Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi-1

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

With the encouraging words /aseervaathams/blessings from all of you,

with the anugrahams of my AchAryan and that of Most Merciful Divya

Damapti with me, I dare venture into Naanmukhan Thiruvandhaadhi of

Thirumazhisai vandha jOthi- Sri Bhakthisaarar- ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr- The

One whose Bhakthi made the Lord obey him and was called “sonna vaNNam

seidha PerumAL” (yadhOthkaari”)- the One who actually had learnt, tried

all other religions/doctrines., namely., Buddhism, jainism, advaitA and

in fact became a staunch devotee of sivA (with a name siva vAkyA). It

was Mahadhaahvayar- pEyAzhwAr who argued with him, showed him evidences

from vEdAs ans smrithis to claim sriman nArAyaNA as the supreme deity,

and finally initiated him into Sri vaishNavic philosophy and named him

BhaktisArar. (In fact, it is an interesting thing. my intention was to

continue with NammAzhwAr’s other works. But suddenly, yesterday, there

was a query from one of srivaishnavas(?) by private e-mail as to whether

there is any AchAryA /AzhwAr who had actually studied other sects like

buddhism, jainism, and then declared Sri vaishnavam is the ultimate.

Naturally, ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr came to my rescue. That is when I

thought it is Bhagavadh AgnjA (command) that I need to write on

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr’s pAsurams first to remove such false notions /

doubts from these princes (of SrivaishNavam) who do not even know that

they are princes and that they possess enormous treasure with them in

the form of Sriya: pathih Sriman NarayaNan. We can come back to

NammAzhwAr’s works later of course!).

 

Thaniyan on Thirumazhisai AzhwAr’s Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi

 

NaaraayaNan padaitthaan naanmuganai* naanmuganukku/

yEraar sivan piRandhaan ennum chol*- seeraar/

mozhi seppi vaazhalaam nenjamE!* moi poo/

mazhisaip piraan adiyE vaazhtthu.

 

NarayaNan created Brahman (the four headed one). From this BrahmA, the

Siva was born. Such greatest TRUTH was asserted by ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr .

Recite his pAsurams and get saved, Oh Mind!. Praise

ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr’s Feet.

 

AchAryAs enjoy this AzhwAr’s works, and address them as the sword that

has been taken out of its cover (from the waist band) to destroy “other”

non- truthful, false notions and doctrines and to establish that

Sriya:pathih Sriman NarayananE is Parathvam and AzhwAr has NOT still put

the sword back (since the false notion still lingers).

 

Since the 1st pAsuram starts with “Naanmuganai”, this work is called

“Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi (NMT in short).

 

1. naanmuganai NaaraayaNan padaitthaan* Naanmuganum/

thaan mugamaay sankaranaip padaitthaan * yaan mugamaay/

andhaadhi mElitaaRivitthEn aazhporuLaich*/

sindhaamaR koNmin neer thErndhu./

 

NarayaNan created BrahmA (naanmugan- four faced one); BrahmA (thus

became the instrument) and created the universe starting with Sankaran.

And this I have been blessed to announce in this most important truth.

Oh People! you all see, understand the truth in this and don’t let it

get out of your mind. MahOpanishad declares this truth that Narayanan is

the One who cause of creation for all dEvAs through BrahmA whom He first

created. (Thus, AzhwAr implies, “by getting to know the Creator, and

the births of BrahmA and Sivan, you all can get rid of your future

births”.)

 

2. When closely studied and investigated, we can realise that jnAnis –

all of them- have unequivocally and unambiguously declared that There is

only One ParadEvathai. NONE CAN COMPREHEND HIS GREATNESS. This is the

only truth that one gets from all sruthis and smruthis. Whomsoever- does

whatever karmAs as the way or offering to Him- the fruits of such karmAs

come to the doer as a blessing ONLY FROM ChakrapANi Emperumaan Sriman

Narayanan. (Even in Narayana Sooktham , at its end , the minutest form

of PurushOttaman shining in the heart cave of the chetanas, as

antharyaami is being saluted. It concludes with the thundering statement

"Sa Brahama, Sa Siva, Sendra, sOkshara Parama Svaraat...".that is: He is

Brahma , Siva , Indra , and every thing in the universes created ,

sustained and destroyed by Him.)

3. SarvEshwaran has His YoganidhrA on ThiruppARkadal (milk ocean); He

is showing Himself so gracefully at Srirangam; During MahApraLyam, He

slept on the banyan leaf; He is the ONLY CAUSE AND CREATOR FOR

EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE. He is the Chief of and seen directly by

NithyasUris. During the time of creation, he reclined on the waters (and

created the worlds thereafter). Such incomprehensible Lord- My

Emperumaan- who has understood Him as I have done?

 

4. Sivan- the one who has hidden the Ganges in his lock of hairs, is

considered equal and shares Parathvam with Sriman Narayanan, as

interpreted by some. IS IT ACCEPTABLE? NO! Sriman Narayanan is

UNPARALELLED, MATCHLESS, PEERLESS, OPPARILAPPAN. There is none equal to

Him, why to talk of supremacy? He has all meaningful words referring to

Him only. I JUST SAID THIS SHORTLY AND SIMPLY ABOUT EMPERUMAAN.

 

5. HiraNyan, due to his enormous penance did not have any defeats nor

any possibility of death blows from anyone whatsoever, in any manner

that one can imagine. PerumAnE! With Your bent, sharp finger nails You

tore his chest. The Strongest shouldered Lord You are- the One who casts

cool merciful glances at Prahalada. During Cosmic cycle end, You

retained all beings and the worlds in Your stomach. During re-creation,

You brought them out and let them grow. You are the antharyaami of

dEvAs, humans animals and plants. NONE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU. ONLY “YOU”

CAN.

 

6. Jains (samaNars) do not know You. Buddhists are confused about You

without knowing the Truth. Saivites belittle themselves with wrong

concept of ParadEvathA. Till date, since they have Not understood, and

hence, they have NOT paid their obeisance to and praised Emperumaan –

Sriman Narayanan- The Most Fragrant One who does most wonderful things-

The One who loves His devotees- The One who has Sri MahALakshmi with Him

always (Madhavan). I need not have to tell that they are all (“neesar”)

foolish/wrong doers till date. (i.e. They too have a chance in future by

understanding the Truth and pray to Narayanan accordingly, by the grace

of Sriman Narayanan)

 

7. NarayaNA! Your grace on me is great! That is there today and will be

there in future as well. It will be there always. You- who is the

Greatest of the Greats – ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO IS THE REFUGE for adiyEn

(me) who is the lowest of the lowest selves. I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS

NO OTHER SAVIOUR OR PROTECTION FOR ME. And You also will NOT HAVE ANY

ONE (LOWER THAN MINE) ELSE TO SAVE. I am Your sEshan (servant). You ARE

my SESHI (Master). WE CAN NOT LEAVE EACH OTHER.

 

8. Oh my dear mind! RAvaNA’s lankA was destroyed completely by Sri Rama

who is red Lotus eyed Lord- who took over from ParasurAman the VaishNava

dhanus, which won sivan. Other than Sri Raman, there is no support and

solace for us, when we are in deep troubles.

 

9. Brahman himself knew that Emperumaan- the Complete PoorNan- Sriman

Narayanan alone is the sEshI (Master) and he (BrahmA), realising that

Emperumaan is his master, understood that he is sEshan (servant) of

Emperumaan. When Emperumaan took TrivikrmAvatAr, and rose to measure the

Universe, BrahmA grabbed that opportunity to wash His Feet from his

kamaNdalam (small vessel) using his dharma as water, and recited Purusha

sooktham, etc. That washed water from His Feet (the pure holy water –

Sri Paadha theertahm ) fell on the head of sivan, (who had swallowed

poison and got his name “NeelakaNtan”).

 

10. When AdhisEshan heard BrahmA and other dEvAs’ praising Emperumaan,

he had “pongum parivu” and had apprehensions that they may cast evil

glances on his Lord, and hence, he exhaled poisonous fire. Such a love

is AdhisEshan’s for Emperumaan who has him as His bed. Do you thing we

can not see Emperumaan’s Golden Divine ThirumEni (body)? Yes. We can of

course see. But BrahmA and sivan do not realise that do not pay their

obeisance to Emperumaan nor they can see. (means: those who realise that

He alone is the saviour and refuge like us can see Him; Those who have

ahankaara, mamakaaram, can NOT comprehend Him; nor see.)

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

NamO Narayana

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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