inRO Thiruvaadippooram- emakkaaga anRo inghu ANdAL avatharitthaaL

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Sri:

SrimathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Today (Aug- Friday the 13th) is Thiru Adipooram. ANdAL's Thirunakshathram.

Let us meditate on the most compassionate and most merciful Divine Godha

PiraaTTi and surrender to Her Lotus feet.

 

Swami Desikan starts off the GodhAsthuthi, which is reported to have been

sung by Swami, when he was greatly captured by GodhA's Divine Beauty in the

streets of Sri Villiputthur during a procession (Uthsavam) on the day of

which Swami was obsevring Mouna vratham (perhaps, PradhOsham time).

 

GoDhA looked gracefully at Swami and allured him as if she says " Hm.... Sing

... Come out..VedantaAchAryarE! "

Swami blessed us with 29 excellent verses of GOdhAsthuthi. (one less than 30

pAsurams of ThiruppAvai)

 

Let me reprodue Sri Sadagopan mama's translation for the first

slOkam:Slokam 1 : SaraNAgathi at the Holy feet of GodhA PirAtti

SrivishNuchittha kulanandana kalpavaleem

Srirangaraaja harichandana yoga drusyaam I

SakshAth KshamAm karuNayA KamalAmivAnyAm

GodhAm ananya saraNa: SaraNam prapathyE II

 

(Meaning ) : O GodhE ! I perform Prapatthi at Your sacred feet

as one , who has no other recourse ! I have no one else

to save me . You are the Kalpaka creeper adorning the

Lord standing as the auspicious HarichandanA tree in the flower

garden of the Kulam of VishNuchitthA , your father. The darsanam

of You united with Your Lord tightly as the divine kalpakA creeper and the

celestial HarichandanA tree is a blessed sight to see .

In Your infinite patience with the aparAdhis , You appear verily

like Bhumi dEvi and in your limitless compassion , You resemble

Maha Lakshmi Herself . I offer my Prapatthi at your sacred , lotus

feet as the one , who has no other means !

 

Also, Sri Manavala Maamuni says:

inRO Thiruvaadippooram;- emakkaaga anRO inghu ANdAL avatharitthaaL-

kunRaadha vaazhvaana vaikuntha vaan bhOganthannai igazhdhu

AzhwAr ThirumagaLaaraay.

 

Beautiful and simple: Maamuni says: Today is Thiruvaadipporam. Andal

appeared only for us; She sacrificed Her eternal Vaikunta enjoyment and

living and appeared here as the human daugher of AzhwAr. (What a compassion

of Bhumi Piraatti!)

Srimanyai VishNu chitthaaryamanOnandhanahEthavE!

nandhanandha sudharyai gOdhaayai Nithya MangaLam!!

-Sri Manavaala Maamunigal

 

AndaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

 

 

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