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ThiruppAvai 21st verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singra's divine anubhavam- excerpts

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Madhavakkannan V • January 5, 2003 


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

21st verse- yERRa kalangaL yedhir pongi meethaLippa..Â…
Nappinnai now has informed their arrival to KaNNan. She also thinks, 
“Mahalskhmi sent me only to ensure GopikAs desires to be fulfilled. That 
should be my objective and after and while they enjoy their company with 
KaNNan then I need to unite with Him. If I unite with Him what is the 
difference between this place and Srivaikuntam? Is that why I was sent?- “ 
Thus she ponders and joins the ghsoti of Gopikas to wake up and appeal to 
KaNNan together.

KaNNA! Pelase wake up (thuyilezhaay)
KaNNan stars talking without coming out (speaks from the bed)- without being 
seen by Gopikas
“oh foolish girls! Lietsn. Who am I in this village? A butter thief? A 
cowherd Boy? A dark stout boy? No eduation. No liretacy. Always mischievous. 
Ask any older lady. They used to tie me and beat me. YasOdhA learnt from 
them to beat me. Look at my necklace- made of leaves and forest stones. My 
father is poor. The place where I am sleeping belongs to NappinnaiÂ’s father. 
Who are we/ Cowherd folks? We are living because of our few cattle. If there 
is no rain, or no grass, we need to shit and migrate from here. We are 
nomads. Whom do you think I am! I am jArachOra sikhAmaNi. Ask anyone in 
neighboring villages. Has anyone considered me as periya manushan (chief- 
big man) ? (avajAnathi maam mUdA:) Why are you all coming around me and 
forcing me? Why have you become so dull in intellect?

This one month, they have let you see me because of their vested interest. 
What happens after? Even if they (your parents) allow you later, how do you 
think I can manage you all with my meager income with few cattle? Leave me. 
Go for someone grand and greater.

Those girls say: “KrishNA! What you say is surprising. Whaom are yoy trying 
to fool? Your father is almost a king of cowherd folks? He ha got few 
thousands of cows which give milk pots after pots. You just need to keep 
placing large sized pots below their breasts and by the time we pick up the 
next pot, the previous pot gets filled with milk. You are the only son to 
the richest NandhagOpan. These cows are good nice ones- youthful and healthy 
ones. The sellers of those milk have become millionaires as well (selling to 
neighboring villages). They are so vaLLal perum pasukkaL.
He (your father) also performs great dharmas (ambaramE, thannErE. sore aRam 
cheyyum). Due to his punya (virtuous deeds), he gets further and further 
wealth. We are not fools. We know exactly we are doing. Do not try to fool 
us. We know You are.

You are the Primordial Chief. You are Superiormost and there is none equal 
to You, why to talk superior to You? In addition to Narayananthvam, 
Jagathpathithvam, You are the darling son of the cowherd NandhagOpan is the 
Grandest One for You. That itself is enough for Your Parathvam and 
sowlabhyam combined. You are the jyOthiswarUpan. Vedas say: SrEyAn bhavathi 
jAyamaana: - in every avatar, You become grander; Your greatness and 
grandeur expands (appear to expand). What the Vedas did not say, we are 
saying from our anubavam: Everyday- You shine better and grander; You become 
more sowlabhyam and more divine to us. You have resplendency shining and 
increasing from strength to strength every day. You have apAra thEjas 
increasing exponentially everyday. You are Paranchudar.

thEjobirApoorya jagath samagram”- Arjuna said in the battle field- You are 
the thEjas appeared in this world. Is there any birth, jAthi (caste) for 
you? Your birth is not like ours. Yours is avatar. When one sees Your bed, 
(of AdhisEshan) canÂ’t they not realize Your greatness? There is a nandhaa 
viLakku (which never extinguishes) on your bed near Your head. This Bed had 
appeared before You appeared in this house. (Balarama- Adhiseshan).

You are not the cowherd Boy actually. You have dressed yourself so; You do 
not rear cattle. The cattle rear You. The cattle see You; enjoy You; they 
satisfy their hunger simply looking at You; they fill their stomach with 
only Your darshan. ThatÂ’s why the milk is so sweet; so grand and so much 
quantum. ThatÂ’s why the cows are so healthy; youthful and never get old. Do 
not try to cheat us. Seeing the suffering the enemies of Yours and Your 
Bhagawathas get – seeing the ends of the asuRas at your places; we (having 
committed and trespaseed saasthric injuctions) are scared of Your punishment 
and are here shivering and standing with knees shaking due to fear; we have 
come to Your door step, prostrating at Your Feet. – We can not go anywhere 
else and to anyone (there is none for us to take refuge) for our redemption 
and salvation to seek forgiveness for all our paapams and apacharam that we 
have committed towards You and Your devotees.

When Your GaruDA (on which You were riding) sent and brushed aside Rudran 
when he came fighting against You in support of BANasura, he (sivan) 
realized your greatness and Parathvam) and immediately asked his Asrithan 
(Banasura) to perform 498 anjali (obeisance) to Your feet with his 998 hands 
( as two hands were cut by KaNNan) and then Rudran saved him [AaaRRaadhu 
vandhu aDi paNiyumaapOlE]. Having known that, we have come prostrating at 
Your feet (aDipaNigiROm).

So, You all also have supported Sivan) my enemies and have come now. HavenÂ’t 
you?

No. No. Never. As far as we remember, (in this birth) we have never ever 
committed any apacharam to Bhagawathas not have we supported your enemies 
(virIdhis) intentionally. Dow e have to say that in our own words? You are 
Sarvagnan. Omniscient. Don’t you Yourself know that? –when such is the case 
why did you make that query? How dare you ask us “we came like that?”- Tell 
us. KaNNA! We came with the fear that they had; But the manner (due to which 
they came). – Why did we have such fear?- you may ask. There are many 
enemies for us to come to Your place. They do not like our coming to You. 
They are angry at us for doing something that they do not like. They may 
stop us from coming due to their anger. Hence we were scared.

I do not see any enemies. Nor do I think there is anyone. You youself 
appeared scared- why? Did someone stop you entering here- asks KaNNan.
Krishna! When Dhruvan performed thapas (penance) there was no hurdle from 
human beings; but devas do cause hurdles. – Don’t you know as UpAsyan? When 
Sage ViswAmithrar performed various penance, he was stopped by devas by 
sending different hurdles. Similarly, when we approach You, there many be 
thApa thryam (AdyAthmika, Adhibhoudhika, Adhidhaivika); there may be 
illness, problems, etc.. All should get cleared by Your dayA alone. We have 
come with that fear only.

So far, there has been no hurdle (vignam) at all; hence you have an interest 
in our performance- it is proved. Thus, You are OORRamudaiyaay. Being 
interested in devoteesÂ’ welfare and thus their pious deeds- ensuring that 
they get completed. Inspite of Your greatness, You still move with us as 
Sarvasulabhan. With Your will (sankalpam) none can cause hurdle for us. You 
are the Greatest and Grandest one (Periyaay).

What did you do for me to stop someoneÂ’s hurdles? You have not done 
anything.
We have come here singing all the time in praise of You and your divine 
names. We came here not with any fruits in mind at all- except singing your 
names. Perhaps your names alone would have removed /alleviated all the 
hurdles that would have come in our way- we think.

How did you sing –Sing now. Let me listen.
Krishna vishNO jagannAtha mangaLAnga yadhUtthama|
Bhakthapriya bavArtthigna bandhupriya namOsthuthE ||

There are so nay devotees in this world. There are few devotees (especially) 
who make actual true ardent devotees feel “I should have been like this 
person and be as devoted as he is”. Wherever he (that special devotee) goes, 
he gets first respects at the temples; at sadhas and at any house. Once a 
great devotee found his dear SaaLagrAma perumAL missing from his sannidhi. 
He felt depressed and did not eat for three days in succession. He suddenly 
remembered that he had invited this special devotee the previous day when he 
found the PerumAL missing. He did not wish to commit BhAgawatha apacharam by 
thinking wrong things and talking about it. He went to the person (in that 
place) who sells SaaLagrAma. Though it is mahaapaapam to buy /sell PerumAL, 
he went to him and said, “I would like to replace my spoiled Saalagramam 
PerumAL with another good SaaLagrAmam. Do you have one?” The seller showed 
his own PerumAL and said, “This is available just arrived. “ “where did you 
get this?”. That great devotee gave it to me and sold to me as I always pay 
my obeisance to him.

These BhAgawathas are not like this special devotee who does only acting 
outwardly as if he is a sincere devote without knowing that KaNNan, being 
the Sarvagnan (omniscient) knows everything at all times. They are not 
kapatdhAris; they are true devotees. They joyously sing in praise of You. 
(pugazhndhu). Your ThiruvuLLam (heart) should feel pleased. You should 
protect us. Our paapams should get dissolved. – Thus, we have come to wake 
you up; to take You to Yamuna; perform ThiruvArdhanam to You per Your 
ThiruvuLLam (your heart); to the joy and praise of everyone in this world 
about us for our such a GRAND Pooja for You; to become pure by sprinkling 
Your SrIpAtha theertham.

Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other greater details- Srimath 
Azhagiya singar ends with such great humility. anything good - the credit 
goes to the divine commentary of SrI Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's. Errors, 
faults are only due to my lack of understanding.
Sri Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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