ThirumangaiAzhwAr Thirunakshathram

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

EngaL gadhiyE! Iraamaanusa muniyE!

sangkaikedutthaaNda thavaraasaa –pongkupugazh

mangkaiyarkOn eendha maRaiyaayiramanaitthum

thangkumanamnNeeyenakkuth thaa

 

(by Embaar)

 

(Oh Our Only refuge Sri Ramaujamuni! Please bless us with the capable

mind to retain all thousand pAsurams of ThirumangaiAzhwAr, that are

equivelent to VedAs. )

 

In order to pay our obeisance to our dearest Thirumangai AzhwAr on His

Birthday today (Kaarthigai maasam, Kritthigai Nakshathram), let us enjoy

the upadEsam scene AzhwAr got from Sriman Narayanan.

 

The Lord asked Thirumangai mannan to come near Him AND WHISPERED IN HIS

RIGHT EAR the Ashtaakshara Manthram. Having heard those EIGHT SYALLABLES

(AshtAksharam) right from none other than SRIYA: PATHI HIMSELF, his

body, mind, heart became PURE!. All his dirt had disappeared! He was

simply electrified by the AshtAkshara upadEasam and burst out VaadinEn

Vaadi… pAsurams. He got goose pimples all over his body; He got

indescribable blissful happiness! He prostrated fully at Their Lotus

feet with eyes full of tears at Their mercy to bless him despite his

shortcomings and negative qualities. They blessed him with Their KARUNA

KATAAKSHAM. Then They disappeared.

 

AzhwAr realised His ThiruviLaiyAdal and His thadutthAkoLLum Emeprumaan’s

Greatness. He realised the purpose of his birth and poured out tamizh

pAsurams on the Lord incessantly (like "madai thirandha veLLam pOl"). He

looked at the sky and kept on crying ceaselessly for Their dayA on his

lowly self. His hands and legs were shivering with tremendous amount of

Bhakti and love/ excitement

for the Lord.

 

Let us enjoy His KaarpaNyam/ utter humility with which he sang some of

his pAsurams. I was deeply moved by these simple lovely emotional words

of Thirumangai AzhwAr.

 

He narrates in his 1.9 of Periya Thirumozhi, where he starts off with

“thaayE thandhai enRum thaaramE kiLai makaaL enRum/ nOyE

paattozhindhEn…. NaayEn vandhaindhEn … (He describes himself as the

lowly dog !), and continues beautifully!

 

naanE naanaavidha narakam pughum paavam cheydhEn… (I have committed

enormous sins that will push me into the Hell automatically…)

 

konRen palluyirai kurikkOL onRum illaamaiyinaal

enREnum irandhaarkku inidhaaga vuraitth aRiyEn… ( I have killed many

without any purpose (as a king and as a army general..); I have never

ever helped those who come to me for alms; nor have I uttered anything

sweet to them (by pointing to those who can help them ) (remember Sri

Anbil’s meanings for aiyamum, picchiayum aandhaniayum kaikaatti..)

 

kulandhaan etthanaiyum piRandhE iRandheyytthu ozhindhEn

nalndhaan onRum ilEn nalladhOr aRam cheudhum ilEn… (I have been taking

so many births and deaths and I have never performed any good deed in

any of them.)

 

yeppaavam palavum ivaiyE cheydhu iLaitthu ozhindhEn

thuppaa ninnadiyE thodarndhEtthEtthavun giRkinRilEn…. (I have never

surrendered to Your Feet and had exerted myself committing only sins,

sins and sins…)

 

theriyEn baalakanaay pala theemaigaL seydhumittEn

periyEn aayinapin piRarkkE uzhaitthu yEzhai aanEn…. (I have committed

lot of mistakes and apachaarams during my boyhood, as playful acts… When

I grew up, I have worked only for others and have become poor and wasted

my treasure/wealth (of this sarIram of Yours without thinking and

serving You)…

 

paRREl onRum ilEn paavamE seydhu paaviyaanEn

maRREl onRaRiyEn maayanE ! engaL MadhavanE!

kaRREn …paayndhozhugum kamalacchunai vEnkatavaa

aRREn vandhadaindhEn adiyEnai AtkONdu aruLE! … (Please read the pAsuram

again! The First line-you will see the STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO Our

LIVES! )

 

(I have NOTHING to hold on to and I have committed ONLY SINS AND BECOME

AN INCORRIGIBLE SINNER. I have NONE ELSE AND NOTHING. I am NOT learned

too! (Only You are there to save me! and Only You can! ) My Dear

Madhavaa! VenkatEsA! I have come here at ThirumalA. Please consider me

and take me as Your eternal servant!)

 

nalam tharum sollai naan kaNdu koNdEN “Narayana” ennum naamam….

 

thujumbOdhu azhaimin – when you go to sleep, call Him “Narayana”; thuyar

varil ninaimin- when you get problems, think of Him “Narayana”;

thuyarileer sollinum nanRaam… even if you have no problems and are

happy, even then, it is so sweet and nice to utter “Narayana”.

 

A Great AzhwAr! Really a Great AzhwAr! What an outpourings! IT IS OUR

FORTUNE TO BE BORN AS VAISHNAVITES, and it is the grace of Divya

Damapatis and the anugraham of AchAryAs and AzhwArs for being able to

get an opportunity to share such enjoyment and anubhavams.

 

Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

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