Thiruvaaimozhi 6.3- Ponnappan, MaNiappan, Mutthappam, thanoppaarilappan

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Before starting this set of pAsurams, as routine kaimkaryam of mine to

BhagavatOttamAs, please be advised that the cassettes on AzhwAr pasurams

on Oppiliappan will be sent very soon to the contributors by Sri Sampath

Rangarajan, as a part of his kaimkaryam for ThiruviNNagarappan. He is

also going to bless us with his inimitable excellent style of meanings

of those pAsurams. I am sure these ten pAsurams will be sure to be

there, for its beautiful reference to ThiruviNNgaran, Oppiliappan. So,

what I write is only a preview of the treasure that is going to come

from this learned mahaan, a devotee of Oppiliappan. In fact, I did not

wish to even write this. But, I am sure the Lord is equally pleased when

a kid wrongly prostrates with its feet in different direction and head

in another direction away from the deity.

 

In the last decad, AzhwAr was angry at the Lord for not turning up so

long and refused to let him be with "her" and asked Him to go away.

Emperumaan showed His Divine exquisite beauty and His suffering too

(being away from ParAngusa nAyaki) and appeased her. AzhwAr is surprised

pleasantly at her transformation and how she was flabbergasted by

Emperumaan's such Great guNA of making things that are opposite to each

other join and merge like this. (i.e. She was angray a minute ago and

now, she has fallen for Him). He shows her and tells "Even the ones that

do not like me get transformed and change. See." and shows her the

vruttha vibhUti gathvam. (i.e The One who has within Himself as His

wealth and belonging -all that is contradictory to each other).

 

All contradictory things become one within Him and in front of Him. That

is vruttha vibhUti gathvam. He is there in everything. That is

Emperumaan's beauty. His greatness. AzhwAr sings His such most

beautiful, wonderful guNA that is housed in ThiruviNNagaraan. (than

Oppaarilappan).

 

Here AzhwAr narrates Emperumaan's sarvAdhipathya SarvEshwarathvam. He

explains His Parathvam.

 

1. nalkuravum selvum narakum suvarkkamumaay,

velpagaiyum natpum vidamum amuthamumaay,

palvagaiyum parandhaperu maanennai yaaLvaanai,

selvammalgu kudiththiru viNNagark kandEnE.

 

Various matters that are contradictory and opposite to each other- in

all of them Emperumaan resides and manifests. The Poverty and the

riches; The hell and The heaven; The enmity and the friendship; The

pioson and the amirtham (nectar); - like that all that is opposite to

each other in nature- in all that Emperumaan is there. In order to

capture me and rule me, for me, He is majestically appearing at

ThiruviNNagar, where (Spritually) wealthy families live. (like Our

dearest Sri SadagOpan, who hails from this place.)

(NampiLLai expalins beautifully: why AzhwAr wishes to sing His vruttha

vibhUti gathvam? because: the prince not only visits his father's palace

and feels proud, but also visits the big, huge, terrifying prisons which

also belong to his father and feels graet about his father.- what an

enjoyment!)

 

2.The sorrows and pleasure that one experiences in this world are all

Emperumman only. The confusion and worry (that comes due to our not

getting something that we wish) and the satisfaction (that we obtain by

accomplishing what we desire) is all He alone. The anger and the cool

(mind) is He. Is that alone? He is the One who gives so much heat while

simultaneously He is the One who cools as a shadow.(like what He was

during NrusimhAvataar as agni to HiranYakasipu and the cool moon to

Prahlaada). Like that Emperumaan who is there in such opposite things is

A RARITY to be understood and seen. He is the One who rules me. that

ruler of mine stays gracefully at ThiruviNNagarm. (Periyavaacchaan

PiLLai interprest the confusion and worry as the anjnAnam (ignorance)

and the satisfcation as the jnAnam (divine knowledge)). (Here AzhwAr

says in this "kaNdu kOdarkaRiya Perumaan" -means the One who is not

possible to be seen, while in the last pAsuram, he says "palvagaiyum

parandha perumaan" means: The One who manifests in everything. i.e: Ther

is nothing in which He does NOT exist. If there is an object or any

matter, He is in that.)

 

3.People who live in cities, those who live in suburbs, - He exists in

all of them uniformly. He alone is the jnAnam; and the ignorance as

well. He is the unbounded, light that spans everywhere. He is the

darkness as well. The earth is His form and so is the sky, His form.

Such Lord, The One who is there in all such opposite kinds, is there

beautifully showing Himself at ThiruviNNagar. There is NO OTHER MEANS

FOR ANY ONE EXCEPT (talikg about) His Brightest Illuminating KalyANa

guNAs. Is He NOT our Protector and Saviour for our redemption?

 

4.The puNNyams and paapams (virtues and sins) are all pointing at Him

only. The fruits of puNNyam (the enjoyment and being together) and of

paapam (the separation) are all His forms, too. He alone is our

permanent thinking on our objects of desire and our (intentionally)

forgetting what we do not like. To be and Not to be is He. THIS

BHAGAWAAN ALONE is not bound by karmAs. He is the Lord, who is so

beautifully standing at ThiruviNNagara Divya kshEthram.

 

5.Dishonesty and Honesty is all His vibhUtis; He is both DARK and WHITE.

(Dark Cloudy hued Colour on the white Milky Ocean). Truths, lies; Youth,

Old age; Ancient, Modern- they all is He. All three worlds as the three

gardens are being taken care of by Him, The ThiruviNNagaraan, who stays

at this Divya sthalam so gracefully. (The Directors, and that which is

being directed by them- like BrahmA, Sivan, Indran, et al are all under

His control.)

 

6.Emperumaan has got all three worlds under control. The Parama Padham,

which is different from these three worlds - for that also, He alone is

the Chief. He is the One who is both anger as well as Happiness. He is

The One who is both SrIdEvi, and mUdEvi. He is the One who is both fame

as well as notoriety. He stands at ThiruviNNagar, where even dEvAs come

to greet Him with utmost respects and pay obeisance to Him. SUCH

GREATEST SHINING LIGHT IS ALSO STAYING IN THIS SINNER'S HEART ALWAYS.

 

7.Emperumaan, has got the Suddha satva, illuminating, Shining, body

(with no binding to Prakritti). He is also the same one who has the

tri-guNa (satva, raja, tamO guNa bounded by Prakritti maNdalam) filled

world as His body. He alone is the antharyaami in all these things as

well as those things themselves (in which He resides). (A simple

definition of VishishtAdvaitA). He shows Himself in those lives living

in the world. He is the One who took avataars as Rama and KrishNA, and

others. He stays in such avataars for ages after ages. (means: HE STILL

EXISTS AS RAAMAA AND KRISHNAA AND OTHER AVATAARS). He is the One who

misleads people by NOT letting them know His nature and guNAs fully. HE

IS THE ONE WHO IS AT THIRUVINNAGAR, who is worshipped by BrahmA, and

other dEvAs. HIS LOTUS FEET ARE THE ONLY MEANS FOR OUR REFUGE. There is

nothing else, but His Feet, that can enable us reach the shores (of

samsaaric ocean). (ThiruvaLLuvar says: PiRavip perungadal neendhuvar

neendhaar iRaivan adi sEraadhaar- means: Those who reach His Feet, will

be able to cross the Ocean of births; Those who don't will NOT.)

 

8.Bhagawaan, gave the protection and refuge for dEvAs, while He became

the yamA for rAkshasAs. He is The One who has His bhaktAs under the

shadow of His Lotus Feet and HE DOES NOT KEEP THOSE WHO ARE NOT HIS

BHAKTAS UNDER HIS LOTUS FEET. He is appearing gracefully at

ThiruviNNagar. The One who supports me gives me asylum, My Perumaan,

KaNNa Perumaan is My Father.

 

9.ennappan enakkaayikuLaay

ennaip peRRavaLaay,

ponnappan maNiyappan

muththappanen appanumaay,

minnappon mathiLsoozhthiru

viNNagarch chErndhavappan,

thannoppaa rillappan

thandhanaNnthana thaaLnNizhalE.

 

(An excellent pAsuram, so sweet, so lovely) Emeprumaan is my appan

(father). He is also my sevilitthaay (baby sitter?) and my Mother as

well. He is My Father , who is my Gold, My Pearl, My "maNi" (the pupil

of my eye). he is The One who is at ThiruviNNagar, surronded by big

Golden ramparts. THERE IS ABSLOUTELY NONE EQUAL TO HIM. (He is oppaaril

appan- oppiliappan). Such Great Lord has granted me the shadow of His

Lotus Feet for my redemption. There is no other means for me except

taking refuge under His Feet.

 

10.The shadow, the scorching heat (from the sun), is all His forms only.

Magnanimity, Cheap (mentality); lengthening and shortening (our lives)

is all He. He alone is the One who is "janghmam" as well as "sthAvaram"

(moving and non-moving). The changes that one gets during their lives-

He is not at all bound by such changes or karmAs. Such Greatest

Bhagawaan is there at ThiruviNNagar. There is NO REDEPTION or SUPPORT

for me, except His Lotus Feet. Please see those Feet.

 

11.`kaaNmiNnga Lulageer!' enRu

kaNmugap pEnNimirndha,

thaaLiNaiyan dhannaik kurugoorch

sadagOpan sonna,

aaNaiyaa yiraththuththiru

viNNagarppath thumvallaar,

kONaiyinRi viNNOrk

konRumaavar kuravargaLE.

 

"Oh Guys! See!" and He raised His Feet to the entire haight and length

of universe during His Trivikramaavataar and asked us to see His Lotus

Feet. They came right in front of eyes for us to see. (We need not even

make any extra effort to see. Those Feet grew right in front. "kaN

mugappE nimirntha". What an enjoyment!. - "Swami Desikan says : O

Ranganaatha PaadhukhE ! During the occasion of Maha Bali's injusticeto

the DevAs , you participated in the incidents of TrivikramAvathAram. You

grew with your Lord's Lotus foot and shot upward into the sky. When

the left foot of the Lord speeded up with explosive velocity ,at that

time , Brahma washed with great reverence

your Lord's sacred foot as well as yourself firmly attached

to that left foot . There was not enough water however

to wash the growing foot . The naadham emanating from the rapid upward

sanchAram of your Lord"s left foot spread all over the universe and

removed the fears of

the DevAs about Maha Bali permanently .

 

About Such Parama kAruNikO bhagawaan, Emperumaan - NaamAzhwAr

Thirukkurugoor SadagOpar has sung 1000 pAsurams. Out of thoese 1000,

readers of these ten, which are sung on ThiruviNNagarappan, than

oppaaril appan, oppiliappan, will be respected even by NityasuRis.

 

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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