Andal Kalyanam & Thiruppavai Mahotsavam - 2 nd day -10th Sept 2009(Posted at 12:40 hrs. on 11th Sept 2009)

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SRI THIRUPPAVAI MAHOTSAVAM and SRI ANDAL KALYANOTSAVAM - 2nd Day

10th September 2009

Posted at 12:40 hrs. on 11th Sept 2009

The proceedings of the second day of this Mahotsavam

started in the morning at 7.30 with puja and parayana of 11-20 pasurams

of Thiruppavai. This was followed by collective chanting of Sri Sathya

Sai Sahasranama (1008 names) Archana (worship). After Bhajan and Arati,

the morning session concluded.

 

The programme for the evening started with Nithya Puja. Bhagawan came

at 17:10 Hrs. showering benediction on the vast concourse of devotees.

And onstage, the sight of the deity, Lord Ranganatha, in reclining

posture bedecked with golden ornaments and Godly attire, as "Divinity

deserves", was a sight to behold! The Lord was shining in splendour!

Coming

onstage, Bhagawan blessed Sri Srikanta Rao to introduce the guest

speaker for the day, Dr. Mylavaram Srinivas Rao from Guntur. Dr.

Srinivas Rao worked as Principal in his profession and has given

speeches on varied occasions to the Telugu audience on the inner

significance of Ramayana, Bhagavata, Lalita Sahasranama, Margasira

Masa, etc. He regularly appears in programmes for Maa TV, Doordarshan,

ETV, etc. He is also credited for introducing the Ramayana and the

Mahabharata to the overseas audience.

 

Dr. Srinivas Rao began his speech by saying that he was offering his

salutations to Sri Ranganatha, who has come in the form of Bhagawan Sri

Sathya Sai Baba. The task at hand for the erudite speaker was

explaining the 11-20 pasurams of Thiruppavai. In the 11th pasuram, Sri

Andal exhorts people to get up early in the morning and sing the name

of the Lord. Personifying the eyes, ears, speech, feet, she says, “Oh

chakshus (eyes), get up to have the darshan of the Lord, oh ears,

listen to the glory of God, oh faculty of speech, sing the name of God,

oh feet, go and chant the Lord’s name. Oh Gopikas, why are you still

asleep, get up to sing the praises of the Lord.â€

 

 

 

Comparing the body to an anthill, the speaker said

that the body should be used to chant God’s name. Rain or shine, the

anthill remains intact. The anthill of body is the outer casing that

enshrines the precious Atma. So, the body should be put to good use. It

is considered auspicious to pour milk on the pit of an anthill on the

day of Sashti in the month of Margasira. We should consider that the

act of pouring milk is to improve our Jnana (wisdom). The learned

speaker said that we should not cause grief to anyone. Oh Krishna,

please dance on our heads as You did to Kaliya, the serpent to vanquish

its ego. May our evil qualities be eradicated! Samasta Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu

(May all the beings of all the worlds be happy!) was the motto of Goda

Devi. She wanted everyone to sing the name of the Lord and attain His

grace.

It is only symbolic to sing Suprabhatam to wake up

the Lord. In fact, the Lord never sleeps. It is only that we are waking

up our inner consciousness, said Dr. Srinivas Rao. 16,000 gopikas were

with Krishna, the vanaras were with Sri Rama, we are indeed fortunate

to be with Bhagawan and have His darshan (sight), sparshan (touch) and

sambhashan (speech). Sri Andal coaxes the gopikas sweetly, “Oh gopikas!

Get up from your slumber, we are going to wake up Sri Mahavishnu by

singing His name.†In the 14th parsuram, Sri Andal says that we are

going to have the darshan of Kannan (Lord Krishna) in His beauteous

form of Shanka (conch) and Chakra (discus) on His two hands. She again

exhorts the gopikas not to be slack. Sri Andal’s devotion to the Lord

cannot be matched by words. She pines repeatedly to have the darshan of

the Lord.

The speaker said that we sing the glory of God

early in the morning so that our whole day would be spent in the

contemplation of God in spite of our busy schedule going through our

daily rigmaroles. Dr. Mylavaram Srinivas Rao ended his speech by again

offering his salutations to Bhagawan and saying that the remaining

21-30 pasurams would be explained tomorrow.

Prasadam was distributed to all the devotees. It

was the turn of Sri Sukumaran Nair from Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust,

Publications Division to offer rose to Bhagawan this evening. Arati was

offered to Bhagawan at 6.55 p.m. after which Bhagawan retired to Yajur

Mandir for the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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