thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 20 - athi nal nambiyai nAdinArkkE !

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 20 - athi nal nambiyai nAdinArkkE !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

azhum piLLai vAdum periyOr bEthamillai

Azhagu peNgaL uram AngaL kELviyillai

kodum thuyar meelA thollai meethamillai

athi nal nambiyai nAdinArkkE!

 

meaning:

The new born babies are crying. They cannot speak yet. But they

can cry. They do so in fear of the samsAram that is going to

separate them from Sri Aranga sAmeebyam. Their only longing is

" can't this samsAram be in Sriranga ksEthram so that adiyEn can

atleast be present physically there and see the nitya utsavam of

Sri Arangan? Those elders are riping and are worn out in their

old ages. They have worn themselves out in service of Sri Arangan

all these days and are exhausting their mortal body in whatever

way they can to serve Sri Arangan. For a sath AchAryA there is no

bhEdham among these two. They help both these jivAthmAs attain

perumAL's thruvadi. The girls of Srirangam are all so beautiful

only to serve the Lord through their pathis. Sri Arangan is the

most beautiful of all. HIS nagaram also has only beautiful girls.

Since HE is the parama purushAL all those AthmA that attain Sri

rangam are all sEshi and patthinis to HIM. Once an Athma goes to

Srirangam and surrender to the Lord Sri Arangan their Athma

become very beautiful due to its sambhandam with Sri Arangan. So,

the beautiful girls in Srirangam also means those AthmAs that are

surrendered to Sri Arangan. The men of Srirangan are so strong

and are all doing so many nithya kainkaryams to perumAL

physically and without a break. Such strength is given to them by

Lord Sri Arangan to serve HIM constantly. A sath AchAryAL donot

question whether one is a strong male or beautiful female.

 

(meaning contd)

He simply performs saranAgathi to both of them and help them

attain perumAL Sri Arangan's thiruvadi. The affliction, sorrow or

grief and the that trouble which is in the name of sugam that is

never escapable (meeLA) are all exhausted by a sathA achAryAL's

grace. Also the the heap of sin or prArabha karma (kodum thuyar)

assigned for this life until now, and the " meeLA thollai " ie, the

sanchitha karma that has been accumulated so far in many births

will all be burnt at the instant of prapatti or saranagathi due

to sathAcharyAL's aruL. The word " thollai " also means ancient

or " pazhamai " and the meeLA means those sanchitha karmA that one

cannot eascape. " athi nal " means suddha sathvam. One who seek to

surrender to perumAL and do prapatti or saranagathi through an

sathAchAryAL will burn all their karma kadal in a split second.

 

Uthsava Arambam details:

Sri Utthama nambi is the direct descendant of Sri periAzhwAr and

Sri AndaL's vamsam. It was Sri AndAL who brought HER Athma deepam

*first* and surrenderd to Sri Ranganathan and showed us the way

by her demonstration. She also gave us the saranAgathi shAshthram

" thirup pAvai " showing step by step her Athama jyOthi samarppanam

to Sri Arangan. Hence the tradition of her is continued by her

vamsatthAr even today in Srirangam. One can look at this episode

and derive their own explanations that suit their sampradhAyam.

There is no virOdham in it. adiyEn belong to " madappalli vantha

manam " and Sri sannithi. So, adiyEn writes the explanations as to

what Sri Arangan and Sri AndaL makes me write in our traditions.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

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