Sri Madhavakannan"s beautiful translations of the BhAvam-filled anubhavam of Kaliyan of ThirunaRayUr Nambi
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• January 4, 2000
Dear BhakthAs : It is such a delectable pleasure to read the most recent posting of Sri MaadhavakkaNNan ( Periya Thirumozhi 7.3) on Kaliyan's Moving Paasurams about Nambikkai NaacchiyAr SamEtha SrinivAsa Nambi of ThirunaRayUr. The VimAnam is SrinivAsa VimAnam . The hill on which the Lord stands is Sugandha Giri ( NaRu Malai)and hence , He is hence called Sugandha- Giri Naathan or the Lord of the Fragrant hill . In this final decad on Sugandhagiri Naathan , Thirumangai AzhwAr is reluctant to say good bye to his Sarva Swamy and to continue with his journey to ThirucchERai and other dhivya desams . Kaliyan is however immensely grateful to the Lord , who initiated him into Sri VaishNava kulam through the Chakra-Sankha Laanchanam. Kaliyan's joy poured forth thru 110 exquisitely fragrant paasurams ( Bhakthi Sourabham).In comparison, the AshtAkshara KshEthram of ThirukkaNNapuram received a garland with only 104 flowers (Paasurams) in contrast to the 110 for ThirunaRayUr. Even Srirangam received 73 Paasurams and ThiruvEnkatam , the KshEthram of the Other Srinivasan , was the recipient of only 61 Paasurams . ThirunaRayUr Nambi assured Kaliyan that He will not leave AzhwAr's chittham , wherever he was. This was in response to the statements of Kaliyan about his dhruva smruthi ( unceasing rememberance)of ThirunaRayUr Nambi. The fruit of the ceaseless rememberance of the Lord led to "Darsana SamanAkAram" and Kaliyan says that this was even better than darsana SaakshthkAram. The presence of the Lord got etched in his mind. In the first paasuram , he celebrates his blessings this way : " nanaviRsenRaarllum NaNNaRkkariyANai , naanadiyEn NaRayUr ninRa nambiyai, KANAVIL kaNDEn inRu kaNDamayAl yenn KaNNiNaikaL KaLippak KaLitthEnE " That Lord , who is not acessible to even those , who have clear Jn~Anam has now been seen by adiyEn in a dream state (Visatha Prathyaksham ). Even when he was not physically in front of me , adiyEn saw Him clearly in a svapnam and my eyes were filled with joy over that aanandhAnubhavam . The whole decad is a celebration of this kind . In one Paasuram , Kaliyan asks, How can adiyEn forget this Lord ? ( EmpirAnai YetthAl maRakkEn?). Thanks Sri MadhavakkaNNan for drenching us with these nectarine experiences . Namo NaarAyaNA ! V.Sadagopan
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