Thiruvaaymozhi 9.3- Narayanan- avanE avanum avanum avaum

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Emperumaan, (in order to let the AzhwAr enjoy Him and to grant AzhwAr

whatever he wishes), shows His NarayaNathvam to AzhwAr. AzhwAr, in this

ten is greatly elated in his narration about Sriman Narayanan and His

greatest guNAs. Let us IMMERSE OURSELVES in the vast ocean of

Narayanan's guNAs. (you should read these original pAsurams; so poetic

and excellent!- sample is in 2nd pAsuram, that I have reproduced in

transliteration.)

 

1. Emperumaan's name ALONE is capable of saving us with thousand faces

(or thousand names!). It can save all seven worlds. He has thousands of

such Greatest Capable NAMES. How Great is He! He is the One who has

unmatched, unparalleled, Black form of Beauty, Sriman Narayanan. He is

Our Swami, Our Emperumaan. (Similar to Sri Ramanujacharya's "akila

jagath swAmin; asmin swAmin"- He is the Swami for the entire universe;

also is mine- "akila jagan maatharam; asman maatharam" She is the whole

world's mother; also my mother- The very fact that He is the Master-

Swami- Lord of the whole universe takes Him so fa……r away from us, the

lowly self, the smallest of the smallest, incorrigible sinners. Still,

He is so merciful that He is our Swami, too! Our father! Our Lord! Our

Sowlabhya Emperumaan! )

 

2. "avanE agal jnAlam padaitthidanthaan/ avanE adhu uNdumizhndhaan

aLandhaan/ avnE avanum avanum avanaum/ avanE maRRU ellaamum

aRindhanamE/"… (Please read again! Look at AzhwAr's handling the sweet

Tamil words!.. ). Emperumaan- He created the vast, wide Universe. During

praLaya kaalam (Cosmic cycle end), He protected it by bringing it back

(during varaaha avataar.). He ate the entire world and retained it in

His stomach for saving the same during ("another") praLayam. He measured

the whole universe with His Feet. BrahmA, Sivan, Indran are all He, as

antharyaami in them. (avanE avanum avanum avaum- first avan- BrahmA,

second avan- Sivan; third avan- Indran.) He is anything and everything

in the universe, (including the universe itself). Due to His grace and

mercy, I am blessed with this truth. (AzhwAr blesses us with the

Thirumanthram and its Greatest meanings with the above two pAsurams. The

meaning of "Narayanan" is the Origin of everything; the Cause of

everything; the Savour of everything; and the inner essence

(antharyaami) of everything and everyone. "anthar bhahischath sarva

vyApya nArAyaNasthitha:-)

 

3. Vedic saasthrAs proclaim all rare truths. The epics and purANAs bring

out the Vedic truths more firmly and decisively. We still could not get

a clearer picture of Emperumaan- we only get to know that Emperumaan

alone should be capable of being known by us. JnAnis and Rishis pay

obeisance to Him and get Him as the medicine for their disease of

births/deaths, but are not involving themselves in enjoying His Beauty.

But, due to His tremendous grace and dayA, I am blessed to enjoy Him to

the fullest extent and to know Him completely.

 

4. NityasUris, address Bhagawaan "You are the "aushadham"(medicine) for

us and cause for our bliss. By enjoying You, our happiness is multifold.

Such a Great Piraan is the black Beauty KaNNa perumaan. Oh (My Dear)

mind! Please never let Him, (The Lord of Parama padham- The Devaadhi

Devan- our Emperumaan, who grants us even the Paramapadham,) slip out of

you. Never ever let Him whisk away. Hold Him tight.

 

5. Oh My dear mind! I, the greatest sinner, need to ask you not to leave

Him and let Him slip out of you. Our Emperumaan wears the most fragrant

thuLasi garland and is the Greatest, unmatched, peerless One. To reach

Him alone is OUR DUTY- OUR KARMA and I have told you what we need to

attain. Do not leave Him at all.

 

6. It is Periya PiraaTTi MahA Lakshmi's shoulders that He hugs. It is

asurAs with whom He fights (and wins!). It is His churning of Milk Ocean

(ThiruppARkadal) and blessed Devas with amirtham (nectar). My mind is

melting tremendously becoming His servant alone and only for Him.

 

7. Bhagawaan, took the form of Nara simha rUpam, and tore the chest of

hiraNyan with His sharp nails and killed him. My mind has been desirous

of seeing Him at ParamAkAsam, Sri Vaikuntam. (The upper Great Space). My

heart has been longing to see His permanent place Paramapadham.

 

8. Emperumaan destroys all our good and bad deeds, with no trace of

remnant even. Again, He is the One who does NOT let our AthmA enter into

another body and start all over again and let us get out of this vicious

cycle. He shows Himself at ThiruvEnkadam so gracefully in standing

posture and blesses us. When there is ThiruvEnkadam on this earth for

us, only to reach Him, can we leave the chance? Even Devas come here to

pay obeisance to Him. Hence, there is NO DIFFERENCE between Parama

Padham and ThiruvEnkadam (Advantage Murali and Sudharshan!)

 

9. BhagawaanE! I shall bring most beautiful fragrant flowers, pure water

to perform Thiruvaaraadhanam to You. But as per You, even this is NOT

required and is more than enough. (That shows Your mercy! And greatness,

Lord!). EmperumaanE! The One who has AdhisEshan as Your bed! I simply do

not KNOW how to hug Your Lotus Feet and ways to perform my kaimkaryam to

You. I am so lowly.

 

10. BrahmA lives in the Lotus flower that is born from Your navel. Sivan

lives in a part of Your Divine Body itself. DevAs serve You as Your

servants. Your Greatness- Your capacity- Your powers- forever- one can

keep praising them for ages at a stretch. How will "I" be able to do

justice to that?

 

11. About the Greatest Most Merciful, Emperumaan and in praise of Him,

Sri SadagOpar of Thirukkurugoor has sung 1000 pAsurams. Out of those

1000, readers of these ten will SURE TO ATTAIN SRI VAIKUNTAM naturally.

(and automatically).

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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Dear Bhaktas,

 

Thanks to Sri Madhavakannan Swamin for another nectarine

shower of NammAzhwar's Anubhavam. Please read again and again the

summary of verse 8 in this set. The Azhwar has specifically

stated that there is no difference between Parama Padam and

Tiruvenkatan. This constitutes the necessary and sufficient condition to

establish Tiruvenkatan as the foremost DD. Hopefully, there will

be more "floor-crossers" after reading this wonderful verse!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

Muralidhar Rangaswamy

 

 

 

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