Bhoothatthaazhwaat Thirunakshathram- Aippasi avittam - today

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

 

Today aippasi avittam is Bhoothatthazhwar TN. Let us enjoy the glories of the

2nd (mudal azhwars)

 

Swamy Desikan in prabandha saaram says:

 

kadanmallai kaavalanE bootha vEnthE

kaasinimE laippasiyi lavitta naaLvanN

thidarkadiyunN thaNkOva lidaika ziccen

RiNaiyillaa moovarumaa yisainthE niRka

naduviliva roruvarumen RaRiyaa vaNNa

naLLiruLin maanerukka nanthaa NYaanac

sudarviLakkER RiyanbE thakaLi yaana

thodainooRu menakkaruLsey thulanga neeyE.

 

You are like the protecting deity (kaaval deivam) of Thirudan mallai divya

desam! BhoothatthAzhwarE! You appeared in the star of avittam in the month of

aippasi, and shared the corridor on the divya desam of Thirukkoviloor along with

Poikai and Pey azhwArs in the midnight darkness and to your delight, the Lord

appeared in your midst. You had composed 100 verses beginning with anbE

thagaLiyA in anthAthi style. Please bless me with those 100 verses for me to

understand their intricacies.

 

In the end of Prabandha saram, Swami says every azhwar’s name and the

respective verses of theirs are the tools that would save us from the samsaaric

afflictions. They are our life saviours.

 

Srimad Rahayasyathraya saram beginning – in Guruparamparasaram, Swamy Desikan

mentions that:

 

poorvOthpathrEshu bhoothEshu thEshu thEshu kalow Prabhu:

anupraviSya kuruthE yathsamihitham achuytha: ||

 

Through the roopams of Parankusa, Parakala (Nammazhwar and Thirumangai azhwar et

al) the Lord dwelled in them by entering into them (anupravEsam) took ten

avathArams (abhinava dasAvathAram of ten azhwArs) in order to save the world,

and to make sakala veda artthamas easily available aand understandable in Tamil

language for everyone (including women- who are not qualified to study Vedas).

 

Thus from Poikai, Bhoothattazhwar, the ten azhwars are the avathArams of

Bhagawan Himself.

 

In Srimad Rahasyathrayasaram., in Guruparamparasara verse,

 

poykaimunipoothatthaar pEyaazhvaar thaN

porun^alvarunkurukEsan vittusiththan

thuyyakulasEkaran nampaaNan^aathan

thoNdaradippodimazhisaivantha sOthi

vaiyamellaam maRaiviLanka vaaLvElEnthum

mankaiyarkOnenRivar_kaL makizhnthu paadum

seyya thamizh maalaikaL naam theLiya vOthith

theLiyaatha maRai nilankaL theLikinROmE.

 

 

TheLiyAdha maRainilangaL theLiginROmE- says Swami,. The otherwise difficult and

terse vedic statements get crystal clear thorugh the great divine works of

azhwars who have crystal clear jnAnam as bequeathed to them by the Lord.

(mayarvaRa mathinalam aruLappetravargaL)

 

Srimad Rahasyathraya saram- SwanishtAbhignAna adhikAram while explaining the

Purushaartha kaashtai, Swami in addition to referring to Mahabharatha Shanthi

Parvam, refers to Bhoothatthazhwar Sreeesukthi

 

BhUtatthAzhwAr says: (IraNdaam Thiruvanthaathi- 45 th pAsuram)

 

uLandhu enRu iRumaavaar uNdillai enRu

thaLardhanalathanarugum saaraar- aLvariya

vEdatthAn vEmkatatthAn viNNOr mudi thOyum

paadhatthAn pAdham paNinndhu

 

Yet another instruction to us! Let us not jump to the skies, if we (are blessed

to) get some thing (like getting a pay hike; or some bonus; a promotion, or

whatever-); nor shall we feel depressed and feel remorse and cry should we miss

any thing. We should always think that everything is Bhagavath sankalpam. When

does one get sucha manObhAvam (such balanced bent of mind)? azhwAr says: It will

come to only those who have surrenederd to the Lotus Feet of the Lord Sriya:

Pathi Sriman Narayanan- The Lord of Vedas- ThiruvEmakatatthaan- Srinivasan (at

whose Feet one can see the crowns of Nithyasooris).

 

Thus, those who are devotees of Thirumalai Sreenivasan, and have surrendered to

His Lotus Feet, would not get overjoyed when getting wealth; nor would they

despair when it goes off. They would be in perfect balanced state of mind as

everything is Bhagavath sankalpam.

 

Sri Brahmathanthra swathanthra jeeyar composed:

 

thulA sravishtA sambhootham bhootham khallOlamaalina: |

dheerE pullOtha phalAn mallA puryA meetE kathAmsakam ||

 

Third Brahmathanthra swathanthra jeeyar blessed us with:

 

anbE thagaLiyA viLanga ninRaan vaazhiyE

Arvatthai neyyaakki aLittha piraan vaazhiyE

inburugu sinthai idu thiriyaan vaazhiyE

iyal jnAnacchudar viLakkai yeritthu vaitthAn vaazhiyE

anbE thagaLi nooRu aruL seydhaan vaazhiyE

aippasiyil avittatthil sagatthudhitthAn vaazhiyE

inpugazh sEr kadanmallai avatharitthAn vaazhiyE

yengaL vaippAm bhoothatthaar iNaiadigaL vaazhiyE

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan