Thiruvaaymozhi 7.10- I am a servant to Sriman Narayanan alone!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

NammAzhwAr, now wishes to serve the Lord of ThiruvaaRanviLai Divya

dEsam, in this ten.

 

1. My Perumaan- Bhagawaan- The One who is with Periyapiraatti

MahAlakshmi (who sits on the beautiful Lotus flower)- protects the seven

worlds and makes them blissful. He is here most gracefully and lovingly

at ThiruvaaRanviLai Divya dEsam. When will I be able to go there and

with pay obeisance to Him, with folded hands and heart full of bliss and

eternal happiness?

 

2. Bhagawaan measured the entire vast universe in His tow steps. With no

such semblance of that capacity of measuring, He appeared as a short

brahmin Brahmachari boy and took TrivikramAvataaram. ("kaaNmeergaL

ulagattheerE enRu kaNmughappE nimirndha" says NammAzhwAr in another

pasuram- See- People! And showed His Feet that grew in front of their

eyes!). Such Greatest Lord ThirukkuRaLappan is showing Himself so

gracefully at this Divya kshEthram of ThiruvaaRanviLai, which is full of

beautiful sky scrapping creepers, tall ramparts, etc.. Will I be blessed

to go there? Will I be able to sprinkle the fragrant water in the temple

and perform kaimkaryam and pay obeisance to the Lord? Will it ever

happen?

 

3. My Lord is the One who came as Govindhan, as Madhusoodhanan, as

Narasimhan. Isn't He? Will I be blessed to worship Him everyday? Will I

ever be blessed to have the darshan of His appearance on the GarudA and

pay obeisance to Him? Not just that. Will I be able to go to

ThiruvaaRanviLai and have His darshan? There at this Divyasthalam, all

four vEdas are recited. There, at this sthalam, vedic scholars also

perform five types of yaaghams and learn six a~ngas elaborately. (is it

Prapatti anghas that AzhwAr is talking about?). Even if I am blessed to

get darshan of Emperumaan's appearance on GarudA, I would still love to

enjoy the anubhavam (experience) of joining with Srivaishnavas at this

Divyasthalam (more than seeing just Emperumaan's Garuda sEvai). Will I

get that?

 

4. There are lots of sugarcane plants and paddy fields at this Divya

sthalam of ThiruvaaRanviLai. The whole place is so fertile. The Lord,

who gracefully is present at this Divya dEsam- Is it possible for me to

pay obeisance to Him, without going there at all? (just by mere thought

alone at all times). That Lord is the most Grandest Chief of all three

lOkAs. He is the same one who was born at Vada madurai as Sri KrishNan.

Is it possible from here itself to think of His Lotus feet and prostrate

without going to ThiruvaaRanviLai?

 

5. I shall always think of His Lotus Feet ,keep them in my Heart and pay

obeisance to Them at all times. The Lord, Sriman Narayanan, who lies

down on AdhisEshan- blesses me gracefully and very specially, in front

of so many Vaishnavas (by using me as instrument to sing all these

pAsurams on Himself). (What a krupaakaran is He!) That Most merciful

Lord is staying at ThiruvaaRanviLai. If we sing His Glories, guNAs and

also the beauty and sanctity of this Divya dEsam, devotedly , all our

sins will run away from us and vanish completely.

 

6. Bhagawaan KaNNan fought with sisupaalan, and married RukmiNi

piraatti. Such a valorous Lord- I shall always keep Him in my heart. He

also, to bless me and out of His Grace, is staying in me, just for

showering His grace on me. Such Most Merciful dearest Emperumaan, is

there at ThiruvaaRanviLai. Oh BhAgawathAs (Servants of the Lord!) Please

go there and pay obeisance to Him. If you do that, all your sins

(whatsoever) will get automatically destroyed.

 

7. This ThiruvaaRanviLai Divya dEsam is so beautiful and so naturally

laid out with gardens, full of flowers. Emperumaan, who is there at this

sthalam, is the One who appeared as Sri KrishNan and won over

bhANAsuran, and also sivan, who came in support of him. Sri KrishNan cut

the 1000 shoulders of this asuran. Such Most Valorous KaNNan- But for

His Lotus Feet- there is nothing else that we can take refuge. Hence,

the best means (upaayam) is to surrender to His Lotus Feet.

 

8. In the big pond, when the elephant GajEdndrA was caught by the

crocodile, it called Him "AdhimoolamE - The Primordial Chief! There is

nothing that can save me except Your Lotus Feet!". He immediately

appeared on GarudA and removed its suffering, killed the crocodile and

saved the elephant. Such an upakaarakan (Helpful Lord!) Piraan - KaNNan-

is there at ThiruvaaRanviLai. If we go there and pay obeisance to such a

Lord, our sins will NOT stay with us anymore. Hence, will I reach that

sthalam?

 

9. (In this pasuram, AzhwAr says: ThiruvaaRanviLai is better than Sri

Vaikuntam.) Even if I am able to reach the Pramapadham, not to let my

sins dare touch the AthmA- still I would rather love to be at

ThiruvaaRanviLai, than to be at Sri Vaikuntam. There at this sthlam,

everyone, by their manas, vaak, and kaayam (thoughts, words and actions)

mention only His Thirunaamam and pay obeisance to Him. Hence, will I

ever get His blessing of reaching that place and prostrate at His Feet

and pay obeisance to Him with folded hands? Like that my heart is

lamenting!

 

10. Emperumaan- Devapiraan- is worshipped by Srivaishnavas, (the

servants of Narayanan), with their thoughts, deeds and words completely.

Such Suddha satva Emperumaan- the Purest Beautiful Form- is there

gracefully at ThiruvaaRanviLai Thiruppathi to enchant our minds and make

us blissful. After knowing and realising completely that He alone shall

be the Master to whom we are eternal servants, my mind can NOT catch

hold of anything or anyone else. In fact He knows my mind; That

Mysterious mischievous Maayavan also knows what all He is going to do

(on us!).

 

11. After knowing completely the servitude and finally determined to be

the eternal servant to Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan alone , Sri SadagOpar

has sung wholeheartedly 1000 pAsurams on Emperumaan without whom, there

is NO OTHER MEANS for us. Out of those 1000, the learners of these ten

will be addressed by Devas as Purest Srivaishnavas and Devas would tell

that to their wives too.

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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Sri.Madhavakkannan writes:

> 3. My Lord is the One who came as Govindhan, as Madhusoodhanan, as

> Narasimhan. Isn't He? Will I be blessed to worship Him everyday? Will I

> ever be blessed to have the darshan of His appearance on the GarudA and

> pay obeisance to Him? Not just that. Will I be able to go to

> ThiruvaaRanviLai and have His darshan? There at this Divyasthalam, all

> four vEdas are recited. There, at this sthalam, vedic scholars also

> perform five types of yaaghams and learn six a~ngas elaborately. (is it

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> Prapatti anghas that AzhwAr is talking about?). Even if I am blessed to

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> get darshan of Emperumaan's appearance on GarudA, I would still love to

> enjoy the anubhavam (experience) of joining with Srivaishnavas at this

> Divyasthalam (more than seeing just Emperumaan's Garuda sEvai). Will I

> get that?

 

 

The aa.lvaar might be implying that the ultimate objective of the

vedas is to teach total surrender (zaraNaagati) to Zriiman-naaraayaNa only.

 

[bTW, the six vedaangas are:

Ziksha - phonetic science

VyaakaraNa - grammar

Nirukti - context (conclusive meaning)

Cchandas - meter

Jyotisha - time science (astronomy & astrology)

Kalpa - rituals

]

 

..Ram.