Fw: Saranagathi Fw: Thiruppaavai

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Dear Sri Rangaswamy :

 

Thanks for another thought-provoking posting

on the ve of Maarghazhi Maasa PiRappu .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya,

V.Sadagopan

 

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"Rangaswamy Muralidhar Civ AFRL/SNHE"

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Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:31 PM

RE: Saranagathi Fw: Thiruppaavai

 

 

> Sri:

>

> SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>

> Dear Sadagopan Swamin,

>

> Thanks for your note on the above subject. We may remember the strident

> declaration "kodai tamizh aIaindum aindum ariyAdha mAnidaraI vayyam

> summapadum vambu" bearing eloquent testimony to the loftiness of the

> magnificent verses of Andal. These magnificent verses succicntly

> encapsulate the karma and jnana Khandam of the vedas-verses 1-17 being the

> germinating seeds for the karma Khandam and verse 18-30 the corresponding

> item for the jnAna khandam. In particular pasuram 3 is worthwhile

> mentioning for it is the succinct encapsulation of the entire soma

> mandalam of the Rg Vedam devoted to the glorification of Lord Trivikrama.

> The beauty of this avataram is that it is the only incarnation in which

> the Lord did not undertake any samharam. The Yajur vedam describes this

> act in the rk "yajnasya bhogadhaDhi prathyushtagam raksha prathyushtA...".

> Swami Desikan uses this rk verbatim to describe Trivikrama as raksha

> Vamana. The Vedam Rk again declares the benefit of extolling this avataram

> through the salutation "varuNa krutha", i.e., there is copious flow of

> rain water (racchOdhakam). The Lord is described in the Taittriya

> Upanishad as raso vai saha (i.e., he is the nature of rasa-Brahma ananda

> anubhava rasa). The Taittriya and Aitareya Brahmana declare the presence

> of this rasa at the third foot of Trivikrama. Swami Desikan highlights

> this fact in verse 428 of the Padhuka Sahasram, wherein he declares that

> there arose a competetion between the two Padhukas as to who should be

> first to grace Bali (in order to partake of the Brahma ananda anubhava

> rasa) and notes that the right Padhuka won out in this contest. The Vishnu

> puraNam equates this rasa to the Ganga emanating from the tiruvadi of

> Trivikrama, which is eulogized by Swami Alavandar's stotra ratnam

> salutation "kadha puna: shankha rathAnga kalpaka..." and Swami Desikan's

> Daya Shatakam tribute "prasaktha madhunAvidhi praNihithaissaparyOdhakai:".

> Andal beautifully brings these aspects together in the Ongi ulagalantha

> Pasuram. Thanks again for enabling adiyen to start his day with the

> contemplation of the sublime Tiruvadi of Trivikrama.

>

> Namo Narayana,

>

> SriMuralidhara Dasan

>