Thiruvaaimozhi 1.3- Rare yet Simple sowlabhyan!

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Sri:

Dearest sisters and brothers,

 

Let us enjoy the 3 rd Thiruvaimozhi of mudhal patthu.

 

1. patthu udai…eLivE…" Emperumaan is sowlabhyan (simple) for His bhakthAs;

For others He is a real rarity and is capable of achieving both such

contradicting natures at the same time; The emperumaan a rarity- the one

who is the beloved of Sri Mahalakshmi sitting on the Lotus- is so SIMPLE

and SOWLABHYAN to get tied down to "ural" close to his chest innocently for

His stealing butter(veNNai) which YasOdhA (His mother) had churned; What a

GREAT SOWLABHYAN He is and How simple He is! (I am not saying; AzhwAr

says!)

 

2. eLivarum iyalvinan ….amaindhE…"Emperumaan has got such sowlabhya GuNA as

His nature; He has taken "avataarams" which can not be categorized as one

type or one trend/nature; He is enriched with bright nature and has ALL

kalyANa gunas which have no beginning and no end; He is equipped with the

capacity of granting mOksha Gnanam at all times;- Such a GREAT merciful

Lord, stays at the BhagavatOttamALs' Hearts willingly at all times and is

NOT AT ALL APPROACHABLE for those who do not have bhakti for Him."

 

3. Amaivu udai …yArO…"Equipped with such Great dharma (virtues) which are

not inferior to any other dharma- such all time Greats who possess the duty

to create, destroy etc., like brahma, sivan, and all other dEvAs, all

chEtanAs (sentinents) and achEtanAs (non-sentinents); The One who has

become one and all and becomes all by Himself; Who knows the "avataara

rahasyam" (secret and concept of His avataars)?- Absolutely NO ONE KNOWS."

 

4. YArum Or nilamaiyan…piNakkE.." My Emperumaan- Even a Great Gnani can not

say firmly that He has one nature; At the same time Even a fool (like me!)

can easily say He is of this form and nature; such a simple Lord; The names

the forms are so many thousands for Him; "He does not have one name and one

form"– claims many who do not love Him most; "Not that; He is of this name

and form only"- claims those who are His bhakthAs- and their arguments will

continue for ever and ever"

 

5. PiNakku aRa aRu…uNarndhE…"Emperumaan gave us the vEdhas and their ways;

He is full of kalyANa guNAs; He is the primordial Lord who has no end; He

is equipped with beautiful Great GnAnam; - Follow the respected Bhakti way

for Him and leave all "other" ways; Realise the Gnanam which He has granted

us; and get rid of the poorva vaasanAs (praaraptha karmaas)."

 

6. UNarndhu uNarndhu…irainjumin.." Think; Think and try to find out; the

one which spans everywhere and is in every being- the Athmaa- Even if you

get to know the nature of this athmaa through your ears; your eyes; your

minds, you can not get to know the nature of sarvEswaran. In spite of

that, Oh People!, Thirumaal, Brahman, Sivan- Think of them always and try

to express in many ways and concentrate on THE ONE whom you think as

"sarvEswaran" whom you are able to appreciate wholeheartedly; Keep talking

about His glories again and again and prostrate to Him" (Wait, sisters and

brothers, Go to the next pAsuram where AzhwAr has given his verdict on who

the "sarvEswaran" is)

 

7. OnRu enapp pala… nammudai nALE…"The Supreme God is one and He is

incomprehensible for all; He is equipped with Great kalyANa guNAs; Think

and analyse of the three NarayaNan, Brahman and Sivan without getting

attached to any of them; Think of Their nature, Their attributes and guNAs,

and Their capacities; compare Their attributes and Their capacities; -

remove your iswara bhuddhi on two of them and concentrate on the Only One,

Sriman NarayaNan and offer your bhakti to only Him for the Rest of your

Life fully saying "this is the only useful action that I can do".

 

8. NaaLum ninRu…valamE…" If you remove the dirt of considering all three

of them are equal, - consider logically and purify your mind by praying

and prostrating to the Lotus Feet of emperumaan who is the Lord of Sri

Mahalakshmi, then, the worst grandest, deadliest old sins that have been

accrued over the ages for so many births will go away immediately; Then you

will have no grievances; Then even when you are on your death bed, you will

think of Him."

 

9. Valatthanan… thuyakkE.."The Great creator Brahma along with his world

stayed in His "naabhi" (navel); Sivan stays at His right side; To become

more explicit He Himself entered as an avataar in His own world which He

created; If we try to say all this, He takes everything in His stomach at

the end of cosmic cycle (praLaya kaalam). Such actions of His make us

wonderstuck and awestruck."

 

10. Thuykku aRu mathiyil..amarndhE.." Emperumaan, the One who can make even

the dEvAs (who are equipped with gnAnam) awestruck with His Great leelaas

and mischief in His avataars; the One who is black and blue hued like a

dark cloud; - I can not forget His Lotus Feet which measured the Earth

effortlessly; I will hug and embrace Those Lotus Feet. I will not attach

myself to any "other" thing and meditate only on His Lotus Feet and pay

obeisance to Him.."

 

11. AmararkaL thozhudhu… am chiraiyE…"Those who learn and recite these ten

pAsurams of the sweetest 1000 pAsurams (of NammAzhwAr who was born in

Thirukkurugoor) which talk about the Greatness of Emperumaan who churned

the Milky Ocean for the upliftment of dEvAs, will definitely get

paramapadham along with dEvAs and get rid of the imprisonment of "this

Birth". ( It is certain that we get such a parampadham for having read

azhwAr's this ten, dear ones!)

 

NammAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

DAsan madhavakkannan