Thiruvaaymozhi 9.4- I am a Great bhAgyawAn to see Him and sing about Him

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

NammAzhwAr enjoyed the greatness of Sriman Narayanan in the last ten and

now immediately, he gets more excited to see Him. He expresses his

dvarai (urgent desire) to see Him then and there . In this ten, AzhwAr

calls Him and he is happy for being blessed to have seen Him even.

 

1. EmperumaanE! In Your Most Beautiful broad chest, Periya PiraaTTi

MahAlakshmi, (the One who has the lovely dark, large eyes, and sits on

Lotus flower) stays most gracefully being united with You always.

(nithyaanapaayinee- the one who never gets separated). Oh Sriya: PathI!

You have the "scorching" ChakrA and the Divine Conch in Your hands. I

wish to see with my physical eyes this kOlam (form) of Yours with sanghu

and chakram. (A small digression: We, at Simhapuri, are blessed with the

ChakratthAZhwAr sannidhi (at our Srinivasa PerumAL Koil, at Seraangoon

Road) with Lord Nrisimhan at the back of ChakratthAzhwAn, similar to

what we have at Srirangam. Yesterday was the consecration

(samprOkshaNam?). Do you have one such SudharsnAzhwAn- Nrusimha

combination at US?)

 

2. KaNNE! You are the eyes for me to see You even; (means: You should

only bless me to see You- You are the means to see You.) My heart has

been calling You in order to see You right now. It has been exerting

itself to somehow see You. There are floods of thoughts, barging in to

find our ways to see You. Even BrahmA, DevAs, and Rishis can NOT see

You. When even they can Not see You, I, out of my sheer love for You, am

yelling to see You. I simply can NOT live without nearing You.

 

3. As KaNNan, You lifted efforlessly the Govardhana mountain and

protected the cows from heavy rains. I (adiyEn), the lowly self like the

dog ("adinaayEn")- am getting my mind completely liquefied

("kuzhaidhal"?) while I call You with Your sweet names. (Similar to the

dog wagging its tails at the sight of its master, my mind also wags when

I call You). Will Your merciful nature be exhausted and not be there

with You? Like that my mind laments. Or have I gone out of the range of

Your merciful nature even?

 

4. Oh Lord NarasimhA! The One who is not known even by DevAs and asurAs.

After realising that "this AthmA is only Yours and is for only Your

servant; That is the only fittest thing for the AthmA", the only

remaining thing and the fruit is kaimkaryam. Isn't it, Lord? Even then,

my foolish mind is looking for something to be obtained from You. (like

seeing You and enjoying You, here).

 

5. My Lord, My Emperumaan is the One who took Narasimha avtaar. He is

everyone's master! He is bigger than everyone and anyone. He is the

Primordial Chief- the One who created BrahmA; He is having His Yoga

nithrA on the Adhi sEshan. My mind longs and desires for seeing such

greatest Lord's (The Black Beauty with Divya ThirumEni) Lotus Feet.

 

6. BhagawaanE! The Chief of Nitya sUris! You alone are in my thoughts

always. Hence, I wished to retain You in my heart and enjoy You. You

blessed me with that and You have showed me Your face too. You are

unmatched, peerless, unparalleled Lord, who is there at Paramapadham. In

as much as You make NityasUris enjoy You there, You stay in my heart and

have made me enjoy Your presence in my heart, uninterruptedly.

 

7. My blemishless, faultless EmperumaanE! The one who stays in my heart

and lets me enjoy Him constantly at all times! Due to Your great love

for me, You have occupied in my heart's entire space. Oh NarasimhA! The

One who tore the proud hiraNyan's chest into two pieces! My mind

relishes to the fullest extent thinking of You only.

 

8. I have seen KaNNa piraan, the One who is cause for BrhmAdi DevAs; the

One directs them; the One who is antharyaami, in every being; the One

who is the Primordial Chief; the One who is also the stumbling Block for

all "wrong" (vibharIta jnAna) religions. (dEvargatku ellaam karuvaagiya

KaNNanaik kaNdu koNdEnE!)

 

9. I am blessed to have the darshan of my Emperumaan - the Chief of

NityasUris- the Paramapadha nAthan. I am extremely happy and am having a

blissful experience of seeing Him with both my eyes to the greatest

satisfaction. Hence, I am able to get rid of all my karmic entanglements

and all sins accrued by me from time immemorial. There is no hurdle for

me henceforth to enjoy my dearest Emperumaan. Also, I am blessed to sing

in praise of Him, these verses that are so palatable and sweet for His

devotees. Thus, not only did He acknowledge me as His servant and

entered into my heart, He also made me sing my great anubhavams in these

verses. How much of a bhAgyavaan am I!

 

10. My Lord- My Emperumaan- My Dearest Bhagawaan Sriman Narayanan- has

blessed me greatly by saying "he is my servant and devotee". That "tall"

Lord of mine, has got the greatest of auspicious attributes and of

beauty unparalleled. He has GarudA as the flag for His chariot. He

measured the whole universe with His Feet, leaving no stone untouched by

Him. Such Greatest Lord- "I", the lowly self, have been blessed to

attain Him and get saved. What is the reason for this greatest deed onto

me? Just a simple jnAnam (thinking) that I am His servant makes me get

blessed by Him to such an extent? What a bhAgyam! What a bhAgyam! (How

merciful is He!) (This pAsuram is the most favourite of Paraasara

Bhattar's, for its reference to Bhagawaan's dayALa guNA on His devotees)

 

11. KaNNan, the one who killed the huge elephant kuvalayaapeetam- About

Him, Sri SadagOpar of Thirukkurugoor has sung 1000 verses. Those who

read these ten out of 1000 pAsurams will enchant NityasUris and

enrapture the Lion of NityasUris, the Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan.

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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