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From: Venkatesan Ananth (vtca_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 15:01:28 PDT
sri:
srimathE irAmAnujaya nama:
amalanAthipirAn thaniyankaL
periya nambikaL aruLis seythathu
ApAthacoodamanubhooya harim shyAnam
madhyE kavErathuhithurmuthithAntharAthmA |
athrashtruthAm nayanayOr vishayAntharANAm
yO nishcikAya manavai munivAhanam tham ||
Meaning:
That person (thiruppANAzhvAr), who has (lOkasAranga)
rishi as his vehicle, who immersed himself from the
feet to the head of Hari (Ranganatha) - who rests
in the middle of the Kaveri river; and who declared
that his eyes would see nothing else, on him I set
my mind.
Excerpt from piLLailOkam jeeyar's vyAkyAnam:
The unseeable (paramapathanAthan) is in the seen
(archAvathAram - periya perumAL). AzvAr saw from the
feet to the head (ApAthacoodam - thiruppAthakEsam).
Once he thus saw, he became a person who never saw
anything else again (athrashtruthAm nayanayOr
vishayAntharANAm).
Brahma saw with all his four heads, while AzhvAr
saw with one head (two eyes). Brahma saw from the
head to the toe and delighted in that
(kirItakEyooraka rathnakuNdalam ...); while AzhvAr
being an adiyAr started from the feet (adiyilirinthu
thodankinAr).
periyAzhvAr delighted in krishnAvathAram, while
thiruppANAzhvAr delights in archAvathAram. In this
experience, they are thus like brothers.
pAthakamalam (periyazhvar)
thirukkamalapAtham (periyazhvar)
peethakacciRRAdaiyodum (periyazhvar)
araiccivanthavAdaiyinmEl (panazhvar)
azhakiyavunthiyai (periyazhvar)
ayanaippadaiththathOrezhilunthi (panazhvar)
pazhanthAmpAlArththavutharam (periyazhvar)
thiruvayiRRutharapantham (panazhvar)
kurumAmaNippooN ulAvith thikazhum thirumArvu
(periyazhvar)
thiruvAramArvu (panazhvar)
aNdamum nAdum adanka vizhunkiya kaNdam (periyazhvar)
muRRumuNda kaNdam (panazhvar)
neyththala nEmiyum sankum nilAviya kaiththalam
(periyazhvar)
kayinAr surisankanalAzhiyar (panazhvar)
senthoNdaivAy (periyazhvar)
seyyavAy (panazhvar)
kaNkaLirunthavA (periyazhvar)
apperiyavAya kaNkaL (panazhvar)
uruvukariyavoLi maNivaNNan (periyazhvar)
ezhil neela mEni (panazhvar)
kuzhalkaLirunthavA (periyazhvar)
thuLavaviraiyArkamazh neeNmudi (panazhvar)
thirumalainambi aruLi seythathu
kAttavE kaNda pAthakamala nallAdaiyunthi
thEttaru mutharapanthath thirumArvu kaNdanj sevvAy
vAttamil kaNkaLmEni muniyERith thanipukunthu
pAttinAl kaNduvAzhum pANarthAL paravinOmE
Meaning:
We salute the feet of thiruppANAzhvAr, who climbing
on the shoulders of the Muni (lOkasAranga rishi)
went by himself inside (the temple) and saw what
was shown, which were the lotus feet, the dress,
the navel, the golden waist chain that is difficult
to attain, the chest where Sri resides, the neck,
the red lips, the eyes that never tire, the body
(that houses all the above), and saw the above
through songs.
>From my memory of an upanyAsam:
The two phrases to watch in this thaniyan are:
"kAttavE kaNda" and "pAttinAl kaNdu".
"kAttavE kaNda" : saw what was shown. Who showed
these to AzhvAr - was it the rishi who took him
inside the temple, or, as it must have happened,
periya perumAL showed Himself to AzvAr. We have to
realize that while most of us go to SriRangam and
worship Ranganatha, we only see the archAathAvathAram
of emperumAn. On the other hand, AzhvAr not only saw
the archAvathAram, but also was shown his
thivyamangalaroopam by Sriman Narayana.
"pAttinAl kaNdu" - saw through songs. Everyone sees
SriRanganatha. But it was given only to AzhvAr to
see Him through a song.
Did AzhvAr just see emperumAn? No, he saw Him when
he was shown by Him. Did he then just see what was
shown; no, he saw what was shown through a song.
--
adiyEn, mathurakavi thAsan
T.C.A. Venkatesan
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