Thiruvaaymozhi 8.10- Servant of His servants - The Greatest of Greatest Bliss!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Last ten, AzhwAr burst out with "ananhaarya sEshathvam" (considering

himself as an eternal servant to only Emperumaan Sriya: Pathih Sriman

Narayanan and NONE ELSE). And Now in this ten "nedumaaRkadimai", AzhwAr

pours out his ever-ready servitude to His BhagawathAs and His servants

at all times under all circumstances (which is BhAgawatha sEshathvam).

 

1. I just thought of considering myself as Emperumaan (Thirumaal)'s

servant and the moment I thought of that, immediately, with no

ambiguities, all my good and bad deeds (puNyam and paapams) all vanished

and I have no burdens now. Is this a blessing to ME! Even this lowly,

incorrigible sinner? When I keep thinking of that, is there anything

else that I need to do except being and working as a servant to His

Servants? Hence, I consider only being as His servants' servant alone as

the ONLY Grandest one I need to be of. Even if I am blessed to obtain

all three worlds under my control, still I WOULD ONLY LONG TO BE THE

SERVANT OF HIS SERVANTS MORE THAN ALL THOSE THREE WORLDS. I will never

leave that BhAgyam. And AM I TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU? ( Is it necessary?)

 

2. What a BhAgyam I have- The one who has committed only sins and

nothing but that! I am blessed to be the servant of His Servants. When I

have that- HOW does it matter- if I have the wealth of all three worlds!

Or have the AthmAnubhavam (or Kaivalya anubhavam)! These two I do NOT

need. All enjoyment that I am in need of- is being the servant of

Emperumaan's servants. The pleasure and blissful experience of serving

the BhAgawathAs/servants who serve at the Lotus Feet of Emperumaan- the

Blue hued - black cloud coloured Lord Sriman Narayanan- alone is the

Most worthiest pleasure of this birth. There is NOTHING EQUAL TO THAT.

 

3. Emperumaan appeared as short Vaamanan and took the Big Trivikrama

avataar to fill the entire Universe. It is a great BhAgyam to reach His

Lotus Feet. But Grander than that bhAgyam is that of serving and being

enslaved by His servants. Those servants (who are small human forms; but

are tall in their jnAnams) are here in this world- Should I involve

myself in Emperumaan Vishyam? No. I would only serve these bhakthAs who

are here in this world! Will that be fitting for this mahA Paavi (the

Greatest sinner)?

 

4. It is NOT wrong and criminal to wander in this world without desiring

for Paramapadham. Because, here we have Emperumaan's devotees and

BhAgawathAs (like this Bhakti group) in this very world and it is even

better to be in such world and perform kaimkaryam to them. Emperumaan,

the One who brought out the Earth back and saved- has the Red Coral

lipped BimbhA fruit like mouth. He has the Most beautiful red Lotus

eyes. The devotees- BhAgawathALs - who think of His such form in their

minds always and perform Thiruvaaraadhanam by offering flowers- I would

love to walk on the same track of performing such kaimkaryams. (and

perform these "little" kaimkaryam of posting Divyaprabhandhams to these

BhAgavatOttamALs. )

 

5. It is possible for us to be blessed by Emperumaan to perform

kaimkaraym to Him at His Lotus Feet at Paramapadham and enjoy His

lustrous form. But, composing these offerings in sweet verses (pAsurams

- poems) and performing such kaimkaryams in this birth is much better

and greater . BECAUSE, WE HAVE GOT THESE "useless" lowly human births

and WE ARE able to make use of them for such great acts of singing

pAsurams, after listening to His kalyANA guNAs) (and writing these

translations in English- even though they are of little worth!) -

ENJOYING AND SHARING THOSE ANUBHAVAMS WITH BHAAGAWATHALS IS THE GREATEST

OF GREAT HAPPINESS! There is No purushaartham EQUAL to this absolutely.

(So again! Thanks to Sri Mani for giving us an opportunity for this

Great anubhavam! Of talking about and sharing His kalyANA guNAs !

Thanks, Dear Mani!)

 

6. Emperumaan KaNNan killed the strong kuvalayaapeetam elephant

effortlessly; He is My Master- the One who has the ChakrA in His Hand;

He is the One who rides on GarudA; He is the One - the Greatest One who

killed the Big headed , fiery eyed asurAs; - Like that singing (and

writing) of His kalyANa guNAs and His such Grandest deeds are anyday

better and more enjoyable than even having the blissful Anandham and

anubhavam of Emperumaan Himself having and ruling all three worlds under

His control and under His creation. (NampiLLai says: Even being the

ruler and being a SarvEshwaran of all seven worlds is NOT EQUAL TO even

the enjoyment Tasting Thiruvaaymozhi! Wow! What a statement! Challenging

even Emperumaan!

 

7. Emperumaan, appeared as the Creator Himself as the Primordial Chief

and obtained the peerless, unmatched fame and greatness ( thanoppAril

appan!) and created BrahmA (by being the essence, seed and anthrayaami

in him); He, thus created all worlds thereafter; It is GREATEST to be at

those tender lovely Lotus Feet of Such Grandest Emperumaan and serve

Him; But even bigger than that pleasure is being with HIS SERVANT AND

UNITING WITH THEM. IT IS MUCH MORE PLEASURABLE TO UNITE WITH HIS

SERVANTS/DEVOTEES THAN WITH EMPERUMAAN HIMSELF. I need to get that

pleasure and aanandham alone.

 

8. Emperumaan created the coolest seas; What a Beauty He is! Look at the

way He is reclining on that Sea! Those lovely Feet are like the long,

well spread out flowers! His shoulders are as if the KaRpaka tree by

itself has grown! (so merciful!) His Crown shines like millions of suns!

He reclines like a mountain of Emerald on the Sea! WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE

BLESSED TO UNITE WITH HIS DEVOTEES!

 

9. Emperumaan is the One who saves the devotees and removes their sins

and karmic diseases! He is capable of taking any form to remove our

enemies (and also His!). He is Youthful "kumaran" who has the five

weapons (Pancha Ayudhams) in His Hands. He is Father of the Cupid

(manmathan). All that I pray for is to be the servant of servants of

servants (who served Him!- AzhwAr here uses "thamiyERkku"- past tense!

Those who served Him! Because there is no sathrugnAzhwAn in the present;

It is past!- as per NampiLLai's eedu vyAkhyaanam).

 

10. My Master has the lovely body and Divya mangaLa ThirumEni (like the

"kaayaampoo"?). He has four shoulders and has ChakrAyudham in His hand.

For this Bhagawaan alone at all times, Sri VaishNava devotees are

blessed to serve Him and they have that BhAgyam. WHOMSOEVER ARE THEIR

SERVANTS' SERVANTS' SERVANTS - THEY ARE ALL OUR MASTERS AND CHIEFS. That

BhAgawatha Bhakti is the Best aim and principle for us. (NammAzhwAr

says!). That alone is all that I need to be blessed with.

 

11. All three worlds are filled with the principle of considering

BhAgawatha Seshathvam alone as the beat servitude and Paramaanandham.

The Red Lotus eyed Lord, kaNNan is filled entirely in all these three

worlds! About this KaNNan, Sri SadagOpar of Thirukkurugoor has sung 1000

pAsurams. Out of these 1000, readers of these ten, ALONG WITH THEIR

SPOUSES, CHILDREN, WILL BE CERTAINLY BLESSED TO BE SERVANTS OF HIS

BHAAGAWATHAAS, while continuing in their Grahsthasramam.

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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