Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha // SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha // SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/ SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya// KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: / SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm// ===================================================================== SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 30 dated 8th January 2006 ===================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 24 ANRU IVVULAGAM (ANBIL RAMASWAMY) 2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 24 ANRU IVVULAGAM ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION (MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY) ===================================================================== ISSUES RELEASED So far, 206 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart from Special Issues: 27 Issues of Vol. 1 15 Issues of Vol. 2 42 Issues of Vol. 3 35 Issues of Vol. 4 28 Issues of Vol. 5 30 Issues of Vol. 6 and 29 Issues of Vol. 7 ===================================================================== xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ===================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 24 ANRU IVVULAGAM (ANBIL RAMASWAMY) - Tiruppavai 24 anRu iv ulagam anRu iv ulagam aLandhaay adi pORRi * senRanguth then ilangai seRRaay thiRal pORRi * ponRach chakatam udhaiththaay pugazh pORRi * kanRu kuNil aaveRindhaay kazhal pORRi * kunRu kudaiyaay eduththaay guNam pORRi * venRu pagai kedukkum nin kaiyil vEl pORRi * enRu enRu un sEvagamE Eththip paRai koLvaan * inRu yaam vandhOm irang ElOr embaavaay ______ • This is said to be the MangaLaasaasanam of Andal. The first line praises the Lord’s feet. The second line praises His hands. • When Arjuna without realizing the greatness of KrishNa ordered him to stop the chariot right in the middle of the two armies, KrishNa obeyed. Will He not heed the pleadings of poor gOpis who knew nothing other than KrishNa Himself to come and occupy the “seeriya simha aasanam”? • They start doing MangaLaasaasanam to KrishNa as He proceeded to His throne. An act which the Devas (who were saved by Trivikrama) did not care to perform. The gOpis seem to making good this default. • She is the daughter of Periya Aazhwar who sang “pallaaNdu pallaaNDu” to the Lord. No wonder, his daughter follows his footsteps in offering “pOTRi, pOTRi” • When we go to have darshan of TiruvenkaTam uDaiyaan, we go there with lot of aspirations and the list of our petitions for relief seems never ending. But, once we are face to face with PerumaaL, we forget everything and start to do MangaLaasaasanam. Likewise, the gOpis start praising KrishNa almost forgetting what they had come there for. ===================================================================== anRu iv ulagam aLandhaay you strode these worlds then, long ago • In Svapadesam, it is Achaarya who revealed the extent of Lord’s glory in measuring the worlds. • In Svapadesam: This also refers to Achaarya, Bhagavad Ramanuja who did dig-vijayam right up to Kashmir (tadapi paramam gatah - Yatiraaja Saptadhi) Adi pORRi: We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to your feet • We already saw how the gOpis were so enamored of Trivikrama Avataaram. They mention this three times in “Ongi uLagaLanda”, “Ambaram ooDaruthu Ongi ukagaLanda”, and “Anru ivvulagam aLantaai”. • There is a subtle point here. Andal seems to say that since as Trivikrama had measured all the three worlds with his two feet already “thriNee padam vichakramE”, (which included Mahaabali), he did not get space for the third foot he had asked for. That is why Andal mentioned this event thrice. Why aDi pORRi? • For this, we have to see why he came to maduraa puri leaving his snake bed. “Naaga paryankam utsrujya aagatO maduraam pureem”. Is it for learning how to milk? He already knew this having shown His Paratvam even at birth. There was however a wild cow that he had to tackle. This needed lot of tact and exercise. What cow is that? It is “sarvOpanishadO gaava:” – He had to milk the Vedas for feeding Arjuna, the calf (vatsa). The gOpis feel sorry how the Lord had to place his soft feet to wade through thorny and hard land for doing this. That is why this MangaLaasasanam to the feet. • They seem to bemoan the fact that while as Rama, he at least wore his footwear when proceeding to the forest but the Bharata had taken away even this, making him walk bare-footed over the harsh and inhospitable terrain. That is why this MangaLaasasanam to the feet. • There is another reason why Rama had to walk and not use a chariot. How else could he relieve Ahalyaa from her curse, which was possible only when his foot touched the stone? • Also, he desired to pay obeisance to the Maha Rishis in the forest. It would not be courteous for him to go them in a vehicle. So, he preferred to walk up to them. • Once an Achaarya and his Sishya were on the banks of a river. Suddenly. • There was a flood. The Sishya had so much of Achaarya Bhakti that saying “Achaaryan TiruvaDigaLe SaraNam” he swam to the other side. The Achaarya saw this and was surprised at the power of his own feet. So, he said “My TiruvaDigaLe SaraNam” and started swimming and got drowned! AnRu: • It was then (long ago) that you measured. Her MangaLaasaasanam is like building a dam after the waters had flowed! She seems to say “I couldn’t do it then. So, I am doing it now” senRu angu then ilangai seRRaay: You went and destroyed RaavaNa's city of Southern Lanka • “kaanakamellaam evvaaru naDantanai emmi RaamaavO” – Dasaratha bewailed: “How did you walk on the rough ground in the forest?” • Why did he do that? All for the sake of one woman. Now, He is doing the same for the sake of 5 lakhs of gOpis. • In Svapadesam: This refers to how Achaarya takes efforts to rid the Jivan from the shackles of the 10 Indriyas and lead it to liberation. • Did Rama destroy Lanka? No. If he had done that, how could he hand over Lanka to VibheeshaNa as promised? That is why Periyaazhwar sang “ilangai paazh aaLaaga” which means the killing of the hostile denizens of Lanka. That is why Andal also said “sinathinaal thennilangaik ‘kOmaanai’ seRRa” Thiral pORRi We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to your vigor • Thiral means capacity, Vigor. Tejas, Prataapam etc. Swami Desika started his Raghu veera Gadhyam with the words “Jaya Jaya Mahaa veera” ponRa chakatam udhaiththaay: You destroyed by kicking the demon that came as a cartwheel • Only the kids came to know of this kicking of SakaTaasura, while KrishNa was in His cradle and they described with gusto about the event. Only later, others came to know. Hence, “pugazh pORRi” • In Svapadesam: “SakaTam” refers to this shell of body, which the Achaarya reveals as the cause of all misfortunes. Pugazh pORRi: We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to your fame kanRu kunilaa eRindhaay: You used as a stick, the demon that came as a calf and threw it against another demon • They sing the glory of His feet when He bent his feet while aiming Vatsaasura and shooting him at Kapittaasura! kazhal pORRi We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to your feet • For throwing something at something, only the hands are used. But, why do they praise feet instead of hands in this act? It is because when he bends to position himself in the appropriate posture, the “kazhal” or the anklet shows up. And the feet took precedence. • When the right leg is stretched and the left is bent, it is called “a-leeDam” and when the left leg is stretched and the right is bent it is called “pratyaa-leeDam” Here, they enjoyed both and thus enchanted by the postures, started praising them. kunRu kudaiyaay eduththaay: You lifted the Govardhana hill as an umbrella • How did He lift the mountain? Contrary to popular belief that He held the mountain at its base, it is by making it an inverted pyramid (adhO-mukham) and holding the tip of the hill by the tip of his pinky finger that KrishNa lifted the mountain. • It should be remembered that when KrishNa lifted the Govardhana giri, He was hardly 7 years old. • In Svapadesam: The Lord lifts the mountain like Vedams as an umbrella to protect us from the rains of avivEkam. guNam pORRi: We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to your good nature • It is no big deal to help those who helped. It takes character to help those who have knowingly harmed. KrishNa helped Indra by quelling his ego in trying to destroy gOpas through torrential rains. • What is guNam here? GuNam in our Sampradaayam refers to Souseelyam. It is the excellent blend of Paratvam and Souseelyam of the Lord that is revealed in lifting the Govardhana Mountain and assigning the credit of protecting the gOpas to the mountain instead of appropriating it to himself! This differentiates Him from the rest who would like to grab credits even when not due to us! • When asked “Who you are?” he replied that he was just bandhu (relative) “aham vO bhaandavO jnaatah mat sambandE na lajjaa chEt aham bhandurvibhaachyataam • Usually it is only the servants who would hold umbrella for the King, their master. Here, the master was holding an umbrella for his subjects! venRu pagai kedukkum: You destroy enemies by winning them over • It is not his intention to destroy his enemies. All he wants to do is to correct them by removing the cause of their enmity. He waits patiently giving a chance to the enemies to have a change of heart, if not in this life, at least in the future births so that ultimately they might reach the Kingdom of God. • It is this sentiment that Andal expressed in “maaRRaarai marru azhikka vallaanai” nin kaiyil vEl pORRi: We sing, "All Hail, All glory!" to the spear in your hand • How spear (vEl) in KrishNa’s hands? It should be remembered that spear is one of the shOdasa aaydams of the Lord • Also, His Sudrasana Chakram has many sharp orbs (koor) like the spear • Moreover, it is traditionally accepted that the vanquished surrender their weapons to the victor. There were any number of enemies whom KrishNa subdued and He would have secured one from anyone of them • Was not Nanda described as “koor vEl koDum thozhilan”? Like father, like son, KrishNa also wields a spear. • The Lord has 6 enemies: for example, Kaama (RavaNa), krOdha (HiraNyaaksha and HiraNyakasipu), mOha (sakaTaasuran), lObha (Indra), madha (vatsaasuran) and maatsarya (kapittaasuran). enRu enRu un sEvakamE Eththi: Praising your greatness in all these ways paRai koLvaan: to get the drum InRu yam vandhOm: We have come today Irangu: Have mercy on us ElOr embaavaay The usual refrain In Svapadesam: • In this Paasuram, Andal uses the word “pORRi” 6 times because she is paying tribute to his 6 qualities of Jnaana, Bhala, Aiswarya, Veerya, Sakti and tEjas. • It used to be said that this also corresponds to the 6 Aasanas we offer to the Lord during Tiruvaradana, namely, Mantraasanam, Snaanaasanam, Alankaaraasanam, BhOjyaasanam, Punar mantraasanam and Paryankaasanam. -- To Continue ===================================================================== xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ===================================================================== 2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 24 ANRU IVVULAGAM ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION (MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY) --- “Eons back you measured the worlds – Praise be to your feet! Thence went you to Lanka to defeat, Praise be to your feat! Broke the demon as cart disguised, Praise be to your fame! Threw the evil calf as a staff- Praise be to your ankles! Lifted the hill as a sheltering umbrella- Praise be to your grace! Praise to your Lance Victorious over enemies! We who praise your deeds Ever as our salvation, Come today to your Mercy. Accept us! Oh! My Maidens --- To Continue ===================================================================== xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ===================================================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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