thiruppavai Celebrations

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srimathe ramanujaya namaha, srimathe narayanaya namaha, jai srimannarayana!

( continued... )

 

Like his endeavour during the ‘samudramadhanam’ Krishna himself has put in full

effort now to turn them all towards Him and he pacified the elders too. He had

eradicated the ego that was in their way like he had eliminated the demon

‘Kesi’. He became Kesava for He killed Kesi.

 

In the second pasura we had started this vratha singing about ‘paraman adi

padi’ (his Lotus Feet) and finished the vratha singing ‘kesa:ntham’. When we go

to Bhagavan’s sannidhi to have His darshan we have to see up to kesa:ntham.

After having His darshan their faces bloomed. Their hearts’ burden was released

and their faces shone brightly with happiness. That itself was like an ornament

on their faces. They wanted to be with SriKrishna before that beauty faded. They

sang mangalam for him and received the parai they wanted. Earlier gopikas did

vratam in Vrepalle and achieved Krishnapra:pthi. Aandaal sang the same. She is

Vishnuchitta’s daughter. Villiputtur is the place. This place is ornamental to

the entire earth. What is the reason? The supreme Bhagavan is in the heart of

Vishnuchitta. From Bhagavan’s navel the ‘padmam’ came out, from which

chaturmukha Brahma emerged. Paramathma is the seed for that padmam. Vishnuchitta

has that Bhagavan in his heart. Not only Him, Vishnuchitta wears the accounts

of His incarnations as a chain of lotus beads in his neck. Andal tells about

herself citing her connection with her sada:cha:rya who had Bhagavan under his

control. When we know her association with him, our regard for her goes up.

 

It is better if we all sing these pasurams together. As the number in the goshti

increases the happiness and contentment of reciting them too increases. As

Bhu:devi became Goda; the Upanishads became the pasurams. These “here ‘in this

manner’ you recite enough,” saying thus Andal sang so generously and got

SriRaganatha’s approval too.

 

andal divya thiruvadigale saranam! adiyen ramanuja dasaha!

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

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>

> It is better if we all sing these pasurams together.

> As the number in the goshti increases the happiness

> and contentment of reciting them too increases. As

> Bhu:devi became Goda; the Upanishads became the

> pasurams. These “here ‘in this manner’ you recite

> enough,” saying thus Andal sang so generously and

> got SriRaganatha’s approval too.

 

Well said Raghu Mudumbai Swamin.

 

How better to appreciate Thayar then do our small bit to help maintain the divya

desams in India.

 

Commemorating the Thiruppavai season a small number of us have formed a team

called Andal Ghosti. Each member in this team has taken vow to save $10 a month

and send it to divya desam kaimkaryam. This kaimkaryam will result in hiring

archakas, parcharakas (cooks) and modest thiruvaradhanam grocery for Perumal in

a divya desam dear and near to Thayar Andal.

 

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"pAthagang-gaL theerkumm paraman-adi-kAttum

vedam-anaittukkum vitthAkum

kOthai tamizh aiy-aiyndu maiynddum

ariyAda mAniddarai

vaiyam sumappathum vambu".

--vedappiraAn Bhattar

 

Narayanan perumaigalai eyanraAlum eyalum

chudikodutha sudarkodiyin Thayar Andal perumai solliyum mudiyumo?

mattrum annai padi kodutha thiruppavai porul anaithum unnarthanorum undo?

govindanadi padi koodi naam selvome aval sonna vanname!

 

adiyen

andal thiruvadigale saranam

anandavalli dasan