Thiruvaaimozhi 6.1- Dwayam is comparable to Bees!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

NammAzhwAr, for the past four decads, surrendered to Emperumaan.

Bhagawaan has been dodging him without showing Himself to AzhwAr. Hence,

AzhwAr gets into nAyikA bhAvam, as ParAngusanAyaki requests the birds to

proceed to ThiruvaNvaNdoor Perumaan, as messengers of AzhwAr, to convey

his sufferings and longing and express his love for Bhagawaan.

 

1. ParAngusanAyaki looks at few "kurugu" birds: Oh Kurugu birds! The

ones who come to this flower-laden place everyday to look for your

food!At ThiruvaNvaNdoor, the place is flooded with fully grown tall,

paddy fields. There, at that Holy Divya dEsam, my Emperumaan is

gracefully showing Himself so beautifully. Please go to Him and tell my

love for Him on my behalf. He has the most strongest ChakrA in His hand

and has got that most lovely, reddish fruit like lips and mouth. Please

see Him and convey the love of this biggest sinner on the earth. Please

tell Him with folded hands and with respects.

 

2. My Lord, My Master, The One who is majestically staying at

ThiruvaNvaNdoor (where Yaaghams and vEdic hymns can be seen and heard

uninterruptedly), is The Emperumaan, who ate the world to save during

PraLayam. Oh Crane! (naarai bird!) On my behalf, please go (along with

your mate) to Him and prostrate at His Feet; please tell Him my state of

affairs with folded hands and help me. (here AzhwAr says "paadham kai

thozhudhu paNiyeer"- means: pay obeisance and prostrate at His Feet with

your hands touching the Feet)

 

3. Oh Birds! The ones who flock in groups! At ThiruvaNvaNdoor, which is

the wealthiest place (due to Emperumaan being present there),

Emperumaan, My Bhagawaan, My Master is most beautifully staying with His

exquisite Red mouth and has the chakrA in His hand. Please see Him and

pay obeisance to Him with respects; Prostrate at His feet and tell Him

my sufferings and languishing.

 

4. Oh youthful beautiful swans, who are always with your mates with no

separation! Please go to ThiruvaNvaNdoor, where the Vedic hymns'

majestic sounds reverberate the entire place uninterruptedly; Please go

there and tell Emperumaan KaNNan "One girl here is suffering terribly

thinking of Him and always longing to see Him".

 

5. Since you are always with your mates, you can understand and know how

much suffering is being separated, Oh Swans! Pay obeisance to Emperumaan

and prostrate at His Feet at ThiruvaNvaNdoor where there is fertile

lands everywhere and where the Emperumaan has Thirutthuzhaay maalai

(ThuLasi garland) on His head; Please praise Him on my behalf.

 

6. Oh cuckoos! The ones who live in those tall big trees! I am praising

you and I am requesting this. At ThiruvaNvaNdoor, those fertile lands

and fields are housed with small fishes dancing in the fields. There at

such a beautiful ThiruvaNvaNdoor, Emeprumaan is so gracefully present.

He alone, is the Chief of NitysUris. To such Lord of mine, on my behalf,

pleaso go and ask Him what is the word for me and to save me from this

love disease.

 

7. Oh Beautiful Parrot! When you go to ThiruvaNvaNdoor, please do not

get distracted by those lovely enchanting natural scenes and picturesque

beauty of that place, and proceed to Emperumaan who stays there. There

at ThiruvaNvaNdoor, there are lovely gardens (with lots of flowers) on

the seashore. At such a place, listen to Emperumaan's identification

marks (for locating Him at ThiruvaNvaNdoor). He has got the most

beautiful black, emerald like mountain. Red lips and mouth, Red Lotus

like eyes, Red long hands, Red Lotus Feet -they are housed in Him. He

has the ChakrA and Sanghu in His hands. Please look for such

identifications and tell Him about me on my behalf.

 

8. Oh Beautiful small, cute poovaiyE! At ThiruvaNvaNdoor, there are lots

of different kinds of trees, which have grown so tall. At such a holy

place, the natural beauty, Emperumaan is majestically showing Himself

with the great beauty of His cool Lotus eyes, long hair, four broad

shoulders and is a huge emerald mountain like body. Please see Him and

tell about me. Please come back and tell me His words.

 

9. Oh Swans that swim along with Lotuses! Are you able to hear the

sangha nAtham (the Divine sound of Conch) in the wee hours to announce

the arrival of dawn? Please go to that sthalam and tell Maayavan KaNNan

my state of affairs. Please tell Him (the sufferings of this greatest

sinner) when He is alone and is with Piraatti, else, others also will

listen to you.

 

10. Oh Fragrant VanDugaLE (Bees!) I am calling you all alone now to send

you as my messenger. I am begging you. Please, on my behalf, go to

ThiruvaNvaNdoor Perumaan. That Divya dEsam is there in the northern

banks of Pampai nadhI. There, SrI Raman is majestically present and

showing Himself. That Emperumaan Sri Raman, The Chakravartthi

Thirumagan, has fought with the great warrior rAvaNan and killed him

effortlessly. Please go and tell that valiant Lord of mine, "There is

one girl, who is languishing and keeps thinking of You; with that

thinking alone, she is surviving." (For this pAsuram, nampiLLai gives a

MOST BEAUTIFUL INTERPRETATION: When all monkeys were sent everywhere and

sent as messengers, Lord Sri Rama called Hanumaan alone and gave him His

ring; how? He knows that only AnjanEyA will make it. Similarly, in the

last pAsuram, AzhwAr calls the bees (vaNdugaL) as messengers. Also,

nampiLLai adds that the bees (vaNdugaL) are compared to Dwaya manthram

and will carry our message to the Lord (as a saraNAgathi manthrA). The

bees have six legs; The Dwayam also has six legs; (1. SrIman nArAyaNa

charaNau , 2. SaraNam. 3. PrapadyE.4.SrImathE. 5.nArAyaNAya 6.namah)

 

11. Vaamanan, My Emeprumaan, as a Brahmachaari, with His three-threaded

pooNool, measured the entire world in one step. In praise of such a

Maayavan, Bhagawaan, Sri sadagOpar has sung thousand pAsurams on

ThiruvaNvaNdoor Divya sthalam. Those who read these ten out of his 1000

verses will become EXTREMELY DEARER TO SRI VAISHNAVAAS. In as much as

the beloved ones are so sweet and dear to their love, and happy to be

with them, the same extent (or even more) Sri Vaishnavaas will be dear

to the readers of these ten verses.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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