NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi : Decad 10: First Ten: Part 1

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>NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi : Decad 10: First Ten

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>Dear BhakthAs :

>

>My notes to compliment the postings of

>Sri MadhavakkaNNan(MK) are just that . My notes

>are not to be construed as upstaging the timely

>and patient kaimkaryam of Our Dear Sri MK .

>I will start with that prefatory remark .

>

>The discipline that Sri MK has had to keep his

>summaries brief is quite some restraint , since

>the subtelities of the meanings of these

>passurams are profound and can easily take

>one many pages to explain just one paasuram based on

>the commentaries of our great poorvAchAryAs .

>He has controlled that impulse and has gone

>just as a straight arrow goes to its target .

>He has highlighted the meanings of the Pasurams

>in his uniquely personal way .

>

>I have however the luxury of lingering

>and adding a few more thoughts mainly

>to share with you the insights of great AchAryAs

>like Swami Desikan , MaNavALa Maamuni as he learnt

>it form his AchAryA , Thiruvaimozhi PiLLai ,

>the EEdu grantham , Various Padis , DramiDOpanishad

>Taathparya RathnAvaLi and Thiruvaimozhi prabhandha

>surukku of Swami Desikan . Many lives are not sufficient

>to study these divine insights of our PurvAchAryAs .

>My satisfaction would be to share with you what

>little joy I have in going over some of these insights .

>I invite other students of Thiruvaimozhi to join in

>and keep the discussions going .

>

>In the 9.10 decad that preceded the 10.1 on

>ThirumOhUr KaalamEga PerumAL , Azhwar had the

>union with ThirukkaNNapurathu EmperumAn , the

>Ashtakshara KshEthra Naathan . That blissful

>anubhavam made the Azhwar shout with joy :

>

>Illai allal yenkkEliniyen KuRai ?

>

>( Oh people of the World ! What want do I have left ?

>Nothing . Why ? it is because I have duly performed

>prapatthi to my Lord and therefore I have no residual

>worry . No residual worry whatsoever !

>Let me assure you all based on my own

>true experience that the mere utterance of

>the name of this AshtAkshara KshEthram , ThirukkaNNapuram ,

>will protect you from all griefs .You do not need even to

>fulfill the pre-requisites of Bhakthi or Prapatthi ! Just

>say ThirukkaNNapuram with feeling ! At this divya desam ,

>Maha Lakshmi is resident in the Lord's chest .

>She will hear you and Her dayai will intercede

>for you successfully . )

>

>With this mind set , Azhwar arrived at ThirumOhUr

>AatthAn's sannidhi . He is now free of any worries about

>ascending to Sri Vaikuntam and having union ( Baahya

>SamslEsham there with his Lord )with his Lord . He immediately

>recognizes AatthAn as his VazhitthuNai or Maarga Bhandhu

>and sadhgathi in this journey that is about to commence .

>

>In his thiruvaimozhi NoorandhAthi , ManavALa Maamuni

>points out this mahaa visvaasam of AzhwAr this way

>while summarizing the meaning of the ThirumOhUr

>paasurams :

>

>taaLadainthOr tan.katkku taanE vazhit thuNaiyAM

>KaaLamEgatthai gathiyAkki --meeLuthalAm

>yetham ilaa ViNNUlail yEha yeNNUm MaaRanena

>kEthamuLLathu yellAm kedum --TVM NoorandhAthi: 91

>

>(Meaning ) : For those , who get firm hold of

>the ThirumOkUr Lord 's sacred feet , KaaLamEghap PerumAL

>of that divya desam becomes the maarga Bhandhu or

>the protector of us during the journey .When Azhwar

>uttered the name of KaaLameghan , the Lord became his

>vazhit thuNai for the azhwAr's journey(ascent ) to

>Sri Vaikuntam . When we think of this redeeeming

>thought of AzhwAr and his blessing in realizing

>the Lord of ThirumOhur as his aapath sahAyan ,

>all of our sorrows will disappear completely .

( To Be concluded in the next posting: part 2 )

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