undu - Tiruppavai #18

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Asmad gurubhyo namaha, Jai Srimannarayana

 

Bhagavan’s greatness is described in Vedas. His saulabyam makes Him take the

form of archa murthi. But by seeing Him in such an accessible form some

vulnerable souls blow malicious mockery at Him. But if one has complete faith

and seeks whatever one wants, the same will be granted by the Lord in

archaamurthi shows Andal in Tiruppavai.

 

The daivam in the mantra is handed to devotees by an acharya who will be

introduced to us through other disciples. We should listen to what other

devotees say, for which our manas should be nirmalam. The sattvam should grow

for this to happen, which requires conducive atmosphere and time. This is

Dhanurmasam. This is the right time. When the right seeds are sown in the right

field, in the right process there will be tremendous yield.

 

Andal gave us 30 pasuras, which are 30 seeds of Veda, when sown in this month

yields the greatest produce – ananda, eternal bliss. This ananda is nothing but

Krishna Himself. By following this - we all will be doing Service to All

mankind as Service to God. We will Respect All beings as we will see Krishna in

All. The nucleus of this vrata is temple. How should we go to the divine abode,

whom should be approach and pray, how should we pray is described in Tiruppavai

in the form of 30 beautiful seeds of Veda by Andal.

 

Through bhaktas we should reach an acharya. Andal wanted us to realize ‘what

mantra is’ - which is represented in the previous pasuram by waking up

Nandagopa, Yasoda, Krishna, Balarama. Nanda is acharya, Yasoda is Narayana

Astakshari, Krishna is sarvesvara tattvam which is mantrardham. Balarama

represents the nityasuris who offer services to Bhagavan. Knowing mantra alone

is not enough. There is again a process defined for seeking refuge in Bhagavan.

Balarama revealed a secret yesterday by conveying the message that Krishna will

be in Neela’s palace. In this pasura Neela Devi, divine mother is being woken

up.

 

When someone goes to a temple one should not go directly into sanctum sanctorum.

We should do namaskaram to all the sannidhis where there are devotees. Then we

should go to the dhvaja sthambham, prostrate and enter the temple. There will be

acharyas’ sannidhi where we should offer our prayers and do pradakshina.

Following this we should go to Divine mother’s sannidhi and then enter the

sanctum sanctorum. This is sampradaya rahasyam. One should get belief in Vedas

through bhaktas; and should worship Divine Mother before having the Bhagavan’s

darshan who in the mantra through Guru. We have committed innumerable sins,

irrespective of which, we are taken close by Divine Mother, shown the right path

and invokes compassion in the Lord’s heart and makes us look good and She is the

best negotiator.

 

Divine’s mother name is ‘sri’ which means she will listen to our problems and

tell dad about the same. She will pacify …So even if Lord is right in front of

us we shouldn’t go directly to Him. We should go through divine mother.

 

Sri/Lakshmi our mom has another name called ‘purusha:kara’ – makes one a

purusha. Purusha means Purna. Dad who gets angry with his kids and leaves them

is ‘apu:rna’. But if the extreme kindness is part of his decision making, he

will not show his anger on us. This ‘karuna’ is nothing but Sri. This is nothing

but Sri + Narayana = SrimanNarayana tattavam. So ‘sri’ should be prayed first

and then surrender to His lotus feet. Because of Sri, Bhagavan has become a

‘pu:rna’. That is the reason divine mother is called ‘purushakaram’.

 

How should we ask Mom? Andal is describing this in this pasuram. Hanuma was not

able to find Sita in Lanka irrespective of his sincere efforts. Then Hanuma

prays to Divine mother “please bless me with your appearance just as you made

yourself appear to Janaka”.

 

Bhagavan will be obedient to Acharya like a son, while Lakshmi is humble to an

acharya like a daughter-in-law. Bhagavan and Mom like themselves to be referred

with Acharya’s connection. Nappinnai, Neela Devi and Sundara Kumari are names of

divine mother who has complete control on Lord Krishna. We are waking our mom

today.

 

Acharya’s upadesa mudra is that which protects us. The place where acharya stays

is nanda vraj. Rajo-guna, the kamsa, cannot dare to come to NandaVraj. The

elephant symbolizes ahankara in us which creates three kinds of ‘mada:s’. Guru

with his upadesam destroys these. The lock called ajna:na needs to be removed

by Sri. It is almost day, the time when we are about to be rescued. We seem to

understand what our acharya has taught us. The cuckoo birds, on the creepers in

the backyard are constantly singing. These are alwars. That plant is sriyahpati.

The bird’s songs are the divya prabandhas.

 

Mother! You won in the jagathleela and are holding this universe like a ball in

your palm. Please open the door filling our eyes with your charm, pacify our

ears with the music of your bangles, furnish fragrance to our nose, quench our

thirst and hunger with the song and give us happiness of your touch by opening

the door.

 

Mother! Open the door with delight and joy! Thus prayed Andal to Divine Mother

to bless us!

 

 

Jai Srimannarayana

adiyen ramanuja dasaha