PeriyAzhwAr Thiurmozhi 5.4- [on the day of AzhwAr Thirunakshathram]
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• July 8, 2003
SrI: SRImathE Ramanujaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, [Today is our PeriyAzhwAr Thirunakshathram. It is my privelge to send the concluding part of PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi on this great day. With folded hands and with dhaNdavath praNamams again and again at AzhwAr's feet, let me humbly place this end of this seires at His feet. May He forgive me for my daring venture with absolutely no ability to take up this task except Bhagawath, Acahrya anugrahams and AzhwAr's blessings. ] When the Lord showed Himself to AzhwAr as ThirumalirunchOlai appan, AzhwAr sang (in last ten 5.3), “I will never ever leave You; Please bless me to get rid of another birth… AzhwAr had sung KaNNan as little darling Kutti KaNNan and enjoyed in the role of loving mother Yashodha. He also addressed his favorite PerumAL ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan while he sang on KaNNan “Vitthagan vENkatavaaNan (1.5.3); vEnkatavaaNaRkOr kOl koNdu vaa(2.6.9); nicchalum theemaigaL seyvaay neeL thiruvEnkatatthu enthaay(2.7.3);” and immersed himself in the beauty of ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan. In Tirumala, the Lord does not have abhaya mudrA and instead, He shows the hand pointing towards His lotus feet indicating devotees to surrender to His lotus feet to get rid of future births. That is the answer to AzhwAr’s viNNappam. The Lord thus shows himself to AzhwAr in ThiruvEnkadamudiayaan divya mangala vigraham. AzhwAr also thereby understands the way and the goal and surrenders at His lotus feet, his self, his burden and the fruits of his saranagathi as well. AzhwAr sings in excitement and ecstasy “due to your grace and bharasweekAram (acceptance of my saranagthi) I am now blessed with everything and am a krutha kruthyan (having done what is to be done); I express my gratitude (krutajathai) to You, Oh Lord ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan! AzhwAr concludes his prabhandham in this celebratory, thankful and grateful mood. The "SenniyOngu " decad (patthu) covers these magnificent thoughts of a Kruthaj~nan, who has performed Prapatti at the sacred feet of the Lord and who is comforted by the Lord's acceptance of his prapatthi . PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi started with the concern for the Lord's well being in this evil world( pallAndu ) and ends with an assurance to the Lord that he (AzhwAr ) has been fully rewarded by Him and that there is nothing else he needs anymore. [A wonderful eleven pAsurams] senniyOngu thaNthiruvEngadamudaiyaay! ulaku thannaivaazhan^inRan^ambee! dhaamOdharaa! sadhiraa! ennaiyum_ennudaimaiyaiyum unsakkarappoRiyoRRikkoNdu ninnaruLEpurindhirundhEn ini_en_thirukkuRippE? 1. Oh Lord of Thiruvenkatamudaiyaan residing on the top of many cool hills reaching towards the sky! Sakala kalyANa guNa paripoorNanE! (NambhI) Oh Lord with anantha kalyANa guNAs, who has elected to reside there to confer Your blessings on all the chEthanAs! DamOdharA! Lord with Chaathuryam! [Oh Master who has the gift and power to ignore the profound trespasses by Your devotees [adiyArs] showing Your lotus feet as the only way]! My body and my possessions – I have marked them all with the ChakrA (showing our sEshathvam and belongingness to You and You alone). I am seeking Your grace only as the redeeming fruit for my athmA and its house, the body for serving only You. I am standing here awaiting your grace. Is there anything else you wish to see in me to show myself and prove my sEshathvam? With His eternal nitya vaasam on top of cool mountains, enabling even Devas and NithyasUris arrive there to pay their obeisance to his lotus feet, ThiruvEnkadamudiayaan blesses us. Vem + katam- destroyer of all sins. He stands showing His lotus feet establishing Prapatti saasthra. He is the Lord with Swamithvam (Lordship), Sowseelyathvam (stoops down to mix with the lowly us), Sowlabhyathvam (easily accessible) and Vaathsalyathvam (compassionate and affectionate to devotees like the cow towards its calves; mother towards her children). DamOdharA- The One who had his waist tied down with a small rope by a cowherd woman (mother Yasodha)- such a simplistic easily accessible Lord! (Sri NammAzhwAr fainted at his sowseelyathvam- singing etthiRam,.. etthiRam..) AzhwAr thus lovingly calls Him as Damodara! ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan as well, in His uthsava muRthy form, allows Himself to be tied down with various vaahanam, roopams and alankarams for Maasa, Varsha, Paksha, Brahmma Uthsavams. Thus ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaan also is Daamodharan. SathirA- Chaathuryaa! He is the Lord with greatest chathuryam (smartness?). If we grant only moKsham, there will be none aspiring for that and hence we should be able to grant whatever the devotees wish for as there are many who come to my Lotus feet with materialistic desires, in this Kaliyuga. Thus, He establishes His Srinivasathvam (being with SRI at all times in His divine Chest) and grants whatever one wishes for at this Divya Desam. Later with His blessings, they get seshtva jnAnam and then performs prapatti in few births. He is Chaathuryan. He is so merciful. (Swamy Desikan refers to his chathuryam in Dayasathakam) BhaktiyOgins need to meditate your feet even when their throats are choked with phlegm. I have performed prapatti at your feet and have done what is to be done. appOdhaikku ippOdhE solli vaitthEn. What else do want or expect? Already I have the chakrA mark on my shoulders. Hence please have mercy on me and bless me. paRavaiyERuparampurudaa! nee_ennaikkaikkoNdapin piRaviyennumkadalumvaRRip perumpadhamaakinRadhaal iRavuseyyumpaavakkaadu theekkoLee_i_vEkinRadhaal aRivaiyennum_amudhavaaRu thalaippaRRivaaykkoNdadhE. 2. [EmperumAn being pleased with AzhwAr’s anubhavam, shows Himself as Garudaarodan- on Garuda. AzhwAr enjoys the divya darshan on Garuda] Oh Parama PurushA! The Lord who sits on Garudan and uses that veda svarUpi as Your vaahanam! After Your acceptance of me with no other recourse as Your servant in Your role as Sarvarakshakan , the ocean of fearsome SamsAram (future births) has all dried up and I have no more fear of it. Thanks a million to Your grace and DayA- the forest of sins, which was about to put an end to my efforts to seek You as savior- is being burned away totally. The nectar -like river of Jn~Anam keeps on flowing over and over and has immersed me with paripoorNa anubhavam. Swamy Desikan says in desika prabandham (on ThiruvEnkadam): kaduvinaiyar iruvinayum kadiyum veRpu; ponnulagil bhOgamellAm puNarkkum veRpu). Thus anishta nivrtthi, and ihsta prApthi are all addressed by AzhwAr. emmanaa! en_kulatheyvamE! ennudaiyan^aayakanE! ninnuLEnaayppeRRan^anmai ivvulakinil_aar_peRuvaar? nammanpOlEveezhththamukkum naattiluLLapaavamellaam summenaathEkaivittOdith thooRukaLpaayndhanavE. 3. Oh my king (em mannaa) Oh supreme Lord of my kulam! [En kula deivamE] \ my master! [nAyakA]! Who else can aspire for the great blessings arising from Your boon of offering me(adiyEn ) residence under the cool shadow of Your Lotus feet? The sins exiting in all worlds- is in me and they in such large amount have tormented me and laid me low and now all those evil spirits are themselves under Your holy feet and are unable to breathe or move. They seem to have run away once Your grace has fallen on me and have run and those sins (paapam and puNyam) transported themselves into all those who scolded and praised. What a miracle to witness and experience? When the prapannan leaves the earth, his praarabdha karmas (paapams and puNyam) that stays would be sent (per saasthras) to those who scolded and praised respectively. (Desikan refers to this in nirNayaadhikAram) kadalkadaindhu_amudhamkoNdu kalasaththain^iRaiththaaRpOl udalurukivaaythiRandhu maduththu_unnain^iRaiththukkoNdEn kodumaiseyyumkooRRamum en_kOlaadikuRukappeRaa thadavaraiththOLsakkarapaaNee! saarngaviRsEvakanE! 4. Oh Lord with mighty shoulders like huge mountains; and powerful resplendent arms adorning SudarsanAzhwAn and Paanchajanyam! Oh mighty, valorous One using the greatest divine Saarngam (bow)! In as much as You churned the milky ocean and filled the (golden pot- kalasam) with sweetest nectar, I have opened my mouth and drunk fully to my heart content and retained You as the insatiable nectar (ArA amudhu) and this experience has been melting my body with ecstasy and Blissful joy. Now, even Yaman can not approach where my senkOl (scepter of being your humble servant with all the explicit marks- of Urdhva puNdram and implicit marks of being your eternal servant- A Srivaishnavan) holds sway. ponnaikkoNdu_uraikalmeedhE niRamezhavuraiththaaRpOl unnaikkoNdu_enn^aavakampaal maaRRinRi_uraiththukkoNdEn unnaikkoNdu_ennuLvaiththEn ennaiyum_unnilittEn ennappaa! ennirudeekEsaa! ennuyirkkaavalanE! 5. Oh peerless, unparalleled my matchless Father ! Oh Lord who has the power to command all my five senses to be totally engaged in service only to You! Oh Master! AtmaswarUpa rakshakaa! [The One who can protect my AthmA from becoming a slave to others and ensure that I am Your sEshan at all times as is natural with it]! A goldsmith scratches the gold against the testing stone (uraikkal) to verify its pure quality. Similarly I have placed Your names and You as well on my tongue and changed it to transform itself into that of shining gold from its original nature like the stone shines like gold itself after so many scratches. My tongue also has attained divinity by constant scratching of your name (and You). Thanks to that sweet experience of chanting Your divya nAmAs (divine names), my tongue has now become sacred and been sanctified. I have now housed You [who is not easily attained even by Yogis] in my heat cavity. I have also made my lowly self as Your humble servant. maaRRinRi- faultlessly - I have scratched with You (and the jnAnam about You) as learnt from the SadhAchArya and their works and not otherwise misinterpretation of Vedic truths and wrong interpretation of SaasthrAs. Without violation of any Vedic statements we (have been blessed) faultlessly have realized the way and the goal (maaRRinRi) All that was possible only due to your grace on me as my appan (father) As HrusheekEsan (master of my senses) you have enabled me control my senses. Unnaik kOndu ennuL vaitthEn.. I placed You inside my heart and enjoyed Your divya darshan. ennaiyum unnil ittEn… I placed myself at Your feet. unnudaiyavikkiramam onRozhiyaamal_ellaam ennudaiyan^enchakampaal suvarvazhi_ezhudhikkoNdEn mannadangamazhuvalangaikkoNda iraaman^ambee! ennidaivandhu_emperumaan! iniyenguppOkinRadhE? 6. Oh Lord who incarnated as ParasurAmA with the weapon of axe! To destroy the arrogance of the kings! Oh the Lord with most auspicious attributes (anantha kalyANa guNAganUka maahaarNavan)! I have painted in the walls of my heart all of Your most valorous deed and the most bravest deeds completely like an artist. Oh EmperumAn! Supreme Lordship! Where can You go now after residing in me? You can not go anywhere and leave me. I have left You inside me and also painted about Your deeds in the inner walls of my heart cave. Wherever You go, I also go along with my mind. How can you thus leave me? paruppadhaththukkayalpoRiththa paaNdiyar_kulapathipOl thiruppolindhasEvadi ensenniyinmElpoRiththaay marupposiththaay! malladarththaay! enRenRu_unvaasakamE uruppolindhan^aavinEnai unakku_uriththaakinaiyE. 7. Oh Lord who imprinted Your red lotus divinely beautiful feet on my head as symbol of Your position as my master similar to the great most valorous Paandya king who imprinted the fish sign as a mark of his sovereignty over the mountain of mahA mEru (huge mountain) Meru (after conquering the enemy in that region)! [You too conquered me controlling me, my sense organs, removing my ajjnAnam, vibahrItha jnAnam etc..] Oh Lord! The One who broke the tusker of the mighty elephant (KuvalayApeetam) of KamsA! Oh most strongest One! The One who destroyed the powerful wrestlers (chANooran and mushtikan) in KamsA's court! I keep reciting names such as these that remind me of Your unsurpassed heroism with my tongue that carries the marks of that exercise. Thus I have been blessed by Your Supreme Self as the eternal servant of Yourself with the result of my repeated recitation of Your heroic divine names. anandhanpaalumkarudanpaalum aidhun^oydhaakavaiththu en manandhanuLLEvandhuvaiki vaazhachcheydhaay_empiraan! ninaindhu_ennuLLEn^inRun^ekkuk kaN_kaL_asumpozhuka ninaindhirundhEsiramamtheerndhEn nEmin^ediyavanE! 8. Oh Mahaa upakaarI! Most helpful and Most merciful One! Oh tall Lord! The One who grew huge as Trivikraman! The One with Sudarsana chakram in Your hand! You have entered my heart and rejuvenated me and made my life truly a blessed one! You seem to have accomplished by reducing Your love and affection for the seats of AdisEshA and GarudA as places of Your residence and come all the way to me to pick my heart as the place of residence much more lovingly than Your AdhisEshan and Garuda. Thinking about this magnificent blessings and mercy, dayA, compassion of Yours on aDiyEn, I am going to rest now with a heart filled with gratefulness and eyes filled with tears (of joy and overwhelming emotion due to Your mahOpakAram on this lowly soul – aDiyEn). I will keep remembering the mahOpakAram You did all the days of my life and feel relieved from worries of any kind. Aidhu noydhaaga vaitthu- athi swalpamaaki- [Making them reduced in affection and choosing my heart as the best choice of residence] Panikkadalil paLLikOLaip pazhakavittu Odivandhu_en manakkadalilvaazhavalla maayamaNaaLan^ambee! thanikkadalEthanichchudarE thaniyulakE_enRenRu unakkidamaayirukka ennai_unakku_uriththaakkinaiyE. 9. [A really a marvelous pAsuram- one can not resist and control his tears when reading and reciting this brilliant pAsuram] [It appears as if] You have forgotten Your habit of resting comfortably on the cool, milky ocean and run away from there to reside in the ocean of this heart of mine! Oh Lord who is capable of performing such miraculous deeds (maaya manila nambhI)! Oh Lord of Periya PiraaTTi -MahA Lakshmi ! Oh Samastha kalyANa guNa paripooRNA! Lord full of auspicious guNAs! You have discarded the matchless places of Your erstwhile residence such as Milky ocean and the orbit of the Sun and have chosen this lowly heart as your preferred seat of residence. Your sowseelya guNam is beyond description. thadavaraivaaymiLirndhuminnum thavaLan^edungodipOl sudaroLiyaayn^enchinuLLE thOnRum_en_sOdhin^ambi! vadathadamumvaikundhamum madhiLthuvaraapathiyum idavakaikaL_ikazhndhittu enpaal_idavakaikoNdanaiyE. 10. Oh the most lustrous Lord! The One who shines like a resplendent flag on the top of the lofty mountain! How great is Your affection (vaatsalyam) on me! You have cast aside Your preferred residences at the milky ocean, Srivaikuntam and the city of mighty ramparts, dwarakA and have chosen to reside inside me. vEyar_thangaLkulaththudhiththa vittuchiththanmanaththE kOyilkoNdakOvalanaik kozhunkuLirmukilvaNNanai aayarERRai_amarar_kOvai andhaNar_thamamudhaththinai saayaipOlappaadavallaar_thaamum aNukkar_kaLE. 11. Sri Vishnu chitthan of Veyar kulam has sung these pAsurams on Cowherd Boy GopAlan with the hue of dark blue rainy cloud and those who recite these ten verses of VishNuchitthan in whose heart resides Gopaalan – the sweetest nectar of Parama VaidIka Brahmins - will never ever be separated from the Lord (as a shadow of His which never leaves Him) and will be blessed with the Nithya kaimkaryam for Him, who is the bull among the cowherds of AyarpAdi. A great pAsuram- Sri UttamUr Swamy elaborates beautifully in his commentary. As AzhwAr had already declared that the Lord Sriman Narayanan- Bhaktha vaathsalyan stays in his heart cave mercifully and his mind being filled with VishNu- Appropriately named VishNu chitthan. (refer to all earlier pAsurams – thanikkalE, vadathadmum; etc..) Who is the one residing there in his heart?- Kovalan- the cowherd Boy- the ultimate of Sowlabhyam.. and is the sweetest nectar. AyarERu- The cowherd Bull (KaNNan) and AmararkO- the king of NithyasUris. Thus Sowlabhyam and Parathvam is here addressed brilliantly by AzhwAr. Chaayai pOla paada vallAr thaamum aNukkarkalE - Should not be interpreted based on words arrangement that those who sing coolly (understanding the cool rainy clouds like KaNNan) [though it is correct literally. Instead, Chaayai (shadow) should be combined with aNukkargaLE giving a better enjoyable meaning i.e. Those who sing these pAsurams (verses) will be blessed to be with the Lord like the shadow.. (Chayai is placed in the front (in 4th line) for rhyming (ethukai) (says Sri UttamUr Swamy) [My sincere and humble thanks to each and every Bhagawatha of the list for patiently bearing with adiyEn’s rambling. If anything good in it, it is due to the great pAsurams of AzhwAr and the greater anubhavams of Acharyans in their vyAkhyAnams. Thanks to those who wrote publicly and privately encouraging me for my every post. That gave me tremendous strength.] PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan _________________________________________________________________ Get 10mb of inbox space with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-sg -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! 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