SrI :
Dear Sri Rangaswamy :
Thanks for another thought-provoking posting
on the ve of Maarghazhi Maasa PiRappu .
NamO NaarAyaNAya,
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rangaswamy Muralidhar Civ AFRL/SNHE"
<Muralidhar.Rangaswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'sgopan '" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: Saranagathi Fw: Thiruppaavai
> Sri:
>
> SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>
> Dear Sadagopan Swamin,
>
> Thanks for your note on the above subject. We may remember the strident
> declaration "kodai tamizh aIaindum aindum ariyAdha mAnidaraI vayyam
> summapadum vambu" bearing eloquent testimony to the loftiness of the
> magnificent verses of Andal. These magnificent verses succicntly
> encapsulate the karma and jnana Khandam of the vedas-verses 1-17 being the
> germinating seeds for the karma Khandam and verse 18-30 the corresponding
> item for the jnAna khandam. In particular pasuram 3 is worthwhile
> mentioning for it is the succinct encapsulation of the entire soma
> mandalam of the Rg Vedam devoted to the glorification of Lord Trivikrama.
> The beauty of this avataram is that it is the only incarnation in which
> the Lord did not undertake any samharam. The Yajur vedam describes this
> act in the rk "yajnasya bhogadhaDhi prathyushtagam raksha prathyushtA...".
> Swami Desikan uses this rk verbatim to describe Trivikrama as raksha
> Vamana. The Vedam Rk again declares the benefit of extolling this avataram
> through the salutation "varuNa krutha", i.e., there is copious flow of
> rain water (racchOdhakam). The Lord is described in the Taittriya
> Upanishad as raso vai saha (i.e., he is the nature of rasa-Brahma ananda
> anubhava rasa). The Taittriya and Aitareya Brahmana declare the presence
> of this rasa at the third foot of Trivikrama. Swami Desikan highlights
> this fact in verse 428 of the Padhuka Sahasram, wherein he declares that
> there arose a competetion between the two Padhukas as to who should be
> first to grace Bali (in order to partake of the Brahma ananda anubhava
> rasa) and notes that the right Padhuka won out in this contest. The Vishnu
> puraNam equates this rasa to the Ganga emanating from the tiruvadi of
> Trivikrama, which is eulogized by Swami Alavandar's stotra ratnam
> salutation "kadha puna: shankha rathAnga kalpaka..." and Swami Desikan's
> Daya Shatakam tribute "prasaktha madhunAvidhi praNihithaissaparyOdhakai:".
> Andal beautifully brings these aspects together in the Ongi ulagalantha
> Pasuram. Thanks again for enabling adiyen to start his day with the
> contemplation of the sublime Tiruvadi of Trivikrama.
>
> Namo Narayana,
>
> SriMuralidhara Dasan
>
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