Anagha Sreenivas's video: Thiruppavai Pasuram 5- Mayanai- Anagha Sreenivas

Thiruppavai Series Day 5 Pasuram 5: “Mayanai” “Maayanai mannu vada Madhurai maindhanai Thuyao-peruneer Yamunai-t-thuraivanai Aayar kulathinil thonrum mani vilakkai Thaayai kudal vilakkam seida Dhamodharanai Thooyomaai vandhu naam thoomalar thoovi-t-thozhudhu Vaayinaal paadi manatthinaal sendhikka Poya pizhayum pugutharuvaan ninranavum Theeyinil thoosaakum seppu-el or empaavaai.” The way to worshipping the lord is described here in this fifth verse as follows – come with cleansed body and pure mind, offer fresh flowers to the Lord, sing verses and songs in praise of the Lord with your mouth and think deeply of the Lord in your mind. And how do you think of the Lord – think of Him in his many forms, as the One who incarnated in Mathura, as the one who is the Lord of the Yamuna, as the scion of the cowherd community, as the One who made his mother proud, as the One who was bound by a rope as a naughty child. And if you do so, all the sins that one had done unknowingly and our bad thoughts will be burnt away like cotton in a flame, therefore come my dear friends, let us worship and perform our Nonbu. Thus concludes the first section of the Thiruppavai consisting of the first 5 verses, Sri Andal has established the fact of the worship, described the do’s and don’t s described the Lord in whose name the prayers are to be performed, described the method of doing the worship, explained the benefits that will accrue on account of the worship and put the energy and motivation into the worship. Song Credits: Smt. R. Vedavalli "Thiruppavai 30 Pasurams" Dancer: Anagha Sreenivas