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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all, 

Let us enjoy the fourth verse of ThiruppAvaiâ

aazhi mazhaik kaNNaa! onRu nI kai karavEl *
aazhiyuL pukku mukan^thu kotu aarththERi *
Uzhi muthalvan uruvam pOl mey kaRuththup *
paazhiyan^ thOLutaip paRpanaapan kaiyil *
aazhi pOl minni valampuri pOl ninRathirn^thu *
thaazhaathE caarNGkam uthaiththa caramazhai pOl *
vaazha ulakinil peythitaay * naaNGkaLum
maarkazhi nIraata makizhn^thu ElOr empaavaay.   4.

In this pasuram the greatness of the devotees of the Lord are
being told. When Andal, along with Her friends set out to take a
holy dip, the Lord of rain comes and stands in front of them. All the
other celestials would be waiting to perform some service to the
devotees of Paraman. Even Yama says to his followers, âDo not go
near people who recite the holy name of Paramanâ. Such is the
greatness of Bhaagavathas.

Andal, the very incarnation of mother Earth after having seen
the Lord of the rains in front of her ordered him thus âYou should
make sure without exception that the entire land gets a good
uniform rainfall regularlyâ. Piraattiâs compassion has no
discrimination. When the demons set fire to the tail of Hanuman,
she had ordered âFire, you shall not harm Hanuman with your
scorching flames, but shall give him a pleasant cooling effectâ.
When Ravana was making adverse remarks at Sitai and though she
had the power to burn him into ashes, she did not use it. Andalâs
compassion is similar in nature. âOh! Lord of rain, take lots of
water from the ocean, and become dark in hue like Paraman, who
is the sole savior and the material and instrumental cause of this
universe. Shine like the discus in His right hand, reverberate like
the balamuri conch in His left hand and rain down like the arrows
shot from His bowâ, says Andal. Valmiki says, âWhen Sri Rama
killed around fourteen thousand demons at Janasthanam, then
nobody ever looked at Him take His bow, fix an arrow and drag the
string till His ear and shoot it at lightening speed. Everyone just
watched the demons fall down. It was Andalâs wish that a dry
Aayarpadi should be getting lots of rains, that is an acharya and
his deeds are being talked about in this pasuram.
Acharyan is the one who has full knowledge of Brahman
(Brahma jnanam), who has totally dissociated himself from
anything other than Paraman. He is the one who performs the
ordained duties without fail (nitya nailittika karma), one who has
dipped himself in the ocean of divine attributes of Paraman, one
who constantly contemplates on these divine attributes of the Lord
and sheds tears of joy. Just like how a cloud takes away pure water
from the salty waters of the ocean and showers it as cool potable
water, an acharyan preaches the Bhagavad vishayam and tatvams
(truths), which are the most essential essence of the Vedas. Similar
to how the clouds tend to move with breeze and cause rains at
different places, so does an acharyan move from place to place and
cause (jnana mazhai) rain of wisdom and truths.

Just like a water bearing cloud, an Acharya is one who gives
knowledge but does not expect anything in return. This pasuram
teaches us that it is only through an Acharyanâs anugraham that
one could ever attain Paraman

These English translations for were written by Sri CG Balaji Swami of Bangalore 
on the discourses by asmadhacharyan His Holiness Srimad Paravakottai Andavan 
Swami broadcast in AIR, Trichy. Out of Swamyâs infinite mercy, His Holiness 
had assented to give a series of concise and succinct lectures on the topic of 
the most delectable Thiruppavai of Andal. These lectures were broadcast on 
Radio Trichy. The same was later brought out in a printed edition from the 
illustrious house of âSri Kanchi Perarulalanâ. This tamizh treatise was 
released during the occasion of Swamyâs shathabhishekam during Vikrama- 
Panguni-Rohini, year 2001. Our profound thanks to Sri CG Balaji Swami for his 
efforts in translations for the benefit of all of us. 

Andal ThiruvaDigaLE  SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



      

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