Sri U.Ve.PerukkAraNai ChakravarthyAchAr's ThiruppAvai Monograph Excerpts: Part III

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

In the last posting of Novemebr 18 , we covered

Swamy's adoration of the Hari Naamam .adiyEn will cover

GodhA Sookthi Prabhavam from Swamy's monograph today.

 

1. ThiruppAvai is the meaning of " namO NaarAyaNAya "

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PeriyAzhwAr revealed the meaning of PraNavam through

his PallANDu Prabhandham. His daughter , ANDAL revealed

the meaning of " Namo NaarAyaNAya " through ThiruppAvai.

The Father and the Daughter revealed together the meaning

of the AshtAkshara Manthram . Therefore , we recite

ThiruppallANDu and ThiruppAvai every day of the year.

Marghazhi month is not an exclusive month for the recitation

of ThiruppallANDu and ThiruppAvai , since they are of

AshtAkshara manthra Japa Roopam .We recite them

during AarAdhana kaalam at every house as SaaRRumuRai.

During SaaRRumuRai, there is prominence for ThiruppAvai

(SiRRam SiRu kaalE ) after reciting ThiruppallANDu.

During AzhwAr , AchArya Thirunakshathrams , ThiruppAvai

has prominence as established through the divine

command of AchArya RaamAnujA ( RaamAnuja DhivyAaj~nA).

 

2. The Equality of(Saamyam of) ThiruppAvai with Upanishads

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The Veda Siras is revered as Upanishads . Bhagavath GithA

is known as GithOpanishad just as ThiruppAvai is recognized as

GOdhOpanishad. ThiruppAvai is therefore a celebrated Upanishad.

Just as the Upanishads of Sruthis are not recited at night,

ThiruppAvai is not recited at night.

 

3. ANDAL's anugraham to Sri RangarAmAnuja Muni

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Sri Ranga RaamAnuja Muni (16th Century A.D and a

disciple of pancha Matha bhanjana Taatha Desikan )

is the well known commentator of the ten prominent

Upanishads. It is typical to address one as BhAshyakArar

if they have commented on Brahma Soothram or Upanishads.

Sri RangarAmAnuja Muni was not however called as

BhAshyakArar for Upanishads. He was disturbed about this

lack of recognition and fell asleep one night with these

sad thoughts in mind. ANDAL appeared in his dream and told

him that he will get the title of BhaashayakArar , if

he wrote a commentary on Her ThiruppAvai. In the morning

after the blessed dram , Sri RangarAmAnuja Muni completed

a Sanskrit commentary for ThiruppAvai and Godhai conferred

on him the title of Upanishad BhAshyakArar , a title

that has lasted. From this episode , we get proof for

the decalaration that ThiruppAvai is also an Upanishad.

 

4. Greatness of ANDAL exceeds that of Sri Devi

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ThuLasi Devi is the Mother of ANDAL. PeriyAzhwar

is Her Father. EmperumAnAr is Her Elder Brother

(GOdhAgrajar). Lord RanganAthA is Her Husband (BharthA).

We are Her children. We are nourished by Her Sri Sookthi,

which is the Sthanyam ( Breast Milk) for us .Because of these

multiple connections , ANDAL's glories exceed those of

Sri Devi.

 

5. Vedam/Upanishads and ThiruppAvai

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When VedAdhayanam is done , it starts and ends with

PraNavam. When we recite Tamizh MaRai of AzhwArs ,

we start and end with ThiruppAvai(SaaRRumuRai).

Thus ThiruppAvai becomes equal to the sacred PraNavam.

 

Sanskritic Vedams are like an earthern pot. It has asuddhi

when used by any one outside the Thrayi-VarNikAs.

ThiruppAvai and AzhwAr's prabhandhams are like a Golden pot .

They have no asuddhi if used by every one , independent

of their VarNams . Every member of the four VarNams are adhikAris

for Dhivya prabhandham in general and ThiruppAvai in particular.

 

KatOpanishad wakes up every one with the declaration:

" Utthishtatha, PrabhOdhatha , Jaagratha " .Vedam states that

the Vinais of Prapannan gets burnt without any trace just as

cotton bale , the thorny shrub thrown in the fire.ANDAL

gives us the same Vedic/Upanishadic message : " pOya pizhayum ,

puhu taruvAn ninRanavum , Theeyinil Thoosu aahum " .

 

6.ThiruppAvai and SanAthana-Saasthra Dharmam

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In Our dharmam , we invoke the name of Hari , when we

get up ; we invoke the name of Kesavan, when we walk ;

we recite the name of GovindhA , when we eat ; We go to

sleep with the name of Madhavan on our lips. ANDAL

refers to these anushtAna Dharamas in Her ThiruppAvai:

" Hari yenRa pEraravam " , Kesavanaip Paadavum " ,

" GovindhA unn Tannaip paadi " , and " Vangak kadal

Kadaintha Maadhavanai " .

 

In the next posting , we will cover the importance of

SvApadEsArtham (inner meanings) for ThiruppAvai paasurams

since PerukkAranai Swamy has excelled in this area

as Ubhaya VedAntha VidhvAn. Therefore ,we will be focusing on

these SvpadhEsArthArthams for the individual paasurams .

 

" Sriyai Nama:,BhUmyai Nama: , NeeLAyai Nama: "

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan