Thondardippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi Paasurams: Part II

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Today , adiyEn will comment on the tradition of

Vandhis and VaithALikAs in the context of waking

up Kings in the mornig and wishing them SuprabhAdhams .

Lord RanganAthan is the Emperor of all Kings and

ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr performed both the Vandhi

and VaithAlikA roles in the magnificent awakening

Paasurams of ThiruppaLLIyezhucchi.

 

Who are trhe Vandhis and Vaithalikas ?

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Vandhi is the One who praises (eulogizes ) the King's

valour and auspicious attributes and VaithAlikan is

the One , who wakes up the Lord .

 

This comparison is inspired from Swamy Desikan's

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram's 9th Paddhathi

known as VaidhAlika Paddhathi . Here , Swamy Desikan

sitting in front of Lord RanganAtha in the early hours of

the morning engaged in the composition of the PaadhukA

Sahasram visualizes the Upanishads serving the roles of

both Vandhis and VaithAlikAa with a view to awaken the Lord

and to persuade Him to get into His Paadhukais to start

His day's "work ".

 

The slOkam portion referring to the role of Upanishads

in waking up the Lord through sthOthrams on His limitless

auspicious attributes is :

 

" YadhArOhasya VedAnthA: vandhi vaithAlikA: svayam "

 

- - - Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram(SRPS) : slOkam 241

 

Other happenings at the Lord's Sannidhi during ThiruppaLLiyezucchi

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In the other slOkams of VaithAlika Paddhathi , the scenario

is about the awakening of the Lord by Upanishads and their

requests for Him to wake up and adorn His PaadhukAs to come

out of His AasthAnam and travel to the morning DarbhAr to bless

His parijanams and all those jostling with one another in His

courtyard to have His auspicious darsanam at Sunrise .

 

These SRPS slOkams of Swamy Desikan seem to be influenced by

the ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi (TPZ) prabhandha paasurams of ThoNDaradippodi

AzhwAr during one dawn at Srirangam .

 

Additional SRPS SlOkams by TPZ Paasurams

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Here are some more examples from the VaidhAlika Paddhathi:

 

SlOkam 2 : Oh Lord RanganAtha ! In Your courtyard stand

Brahma , Sivan , Sages like Sanaka at the early morning hours .

Among those , who have the first rites to have contact with

Your sacred feet are Your Paadhukais as you awaken and

onward travel ( sanchAram) to Your morning DarbhAr.

Please adorn Your Paadhukais and give sevais to those

who are waiting eagerly for that SEvai .

 

SlOkam 3: Oh Lord RanganAtha ! There is the lotus arising out of

Your navel (nAbhee kamalam) , where Your son Brahma has His residence .

As You awaken , the glances arising from Your eyes

have an astonishing effect on that Lotus . One of Your eyes is

Chandran , which makes the lotus fold up ; the other eye is

Sooryan , which makes the lotus to open up its closed petals.

When You are in the semi-awakened state, Your eyes are partly open

and partly closed . Consequently , the effect of Your glances from

Your semi-awakened eyes makes the lotus partly open and partly

closed . That is an extraordinary experience to enjoy . Oh Lord !

Please bless Your parijanams assembled at the court yard to enjoy

that rare sevai at Your ThirupaLLiyezucchi time !

 

SlOkam 4 : Oh Lord RanganAtha ! The moring muhUrtham

(Brahma MuhUrtham) selected by AdhisEshan for Your

awakening has arrived ( RanganAtha ! Sesha siddhAntha

siddham muhUrtham upanamathi) AdhisEshan as the MahA JyOthishar

is in charge of setting up Your PanchAngam times for Your awakening

and sanchArams during the day . Your daily uthsavams have to start .

Please awaken !

 

SlOkam 10: The final slOkam of this Paddhathi recognizes the great pleasure

that the Lord enjoys being awakened by the VedAs as Vandhis and VaithAlikAs

and being given the hints (sankEthams) by them during the day for

participation

in the different daily uthsavams at SrIrangam :

 

ithi nigama vandhi vachasA samayE samayE gruhItha sankEta:

abhisarathy RanganAtha: prathipadha bhOgAya PaadhukE !

 

Lord RanganAtha recieves thus timely signals ( samayE samayE

gruhItha sankEta: ) from the Upanishads serving as Vandhi

( nigama vandhi vachasaa) . Lord RanganAtha takes those cues

provided by the Upanishads and enjoys the unique pleasures

associated with the particular occasion ( Prathipadha BhOgAya

RanganAtha: abhisarathy).

 

ThoNDardippodi's earnest pleas as the Vandhi and VaithAlikan

for Lord RanganAthan have nigama parimaLam ( fragrance of

the Veda manthrams) and the Lord awakens readily to bless

the AzhwAr and all the others assembled at His court yard .

 

In the next posting , adiyEn will comment on the meanings

of the individual paasurams of ThiruppaLLIyezucchi Prabhandham .

 

ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan