Selected Excerpts from MahA VidvAn Sri
U.Ve. PerukkAraNai Swamy ' ThiruppAvai Monograph'
"yEka svAdhu bhunjItha, bhunjItha cha dasabhi: saha" says Saasthram.
The parama bhOgya vasthus should not be enjoyed alone. They must be enjoyed
with tens (many) people" .If that were so for worldly pleasures , then
the enjoyment of the greatest of pleasures -- enjoyment of the anantha
kalyANa guNams of the Lord-- must be done with thousands of like-minded
adiyArs of the Lord. Swamy NammAzhwAr refers to the same , when he describes
the aananthAnubhavam of perumAL sEvai at Sri Vaikuntam: " vanthavaethir
koLLa maamaNi maNTapatthu, anthamil pErinbatthu ADIYORADI IRUNTHAMAI"
(Sri PBA Swamy anubhavam).
Therefore ANDAL and Gopis awaken many represented by the level of spiritual perfection of this Gopi to join in the enjoyement of Bhagavath GuNAnubhavam and Kaimkaryam to Him.
The Meaning of the Sixth Paasuram (V.S)
Awaken , Oh Young girl! Even the birds have woken up and are chirping
about the arrival of the morning .Do n't You hear the loud and sacred sound
from the white conch being blown at the temple of our Lord , who rides
on the divine GarudA ? Oh Young girl ! Wake up! . The Yogis and Sages
with minds known for uninterrupted contemplation of our great Lord celebrated
for His
adhbhutha leelais such as:
(1)destroying evil Poothanai by suckling her poisonous milk-bearing breast and at the same time sucking her life away
(2)destroying a cunning asuran , who came in the form of a cart by splintering him into pieces with a swift kick from His tiny (baby) toe .
He(Our Lord) is the primal cause of the whole Universe . He sleeps on
AdhisEshan in Yoga NidhrA at the milky ocean . The Yogis and sages have
now come out of their meditation slowly and are reciting the name of Lord
Hari loudly for seven times.The crescendo of that Hari Naama UccharaNam
resounds like thunder and enters into our hearts and pleases us. Does it
n't that aravam enter your heart too? Oh Young girl! Please Awaken
and join us in the nOnbhu !
The Inner Meanings of this Paasuram
| PuLLum Silampina
KaaNN |
The Lord who took HamsAvathAram and the bird like AchAryAs (Parama HamsAs) , who have received His anugraham , are performing upadEsam for us now. |
| PuLLarayan Koil | For us like Pakshis ( little birds) and Pasus(helpless Janthus), that one ,(white conch) present in the ashtAkshara roopa temple of the Lord (is blowing) |
| VeLLai ViLI Sankham | That one (Sankham), which is the embodiment of satthva guNam and which
instructs
us on all the rahasyArthams (is sounding). |
| pEr aravam kEttilayO? | Have n't you heard of that majestic naatham of the white conch ? Its
sound
delievers us the message :
(1) EmperumAn is Sarva-Seshi,the Supreme Lord (Swami) of us all (2)We,the chEthanams , are His seshans(eteranl servants ). Have n't you heard that uplifting message? |
| PiLLAi YezhunthirAi | Please discard your childish attitude that the Supreme Lord and You are one and the same and gain true knowledge about Your Master-servant relationship with Him and awaken ! |
| pEy mulai nanjunDu | Of those (AchAryAs), who destroy the avidhyai named Poothanai , which is the cause of ahankAram and mamakAram in us |
| kaLLa chakatam
kalakka azhiya kaal Occhi |
Of those (AchAryAs),who control and prevent our body (cart)drawn by the indriyAs from running in destructive directions thru their intervention |
| VeLLattharavil Thyuil
amarntha |
Of those(AchAryAs),who do not have any desire of swimming in the samsAra saagaram full of fierce snakes(Taapams) |
| Vitthinai | Of those great (AchAryAs) , who set us on our journey in the Moksha
maargam(path)
by being the seed of AchAram & anushtAnam |
| uLLatthil koNDu
MunivarkaLum YogikaLum mella Yezhunthu |
meditating on them (on those AchAryAs), the two kinds of prapannAs
recognize
clearly their insufficencies to practise Bhakthi Yogam(One kind of prapannan
is
known for Bhagavath guNAnubhavan and the other known for Kainkarya anubhavam
or Karma yOga nishtai ). |
| Hari YenRa pEraravam | approach the Lord and loudly request Him to eliminate the Paapams and
PuNyams ,
which are the seeds of SamsAric afflictions (approach AchAryan as Moksha bheeja BhUthan) |
| uLLam Puhunthu | That aartha naatham ( sufferer's loud cry) of the PrapannAs entered through the Lord's(AchAryA's) ears and reached His (their)heart(s). |
| KuLirnthu | That sound reaching the Lord's heart made Him happy and contented ;
That
anubhavam of the Lord (Achaaryan) made Him PrasAdha-Visishtan for us.
Hearing this uplifting message and its effect on our Lord(AchAryan) , Oh Girl , please awaken and join in the Nonbhu ! |
Special comments on Individual words of Paasuram
A.The addressing of the Gopi Here as "PiLLAi"
Four Views:
(1) This Gopi being awakened is a novice in Bhagavath-BHAgavatha anubhavam .The highest among the bhakthAs of the Lord is the One , who has Bhaagavatha Bhakthi (devotion to the Lord's devotees). This Gopi is not there yet and She has PiLLaitthanam ( attributes of a novitiate).Her BhAgavatha Bhakthi is not ripe and needs growing . Hence , She is addresed as PiLLAI ( Sri PeruKKaraNai Swamy).
(2) The young ones do not know kapatam ; they are not adept in the wily ways of life. It is a guNa visEsham of youngsters. Therefore , this Gopi is addressed as "PiLLAi"...Sri PBA Swamy
(3)Our AchAryAs are also addressed as Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai , Periya VaacchAn PiLLai, NampiLLai. In this context , this Gopi who is good as a youngster in grasping , preserving and growing Bhagavath anubhavam (GrahaNa DhAraNa pOshana padur Baala:) is given a place of respect by being addressed as "PiLLAi"...Sri PBA Swamy
(4) Oh Gopi! You are new to Bhagaathanubhavam. Therefore this sleep has enwrapped you .Please cast aside this slumber of PiLLaittanam (youth)and make an effort to grow further in Bhagavathanubhavam . Please grow up in anubhava rasam and become adhikAri in Bhagaavth anubhavam by joining this group singing the Lord's ThirunAmams.--Sri UtthamUr Swamy
B.Inner meanings of the Other phrases of the 6th Paasuram
Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:
(1)PuLLarayan Koil= Thirumanthram (AshtAksharam), the place of preferred rsidence(Koil) of the Lord.
(2)Sanghu = The Conch there (at that temple )is PraNavam .
(3)Inn (ViLi Sankhu+inn ) = Iniya(Sweet) sound of NaarAyaNa padham in AshtAksharam.
(4)VeLLai= Satthva guNam. "VeLlai ViLi sankhin Peraravam KettilayO?"
= Have n't you heard yet the rahasyArthams
of the sweetest manthram arising from the sankha dhavni?
(5) pEy mulai najunDu= pEy is Moola prakruthi; its mulai (breasts) are
bhuddhi and ahamkAram ; nanju = the dhOshams
arising from them.
(6) KaLLa sakatam kalakkazhiya KaalOcchi= Sakatam is manOratham (abhilAshai); That sakatam unless directed towards the Lord is stealthy and defective ( sthEna mana: anrutha vaadhini vaak--Vedam) . Kalakkazhippathu in this context is the growth of vairAgyam to eliminate the KaLLatthanam (stealthiness) of anrutha Vaak ( untrue talk).
(7) VeLLattharavu = SamsAra BhOga pravAham
(8) Thyuil amarvathu = dircting the mind away from those dhukkham causing Bhogams
(9) Vithtinai ULLatthu kONDu = by treasuring that Koota-sthAna AchAryan/Bhagavaan
deep in mind and meditating with preethi. "ULLatthuk KoNDu" : When we get
up, we uter the ame of Hari, when we start travel, we say KesavA
, when we eat we say GovindhA and whenw e are about to sleep, we say MadhavA
". Lord is kept in the heart and meditated upon by
Munis and Yogis.
(10) meLLa Yezhunthu: Hari yenRa pEraravam = arising slowly with the
recitation of the name of Hari ( One who removes
our aj~nAnam and Viparitha Jn~Anam completely) . That Hari naama sankIrthanam
has swelled up to a loud ghOsham . Hari's
naama mahimai has been celebrated by Haryashtakam of PrahlAdhan : "Taani
sarvANi asEshANi Harir ithi akshara Dhvyam".
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