thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 7 - mugilgaL meeNdum meeNdum piRappathu arangatthil

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 7 - mugilgaL meeNdum meeNdum piRappathu

arangatthil thEngavO !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

mugilgaL meeNdum meeNdum piRappathu arangatthil thEngavO

ponniyin perukkum Ottamudan puRandanaippu aranganaich chEravO

pookkoottam pOttiyil punmuRuval poorippathu aranganai thazhuvavO?

varudamum mAthamum nAtkaLum uthippathu Aranganin vizhAviRkO ?

 

Meaning:

Those dark clouds are born and again. ie They are born and they

give their lives for the benefit of pouring and soon they are

born again and so on. Are these clouds taking birth again and

again only to get clogged in the thiru pushkaraNi of thiru

arangam such that one day or the other they get to serve Sri

Arangan during HIS theppa uthsavam ? The ponni or kAuveri river

is flowing in its full spate and is rushing, and superabound

through the closer circuit (*) only to join SriArangan during HIS

thirumanchanam ? Those flower buches are blossoming in abundance

and with their most plesant smile. While doing so they compete

with each other and try to excel each other so that each onw will

get to be picked up for adorning the Lord. Those flowers compete

to be best so that they can become the garland for perumAL and

embrace HIM? Are those years, months, and days are born again and

again in cycle only to celebrate Sri Arangan's Uthsavams ?

 

During mAhAthsovams these parvOtsavas merged into them on

those days. Hence a brief account of these uthsavams are

presented here. The parvOthsvams are simple one day events

celebrated inside the temple during the pancha parvas such as

mAsa piRappu, amAvAsya, Pournami, 2 ekAdasis and the rEvathi

nakshatthira thiru nAL. On these days, namperumAL comes out of

garba gruham and goes around the mandapam and through the western

steps past dwAra bAlagAs, and into the Sri Raja mahEndran circuit,

and goes in pradakshinam and comes back through the eastern steps

back into the mandapam.

 

The ascending of the steps is called " padi ERRam " and it is done

as per the set music and in a very spectacular way. This is very

unique to Srirangam only. Each and every move of Sri Rangantha

has an inner significance. The inner meaning of some of these

will be disucssed as a part of the thiru adhyayana sevai. On

entering this hall perumAL and nAcchiyArs are seated in a sandal

wood pavilion, known as santhana mandapam. PoojAs are performed

here and after such, namperumAL descends down again through the

eastern steps and completes the circuit and ascends again

through the western steps and go back to the garba graha.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

note: (*) There is a small beanch of kAuveri that comes inside

Srirangam and is known as " thirumanchana kAuveri " . adiyEN had

the bAgyam to visit to this inside Sri thAthAchAryAr gardens. We

had a gathering there in that most " ramayamAna idam " that

is surrounded by mango plants. In good old days, perumAL thiru

manchana dhErttham is used to be obtained from here on elephant

tops. Later this practice is shifted to Sri AmmA mandapam.

 

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