Thiruvaaimozhi 4.3-I am Emperumaan's possession and He is mine!

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Emperumaan, it seems, in this decad of Thiruvaaimozhi 4.3, shows Hi self

to the AzhwAr, who has considered his entire life as Emperumaan only and

nothing or no one else; AzhwAr also expresses his enjoyment of His mercy

and grace on the AzhwAr.

 

1. nappinnaip piraatti has got the Most beautiful Red coral lips like

the kovaaip pazham. To get her, KaNNA! You fought with the seven oxen

and killed them. You bent Your bow to destroy rAvaNA, the king of

lankA, surrounded by the four big ramparts. You broke the tusker of the

elephant "kuvalayaapeetam". Such Great Lord You are; and during those

avtaars, I had NEVER performed Thiruvaaraadhanam by offering flowers

with pure water at Your Feet. Even then, You have considered my mind as

the sandal paste and applied on Your chest. The soft tender, ThirumEni

of Yours- my mind has become sandal paste for such a Divine Chest! (How

lucky I am! How fortunate I am!) (This reminds me of Sthothra Rathnam of

Alavandhaar- "kathaa punas sankha"…-When Lord TrivikramA, measured the

entire universe in His one step, He had touched the entire world with

His Lotus Feet. Had I lived in any form during that time, I would have

attained mOksham; but, the very fact that I exist today means I was not

there; I am so unfortunate! Please place Your Lotus Feet now on my head,

Oh Lord!)

 

2. Emperumaan, is the peerless, unparalleled Vigrahavaan. He is the Eka

mUrthy. He is the only Iswaran. He ate the entire universe and retained

them in His stomach and protected the world and spat after; For Him, my

father, my mind has become His sandal paste. My words are His garland.

My verses are His Beautiful silk cloth. My humble respects to Him with

both of my hands are His shining golden ornaments adorned by Him.

 

3. Oh NarayNA! The One who is having His yOga nithrA on AdhisEshA in

ThiruppaaRkadal (Milk Ocean)! You were first one mUrthy; then you became

two mUrthys, mummUrthys, and then many mUrthys; You became sUrya

chandRas and the five bhUthAs; You are also formles (aru). For all of

these, You have become the jIvAtmA. You have made me the place for all

the articles for performing Thiruvaaraadhanam namely, sandal paste,

maalai, and all other articles. Since, You have made me useful for You,

I have NO SORROWS any more. (In this pAsuram, 1. one mUrthy- Emperumman,

The One before the srushti; The Primordial Chief; 2. Two mUrthys-

Prakriti, mahaan - having them as His sarIram (Body), 3. Three mUrthys:

Three ahankaarAs; (sAtvik, rajas, and thamas). 4. Many mUrthys- Satvika

ahankaara-11 indhriyAs; ThAmasa ahankaarAs- Five bhUthAs; 5. Aru-

antharyaami.)

 

4. KaNNa PerumaanE! To finish You off, bhUthanai, the rAkshasi, had come

to breast feed You. You, even as an infant, sucked her life along with

the poisonous milk and killed her. A great wonder! Not only that. You,

the Beloved of MahAlakshmi, appeared as Vaamanan. (Note. AzhwAr refers

to Vaama avathaaram and address the Lord as the Beloved of Lakshmi!

Vaamana hid Her behind the KrishNajinam, which He was wearing as the

Brahmachari.) During those times, I had NOT paid obeisance to You

performing ThiruvArAdhanam with garlands of cool fragrant flowers; Yet,

For Your long haired head, my jIvan has become the garland (How

fortunate am I!)

 

5. My father, My Emperumaan, KaNNapiraan, has got the Divine ChakrA in

His hand. My jIvan (uyir) has become His garland. His countless,

unbounded Golden ornaments and His shining crown are My love and

affection towards Him. My love is His PeethAmbharam (His cloth). His

Keerthy (the glories), the one hailed by the three worlds and dEvAs, is

also my love for Him.

 

6. I have been yelling "NarayanA!, The One who ate and spat the entire

universe!" so many times and yet, You did not come; Oh EmperumaanE! The

One who executes the final time cycle! Your Most Beautiful Lotus Feet

are the decorations on my head (Forehead as ThirumaN SrichoorNam). I

will always wear them as the decoration on my head. (reciting the

Pasurams and slokams are difficult; can we not at least do that?)

 

7. You had measured the entire universe with Your feet! Oh Beautiful

VaamanA! You enable Those who pray to You with both their hands reach

You easily- Such a Maayavan are You. I had never paid You respects and

performed ArAdhanam with fragrant flowers and water; Yet You are taking

my jIvan (uyir) as Your food; Yoru jOthi swarUpam, the one described in

VedAs is always on top of my jIvan (uyir). That only means You love me

so dear.

 

8. Oh jOthiswarUpi! The knowledge personified! The One who stays in my

AthmA most willingly! My life is so sweet to You. Your life and

existence is so sweet to me too. I can NOT tell the exact form in which

You exist. I have become Your dear and You have become my dear. I have

become Your possession and You have become mine. (Here it appears his

disciple asked ALavandhaar " this AthmA of ours is His property and is

dear to Him. How one can say Emperumaan's AthmA is jIvAthmA's

possession?" YamunAchAryA responded "When we try and wish Our AthmA to

belong to Emperumaan, the karmA may become the hurdle and hamper the

same; But when the SarvEshwaran Himself becomes the jIvAthmA's

belonging, there can not be a karmA factor that can stop the progress;

It may strike positive and That will stay permanent." - what a

taatparyam by Yamuna muni!)

 

9. I am totally, completely immersed in Your love for me; But still, I

can NOT tell and describe Your most auspicious attributes (kalyANa

guNAs). I am being dragged and carried away by the swift currents of the

great floods of Your glories and keerthy and when can I reach the shore,

Oh Lord! I am being caught in choppy waters with terrible swirls of love

for You amd You are haunting my memories. Oh Blemishless Param poruLE!

When Great Scholars and bhakthAs (like other members of Bhakti Group)

hail Your glories, I (madhavakkannan) also join with them and hail Your

ausicious attributes.

 

10. Even if all seven worlds and I join together and hail Your glories,

it will not suffice and do justice to complete the Glories of Yours;

Your glories are so limitless and unbounded. Even if He decides to hail

His glories by Himself, He can not do justice to it and complete. It is

not possible to describe His glories in such words. Then if you ask "why

do you hail His glories then?", it si because for my redemption, and for

my "ujjIvanam", I am hailing His glories. For saving me, He is so

merciful and He showered so much grace on me, can I stay without hailing

His glories? (No.) he is so sweet and tasty for me like Honey, Milk,

Jaggery (Vellam) and nectar. Hence, I hail his Glories.

 

11. Sri Sadagopar (NammAzhwAr) was born in Thirukkurugoor where there

are lots of fields and ponds filled with Lotus flowers. He, having found

that there is only one way for redemption of our soul, that is holding

the Lord's Lotus Feet firmly, has sung 1000 pAsurams in praise of Him.

Out of those 1000, those who read these ten will stay in this world with

great prosperity for a long time (with dheergaayus) and from here they

will also rule Parama Padham even.

 

NammAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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