PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi- 4.9 Another ten pAsurams on "en Arangan"!
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• June 7, 2003
SrI: SrImathE Ramanujaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, In last Pasurams, AzhwAr described that due to the presence of Vaidikas, the place attained its grandness and is number one of all divya desams. Again he sings on Srirangam being worshipped by both north and south. (which can be seen from first two pAsurams). maravadiyaiththampikkuvaanpaNaiyam vaiththuppOyvaanOrvaazha seruvudaiyathisaikkarumamthiruththivandhu ulakaaNdathirumaalkOyil thiruvadithan_thiruvuruvum thirumangaimalar_kaNNumkaattin^inRu uruvudaiyamalarn^eelam kaaRRaatta_Osalikkum_oLiyarangamE. 1. The Lord gave the divine padhukas to Bharathaazhwaan [when Bharatha asked Rama to come back to Ayodhya- performing Saranagathi]; and the went into the dense forest to fight in the battle with asurAs (to kill them- letting Devas live peacefully) and then went back to Ayooddhi to do Raajya paripAlanam for years.. Such most victorious Lord Sriya: Pathi resides in this divya desam of Srirangam where the most beautiful huge kuvaLai flowers move (due to the breeze sounding “ooo” ) resembling the Lord’s most divinely charming form of ThirumEni (body) color and PiraaTTi’s large darting, well laid out well spread lotus eyes… About these Great paadhukas, Swamy Desikan wrote 1008 verses called Padhuka sahasram.. Rama could have made a vgraham of His and given to Bharatha. Instead, He gave away His padhukas.. (made of wood) because He considered Padhukas even grander than Himself. Even Bharatha would have also thought of the same thing. Now Even resident of Ayoodhi have come to know of Bharatha’s intention and praise him, though their Rama did not come back.. In fact, Padhuka raajyam was better than Rama Rajyam.. thannadiyaar_thiRaththakaththuth thaamaraiyaaLaakilumsidhakuraikkumEl ennadiyaar_adhuseyyaar seydhaarEln^anRuseydhaarenbar_pOlum mannudaiyavibeedaNaRkaa madhiLilangaiththisain^Okkimalar_kaNvaiththa ennudaiyathiruvarangaRkanRiyum maRRoruvarkku_aaLaavarE? 2. Even if it is Periya PiraaTTi, finding little faults with (His) Bhaagawathas and say so, then, [in that case], “Those Bhaagawathas who have considered me as their refuge, would not have done such (wrong) deeds- Even if they had done so, it is only good ones (and not wrong doings)”- the Lord Sri Ranganathan appears to be saying so, with such Bhaktha vaathsalyam.. who due to His Parama kaaruNyam and vaathsalyam for His devotee VibheeshaNan, sees uninterruptedly with His large divine most beautiful red lotus eyes towards Vibheeshanan’s lankA (surrounded by tall ramparts) in the southern direction (from Srirangam). Such greatest Lord- My Ranganathan – but for Him should one serve someone else? (Never..) PiraaTTi is always most merciful; most compassionate. How can she find faults with Bhaagawathas? The pAsuram says: even if She does… She will not.. if she does.. Also, it refers to all others as well finding fault including PiraaTTi. So even if PiraaTTi (darling divine consort of PerumAL) says somwthing wrong about Bhaagawathas, (AzhwAr says) Lord appears to be saying, “my Bhagaawathas would never have done such a thing; Even if they had done.. It would be for good only..”. Such a vaathsalyam and dayai does He have on His devotees. This does not mean that the Lord relishes our wrong doings; (after Prapatti) and hence we can continue to do wrong doings.. Note the word.. “they will not do..”. So, He considers such actions as wrong (which are not in accordance with saasthras. There is no green signal for us to perform nishiddha karmam. (duties against saasthras). Sri Manalaval mamunigal also does not mention about this in his commentary. He only says that with tremendous love and bhakti for the Lord and in order to get Him quicker and faster, there are Bhagawathas who pray to Devathantharam for the same and these errors are like those performed in dream and can be forgiven by the Lord. The Lord even calls the wrong doings as “adhu” that… - adhu seyyaar.. Note the word “seydhaar enbar pOlum”.. It appears the Lord exhibits such parama vaathsalyam that He would say, “it is for good only..” He did not actually say so.. Thus there will still be punishment (though of minor extent) for buddhi poorvaka paapam (deeds done knowingly against saasthras) in post prapatti period. This is AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam – says Swamy Desikan- elaborating this in his magnum opus Rahaysathraya saram Also, why did He say, “en adiyaar”? the Bhagawaathas are common to both PiraaTTi and PerumAL. He should have said, “num adiyar (our Bhagawathas). Shouldn’t He? – Note that PiraaTTi is referred to for only if.. Even if she finds fault… Hence, it should encompass anyone who finds faults with Bhagawathas and report to PerumAL including PiraaTTi- then PerumAL would say, “en adiyaar.”. Makes sense. Also, Those who have surrendered to PiraaTTi for Purushaakaram (recommendation) then surrender to PerumAL with her reco. Then only they become His Bhagawathas. Until then, the sins do not get destroyed. Only then PerumAL will say.. “en adiyaar adhu seydhaar”. Such Parama kaaruNikO Bhagawaan- Bhaktha vaathsalyan- My Lord EmperumAN Ranganthan- (my darling AndAL’s dear Lord) – if He is here- right here at Srirangam, why should someone serve others? Would anyone serve anyone other than Him?.. karuLudaiyapozhilmarudhum kadhakkaLiRumpilambanaiyumkadiyamaavum uruLudaiyasakadaraiyummallaraiyum udaiyavittu_OsaikEttaan iruLakaRRum_eRikathirOnmaNdalaththoodu ERRivaiththu_ENivaangi aruLkoduththittu_adiyavarai aatkoLvaanamarumoor_aNiyarangamE. 3. The One who crawled and broke the two large marudha trees; broke (the tusker and killed) the angry, cruel, huge Kuvalayaapeetam elephant, pralambAsuran, Kesi asuran, sakatAsura, and wrestlers at MathurA- and relished the noise emanated when he broke each one of the above. He is the Lord who keeps a ladder for the jeevan (who has performed Saranagathi at His feet) to ascend to Parampadham through the lustrous Sun rays and once jeevan reaches Paramapadham, He takes the ladder away (vaangi) and grants aprAkrutha sareeram, Paripoorna BrahmAnubhavam and eternal service and absolute Bliss – Thus EmperumAn enslaves the jeevan and His place is here at srirangam- the most beautiful One. The ladder- as mentioned by AzhwAr is veary beautiful. Thus, nacha punaraavartthathE.. One who has gone (to Paramapadham) never returns. Even if he wishes, he will not be sent by PerumAL. [He will not wish any way- as he has suddha satva guNam only). Till He gets that sareeram and guNAs, there may be a possibility, which is taken care by PerumAL. padhinaaRaamaayiravar dhEvimaar_paNiseyya thuvaraiyennum adhiln^aayakaraakiveeRRirundha maNavaaLarmannukOyil pudhun^aaNmalarkkamalam emperumaanponvayiRRilpoovEpOlvaan podhun^aayakampaaviththu irumaandhupon_saaykkumpunalarangamE. 4. The Nathan of 16000 spouses at Dwaraka – the Lord KaNNan- Sarva naayakan- MaNavaaLan stays here at Srirangam divya desam, where the red lotus flowers bloom fully (in order to look like the lotus flower from the divine navel of PerumAL) and the river cauveri takes the best of flowers from its banks and runs proudly enjoting the beauty of Srirangam divya desam. Like the 16000 beautiful spouses the lotus flowers (so many of them) in the river bloom matching EmperumAn’s navel lotus, and reminding us of Dwaraka nAthan (with his spouses) in Srirangam. aamaiyaaykkangaiyaay aazhkadalaay_avaniyaay_aruvaraikaLaay naanmukanaayn^aanmaRaiyaay vELviyaayththakkaNaiyaayththaanumaanaan sEmamudain^aaradhanaar senRusenRuthudhiththiRainchakkidandhaan_kOyil poomaruvippuLLinangaL puLLaraiyanpukazhkuzhaRumpunalarangamE. 5. [When AzhwAr sang about Azhagiya Manavalan of Srirangam as Dwaraka manavalan in 4th pAsuram, he remembers Dwaraka incident and sings that here]. To the Sage Narada, He appeared as the most wonderful Koormam (Tortoise), then river Ganges, later as the deep vast ocean, the whole earth; the large huge mountains; as the four faced One (Brahmaa); as four Vedas; as the yagna; as the Vishnu Himself. (Thus, realizing the Lord and His glories and manifestations), with tattva jnAnam, Sage Narada realized and similar to going to Koorma, Ganga, Samudrams again and again, I come to You and you are my Acharyan – He praised the Lord. Such grandest Lord reclining here at Srirangam where birds sitting on beautiful flowers in the river cauveri chirp about the glories of Garuda (their pakshi raajan) in babbling words. maiththunanmaar_kaadhaliyaimayirmudippiththu avar_kaLaiyEmannaraakki uththaraithan_siRuvanaiyum_uyyakkoNda uyiraaLan_uRaiyumkOyil paththar_kaLumpakavar_kaLum pazhamozhivaaymunivar_kaLumparandhan^aadum siththar_kaLumthozhudhiRainchath thisaiviLakkaayn^iRkinRathiruvarangamE. 6. The spouse of Paandava kings – Draupadi – she had taken a vow to tie her tresses only after the death of DuryOdhanan and Kauravas; and the Lord made her tie her hair by (arranging for) destruction of Kauravas completely in the battle field and made his cousins- Paandavas (aunt’s sons) as kings and later in order to let their lienage rule, He saved Abhimanyu’s son in Utthara’s womb. Scuh most merciful lord- Parama dhayaaLu- Parama krupALu- SarvEshwaran resides here for ever in Srirangam where Bhakti yOgis, Prapannas, Sages, Siddhars et al prostrate from afar; go near His lotus feet coming nearer where the Lord’s divya mangaLa vigraham glows with the lamps lit beautifully in the sanctum sanctorum. kuRatpiramasaariyaay maavaliyaikkuRumbadhakki_arasuvaangi iRaippozhidhilpaadhaaLamkalavirukkai koduththugandha_emmaan_kOyil eRippudaiyamaNivaraimEl iLaNYaayiRu_ezhundhaaRpOl_aravaNaiyinvaay siRappudaiyapaNangaLmisaich chezhumaNikaLvitteRikkumthiruvarangamE. 7. He appeared as deceitful dwarf Brahmachari Boy (Vaamanan) and removed the sins of Mahaabhali, snatched away the three worlds that he was ruling and within a fraction of a second pushed him down to PaathaaLa lOkam. Such greatest Lord resides in this divya desam of Srirangam, where the gem stones shine glowing to its fullest level, on the heads of Adhisehsan (whose body the Lord reclines on the same) like the gem stones impregnated on the huge mountains. urampaRRi_iraNiyanai ukirn^udhiyaal_oLLiyamaar_puRaikkavoonRi sirampaRRimudiyidiyakkaNpidhunga vaayalaraththezhiththaan_kOyil urampeRRamalarkkamalam ulakaLandhasEvadipOl_uyarndhukaatta varambuRRakadhirchchen^n^el thaaLsaayththuththalaivaNakkumthaNNarangamE. 8. Touching the heart of HiraNyakasipu (literally) and tearing open his chest – the Lord Nrrusimhan killed the cruel raakshasa king- letting the crown break and fall down; the eyes of raakshasa burst out; holding his head strong, with the mouth shouting with pains. Such most strongest – most victorious Lord resides in Srirangam, where paddy fields grow like the tall red lotus flower like divine lotus feet which grew huge (in Trivikrama avataram) and the stems bend (due to its heaviness of rice) down and the tip touches the ground. The lotus flowers which were hidden before by the well grown tall paddy fields at the banks of the river cauveri are now visible with their tips touching them (as if they touch the red lotus feet of the Lord). thEvudaiyameenamaay_aamaiyaay_Enamaay ariyaaykkuRaLaay moovuruviniraamanaayk kaNNanaaykkaRkiyaaymudippaankOyil sEvalodupedaiyannam sengamalamalarERi_oosalaadi poovaNaimElthudhaindhezhu sempodiyaadiviLaiyaadumpunalarangamE. 9. The One who took avataram of Mathsyam, Koormam, Narasimham, Vaamanam, three Ramams (Parasu Raman, Bala Raman, Kothanda Raman), Krishnan, and Kalki et al, - taking such avatharams to protect the virtue and saadhus and to destroy the wicked (asurAs) – Such grandest Lord’s temple is Srirangam divya Desam- where the swans (male and females) jointly swim on the red lotus flowers, climb to the bank of the river and drop the powders stuck on their bodies on the flower bed on land. EmperuMAn’s avatharams are based on only His krupaa and His sankalpam. Along with His appearance, the krupa roopi PiraaTTi (the embodiment of daya- mercy) also takes the respective avatarams to be with the Lord as Nithya anapaauinee. seruvaaLumpuLLaaLanmaNNaaLan seruchcheyyumn^aandhakamennum oruvaaLan maRaiyaaLan_OdaadhapadaiyaaLan vizhukkaiyaaLan iravaaLanpakalaaLan_ennaiyaaLan EzhulakapperumpuravaaLan thiruvaaLan_inidhaakath thirukkaN_kaLvaLar_kinRathiruvarangamE. 10. Sriya: Pathi emperumAn- who has the Pakshi rAjan Garuda as His vehicle; who rules all the worlds; who has the most strongest Nadhakam (sword); who instructs saasthras and Vedas; who has the army that never runs away from the enemies; (He does not run and lets the enemies run away with fear); the Lord of all Iswarans (demi gods); the rule of days and nights; my ruler and master as well; the most merciful and benefactor in all seven worlds; - resides permanently reclining on Adhiseshan having his yoga nithrA (aRithuyil) in Srirangam. kain^n^aakaththidar_kadindha kanalaazhippadaiyudaiyaan_karudhumkOyil thennaadumvadan^aadumthozhan^inRa thiruvarangamthiruppadhiyinmEl meyn^n^aavanmeyyadiyaan vittuchiththanviriththathamizhuraikkavallaar eNYNYaanRum_emperumaaniNaiyadikkeezh iNaipiriyaadhiruppar_thaamE. 11 EmperumAn- who sent the most strongest fiery divine chakrA to save from the clutches of death when the elephant GajEndra AzhwAn called Adhi moolamE.. (Primordial Chief!) for saving him as He is the only refuge- resides willingly on his own at this diyva Desam (Koil- ArAdha aruLamudham pothindha kOil- says Swamy desikan) where (everyone from) north India and South India come together to pay their obeisance. About such grandest divya Desam- sand Sri Vishnuchitthar of Sri VilliputthUr – who has the tongue that speaks truth always; who serves the Lord truthfully and sincerely- in chaste Tamil verses and those who are able to recite this sweet Tamil pAsurams will be blessed to reside for ever at the unparalleled lotus feet of EmperumAn. 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