Guest guest Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 *SrimathE rAmAnujAya namaH* *SrimathE varavaramunaye namaH* ** *Margazhi, Vyaya Azhvar 3, Acharya 3* *TvamEva matvA paravAsu dEvam* *RangEsayam rAja vadarhaneeyam* *PrAbhodhakeem yogruta sookthi mAlAm* *BhakthAngrunEham bhagavantha meedE* *The moment we hear about the month "mArgazhi" the unparalleled composition of our GodhA pirAtti, thiruppAvai engulfs our mind. Behind the scenes, this month boasts of hosting the births of three other divine personalities in the kEttai thirunakshatra namely: Sri ThonN-aradippodi azhwAr, sri periya nambigal and sri koora nArAyana jeeyar.** * * ** ThirumaNdangudi a small village near the divyadesam thirupullambhoothamgudi, roughly 40 kms from the famous temple town kumbakonam, is the birthplace of the first in the above esteemed list, Sri Thondaradippodi azhwAr. He was born in a chaste Brahmin family on mArgazhi kEtai day. Elders on seeing his greatness compare him to be an amsa of vaijayanthi (vanamAlA of the lord). The original name given to this AzhwAr as given by his parents is " vipranArAyana". He grew up to be an expert in the vEdAs and the vEdAntas. It was said that sri vishwaksEnar appeared from srivaikunta and performed panchasamskaram to him. On learning the divine meanings of thirumantram, vipranArAyana slowly started developing detachment towards the worldly affairs and a deep interest towards the Supreme Being. He immediately started his journey towards various divyadesams and first reached Srirangam. *** *Vandinam muralum sOlai, mayilam Alum sOlai* *Kondal meedhanavum sOlai, kuilinam kOOvum sOlai* *AndarkOn amarum sOlai ani thiruvarangam.* (Thirumaalai-14) *Having performed managalAsasams to periya perumAl, he got immensely attracted to the divine beauty of Him and decided to spend rest of his lifetime in Srirangam itself by doing pushpa kainkaryam like periAzhwAr. *** *Kudadisai mudiyai vaiththu gunadisai pAdham nEEti* *Vadadisai pinbukAti, then disai yilangai knOkki* *Kadalnirak kadavul endhai* *aravanai tuyilumAk kaNdu** * (Thirumaalai-19) *He developed a full-fledged garden for performing pushpa kainkaryam to periya perumAl on a daily basis and lived on the biksha (alms) given by the people as per his varnasrama dharma. *** * Peculiar, are the ways of the lord in conducting this leelA vibhUthi. One fine day, a damsel by name dEvadEvi from the adjacent town urAiyUr visited Srirangam and she happened to pass through this garden along with her sister. She offered her respects to vipranArAyana by prostrating him. He was so immersed in his pushpa kainkaryam, that he hardly took notice of her action. Failing to see his reciprocation, she felt insulted and vowed to her sister that she would turn the tables towards her by making vipranArAyana fall for her beauty. Though her sister warned her of adverse reactions because of his saintly character, it only fell on her deaf ears. After this incident, she enacted a beautiful drama before vipranAryana by making a request to him to offer her a share of the kainkaryams, which he is doing to the lord. The latter fell into her trap and in due course, got so attracted towards her that whole of his attention turned towards dEvadEvi away from lord Ranganatha. *** *Seeing the sorry state of affairs of vipranArAyana, our ever-compassionate piratti made a purushakaram (recommendation) to perumal to bring back his dear devotee back in the track of kainkaryam. Periya perumAl appeared as a servant of vipranArAyana in front of dEvadEvi's house and offered her a golden vessel as given by his master vipranArAyana. The very next day, the news spread to the king that one of the golden vessels from the temple was missing and on enquiry, it was found in dEvadEvi's house and was explained to the courteers as given by the servant of vipranArAyana. Immediately, vipranArAyana and dEvadEvi were jailed in spite of them pleading innocence. *** *Again due to pirAtti's request, lord appeared in King's dream and said that all the happenings are due to his leela and all the sufferings of vipranArAyna so far, are due to his karma. The king realized his mistake and released them. On his release, vipranArAyana also realized his mistake and felt very bad for what all had happened. He took the sripAtha theertham of the devotees and got himself purified from the sins he had committed. Thereafter, he cherished himself being the dust in the feet of the lord's devotees and hence he was celebrated as thondar adip podi AzhwAr*. *Compositions of Thondar adip podi AzhwAr* ** *Thirupalliezhucchi:* *The lord after the pralaya, awoke all the jeevathmas and gave them the required senses (karna kalEbara) to live in this leela vibhUdhi. After this the lord settled down into a yOga nidhrA (divine sleep). Thondar adipodi AzhwAr stands out in the AzhwAr goshti, since he awakens the lord by this composition of 11 pAsurams.* *ThirumAlai:* *There is a famous tamil saying "thirumAlai ariyAr thiru mAlai ariyAr" (people who don't know this divine composition Thirumalai, don't know thiru mAl (lord Vishnu)). Not just stopping with poo mAlai (flower gArland) he composed this divine pAmAlai of 45 pAsurams which gives the whole srivaishnavic essence. * *Salient features* ** *Paasuram 2: BhUloka vaikundam vs parmapadam : Achuvai peRinum VEANDEAn-Immersed in beauty of Thiruvarangan, Sri ThoNdaradippodi preferred bhUlOka vaikunTAm to paramapadham. * *Paasuram 4: ThirunAma magimai: 'moitha val vinaiyuL ninRu' highlights the efficacy of ThirunAmam* ** *Paasuram 9: Supremacy of Emperuman : 'mathumOAr dheivam vuNDEan' -This paasuram unequivocally indicates that He is the Supreme and points to the fact that He is sulaban (filled with saulabhyam) 'kaTrinam mEaitha endhai kazhaliNai paNiminErEA'-Lord KrshNA * ** *Paasuram 19: The archAvathAram is highly commended in the pAsuram 'kuda disai mudaiyai vaithu' and EmperumAn's beauty is devoured. Since, vibhavAvathAram has gone long long back, AzvAr advocates for Thiruvarangam 'vaNdina muralum sOlai' and the beauty of arangan in 'kudadhisai mudiyai vaithu' . * ** *Paasuram 23: Purity :If yamunA is pure because of Sri krshNa sparisam (touch of krishna's divine body), kAvEri is pure because it surrounds the Lord - and so naturally becomes purer than GangA - GAngaiyil puNidhamAya kAviri naduvu pATTu. * *Paasuram 29:* *Thiruvarangan TheUltimate Refuge*: *AzvAr talks of The Lord as his refuge and has no other relatives 'vuravu maThoruvar illai' -Oh! Lord You are my only relative and Your divine feet is my refuge **'pAril nin pAdha mUlam paTRu' .* ** *Paasuram 38: DhvayArtham:* *That Lord EmperumAn is upAya/upEyam is underscored in the pAsuram 'mEamporuL pOgavittu..vAzhum sOambarai vugathi pOlum'. * *Like Srimad bhagavat geetha to Mahabharatha and charama sloka to Srimad bhagavat geetha this paasuram is the essence of thirumaalai. mEamporuL: The nature of soul to Look at Him for refuge and He has to lift us up. This is crystallised as pAsuram 'mEam poruL pOga vittu' * *The fundamental principles of SrevaishNavisam being 'Birth is not the criteria but devotion to Sriman NarAyaNA is' spelt out in the pAsuram-s following the mEmporuL pAsuram * *mEamporuL mEAliR pATTil visadhamAgak kANaLAm. (Srivachanabhooshanam 227)* *The bhAgavatha shEshathvam is highlighted in these pAsuram-s and AzvAr thus came to be known as the speck of dust of devotee's divine feet - anbar thAL thUli- ThoNDar aDip podi. * ** * * *This azhwAr has another uniqueness since he performed mangalAsAsanam only to Srirangam and no other divyadesam. Due to this, Srirangam attained the 'Number One position' among all the srivaishnava divyadesams, having the uniqueness of having the mangalasasanams from all the 10 AzhwArs. * *kOthaNdE jyEsta nakshatrE mandangudi purOthbhavam* *chOLOrvyAm vanamAlAmsam bhakthabhatrENumAsrayE* ** ** *Thondaradipodi Azhvar ThiruvadigalE sharaNam* *VaravaramunidasargaL* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Swamin, Nice Journal.Pl keep it posted regularly. Raman ramanuja, "Varavaramuni Dasargal" <varavaramuni wrote: > > *SrimathE rAmAnujAya namaH* > > *SrimathE varavaramunaye namaH* > > ** > > *Margazhi, Vyaya > Azhvar 3, Acharya 3* > > > > *TvamEva matvA paravAsu dEvam* > *RangEsayam rAja vadarhaneeyam* > *PrAbhodhakeem yogruta sookthi mAlAm* > *BhakthAngrunEham bhagavantha meedE* > > > > *The moment we hear about the month "mArgazhi" the unparalleled composition > of our GodhA pirAtti, thiruppAvai engulfs our mind. Behind the scenes, this > month boasts of hosting the births of three other divine personalities in > the kEttai thirunakshatra namely: Sri ThonN-aradippodi azhwAr, sri periya > nambigal and sri koora nArAyana jeeyar.** * > > * > ** > ThirumaNdangudi a small village near the divyadesam thirupullambhoothamgudi, > roughly 40 kms from the famous temple town kumbakonam, is the birthplace of > the first in the above esteemed list, Sri Thondaradippodi azhwAr. He was > born in a chaste Brahmin family on mArgazhi kEtai day. Elders on seeing his > greatness compare him to be an amsa of vaijayanthi (vanamAlA of the lord). > The original name given to this AzhwAr as given by his parents is " > vipranArAyana". He grew up to be an expert in the vEdAs and the vEdAntas. > It was said that sri vishwaksEnar appeared from srivaikunta and performed > panchasamskaram to him. On learning the divine meanings of thirumantram, > vipranArAyana slowly started developing detachment towards the worldly > affairs and a deep interest towards the Supreme Being. He immediately > started his journey towards various divyadesams and first reached Srirangam. > *** > > > > *Vandinam muralum sOlai, mayilam Alum sOlai* > *Kondal meedhanavum sOlai, kuilinam kOOvum sOlai* > *AndarkOn amarum sOlai ani thiruvarangam.* > > > (Thirumaalai-14) > > > > *Having performed managalAsasams to periya perumAl, he got immensely > attracted to the divine beauty of Him and decided to spend rest of his > lifetime in Srirangam itself by doing pushpa kainkaryam like periAzhwAr. *** > > > *Kudadisai mudiyai vaiththu gunadisai pAdham nEEti* > *Vadadisai pinbukAti, then disai yilangai knOkki* > *Kadalnirak kadavul endhai* *aravanai tuyilumAk kaNdu** > > > * > > (Thirumaalai-19) > > > > *He developed a full-fledged garden for performing pushpa kainkaryam to > periya perumAl on a daily basis and lived on the biksha (alms) given by the > people as per his varnasrama dharma. *** > > * > Peculiar, are the ways of the lord in conducting this leelA vibhUthi. One > fine day, a damsel by name dEvadEvi from the adjacent town urAiyUr visited > Srirangam and she happened to pass through this garden along with her > sister. She offered her respects to vipranArAyana by prostrating him. He > was so immersed in his pushpa kainkaryam, that he hardly took notice of her > action. Failing to see his reciprocation, she felt insulted and vowed to > her sister that she would turn the tables towards her by making > vipranArAyana fall for her beauty. Though her sister warned her of adverse > reactions because of his saintly character, it only fell on her deaf ears. > After this incident, she enacted a beautiful drama before vipranAryana by > making a request to him to offer her a share of the kainkaryams, which he is > doing to the lord. The latter fell into her trap and in due course, got so > attracted towards her that whole of his attention turned towards dEvadEvi > away from lord Ranganatha. *** > > > > *Seeing the sorry state of affairs of vipranArAyana, our ever- compassionate > piratti made a purushakaram (recommendation) to perumal to bring back his > dear devotee back in the track of kainkaryam. Periya perumAl appeared as a > servant of vipranArAyana in front of dEvadEvi's house and offered her a > golden vessel as given by his master vipranArAyana. The very next day, the > news spread to the king that one of the golden vessels from the temple > was missing and on enquiry, it was found in dEvadEvi's house and > was explained to the courteers as given by the servant of vipranArAyana. > Immediately, vipranArAyana and dEvadEvi were jailed in spite of them > pleading innocence. *** > > > > *Again due to pirAtti's request, lord appeared in King's dream and said that > all the happenings are due to his leela and all the sufferings of > vipranArAyna so far, are due to his karma. The king realized his mistake > and released them. On his release, vipranArAyana also realized his mistake > and felt very bad for what all had happened. He took the sripAtha theertham > of the devotees and got himself purified from the sins he had > committed. Thereafter, > he cherished himself being the dust in the feet of the lord's devotees and > hence he was celebrated as thondar adip podi AzhwAr*. > > > > *Compositions of Thondar adip podi AzhwAr* > > ** > > *Thirupalliezhucchi:* *The lord after the pralaya, awoke all the jeevathmas > and gave them the required senses (karna kalEbara) to live in this leela > vibhUdhi. After this the lord settled down into a yOga nidhrA (divine > sleep). Thondar adipodi AzhwAr stands out in the AzhwAr goshti, since he > awakens the lord by this composition of 11 pAsurams.* > > > > *ThirumAlai:* *There is a famous tamil saying "thirumAlai ariyAr thiru mAlai > ariyAr" (people who don't know this divine composition Thirumalai, don't > know thiru mAl (lord Vishnu)). Not just stopping with poo mAlai (flower > gArland) he composed this divine pAmAlai of 45 pAsurams which gives the > whole srivaishnavic essence. * > > > *Salient features* > ** > *Paasuram 2: BhUloka vaikundam vs parmapadam : Achuvai peRinum > VEANDEAn-Immersed > in beauty of Thiruvarangan, Sri ThoNdaradippodi preferred bhUlOka vaikunTAm > to paramapadham. * > > *Paasuram 4: ThirunAma magimai: 'moitha val vinaiyuL ninRu' highlights the > efficacy of ThirunAmam* > ** > *Paasuram 9: Supremacy of Emperuman : 'mathumOAr dheivam vuNDEan' - This > paasuram unequivocally indicates that He is the Supreme and points to the > fact that He is sulaban (filled with saulabhyam) 'kaTrinam mEaitha endhai > kazhaliNai paNiminErEA'-Lord KrshNA * > ** > *Paasuram 19: The archAvathAram is highly commended in the pAsuram 'kuda > disai mudaiyai vaithu' and EmperumAn's beauty is devoured. Since, > vibhavAvathAram has gone long long back, AzvAr advocates for > Thiruvarangam 'vaNdina > muralum sOlai' and the beauty of arangan in 'kudadhisai mudiyai vaithu' . * > ** > *Paasuram 23: Purity :If yamunA is pure because of Sri krshNa sparisam > (touch of krishna's divine body), kAvEri is pure because it surrounds the > Lord - and so naturally becomes purer than GangA - GAngaiyil puNidhamAya > kAviri naduvu pATTu. * > > *Paasuram 29:* *Thiruvarangan TheUltimate Refuge*: *AzvAr talks of The Lord > as his refuge and has no other relatives 'vuravu maThoruvar illai' - Oh! Lord > You are my only relative and Your divine feet is my refuge **'pAril nin > pAdha mUlam paTRu' .* > ** > *Paasuram 38: DhvayArtham:* *That Lord EmperumAn is upAya/upEyam is > underscored in the pAsuram 'mEamporuL pOgavittu..vAzhum sOambarai vugathi > pOlum'. * *Like Srimad bhagavat geetha to Mahabharatha and charama sloka to > Srimad bhagavat geetha this paasuram is the essence of thirumaalai. mEamporuL: > The nature of soul to Look at Him for refuge and He has to lift us up. This > is crystallised as pAsuram 'mEam poruL pOga vittu' > * > > > > *The fundamental principles of SrevaishNavisam being 'Birth is not the > criteria but devotion to Sriman NarAyaNA is' spelt out in the pAsuram-s > following the mEmporuL pAsuram * > > > > *mEamporuL mEAliR pATTil visadhamAgak kANaLAm. (Srivachanabhooshanam 227)* > > > > *The bhAgavatha shEshathvam is highlighted in these pAsuram-s and AzvAr thus > came to be known as the speck of dust of devotee's divine feet - anbar thAL > thUli- ThoNDar aDip podi. * > > ** * * > > *This azhwAr has another uniqueness since he performed mangalAsAsanam only > to Srirangam and no other divyadesam. Due to this, Srirangam attained the > 'Number One position' among all the srivaishnava divyadesams, having the > uniqueness of having the mangalasasanams from all the 10 AzhwArs. * > > > > *kOthaNdE jyEsta nakshatrE mandangudi purOthbhavam* > > *chOLOrvyAm vanamAlAmsam bhakthabhatrENumAsrayE* > > ** > > ** > > *Thondaradipodi Azhvar ThiruvadigalE sharaNam* > > > > *VaravaramunidasargaL* > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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