வாசமலர்த்துழாய் மாலையான் ~ Aani Amavasai 2025

 

Wednesday 25^th June 2025 was Amavasai – while Pournami is Full Moon – how to name Amavasyai – New Moon or Dark moon ?  -  Amavasya is of great religious significance in Hinduism. It is considered a perfect time in remembering the ancestors and departed souls of the family and worshipping them. It is believed that, the day when Moonlight is absent, the sunlight reaches them. There is also a belief that on this day, the departed forefathers come down to the earth and visit their children and descendants.  In the ancient  Vedic world, the new moon was the first citing of the waxing crescent Moon. In western astronomy, the definition of the new moon is when ‘the Sun and Moon have the same longitude’, which means they are in a conjunction. This conjunction time is marked in many calendars, but the Moon is not visible at this moment..   .. .. 

In Astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude.  At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the naked eye, except when it is silhouetted against the Sun during a solar eclipse.

The original meaning of the term 'new moon', which is still sometimes used in calendrical, non-astronomical contexts, is the first visible crescent of the Moon after conjunction with the Sun. This thin waxing crescent is briefly and faintly visible as the Moon gets lower in the western sky after sunset, with the smallest arc angle possible between 5–7°.  The precise time and even the date of the appearance of the new moon by this definition will be influenced by the geographical location of the observer.   

The new moon is significant in the lunar Hindu calendar. The first day of the calendar starts the day after the dark moon phase (Amavasya).  The term dark moon describes the last visible crescent of a waning Moon. The duration of a dark moon varies between 1.5 and 3.5 days, depending on its ecliptic latitude. In current astronomical usage, the new moon occurs in the middle of this dark period, when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction. This definition has entered popular usage, so that calendars will typically indicate the date of the "new moon" rather than the "dark moon". The Oxford English Dictionary defines the new moon as "the first visible crescent of the Moon, after conjunction with the Sun".   When the Moon's orbit is divided into 30 segments, as the ancient Greeks did in the time of Homer, the Babylonians did, and the Indians still do today (calling them tithi), the last phase is called the "dark moon". In Greek, it was called the "old moon" and associated with Hecate. In India, it is called Amavasya. 

At Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, Sri Parthasarathi Perumal had periya mada veethi purappadu on the occasion of Amavasya on 25.6.2025 – and it was Peyazhwar’s   Moonram thiruvanthathi recital.

பேசுவார் எவ்வளவு பேசுவர், அவ்வளவே*

வாசமலர்த்துழாய் மாலையான், - தேசுடைய*

சக்கரத்தான் சங்கினான் சார்ங்கத்தான், பொங்கரவ*

வக்கரனைக் கொன்றான் வடிவு. 

 

எம்பெருமானுடைய பெருமைகளைப் பேசுவதற்கு மாஞானிகளால்தான் ஆகும், மற்ற  சாதாரணர்களால் ஆகாது‘ என்பதில்லை, வாய்திறந்து நான்கு சொற்களைத் தொடுத்து பேச வல்லவர்கள் எவருமே எம்பெருமான்   பெருமையைப் பேசி புகழ்வது, அவரவருக்கு உகந்தது.  ஸ்ரீ பேயாழ்வார்  ~ ஸ்ரீமன்  நாராயணனது  வடிவழகை  : 

"வாசமலர்த்துழாய் மாலையான், தேசுடைய சக்கரத்தான் சங்கினான் சார்ங்கத்தான்" 

எனுமாறு  பிரஸ்தாபிக்கிறார். 

 

இதை மனதில் கொண்டு, இன்றைய சாற்றுப்படியை சேவியுங்கள்.  நமது அற்புதனான ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி  - : மணம்மிக்க புஷ்பங்களோடு கூடின திருத்துழாய் மாலையை அணிந்து, தேஜ்ஸ்ஸையுடைய திருவாழியையும்  பாஞ்சசன்யத்தையும்  திருக்கரங்களிலே  கொண்டு பவனி வந்தது கண்கொள்ளாக் காட்சி.   திருவல்லிக்கேணி மாட வீதிதனிலே ஏதேனும் ஆனவர்களுக்கு இத்தகைய சிறப்பு சேவை இன்றும் என்றென்றும் !!    

Today is Aani Amavasai and at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, there was grand purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi.  Sri Peyalwar  categorically instructs us  – ‘how much will one speak about the greatness of Sriman Narayana ?  – by asking so, he only encourages  ordinary mortals  to think and speak more of thy glory.  The hidden meaning is while the learned Saints can speak of the completeness of Paramapurushan, everyone desirous of singing His glory, shall speak to the extent one can ~ of that Sriman Narayana, of His Chakra, Conch, Sarngam (the bow) and the mace that killed Dantavakra.   

The purpose of our birth is to appreciate and pray Sriman Narayana with folded hands calling Him by His various names.  Let us  surrender to His feet and enjoy His great qualities, which will stand us in good stead. Those who had the fortune of worshipping Him will for sure realize Him having the most beautiful fragrant garlands, having Thiruvazhi and Panchajanyam [Chakkaram and Sangu} - here are some photos taken during the purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni.

 
adieyn Srinivasadhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
27^th June 2025.