Thiruvaaymozhi 6.10- AgalagillEn iRaiyum enRu alarmEl manghai uRaimaarbhA!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Today, Vaikasi Visakham is the Thirunakshathram (Birth day) of our

dearest NammAzhwAr. Let us all pray to His Lotus Feet for blessing us

with ceaseless thought on his works and on His Emperumaan. He is the One

who can correct us (Thirutthi paNi koLvaan).

 

Let us read his 6.10 ten, wherein AzhwAr gives the essence of Dwaya

manthram in his famous "aghalagillEn iRaiyumenRu alarmEl mangai uRai

maarbhA!". It is the tenth pAsuram in this set. The whole set is an

equivalent of Dwaya manthram, especially the tenth one completely. The

entire set of these ten pAsurams is on Srinivasa PerumAL.

(ThiruvEnkadatthaan).

 

1."ulaghamuNda peruvaayaa! ulappil keerthi ammaanE!..."...During Cosmic

cycel end (PraLaya kaalam) You ate the entire universe and protected the

same by retaining it in your stomach; Such a Large mouthed Lord! (in

order to eat the universe); The unbounded Powerful AmmaanE!

(EmperumaanE!), the embodiment of fame! The Complete form of Suddha

satva EmperumaanE! You are with the Most shining illustrious form of

ThirumEni ( Divine Body)! NedumaalE! (Tall Lord! TrivikramA!) My Dearest

life of my AthmA! Oh ThiruvEnkadatthAnE! The Lord Srinivas, who is

standing at Tirumala! I hail from a family that has been performing

kaimkaryam at Your Feet. You should bless me and let me join Your Lotus

Feet.

 

2.EmperumaanE, The Chief of NityasUris! You have the most strongest

Divine ChakrA in Your right Hand. What A strong ChakrA is that! It can

cut the asurA groups into pieces and destroy them, and burn them to

ashes. It shines so brightly with such ferocity and terrific rage. Oh

BhagawaanE The One who has such a GREAT CHAKRA as Your weapon!

ThiruvEnkadatthaanE! Your place Tirumala has Lotus flowers on the ponds

like the beautiful lamps on the pond. You should bless me (adiyEn, who

has faultless love for You, Lord) to join You and reach Your Lotus Feet.

 

3. BhagawaanE! You possess the Beautiful dark Colour that stupefies

those who see and arrest their hearts in its exquisite dark beauty!

("aiyO en chinthai kavarndhadhuvE!"- ThiruppaNaazhwAr) Oh My dearest

Lord! You, not only possess such physical Beautiful Divine Form, but

also the Most Glorious unbounded, limitless Most Auspicious attributes

(kalyANa guNAs) and are the Primordial Lord! Just by a mere thought, You

enter into my heart and taste so sweetly like "akkaara adisil" (nectar).

Oh Chief of Your dearest NityasUris! In spite of being the chief of

NityasUris, You have still gracefully made Yourself available to us at

Tirumala. There at Tirumala, the beautiful waterfalls shower pearls,

Gold and Emerald stones (means: they are so enjoyable). You are My

Chief, ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaan, who is there standing at Tirumala! You

should take pity on me and empathize with me (telling aiyO, aiyO, paavam

SadagOpar) (for my longing to be at Your Feet) and take me to Your Feet.

(In as much as You blessed me the way to reach You, as the only means

for me, You should now bless me to reach Your Feet also. Emperumaan's

Thiruvadi is the means as well as the end. )

 

4. Without taking pity on the world, (and its people), the asurAs attack

the world and kill its people mercilessly. To such cruel asurAs, You

shower on them the rain of fiery arrows and destroy their lives

completely! Oh valorous Lord, the One who has the Divine Bow in Your

Hand (Saarngham)! Oh Master of Periya Piraatti, MahAlakshmI! Devaadhi

DevA! The One desired even by Rishis and DevAs! The One who is at

ThiruvEnkadam! Srinivaasaa! You should gracefully bless me to join Your

Lotus Feet completely and uninterruptedly.

 

5. BhagawaanE! (When Sugreevan tested You) You sent an arrow through the

disorderly grown seven trees and showed Your capacity with Your Divine

Bow. You went in between the two marudha maram (trees) with the mortar

teid to your waist, during Krishnavataar. Like that You appeared as Rama

and krishna and became our savior. You now are standing at ThiruvEnkadam

as Srinivasa PerumAL for our benefit again. You are carrying the Most

strongest Divine Bow in Your hands. When will adiyEn reach Your Most

beautiful Lotus Feet? (Please bless me).

 

6. DevAs come rushing to Tirumala, to obtain His Blessings with a desire

to see His Lotus Feet. They always talk and sing in praise of Him,

Srinivasar, and always worship Him in their thoughts, actions and words.

Oh Srinaivasa, ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaanE! The One who is worshipped like

that even by DevAs at ThirumalA! Your daasaanu daasan, adiyEn, when will

I be able to see Your Lotus Feet and reach Your Feet? (Please bless me

for the same.)

(Sri Mukkur Lakshimi narasimhachariar has written in his "kuRai

onRumillai GovindhA" book about Lord Srinivasar. When someone pays

obeisance to the Lord of Seven Hills, His right hand pointing downward,

appears to be saying two things: 1. "Please do not always immerse

Yourself in seeing my Thirumugham (face). Look at my feet and surrender.

I will save you." 2. O.K You have come here to worship me and pay

obeisance to me. But Did you go there first? "keezhE thaayarai

sEvicchiyaah?" . He shows AlarmEl manghaapuram, where His dearest

Nithyaanapaayinee- AlarmEl mangaithaayaar-akhila jagan maatharam- asmath

maatharam- is majestically sitting.)

 

7. "adiyEn mEvi yamarginRa

amuthE! imaiyOr athipathiyE,

kodiyaa atupuL LudaiyaanE!

kOlak kanivaayp perumaanE,

sediyaar vinaikaL theermarundhE!

thiruvENG kadaththem perumaanE,

nodiyaar pozhudhum unpaadham

kaaNa nOlaa thaaRREnE.

 

Oh Nectar! (amudhamE) For me (the One who has no other thinking except

the enjoyment of Your Beauty), You are the insatiable nectar, who has

come and stayed in me. Oh the Chief of NityasUris! You have GarudA in

Your flag. He is the One, who has the natural capacity to destroy the

enemies. Oh Lord! the One who enslaved me with Your Most beautiful

curvy, Reddish BimbhA fruit like lips! Lord! You are the medicine to

alleviate the sins and sorrows arising out of our past karmAs. Oh

Srinivasa, ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaanE! I have NO WAYS AND HAVE NO PUNYAMS

NOR ANY AUSHTAANAM to reach You. BUT I CAN NOT SIMPLY WITHSTAND AND BEAR

TO BE AWAY EVEN FOR A SECOND FROM SEEING YOUR LOTUS FEET. (When

Paraasara Bhataar was asked by one of his disciples as to which slokA or

pAsuram, Sri Ramanuja used to advise for pilfering the food to

Emperumaan, Bhataar said it is this pAsuram, "adiyEn mEvi amarghinRa

amudhE!"... and Pacchai maa malai pOl mEni..that YathirAjar wanted us

to recite.)

 

8. EmperumaanE! I HAVE NO QUALIFICATIOSN NOR ANY CREDITS TO REACH YOU. I

HAVE NOT PERFORMED ANY PENANCE. - This statement - Am I the Only One who

is telling? The Greatest jnAni and bhakthA, Sivan, the Faultless BrahmA,

Indran- each one of such Greats- individually has approached You and

claimed that they have NOT performed any penance nor do they any other

means to attain Your Lotus Feet. They pay obeisance to You and go to

ThiruvEnkadam to praise You there. (Because You are kaliyugha Varadhan.)

Oh Such Greatest Lord! Like You came as a Sowlabhya KrishNan, You should

come near adiyEn, too and bless me.

 

9. "vandhaay pOlE vaaraadhaay!

vaaraa thaaypOl varuvaanE,

sendhaa maraikkaN senganivaay

naalthO LamuthE! enathuyirE,

sindhaa maNikaL pagarallaip

pagalsey thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

andhO! adiyEn unpaadham

agala killEn iRaiyumE.

 

.....An excellent pAsuram- this one and the next one. PerumaanE! You

entered into my heart and have granted me immense happiness and

anubhavam of having come into my heart. But You have NOT SHOWN YOURSELF

FOR MY PHSYICAL EYES. I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE YOU AND TOUCH YOU WITH MY

HANDS. Hence, You have NOT ACTUALLY COME. i.e. When I realize that You

are not attainable and You have not come for me to touch You, I suffer

terribly and melt; Then, You have suddenly made Yourself present in my

heart and made me realize that You have COME. Oh My Dearest Lord! You

have red Lotus like Beautiful eyes; BimbhA fruit like lips and mouth,

Broad, Large Huge Four shoulders; My Life! My Dear! You are standing so

gracefully at TirumalA, where the Most precious stones (like

ChinthAmaNi) in those mountains shine so brightly that even dark nights

appear and are illumined like broad daylights. Oh

ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaanE! I, (adiyEn), CAN NOT EVEN FOR A FRACTION OF A

SECOND, STAY AWAY FROM THE ABODE OF YOUR LOTUS FEET AT TIRUMALA AND MY

ENJOYMENT OF BEING WITH YOU. (So beautifully written by AzhwAr; I am

sorry I can NOT write in English what AzhwAr wishes to convey.-

especially the next one is more excellent!)

 

10. (This is the Most famous pAsuram: If we can memorize, understand the

meaning and recite daily, WE ARE SURE TO BE SAVED BY AZHWAR AND LORD SRI

NIVASAR.)

 

`agala killEn iRaiyum'en

RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon

Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL

virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun

adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.

 

Telling that She, AlarmEl manghai, will NOT be away from You even for a

fraction of a second and stays in Your Chest always (Nityaanapaayinee),

Oh SrI nivaasaa! The One who is unparalleled and unbounded famous Lord!

The One who has all the three worlds to His possession! My Ruler! The

peerless dEvAs and rishis worship You, pay obeisance to You, and desire

You at TirumalA, always, ThiruvEnkadatthaanE! I,- THE ONE WHO HAS NO

OTHER MEANS AND NO ONE ELSE FOR MY REDEMTION EXCEPT YOU AND ONLY YOU-

YOUR ETERNAL SEVANT AND ONLY YOURS- HEREBY SURRENDER AT YOUR LOTUS FEET.

YOU SHOULD BLESS ME AND TAKE ME TO BE AT YOUR FEET FOR EVER. (AzhwAr in

order to fulfill his desire and wish for being with the Lord's Lotus

Feet, takes Periya Piraati to his side, as Purushaakaaram and surrenders

at Emperumaan's Lotus Feet. In the above nine pAsurams, he talks about

Emperumaan's greatness. Here, he expressed his disqualification,

limitations, helplessness, and having none else to save and protect him.

i.e. Having no qualifications, Having disability to pursue any other

means (like jnAnam, karma, Bhakti yOgam), realizing the eternal nature

of being His servant always- are the qualities to perform Prapatti at

Divya Dampati's Feet. (also taking Periya Piraatti to his side and

recommendation, praising her being closeness with Him). this pAsuram is

the essence of Dwaya manthram. AlarmEl magahi: SrI. aghalagillEn- math

(Sri + math). Nigaril pughazhaay... ThiruvEngadatthaanE... NarayaNa.

unnadikkeezh- charaNau. amarndhu pugundhEnE....saraNam PrapadyE.)

 

11. ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaan shows His Feet to His BhakthAs by pointing His

right Hand down and asks them to surrender at His Feet for their

redemption. About that peerless, unparallelled Supreme Lord, Srinivasar,

and in praise of Him, Sri SadagOpar has sung 1000 pAsurams. Out of those

1000, these ten are on ThiruvEnkadam. Those who read these ten are

DEFINITE TO STAY AT THE ETERNAL EVER PERMANENT PARAMAPADHAM.

 

SrI sadagOpar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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A thousand thanks to Sri Madhavakannan for writing on Thiruvaizmozhi. This

style of writing is very good for giving lectures. I was forced by a self

imposed kainkaryam of celebrating Srivaishnava Festivals in San Diego, as a

part of NAMA San Diego Chapter, to give lectures on Sri Nammalwar. I have

absolutely no idea of Tamil let alone Tamil pasurams. These simple to

read, speech like presentation of Madhavakkannan is great.

 

I would like him to compose these, edit and make a book out it. The other

book by SAthya murthy Ayyangar etc. are great but could be a little harder

to read and understand in these modern days.

 

 

adiyen

 

Krishna Kalale