ThiruppAvai 23rd verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's divine anubhavam- excerpts

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas

 

Today’s verse- 23rd- Maari malai muzhainjil mannik kidandhuRangum…

In order to protect the good and destroy the enemies, due to His greatest

compassion, He has come down to earth taking these avatars as Krishna. He

has become visibly pleased with Gopikas’ plea and got up.

When the girls saw Him getting up and sitting on the bed; they now request

Him to walk so that they can enjoy seeing Him better.

 

Oh girls! I have beeon doing all that you say. What else do I do? And who

else do I have except for you, who are my devotees? Let me do if possible

for me – all that you say.

What is not possible for you? Tell me Krishna.

Listen. These things are not possible for me: I can not destroy Jeevathmas.

I can not make mukthAthmAs be born again in karmic world. I can not close

down the play for Nithya vibhUthi like what I do on leelA vibhUthi; I can

not send the Prapannas to hell. I can not stop punishing those who trespass

the saasthrAs; - there are very many things like this which I can not do.

Are we fools to ask you such trivial things? All that we will ask will only

be compatible with your greatest SarvEshwarathvam and Parathvam.

Let me know what is in your mind.

You have listened to our plea and prayers and got up from Yoga nithrA; sat

down on the bed also.You are sitting on the bed inside the room; there are

lakhs of Gopikas waiting outside for your darshan and to enjoy your divya

mangala vigraham. Hence, please come out and walk towards this grand maNi

maNdapam and sit down on this shining, glittering, gem stone impregnated

SimhAsanam (Royal Chair). If you come and sit here, we would have

accomplished everything in this birth. We want to see your royal gait like a

male lion and to sit on this.

 

In a dark cave, when there is huge torrential down pour, the male lion rests

inside and it appears there is only one lion; but in fact there are actually

two (with its mate); When the rainy season stops, the lion wakes up, and

with its shining fiery eyes opened, it yawns, stretches its body to its full

length, shakes its mane and hairs, and walks like a GREAT king out of the

cave to oversee the forest, ignoring the lady lion’s plea to stay put

inside. Like that, you come put of the bed like male lion, and walk towards

this simhAsanam.

 

You all are saying- walk like a lion; have you ever seen one?

We have not seen, as it lives in forest. But let us get to know how a lion

walks from your walk now. Please have a simahgathi.

How do we all know that you know how to walk like a lion? We learnt from

this AndAL’s father PeriyAzhwAr only He only sang lullaby to You, “devaki

singamE! thalElO! siRRAyar singamE and Ayar kula siRiya singamE! etc.. .

 

Also, maarimalai muzhainjil manni kidanthu uRangum- When there is cosmic

dissolution- mahApraLayam, there is water everywhere; the jeevathmAs are all

housed safely in the corner of His stomach in sookshumum and all the

universe is also housed therein. guhAyAm paramE vyOman- He alone exists then

along with his mahishI. Then after the praLayam, being the most

compassionate Divya Dampathi, taking pity of Jeevathmas, He decides to

re-create a leelA vibhUthi (bahusyAm prajAyEyEthi) and he wills to create

everyone and everything again based on our past karma. Like that Singam,

(having woken up and decides to walk down the leelA); come out and walk

towards this simhAsanam.

 

Also, maarimalai muzhainjil manni kidanthu uRangum- Also, Sri AdhivaN

SatakOpar (1st pattam) visited and paid his obeisance to the Ahobilam cave

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan and He took a sankalpam that He will wake up and start

walking like Real lion. The lion faced PerumAL Sri Narasingan thus walks

with Sri Ahobila Mutt jeer even today in his sanchaaram. Like that KaNNA!

Come and walk towards this simhAsanam.

 

PeriyAzhwAr called for your faltering steps like a toddler. What we want is

like a male youthful lion. Do not walk like an angry lion; walk like a happy

lion.

What’s all this? You do not want this and that? Tell me how do you want me

to walk and I will. – says Bhaktha paraadheenan (One who is only for his

devotees).

Do you know how do we want you to walk?- Like the boy who walks in to see

the girl whom his parents and her parents had seen and talked to each other.

He walks proud and joyful, much to the delight of the girl; her friends and

her parents (and his as well). Like that come towards this simhAsnam and sit

on it.

 

Whatever I walk- you will talk bad about it. I do not know. Teach me how to

walk like a lion.

It is not that you do not know. You have walked like that before- KaNNA!

Where? In Rama avatar, when Sage ViswAmithrar took you and Lakshmana to

MythilA, you saw SitA from the ground and she saw you as well (aNNalum

nOkkinAn; avaLum nOkkinAL) and You started walking like a lion with

happiness and entered into the palace; Sage Janaka saw you and everyone saw

you walking so gracefully. Like that you walk now. Janaka asks Viswamithra,

“imow kumArow badramthE dEvathulya parAkramow | gajasimhagathI veerow

saardhUla vrushabObhamow | - He became extremely happy to see them and asked

as to who these young brothers are. Are they celestial bodies? Are they

gandharvas? Are they Sages? Are they the creations of Sage Viswamithra by

his thapas? Who are they walking like a male lion? Like a strong Bull? Like

the male elephant so majestic and so handsome? My mind is so captivated by

their walk. – says Janaka.

That walk- please walk now.

Do you want me to walk all of them- Gaja, Simha, SaardhUlam and vrushaba?

No. We want only one- which is Simha gathi. Like a male lion. _ If you walk

like elephant, this simhAsanam will roar at you. It will not be compatible.

So, walk like a lion. You ask any scholar or mahaan- they all will agree

unanimously that there is no such simhAsanam even in Srivaikuntam.

 

Just look at the small lion cubs that hold this peetam (chair bottom); One

can not describe in words- this beauty of this simAsanam. How can one

express the sweetness of akkAra adisil unless one tastes it? So, come and

enjoy for yourself. Come, Sit on it and think of what we have come for from

this simHAsnam.

Already from here, I can think of- why should I come there?

No. there are so many of us. All can not see you. Hence come over here and

sit on this simhAsanam so that we all can enjoy having a divine darshan of

your Divya mangaLa vigraham. This is also grander and things will be

different from this simAsanam. If one approaches a king for something, and

if he is alone in his harem, he may give one gold coin. If he is on his

throne, and if he is surrounded by others, he is on different mood and

platform. His giving will be different and will be much more. Hence come to

the simhAsanam. Also, we have not come to beg You for material pursuits. We

have already been blessed by your divine kataaksham. But, come here and sit

on it and think of what and why we have come for. Bless us with your

paripoona Aseervadhams.

 

Oh girls! You have come in tens of thousands. How will I be able to know

each one’s intentions and desires? It will take time. You discuss among

yourself make a list and submit to me and I will deliver.

No. We do not want anything ; but your simha gathi alone and we wish to

enjoy seeing your walk.

He starts walking so majestically, so gracefully and so handsomely. He is

YasOdhai ilAmchingam.

[aDiyEn’s further musing: Let us enjoy NumperumAL’s walk in our minds and

pay our obeisance. On the similar token, Kambhan has composed a lovely verse

on Rama's beauty. When Rama Lakshamana and SitA were walking in the forest,

Kambhan narrates:

 

............

poyyO enum idaiyALodum iLayaanodum pOnaan/

maiyO? maragadhamO? maRikadalO? mazhaimugilO?

"aiyO!" ivan azhagenaa azhiyaa azhagudaiyaan.

 

When Rama walks with SiTA and Lakshmana in the forest- Kamban sees and

enjoys the scene. Kamban says: Rama went with the One who has a narrow waist

[no waist- poyyO enum idaiyaaL] and His younger one. Is He so dark &

beautiful like mai? (kaajal?- Collyrium?) Kamban is not happy with that word

because it just represents Rama's dark colour. So Kamban asks MaragathamO?

Is He an emerald gem stone? No. Not a perfect word for Rama's beauty.

maRikadalO? Is He the dark blue Ocean? A good simili. But the Ocean is

salty and is not like the sweetness of Rama's beauty. – which one can keep

drinking and never gets satisfied. mazhai mugilO? Is He the Dark Black rain

laden coluds? Wow! That's almost - most

appropriate comparison for Rama's qualities as well as His lovely dark

Divine Body.. He is so merciful like the dark clouds and rains His mercy on

the world.

 

BUT Kamban is still NOT satisfied. He is at a loss to find words. He is

searching for a good word in Tamil and is not able to find one. He raises

his hands and gives up. "aiyO! (I am helpless. I have lost!_ ivan azhagenna

azhiyaa azhagudaiyaan.... Oh No! What a beauty is he! He has unfading,

eternal Beauty!]

 

Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other greater details- Srimath

MukkUr Azhagiyasingar ends with such great humility. anything good - the

credit goes to the divine commentary of SrI Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's.

Errors,

faults are only due to my lack of understanding.

Sri Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

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