Periya Thirumozhi 10.2- Sing this ten; there will be no more sorrows

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Srimathe Gopaladesika mahadesikaya Namah:

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr so far enjoyed the Divya Desam perumALs. Now He starts

enjoying vibhava avatars (Rama, Krishna and others). This ten especially is

beautiful. The asurAs – raakshasaas of lankA have now been deserted after

the king rAvaNan’s death. They are scared and have started praising Sri Rama

and His army so that they will be spared. The pAsurams end with “ponganttham

pongO”.. ( I don’t know its translation.. But could it be called “victory to

thee.. (you.) erudite scholars may like to add…). AzhwAr, in order to sing

in praise of Rama has also taken the role of rAkshassas even. The objective

is to sing in praise of Him; so how does it belittle, if it is sung in the

role of raakshasaas? IT will not.

 

1. Due to our king rAvaNan’s merciless act of doing wrong deeds has now

started paying dividends on us too. Look at this. What is the use of talking

about it now? RAvaNan is already killed and dead. To whom else can we advise

now hereafter? Oh the chief of monkey army! Oh iLaya perumALE (LakshmaNA!)

RamapiraanE! The One who carries the most beautiful Divine Bow! There is no

chance of our winning any more as there is none else on our side to bring

victory. We are scared.. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham

po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

2. Strong king of ours- rAvaNan with ten heads, the strong twenty shoulders,

lost his sense on women and lost his wealth thereby. We (his servants) do

not know what to do. We are unfortunate to be stuck with this situation, due

to our no bondage or connection with the peerless, unmatched Sri Ramapiraan,

with unparalleled two shoulders, and one shining crown. Oh our father-like

Ramaa! Do not kill us. (paavam.. Lord Rama would have surely taken pity on

them. What an anubhavam of AzhwAr!) We are scared.. We are hailing solidly,

“thadampo~ngattham po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

3. With no mercy, our king entered into dhaNdakaaraNyam and abducted SitA

PiraaTTi and finished due to that terrible fault he had committed. In this

regard, we are faultless. Oh Dasaratha’s son! The One who does not punish

those who are innocent and are not at fault! What is there to talk about the

raakshasa kulam that has lost its sense due to their desire after women? You

have perfroemd the act that is desired by Devas (having killed our king). We

are scared.. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham po~ngO..” (Victory

to you.)

 

4. In front of the strong king rAvaNan, who is never in dearth of weapons,

his brother vibhIshaNan prostrated at his feet and then scolded him saying,

“you have sought the poison to finish off the raakshasa kulam by bringing in

PiraaTTi.”. To the likes of all these monkeys, we are suffering having lost

in the battle. Take the PiraaTTi who has black tresses that has curls,

length, coolness, beauty and darkness. We are scared.. We are hailing

solidly, “thadampo~ngattham po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

5. our niyanthaa – king rAvaNan, who has golden crown on his head, has

brought in the beautiful Goddess (Deivam) SitA PiraaTTi and imprisoned her

in the new (fresh-) beautiful asOka vanam and has committed great blunder.

Due to that blunder, Kumbhan and Nikumbhan have perished. The yama himself

(one who had run away from rAvaNan with fear earlier) now, in human form has

come to finish us off- it appears. (Meaning: the death has come to us in the

from of Rama.) We are scared.. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham

po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

6. Crossing the vast, wavy, noisy ocean, and destroying the most fragrant

asOka vanam, killing the son (akshayakumaran) of rAvaNan and others, burnt

the entire city with the fire from his tail, the messenger monkey did all

that was enough for rAvaNan to simply hand over SitA PiraaTTi to him

(Hanumaan). Now we, the innocent ones, stand here shivering with fear, are

suffering. aiyO! We are scared.. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham

po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

7. The moment You crossed the ocean by building a bridge on deep ocean,

rAvaNan should have handed over PiraaTTi (the tender waisted, creeper like,

deer eyed youthful, beautiful one) to You. He had ahankaaram and haughtiness

and had lusty temptation / desire foolishly and idiotically. You may want to

finish the lankA city and capture the same completely, maNi vaNNA!. But we

are not guilty. We are scared.. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham

po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

8. When there are very beautiful fish like eyed wives of the likes of

maNdOthari for our king, having ignored to hug their tender breasts, he

imprisoned PiraaTTi thinking that “those who belong her in her side, are all

simply some sages; what can they do with me?” and had dirty, crooked

thoughts in his mind. We are scared of Rama, who sent strong arrows through

the strong chest of rAvaNan; who (Rama) has strong beautiful shoulders like

manmathan (even while facing death, they still enjoy the beauty of Raman’s

shoulders). He only can save us. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham

po~ngO..” (Victory to you.)

 

9. Within a fraction of second, Sivan burnt the Tripuram. Rama’s arrows are

fierier than that of Sivan’s. We prostrate at Your Feet with Jaambhavann

standing next to You. Oh Sugreevaa! The son of the Sun That shines all over

the world giving brightness everywhere! Please have mercy on us. Oh chief of

monkey army! Please do not kill us and do spare us. We have told what we

wanted to tell. .. We are hailing solidly, “thadampo~ngattham po~ngO..”

(Victory to you.)

 

10. Oh servants (of Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan)! This ten is on Rama

Piraan, who destroyed lankA, and cleared the minds of Devas. This ten of

“Ponganatham pongO” has been sung by Kaliyan, who can ride the strong,

“aadal maa” horse. Sing this ten everywhere on the earth and dance with joy!

There is absolutely NO WORRY or grievance for you hereafter. When you die,

the place of residence is only Paramapadham (SrivaikuNtam). Learn that. We

are hailing solidly. Victory to you.. “thadampo~ngattham po~ngO..”

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

AdiyEn Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

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Sri:

Srimathe Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:

Dear Sri Murali,

 

I can not resist sharing with others your nice anubhavam on adiyEn's post.

Let others also enjoy the same. Thanks for your post and encouraging words.

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn

 

 

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Re: Periya Thirumozhi 10.2- Sing this ten; there will be no more

sorrows

Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:22:33 -0000

 

Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Madhavakkannan Swamin,

 

Thanks a lot for another nectarine shower of verses from Tirumangai

Azhwar. The key verses are verses 7 and 9, which deserve further

examination. The construction of the bridge is essentially the

crux of SharaNagati, fundamental to Bhagavad Ramanuja darshanam.

In this act, every being from the tiny squirrel to the huge bears

and monkeys could enjoy being near the Lord, bearing eloquent

testimony to his soulabhyam. At another level, it is indicative of

the fact that the ocean of Samsara, which is most difficult to cross

by other means is readily crossed by performing SharaNagati to His

lotus feet. Adiyen is reminded of the Ramayana Charma Shlokam

declaration "dadAmyEtat vratam mama". The Lord's soulabyam esures

that in the process of granting refuge to Prapannas all are treated

equally (regardless of caste, creed, sex, background,

and accomplishment). Testimony to this can be seen from the fact that

Lord Rama was just as grateful for the efforts of the squirrel as he

was for the efforts of the giant bears and monkeys. The bridge is

also indicative of the fact that Lord Himself serves as the means for

Prapannas to cross the turbulent waters of Samsara. Swami Desikan

glorifies this aspect in the Mahaveera Vaibhavam salutations "Saditha

sethupatha seema seemanthita samudra", and "sakruth prapanna jana

samrakshaNa dikshita"

 

Verse 9 is a consummate illustration of the Ramayana vakyam

"mama va trayambakasyava". In the war against the Rakshasas, the

vanara army suffered heavily on account of maya tactics employed

by the former. At this juncture, Lord Rama joined the fray and

overcame the asuras tactics with ease. At this juncture, the Lord

remarked "Whose arrows are more powerful mine or Shiva's". Swami

Desikan refers to this in the Mahaveera Vaibhavam salutation

"Trayambaka samadhika GhorAstrAdambarA"

 

Thanks again for your wonderful note.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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