Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi-2 -"Even Sivan had preached what I say".

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

In continuation to the first ten pAsurams of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr’s

Naanmugan’s Thiruvandhaadhi, let me place yet another ten marvellous

pAsurams humbly at the feet of this Great mystical AzhwAr.

 

11. “vaazhtthuga vaay kaaNga kaN kEtka sevi* magudam/

thaazhtthi vaNangumingaL thaNmalaraal*- soozhttha/

thuzhaay mannu neeNmudiyan thollaimaal thannai*/

vazhaa vaNkai kooppi madhitthu.

 

To meditate on SarvEshwaran- who has the most beautiful brightest Crown

with Thirutthuzhaay maalai (garland of thuLasi leaves) on His Head-

ceaselessly, with no gap absolutely, and to pay obeisance to Him at all

times- all that you need to do is: With your “vaN” blessed ( because

they are blessed to pay obeisance to SarvEshwaran) folded hands (and

palms glued to each other), pray to Him with humility and prostrate to

Emperumaan offering cool fragrant flowers. Let your mouth praise Him;

Let your eyes enjoy His Beautiful ThirumEni (Divya mangaLa vigraham);

Let your ears listen to His Divya charithrams. (avtaara leelAs).

 

12. EmeprumaanE! You have made those (the four types of jIvans..

namely., dEvAs, humans, animals and plants) who did not know Your

supremacy by studying and realising from saasthrAs about You, suffer

from various kinds of different births). It is You who removed the

sorrows of the Moon; It is You who saved GajEndrA and granted mOksham to

him and cleared the sin of the crocodile as well. (AzhwAr praises

Emperumaan’s immediate rakshathvam of those who hold to Him; and leaves

“others” in births after births.)

 

13. (In this pAsuram, AzhwAr advises that one need not suffer with great

long thapas (penance) torturing themselves physically. Instead, he says

“Hold Him (Sriman Narayanan) as the Only way for mOksham and reach Him

as the Goal”.) Without actually getting to know what is the route for

mOksham, you all are torturing your body with great penance for long and

long years, and then eat moderately to live. (All that is not

warranted). It is only our dearest Lord- the Greatest Grandest Lord-

Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan is the Only One as declared POSITIVELY AND

ASSERTIVELY BY SAASTHRAS AND VEDAS as One who is the actual “upaayam”

(the way-to grant us mOksham) and the Goal as well (“upEyam”) and - as

the One who is the Personification of NityasUris’ sweetest ceaseless

enjoyment.

 

14. Sriman Narayanan is the Only One who has enslaved me as His servant.

He is the One who gracefully, saves His devotees and does NOT let His

bhAgawathAs suffer in Narakam (samsaaric lives and furthermore births).

Those followers of “other” doctrines (with wrong concepts on Parathvam

and religion) without such BhAgyam ( of being blessed) to utter His

Divya naamams (Divine Name as Narayanan) are loitering like walking

corpses aimlessly. And listening to the blabbering of these people,

there are many who are allured and misled to go down the drain. (Dearest

sisters and Brothers, Let us right now, utter “NamO NarayanA!”)

 

15. DEvAs have paid their obeisance to Emperumaan when He rose to His

huge form to measure the universe during TrivikramAvataar, by offering

flowers at His Feet. If you offer flowers at His Feet, you will also be

blessed to see what MaarkaNdEya Maharishi saw of Sivan’s state. (When

Sivan was asked to grant mOksham to MaarkaNdEyar, Sivan showed his hand

to Sriman Narayanan and said that he is not capable of granting

mOksham.)

 

16. During KurukshEthra battle, the Chief of NithyasUris- Emperumaan

stood as the enemy, and made many kings and warriors die (without even

lifting any arm); it is He who staged the sunset at an odd time (by

hiding the Sun with His ChakrAyudham) and let darkness engulf everywhere

to make it appear as if dusk has set in; Due to this Greatest

Emperumaan’s grace, my (flickering) mind stays firm on Him. It always

holds Him. (AzhwAr implies that Emperumaan goes through all such

mischief and deceits to help and save His bhakthAs).

 

17. (Dearest Sisters and Brothers, Read this pAsuram. AzhwAr says : “It

is not just I who says this. It is also told by Sivan, the Parama jnAnI

to his disciples.) The Greatest thapasvI and jnAnI Sivan, gave his

upadEsam to four Rishis sitting in the shadow of a Banyan tree. He

declared to his disciples (these rishis) that it is Emperumaan Sriman

Narayanan- The One who reclined on the Banyan leaf- the One who measured

the entire Universe with His Feet- the One who has His YoganidrA on the

Milk Ocean (ThiruppARkadal), who is the way (and the goal) for him

(Sivan) and Emperumaan is the One to whom he pays obeisance to.

 

18. (AzhwAr asserts that it is even better to hold to BhAgawathAs than

Emperumaan). Who can be able to praise the Most strongest Huge Lion, Sri

Narasimhan, who appeared to tear the chest of hiraNyan with His sharp

nails? And Those who can praise Him and greet such Great Emperumaan- are

even outshadowed by BhAgawthAs who gain enormous puNyams by surrendering

to these exalted souls. (who greet the Lord). IT IS BETTER TO TAKE

REFUGE IN THESE BHAAGAWATHAAS THAN EMPERUMAAN HIMSELF (like our

Madhurakavi AzhwAr).

 

19. Oh EmperumaanE! You are so great! The way You made those huge

efforts of thapas, and boons granted by BrahmA to hiraNyan go waste

effortlessly in such dharmic fashion! Oh ChakrAyudha PerumAnE! You are

the One who protects us and saves us out of Your own desire and

happiness; You are the One who takes the vow to protect us. You ARE the

Only One who can GRANT Paramapadha vaasam to ALL THOSE WHO SURRENDER TO

YOU.

 

20. Oh EmperumaanE! You are the One who executes everything and all

worlds; It is due to only YOUR GRACE THAT one can attain You as

Purushaartham and mOksham. (to be at Your Feet at Sri vaikuntam). You

are the Chief of all dEvAs, and BrahmA, Sivan. You are the One who is

the lustrous, bright, scorching fire, the huge mountains, the eight

directions, the Moon, the Sun, and everything. All of them function

because of You Only.

 

Let us enjoy the next ten (21 to 30) in our next post.

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

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