ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr Thirunakshathram..

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Sri:

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:

 

Dearest BhAgawathas,

 

Today (Maargazhi kEttai Nakshathram) is the Thirunakshathram of

ThoNdaradippodiAzhwAr.

He calls himself as “thoNdar” adippodi, meaning “dust at the feet of

devotees (of Emperumaan Sri Ranganathan). Let us meditate at the feet of

this greatest AzhwAr..

 

The prabhandham (verse) on ThondaradippodiAzhwAr from Swamy Desikan’s

prabhandhasaaram is:

 

mannumathit tirumaNdaNG gudithaan vaaza

maar_kazimaa thakkEttai naaLil vanthu

thunnupukazth thoNdaradip podiyE neemun

Ruzaaymaalaip paNiyadimai seythu naaLunN

thennaranga maNavaaLaR kanpu mikkuc

seppiyanNaR Rirumaalai naaRpath thainthum

panniyanNaR RiruppaLLi yezucci patthum

pazavadiyE NnukkaruLsey parinthu neeyE.

 

(the entire Swamy desikan’s Tamil works (transliterated version) is typed by

Sri Dileepan and Sri Samapth Rengi and is available in Sri Ahobila Mutt web

page (http://www.cdc.net/~dileepan/index.html)

and in Swamy Desikan page (http://swamydesika.homepage.com)

 

One can read the sixth and seventh line ”Thirumaalai naaRpatthu aindhum

“ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi patthum”, meaning Thirumalai 45 pAsurams and

ThirupaLLiyezhucchi 10 pAsurams are sung by ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr.

 

AzhwAr’s respects and regards for BhAgawathAs is GREAT! Let us enjoy the

42nd and 43rd of Thirumaalai:

 

“pazhuthilaa vozhuka laaRRup palasathup pEthi maar_kaL!

izhikulath thavar_ka LElum emmadi yaar_ka Laakil*

thozhumineer kodumin koLmin!' enRun^in NnOdu mokka,

vazhipada varuLi NnaaypOl mathiLthiru varankath thaanE! (42)

 

mathiL ThiruvarangatthaanE! - Oh Sri RanganAthanE!

Vazhipada aruLinaay pOl- (I think) You have instructed The Vedic scholars,

ChathurvEdis (one who has learnt all four Vedas)- brahmins, saying “Oh

ChathurvEdis! Even if my devotees are born in the lowliest of low castes

(izhikulatthavar)- if they are my bhakthAs; (means- devotees of Sriman

Narayanan- and only HIM), you all prostrate to them… (neer thozhumin); give

them (kodumin) (money?); get from them knowledge (that I am Parathvam..)

(koNmin) “ …

 

(AzhwAr asks Sri RanganAthan).. “Did You instruct this because You declare

that Your BhakthAs are to be considered equal to You..? (if not even more)

(enRu ninnodu okka)

 

“amaravO ranka maaRum vEthamOr naan_ku mOthith/

thamar_kaLil thalaiva raaya saathiyan^ thaNar_ka Lelum/

numar_kaLaip pazhippa raakil nodippathO raLavil, aankE

avar_kaLthaam pulaiyar pOlum arankamaa nakaru LaanE! (43)

 

(In this pAsuram, AzhwAr condemns those who commit BhAwatha apacharam..)

Oh Sri Ranganatha! Even after having learnt all six Vedha~ngams, and the

unparalleled four Vedas, completely, and are born in the great Brahmana

kulam, (as brahmins), if someone scolds “pazhippargaLaagil” (or thinks low

about) Your devotees (numargaLai), immediately, within a fraction of a

second (nodippadhOr aLavil), at the same spot (aanghE), he (is worthy to be

considered) becomes a chaNdaaLar.. (lowliest man) –pulayiarpOlum..

 

What an assertive truth! Last pAsuram, AzhWar says “Even low caste devotees

need to considered equal to Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. Next

one- he says, even if you are born a highest caste brahmin, if you do not

respect (or if you think of low of) a BhAgawatha (of Emperumaan), you are

NOT a brahmin at all. You become lowliest of low castes..

 

ThoNdaradiAzhWar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

daasaanu daasan adiyEn Narayana dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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