swamy Desikan's

Prabhandha Saara Paasuram relating to PeriyAzhwAr :

 

pEraNintha VilliputthUrathaanitannil

perunchOthi tanil thOnRum PerumAnE , munn

seeraNintha PaaNDiyan tann nenju tannil

thyukkaRa Maal paratatthuvatthait-tiRamAc-cheppi

VaaraNamEl Mathurai valam varavE , Vaanil

maal GarudavAhanAit-tOnRa vaazhthum

yEraNi PallANDu Mudharp-paattu naanURRu

yezhupatthu onRumiraNDum yenakku udhavu NeeyE

 

(Meaning): Oh the MahAn , who was born in the ceelbrated

SrivilliputthUr on a Aani Svaathi nakshathram day ! Once upon a time ,

You instructed the famous PaanDyan KIng in a clear and comprehensive

manner that left no doubt in his mind about the Supermacy of Sriamn

NaarAyaNan and was honored by him to ride on the raaja veedhis of

Mathurai , his capitol . Your Lord Sriman NaarAyaNa appeard on

the sky on the back of GarudAzhwAn and recieved your mangaLAsAasnam

of ThiruppallANDu . May You bless me with the knowledge of ThiruppallANDu

and the other 473 paasurams of the Thirumozhi bearing Your name !

 

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

ThUppul KulatthadiyArkaL adiyAr poRRp-padham pORRi

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

P.S: Please do remember to help in housing the priests

of Lord Ranganatha at the Pomona temple , well versed in

Ubhaya VedAntham . We have 19 days left to conclude this

kaimakaryam for the BahgavathAs serving the Lord at HIs

Pomona , NY home .