Nappinnai Piratti with Lord Krishna.
After the
girls sang the 18th pasuram, Thayar got up to open the door but
Perumal pulled her back because He wanted to be the one to grant the girl’s
requests. He didn’t want Thayar to grant their wishes as she always got a
higher point for protecting devotees.
The girls
saw that Thayar was not allowed to get up from the bed. They felt envious
because Thayar was with Perumal on the comfortable mattress laid on a bed frame
manufactured from the tusk of the elephant Kuvalayapeedam. Even though Krishna
hadn’t killed Kuvalayapeedam yet, the beauty of the elephant’s tusk had been
transferred to the frame in the same manner in which Perumal transferred the
protective effect of the rope (thirumangalyam) worn by the wives of the
Duryodanas to grant sarees to Draupadi. The wifes of the Duryodanas were
widowed only after many years; the effect of transferring the rope’s protective
powers to Draupadi didn’t harm their husbands immediately.
Perumal
and Thayar were reclined on a comfortable, soft as well as fragrant mattress.
The mattress was covered with a white bed spread. It was wide enough that all
the 500,000 gopi girls could sleep on it; hence, they asked Thayar to allow
them inside as well.
Andal Nachiar with Peruval at Sri Villiputhur
As
Perumal held Thayar in His arms, His chest expanded in size as He was happy. Parasara
Bhattar once asked Lord Ranganathan to listen to the composition he had written
about Thayar. Perumal wanted to know why Bhattar did not chant the slokam in
Thayar Sannidhi. Bhattar replied that as Thayar was Perumal’s sweet heart, he
wanted to chant the slokam in Perumal Sannidhi first. Bhattar then asked
Perumal to keep many inner vests in larger sizes nearby. Perumal asked the
reason for this request. Bhattar answered that as soon as Perumal heard the
glories of Thayar He would feel very happy thus making His chest expand which
in turn would rip His inner vest.
Perumal is called as “avikaraya suddhaya” in
Vishnu Sahasranamam. He is Para Brhamam
because He never undergoes any changes then how does His chest expand?
Perumal’s atma (swaroopam) never changes whereas He changes His physical form
to please us. The same Perumal can appear as baby Krishna
to Yashoda and as a youth to Radha. Similarly He reacts to our words of praise
to express His happiness to us.
Once, Nanjeer
was asked By Parasara Bhattar to chant Tiruvrittam. As Nanjeer chanted the
following pasuram he added an r by mistake to malandu thus altering the meaning
of the pasuram to “Krishna felt very happy because Yashoda disciplined Him”.
As soon
as Nanjeer chanted this pasuram Parasara Bhattar fell down unconscious. After
Bhattar regained consciousness he asked Nanjeer to repeat the pasuram. This
time Nanjeer repeated the pasuram properly but Bhattar asked him to repeat it
with the error Nanjeer had made because Bhattar said that Swami Nammazhwar must
have composed the pasuram to convey to us that Lord Krishna did feel very happy
because Yashoda felt close enough to Him that she disciplined Him. As a result
His chest expanded since He was very happy.
Perumal
and Thayar argued by just looking at each other. Thayar looked at Perumal with
her large eyes lined with collyrium which resembled a cool lake asking Him to
let her go so that she could cater to the girl’s request but Perumal wanted to
be the one to bless the girls. Thus they argued.
The beauty
of Thayar’s eyes is described in this pasuram. Lord Hanuman looked at Sita Devi
in Ashoka Vanam and tried to see how Perumal and Thayar formed the perfect
match for each other. Lord Hanuman gave Perumals’ overall appearance 100 points
but as he looked at Sita Devi he gave 100 points for just her eyes alone.
The gopi
girls asked Thayar, ‘Why do you stop Him when He is about to come to us? Why
aren’t you allowing yourself to be separated from Krishna
for just a few seconds? This is unlike you, since as Sita Devi you allowed
yourself to be separated from Lord Rama for ten months when you entered Ashoka
Vanam in order to save the Deva Sthris. Later you allowed yourself to be away
from Lord Rama for 1000 years in order to bless sage Valmiki so that he could write
the Ramayana. Either you open the door for us or let Him come to us.’
Piratti
couldn’t stand to hear them continue to plead. She informed Perumal firmly that
she was going to open the doors for the girls.
Alternate Meaning:
kuththu
viLakkeriya
Mangalasasanam
has to be performed for an Acharyan along with his disciple. An Acharyan is
knowledgeable and radiant like a kuthuvilaku.
kOttu(k)
kaal kattil mEl
Like the
four legs in the bed frame an Acharyan rests firmly on the four vedas.
meththenRa
pancha sayanaththin mEl ERi(k)
He makes
sure that his upanyasams, books etc contain the following five which are known
as Arthapanchakam.
- Information about Perumal
- Information about Jeevatma
- The barrier which prevents jeevatma from reaching Perumal
- The methods to break the barrier.
- The fruit obtained after breaking the barrier.
koththalar poonguzhal nappinai kongai mEl
vaiththu(k)
kidandha malar maarbaa vaay thiRavaay
mai(th) thadam kaNNinaay nee un maNaaLanai
eththanai pOdhum thuyilezha ottaay kaaN
eththanaiyElum pirivu aatragillaayaal
thaththuvam
anRu thagavElOr embaavaay
An
Acharyan always meditates upon the archai vigrahams at Divya Desams like
Thirumalirumcholia which are like the breasts of Bhumi Piratti with love. A
disciple should take care of all the other matters that the Acharyan has to
attend to thus giving enough time for the Acharyan to meditate upon the Divya
Dampathis without any disturbances. A disciple should never think about going
separate ways from the Acharyan and must stay by the Acharyan’s ideology at all
times. The disciple must feel grateful to the Acharyan for showing him the
right path.
Nachiar
teachs us that both Perumal and Thayar are competing with each other to protect
us.
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