Temple Priest Quarters Construction series: Thondardippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi Paasurams: Part XI / Seventh Paasuram

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Let us start today with the study of the Seventh ThiruppaLLiyezucchi

Paasuram , which takes this form :

 

AntharatthamararkaL kootangaL ivayO?

arumtava munivarum marutharumivaro?

Indhiranaanayum thAnum vanthivAnO ?

EmperumAn Unn kOilin vaasal

Sundarar nerukka vicchAdharar nookka

iyakkarum mayanginar thiruvadi thozuvAn

antharam paaridamillai maRRaRithuvO?

ArangatthammA ! paLLi yezhantharuLAyE

 

The translation of the Fifth Paasuram by

Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan Swamy is as follows :

 

Oh Lord of Srirangam ! Several important personages have

assembled here (at the entrance of Your holy shrine ) to pay

obeisance to Your pair of feet . They are many hosts of Gods from

the celestial region , many great sages of avowed austeriities ,

the Maruths , as well as God Indhra with the elephant ( AirAvata) .

Several Sundaraas (Gandharvaas) and VidhyAdharaas

have come and they stand pressing each other very closely .

The YakshAs have also turned up with earnest devotion .

There is no moving space left at the entrance of Your holy

shrine (Koil) both up in the sky and below on the earth.

Oh Lord ! Wake up please and bless them and adiyEn .

 

Special Notes:

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(1) In the previous paasuram , Thondardippodi referred to " Muppatthu

Moovar (amarar) " that took into account the 12 AdithyAs , 11 RudrAs ,

8 Vasus and SubramaNyan and Maruths ( 49 in individual count ) and

Aswin dEvAs (2) .

 

(2) This group always arrives at BhagavAn's sannidhi as per

Poygai AzhwAr's 52nd Paasuram of Mudhal ThiruvandhAthi :

 

YeNmar pathinoruvar yeeraRuvar ohrurivar

vaNNa malar yEnthi vaikalum- - - naNNi

orumalayAl paravi oovAthu , yeppOthum

ThirumAlaik-kaithozhuvar senRu

 

YeNmar here is ashta Vasus ; Pathinoruvar are EkAdasa RudrAs ;

YeerAruvar are the dhvAdasa AadhithyAs ; Ohruiruvar are the two

Awins. They have arrived with the celestial blossoms in their hands

at this early morning for Your worship.

 

(3) " Iyakkarum mayanginar" : In that huge assembly of gods and

demigods , there is an active jostling for the best position to have

the darsanam of Lord RanganAtha. In that hustle , some move forward

and others faint . The YakshAs faint as the GandharvAs and VidhyAdarAs

press forward .

 

(4) The arrival of IndhrA , deva gaNams , Maruths , VidhyAdharAs ,

Rishi GaNams assembled in front of Lord RanganAthA's sannidhi

are described in the 14th SlOkam of Sri RanganAtha SuprabhAtham:

 

IndhrAdhayas-suragaNA: maruthasccha sarvE

VidhyAdharA munigaNA bhuvi dEva maargE

vyApthas-samastha viBhudhaa: tava darsanArTam

Sri Ranga Pattana pathE ! Tava SuprabhAtham

 

(5) The presence of Dhik PaalakAs ( Indhran , Agni , Yaman ,

Nirrudhi , VaruNan , Vaayu , KubhEran and Haran ) standing

before the Lord on the SuprabhAtham occasion is described

in the 16th slOkam of Sri VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham:

 

SevAparA: Siva SurEsa krusAnudharma

rakshOmbhunATa pavamAna dhanAdhinATa:

BhaddhAnjali pravilasannija seersha dEsA:

Sri VenkatAchalapathE Tava SuprabhAtham

 

(6) "arumtava Munivarum " : the Saptha Rishis (Athri ,Vasishtar

et al) , The Yogi srEshtAs like Sananthanar have assembled

in front of Your garbha graham . Please awaken and bless them .

 

(7) " antharam paaridam illai " : as these noble souls have assembled

in front of Your courtyard , there is no moving space left for anyone to

enter , both up in the sky and below on the earth .

 

ThoNDaradippodi continues with the descriptions of the personages

assembled in the next two paasurams of His ThiruppaLLiyezucchi.

We will take up these two paasurams together in the next posting .

 

We should be blessed to be in such company during the SuprabhAtham

at Sri RanganAthan Sannidhi .

 

SrI Godharanga ParabrahmaNE Nama:

ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

 

P.S : We have just 11 days to complete our Temple raffle to raise

the needed funds for the construction of the living quarters for

the priests of Sri RanganAtha at His Pomona , NY temple. Please support

this kaimkaryam during this sacred month of Maarghazhi and recieve the

blessings of ANDAL as well .Please contact me regarding your articipation

and support .