Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-44)

[Guest guest]

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

The divine arthas given by andal in the “karavaigal pin sendru”

paasuram are really extraordinary. Thiruppavai is considered to be

“vedam anaiththukkum viththu” (the seed that grows the Vedas). No

wonder that each paasuram is flooded with so many divine meanings.

Each and every word deserves pages and pages of explanations that

have been beautifully elaborated eminently by our poorvacharyas.

Limited to our knowledge and time we have been enjoying just few

drops from that outstanding divine ocean. So half-heartedly adiyen

continues with explaining just a single part in this paasuram, though

the whole paasuram is really avid. Adiyen’s sincere request to all

bhagavatas is please do try to go through the thiruppavai commentary

atleast once in your life time else you are sure to miss a great

treasure.

 

(ariyAdha pillaigalOm anbinAl vunthannai sirupEr azhaiththanavum seeri

arulAdhE) Andal said “kurai vondrumillAdha govinda” and “koodArai

vellum seer govinda” that got immense pleasure to the divine hearts

of krishna. But then he questioned, “Oh! Andal now you are calling

me with the name that is very dear to me but why did you initially

call me with other names?” What are the other names krishna is

referring to? It is really amazing that here krishna is referring to

that very thirunamam that has been greatly adorned by the sastras

“nArayanan”. Even by the number of letters “govinda” is only less

but how did “narayana” become “sirupEr” (small name). It is small in

the heart of krishna. “Narayana” may show his paratvam but not his

sowlabhyam. Only to show his sowlabhyam did emperuman leave all his

joy in his divine abode and takes avatara as krishna amidst the

gopalas and became govindan. The greatest crowning for krishna was

the “govinda pattabhishekam”. He was not satisfied even being

crowned the king of ayodhya by all the maharishis but he was elated

to be crowned as “govindan” in front of the gopalas.

 

Understanding the divine feeling of krishna andal says, “Oh! Lord due

to the immense love we have towards you we don’t know what we are

really talking and hence we have called you as narayana earlier but

now we apologize for our ignorance. Elders with big heart forgive

the small mistakes of innocent folks; won’t you forgive and forget

our mistakes?

 

Arjuna also apologized for calling krishna with small names. What were they?

“sakEthi matvA prasabham yadhuktham hEy krishna! HEy yAdhava! hEy sakEthi!

ajAnathA mahimAnam tavEmam mayA pramAdhAth pranayEna vApiII”

Arjuna perplexed by having the divine vishavaroopa darisanam considers

calling parthasarathi earlier as “krishna, yAdhava etc” to be a big

mistake. But in the case of andal, she surrendered to the divine lord

considered him to be the upaya and upEya and due to her deep bhakthi

the name narayana, the indication of the lord’s paratvam was small

and govinda that indicated his sowlabhyam the apt name.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

[Guest guest]

Indeed very true. The ARAyirappaDi vyAkyanam is dense with words to

convey the feelings of the Almighty.

One such sentence:

sri krshNA to gOpikAs:

"ippadi nammODEa vuRavu sollA ninREgOL! vungaLai gopigaigaLAgavum,

nammai gOvindhanagavum ippOdhanROA solliRRu.

nammai adiyilEa marumathilEa thottu vaithu mEalum adhilEa nadandhu

vandhu, kAriya kAlam AnavAREA vAlai kuzhaithu "gOvindhA" ennA

ninREgOlEA! ennAkki vidaRku" enRAn.

 

Lord addressing to the gOpikAs - All along You have been calling me

formal names. Only now that the climax is to crystallize and the

desire is to be fulfilled you are curling your tails and addressing

me 'gOvindhA"

 

Aptly conveying the feelings of the Lord - again the pinnancle of saulabyam

is it not?

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

-

Sumithra Varadarajan

vanamamalai ; ramanuja

Cc: Oppiliappan

Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:45 PM

Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-44)

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

The divine arthas given by andal in the “karavaigal pin sendru”

paasuram are really extraordinary. Thiruppavai is considered to be

“vedam anaiththukkum viththu” (the seed that grows the Vedas). No

wonder that each paasuram is flooded with so many divine meanings.

Each and every word deserves pages and pages of explanations that

have been beautifully elaborated eminently by our poorvacharyas.

Limited to our knowledge and time we have been enjoying just few

drops from that outstanding divine ocean. So half-heartedly adiyen

continues with explaining just a single part in this paasuram, though

the whole paasuram is really avid. Adiyen’s sincere request to all

bhagavatas is please do try to go through the thiruppavai commentary

atleast once in your life time else you are sure to miss a great

treasure.

 

(ariyAdha pillaigalOm anbinAl vunthannai sirupEr azhaiththanavum seeri

arulAdhE) Andal said “kurai vondrumillAdha govinda” and “koodArai

vellum seer govinda” that got immense pleasure to the divine hearts

of krishna. But then he questioned, “Oh! Andal now you are calling

me with the name that is very dear to me but why did you initially

call me with other names?” What are the other names krishna is

referring to? It is really amazing that here krishna is referring to

that very thirunamam that has been greatly adorned by the sastras

“nArayanan”. Even by the number of letters “govinda” is only less

but how did “narayana” become “sirupEr” (small name). It is small in

the heart of krishna. “Narayana” may show his paratvam but not his

sowlabhyam. Only to show his sowlabhyam did emperuman leave all his

joy in his divine abode and takes avatara as krishna amidst the

gopalas and became govindan. The greatest crowning for krishna was

the “govinda pattabhishekam”. He was not satisfied even being

crowned the king of ayodhya by all the maharishis but he was elated

to be crowned as “govindan” in front of the gopalas.

 

Understanding the divine feeling of krishna andal says, “Oh! Lord due

to the immense love we have towards you we don’t know what we are

really talking and hence we have called you as narayana earlier but

now we apologize for our ignorance. Elders with big heart forgive

the small mistakes of innocent folks; won’t you forgive and forget

our mistakes?

 

Arjuna also apologized for calling krishna with small names. What were they?

“sakEthi matvA prasabham yadhuktham hEy krishna! HEy yAdhava! hEy sakEthi!

ajAnathA mahimAnam tavEmam mayA pramAdhAth pranayEna vApiII”

Arjuna perplexed by having the divine vishavaroopa darisanam considers

calling parthasarathi earlier as “krishna, yAdhava etc” to be a big

mistake. But in the case of andal, she surrendered to the divine lord

considered him to be the upaya and upEya and due to her deep bhakthi

the name narayana, the indication of the lord’s paratvam was small

and govinda that indicated his sowlabhyam the apt name.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan