Phase 3 of lockdown is
totally confusing – from Monday onwards, more people are on the streets. Some offices have reopened and many shops are
open – people are loitering on the streets even as the no. affected is going
up.
The special nodal officer
coordinating the battle against Covid-19 in greater Chennai, Dr J
Radhakrishnan, urged the people not to get panic in the wake of 'aggressive
testing' of people in and around the Koyembedu wholesale market, the felt
latest infection hub, even as the city accounted for 266 of the 527 new
positive cases Tamil Nadu added on Monday. The state-wide total of positive
Covid-19 patients touched 3,550. In the last few days, officials reckon by a
quick estimate that some 7,500 'mandi' workers, traders and their contacts
including family members in and around Koyembedu market have left for their
home districts, mainly Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore and
Permbalur. So a huge contact tracing effort is on, to then test and isolate
those persons who test positive.
Optimism that the
US-China trade deal could salvage bilateral ties has begun to fade in aftermath
of the coronavirus. A dramatic
deterioration in US-China relations in recent days has convinced current and
former government advisers on both sides that bilateral ties have plummeted to
their lowest point in decades. Over the past week, the Trump administration has
threatened to scrap the phase one trade deal and increase tariffs on China,
backed tough new export controls for Chinese firms buying American tech
products, and continued to push theories claiming the coronavirus was man-made
and leaked from a laboratory in the city of Wuhan. The White House is also “turbocharging” an
initiative among “friendly nations” to push manufacturing supply chains out of
China, according to Reuters, while a leaked report from the US Department of
Homeland Security accused Beijing of covering up the severity of the virus so
it could hoard medical supplies at the start of the year. China’s state media
and “wolf warrior” diplomats have ratcheted up social media attacks on US
political figures in response.
Back at our divyadesam the
grand Chithirai brahmothsavam of Sri Parthasarathi Perumal should have
commenced on 5.5.2020 and today would have been Sesha vahana purappadu in the
morning.
Of those who render
service to Emperuman Sriman Narayanan – Ananthan, the AdiSesha serves Him in
the best possible manner that one could visualize. Ananthazhwaan is ever at the
service of the Lord in every possible manner. In our Sampradhayam,
Ananthan is reverred. Sesha is the King of all Nagas who holds an
exalted place in puranas. Anantha Sesha would mean endless or the
first Sesha – Maha vishna at Thiruparkadal reclines on
him. His is a massive form, shown as five headed or
more. He was born to Sage Kashyapa and his wife Kadru.
To praise more of his
attributes, Adi Sesha never gets separated from Sriman Narayana. When Maha
Vishnu took the exalted avathars, Adisesha too accompanied Him and did
continued service. He never thinks of his own comfort – in the
Ramayana, Ilayavar Lakshmana (adi sesha) seldom took rest, did not sleep a
wink, stood guard remaining ever vigilant. In Krishnavathara,
Balarama cared more for his brother. Our Acarya Ramanujar is
reincarnation of Sesha and our Acarya Swami Manavala Mamunigal was another
reincarnation of Adi sesha and did yeoman service to
Emperuman.
திருப்பாற்கடலில்
பள்ளி கொள்ளும் பெருமானுக்கு 'சேஷசாயி' என அழகான திருநாமம். அந்த அரவணையானின்
பாதங்களை தொழுது ஏத்துபவர்கள் என்று என்றும்
குறைவிலர் !.. . Here is one of the verses
of Boothathazhwar:
திரிந்தது வெஞ்சமத்துத்
தேர்கடவி, அன்று
பிரிந்தது சீதையை மான்
பின்போய், - புரிந்ததுவும்
கண்பள்ளி கொள்ள அழகியதே,
நாகத்தின்
தண்பள்ளி கொள்வான் தனக்கு
..
~ which
would mean :
பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கானோர்
மாண்ட கொடிய மஹா பாரத யுத்தத்திலே, நம் பார்த்தசாரதியாய் - பார்த்தனான அர்ஜுனனின் தேரை
நடத்திக் கொண்டு, பீஷ்மர் போன்றோரின் அம்புகளை தான் தாங்கியதும், அதற்கு
முந்தைய காலத்திலே, ஸ்ரீ இராமனாகத் திருவவதரித்து மாயமானின் பின்னே சென்று,
சீதையை பிரிந்ததும்,
தரையிலே பள்ளி கொள்ள ஆசைப்பட்டதும்
போன்ற திருவவதார லீலைகள் எல்லாம் - திருவனந்தாழ்வான் மேலே குளிரப்பள்ளி கொண்டிருக்க
வேண்டிய பெருமானுக்கு ஏற்றவை தானோ ? - என வினவுகிறார் நம் பூதத்தாழ்வார்.
The Lord who reclines on
a cool serpent bed went about driving a chariot in war. He followed a deer and
lost his Sita, and slept on the hard floor. What an irony. though!
who are prostrate and worship with most fragrant flowers, the Lotus feet
of the Lord reclining in the Milky Ocean, will get the benefit of
reaching that great Emperuman residing in Paramapadam ~ the feat that is
available to those bright sacred souls of Nithya suris, which is not even
available to those like Indira and other devas.
Here are some photos
taken during Sesha vahana purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni a deacde ago, yes in 2010 with a Canon
powershot AS1100 (almost all of them at Gangaikondan mantap)
adiyen Srinivasa dhasan.
(Mamandur Srinivasan Sampathkumar)
6.5.2020.
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