The misfortune called moxa

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nAhaM sahe tava kathA shravaNa antarAyaM

nAhaM sahe tava padArchana vichyutiM vA |

moxaM disha etat viruddhaM idam na chet syAt

na eva astu mAtaH apavarga mahA upsargaH ||

-- from nIlakaNTha dixita's AnandasAgarastavaH

 

I will not tolerate any disturbance that comes between the pleasure of

listening to your lIlA-s. I will not tolerate the separation from

worshipping your lotus feet. Give me liberation if it does not oppose these

things. If not, O mother, I do not want the great misfortune called moxa*.

 

Sri dixita is quite well known for his humor, and it glitters in this work

as well. The usage "aparvaga mahopasargaH" is once such instance.

 

 

 

Tamil:

 

thAyE - un kathaigaLaiyum lIlA vinodangalaiyum ketpathaRku iDaiyUrAi

EthAvAthu vandAl athai nAn eppaDi sahippEn? un malarpAdangaLai

vazhipaDuthaRku thaDaiyethum vandAl athai nAn eppadi sahippEn? mOxam enRu

onRu koDuththAl ithaRku virOdhamillAthathAik koDu. illaiyel, ammA enakku

intha mOxamennum perAbbathu vENDave vENDAm.

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Namaste BhaktAs of Ambal.

 

That is just beautiful!

 

May I equate the words antarAyaM and vichyuti with the English words

interval, gap or break? Then the bhaktA's life is simply an eternal

japO jalpa silpam sakalamapi..... of Soundarya Lahari. What else

other than that is mOksha? DIkshitar is here laughing aloud at our

mundane notins of mOksha as a cessation of all activity. Performance

of all actions as pUjA to the Lotus Feet is indeed mOksha where the

sAdhaka has no sense of a sAdhakaship. He is then verily Ambal!

That is the pinnacle of bhakti where he sees Her only without even a

residual trace of himself remaining as a separate entity or performer.

 

Thank you Raviji for posting this precious pearl.

 

PraNAms.

 

Madathil Nair

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, "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram"

<miinalochanii> wrote:

> nAhaM sahe tava kathA shravaNa antarAyaM

> nAhaM sahe tava padArchana vichyutiM vA |

> moxaM disha etat viruddhaM idam na chet syAt

> na eva astu mAtaH apavarga mahA upsargaH ||

> -- from nIlakaNTha dixita's AnandasAgarastavaH

>

> I will not tolerate any disturbance that comes between the pleasure

of

> listening to your lIlA-s. I will not tolerate the separation from

> worshipping your lotus feet. Give me liberation if it does not

oppose these

> things. If not, O mother, I do not want the great misfortune called

moxa*.

>

> Sri dixita is quite well known for his humor, and it glitters in

this work

> as well. The usage "aparvaga mahopasargaH" is once such instance.

>

>

>

> Tamil:

>

> thAyE - un kathaigaLaiyum lIlA vinodangalaiyum ketpathaRku iDaiyUrAi

> EthAvAthu vandAl athai nAn eppaDi sahippEn? un malarpAdangaLai

> vazhipaDuthaRku thaDaiyethum vandAl athai nAn eppadi sahippEn?

mOxam enRu

> onRu koDuththAl ithaRku virOdhamillAthathAik koDu. illaiyel, ammA

enakku

> intha mOxamennum perAbbathu vENDave vENDAm.