Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam : Part XXI: Arayar Sevai Paasurams used at SriRangam duirng the Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam.

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SrI:

 

SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs: This would be one of the penultimate

posting on the recently concluded Thiruadhyayana Uthsavam

at the Sri RanganAthA Temple at Pomona , NY. With one more

posting, adiyEn will wrap up the series .

 

Prior to starting on the main topic ,I would like to make

a correction on the number of sEvArthis , who attended

the services at the Temple on Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day.

The number of 1,000 mentioned was for the New Year day

and not for the Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day for which

the figures are not available.Quite a few arrived

all day long.

 

Srirangam Arayar Sevai:

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at the outset , adiyEn requests experts on

Arayar Sevai at Srirangam like Sri T.S.Sundararajan

Swamy to correct any mistakes in my narrative.

 

The purpose of this note is like a reminder for

next year's Uthsavam and the expansion of Arayar

Sevai to include items that are used by the Arayar's

at Srirangam , since the Pomona Temple follows

the Srirangam Tradition in its worship details.

This Mutthamizh KoNDAttam is unique to Thiru Adhyayana

Uthsavam every where including the Pomona Temple

for Lord RanganAthan.

 

ThiruAdhyayana Uthsavam: Pahal Patthu

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The Paasurams chosen by Arayar for the sEvai

during the day time (Pahal Patthu) are 26 in number

at Srirangam . The dance dramas of Kamsa Vathai,

Vaamanan kathai, amrutha MaTanam and IrAvaNa

vadham enacted on the 4th, 7th, 8th and 10th day

of Pahal patthu is not covered here :

 

1. PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallANDu:

" adiyOmOdum ninnOdum PirivinRi aayiram PallANDU " ,

the second paasuram of ThiruppallANDu Prabhandham.

 

2.PeriyAzhwAr's Periya Thirumozhi: 3.1 ,

" TannErAyiram PiLLaihaLOdu TaLar Nadai ittu varvAN "

Here , YasOdhA recognizes the Parathvam of Baala KrishNan,

her infant baby and states that she is afraid to

breast feed Him .

 

3. " SenniyOngu TaNN ThiruvEngadamudayAi " PeriyAzhwAr: 5.4.1

Here , PeriyAzhwAr joyously declares that he is blissful

because of the fact that the Lord has blessed him through

the entry into his HrudhayAkAsam and taking residence there.

This is the valedictory address of PeriyAzhwAr to the Lord.

The meanings of these paasurams are archived in the Dec 14,1997

issue of Bhakthi List.

 

4. Periya Thirumozhi: 2.10.1: " AaRRIrunthu ViLayAduvONkaLai "

Here , the anubhavam of the neighbors complaining to YasOdhA

about the injustices done to them by Baala KrishNan .

 

5. " Maargahazhi ThingaL " : First Paasuram of ThiruppAvai alone.

 

6. " KaNNan yennum Karum Dheivam " NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi: 13.1

Here , ANDAL appeals to Her friends to fan & comfort Her with

by waving the cloth used by Her Lord as She experiences

viraha Taapam.

 

7. PerumAL Thirumozhi: " UnEru Selvam " of KulasEkharar:

Here, KulasEkharar addresses ThiruvEngadamudayAn and

informs Him that he wishes to be in the form of any

object proximate to the Lord at His seven hills.

" KonEri Vaazhum KuruhAi piRappEnE " .

 

8. PerumAL Thirumozhi: " IruLiriya SudarmanikaL imaikkum neRRI " :

PerumAL Thirumozhi: 1.1.1. Here , AzhwAr lovingly salutes

the Lord resting on AdhisEshan at Thiruvarangam and yearns

for the day when His eyes will feat on His sevai.

 

9. ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr: The First Paasuram of ThirumALai:

" KaavaliR Pulanai vaitthuk kalitanai kadakka paaynthu " .

Here ThoNdaradippodi struts with immense pride about

the power of comprehending the Lord's ThirunAmam

and overcoming the ills of Kali dhOshams and attainig

immortality.

 

10. " KaNNinuNN SirutthAmpu " of Madhura Kavi AzhwAr.

The celebration of AchArya Bhakthi over every thing else

is the topic of the Arayar Sevai here.

 

11. Thirumangai: " VaadinEn Vaadi " : Periya Thirumozhi(PTM): 1.1.1

The joyous declaration of Thirumangai on the discovery

of the redemptive power of NaarAyaNa Naamam : " OdinEn Odi

UyvathOr poruLAluNarvenum Perum Patham therinthu ,

nadinEn naadi NAANN KANDUKONDEN NAARAAYANAAVENNUM NAAMAM . "

Please refer to Sri MadhavakkaNNan's facile translations on

Periya Thirumozhi in the Bhakthi archives on this and

other paasurams of Thirumangai.

 

12. Thirumangai PTM : 5.7.1: " PaNdai Naann MaRayum-- "

Thirumangai declares here that the all pervasviness of

Lord RanganAthan as per VishNu nAmam( " --aNDamum thAnAi ninRa

EmperumAn Arangamaa nahar amarnthAnE " ).

 

13. Thirumangai Mannan's Paasuram on ThirukkaNNapuram:

PTM: 8.2.1: " TeLLiyeer Devarkkum Devar ThiruttakkatthIr " .

This is about the anubhavam of ParakAla Naayaki.

 

14. ThirukkuRunkudi Paasuram: PTM: 9.6.1:

" akkumpuliyanataLUmudayAr avaroruvar " .

 

15. ThirumAlirumchOlai Paasuram : PTM: 9.8.1:

Thirumangai's request to his mind to worship

the Lord of ThirumAlirumchOlai: " munthuRavuraikkEn

viraikkuzhal madavAr kalaviyai vidutadumARal " .

 

16-26: Eleven Paasurams of ThirunedumthANDakam

starting from " MinnuruvAi munnuruvil vEda NaankAi "

to Pattudukkumayartthirengum paavai pENAL " .

There are exquisite and moving meanings of the ThirunedumthANDaka

Saasthram used by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar to win the MelkOte advaithin

in a debate and to transform him into a great Sri VaishNavite

AchArya by the ThirunAmam of Nam Jeeyar.

 

adiyEn will cover the Pasurams used by Arayars

for the Iraa Patthu Uthsavam in the next posting.

 

AzhwAr, AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

 

Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan