Thiruvaaimozhi 2.7- Read this to become a SRI VAISHNAVA immediately!

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SRI:

dearest Sisters and Brothers,

Sriman NarayaNan's dwAdasa naamangal (12 names) are the symbols of

SRI VAISHNAVA as per our Sri sampradayam. Embar (Sri Ramanujacharya's

sishya-cum-cousin), whenever, he reads these 13 pAsurams (which describe

about Lord's 12 names) he used to say "I have become Sri VaishNavan".

Let us all read them and BECOME SRI VAISHNAVAS RIGHT NOW.

 

1.KESAVAN thamar....emmaan NARAYANANAALE..

....All my relatives in my lineage over seven generations above and seven

generations below HAVE ALL BECOME the BhAgavatOttamALs of KESAVAN. They

have been blessed to obtain the grace of Him; With this GRAND Grant, our

lives have become and grown to a GREAT EXTENT. My Lord is the Black Emerald

SRIMAN NARAYANAN. He, the Chief of NityasUris- He is SO MERCIFUL to us for

me and my relatives;

 

2.NAARANAN....piraan en MADHAVANE..

...NARAYANAN -the Chief of seven lOkAs; the embodiment of vEdAs; the essence

of vEdAs; the fruit of our bhakti; the Primordial Chief; He, the One who is

always worshipped by NityasUris and others, is the One who broke the tusks

of "kuvalayApeetam" elephant during krishNAvathaaram; That MADHAVAN is my

father.

 

3.MADHAVAN enRathE...emmaan en GOVINDHANE..

...The moment I uttered MADHAVAN, He entered into my heart; He showered so

much grace and mercy and ensured that "In future no kind of ills and

sorrows shall come near me". His Beautiful Red Lotus Eyes are like the

SWEET nectar. His Divine Body (thirumEni) is like a Big Mountain; He is

Blemishless and is like a "kalkaNdu" (Sugar stone) to me; He is that

GOVINDHAN.

 

4.GOVINDHAN...empiraan VITTUVE (vishNuvE)..

...The Most Strongest Emperumaan VISHNU has made me the most capable person;

He has enabled me to call Him as "GOVINDHA! GopAlA!" and address His most

auspicious attributes and His strengths; He has granted me with His mercy

and enabled me dance singing His Glories all the time; He has enslaved me

and has DESTROYED all my sins accrued over the ages; All my relatives from

all my previous janmams(births) have been blessed by Him to reach His Lotus

Feet;

 

5.VITTIlanghu...MADHUSOODHANAN thanakkE..

...MADHUSOODHANAN-the One who has the most lustrous shining face and head,

has got His Feet, Limbs and Eyes like Red Lotus Flowers; His Divine Body is

like a Big Group of Light. His Lustrous Divine Conch is like a shining

moon; His Divine ChakrA is like the Sun.

 

6.MADHUSOODHANaianRi...THRIVIKRAMANAIYE..

...I have no other refuge other than MADHUSOODHANAN; and There is no USE

EVEN from others; hence, for ever, I SHALL CONTINUE to pray to Him dancing

and singing His Glories to obtain the opportunity for mOksham; When I was

trying for all other 'WORLDLY" matters (AzhwAr says "izhavu" for

materialistic pursuits - an excellent- most appropriate word- :"andha

izhavukkutthAnE naam naayaa alaiyarOm"), He intervened in between and came

in front of me; To capture me, He took so many Excellent Avataars; With the

GRACE of THRIVIKRAMAN, I was DESTINED to fall into His trap; HOW MERCIFUL

IS HE, MY LORD THRIVIKRAMAN! (WOW! What a usage and How nicely put by

AzhwAr about the "MaarjAla saraNagathi" here- while it is actually a

COMBINATION and the CROSS BREED OF MAARJAALAM and MATKATAKAM that does the

trick for ALL BHAGAVATHAALS, SISTERS and BROTHERS!- It is correct that

mother knows to feed the kid but the cry only will bring the mother to its

attention to get the milk)

 

7.THRIVIKRAMAN senthAmaraikkaNN..en VAAMANANE..

...THRIVIKRAMAN-the Red Lotus Eyed Lord measured the World in three

Feet(measures); His Red Coral lipped mouth has got the miky whitish crystal

like TEETH which is most beautiful to look at; (seyya vaai aiyO en sinthai

kavarndhadhuvE); He is the One, who granted me the MIND to keep thinking of

Him, to keep siging about Him and to keep paying obeisances to Him; My

VAAMANAA! I can say that You Are the Only One who is capable of

Everything.

 

8.VAMMANAN en maragatha vaNNan...en SIREEDHARANE..

...VAAMANAA! The Colour of Sapphire! The Red Lotus Eyed Lord! the Father of

Cupid! - Like that, I sang and prayed at Your Lotus Feet and became PURE.

You granted me the mind to keep thinking of You for ever and let me het rid

of the Bad Heart (which ran after sensual pleasures!) and of the disease of

Births; MY SIREEDHARAA! HOW CAN I PAY YOU BACK FOR THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO

ME, LORD.

 

9.SIREEDHRAN seyya...en IRUDEEKESANE..

...My IRUDEEKESAA!( HrishikEshA!) You have encaptured Yourself in me and

stayed there; After having got rid of the sins accrued (and the

consequences arising out of them!), and the Greatest Bliss and Enjoyment of

Your anubhavam has been GROWING DAY BY DAY since then exponentially and You

are ENSURING these things by staying in my heart PERENNIALLY without

LEAVING ME. I shall pray to You, sing about You; call You "SREEDHARAA!,

SENTHAAMARAIKKANNAA! (Red Lotus Eyed Lord!)" and day and night- I shall pay

obeisances to You with TEARS ROLLING DOWN THE CHEEKS and my mouth and lips

UTTERING YOUR NAMES ALWAYS; HEART SIGHING HEAVILY TO SEE YOU WITH MY EYES

PHYSICALLY;

 

10.IRUDEEKESAN empiraan...PARPANAABHANAIYE(PadmanAbhanaiyE)

...Oh mind! Since you have become wise, do not leave PADMANABHAN and pray to

Him; Even if you get totally confused and come across so many distractions,

DO NOT get carried away; STAND FIRM WITH YOUR WISDOM (AzhwAr is telling his

mind (or us?)!) Always meditate on Him; Always pay obeisance to Him and say

"IRUDEEKESAA! My Lord! The One who destroyed LankA! the Chief of dEvAs!"

 

11.PADMANAABHAN..enthai DAMODHARANE..

...PADMANABHAN- the One who has got Lotus Flower in His navel- has Got the

GREATEST of GREATEST GLORIES and STRENGTHS; He has enslaved me; HE OFFERED

HIMSELF too to me; He is like the kaRpaka vruksham (kaRpaka tree- in

dEvalOkA- that is capable of everything one wishes!) and is of Blue Hued

Lord and stands at ThiruvEnkadam; He is My father who is also the Chief of

NityasUris- (Akila jagadh swamin- and asmath swamin- Sriranga nAtha and

mama nAthA!) He is DAMODHARAN- the One who has got the marks of the rope

(which was tied to His Body by the MOST LUCKIEST YASODHA for His stealing

butter!- in fact, there is an interesting anecdote that uopn Mahalakshmi's

request, when Lord Sriman Narayana at Sri Vaikuntam helped Himself to get

some fruits from the tree, the "utthriyam"(upper piece of cloth) fell and

exposed His marks of the rope to MahAlakshmi and SHE SAW THE MARKS; Our

"poor" Sriman Narayana had to say all sorts of stories to cover up His

mischiefs and stealing acts (BUT FAILED)- Since then it seems He makes it a

point to wear the Golden waist band (OttiyaaNam) in order not to further

embarassment to Him- How Sweet it would have been to witness the Primordial

Chief- SARVA VALLABHAN - getting Himself tied down by a small simple rope

by the "ARIVONDRUMILLAADHA AAYKKULATTHU" yasOdhA- It appears all dEvAs

including Brahmaa and Sivan assembled at the sky and saw THIS MOST

SOWLABHYA EVENT;What a Lord! What a Lord! What a Lord is OUR SRIMAN

NARAYANAN!)

 

12.DAMODHARANAI..en AAZHIVANNANAIYE..

...Who can understand my Emperumaan?- the One who created the world and is

the origin of Every being; the One who kept everything in His stomach- He

is DAMODHARAN; Like that Sivan and Brahmaa have been uttering while paying

obeisances to Him; Even they-who are in His body- can not attempt to

comprehend His calibre;

 

13.vaNNamaa..aNNal thaaL aNaivikkumE..

...the Thirumaal-the Nedumaal-the Chief of NityasUris is the Most Beautiful

Kannan; These 12 pAsurams out of SadagOpar's 1000 pasurams which have been

sung about KaNNan, will enable its singers (or readers) reach HIS LOTUS

FEET WITHOUT FAIL.- NOT TO WORRY.

 

My Dear Sisters and Brothers, (For those who do not do sandhyavandhanam)

Recite these 12 names everyday morning and before going to bed WITHOUT

FAIL- Om kEsavAya Namah; Om NarayaNAya Namah; Om MadhavAya Namah; Om

GovindhAya Namah; Om VishnavE namah; Om MadhsoodhanAya Namah; Om

TrivikramAya Namah; Om VamanAya Namah;Om SridharAya Namah; Om HrishikeshAya

Namah; Om PadmanAbhAya Namah; Om DAmOdharAya Namah; and BE BLESSED to

BECOME A SRIVAISHNAVA. Have NO DOUBT AT ALL AS TO IF HE WILL PROTECT US and

HELP US- He will. HE WILL. HE DEFINITELY will. HE HAS DONE IT ALREADY by

getting ourselves connected to this excellent THIRUVAAIMOZHI PASURAMS OF

OUR GREATEST AZHWAR- SHOULD WE NEED ANY OTHER PROOF THAT HE HELPS US!-

C'mon, Should we?

 

Please do not mistake my blabberings; They are only reinforcements to ME

FIRST;

 

NammAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Narayana dAsan madhavakkannan

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the excellent posting on the dwAdasa nAmas of perumAL. I

would however like to point out that the purport of this statement

 

"My Dear Sisters and Brothers, (For those who do not do

sandhyavandhanam) Recite these 12 names everyday morning and before

going to bed WITHOUT FAIL"

 

is a little misleading (although may not have been intentional ...

pardon me for being picky). It assumes that all pApams (including not

performing trikAla sandhyavandanams) will vanish if we recite the 12

names of the Lord. However, our poorvAcharyAs have pointed out

clearly that as per the shastras, trikAla sandhyavandanams is a duty

of every traivarNika (brahmaNa, kshatriya, vaishya) male. Sorry for

my reading between the lines, but I thought I might just point the

implications an otherwise well-intentioned statement.

 

Pardon my sins.

 

Adiyen,

Murali Kadambi