Periya Thirumozhi 5.6- "meyvaNNam ninaindhavarkku mey ninRa vitthagan"
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• September 23, 1999
Sri: Dearest Sisters and Brothers, After listening to the lamenting cries of Parakala Nayaki (through her mother), Sri Ranganatha says “AzhwArE! Have I not come to Arangam only for you? Don’t cry and suffer. And shows His Sowlabhyam. AzhwAr narrtes all his “laabhams” the benefits he has been blessed with; the enjoyment he gets by having the darshan of the Lord.. 1. Like a young, huge, strong male elephant; like the Dark Blue hued gem (Neela maNi) that has His Yoga nithrA on the ocean; the dense dark, greenish Maragatham; the One who is praised and proclaimed by Vedas; He is My Swami, the One who, by a mere thinking of Him, makes my thoughts so sweet and blissful; the One, who, by effortless lifting of the huge mountain, protected the cattle from torrential rains; Emperumaan – I have seen Him at this most beautiful Divya Desam of Srirangam. 2. The Perumman- who is at ThiruppEr; who is at ThirukkuRungudi; who is always at ThirutthaNkaa; who is having His Yoga nithrA at Thirukkarambanoor; the One who swallowed the Universe with seven dweepams, with seven mountains; with the dark deep seven oceans for protecting the same; and unsatisfied, SarvEshawran still wants to continue protecting and saving the worlds;- I have seen Him at Srirangam. 3. The One who took the Huge Varaaha avtaar to brought back on His Horn the Earth, from troubled waters; who Himself is the Earth and the Skies(as Antharyaami); who is always the sweetest nectar (insatiable) in the hearts of His devotees; who is the Cowherd Boy KaNNan, rearing the cattle along with other boys of Ayar paadi; - I have seen Him at Srirangam. 4. (Read this pAsuram! Very sweet!) The One who has His “aRithuyil” (Yoga nithrA) at ThiruppaaRkadal; who, as an infant KaNNan kicked off the wheel asuran; who tore open the strong chest of HiraNyan, ferociously unable to bear him for troubling His Bhaktha; who measured the whole Universe with His feet as a Trivikraman; - I have seen Him at Srirangam. 5. The One who is the waters; the Fire; the Bhoomi; and thus, the antharaathmaa of all five elements; - who is Rama, and destroyed rAvaNan’s lankA; who is the deep Ocean; who is the Chief of Paramapadham; who approves, accepts and eats (as Agni ) the Havis (Ghee), which is offered in Yaagam performed by Brahmins chanting Vedic hymns. – That Lord- I have seen Him at Srirangam. 6. The One- who removes the obstacles of anger, et al from devotees and increases their desire and love for Him; who killed Kamsan, unable to bear the sufferings of His parents imprisoned by Kamsan; who is like “KaRpaka” tree, as Parama Udhaarakan; who ate the worlds o protect during PraLayam; who conquered and cut the shoulders of bAnAsuran who had come to fight against KaNNan and made Sivan lose heavily (when he came to support the asuran angrily ); who has Garuda as His Vaahanam (vehicle); - I have seen Him at Srirangam. 7. He – the One who is the Vishayam (Object) of my thoughts always; who directs me to have such an intense desire for Him; who is the Consort of PiraaTTi, who blesses me with the fruit of thinking of Him; who is standing permanently at ThiruvEmkatam and then now in my heart; who lengthened His Feet to measure the whole world- Trivkraman of ThirukkOvailoor;- My Swami- I have seen Him at Srirangam. 8. The One who does not shower His mercy on the red clothed Bhuddhists (monks) for their non-belief in Vedas and to Jains (who are impure); who does not help other non-Vedic or wrong Vedic religions; who, by nature is most merciful and most compassionate; who is ever helpful and merciful to those who hold on to Him, to relatives and bhandhus of me (who has held on to Him), to me, to my father; to my mother; to Nithyasooris; - Such Parama upakaarakan- SarvEshawran- I have seen Him at Srirangam. 9. Accharya Bhoothan- the Most wonderful Lord- who shows all His swaroopams, in its entirety, without hiding to those devotees, who have no Veshams (pretensions), and whose thoughts are always on Him; who chase away their desires on sensual pleasures and worldly matters- That Lord of anjana vaNNan (dark hued Lord); the One who is of dark black clouds colour; who is like Maragatham colour; - I have seen Him at Srirangam. 10. The One who protected and reared cattle; who is the Swami reclining and having his Yoga nithrA at Srirangam (the ornament of the Earth); is the Lord about whom this ten is composed. Kaliyan, who is blessed with such grace, much to the envy and longing and delight of everyone; is the composer. Those who read this ten, will have all karmic diseases run away . ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Narayana Narayana ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com