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PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 4.1- neelakaNtanum naanmuganum praised Him naturally..

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Madhavakkannan V • March 23, 2003 


SrI:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

AzhwAr who has been enjoying KaNNan right from childhood and also Ramavatar 
along with that enjoyment, narrated so divinely entire Ramayana in the words 
of Hanuman to the suffering SitA PiraaTTi and thus jumping from one avatar 
to another. In this ten, he enjoys the same in a more elaborate fashion.

Those who practise bhakti yoga need to meditate and concentrate their minds 
uninterruptedly on the divine form of the Lord and their minds get fixed on 
one particular form so that that facilitates deeper and better concentration 
and saakshathrkaram. However, for those who have performed Prapatti, 
(Saranagathy) it is enjoyment of Diva mangaLa vigraham, His kalyANa guNAs 
and His all avatars. Thus, the Prapannans enjoy all avtars though 
individually he has a favourite one as well.

Also, the bhakti yogi, when listening to other divine avatars and pastimes 
of other Divya Desa perumAL, even if that is different from what they have 
been concentrating. Thus the Lord in all avatars become enjoyable and is 
insatiable nectar (ArA amudhan) to us in each of His avatars and each avatar 
has a glory and purpose in it. AzhwAr thus enjoys the same in this ten. He 
is the same one and only one irrespective of any of the avatars whether if 
Poorna avatar or a partial avatar¡K whether it is a human avatar or any one 
whatsoever.

With that brief, let us enjoy the pAsurams. [due to the size of the posting, 
I have not reproduced the Translietarted PAsurams. Let me know if anyone 
needs..]

1.	If ever you wish to realize and enjoy the One, having an unparalleled 
Crown on top of His head (that He is Supreme Lord) that shines resplendently 
many more times than even thousands of sun put together, thus declaring His 
SarvEshwarathvam unambiguously to all worlds, - the Lord Rama who was 
mentioned in the earlier pAsurams (last ten), [do not worry], here there are 
many who have been blessed to see Him in His entirety of taking the Lion 
faced human- Narasinga avatar who effortlessly tore open the strong chest of 
HiraNyakasipu with His sharp nails and played the blood with His fingers.

Thiruvaymozhippillai mentions that the thousand suns with thousands of rays 
melted together is referred to by AzhwAr, while Jeer (Sri Manavala 
mamunigaL) explains that it is thousands of rays from the Sun. It is also 
mentioned in Swamy Desikan¡¦s Devanayaka Panchasath- ¡§dEvEswarathva mapi 
darsayithum kshamasthE¡K sahasradeepthi: ¡K.. Here it is mentioned that 
thousands of brightness. Thus, thousand can be linked to the sun or to the 
rays or even both.

You are not at all satisfied just by listening to my pAsurams and His 
glories. You want to see Lord Rama as well. Not to worry. It is all 
reasonable and fair desire. And there are great BhagawathOtthamas who have 
been blessed with that vision ¡Vdivine ¡V and there are many. The place 
Hanuman was sent by Rama was mentioned in last ten as identification and now 
AzhwAr completes the same by saying the One who shines resplendently with 
His divine crown (after Pattabhishekam) ¡V Lord Rama- if you wish to see¡K.

Where can we such GREATEST Rama? Here who appeared as Azhagiya Singam. 
HiraNyakasipu was walking arrogantly unchallenged by anyone in the world 
with great strength. With no weapons, with no support from anyone, with no 
time lost, with not even a place for battlefield, our Lord Narasingam (en 
Singapiraan perumai- Araayum seermaitthE) appeared then and there ¡V so 
huge, with such thunderous noise and intense glitter, effortlessly took the 
asurA on his lap and tore His chest to death. Those who have realized His 
such greatest unparalleled strength are the one who have seen Lord Rama. It 
is Rama who thought of Narasinga avatar, when he said, just by mere fingers 
are enough to conquer the enemies, Sugreeva (and not your support)- 
angulyagrENa thaan hanyaam¡K

AzhwAr did not just see the Lord; also wish to see Him through those who 
have seen Him and along with them who are BhagawathOtthamas. Those who have 
seen Him ¡V though the avatar has not appeared now- it is enough for us to 
see merely by listening to the seers who have seen and been blessed.

Also it is in similar lines of Naachiyaar Thorumozhi.. patti mEyndhu¡K Those 
who have heard Rama¡¦s glories have started searching. AzhwAr looks at them 
and asks.. ¡§hEy.. what are you all looking for?-¡§ Searching for that great 
Rama.. Azhweer.. Okay. Why are you here? Go and see that Narasingan. He is 
the same Rama. He was Rama yesterday (in Rama ThirukkOlam in Utsavam) Today 
He is Narasimha ThirukkOlam. Go there before the curtain is drawn.

2.	If ever you wish to reach the place of Lord Rama, the One (VishNu) who 
has Naandhakam {sword); Paanchajanyam (Conch Shell); thaNdu (Gadha-mace);  
the ChakrA (Discuss) and the divine Bow (saarngam) that resonates and gives 
rise a divine sound; [not to worry], there are those who have seen Him in 
the yagnya of Janakamaharaja, the great among kings, breaking the bow there 
standing matchless- matching only to SitA.

One should not see Rama as mere Rama; He should be seen with pancha Ayudhas 
like the four handed Lord VishNu. One should not be satisfied just by two 
handed Azhagiya Manavalan (Moolavar of Srirangam); also see and enjoy the 
four handed NamperumAL (Uthsavar of Srirangam).

When the tender fingered femininie SitA played as a small girl, the ball 
went rolling beneath the Rudra dhanus the huge one that was placed in the 
palace and SitA simply pushed aside to take the ball from the inaccessible 
place; Janaka having seen such an effortless push (which none could even 
touch) decided that one who does similar deed can only be a match for her. 
Here came our Lord who effortlessly picked up and broke the bow itself, 
compatible and matching only to Piraatti. Thus He proved His Supremacy -the 
Only One and They proved their SarvEshwarathvam as Divya Dampathi.. and as 
Sarva sEshi¡K

3.	If ever you wish to reach and see for sure the Lord ¡V the One plucked 
the tusker of the huge cruel elephant KuvalayaapeeDam killing the same (that 
was kept to kill Him) in His Krishnavatar, the One who in his previous 
avatar of Rama, killed effortlessly 14000 Kara dhUshaNa raakshasa enemies 
just in a matter of time single handed; - and who sent an arrow through 
seven trees , there are those who have seen Him along with the army of 
monkeys when they carried huge mountains and built a mountain bridge across 
the deep vast ocean to reach lankA and seated Himself majestically in the 
shores of the ocean declaring His Sathyavrathathvam and His vow to protect 
and grant abhayam to anyone who surrenders at His feet.

4.	If ever you all wish to see that grandest Supreme Lord, the most 
mysterious Lord- maayaavi- the One who has taken the form of 
KsheerApdhinAthan reclining on Milky ocean surrounded by waters, listen to 
me. Come one and come all. The divine groom of the most beautiful cowherd 
princess Nappinnai PiraaTTi, the Cowherd Boy, the One who fought and killed 
seven bulls standing victorious with sweat all over his divine body, to win 
the hand of Nappinnai ¡V He is kaNNan and there are many who have seen Him 
truly in his Kutti KaNNan form.

5.	 If ever you all wish to see and enjoy EmperumAn, who is fond of His 
divine consort Periya PiraaTTi, MahAlakshmi; who is praised uttering verses 
impregnated with deep meanings and rhyming words declaring His Supreme 
Lordship by four faced BrahmA and Sivan who got himself purified by holding 
the waters that washed EmperumAN's lotus feet and who consumed the poison 
and had his throat blue (neelakaNtan)- there are many who have seen Him 
certainly here ¡V He is that KaNNan who held His divine love Rukmini 
PiraaTTi by His side, and made her climb the chariot and fought with (her 
brother) Rukmi in the middle of his army and conquered him- such most 
valorous Lord is here and there are BhAgawathas who have seen Him.

The Trimurtis- (so called) Vishnu, Sivan and BrahmA ¡V out of them Four faced 
Brahma and Sivan have realized and known their positions and the Supremacy 
of Lord Vishnu. They grabbed the opportunity and praised Vishnu uttering 
slokas and holding waters that washed the feet of the Lord respectively.

Why am I wandering with such tresses and matted hair? It is only to hold the 
water that washes off your feet, Lord!- says Sivan. If at all I have any 
strength and power due to my thapObhalam (penance), it is all only due to 
your grace and the power of your lotus feet. It is all due to the waters 
from your lotus feet- SrI paadha theertham. When you churned the milky ocean 
(due to your great love for PiraaTTi), the poison that emerged out- I took 
¡V knowing your mind that you wanted to give me an opportunity to serve You- 
and consumed that poison, uttering Achyutha, Anantha and Govindha. You also 
out of your mercy, stopped that poison in my neck, making me neelakaNtan. 
Thus, in as much as you desired for Piratti [and later even during Rama 
avatar broke my bow to hold her hand], you should also have your liking and 
affection on us as well- Says Sivan. Similarly, Brahma also praised Sriman 
Narayanan uttering four Vedas with his four faces.

Thus those two Brahma and Sivan praising Lord Vishnu- is proper and is in 
accordance with saasthras and like any Jeevathmas, they are also his 
property and they praise Him. Only if He does so on Sivan or Brahma, then it 
is unsaasthric and is not proper. If there is any stories in that fashion 
then, it is non-vedic. That is why AzhwAr uses the word muRaiyaal- properly- 
SeerERu- in greatest content of meaning and words as it is declaring the 
sowseelya, Parathva qualities of the Lord.

6.	If ever you wish to attain the Lord, the blue hued gem stone coloured 
one; the one who took the poisonous breast of Poothanai raakshasi on His own 
(to suck her life)- then there are those who have seen and enjoyed Him as 
the King of Dwaraka, along with thousands of spouses, ruling the great 
Dwaraka divya Desam, sitting majestically on that SimhAsana.

EmperumAn for attaining PiraaTTi was explained in last pAsuram and Brahma, 
Rudra et al praised Him. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr implies that EmperumAn, the 
only one- unparalled One- the King majestically sitting on SimhAsana along 
with His thousands of spouses, and is being surrounded by His citizens- 
meaning that everyone is a sthree and He is the Purushan- Purusha utthaman.

If sthrees become crule and cunning, He kills them as well as if they are 
purushas. He is the blue hued one. He destroyed Narakasura and KaNNan 
married the 16000 girls who were imprisoned by Narakasura and rules Dwaraka 
majestically; The citizens looking those spouses and Rukmini, sathyabhama 
along with KaNNan, desire for that position, as to when we would get such 
Bhagyam and be close to this saakshaath manmatha manmathan. Pumsaam mOhana 
rUpan. Thus, all Chethanas are qualified to be His sthrees and they are. It 
is also His desire to get all of us to His consort position. Thiruvudan 
vandha sezhumaNi pOl Thirumaal idhayam¡K.

7.	[AzhwAr enjoys the Lord with Sankhu, ChakrA now]- if ever you wish to ask 
for the Lord who has in his resplendent hands, the divine sankhu (conch 
shell) and chakrA, come.. I will show you the place of identification, in 
which people have seen Him. Riding the chariot with white horses, with a 
victorious flag hoisted on top of it, sitting in front of ARjuna and of 
enemy army, and cunningly helped [with His army] and supported Pandavas to 
conduct the Mahabharatha yuddha and win the battle.

8.	[How did He help Pandavas is explained beautifully in this pAsuram]- This 
Devaki's son KaNNan- the one who has various kinds of weapons or the one 
who started the yuddha, so to say, (the moola kaarNa of the battle); when 
the Kaurava kings wished to protect Jayathratha awaiting for the sunset, 
KaNNan sent His ChakrA and made the sun disappear for little while (with its 
lustre), thus enabling Jayathratha to come out thinking that it is already 
sunset. Immediately Arjuna made Jayathratha's head roll down- Thus, there 
are people who have seen this Lord who has the sparkling, lustrous divine 
chakrA in his hand¡K

Jayathratha had killed Abhimanyu- son of Arjuna. Arjuna took a vow in 
vengeance that he would kill Jayathratha with the next day sunset, else he 
would jump into fire and commit suicide. KaNNan thus did this trick, as 
Jayathratha did not come out till sun set¡K ƒº and Kaurava kings shielded 
him till the sun set. When the sun was hidden by Lord's divine chakrA, they 
all thought that it is over and Arjuna lost and then was history.

When Jayathratha's head rolled down by Arjuna's arrow, the head can not 
fall on the ground as that would make Arjuna's head bursting to pieces with 
the curse and power of penance of his father Vrutthakshathran's. Thus, 
Arjuna's able arrow pushed Jayathratha's head be floated to the lap of his 
father who was doing his thapas (penance). When he (father) got up 
immediately awestruck finishing his penance, his head thus burst to pieces 
as per his own statement.

9.	The Lord, who keeps the mountains, the universes, the deep, vast oceans, 
and all beings and non-beings in his small stomach during the cosmic 
dissolution (mahApraLaya) in his jagathvyApAra leelA, and brings them back 
after dissolution.. ¡V if ever you wish to see Him really, then there are 
those who have seen Him taking the huge boar avatar (Varaaha avatar) who 
lifted effortlessly the vast big universe (the most beautiful dark haired 
BhUmi PiraaTTi) on his horn taking her out of troubled deep waters, closely 
and tightly hugging her, and saving her from HiraNyaakshan killing the 
asurA.

10.	 BhattanAthan- who spends his time in Vedantha vicharam, who is blessed 
with ParamaikAnthyam, hailing from Sri VilliputthUr- composed this beautiful 
  ten verses in chaste tamil elaborately, indicating the identifications to 
see the Lord ¡V the most mysterious and the most wonderful one- the blue 
hued One- the One with the divinely beautiful Divya mangala form and those 
who erad these ten (or their meanings) with love and interest in their 
minds, will be blessed to attain the Lotus feet of such greatest and 
grandest EmperumAn.

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan

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