Reference requested - on NaimisAraNyam Divya Desam pAsuram

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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Sri D. Balasundaram wrote:

 

Sometime ago there were beautiful postings on the Periya Tirumozhi,

Naimisaranya pasurangal of Swami Tirumangai Alwar in the Bhakti lists.

 

I am in particular interested in the explanations the words"

Nanudaithavathal thiruvadi adainthen".

 

adiyen Ramanuja dasan

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oonidaicchuvarvaitthu enbuthooNnNaatti urOmam vEynNdhonbadhuvaasal,

thaanudaikkurambaip piriyumbOdhu unRancharaNamEcharaNamenRirunNdhEn,

thEnudaikkamalatthiruvinukkarasE! thiraikoLmaanNdungkadaRkidanNdhaay!,

nNaanudaitthavatthaal thiruvadi adainNdhEn naimisaaraNiyatthuLenNdhaay!

1.6.9

 

An excellent PAsuram! Thanks to Sri Balasundaram for letting us enjoy this

again.

 

(adiyEn's free translation- Please forgive me)

 

Oh King of Periya PiraaTTi, the One who is on Honey dripping Lotus Flower!

("thEnudaik kamalatth thiruvinukku arasE!")

Oh Lord, who reclines on the wavy, huge vast milk ocean! My father! The Lord

of NimisaaraNyam!

Keeping the flesh and muscles as the walls in between, having the bones as

pillars for support among those flesh, covering these bones an fleshes with

hairs, providing nine holes in this hut of this sarIram (body)- and when my

jIvan leaves this sarIram, at the time of death, I need to meditate only on

Your Lotus Feet for my protection- this alone is my thought. I am blessed to

have realised this, due to Your enormous grace, and I have now come here

surrendering to Your Lotus feet.

 

This reminds me of Sri Vedantha Desikan's Gopalavimsathy

 

adharAhita cAru vamSa nALA:

makuTalambi mayUra pinchamAlA: |

harinIla SilAvibhanga-lIlA:

pratibhA: santu mamAntima prayANe ||

 

This is the famous verse sung by Sage Narada in Sankalpa Suryodayam.

The beauty of Venugopala and His world-enchanting flute music has been

celebrated by Srimad Bhagavatham and Periyazhwaar in particular (Periya

Tirumozhi: 3.6)

 

May the resplendent blue jyOthi of Sri Gopala reminding one of an

incomparable blue gem stone (indranIla or blue sapphire), with blue peacock

feather decorations on His dark black hair and the

divine flute on His lips appear before me during the last moments of my life

on this earth. (Translation by SrI Satakopan Swamin)

 

Additional info on this NaimisaaraNya Divya Desam:

 

In this sthalam of Naimi, Bhagawaan shows Himself as the araNyam

itself (araNyam means: Forest- Remember AraNya kaaNdam of Ramayana).

Once, few sages went to BrahmA and asked him "In this vast world, which

place is the best place for thapas (penance)?". BrahmA took few thruNam

(dharbhaippul- grass) and joined them to make a circle. BramhA rolled

the circular (nEmi- circular) dharbhai on the ground and said "Wherever

this nEmi stops, let that be the best place for performing thapas". And

it rolled .. rolled and rolled. & finally stopped at this sthalam of

dense forest; and hence, thereafter called NaimisaaraNyam. It is in the

banks of the river Gomathi and is reported to be the place where Veda

vyAsa maharishi performed his thapas (penance) for very many years. This

sthalam is situated on the way between Calcutta and Dehradoon. Moolavar:

Devarajan- Sri Hari. NinRa thirukkOlam (Standing posture). Thaayaar: Sri

Harilakshmi (PuNdareeka valli). Prathyaksham to Indran, Sudharman,

Devarishi, SoothapurANikar, and VedavyAsar.

 

There is also a place called VyAsaghatti, where Sukhabrahmam narrated Srimad

Bhagawtham, Bharatham to King ParIkshith. There is also another temple in

this place, called PurANa mandhir wherein Sukhar's bronze vigraham with

parrot nose is consecrated and besides this temple, there is a Hanumangatti

temple, where HUGE HanumAn shows himself in standing posture carrying Sri

Rama, Lakshmana on his shoulders.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr sings on this Emperumaan as "thEnudaik kamalatth

thiruvinukku arasE!" (the King of PiraaTTi, who is on honey dripping Lotus

flower!) and performs sarangathy to Divya Dampatis, with PiraaTTi for

Purushaakaaram (recommendation). It is an excellent set of pAsurams

describing AzhwAr's outpourings on his naicchiyam again,

lamenting on his past trespasses .

Yet another emotional outpour from AzhwAr.

 

Thirumangai mannan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

D Bala sundaram

 

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

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