Periya Thirumozhi- 1.9- naayEn vandhadaindhEn; AtkoNdaruLE!
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• February 23, 1999
Sri: Dearest Sisters and Brothers, Thirumangai AzhwAr had requested his mind to proceed to TirumalA. But even after AzhwAr reaches there, ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan doesnot welcome him nor does He speak to AzhwAr. AzhwAr is depressed and thinks that his enormous sins alone are the cause for the Lord's ignoring him. AzhwAr appeals to the Lord Srinivasan to pardon his great sins and save him. AzhwAr surrenders to Lord Sri nivasan and AlarmEl Mangai Sri MahAlakshmi. Needless to say, this is REALLY AN EXCELLENT TEN from AzhwAr. 1. Oh EmperumaanE! The One who lives in TirumalA, full of most fragrant flowers and gardens and dense bushes of bamboo trees! Caring only and worrying constantly about the bodily relations like mother, father, children, wife, and other relatives, as the permanent ones, I suffered terribly and am deeply immersed in samsaaric ills (nOyE pattu ozhindhEn..). With the great craving to see You, Oh ThiruvEnkadavaa! I (adiyEn), this dog like self, have reached You, considering You only as my Eternal relation. Please show nercy on me and save me to take me over to You as Your eternal servant. (A lovely pAsuram explaining that Emperumaan alone is nirupAdhika bhandhu. All others are dEha bhandhus only.- body relations- unthannodu) 2. Oh my dear Elephant like Beautiful Lord of cool ThiruvEmkatam! The One who stays at ThiruvEmkata mountain, full of honey dripping, bee humming flowers and gardens! I have committed enormous sins and have earned full credits to enter into hell (royally), got myself trapped in the trap of women's beautiful deer like eyes for many many years. Thinking of all those sins, now I regret and have surrendered to Your Feet at TriumalA. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 3. Oh Lord, the One shows Himself so gracefully at TirumalA, which is full of huge mountain like cool rainy clouds! Due to no sense (for fellow beings- no vivEkam), I have killed many lives. I have never ever offered food to beggars, when they begged me. I have never ever uttered sweet pleasing words at anyone. With all those (dis)qualifications, adiyEn has come to You to get saved by You, Lord. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 4. Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where dark, big clouds land to relax on the earth! I have been born in all bodies (in various births), died very many times, and not performed any good deed at all in any of my previous births (otherwise I would not have been suffering here in this samsaaram in simhapuri!); I have been under lots and mots of sufferings and sorrows; and now adiyEn has reached You here and held You as the only refuge. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 5. Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where tall huge mountains are like ramparts for TirumalA! I have suffered terribly for having committed incorrigible sins; I am even ashamed and have no strength even to praise Your Feet even. Oh Lord! the One who is capable of protecting the whole Universe! (thuppA!) Now, My Father! adiyEn has reached You. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 6. Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where tall sky scraper mountains are there! I have been terribly trapped in this body composed of five senses, sense organs, red water (blood), pus, bones, flesh, hair, foul smelling wounds on this physical body, etc.., and I am remorse with tears, thinning down and grieving heavily. adiyEn now has reached You. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 7. Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, surrounded by most beautiful gardens roamed by elephants! Oh Strongest Lion like EmperumaanE! I have committed enormous numerous sins, without my knowledge when I was young; After I grew up, I lived (and worked) for others (women) and have become poor (in my jnAnam and vivEkam)! Now adiyEn has reached You. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. (Here "yEzhaiyaanEn" means not materially poor; i.e. being equipped with great wealth is not being rich; only the realisation of our relationship with the Lord is being aware of our richness. That's the reason AzhwAr also starts Periya Thirumozhi- "vaadinEn"- means: I have been fading in my life, though I have been a king!). 8. Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where cool gardens with honey dripping from their stems, flood the entire mountain! My Master! EmperumaanE! I (have committed so many sins and) have taken numerous births! And in this birth, due to Your Grace, You have intervened on my way and I have come here to pay my obeisance to You, with a craving to see You. adiyEn has reached You in order not to take any more birth. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 9. Oh Most wonderful Lord! Oh alarmEl mangai maNALA! Madhava! (Master of Sri MahALakshmi!) Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, surrounded by lotus ponds, where honey rolls down from the mountain top to these lotus ponds! I have committed only sins and nothing but sins- sins after sins and more and more sins. There is no other strength or refuge for me, now. I know NONE ELSE BUT YOU to save me. There is none who can save me, except You. adiyEn has surrendered to Your Feet. Please save me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 10. Emperumaan- the eye of all worlds- the life and jIvan of all beings-of Dark hued ThirumEni like black clouds- The One who is known by Vedas (and from Vedic truths), The One who is worshipped by Nithyasooris- The Lord of ThiruvEmkatam- about whom Thirumangai mannan Kaliyan has sung these ten pAsurams and those who read them will HAVE NO SORROWS/SINS, to their account. ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Narayana Narayana Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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