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SrI:

Dear SrI RanganAtha BhakthAs:

There are two Taniyans for the Dhivya prabahndham of
ThiruppaLLiyezucchi. One is in Sanskrit and the other is
in Tamil. Each of the Taniyans have been authored by 
two of the Five AchAryAs of Bhagavath RaamAnujA.

The Sanskrit one was blessed by ThirumAlai AaNDAn , 
who instructed AchArya RaamAnujA about the inner meanings of
Swamy NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi. 

The Tamil Taniyan was bequeathed to us by Thiruvaranga
PerumAL Arayar, who initiated Bhahgavath RaamAnuja in to
SubhAshithams(NalvArthaikaL) and ThiruvAimozhi (recitation
in the traditional Santhai route ).

The Sanskrit Taniyan
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TamEva mathvA ParavAsudEvam 
Rangesayam RaajavadarhaNeeyam
praBhOdhikeem yOakrutha sookthi mAlAm 
BhakthAngrirENum BhagavanthameeDE 

Ya: = That great devotee

Rangesayam TamEva = who equated the reclining Lord
at SrIrangam as being identical to

ParavAsudEvam = Para VaasudEvan at SrI Vaikuntam and

Raajavath-arhaNeeyam = fit to be worshipped as 
the RaajAthi Raajan and

mathvA = being clear in his mind about this identity 

PrabhOdhakeem SooktimAlAm akrutha = blessed us with the sacred
work dealing with the awakening of the Lord of SrIrangam.

BhathAngrirENum Bhagavantham EeDE = adiyEn salutes and
eulogizes that ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr ( the dust from 
the feet of the servants of the Lord) , who is the amsam 
of the VanamAlai of the Lord of SrI Vaikuntam (ParavAsudEvan).

Dr. V.K.S.N.Raghavan Swamy's translation of this Taniyan
takes this form: 

" I praise and bow to the venerable Saint BhakthAnghrirENu
(literally , the dust from the feet of the holy Lord's devotees). 
He composed the divine garland of songs , the ThirupaLLiyezucchi 
(in ten verses) to awaken the Lord RanganAtha and in praise of Him ,
who has reclined (on the serpent couch) in the holy shrine of
SrIrangam and who is the one Supreme God (ParavAsudEvan)
deserving as the great king (of the Universe)." 

Special Notes:
**************

There are many references in ThirumAlai that salute 
Lord RanganAtha of BhUlOka Vaikuntam (at LeelA VibhUthi)
as being identical to ParavAsudEvan of SrI Vaikuntam 
(at Nithya VibhUthi). "Tamm RangEsayam yEva ParavAsudEvam 
ithi mathvA " is one suggested prose order . Here ,
the reference is to AzhwAr's visualization of the Lord of
SrIrangam alone as Para VaasudEvan of SrI Vaikuntam.
The slight repositioning of the words ( Tamm RangEsayam 
ParavAsudEvam yEva mathvA) suggests that Lord RanganAtha
as being identical to Para VaasudEvan of SrI Vaikuntam. 

AzhwAr concluded without any doubt that Such a Lord 
should be honored as the King of Kings ( Raajavath
arhaNeeyam ithi mathvA ) and composed the Garland of 
sacred verses dealing with the awakening of the Lord 
of SrIrangam ( PraBhOdhikeem SookthimAlAm akrutha). 

ThirumAlai AaNDAn recognizes this author of Sookthi Maalaa
as Sakala Aathma GuNa PoorNar and Sarvaj~nar and eulogizes
the AzhwAr , who chose the name of BhakthAngri rENu or
ThoNDar adi Podi".

That Lord RanganAthan in the archA form at SrIrangam
is identical with the ParavAasudEvan in the Param form
at SrI Vaikuntam is recognized by the following slOkam:

KavEri VirajA sEyam Vaikuntam Rangamandiram
Sa VaasudEvO RangEsa: Prathyaksham Paramam Padham

(Meaning): Cauvery at SrIrangam is the same as
the VirajA river at SrI Vaikuntam; The KOil of
RanganAthan at SrIrangam is the same as the supreme abode 
of Para VaasudEvan at SrI Vaikuntam. That Lord of Rangam
is identical to the Para VaasudEvan at Parama Pdham.
RanganAthan of SrIrangam is thus SaakshAth Para VaasudEvan of
Nithya VibhUthi. He is thus Ubhaya VibhUthi Naathan 
(kingof both LeelA and nithya vibhUthis) and 
is RaajAthi Raajan ( KIng of all KIngs). 

The TamiL Taniyan of Thiruvaranga PerumAL Arayar
*************************************************

MaNDangudi yenbar mAmaRayOr manniya seer
ThoNDaradippodi thonnagaram --vaNDu
tiNarttha vayaR-RennarangatthammAnaip-paLLI
yuNartthum PirAnutthitthavoor

Arayar salutes here the sacred birth place of 
ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr ( ThirumaNDangudi near
the dhivya dEsam of PuLLambhUthangudi) . 

( Arayar has also composed a Taniyan for ThirumAlai
as well , where he requests his mind to speak 
always about ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr, who composed 
the SrI Sookthi of ThirumAlai).

(meaning Given by Dr.V.K.S.N. Raghavan for 
the ThirupaLLiyezucchi Taniyan):

" The great Vedic Scholars refer to and hail 
the sacred and ancient city , MaNdangudi (next to
PuLLambhUthangudi) as the famous place of the Saint 
ThoNDaradippodi , who composed the celebrated hymn ,
ThiruppaLLiyezucchi to awaken the Lord from His
YoganidhrA at the temple of SrIrangam girt with
several paddy fields resorted by the hosts of 
honey bees ".

Meaning of the word groups of the Taniyan
******************************************

" MaamaRayOr manniya seer ThoNDardippodi" = The great AzhwAr
celebrated resolutely by the renowned scholars of Vedaas 
for his auspicious aathma guNams

" thol naharam , pirAn udhitthaUr MaNDangudi yenbar" =
The great Vedic scholars declare that the ancient city of 
MaNDangudi is the avathAra Sthalam the sacred ThoNDaradip-
Podi AzhwAr.

"(MaNdangudi) VaNdu tiNarttha vayal tennarangatthu
ammAnai paLLi uNartthum PirAnUr" = That MandaMgudi
is the birth place of the SarvaJ~nar, ThoNDardippodi,
who awakened the Lord of SrIrangam , a dhivya dEsam 
known for its fertile paddy fields frequented by 
the assembly of honey bees . 

The link of " Thonnaharam " or the ancient city 
has been inked by some commentators to MaNDamgudi.
Others like SrI UtthamUr Swamy conclude that it 
is more appropriate to link Thonnaharam with 
the ancient SrIrangam . 

Thiru MaNDamgudi today is a small village , where there
is a temple for Lord RanganAtha since the AzhwAr 
(RanganAtha Pathivrathai) can not be without her 
Lord and Master . SrI UtthamUr Swamy has intrepreted 
the name , MaNDamgudi" as the celebrated city , where 
MaamaRayOr are always engaged in Bhagavath GuNAnubhavam .
Just as one enjoys well made Kanji or the well boiled
milk with its "PaalEdu" , these Vedic scholars filled
their mind with the delectable anubhavam of the anantha
kalyANa guNams of the Lord .MaNDam according to UtthamUr
Swamy means kanji (the delicious and nourishing 
preparation made out of raagi) or "curdled milk "
(Paal yEdu), which is delectable to taste. The birth
place of ThoNDaradippodi was filled with great Vedic
Scholars known for their Bhagavath Guna anubhavams ,
which in turn conferred the title of MaNDamgudi" to
the birth place of ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr. 

In the next posting , adiyEn will take up
the first Paasuram of ThiruppaLLiyezucchi.

NamO SrI RanganAthAya,
BhakthAngri rENu Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan 




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