MahA VidvAn PerukkAraNai Swamy's ThiruppAvai Commentary: Part V : ParAsara Bhattar's Taniyian

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Srimathyai GodhAyai Nama:

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Let us pay our respects to the Taniyans of ThiruppAvai

in this posting .

 

Introductory Remarks (v.S)

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ThiruppAvai's glories are celebrated by the THREE Taniyans

(Mughdhakams) , which are composed by ParAsara Bhattar(b.1074 A.D)

in Sanskrit ( NeeLA Thunga Sthana Giri--) and two more in

Tamil by UyyakkoNDAr ( 826-937 A.D), the direct disciple of

AchArya Naathamuni . Swamy UyyakkoNDAr's Taniyans are:

 

(1) Anna Vayal Puthuvai ANDAL--

(2) SooDikkoduttha SudarkkodiyE --

 

There are number of other celebratory verses on

ANDAL's ThiruppAvai or Her avthAra Sthalam

by PoorvAchAryAs although the above three are

the only ones recognized as Taniyans for ThiruppAvai .

Some of the other verses in Tamil celebrating

ANDAL's Vaibhavam are:

 

(1) vEyar Pukazh VillipputthUr --Swamy Desikan

(2) inRo AadippUram ----Swamy MaNavALa MaamunigaL

(3) PeriyAzhwAr PeNN PiLLayAi-- "

(4) Anjukkudikku oru SanthathiyAi -- "

(5) paathakangaL Theerkkum Paramandi Kaattum

Vedam anaitthukkum VitthAhum --Vedap PirAn Bhattar

(6) Godhai PiranthavUr --Vedap PirAn Bhattar

(7) Vaazhit ThirunAmam: ThiruvAdip Pooratthil--

 

We will focus on the First of the three Taniyans

in this posting : Sri ParAsara Bhattar's Sanskrit

Taniyan , which is considered as the essence Of

(SaarArtham of )ThiruppAvai takes this grand form :

 

NeeLA-Tunga sthanagiri-taDI Suptham udhbhOdhya KrishNam

PaarArTyam svam sruthi-satha-siras-siddham adhyApayanthI

svOcchishtAyAm sraji nigalitham yaa balAthkruthya bhunkthE

GOdhA Tasyai Nama idhamidham bhUya yEvAsthu BhUya:

 

(Meaning according to Dr.V.N.S.Raghavan): May I offer

my obeisance again and again to Goddess ANDAL alias

GOdhA --to her alone--who awakened Lord KrishNA (taking

rest and)sleeping on the mountain-like lofty breasts of

Goddess NILA alias Nappinnai PirAtti; GOdhA , who has

imparted to Him ( Lord KrishNA )Her dependence ( on Him )

as established in the hundreds of the texts of the crown

of the VedAs( Viz. the VedAnthA or the Upanishads); and

GOdhA , who forcefully enjoys Him after binding Him with

flower-wreaths that were already worn by Her.

 

Last week , SrimAn U.Ve. M.A.VenaktakrishNan Swamy

gave a Tele-UpanyAsam on this Taniyan alone for

more than thrity minutes . He dealt at length with

the avathAram of this Taniyan at ThirukkOshtiUr

at the request of a sishyar of ParAsara Bhattar ,

who was at this dhivya dEsam in self-exile from Srirangam

as a result of his anguish over the apachAram of a local king.

Sri M.A.V.Swamy explained the significance of the words

" PaarArhtyam " at length in his UpanyAsam.

 

We will take up the SvApadEsArthams of this taniyan

as revealed by PoorvAchAryALs in general and

Sri PerukkAraNai Swamy in particular in the next posting.

 

" PinjAi PazhutthALai ANDALai Bhakthiyudan

NaaLUM VazhutthAi ManamE mahizhndu "

 

ThiruppAvai Jeeyar Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.SatakOpan