Dwayam in "Vanga-kadal Kadaintha Madhavanai Kesavanai"

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sri:

Humble pranams to all:

Dwayam:

"Sriman Narayana Charanau Sharanam Prapadye"

"Srimathe Narayanaya namaha"

Thirumantram, Dwayam and Charama Slokam: The essence of Sri

Vaishanvam

is seen in Dhivya Prabhandams and Purvacharyas works again and

again.

Here is Dwayam in "Vanga kadal Kadaintha Madhavanai

Kesavanai"

====From Thiruppavai Discourse by U.VE Sri ESBhuvarahachar Swami ===

====English Translation by Smt. Ranganayaki (Sheela Belur) ===

Stanza "Vanga kadal Kadaintha Madhavanai Kesavanai"

Those who study this Tiruppavai are forever acceptable to

Sri Mahalakshmi and Sriman Narayana - this is the gist of

stanza "Vanga kadal Kadaintha Madhavanai Kesavanai"

So the question arises even without performing the rites

just by chanting this Divya Prabandha how can people get the

same fruit of Kainkarya (Service to the Lord).

Sri PARASARA BHATTAR has said,"Just as the mother cow gives milk

even

in the presence of its stuffed calf (non-living): In Tamil: TOL KANRUKKUM

IRANGUMAPOLE,

so also the Lord will bless us even though we are absolutely devoid of

the

supreme devotion of Andal.

He uses our mere repeating of her words to give us the fruit.

 

Gopis had surrendered themselves to Sri Krishna;but their

Saranaagati would gain fruit only through the PURUSHAKAARA

(recommendation) of Sri Mahalakshmi.The Lord had churned

the Milky Ocean to get her; and so the Gopis begin by chanting

that herculean effort of the Lord.VANGAKKADAL was churned

only to get Sri Devi who had remained hidden there.Thus

HE became MAA(Lakshmi's)-DHAVA(husband).

The meaning of the POORVA KHANDA (first half) of the DVAYA

Mantra is implied in this first line.

The word "SRIMAT" (He who is ever in the company of SRI)

in

DVAYA mantra is represented here by MAADAHAVANAI.

" NARAYANA" in DVAYA means He who has the noble qualities

of VAATSALYA,SWAAMITVA,SAUSHILYA,SAULABHYA,GNAANA and SHAKTI.

These are brought out in the present paasuram as under: KADAL

KADAINDA

1.Lord Vishnu ,turning a blind eye (Kaanaa-

kkannittu) towards the blemishes of all the gods and demons,

churned the ocean to get them nectar;this is VAATSALYA.

2.He established His Supremacy by managing the entire

operation single-handedly; this is SWAAMITVA.

3.He even worked in cooperation with worst criminals -

the lowliest of the lowly; this is SAUSHILYA.

4.He took the guise of a charming cherub and personally

distributed the nectar;this is SAULABHYA.

5.He had the requisite knowledge,the know-how to churn

the ocean; this is GNAANA.

6.And He had the required strength to complete the task

up to the end; this is SHAKTI.

 

KESAVANAI- By referring to the locks of hair, His Form is

implied; that is the meaning of "CHARANAU" in the

DVAYA.

In stanza 2 Andal mentions "ADI-PAADI" :singing the glory of

His Feet;

Then in stanza 30 she mentions "KESAVANAI": has fascinating

locks of hair.

This indicated that she enjoys the Lord's Form

from His Holy Feet to His Head (AA-Paada-Choodam).

CHARANAU means both his feet (and only the two feet of the LORD)

(Dwithiya

Vibhakthi in sanskrit grammer)

Those who recite the Tiruppavai paasurams are sure to be

blessed by Him. They will get everything here and finally

attain Salvation.Sri PARASARA BHATTAR used to say,"every

one should every morning recite all the 30 verses;or at

least the 29th one-SITHTHAM SIRUKALE;

If one finds even that difficult (as in because of physical

limitation, old age etc),

one should at least bring to his mind how much exquisite joy

WE added to our days and nights through

chanting,understanding,discussing and in fact living

with these Divine Verses (Naam irunda iruppai

ninaippadu)."

 

Those who thus take refuge unto Him will serve Him for

ever and ever; no rebirth in samsara for them.

Let us chant these sweet songs.

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

Dwayam is certainly, atleast in one way(?),superior to the

other two, for explicitly mentioning thAyAr and His Divine feet,

which the other two lack.

 

dAsAnu dAsI

 

ramanuja, Pattangi <danp@u...> wrote:

> sri:

> Humble pranams to all:

>

> Dwayam:

> "Sriman Narayana Charanau Sharanam Prapadye"

> "Srimathe Narayanaya namaha"

>

> Thirumantram, Dwayam and Charama Slokam: The essence of Sri

Vaishanvam

> is seen in Dhivya Prabhandams and Purvacharyas works again and

again.