MahA samprOkshaNam at RanganAthA Temple : May 27,2001 /Part IV: ANDAL Sannidhi

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

adiyEn will cover the Vaibhavams of the ArchA Moorthys

who will have their Vedic-Aagamic MahA samprOkshaNams at

the remaining 5 Sannidhis at Lord RanganAthan's Temple

in the next few days.

 

Tomorrow is SravaNa Vratham dinam . May Lord

ThiruviNNagarappan's SravaNa Dheepam shine bright

and light our pathways to HIM! Let us reflect on

the Dhivya Dampathis and their MahA KaaruNyam to take up

their abode in their new home at Pomona , NY on this day

before SraVaNam !

 

At ThiruviNNagar/Oppiliappan Koil, the divine consort for

OppilA Appan is BhUmi Devi ThAyAr, who incarnated as

ANDAL at SrivilliputthUr as the daughter of PeriyAzhwAr.

She has taken Her traditional postion at the left side of

Lord RanganAthan at the Pomona Temple.Let us offer Her our

humble salutations to Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr today .

She is very special to Lord RanganAthA and therfore to us .

Vaikunta Vaasi SEvA SwamigaL mentioned at one time :

" Why study PurANams and IthihAsams ? For that matter,

why even study Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ? The study

of ANDAL's ThiruppAvai alone will compensate for

not studying all the other sacred granthams " . Yes,

Tatthva Thrayam , Arhtha Panchakam ,Way of Performing

SaraNAgathi at the Lord's feet, the way to live as

a paramaikAnthi, Bhagaavth Kaamam, the way to perform

Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam , all of these are

covered in ANDAL's ThiruppAvai. Such is the power

and grandeur of Her two Sri Sookthis: ThiruppAvai and

NacchiyAr Thirumozhi. May we stand before Her Sannidhi

and recite Her 173 Paasurams housed in the Two Sookthis

and be blessed with Savroopa Jn~Nam and develop ruchi for

Kaimkaryam to BhagavAn ,BhagavathAs and one's own AchAryan.

 

References in the Bhakthi & Malolan Archives:

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Many articles on ANDAL's Vaibhavam and Her Sri Sookthis

--ThiruppAvai and NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi--have been

archived from 1996 upto now in the Bhakthi and

Malolan Lists.

 

Sri Venkat Iyengar ,a native of SrivilliputthUr

has created beautiful and informative home pages

for SrivilliputthUr .AdiyEn wishes to invite your

attention to these articles and Home pages for

extensive information on ANDAL 's aruLiccheyalkaLs

and Vaibhavam. Here are a few references:

 

(1) Special artiles on ThiruppAvai and ANDAL " s importance

in our sampradhAyam : http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/andal/

tiruppavai.htm , (V.Sadagopan and others in the Sri Vaishnava

Home pages maintained by Sri Mani Varadarajan (Vintage 1996

Marghazhi Maasam ). Links to Smt.Nithya Shrees' musical rendering

of the Thiruppavai Paasurams can be accesed there as well.

 

(2) The summary of the ThiruppAvai VyAkyAnam of U.Ve.Vidvan

Sri PerukkAraNai Swamy by V.Sadagopan in the Sri Vaishnava

Home pages maintained by Sri R.K. Venkat of Bharain in his

excellent home pages( Dec 2000-Jan 2001):

 

http://Srivaishnava.20m.com/tpavai/pavai-meaning.htm

 

(3) GodhA Sthuthi: SlOkam by SlOkam commentary by

V.Sadagopan , Archives of Bhakthi List, Year 2000.

 

(3)SrivilliputthUr Home Pages and Srimathi KalyANi KrishnamAchAri's

postings on the NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi Paasurams(NTP) :

 

http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/7673

 

Bhakthi and malOlan archives also house the NTP commented

on by Smt.KalyAni KriashNamAcchAri. The SrivilliputthUr

Home pages contain outstanding images of ANDAL

and Her divine consort , RangamannAr along with

extensive information on annual Uthsavams for our ThAYaar.

The front page of these home pages with Sri VilliputthUr

ANDAL ThirumALigai Gopuram with the Dhivya dampathis

standing at the side of their Raaja Gopuram is one of

the most beautiful JPG images of ANDAL and RangamannAr .

 

Inview of these extensive articles on ANDAL in the Web ,

adiyEn will conclude this posting with the DhyAna SlOkam

for ANDAL from Swamy Desikan's GodhA Sthuthi:

 

shathamakha maNi neelA chaaru kalhAra hasthA

sthana bhara namithAngi saandhra vaathsalya sindhu:

alaka vinihAthAbhi: sragbhirAkrushta nATA

vilasathu hrudhi GODHA VishNuchitthAthmajA na:

--GodhA Sthuthi: SlOakm 28

 

(meaning : Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan ):May GODHA DEVI ,

the one born as the daughter of VishNu-ChitthA(PeriyAzhwAr),

with Her complexion shining like the blue sapphire stone , holding

in Her hand ,the beautiful white lotus , with a posture bent

forward by the weight of Her abundant breasts , who is an ocean of

mercy towards Her devotees and who casts a spell on Her Lord ,

Sri RanganATan with the garlands that She wore-and-passed on

from Her head to Him --May She ever shine residing in my

heart to bless me!

 

GODHA PirAttiyin ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan