Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 13- Seer arangatthu aiyan....

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Other AzhwArs had sung Srrangam along with other

dhivya Desams. Even ThiruppANAzhwAr –the one who had

sung ONLY ten verses in front of Lord Ranaganthan and

then united with the Lord archA moorthy then and

there, sang on ThiruvEnkatam also in his third verse-

mandhi paay vada vEnkata maalalai- and viraiaar pozhil

vEnkatam in his very first verse itself. Even the

Mountain where you are residing- some should not touch

– you had prescribed; while you made me come straight

into your temple.. what a vaathsalyam on me!- wondered

ThiruppANAzhwAr. [in that inner meaning, he had

mentioned that line virai aar pozhil vEnkatavan].

 

When such is the case, unlike these azhwArs, - in the

lines of athraiva sreerangE sukhamAsva- as instructed

by Lord RangAnthA to EmperumAnAr to stay and live in

Sri Rangam happily, ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr chose to

reside only in Srirangam and paid his obeisance to

only Lord RanganAthan. He composed his verses only on

Him, though Arangan did not mention so to AzhwAr

explicitly. Not that he chose to sEvicchufy only Sri

Rangan; he also chose to be His servant and His

servants’ servant at all times and prayed only for the

same. He called himself as the dust at the feet of

bhAgawathAs. [thondar + adi + podi]

 

Payan peRaadha sEshathvam yedhaRkku?

thOndE purushaartthatthin sikaram.

 

What is the use of being sEshan [servant] to the Lord.

We need to serve Him at all times and be His eternal

servant; perform nithya kaimkaryam; at all times; at

all places; under all circumstances; in all ways.

Sarva kaala, sarva desa, sarva avastha kaimkaryam. To

perform " Sarva dEsa , Sarva Kaala , SarvAvasthA "

Kaimkaryam to Him and Him alone.

 

He made garlands of thuLsai leaves for RanganAthan and

offered to the priests to adorn the Lord. He offered

the same everyday and was lovingly and reverently

called as thoNdardipppodi.. EmperumAnAr was deeply

involved in this AzhwAr and his wonderful works of

Thirumaalai and Thirupalliyezhucchi due to his

unambiguous declaration in Thirumaalai and his dislike

for other non-vedic religions.

 

13rd verse on ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr:

 

cheyyum pachunthuLa paththozil maalaiyum chenthamizil

peyyum maRaiththamiz maalaiyum pEraatha seerarangath

thaiyan kazaRkaNi yamparan thaaLanRi aathariyaa

meyyan iraamaa Nnusan_chara NEkathi vERenakkE. 13

 

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, is the One who made most

fragrant ThuLasi garlands lovingly with immense bhakti

for Sriya: Pathi Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri

RanganAthan of Srirangam; who also composed the

sweetest anubhavam filled bhakti laden great garland

of Thirumaalai on Lord Sri RanganAthan, the Lord ever

associated with the most auspicious KalyANa guNAs; who

is the epitome and personification of Bhagawatha

sEshathvam; who excelled himself calling himself as

the dust at the feet of Bhagawathas (devotees) of

Sriman Narayanan. The Lotus feet of Emperumaanaar- Sri

Ramanuja (who does not desire for any thing else

except the Feet of this Great ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr)

are the ONLY Greatest thing that I need to hold on to.

 

 

vERenakkE… there is nothing else other than SrI

Ramanuja’s Lotus Feet..

vERu enakkaa? – enakkaa vERu- anything else for me?-

never. For me – only Ramanuja’s lotus feet and nothing

else.

 

ini vERu enakku- hereafter there is nothing else.. Now

that I have been blessed to become different..

 

Like this AzhwAr ThoNdaradippodi, I am also blessed to

serve the Lord RanganAthan and also fortunate to

compose verses. am I not different? I think so. I am

not as qualified as AzhwAr is. NaichyAnusanthAnam of

Amudhanaar is shown here as well.

 

The word Thamizh is referred twice. Garland of Tamil

verses is made by AzhwAr and is in chaste sweet words

[Tamil means sweet also… thamizhukku amudhu enRu

pEr..]

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan