Thiruvaaymozhi 10.10- ippaththaRindhaar piRandhaar uyarndhE.

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

IT IS MY PARAMA BHAGYAM TO MAKE IT TO THE END OF THIS SERIES, WHICH I

NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD. THANKS TO EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR CONSTANT

ENCOURAGEMENT. I am more excited, as the GRAND finale is on the day of

Sri ManavaaLa MaamunigaL Thirunakshathram, the One who had the rare

distinction of being a teacher to the Lord Himself. Sri Manavala

Mamunigal (1370- 1443 A.D.) wrote commentaries and propagated the

teachings of the Azhwars, Acharyas and Ramanuja and had highest regard

for Swami Desikan. At the instance of Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam, the

temple festivals were stopped for one year to enable the Lord Himself to

listen to the brilliant expositions on the Thiruvaaymozhi by Sri

Mamunigal based on the commentaries of luminaries. Incidentally he had

his Sri Bhashyam kaalakshepam from Swami Desikan’s disciple Sri

Brahmatantraswami. ( It is unfortunate that the polarisation has taken

place afterwards. With due respects to each samparadyam, let us continue

to follow our respective AchAryA’s upadEsams, as we have been doing so

nicely across the net in this group. We are sure our dearest greatly

revered Sri Ramanujacharya would NOT like to see us split. ).

“Raamaanujaarya Divyaagnyaa vardhathaam abhi vardhathaam.”

 

In one of the works of Sri Manavala Mamunigal's ``Arti Prabhandam'', a

verse points out that we are the fortunate recipients of Lord

Ranganatha's grace, privileged to dwell in the holy place, Srirangam,

have obtained the sweet words (hymns) of NammAzhwar and granted the boon

to read the teachings of Madhurakavi Azhwar; gained knowledge bequeathed

by our Acharyas and have time to meditate upon them. The last line shows

the greatness of the saint, ``Blessed are we without harbouring any

jealousy towards other people's affluence.''

 

(I am sorry; I became emotional and have digressed!).

 

This entire series is my humble submittal with all humility at the feet

of our KulaPathy NammAzhwAr and AchAryAs and I hereby seek their pardon

for all my wrong/misinterpretations (committed unintentionally) of this

Bhagawadh Vishayam. It is my parama bhAgyam to be an instrument to

perform this kaimkaryam, an attempt which adiyEn undertook without

knowing at all, the depths and challenges, it calls for. I was foolish

and rash enough to rush where even “angels fear to tread”. It was with

the anugraham of my AzhAryAs, grace of Divya Dampatis (who all must have

been shocked to see my rash, brazen behaviour of entering into

attempting this, when stalwarts and exalted souls only did attempt at

Thiruvaaymozhi. They immediately were so merciful and rushed to bless my

posts so that the negative effects were all removed then and there). It

was all just a blabbering of what I enjoyed reading them. It was not my

attempt to make the meanings appear simple and easy to understand; it

only speaks of my limitation of adiyEn’s understanding. All mistakes,

errors, slips and blunders are all mine. If at all were there anything

palatable, that was due to AzhwAr’s pAsurams, AchAryAs’ grace and your

devout. Thanks to each one of you for your encouragement. Many of you

had sent your pats on my back either privately or publicly. Thanks a

lot, Dearest Sisters and Brothers.

 

AzhwAr in his last ten described how he was welcomed at Srivaikuntam and

how he joined NityasUris there; But he realised that it was only his

feeling and anubhavam and it DID NOT actually take place. He finds

himself again stuck in this materialistic life only. Even after knowing

AzhwAr’s helplessness situation, his ananyagathithvam (having no one

else to save him but Sriman Narayanan) and even after his entering into

the abode of His Feet and having realised his eternal servitude, still

why does He leave me like this letting me suffer here. With his dvarai,

increasing and his aarrthi growing, he cried with tears rolling down his

cheeks incessantly and surrendered to the Lord with Parama bhakthi.

Emeprumaan also melted at AzhwAr’s Bhakthi and appeared in front of

AzhwAr, cut asunder his prakritti sambhandham and took him to join him

with His adiyaars. AzhwAr, gratefully sings that in his last pasuram of

this ten.

 

NampiLLai at the end of his introduction of this ten, says :”

SarvEshawaran is the Master of this Prabhandham. This Prabhandham is

avaavil andhaadhi (avaa is “desire” (aasai). Hereafter only this

AzhwAr’s avathaaram alone is the puNyam and strength of SrivaishNavas.

This prabhandham is composed on SarvEshwaran; This is composed by AzhwAr

with greatest Bhakthi for Emperumaan. AzhwAr is also an avataar like

Emperumaan.”

 

LET US ENJOY THE LAST LOVELY TEN WHICH IS THE PINNACLE OF ALL HIS WORKS.

We will also read the pAsurams and then their respective meanings for

more intense enjoyment of AzhwAr’s GRAND FINALE.

 

1. muniyE! naanmuka NnE!mukkaN Nappaa* en pollaak

kanivaayth thaamaraikkaN karu maaNikkamE! en kaLvaa/

thaniyEn aaruyirE! enthalai misaiyaay vandhittu/

ini naan pOkalottEn onRum maayam cheyyEl ennaiyE.

 

Oh ParamAthmA! (The One who creates the universe just by a mere

thought!) Oh antharyaami of BrahmA and Sivan! Oh Blemishless, Big Dark

emerald, who has the bimbhA fruit like lips and fresh lotus eyes! Oh My

dearest Robber (of my heart)! Oh Lord who is in me exclusively for me

(as my dear Life)! After having come to me and blessed me with the

“sparsam” (touch) of Your Lotus Feet on my head, I can not agree to let

You leave me like this and go away. You should not deceive me at all

anymore, who longs to join You right now and immediately. I will NEVER

EVER accept Your going away from me.

 

2. maayamcheyyEl ennai un thiru maarvaththu maalai nangai/

vaachamchey poonguzhalaaL thiru aaNai nin aaNai kandaay/

nEsam seythu unnOdu ennai uyir vERinRi onRaakavE/

koosam seyyaadhu koNdaay ennaik koovikkoLLaay vandhu andhO!

BhagawaanE! You should never deceive me. Periya PiraaTTi, who has

beautiful dark, hair, is there in Your chest most gracefully adorning as

the beautiful garland on You and adds fragrance to You. To Her and To

You- I am telling: You affectionately accepted this body of mine

(without disliking or hating it) and also considered my AthmA as Yours

(without thinking that it is different from You) and acknowledged me as

that belonging to You. After all that, hereafter, You should NOT ignore

me like this. Please take me to the abode of Your Lotus Feet and bless

me, Lord!

 

3. koovikkoLLaay vandhandhO! en pollaak karu maaNikkamE/

aavikkOr paRRukkompu ninnalaal aRikinRilEn yaan/

mEviththozhum piraman sivan indhiran aadhikkellaam

naavik kamala muthaRkizangE! umpar andhathuvE.

 

Oh My Dearest Faultless Black Emerald! For BrahmA- Sivan- Indran- and

others who all pay obeisance to You most sincerely and willingly- The

Lotus from Your Navel is the Primary cause and moola kaaraNam. The Lord

who has such Greatest Naabhi Kamalam! Oh Param poruLE! The One who is

worshipped and sought after even by NithyasUris (who are above these

BrahmA, Sivan and Indran)! There is no support for this creeper (this

jIvan) except You. Hence, You should come by YOURSELF (and stand near

this creeper as support ) and bless me with Your grace to take me.

 

4. umpar andhaNpaazhEyO! athanuLmisai neeyEyO!

amparam naRjOthi! adhanuL piraman aran nee/

umbarum yaadhavarum padaiththa munivan avan_nee

embaram saathikkaluRRu ennaip pOravittittaayE.

 

You ARE the Master of even the Moola Prakritti, which is beyond

everything. You are the Lord of all AthmAs (as the antharyaami) which

live in this Moola prakritti and You are the One directing these AthmAs

even. You are the Chief of even BrahmA, Sivan and Indran. You are the

One who is the Vast space and the Bright Fire. You are the ParamAthmA

who creates the dEvAs, human beings, and all chEthanAs based on their

karmas. Even after taking full charge of me to undertake me, my burden

(since You have enabled me to perform bharaNyAsam/Prapatti at Your

Feet), You have NOT taken me and have dropped me here itself, Oh Lord!

 

5. pOravittittu ennai nee puRam pOkkaluRRaal* pinnai yaan/

aaraik koNdu eththai andhO! enadhu enbathen? yaan enbadhu en?/

theera irumbuNda neeradhu pOla enaaruyirai/

aarapparuka,enakku aaraavamuthan aanaayE./

 

You have quenched the enormous thirst of my AthmA (like the red hot iron

sucks in the water poured on it) and have drunk me completely. Thus, You

have become my INSATIABLE NECTAR (aaraa amudhan- I never get satisfied

enjoying You!). When such is the case, How can You ignore me like this

and throw me out here now? Sarva sakthan – Sarva yagnan- Sarva

vallabhan- IF “YOU”- the Great “You”- abandon me like this, “asakthan”-

helpless lowly janthu- with none to help me out- what will adiyEn do?

Which way shall adiyEn undertake? And How will adiyEn ever reach ? and

which one should adiyEn reach? (There is nothing worth reaching for if

You are not there since “You” have abandoned me). aiyO! Is there

anything that belongs to me at all? No! What is mine and Who is “I”?

Even “I” does NOT exist. It belongs to You only. adiyEn is NEVER

independent. adiyEn was – is and will be Your property only. Hence, The

One who always protects Your articles, should protect this property also

(i.e adiyEn). You should not leave adiyEn.

 

6. enakku aaraavamudhaay enadhaaviyai innuyirai/

manakku aaraamaimanni uNdittaay ini uNdozhiyaay/

punakkaayaa niRaththa pundareekakkaN senganivaay/

unakkERkum kOla malarppaavaikku anbaa!!en anbEyO!/

 

Oh Lord! The One who has such a lovely colour, as that of “Kaayaampoo”!

Oh Lord! The One who has fresh just bloomed Red Lotus flower like eyes

and Red bimbhA fruit like lips! OH Lord The One who has EUQALLY

BEAUTIFUL AND GREATEST PERIYA PIRAATTI AS YOUR BELOVED! Oh Lord, who is

the Love and affection personified (towards me especially)! My Love! You

enjoyed this “dirty” body of mine and my sweet AthmA, to the fullest

extent of your heart’s satisfaction. Now You should enjoy the remains

too. (Please take me!)

7. kOla malarp paavaiku anbaakiya en anbEyO!/

neela varai yiraNdu piRai kavvi nimirndhadhu oppa/

kOla varaakam onRaay nilam kOttidaik konda endhaay!/

neelakkadal kadaindhaay! unnaip peRRu inippOkkuvanO?/

 

Since You are the Greatest enjoyment happiness for the Most Divinely

Beautiful Periya PiraaTTi MahA Lakshmi, (the One who sits close and next

to You,) You are the enjoyment and happiness of mine too (as I am Periya

PiraaTTi’s possession. I am amma chellam!) Similar to a Huge Blue

mountain, raising with two crescent moons on its top, You came out of

the Oceans with the Earth on Your tusks, during Your Varaaha avataar!

(AzhwAr is damn smart! He gently reminds the Varaaha charama slOkam by

narrating His Varaaha avataar and hints that it is His responsibility to

take care of him now since AzhwAr had already performed his prapatthi.)

Oh Lord who churned the Blue Ocean! After getting You as my refuge, Will

I ever leave You? NEVER. (“unnaip peRRu inippOkkuvanO?” NampiLLai’s

commentary is: In as much You struggled for getting BhUmi PiraaTTi and

Periya PiraaTTi, You struggled for getting to me too, and now after

getting me, if You decide to leave me, will I let You go away?)

 

8. peRRinip pOkkuvanO unnai en thanip pEruyirai/

uRRa iruvinaiyaay uyiraayp payanaay avaiyaay/

muRRa immoovulakum perun^ thooRaay thooRRil pukku/

muRRak karandhoLiththaay! en muthalthani viththEyO!

 

You are the “nirvaahakan” (the Director?) for the puNya paapa karma

vinais, that engulf the AthmA. You are the “nirvaahakan” for the AthmA

itself, which is bounded by karmAs. You are the One who grants happiness

and sorrows. You created the Big vast these three dirty samsaaric worlds

and You entered and hid Yourself into them without being seen or

comprehended by anyone. You are the Seed and Primary essence to me.

After getting hold of such Greatest “You”, can I let You slip out?

 

9. muthalthani viththEyO! muzhumoovulagu aadhikkellaam/

mudhal thani unnai unnai enai_naaL vandhu kooduvan_naan/

mudhal thani angum ingum muzhumuRRuRu vaazh paazhaay/

mudhal thani soozhndhakanRu aazhndhu uyarndha mudivileeyO!

 

Oh Primordial Chief and the Cause of all three “kaaraNams* in all three

worlds! You have manifested in every particle and everywhere; You, the

unparalleled, unbounded, limitless, Lord- Chief, are the Director and

Chief of Moola Prakaritti, (that helps all AthmAs, within and beyond the

Universe, enable get blessed with various bhOghams and mOkshams) . You

are the antharyaami (AthmA ) of all AthmAs. This Athma tatvam spreads

out in all eight directions, surrounds everywhere, goes deep down , and

raises to the highest extent, and thus is completely incomprehensible.

When will I join this Greatest Chief- unparalleled Lord who is there at

Paramapadham? (1. * three kaaraNams” (Causes): mudhal- Nimitta (Reason)

KaaraNam, thani – thuNai (support) kaaraNam; and vitthu- mudhal (Prime)

kaaraNam.) (2. “unnai unnai enai naaL vandhu kooduvEn naan?” – two times

“unnai” (you) appears; why? Reason is: When will I be able to reach You?

AzhwAr emphasises that he has to reach the “You” who is there at Parama

padham so specially as actual “You”. So -You You- means You who is an

“asaadhaaraNa” You (unnai unnai)) ( 3. Third line refers to Emperumaan

being Nirvaahakan for all achEthanAs and Emperumaan is the AthmA of

Moola Prakritti.) (4. Fourth line refers to Emperumaan being Nirvaahakan

and the antharyaami of all chEthnAs )

 

10 choozhndhakanRu aazhndhu uyarndha mudivil perumpaazEyO!

choozhndha thanil periya para nan malar jOtheeyO!

choozhndhathanil periya sudar jnAna inbamEyO!

choozhndha thanil periya en avaa aRach choozhn^ dhaayE!

 

You are the Chief and executioner of the vast, permanent Moola

Prakritti, (which expands in all ten directions). You are the AthmA of

Athma thatvam, (which itself is the brightest, faultlessly and

blemishlessly bloomed, and which is higher than and beyond even the

Moola Prakritti and with its Dharma bhUtha jnAnam, manifests even in

Moola Prakritti). You are so Great of being AthmA of such Greatest

AthmAs! The above mentioned Moola Prakritti, the AthmAs- are nothing

when compared to Your Greatest and Grandest KalyANa GuNAs, and Your

Blissful Form of jnAnam and Beauty personified. Bigger than these Moola

prakriiti tatvam, Bigger than this Athma tatvam, and Bigger than the

personification of Your jnAnam and GuNAs, is Guess what? MY DESIRE FOR

YOU; MY LONGING TO ENJOY YOU. MY THIRST FOR DRINKING YOUR BEAUTY AND

GUNAAS. AND BY JOINING ME COMPLETELY AND PERMANENTLY, YOU HAVE QUENCHED

MY INSATIABLE THIRST; SATIESFIED MY DESIRE; FULFILLED MY YEARNING FOR

YOU. WHAT A MERCIFUL LORD ARE YOU! WHAT A KAARUNYAN ARE YOU! Every thing

is over and You have satisfied my desire TOTALLY! (NammAzhwAr declares

that his desire has BEEN FULFILLED! He has MADE IT!)

 

11. avaavaRach choozh ariyai ayanai aranai alaRRi

avaa aRRu veedu peRRa kurugoorch sadagOpan sonna/

avaavil andhaadhikaLaal ivai aayiramum* mudindha

avaavil andhaadhi ippaththaRindhaar piRandhaar uyarndhE.

 

Whomsoever desires and longs to see and enjoy Him, since He willingly,

on His own comes and joins them to the fullest satisfaction of

BhAgawathAs, and removes their diseases and pains, He has got the name

“Hari”. This Hari is the antharyaami of BrahmA and Sivan also. Sri

SadagOpar of Thirukkurugoor, called the Lord lovingly for joining such

Greatest Emperumaan and was able to attain the abode of Parama padham by

fulfilling his desire. His Bhakti flooded, Bhakti laden ten pAsurams of

his andhaadhi style (avavil andhaadhi) 1000 pAsurams, are born of Parama

bhakti for Emperumaan. READERS OF THESE TEN, THOUGH BORN IN THESE

SAMSARRIC WORLD, ARE ON COMPLETE PAR WITH NITHYASOORIS. (In this

pAsuram, third line “avaa” refers to Para Bhakti; fourth line “avaa”

refers to Parama bhakti. NammAzhwAr, it appears has named his

Thiruvaaymozhi pAsurams “avaavil andhaadhi”. The last word becomes th

first word for the next pAsuram is andhaadhi style. You can see that

"1.1 starts off with "uyarvu.." which is the

last word for 10.10.11.)

 

1.1. uyarvu aRa uyar nalam udaiyavan yavanavan/ ….mananE. " Oh my mind!

you attain salvation by prostrating at the bright shining Lotus Feet of

the One,- the unparalleled one, who has got everything that is GREAT in

Him- who has blessed me with jnAnam and Bhakthi which destroys my

"ajnAnam" (ignorance and wrong knowldege) completely- who is the Chief

of immortal dEvAs."

 

(As a sequel, Tomorrow, I am planning to post on “NammAzhwAr Vaibhavam

and mOksham”).

 

AzhwAr, Emperumaanaar AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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Dear Kannan:

 

I feel that you have no need to resort to Naichya Anusanthaanam. You have

done a wonderful job. We are all beholden to you for this masterpiece.

 

I personally enjoyed your series for one thing: Your narration have been

strictly in conformity with our Siddhantam and none would be happier to know

this than our revered Acharya, Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami .

 

I do, however, agree that it was solely due to the grace of our Acharya that

you were able to present such a vivid portrayal of the Tiru Ullam of the great

Nam Azhwar.

 

Please keep up the Kainkaryam for our benefit. We look forward to many more

posts on the Divya Prabhandams.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy