Thiruvaaimozhi 5.7- Tvat paadha moolam saraNam PrapadyE!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr suffering terribly the pangs of separation from Emperumaan,

narrated in so many ways his (her?) sufferings and praised Emperumaan's

vibhUtis. Still, He has Not shown Himself to our poor AzhwAr. Then, our

AzhwAr has realised that the Lord may be under the impression that he

has the capability to possess the bhakti and jnAnam to attain Him and

hence, he will use that bhakti and jnAna yOgham and attain Him- Thinking

like that, He may have decided to keep silent and is not acting. He has

NOT found out my incapability and is not considering my helpless

situation and the enormous amount of sins I have committed. It is MOST

APPROPRAITE to only surrender at His Feet the way VibheeshaNAzhwAn did

from the enemy camp, with a complete mahAvishwasam, unmindful of whether

he will be accepted or not. AzhwAr here surrenders himself to the Lord

of srIvaramangala nagar Vaanamaamalai perumAL. (Yet another marvellous

set full of rich concept of sharaNAgathy)

 

1. EmperumaanE!, the One who has Adhiseshan as Your bed! I have not

performed karma yOgam; Nor have I done any jnAna yOgam; Hence, the

bhakti yOgam, that arises out of these two, is also NOT in me; Evenm

though I have not taken up these three yOgams, I still, CAN NOT ber

being separated rom You, My dear Lord! I SIMPLY CAN NOT ACCEPT. I can

not bear my sufferings of being away from You.; Oh Lord of

SrIvaramangalam!, My dear father! , I, the one who is to be save me

immediately, am never DIFFERENT FROM YOU. (means, I belong to You

always; hence, take me back)

(Alavandhaar says in Stothra rathnam: "na dharmanishtOsma nachatma

vEdi/ na bhaktimaan tvach charaNAravindhE/ akinchanO naanya

gathischaraNya/ tvath paadha moolam sharaNam prapadyE/ "I am not

religious; I do not know the nature of soul; Nor do I have any devotion

for Your Holy Lotus Feet; Therefore, I am bereft- bereft of all good,

bereft of any other shelter; Such as I- I, surrender unto Your LOTUS

FEET.- aahA! What a verse!)

 

2. (PerumAl says:" Ok, Not possible; You can not bear; but there are

still hurdles for me to protect you". For that AzhwAr replies here " To

save SitA piraatti, You cleared so many hurdles effortlessly and saved

Her; Can you not do that to me? - As interpreted by NampiLLai). Oh

EmperumaanE! I have not been there (with the attainment of mOksham and

the enjoyment of Your anubhavam); nor am I here with the complete

involvement on You attributes and beauty; I have lost any capacity, if

at I have, to undertake bhakti yOgam for reaching You, Lord; Oh ammAnE!

The One who destroyed LankA! SrIvaramangal nayakA!, The One who has

ChakrA and shanghu in His hands! There is none for me except You; Please

show mercy on me; (Periyavaacchaan PiLLai has commented about the first

two lines of these pAsuram "anguRREn allEn inguRREn allEN/ unnaik kaaNum

avaavil vIzhndhu/ " means: I have not gone to where You are and enjoy

Your Beauty; nor am I able to live as one among these samsaaris who have

no desire to be near You, due to my desire and longing to see You; I am

not suitable for these samsaaris who wish to own everything except You;

- what a beautiful interpretation from Periyavacchaan PiLLai)

 

3. Oh Vaikunta nAthA! The One who has garudA in His flag! The One who

has the chakrA in His hand! I am not fit for being considered for

anything; I am bereft of any jnAnam; even when such is the case, You

have still considered me as an object and taken me as Your eternal

servant; Oh srIvaramangal naayakA! The place where chaturvEdis,

SrIvaishnavaas live! What can I do to repay You and show my gratitude

for that You have done to me! (There is nothing that I can do at all!)

 

4. For those helpless Pancha paaNdavaas, You have marvellously won the

battle against those hundred Kauravaas; You are so great! My Father! The

One who brought the earth back during the Cosmic cycle end! OH

SrIvaramanagal naayakA! You are so merciful and dayAkaran who comes by

His own desire to protect us and save us; There is nothing that we have

to do and make You do! It is all Your mercy alone! Is there any use for

any effort from us (when we are not at all capable of performing any

other means to attain You- like bhakti, jnAna or karma yOgam, How we can

call You to come near us?; You should come by Your self on Your own,

help me and save me with Your grace and mercy )

 

5. Is there anything I have to enable You to come to me? It is You,

who, on Your own, has to come; You are Great Dark Maayavan, who is

capable of entering into any group and become one among them to mislead

them; (For example, You entered into Buddha and enabled them to push

themselves far away from You with no vaidheeka saastras by misleading

them with nihilistic approach, which is not true! ) That is all for

those who do not believe in You; But can You do that to Your adiyaar

like me? You are showing Yourself so majestically at SrI varamanghala

nagar, where SrI vaishNavaas, stay there permanently to pay obeisance to

You; I too, prostrate at Your Feet. My Lord!

 

6. Oh Varaaha PerumaaLE! The One who brought back the Earth during the

PraLaya kaalam and saved the Earth! Oh Deivanaayaka PerumaanE! The One

who enslaves me at all times and rules me! Oh Bright Emerald Lord!

Vaanamaalai PerumanE! The One who is worshipped by everyone with both

their hands at Srivaramangalam! Please sow mercy and come to save me and

make me pay obeisance to You.

 

7. ( "vandharuLi ennenjidam koNda vaanavar kozhundhE!" starts this

pAsuram. Read it again. The narration about this line by AchAryAs is

simply beautiful and blissful). Oh Chief of NityasUris, Chief of dEvAs!

Such Great ParamAthmA- has SO GRACEFULLY COME HERE AND ENTERED INTO MY

MIND! You are the Primordial Chief and are the Father and Mother of the

Entire Universe! You are The One who protecetd the Seven worlds by

keeping them in Your stomach during the Cosmic cycle ending! You are The

unmatched, eternal,Faultless, Blemishless PeumAL, who is staying at

SrIvaramangalnagaram, where Paramaikaanthns ( expecting no fruits for

their eternal kaimkaryam to You), SrIVaishNavaas, recite VedAs and

perform yaaghams! Please show mercy on me and accept my servitude and

ceaselessly enable me to perform kaimkaryam at Your Feet! ("vandharuLi

ennenjidam koNda vaanavar kozhundhE!" (1). Paraasa bhattar used to ask

Namjeeyar always to recite this line and used to join him; He enjoyed

this line so much because of the sarva sowlabhya nature of the Lord.

SarvEshwaran, ParamAthmA, Sarva yagnan, Sarva vyApakan, who from

SrIvaikuntam, came all the way to this place where we live; not just

that. AzhwAr also says "He has entered into my mind, who is so useless,

worthless, who does not have any jnAnam, bhakti, sincerity, etc., He is

such a dayAparan, ParamakAruNikO Bhagawaan, - He has so mercifully

entered into my mind!" dearest sisters and Brothers, when we ourselves

enjoy this line so much and appreciate, we can imagine how much Bhattar

and Namjeeyar, the Parama bhAgawathAs, Great AchAryAs, would have

enjoyed million times more! (2). When Aappaan Thiruvazhundhoor araiyar

used to sing this pAsuram, he always gets stuck here in the beauty of

the first word "vandharuLi", that he keeps on repating the same word

"vandharuLi, vandharuLi", without being able to proceed further; - What

a Great anubhavam!)

 

8. Oh PerumaanE! The One who split the beak of the bird asurA! It

appears You created the five indriyAs only to push aside the people who

do not long to see You and are not Your bhaktAs; At least I have

realised that; But, You have not considered me still; Please do not

ignore me also, dear! It is full of mud and how can I reach the shore

from this ocean of samsaara! It is very difficult and so slippery shore

that one always falls back by getting caught in those five indriyAs! I

am scared that You will push me also into those five indriyAs; I belong

to You only; You The One who is staying at SrIvaramangalanagar

permanently, please do not push me;

 

9. Oh EmperumaanE! The One who killed the asurA, who came in the guise

of bird! You are the One who went in between the two marudha trees and

killed the two asurAs! You are the One who killed the seven oxen! You

are KaNNan, My Maayavan! The Brightest Black Emerald-like Beauty! You

are my Father, who stays at SrIvaramangala nagar! Please make me get

saved by You and enable me perform eternal kaimkaryam to You!

 

10. You have offered me Your Lotus Feet as the Only means for me; There

is no other means; For this Great mercy and dayA of Yours, What can I do

to pay back and How? There is nothing that I can do; Because, I, myself

belong to You only, Ain't I? Oh SrIvaramangalnAyakA! The One who has

ThuLasi maalai on Your head! Oh Lord of all Gods! I can offer only my

jIvan to You as the "Prathi upakaaram";

 

11. The Chief of all Gods, Sriman Narayanan, Trivikraman- On His

Thiruvadi, The Lotus Feet, SrI SadgOpar, has sung thousand pAsurams; Out

of those 1000 pAsurams, these ten has been sung on Srivaramangai Divya

dEsam; Those who recite them with the knowledge of its meanings, are

sure to be the nectarine people among NityasUris;

 

AzhwAr thiruvadigaLe saraNam

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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