Thiruvaaimozhi 5.7- Aaraa amudhE! adiyEn aavi aghamE thitthippaay!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr surrendered at the Lotus Feet of SrI varamangala Deiva naayakan

and still found himself waiting for the Lord. HE still has not turned

up. Now, AzhwAr assures himself that He will definitely save the

devotees and tries to go to another Divya kshEthram and try his luck.

Now he goes to Thirukkudanthai. (Our SrI Mani's abhimaana sthalam ,

where the Lord obeyed Thirumazhisai AzhwAr when AzhwAr asked Him to get

up and immediately felt guilty in asking the Lord and again requested

Him to lie down). The Lord's name is ARAA AMUDHAN. Insatiable nectar.

The nectar, "akkaara vadisal", the consumption of which never satisfies

us; aahA enna pEr! How most appropriately named!

 

NammAzhwAr is having so much of MahA vishwaasam that he sings and pleads

the Lord to shower mercy on him. Lord turned His face away when BharatA

was pleading Him to return to Ayoddhi. The Lord Rama did that to pay

respect to His father's words; But why in the case of NammAzhwAr? Why

does He turn His face away still, when AzhwAr is pleading with such

Great pAsurams? MAY BE BEACUSE HE WANTS NAMMAZHWAR TO COMPLETE THE

THOUSAND PASURAMS.

 

1. "Aaraa anudhE! AdiyEn udalam ninpaal anbaayE" - Aaaraa amudhE! Oh

insatiable nectar! EmperumaanE! What a Divinely Beautiful form is Your

body! However many times I enjoy that naver satisfies me, Lord! You are

giving me immense satisfaction that is limitless and unbounded. Due to

my love for You, my physical body also has been melting along with my

heart longing to see You. Oh ThirumaalE! You have been literally killing

me with Your azhagu; I have been blessed to enjoy here at

Thirukkudanthai by seeing Your Most Beautiful form; ( ItIhyam: Once,

Loka saarangha muni, was at somewhere in the North as a priest in some

Lakshmi narayan temple. Once, a Srivaishnava went to North on a

pilgrimage tour and happened to meet our Loka saarngha muni, Muni asked

if there is any special news from South. That guy said "There is an

excellent set of Pasurams written by Sri sadgopar, which every sri

vaishnava enjoys reciting" and even sang this "Aaraa vamudhE!" pasuram.

Saarangha muni was simply overwhelmed with the beauty and admired such a

beautiful, apt name in addition to Bhagawaan's 1000 NAMES. It appears he

started proceeding to down south and settled at Srirangam immediately

after. Then is the history about his lifting ThiruupANAzhwAr on his

shoulders.)

 

2. EmmanE! My Lord! You have shown me Your beauty and captured my

heart; You have enabled me to enjoy Your Most Beautiful Divine form of

Your ThirumEni; Whatever forms You take, They are all due to Your mercy

and dayA to save the devotees; Oh EmperumaanE! Who looks like a Big,

Beautiful Lion! Oh Thirukkudanthai BhagawaanE, The One who is lying down

with His Red Lotus eyes closed! Please show Your mercy one me and see me

with Your Most Beautiful SenthaamaraikaaNgaL (Red Lotus Eyes);

 

3. "ennaan seghEn? YaarE kaLaigaN?" To hold Your Lotus Feet, there is

nothing that I can do; what is the link between the action and me? Who

is the support for me except You? (Means; those who are drowning can NOT

be saved by the fellow co-drowners); Are You rying to keep me away by

showing other "things"? You are there so near; and it is You who should

come by Yourself; Are You to come by my asking for it? (Peryaavaacchaan

PiLLai says: I do not want Your coming for my words or for others'. You

should come by Yourself;) Oh PerumaaLE! The One who is having His Yoga

nithrA at Thirukkudanthai! You should shower Your mercy and grace on me

to let me hold Your Lotus Feet and keep thinking of that while this

Athman stays in this body; as long as "It" stays here, I should only

stay at Your Lotus Feet holding Them tight. (In this Pasuram, Dearest

Sisters and Brothers, "en naan seighEn? What can I do? There is nothing

that I can do; I am helpless- aakinchanyam. " yaarE kaLaigaN?" Who will

save me? - ananya gahtitvam. Ennai en seighinRaay? What are You going to

do with me? You are to save me; (Rakshathvam- SarvEshwaranE rakshakan)

 

4. EmperumaanE! Your Most ausipcious attributes and Your shrEya are

never ending; and will never vanish; Whoever is he, for whatever

qualities or powers they have; compared to Yours, it is nothing and they

can NOT EVEN MEASURE YOUR guNAs and keerthi. Absolutely none; Oh Chief

of everyone! Thirukkudanthai PerumaanE! Without seeing You, I am crying

looking at the sky and am paying obeisance to the sky looking at the

clouds (like a child)!

 

5. EmperumaanE! Like the children crying for their mother, I have

started crying for You. I have realised in my mind and paid obeisance to

You. Even then, my desires are not fulfilled yet; Somehow, I wish to

attain You and hence, I will dance foolishly and sing with full of

prEmam for You; "Vaa, Vaa" (Come here; Come here) like that I will be

calling You with madness; Why all this? My love for You is the reason

and still my karmic diseases are keeping You away from me and stop me

from hugging You tightly, Lord! My bhakti also has become my karmA and

that has been chasing me; I look at all directions with "naaNam"

(shyness) whether You are coming; Oh Lord, who lies down at

Thirukkudanthai! You only should show me the way to reach Your Lotus

Feet.

 

6. Oh Lord, who looks like the Male Lion! You only should gracefully

show me the way to attain Your Lotus Feet by making me get rid of my

karmic diseases; Even after knowing the way to attain Your Feet, I have

been feeding my five sense organs and how long should I be suffering

like this my EmperumaanE! Oh Thiruukudanthai Lord, The Place where Your

devotees stay! Oh Chief of Nitya sUris! Oh Aaraa amudhA! Oh

jnAnaswarUpI! I SIMPLY CAN NOT LIVE without You; by being away from You;

You only shall lead me to the way to reach Your Feet.

 

7. Oh Male Lion like Lord! The beauty of Golden Form! Red Lotus Eyed,

Black Cloud- like EmperumaanE! Oh My Father, The Four shouldered Lord!

You showed me the way to join You; You are so merciful! Oh

Thirukkudanthai ThirumaalE! Please offer me Your Lotus Feet and save me

from these births!

 

8. Whether You remove my sorrows or not; Whatever You do, is Your

duties and work; "You are the only means for me"- in that statement, I

do not have a single iota of doubt; (On the contrary, it has only been

increasing!) Hence, I do not look for any one else's helps, except You;

Oh BhagawaanE! The One who has the ChakrA in His hand! Oh Lord, who

shows Himself so gracefully at Thirukkudanthai! Oh SakalakalA vallavA!

The time for my jIvan to leave this body has come; At least in this

anthim kaalam, You should bless me to reach Your Feet without delay.

 

9. Without making me wait for a long time, You let me join to serve You

as Your eternal servant, by getting me out of these Samsaaric ills; Oh

EmperumaanE! The Chief of Nitya sUris! What a wonder and How You let me

desire Your Lotus Feet when I was actually NOT desiring for Them!

(means: It is Emperumaan's grace that one thinks of His Lotus Feet)

Aren't You the Chief of DevAs, too who are immortal and also the Chief

of VishvaksEnA (the chief of dEvAs)! Oh mummUrthiyE! Oh EmperumaanE, The

One who is lying down at Thirukkudanthai to remove the sorrows of His

devotees! You should gracefully come here to let me enjoy You and get

saved!

 

10. Oh EmperumaanE! You are letting me enjoy only in my mind and NOT

with my eyes! Oh Wonderful Lord of Thirukkudanthai! Nitya Divya mangaLa

vigrahA rUpA! The Most sweetest insatiable nectar! (AarA amudhE!) You

have captured me and removed my incurable diseases of karmA and past

actions; You have accepted my servitude; Even after being accepted by

You, should I still be suffering here, BhagawaanE!

 

11. Sri SadagOpar has caught hold of The Lotus Feet of KaNNan, (who

sucked the life of bhUthanai, the rAkshasi, along with her breast milk,

who came in the guise of a lady to offer the infant KaNNan her poisonous

breast milk to kill Him) and sung thousand pAsurams about KaNNan, which

are sweeter than the music of flute; Out of those 1000, the readers of

these ten are so dear and sweet to SrI Vaishnavas.

 

(During my last visit to India, we paid our obeisance to Thirukkudanthai

Aaraavamduhan and the kOil bhattar sang these ten pAsurams in such a

sweet melodius tune, that it made me envy that bhattar. He also added

that "nadandha kaalgaL nonthavO" Thirumazhisai AzhwAr's pAsuram)

 

AzhwAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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