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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah;
Dearest all,

After the first four AzhwArs namely, Poigai, bhootha,
Pey and Thirumazhisai Azhwar?s enjoyment of
ThiruvEnkatam, we were blessed with Kulasekara
PerumAn?s wonderful eleven verses on ThiruvEnkatam.
Now let us enjoy ThiruppANaazhwAr?s 3rd verse today.  

manthi paayvada vEnkada maamalai, vaanavar_kaL,
santhi seyya ninRaa Nnarankath tharavi NnaNaiyaan,
anthi pOln^iRath thaadaiyu mathanmEl ayanaip
padaiththa thOrezhil unthi mElathan RO_adi yEnuLLath
thinnuyirE. 

Mandhi pAya vada vEnkata mAmalai- The Lord, Sri
Ranganatha, who reclines on the serpent couch (Adhi
sEshA) in Sri Rangam, is the same Lord VishNu,
(Srinivasa) who has stood in the North at the Great
Venkata Hills, where monkeys jump from one tree to the
other. Lord Srinivasa has stood for the sake of Gods,
who come to worship Him; the sweet core (inner soul)
of my heart rests on the twilight coloured garment of
the Lord and on His beautiful NAVEL, above it (the
garment)-the GREAT NAVEL that created the four faced
God Ajah(BrahmA).

The verse thus means: The Lord reclining on the
serpent couch in Srirangam is the Lord, who stood on
the great Venkatam mountain in the north [of Tamil
Nadu], with monkeys running hither and thither,--in
order that the celestials may worship Him there at the
Thiru Venkata dhivya dEsam. 

The twilight-colored pithAmbharam of that Lord ( Sri
RanganAthan) and the shining navel above it, which
created the (four-faced) BrahmA on it, is the place of
rest for my mind's sweet soul. [moneys refer to our
fickle minds as well] 

Here Acharyas comment that SrIvaikuNta nAthan Sriman
Narayanan in roder to come into our place (earth) and
stay here to shower grace on us and to let us enjoy
Him and His sowlabhyam? recline in Srirangam, He first
stands at ThiruvEnkatam.. When someone enters our
home, first he stands, sits and then decides to settle
down there and reclines? So, Rangan is here to stay? 

vaanavargaL sandhi seyya ninRaan- The Nithyasuris like
Anantha, Garuda, Vishvaksenar et al come here at
ThiruvEnkatam to enjoy seeing Him. Why? They could
have enjoyed the same extent in SrivaikuNtam. Yes? But
sriman Narayanan enjoying the company of Nithyars,
Mukthars at SrivaikuNtam in its entirety wants the
poor souls like us (Baddha jeevathmas, the human
beings, the animals, the birds, trees etc to enjoy Him
as well. So, He out of His parama kaaruNyam comes to
ThiruvEnkatam (before coming to the delta of Cauveri
in Thiruvarangam) and stands there majestically
declaring His Supremacy and showing his bhaktha
vaathsalyam, kaaruNyam. 

Nithyasuris wonder as to where He had gone? and wants
to see why? So, they come here at ThiruvEnkatam to see
His sowlabhyam and sowseelyam. The beings go to see
Him and enjoy Him hearing about His glories, His
Parathvam, his greatness and see who is this Greatest
lord and How does He look. Thus they assemble going
from down to the top of mountain. The Nithyars come
from top to the mountain? Thus ThiruvEnkatam is the
meeting point. One comes to see His sowlabhyam and
others [human beings and animals] go to Him to enjoy
His Supremacy and Greatness. 

Sri MK Sudharsan shares his anubhavam [as commented by
Poorvacharyas] the first pasuram beginning with
"AmalanAdhipiran....." has as its irst "akshara" the
syllable "A". The second verse beginning with 
"UvandhaULathanAy ...." begins with the syllable "U"
and the third verse,"MandhipAy ...." begins with the
syllable, "Ma". If you add the three syllable you get
"A" "U" and "M"; in other words you get the sound of
the "pranava"

Again in the "AmalanAdipiran", there are three
continuous stanzas which begin as
"PAramAyapazhavinai...." followed by the next stanza
which begins with "ThUndavinpirayan ...".This is
followed by KaiyInArsuri.". Now if you take the first
three syllables of each of the three "pAsurams" you
get "Pa", "thu" and "kai" giving you the esoteric
significance of the Lord's "padukai" or his Divine
Feet to which we all are hankering after in varying
degrees. 

Let us how Sri Manavala maanuni enjoys in his upadesa
ratthina maalai on ThiruppANAzhwAr?s birth as: 

Kaarthikai-UrOhiNI nALL kANNmin inRu
  Vaaittha Pukazh PaaNar vanthu uthippAl--aatthiyarkaL
anbudanE thAnn AmalanAdhipirAn KaRRathaRppinn 
  NankudanE koNdAdum NaaLL 

Oh people of this World ! Please recognize this day as
Kaarthikai RohiNi dinam. This is the day on which the
aasthikAs celebrate well the ThiruppANAzhwAr of
lasting fame and feel joyous over the good fortune to
have learned the inner meanings of his Dhivya
prabhandham, AmalanAdhipirAn with intense devotion .

ThiruppANaazhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan

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