Thiruvaaimozhi 2.9- No mOksham- I NEED ONLY TO SERVE YOU, LORD.

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SRI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

In this Decad, AzhwAr explains to the Lord that he does NOT want mOksham

and the purushArtham for himself; he would rather request for the eternal

servitude to Sriman NarAyaNan and be only for Him forever as His servant

and be like BharathAzhwAn and LakshmaNA.

 

1. Oh EmperumaanE!the One, who removed the sorrows of GajEndrA! However

great mOksham may be, I have no interest in it; All that I wish is "You

shall always rest Your Feet on my head and save me". I want this only.

 

2. Oh PerumaanE! The dark hued, lustrous maNivaNNA! My Father! Even when

asked infinite times, my answer will still be the same. Give me a hand of

jnAnam (knowledge) to lift me up to reach Your Lotus Feet. (here jnAnA is

considered as another hand to lift – Embaar explains to aNdAAn that more

hands will only facilitate a person being lifted;)

 

3. KaNNapiraanE! The One who has Divine ChakrA in His hands, showers mercy

on us and advises us not to commit sins. Even in the last dying moment,

when my throat gets choked up with phlegm, I should remember to pray to

Your Lotus Feet and You should grant me that, Lord.("appothaikku ippothe

solli vaithen"- )

 

4. "At all times, I should be served"-like that, You should always advise

me and let me possess that knowledge. EmperumaanE! You should always stay

permanently in my heart. I should be only Your property (thanakkE) and You

should take me in that way to Your Feet. All that I need is that.

 

5. When the jeevan gets out of my body, whether I get mOksham or Heaven or

Hell- I do not bother. Let me not even get any of these. BUT, I WILL NOT

FORGET THE EMPERUMAAN and WILL ALWAYS ENJOY HIM, the One WHO is capable of

granting me to get out of these Births;

 

6. My Chief, My Lord! You created the dEvAs; You have spread among all that

one can see- chEthanAs and achEthanAs (sentient and non-sentient beings);

You have become the Sun and the Moon; Such a Great Lord, You are- I should

happily pray to You with my speech, mind and actions and You should bless

me with that.

 

7. You are not granting me the bhAgyam of staying at Your Feet and not

leaving that at all in future' You are not even letting me have You in my

heart for a day! Hence, You should come to me at all times, under all

situations, EmperumaanE!

 

8. EmperumaanE!, the One who is worshipped by the Blemishless vedic

scholars! Oh the Sweetest Lord! ( "en akkArak kaniyE!). You should always

stay in my heart as my father. I WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

 

9. I and my possessions are Your property and we are at Your service; I did

not have this knowledge and had a wrong knowledge- I had "I" and "mine"

attitudes, so long. Now I am Yours and my possessions are also Yours; You

are the Chief of NityasUris and our Chief!

 

10. You are the One who won seven oxen; You destroyed the lankA to ashes;

Oh my lustrous shining ParanjyOthi! PLEASE DO NOT BELIEVE MY PRESENT STATE

OF MIND AND LEAVE ME! I MIGHT CHANGE tomorrow and commit sins! Hence,

Please take me to Your Lotus Feet! PLEASE NEVER LEAVE ME ALONE. (How true

these words are!- they more applicable to us than to AzhwAr)

 

11. Those who read these 10 pAsurams out of 1000 pAsurams (composed by

kurugoor sadagOpan), which have been sung on SarvEswaran, the One who has

Divine chakrA in His hands, are DEFINITE to attain the amrut (deathless)

MOKSHAM.

 

Regards

 

Ram Ram

 

NammAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNAm

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkaNNan