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Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's commentary- Snapshots- as requested by a Bhagawatha

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Madhavakkannan V • December 19, 2002 


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

After yesterday's post on Vaamanan Vs. Krishnan as described beautifully by 
Srimath Mukkur Azhagiya Singar in his commentary, one dear BhAgawatha 
requested me to post small snap shots of Sri Mukkur Azhagiya SingarÂ’s 
SukabhOdhini for every dayÂ’s verse. [kuruvi thalaiyil panangaaay]

adiyEn(with prayers for Acharya, Bhagawatha anugraham) will attempt to post 
little of what adiYen understands, to the best of my limited abilities.

TodayÂ’s verse: MAAYANAI MANNU (verse 5) explains how when one surrenders to 
the Lord all impediments get destroyed. In this verse, AndAl instructs a 
very important aspect- Saranagathi.

We will just dwell upon first word Maayan:

Oh friends! When one surrenders to Sri Krishnan, all karmas (Sanchitha karma 
and Praarabdha karma) get extinguished- All the Sanchita Karmas( Accumulated 
) and Praarabdha Karmas (started to yield) will be completely finished like 
the straw dirt being burnt by fire- within no time.

By going to Him with pure heart (thooyOmaay vandhu)
THOO MALAR THOOVI THOZHUDU, VAAYINAAL  PAADI, MANATHINAAL SINDHIKKA Worship 
by body, Speech and Mind (Mano, Vak, Kaayam)
[BhUmAdEvi was submerged in the ocean by an asura called Hiranyaksha. Lord 
Sriman nArAyana took the incarnation of a big boar (varAha avtaar) and went 
into The ocean to uplift up BhUmAdevi. She was lifted up and made sit in the 
lap of
the Lord. Still bhUmAdEvi was shivering. When the Lord asked her for the 
reason. She replied politely :" Oh! my nAthA! You have protected me. But 
still our children in the samsArA are helpless and suffering. They cannot 
practice the uninterrupted meditation in Bhakti yoga as preached by you in 
the vedas with their limited knowledge. So you must be kind enough to show 
them a simpler way to reach you" The Lord understood the affection of 
bhUmAdEvi towards her children and gave a fitting reply: The simplest way to 
reach me is in stable state of mind, [with all three organs of senses 
(karanam) viz. manas, vAk and kAyam (speech, action and thought)]-surrender 
to Me.

Think only about him, act only for pUja [ArAdhana] to Him, and speak only in 
praise of Him. Immediately bhUmi piratti grasped this easy means of 
Saranagathi to reach the Lord and thought it fit to be preached to us in 
this samsAra. Thus came ThiruppAvai and this line in particular.

How- why is He so great? Because He is Maayan.
Maayan- Mysterious One- Of the One who is the Swami of   Moola Prakruthi as 
LeelA VibUthi  Naathan
[Sri Azhagiya Singar writes so beautifully]
1. He is Superior to all Devas; (all demi gods). He is possessed eternally 
with all Greatest most auspicious attributes and has got no blesmishes. 
During dissolution, all jeevas are in dormant stage in his stomach and He 
(out of His great compassion) gives them sthUla sarIra and gives them an 
opportunity to reach Him by giving them jnAnam. He ultimately makes the 
surrendered jeevathmas equal to the Nithasooris – and even Himself. He is 
Sathya sankalpan. He is such a Maayan- Sri KrishNan

2. He created Chathur mukha Brahma, taught him Vedas and saasthras. Also He 
learnt the Vedas and Saasthras from a teacher by name Saantheepini (during 
Krishna avatar). He is such a Maayan- Sri Krishnan. Then, he instructed 
Arjunan GitA and became Geethacharyan. He captivated everyoneÂ’s heart- He is 
Maamaayan- Sri Krishnan.

3. dhvE maatharaou cha dhvE pitharou cha kulE api dhvEÂ…- says 
KooratthAzhwAn. Two fathers, Two mothers; Two kulam –all in one birth within 
few hours from birth- He also married two (Rukmini Sathyabama) – He alone is 
maayan- Sri Krishnan.

4. This Maayan alone can bring someone who is already dead long back-in the 
same sarIram. Who else can do such maayam?
5. With Pareekshith inside UttharaÂ’s womb, He protected inside the Uterus by 
entering there with His ChakrA to show himself to Parikishit- This Maayan 
alone can perform that.
6. VizhukariyOr kumaranena mEvichiRandhana- Say Desikan- The baby lied like 
a charcoal (live) and He touched the charcoal like baby with his lotus feet 
(only Brahmachari can touch- says Vyasa- and Krishnan touched) to make it 
come alive like a charming beautiful baby. (I think this baby was SisupAlan)
7. He rode on GarudA to go to Indra lOkam- fought the battle to bring the 
ParijAtha tree to the earth for the sake of SathyabAmA- This mahaa  sakthan- 
Maayan- Sri Krishnan alone can perform the same.

Like that, there are very many chEshtithangaL by this Maayan.
Thus, If we peform Saranagathi at his lotus feet- offer pushpAnjali with a 
pure heart (being a Pathivrathai- with no Devathaantharam worship), sing the 
glory of His naamAs and meditate on Him , all of our accumulated sins as 
well as the ones accrued after prapatthi will be burnt to ashes.
If there is any merit, the credit goes to the great commentary by Srimath 
Azhagiya Singar. Any errors / mistakes are due to my lack of understanding.
Regards
Andal ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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