Periya Thirumozhi 7.3- "kaNNanukku anRi en manam thaazhndhu nillaadhE.."
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• January 3, 2000
Sri: Dearest Sisters and Brothers, AzhwAr in the last ten said “naanE yeydhap peRREn”. Means: I myself (was blessed to have) got Him”.. How? Here in this ten, he explains how. 1. The Lord, Emperumaan, who shows Himself so gracefully at ThirunaRaiyoor, the incomprehensible Lord even by the clear minded thapasvis- jnAnis; the One who aimed the arrow through seven staggered trees, as Rama; the One who always thinks good of His devotees; the One who is thought of by the scholars and Bhagawathas and praising Him as “the One who has the Divine Bow, angered on the asurAs and fought and killed them with fiery eyes!”- such greatest Emperumaan is contemplated and enjoyed in adiyEn’s mind always. Today- I am blessed to have seen Him and enjoyed His divine Beauty with both of my eyes. When my eyes drank Him and enjoyed, I too enjoyed. (AzhwAr says: “kaNNiNaigaL kaLippak kaLitthEnE”..- adadaa! ) 2. This Emperumaan- the One who had swallowed the whole universe and brought it out through His mouth once; the One who is the bhandhu (not due to the birth, even before), naturally; Parama kruppaLu, the Most merciful dayAkaran, Sarvagnan, but still thinking of this illiterate, ajjnAni, to save adiyEn, by blessing me to think of Him at all times; to me, this lowly self, considering me, as worthy of an object, and gracefully helping me as Parama upakaarakan, like the Cow thinks of its calf- This Emperumaan has beautiful makara kuNdalams (studs) in His ears; Ever Youthful looking Lord; The Cowherd Boy, who had showed Himself (in the veranda) at “idai kazhi” of ThirukkOviloor to the three AzhwArs; the One who is like a Lion appearing in the midst of Nithya sooris; the One who is most affectionate and kind towards me; - Such Greatest Most Merciful Emperumaan- I will NOT look for any OTHER ONE.. 3. The Lord, who first, in order to make me His possession, blessed me and entered into my heart; and resided; He does not stay at anyone else’s heart as a place of residence now; He has come on his own to bless me the eternal kaimkaryam at His Feet, (which alone has been my longing desire in my mind) and will not let me be trapped by yama dhUthAs; I am even blessed (by Him) to have this thought of Him at this moment. – Such Greatest Emperumaan of the most beautiful fertile Thirukkudanthai- the Most wonderful Swami- My Father- My Father’s Father- My Kula nAthan- My upakaarakan- (most helpful One);- How can adiyEn ever forget Him and under what pretext? (Tell me-) (“enthaiyai, enthai thandhai thammaanai- empiraanai yetthaal maRakkEnE?”) 4. The Most merciful Emperumaan- KaNNan, who drove the chariot for the five pandavas, and enabled them to kill DuryOdhanaadhis in the battle; the Parama upakaarakan to adiyEn too; the ruler of Srirangam; My Master; the Chief of Parama padham and Nithyars (arangamaaLi; ennaaLi; viNNaaLi); the One who aimed arrows and made lankA tremble by walking towards it; the cool red lotus eyed most beautiful Emperumaan- BUT for Him, to none else (no idhara or anya devatha), my mind will not fall for and melt.. (“thaN thaamaraik kaNNanukku anRi en manam thaazhndhu nillaadhE..”) 5. The One who appears then and there, whenever the cruel hell like sorrows come to torment me, and consoles me “Don’t fear” (anjEl”- maa sucha;); My Swami; the One, who has the red lotus Feet; the adorning jewel, in the group of Nithya sooris; the Lion of ThiruvEmkatam; the Lord who tore the horse (kesi asuran); the cowherd Boy KaNNan, caught for eating stolen butter, who stooped Himself as simple (sowlabhyam) that He was tied to mortar, with quivering lips, and tears welled in the eyes; (“yetthiRam uralinOdu iNaindhiRandhu yEngiya yeLivE!”); He is the Honey; the Sweet Milk; - But for that sweetest Lord- my mind will not think of anyone else. 6. At all times, He stand in my mind and does not leave me even for a fraction of a second from me; He is so great; The One who shows Himself so gracefully in the fertile most beautiful Thirumaaliruncholai; the One who is like the sweet juice of sugarcane like kaRkaNdu; the One who appeared as KaNNan and learn keenly all four Vedas at the feet of a sadAchAryan; the greatest Lord who reclined on the milk Ocean; - In spite of all His scuh Greats, He is still so simple and accessible for adiyEn (what a sowlabhyam!) – But for Him, I will never ever sing on anyone else; (“en paNbhanai anRip paadal seyyEnE”) 7. The One who is so sweet to me, like the divine music that comes out of Veena, while played on the strings; the One who made adiyEn’s eyes, mind and the speech as His residence; the One whose residence is also the Vedic Brahmins’ minds; the Swami of Nithya sooris; my Master; - the One who is the blue hued dark ocean colour; MaNi vaNNan; - But for this divine beautiful blue hued colour of the Lord, my mouth will not talk of any thing else. 8. After being blessed to be the recipient of Emperumaan’s grace in this birth itself, what kind of paapam (sin) can dare approach me? The One who removes all sorrows and sins that completely distort the jIvAthmA and grants only pleasures to the AthmA; the unparalleled One; the only means for the world to Hold onto Him; the One who thinks of doing upakaaram and good to the world at all times; the One who is praised and worshipped by Nithya sooris; the ripened sweet fruit for the enjoyment of mumukshus; then, the One who desired to love me, and like a thief, without my knowledge entered into me, to capture my heart. – Now I (am blessed to) have seen Him.. 9. (What a line!) “en seygEn adiyEn? uraiyeer idhaRkkenRu “ The Emperumaan, who so gracefully, mercifully, stays in my heart permanently, and for this upakaaram (help), what can adiyEn (this servant of His) do to pay back! Tell me.. the Lord of ThanjaimaamaNikkOil; the One who tore open the chest of hiraNyan; the lustrous shining One who is like a fire, so inaccessible; the One who built the bridge on the deep ocean to let the strong rAvaNan’s lankA be destroyed completely; the One who is worshipped by Devas, and is like Huge Beautiful mountain; the One who has the divine form like a cool, blue hued mountain; - my mind will never ever greet anyone else.. BUT FOR this greatest, most Beautiful Emperumaan. 10. This ten on Emperumaan of ThirunaRaiyoor, is sung by Kaliyan, the one who has sharp spear in his hand, the chief of Thirumangai; Emperumaan’s lotus Feet is so cool, and pleasing to look at enjoy for the eyes. This ten is sung for the devotees who pay their obeisance; dance, sing, prostrate at such Lotus Feet of Emperumaan, and oh Bhagawathas, who read (sing) these ten! The paavams (sins) will never ever stay with you! Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Narayana Narayana Narayana dAsan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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