Sri Madhavakannan"s beautiful translations of the BhAvam-filled anubhavam of Kaliyan of ThirunaRayUr Nambi

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

It is such a delectable pleasure to

read the most recent posting of

Sri MaadhavakkaNNan ( Periya Thirumozhi 7.3)

on Kaliyan's Moving Paasurams about Nambikkai

NaacchiyAr SamEtha SrinivAsa Nambi of ThirunaRayUr.

The VimAnam is SrinivAsa VimAnam .

 

The hill on which the Lord stands is Sugandha Giri

( NaRu Malai)and hence , He is hence called Sugandha-

Giri Naathan or the Lord of the Fragrant hill .

 

In this final decad on Sugandhagiri Naathan , Thirumangai

AzhwAr is reluctant to say good bye to his Sarva Swamy

and to continue with his journey to ThirucchERai

and other dhivya desams . Kaliyan is however immensely

grateful to the Lord , who initiated him into Sri VaishNava

kulam through the Chakra-Sankha Laanchanam.

 

Kaliyan's joy poured forth thru 110 exquisitely

fragrant paasurams ( Bhakthi Sourabham).In comparison,

the AshtAkshara KshEthram of ThirukkaNNapuram

received a garland with only 104 flowers (Paasurams)

in contrast to the 110 for ThirunaRayUr. Even Srirangam

received 73 Paasurams and ThiruvEnkatam , the KshEthram

of the Other Srinivasan , was the recipient of only 61

Paasurams .

 

ThirunaRayUr Nambi assured Kaliyan that

He will not leave AzhwAr's chittham ,

wherever he was. This was in response to

the statements of Kaliyan about his dhruva

smruthi ( unceasing rememberance)of ThirunaRayUr

Nambi. The fruit of the ceaseless rememberance

of the Lord led to "Darsana SamanAkAram" and Kaliyan

says that this was even better than darsana SaakshthkAram.

The presence of the Lord got etched in his mind.

In the first paasuram , he celebrates his blessings

this way :

 

" nanaviRsenRaarllum NaNNaRkkariyANai ,

naanadiyEn NaRayUr ninRa nambiyai,

KANAVIL kaNDEn inRu kaNDamayAl yenn

KaNNiNaikaL KaLippak KaLitthEnE "

 

That Lord , who is not acessible to even

those , who have clear Jn~Anam has now been

seen by adiyEn in a dream state (Visatha Prathyaksham ).

Even when he was not physically in front of me ,

adiyEn saw Him clearly in a svapnam and my eyes

were filled with joy over that aanandhAnubhavam .

 

The whole decad is a celebration of

this kind . In one Paasuram , Kaliyan asks,

How can adiyEn forget this Lord ? ( EmpirAnai

YetthAl maRakkEn?).

 

Thanks Sri MadhavakkaNNan for drenching us

with these nectarine experiences .

 

Namo NaarAyaNA !

V.Sadagopan