“Siththum” Thiruppavai #29

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srimathe ramanujaya namaha, srimathe narayanaya namaha,

jai srimannarayana

 

Andal tells Krishna that they all became pure twice before coming to Him. They

believed that Bhagavan Krishna is the upa:ya, He is the sa:dhana. Such people if

they believe in other sa:dhana:s or mistaken their efforts as saadhanaas it is

like touching a dead body. They are inanimate, without any strength. Then

Krishna would leave them too. In the last pasura they clarified that it was not

like that. According to them taking bath is going to Him. Parai means His

service only. After going to Bhagavan if this jeeva aspires for other things or

feels his own happiness as the goal then for Bhagavan it would be like a

poisoned meal or a left over discarded food of It shows that these gopikas do

not desire other things. They are making it clear here by saying that they don’t

have that ‘asuddhi’.

 

When he catches hold of Bhagavan’s lotus feet as the means, that liking for God

will relieve him from other means and that liking will ignite in Him ‘thvara’.

They force swami to give them parai. The parai these people ask for is swami’s

nitya kaimkaryam.

 

Their coming in the early morning, waking up all the other gopikas shows the

‘tvara’ in them. They say, “See what we are asking you. Listen.” They don’t have

any other desires, they simply ask. The parai is only an excuse. They have to do

this kaimkaryam. They say that they should get rid of their doshas. Krishna

kept quiet. “ I gave you what all you wanted. Still you are saying parai. I

don’t understand what you mean.” The gopikas accuse him, “After seeing our

condition also don’t you know what we are aspiring for”.

 

Though He is the one who sits in everyone’s heart and makes them express; being

born with this tongue, one has to speak out what one desires. So they are

saying, “Swami, we came to you in this Siththum siruka:lam when the sattvam is

dominating and we who don’t want anything else other than you, came to you in

this early morning in the fog. We came in a hurry lest we miss you. Actually you

should come to us but our love forced us to you. Our salutations to you. We

are doing what you were supposed to do. You went in search of sabari. We

shouldn’t have come to you. We are committing all mistakes only. Pardon us. We

are singing the glory of your beautiful gold lotus feet. Please listen. We do

not have any desires. If it were others they will ask to wipe out their mistakes

and bless them with good things."

 

But these gopikas are praying to God to take care of their deficiencies and to

take care that no amangalam happens to Him. Seeing the devotees’ jnana saundarya

and deha saundarya, Krishna was spell bound. Andal is accusing Him, “ Is it to

sit in your ‘seeriya simhasan’ looking at us and to sleep there.” She wants to

wake up swami. In all our lives our relationship with you should not be

broken. We should remain a part of yourself. We want all types of relationships

with you alone. This is the parama purushardham Andal asks for”. This should be

wished by all of us.

 

We want to serve you alone with all types of services not like Bharata being

away from you. We want to be with you in all places in all circumstances, doing

all types of services like Lakshmana. And while doing so we should not become

selfish or egoistic. Whatever doshas or other desires that come in the way of

service to you should be wiped out by you alone. Thus Andal sang the purushardha

called bhagavath kaimkaryam in this song.

 

 

Andal divya thiruvadigale saranam! Adiyen ramanuja dasaha!

Jai Srimannarayana!