A Day in the Life of our Acharyas - 75 - Thiruppavai and Bhattar

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear bhAgavatas,

 

Sri Padmanabhan Swami's point that Bhattar's presence

is everywhere in Thiruppavai is apt. adiyEn has heard

from upanyAsakas that not only in Thiruppavai but in

all of the 4000 vyakhyanams, Bhattar's nirvAhams are

the last say on that matter.

 

Sri Padmanabhan's point will be the focus of our

series 'A Day in the Lif of our Acharyas' next - that

is, we will look at all of Bhattar's nirvAhams in

Thiruppavai, pasuram by pasuram.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Thiruppavai pasuram 1: "mathi niRaintha"

 

This phrase refers to the full moon. Prior to this,

the gOpikas were seeking the darkness - for lovers

and thieves, it is darkness that is needed. It is thus

Andal had sung "naLLirutkaN ennai uyththidumin" in

Nacchiyar Thirumozhi. There Andal had mentioned Sri

Nandagopar's doorstep ("nandagOpan kadaiththalai").

 

Bhattar recalls that here and explains what is

happening in Sri Nandagopar's doorstep: "bhishakkukkaL

vAsal Arththar kattaNamAyk kidakkumApOlE, srinandagOpar

vAsal krushNanAlE puNpatta peNgaL kattaNamAyk

kidakkumAyk koLLIr".

 

That is, just as people who are badly hurt physically

are brought in stretchers and placed at the doorstep

of the doctor's office, so too gOpikas whose hearts

are affected by Sri Krishna are brought in stretchers

and placed at the doorstep of Sri Nandagopar (and

a whole lot of these girls are thus lying at the

doorstep).

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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