srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha Tiruppavai - Pasuram 1 : maargazhith thingaL madhi niRaindha nannaaLaal* neeraadap pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer* seer malgum aayppaadic celvac ciRumeergaaL* koorvER kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran* Eraarndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam* kaar mEnic sengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththaan* naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan* paarOr pugazhap padindhElOr embaavaay. In the first pasuram, AndAL glorifies the following nAmAs : 1. nandhagOpan kumaran, 2. yasOdhai iLam singam, 3. kAr mEnian, 4. sengkannan, 5. kadhir madiy am pol mugathan, 6. nArAyanan Bhaghavan has six basic gunas ie. gnAnam, sakthi, veeryam, aiswaryam, tEjas, balam. All these gunAs are "katti pon" or raw gold with which we cannot enjoy. What we need is "pani pon" or processed gold. That's why AndAL praises his sowseelya (mingles with cowherds), sowlabhya (easy to access) and soundarya (beautiful and charming) first before she mentions about his paratvam (nArAyanA nAmam). By being born in a cowherd society, where they can't differentiate between right and left hand (idakkai valkkai ariyadha ayykulam), he displays his sowseelya gunam (even though of a high transcedental quality, comes down lower). And that too born to a king (vasudeva and devaki), he has allowed himself to be brought up in a cowherd family. Lord Krishna himself say in Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 9 - Slokam 11) avajAnanti mam mUdha ; mAnusim tanum Asritam ; param bhAvam ajAnanto ; mama bhUtam mahEsvaram Fools see my equal to them when I take a human form and (they distance themselves when I am told mahEsvaran), but they don't know my transcedental nature, even if I take birth as human being. Finally, the Upanishad (not sure which Upanishad, heard as Ishopanishad) says : poorNamdha: poorNam idham poorNaath poorNamudachayathE I poorNasya poorNamaadhaya poorNamEvaavasishyathE II The Lord is poornan (complete with all respects as a Brahmam) in all the five stages param (para vAsudevan), vyUham (ksheerabdi nathan), vibhavam (rama, krishna avatAram), antaryAmi (residing in our inner souls), archAvatram (tirupathi, sri rangam etc). AndAL use his sowseelyam gunam first, that he is born among us (later adores him as nArAyanA - his paratvam) so that jIvAtmas like us will atleast start coming to him. In the second nAmA, she praises the soundaryam of Lord (to be continued) namO nArAyanA G. Sundarrajan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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