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ThiruppAvai 27th verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singra's divine anubhavam- excerpts

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Madhavakkannan V • January 10, 2003 


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

27th pAsuram: KoodArai vellum seer gOvindhA! –
In the last Pasuram, GopikAs asked for the materials like Paanchajanyam 
(Conch shell), lamp, flag, placards, etc.. and KaNNan agreed to give. He 
further asks as to whether they need something else as well, being 
overwhelmed with their devotion and love for the Lord. So, GopikAs ask (what 
they wanted after the Puja) right now.

KoodArai vellum seer Govindha! – You are Sriman Narayanan praised 
unambiguously by all Vedas and Vedantha. Even such illiterate lowly ones 
like us, due to some thing of our past action in some birth as an excuse 
(vyAjam), You out of Your greatest compassion and mercy, have blessed us to 
attain this status of being at Your feet. You appeared as KaNNan for that 
purpose alone- it appears. We are fully immersing ourselves in your dayA 
saagaram (ocean of compassion). The strongest enemies- the asuRAs who 
attained their strengths due to their great penance and obtained their 
boons- were all destroyed by You in Your previous avatars effortlessly and 
you were praised by jnAnis and devotees as the One with the Most auspicious 
attributes (anantha kalyANa guNagaNouka mahaarNava: )

Vellum seer GovindhA! – Others who assembled at Sita’s swayamvaram could not 
even touch the sivadhanus; and You not only lifted but also broke the same. 
That bow was the favourite of Sita. And it (the one -“can not”- by other- 
Koodathadhu) by your little effort, became “can do” for You (KoodAthdhu 
venRu Kooditadhu..)

SitA also disagreed with you and cautioned You in Rama avatar once. You gave 
abhayam to the Sages in the forest saying that you will destroy the 
raakshasas (who had been troubling the sages) when the sages surrendered to 
You. Out of great concern for your safety and of her love for You, SitA 
immediately cautioned You, “Let us not antagonize Raakshasas; we need to 
stay here for 14 years in this forest. Please change your (prathignA) vow. 
Abyayam jeevitham jahyAm tvaam vaa seethE salakshmaNAmÂ…    I would rather 
even die; rather leave You and Lakshmana even; If you wish to go back with 
Lakshmana, I am ready to leave you both. But once I have taken a vow to 
protect the SaraNAgathars (devotees who have surrendered), I will never ever 
change it. [rAmOr dvir naabibhAShathE]. Thus, You made her agree with You.. 
(koodArai vellum seer GovindhA).

Oh GovindhA! Now you have won and conquered the asuRAs who have more 
strengths than the asurAs of earlier avatars of yours. Such greatest 
koodArai vellum seer Govindha! Most strongest KrishNA! You are Sarva 
sakthan. There are so many religions in the world. Listening to those 
religious leaders, these youngsters are simply confused and gullible enough 
to be misled by them; when they are about to enter into those religions and 
embrace them, we need to caution them saying, “oh most intelligent 
Jeevathmas! Do not belive that there are no jeevathmas at all. Vedas have 
categorcally declared that Jeevathmas just like Paramathma are also 
indestructible and exist time immemorial. mathchitthA; mathgathaprANA: - 
there are very many number of Jeevthamas. Do not believe (when they say) 
that there are no upper worlds like Srivaikuntam. There are. Thus KaNNA! You 
appear and declare through Your GitA; through the preceptors (whom you send) 
like Natha, Yamuna, Ramanuja, you correct (and win) the koodAr (those who do 
not join this BhAgawathas group) and make them join us and You. Oh VedAntha 
vEdhyA! KaNNA! We need to join together forever like this. We have been away 
from each other so long. Thus, we are KoodAthAr.. You need to make this 
happen. Thus, KoodArai vellum Seer GovindhA!

athOsmi vEdE lOkE cha prathitha” purushOtthama:- Who will seek the One with 
absolutely no attributes (gunAs)? Have you all ever seen those who enjoy 
objects which have no guNAs? I am the One declared by Vedas as the one with 
the samastha kalYANa guNa paripoorNan. There is none called nirguNa deivam. 
That nirguNam is that I do not have any imperfections- There is no bad gunA 
for Me. There is no superior or equal God to Me. Do not be misled to belive 
that there is One and jump into the swirls and muddy (sERu) waters and 
destroy yourself. Declaring unambiguously thus, You are KoodArai vellum seer 
Govindhan.

Elephant, Poothanai, Crane, Wheel, and others were sent by Kamsa and You won 
all of them with your strengths effortlessly GovindA! Also during RukmiNi 
kalyANam, you fought with Saalvan, JarAsandhan, dhandhavakran, vidUrathan, 
Poundrakan, and other thousands of kings and chased them away letting them 
run away with fear leaving and dropping their crowns, hats, and upper 
clothing on the ground. Oh such most strongest ParAkramasAli KaNNA! We have 
come to sing You. (unnai pAdi)

Also, We have been living (wastefully) so many births without thinking of 
You at all and have been suffering this samsaaric afflictions; In spite of 
the suffering, we refused to join the ghoshti of BhAGawathas and refused to 
pay our anjali to Your lotus feet. Such lowly souls (us- KoodAr), You have 
made us stand corrected in front of You and made us fall at Your feet. Such 
greatest (enemies- us) koodArai vellum seer GovindhA!

Also, You are the One- who is sung and praised with 1000 names by the 
strongest one in the enemy gang in his death bed (Bhishma pithAmahar) and 
are the friend of Arjuna. You are anantha kalyANa paripoorNan; 
BhakthaabhIshta phalapradhan. Chariot driver of Your friend Arjunan. KaNNA! 
You are KoodArai vellum seer Govindhan.

Those elders belonging to our clan did not let us join You; You made them 
agree to let us wake you up by ourselves and bring You thus. You have made 
us be praised by such elders (who earlier were scolding us). Thus, the whole 
world praises us for our actions (which You only made us doÂ…. With your 
sankalpam). You need to let us be with You at all times and enjoy your 
company. Also, there are some more pathivrathA dampati (who have not joined 
us) and we request and pray to You for changing their minds as well and let 
them join our unparalleled BhAgawatha gOshti and be with You. This is our 
important prayer. [There was a husband and wife in Gokulam; they had heard 
about KaNNan and his divya chEstithangaL- The husband could never believe 
that he is the Lord and he did not want his wife to go mad after KaNNan and 
be with KaNNan. She being a pativrathA never disagreed with the husband and 
she was also feeling proud that she was the only good one in that village; 
“I also do not want to go that jAra chOra sikhAmani; my husband also does 
not like”. One day, KaNNan wished to correct them- thirutthi paNikOLvaan. 
KaNNan went inside the house (when the husband just stepped out) and he 
changed himself to the husbandÂ’s form in all respects. The faithful sincere 
wife served the KaNNan husband, gave him argyam paadhyam waters; offered him 
food, and then betel leaves. They were enjoying ekAntham. KaNNan also said, 
“that mischievous KaNNan of late has started cheating wives like you, it 
appears. He changes his form into the respective husband for and be with the 
lady. When real husband comes, he creates a scene in such a way that the 
real husband is not let in by the actual wife and she is led to believe 
KaNNan as the real husband. (which actually TRUE:-) So be careful. kaNNan may 
come in when I am not around in my form”. The real KaNNan made her belive 
this. That is the time, the actual husband steps in and is shocked to see 
someone (in his form) sitting next to his wife. He has understood that it 
should be that maayan’s work. He yells at his wife, “That is KaNNan. Do not 
believe Him.” She tells him back, “you don’t tell me and convince me. My 
husband has understood your intentions and you can not cheat me. Go away. 
She takes a broom stick and beats the actual hubby. The actual husband cries 
and feel bad of his helpless state; looks at KaNNan and prays, “KaNNA! Why 
are you torturing us?”. Daya karan and KaruNAmUrthi KaNNan immediately shows 
Himself with Sankha chakra to both husband and wife and they fall at His 
feet
“Sankha chakrA gaDhA pANim peethAmbhara sObitham| divyAlankAraparitham 
krishNam dhrushtvA nanAmasaa||
Thus, KoodArai vellum seer GovindhA! ]

unRannaip pAdi- By singing Your divine namesÂ… Singing uttering your thousand 
divine names; Without any kruthrimum (katam) singing your divine names, what 
we want is: The hands that hold on your feet should be bedecked with golden 
bangles impregnated with nine gemstones; the shoulders that hugged your 
divine Body should have shoulder rings (thOLvaLai); the ears that listened 
to Your divine names being sung should be equipped with diamond studs; and 
there should be many ornaments like them for all of us- And You and 
Nappinnai should adorn us with your hands.

You and Nappinnai also dress us with most valuable sink clothing. Udutthuk 
kaLaindha nin peethaka vaadai.. We want to wear the cloth (that you both had 
worn). You both also garland us with the garlands worn by You. Adorn our 
black tresses with fragrant flowers (we had taken a pledge not to adorn the 
tresses with flowers in the second PAsuram- malarittu nAm mudiyOm.. nee 
mudiyalaam.. )

They requested him to dress them. Were they without them before? They say: 
The dress that we are wearing is the one when we were suffering the pangs of 
being away from You and before seeing You; when we had varuttham. Now 
varuttham theerndhu- all sorrows gone; we are blissful and are happy with 
You; the dress also needs to be changed thus. If we show ourselves with the 
same old clothing, it will not be seen as grand (of being in the BhAgawatha 
gOshti of yours). So, dress us with PeethAmbaram worn by You.

What a greed! I have only one cloth. What will I do? How can I give to all 
of you? Tell me.”
kaNNA! KaNNA! DwarakAnilayAchuthA! rakshamAm SaraNAgatham- cried Draupadi. 
You showered her with clothing after clothing. samAvruNOth vai vividhais 
suvasthrai: . From which place did you buy all those saris? Same place you 
buy now also. What is the thinking? Give and let us go YamunA.

After our ArAdhanam to You and Nappinnai and offering Sakkarai pongal (milk 
rice- ksheerAnnam) full of ghee with the ghee (when eaten by You and later 
by us after your eating) rolling down the wrist towards the elbowsÂ… Having 
You and Nappinnai in the middle of us, we will all eat the ksheerAnnam 
sitting around you on all sides.. like Srivaikuntam. Let us all talk, tease 
each other, be united with all BhAgawathas and in the group of BhAgawathas 
at all times and enjoy your divya mangaLa vigraham and enjoy being under 
your cool, compassionate glances at all times. Please bless us for the same.

Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other greater details- Srimath 
MukkUr Azhagiyasingar 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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