Thiruppavai - Vykahyanam written by Sri ESB Swami - Ongi Ulagalandha

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Pasuram 3:

Ongi

ulagaLandha uththaman pEr paadi *

naangaL nam paavaikkuc caaRRi neer aadinaal *

theenginRi naadellaam thingaL mum maari peydhu *

Ongu peRuNY sennel oodu kayal ugaLa *

poonguvaLaip pOdhil poRi vandu kaN paduppa *

thEngaadhE pukkirundhu seerththa mulai paRRi vaanga *

kudam niRaikkum vaLLal perum pasukkaL *

neengaadha selvam niRaindhElOr embaavaay *

Word for Word meaning

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Ongi

grown tall

ulagu worlds

aLandha measured

uththaman best, highest One (Vishnu as

Trivikrama, Vamana)

pEr name

paadi singing

naangaL we

nam paavaikku for our paavai vow

caaRRi observing, in the name

of (lit. wearing)

neeraadinaal bathe

theengu evil

inRi without

naadu ellaam whole country

thingaL (every) month

mum maari three types of rainfall

peydhu will fall (rain)

Ongu tall,

overgrown

perum big

cennel high-quality paddy crops

oodu amidst

kayal a type of small

fish

ugaLa will playfully swim

around

poom beautiful

kuvaLai a Tamil poetic landscape

(neydhal); a type of flower

pOdhil in that flower

poRi shining,

beautiful

vaNdu bees

kaN paduppa sleeping

thEngaadE without moving (without any fear)

pukku go inside

irundhu staying

seerththa bountiful

mulai udders

paRRi grasp

vaanga extracting

kudam pots

niRaikkum fill up

vaLLal generous

perum pasukkaL big cows

neengadha unremitting, undecaying

selvam wealth

niRaindhu (the land will be) full of

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write

up starts here=========

3. ONGI ULAGALANTHA UTHAMAN

In this worse ANDAL

wishes for rain and consequential

prosperity for the whole

world as the world is the

property of her Lord.So

who is a Sri Vaishnava ? It

is he who while being

detached with reference to the

riches of the world,is

at the same time aspiring for

them considering them as

his Lord's riches.Hence all

Sri Vaishnavas after

daily prayer recite the verse

which says "Sarve

Janah Sukhino Bhavantu" every one

should be happy.

 

Andal tells the

girls,"If we,girls,recite the NAME of

the Lord who measured

the entire universe with his

three steps and observe

this vow then the whole world

will become

prosperous."

Note the text which says

"Uthaman PER"(his NAME).She

could have simply said

"if we sing the glory of the

Lord." But she says

instead, the NAME of the Lord.

Which means that the

NAME OF THE LORD (the Tiru

Ashtakshara Mantra,the

Eight-Syllabled one) is more

efficacious than the

Lord Himself.When,in the court

hall of

Duryodhana,Draupadi was being disrobed by

Dussaasana,it was only

the NAME "Govinda" which

saved her modesty while

the Lord failed her.

 

But we Prapannas

(Surrenderers) seek salvation only

from Him.The Mantra is

only for understanding the true

nature of the

Soul,Lord,and the mutual relationship;

it is essentially to

promote the ARTHA PANCHAKA knowledge.

 

NEENGATHA Selvam - we

see that riches do not remain for

long with any man; then

what does NEENGATHA mean ? It

refers to the Moksha

Aiswarya,Service of God,obtained

through the

recommendation of Sri Mahalakshmi.

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