Inputs for CD ROM : XI.8:ThiruvAimozhi (Continued)

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

There are number of excellent write ups on

Thiruvaimozhi in the Bhakthi list archives.

The Vaishnava home page maintianed by Sri Mani Varadarajan

and the Sri Ramanujar home pages maintained by

Srimans Madhavakkannan and Achutharaman of Singapore

( http://members.tripod.com/~Sriramanujar/namm.html)

contain many pertinent articles on AzhwArs in general

and Swamy NammAzhwAr in particular.

 

Some articles cover literal meanings (Sri MadhavakkaNnan's

excellent postings) archived in Bahrain home pages of

Sri Ramadurai Venkat with the URL:

http://www.Sriviahsnava.com/prabandham.html /

 

others elaborate on individual decads on dhivya dEsams .

 

Yet others dwell very well on the links between the Tamil MaRai

and Sanskrit Vedams and Upanishads (the ongoing insightful

series by Sri Sadagopan Iyengar of Chennai)and others

deal with the Life and works of Swamy NammAzhwAr :

http://members.tripod.com/~Sriramanujar/namm.html/

 

Inview of these abundant resources besides the classical

commentaries of PoorvAchAryAs , adiyEn will focus on

the source Veda manthrams from Saama Vedam and other Vedams

and leave it to the reader to make the connections to

the matching individual passages of ThiruvAimozhi(TVM).

This will provide a complimentary aspect to the series by

Sri Sadagopan Iyengar of Chennai.adiyEn would like

Sri Sdagopan Iyengar to continue his excellent series.

 

It is the tradition to consider TVM as the essence of

Saama vedam;in reality,the tatthvams covered by TVM

are relatable to mathrams from all the Four VedAs.

Examples of the usage of same manthrAs by different

Vedams will be included to indicate the common threads

of prayers to the Supreme Being in all the VedAs and

how they unite to form the sacred Vedic fabric.adiyEn will

use Saayana BhAshyam and other commentaries on the Vedams

by Sri Satya Prakash Sarasvathi swamy under the auspices

of the Delhi Vedic Trust. VedhAbhimAnis are indebted to

Sriman A.Krishnan of Srirangam for his leadership

to record all the veda SamhithAs and also to publish

the English translations of the Veda manthrams .

 

In this context , we have to recall that Rg Vedam

stands for JnAnam or Fundamental Knowledge.The Yajur

Vedam instructs us as how to apply that fundamental

knowledge for our advantages , individual and that

of the community. Yajur Vedam can thus be considered

as Applied Knowledge (Phalan). Saama Vedam is all about

the lyrical, emotional and aesthetic singing of

the glories of the Supreme being (addressed as

Indra and Agni).The Atharva Vedam stands for

the perfection and preservation of the Fundamental

knowledge derived from Rg Vedam.

 

Selected short list of examples of the Vedic passages

that connect to the thoughts housed in the Prabhandhams

of Vedam tamizh seytha MaaRan (Swamy NammAzhwAr) will

be covered in the next posting .

 

Srimath azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan