Selected excerpts from MahA VidvAn Sri U.Ve. PerukkAraNai Swamy's ThiruppAvai Monograph: Part XIII- Sixth day : PuLLUm Silampina KaaNN dinam

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Sriamthyai Godhayai Nama:

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

From the sixth to the fifteenth paasuram ,

Bhaagaavtha ThirupaLLiyezucchi (awakening of

the devotees of Lord Krishna )are covered.

Ten important bhakthais deeply involved with

KrishNa anubhavam are woken up to participate

in the Paavai nOnbhu. Each of the Ten important devotees

of KrishNa are awakened with one paasuram (6-15).

In this sixth paasuram, the first one to be

awakened is a young Gopi , who is a novice in

devotion to and love for KrishNa.She does not

know the difference between Bhagavath and

Bhaagavatha anubhavam due to her youth (JananyAcchAr).

 

" yEka svAdhu bhunjItha, bhunjItha cha dasabhi: saha "

says Saasthram. The parama bhOgya vasthus should not

be enjoyed alone. They must be enjoyed with tens (many)

people " .If that were so for worldly pleasures , then

the enjoyment of the greatest of pleasures -- enjoyment

of the anantha kalyANa guNams of the Lord-- must be

done with thousands of like-minded adiyArs of the Lord.

Swamy NammAzhwAr refers to the same , when he describes

the aananthAnubhavam of perumAL sEvai at Sri Vaikuntam:

" vanthavaethir koLLa maamaNi maNTapatthu,

anthamil pErinbatthu ADIYORADI IRUNTHAMAI "

(Sri PBA Swamy anubhavam).

 

Therefore ANDAL and Gopis awaken many represented

by the level of spiritual perfection of this Gopi

to join in the enjoyement of Bhagavath

GuNAnubhavam and Kaimkaryam to Him.

 

The Meaning of the Sixth Paasuram (V.S)

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Awaken , Oh Young girl! Even the birds have woken up

and are chirping about the arrival of the morning .Do n't

You hear the loud and sacred sound from the white conch

being blown at the temple of our Lord , who rides on

the divine GarudA ? Oh Young girl ! Wake up! .

The Yogis and Sages with minds known for uninterrupted

contemplation of our great Lord celebrated for His

adhbhutha leelais such as:

 

(1)destroying evil Poothanai by suckling her poisonous

milk-bearing breast and at the same time sucking her

life away

 

(2)destroying a cunning asuran , who came in the form

of a cart by splintering him into pieces with a swift

kick from His tiny (baby) toe .

 

He(Our Lord) is the primal cause of the whole Universe .

He sleeps on AdhisEshan in Yoga NidhrA at the milky ocean .

The Yogis and sages have now come out of their meditation

slowly and are reciting the name of Lord Hari loudly

for seven times.The crescendo of that Hari Naama UccharaNam

resounds like thunder and enters into our hearts and

pleases us. Does it n't that aravam enter your heart too?

Oh Young girl! Please Awaken and join us in the nOnbhu !

 

The Inner Meanings of this Paasuram

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PuLLum Silampina The Lord who took HamsAvathAram

KaaNN and the bird like AchAryAs (Parama

HamsAs) , who have received His

anugraham , are performing upadEsam

for us now.

 

PuLLarayan Koil For us like Pakshis ( little birds) and

Pasus(helpless Janthus), that one ,

(white conch) present in the ashtAkshara

roopa temple of the Lord (is blowing)

 

VeLLai ViLI Sankham That one (Sankham), which is the embodiment

of satthva guNam and which instructs

us on all the rahasyArthams (is sounding).

 

pEr aravam kEttilayO? Have n't you heard of that majestic

naatham of the white conch ? Its sound

delievers us the message :(1) EmperumAn

is Sarva-Seshi,the Supreme Lord (Swami)

of us all(2)We,the chEthanams , are His

seshans(eteranl servants ). Have n't

you heard that uplifting message?

 

PiLLAi YezhunthirAi Please discard your childish attitude

that the Supreme Lord and You are

one and the same and gain true

knowledge about Your Master-servant

relationship with Him and awaken !

 

pEy mulai nanjunDu Of those (AchAryAs), who destroy

the avidhyai named Poothanai ,

which is the cause of ahankAram

and mamakAram in us

 

 

kaLLa chakatam Of those (AchAryAs),who control and

kalakka azhiya kaal prevent our body (cart)drawn by

Occhi the indriyAs from running in destructive

directions thru their intervention

 

VeLLattharavil Thyuil Of those(AchAryAs),who do not have

amarntha any desire of swimming in the samsAra

saagaram full of fierce snakes(Taapams)

 

Vitthinai Of those great (AchAryAs) , who set us on

our journey in the Moksha maargam(path)

by being the seed of AchAram & anushtAnam

 

uLLatthil koNDu meditating on them (on those AchAryAs),

MunivarkaLum YogikaLum the two kinds of prapannAs recognize

mella Yezhunthu clearly their insufficencies to practise

Bhakthi Yogam(One kind of prapannan is

known for Bhagavath guNAnubhavan and

the other known for Kainkarya anubhavam

or Karma yOga nishtai ).

 

Hari YenRa pEraravam approach the Lord and loudly request

Him to eliminate the Paapams and PuNyams ,

which are the seeds of SamsAric

afflictions (approach AchAryan as

Moksha bheeja BhUthan)

 

uLLam Puhunthu That aartha naatham ( sufferer's loud

cry) of the PrapannAs entered through

the Lord's(AchAryA's) ears and reached

His (their)heart(s).

 

KuLirnthu That sound reaching the Lord's heart

made Him happy and contented ; That

anubhavam of the Lord (Achaaryan)

made Him PrasAdha-Visishtan for us.

Hearing this uplifting message and its

effect on our Lord(AchAryan) , Oh Girl ,

please awaken and join in the Nonbhu !

 

Additional Meanings for individual words

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A.The addressing of the Gopi Here as " PiLLAi "

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Four Views:

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(1) This Gopi being awakened is a novice in

Bhagavath-BHAgavatha anubhavam .The highest

among the bhakthAs of the Lord is the One , who

has Bhaagavatha Bhakthi (devotion to the Lord's

devotees). This Gopi is not there yet and She has

PiLLaitthanam ( attributes of a novitiate).Her

BhAgavatha Bhakthi is not ripe and needs growing .

Hence , She is addresed as PiLLAI ( Sri PeruKKaraNai

Swamy).

 

(2) The young ones do not know kapatam ; they are not

adept in the wily ways of life. It is a guNa visEsham

of youngsters. Therefore , this Gopi is addressed as

" PiLLAi " ...Sri PBA Swamy

 

(3)Our AchAryAs are also addressed as Vadakku

Thiruveethi PiLLai , Periya VaacchAn PiLLai,

NampiLLai. In this context , this Gopi who is good as

a youngster in grasping , preserving and growing

Bhagavath anubhavam (GrahaNa DhAraNa pOshana padur

Baala:) is given a place of respect by being addressed

as " PiLLAi " ...Sri PBA Swamy

 

(4) Oh Gopi! You are new to Bhagaathanubhavam.

Therefore this sleep has enwrapped you .Please

cast aside this slumber of PiLLaittanam (youth)and

make an effort to grow further in Bhagavathanubhavam .

Please grow up in anubhava rasam and become adhikAri

in Bhagaavth anubhavam by joining this group singing

the Lord's ThirunAmams.--Sri UtthamUr Swamy

 

B.Inner meanings of the Other phrases of the 6th Paasuram

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according to Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy

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(1)PuLLarayan Koil= Thirumanthram (AshtAksharam), the place

of preferred rsidence(Koil) of the Lord.

 

(2)Sanghu = The Conch there (at that temple )is PraNavam .

 

(3)Inn (ViLi Sankhu+inn ) = Iniya(Sweet) sound of NaarAyaNa

padham in AshtAksharam.

 

(4)VeLLai= Satthva guNam. " VeLlai ViLi sankhin Peraravam

KettilayO? " = Have n't you heard yet the rahasyArthams

of the sweetest manthram arising from the sankha dhavni?

 

(5) pEy mulai najunDu= pEy is Moola prakruthi; its mulai

(breasts) are bhuddhi and ahamkAram ; nanju = the dhOshams

arising from them.

 

(6) KaLLa sakatam kalakkazhiya KaalOcchi= Sakatam is manOratham

(abhilAshai); That sakatam unless directed towards the Lord

is stealthy and defective ( sthEna mana: anrutha vaadhini

vaak--Vedam) . Kalakkazhippathu in this context is the

growth of vairAgyam to eliminate the KaLLatthanam

(stealthiness) of anrutha Vaak ( untrue talk).

 

(7) VeLLattharavu = SamsAra BhOga pravAham

 

(8) Thyuil amarvathu = dircting the mind away

from those dhukkham causing Bhogams

 

(9) Vithtinai ULLatthu kONDu = by treasuring that Koota-sthAna

AchAryan/Bhagavaan deep in mind and meditating with preethi.

" ULLatthuk KoNDu " : When we get up, we uter the ame of Hari,

when we start travel, we say KesavA , when we eat we say

GovindhA and whenw e are about to sleep, we say MadhavA " .

Lord is kept in the heart and meditated upon by

Munis and Yogis.

 

(10) meLLa Yezhunthu: Hari yenRa pEraravam = arising slowly

with the recitation of the name of Hari ( One who removes

our aj~nAnam and Viparitha Jn~Anam completely) . That Hari

naama sankIrthanam has swelled up to a loud ghOsham . Hari's

naama mahimai has been celebrated by Haryashtakam of

PrahlAdhan : " Taani sarvANi asEshANi Harir ithi akshara Dhvyam " .

 

ANDAL , Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan