Periya Thirumozhi 6.1- vENdEn manai vaazhkkaiyai... viNNagar mEyavanE!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

I know all of you are going to be delighted to see this series which is on

“than oppaaril appan- Oppiliappan (peerless- unmatcheed, unparalleled

Lord..). (called ThiruViNNagaram Divya Desam.) Sri SatagOpar (NammAzhwAr)

says “ennappan, enakkaay iguLaay- ennai peRRavaLumaay- ponappan; maNiappan;

mutthappan, ennappanumaay- minnappon madhiRchoozh ThiruviNNgarch chErndha

appan- than oppaaril appan- thandhanaL thana thaazh nizhalE!”

 

(Thanks to Sri Sadagopan for his inimitable superb explanations on 5.8 for

Smt Jayshree’s queries. Sri Sadagopan is awaiting eagerly with a garland and

poorNa kumbham welcoming Thirumangai mannan on his way to Oppiliappan Koil.

Smt Jayshree Narasimhan has volunteered with kutthu viLakku and manjaneer,

awaiting Kaliyan and Kumudha valli Naacchiyaar.).

 

Let us enjoy Thirumangai mannan’s superb ten on this Lord.. (There are 30 on

Oppiliappan Koil) All ten pAsurams – no! nine pAsurams in this ten, end with

“AaNdaay! Unaik kaaNbadhOr arUl enakku aruLudhiyEl* vENdEn manai

vaazhkkaiyai viNNagar mEyavanE!”. Means: Oh Lord! (the One who rules me!)

Please grant me the bliss of seeing You! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t

want this samsaaric affliction.. (very apt for us..)

 

1. Devas and devotees (thoNdar) pay their obeisance offering most fragrant

flowers at Your Feet, When You stood in the yaagham of Bhali and measured

the vast earth with Your Feet! Oh SwamI!! Oh Lord! (the One who rules me!)

Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your

darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric

affliction..

 

2. Oh Sathya kaamaa! Sathya sankalpaa! The One who pledged to help Devas and

blessed Sivan to swallow the poison that came out of ThiruppaaRkadal, when

You were mercifully helping Devas in their churning of wavy milky ocean!

When Devas enjoyed drinking the amudham (nectar), You enjoy Periya PiraaTTi

(in Your chest), who also came out of the churning.. Please grant me the

bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of

ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.

 

3. Kuzhal niRa vaNNA! Oh Lord, who has the dark hair like colour! Utilising

service (kaimkaryam) of Sivan (the one who shares a part of Your

ThirumEni), red fire like coloured one), You made him destroy and burn

Thiripuram! (How?) By letting Yourself into that big mountain-like bow,

getting bent and into that sharp fiery, fire ball like arrow (from that

bow), You performed the whole show! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You

and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I )

Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.

 

4. The two lustrous ones on the sky- the Sun; the moon; and the seven

lOkams; all beings- all of them were eaten and retained in Your little

stomach and You reclined on the little Banyan leaf, as a little Kutti

darling child! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed

with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric

affliction.

 

5. Saptha dweepams, ((Seven worlds), Seven oceans; Seven mountains; - for

all of them You are the Creator and Director, Nirvaahakan. You had retained

all these in Your belly, and in that state, You showed Yourself as the

meaning (essence) of akaaram (or praNavam?) ! (vOr ezhutthu uruvaanavanE!)

Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your

darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric

affliction.

 

6. Oh PerumaanE! The One who is proclaimed (as the Chief) by those

pramaaNams- the four Vedas! Oh Lord the One who can not be comprehended even

by Brahmaa and Devas! (Such greatest Lord!- Accharya bhoothan!) Oh Lord of

seven lOkAs; seven mountains; seven oceans, etc.. as their sarIrI (they

being His sarIram-part of His Body..)! Please grant me the bliss of seeing

You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I )

Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.

 

7. Oh EmperumaanE! The One who is the sweetly recited swaram of Vedic hymns

that are uttered by brahmins (vedic scholars) while they pour freshly made

ghee in fire (which they groom), during their performance of yaagam. Veda

swaroopI! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with

Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric

affliction.

 

8. (This is for us! Very appropriate). “kaadhal seydhu iLayavar kalavi

tharum/ vEdhanai adhu veruvudhalaam/ aadhalin, unadhu adi aNuguvan naan…”.

Oh Pristinely purest EmperumaanE! The One who adorn the Head with crown made

of fresh most fragrant flowers! Oh Lord, who shows Your most divinely

Beautiful form and saves me! (PuNNiyanE!) The mating (pleasure) that young

women give / yield (“vinai vEdhanai”) is the entirety of sorrows and leads

to perennial samsaaric afflictions. Thinking further on that line, makes me

shiver with fear. Hence, I approach Your Feet! Please grant me the bliss of

seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram!

( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.

 

9. (An excellent one!) “saadhalum piRatthalum enRu ivaRRai/ kaadhal seyyadhu

un kazhal adaindhEn..” Oh EmperumaanE! The One who is the Nirvaahakan of

four Vedas; who is the sarIrI of Brahmaa, Indran and Sivan (the greatest

trio of Devas) et al..! Realising the birth and death vicious cycles, and

the endlessness of that, with no further desire (for future births), I have

held on to Your Feet! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be

blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this

samsaaric affliction.

 

10. This ten on ThiruviNNagaram Divya Desam, which is full of dense gardens,

full of fragrant flowers, has been composed by Kaliyan, who is loved by one

and all. Those who read this ten (or these meanings), will be BLESSED TO

REACH/ATTAIN the Lotus Feet of the Lord, who took the avtaar of Vaamanan.

(Bhagawathas may please read the excellent posts by Sri Sampath rengarajan

on ThiruviNNagaram Divya Desam mahathmyam from Feb-97 or July 97 bhakti

archives titled “Vaamanan adiyiNai maruvuvarE”. )

 

Also, visit the Oppiliappan Koil web site at http://www.temple.net/oppili/

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

 

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