Poygai AzhwAr AvathAra Dinam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

As the first in the order of birth of Mudal AzhwArs ,

Poygai AzhwAr initiated the ThiruvandhAthi at

ThirukkOvalUr at the DehaLi of a sage's aasramam.

 

ThirukkOvalUr is saluted as "Amarar vEndhan Taann uhandavoor"

by Thirumangai Mannan in Thirunedum ThANDakam . In today's

UpanyAsam , SrImath Azhagiya Singar elaborated beautifully

on PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai's commentary on the uniqueness

of the dhivya dEsam (6th Paasuram of Thirunedum ThANDakam ).

PeriyavAcchAn PILLai salutes this dhivya dEsam of

ThirukkOvalUr as :

 

" Niradisaya BhOgyan vardhikkiRa dEsam ,

VirOdhi nirasana seelan vardhikkiRa dEsam "

 

This is the Dhivya dEsam chosen for nithya vAsam by

the Lord , who is insatiable nectar to experience and

who destroys the enemies(virodhis) of His BhagavathAs .

 

Let us sample today some passages from Poygai AzhwAr's

Mudhal ThiruvandhAthi celebrating the anantha KalyANa

GuNams of the Lord :

 

Selected Examples Of Mudal ThiruvandhAthi of Poygai AzhwAr

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(1) Paasuram 3: " aRihilEn NeeyaLavu kaNDa neRi " ( adiyEn

does not understand the subtelty of the method You used

to measure the Universe during Your avathAram as

Thrivikraman ) .You did not move around to measure

the Universe ; You stayed put at one place and grew

one of Your Sacred foot to measure the Earth and raised

the other foot to expand upto the AavaraNa jalam surrounding

the aNdam (the egg of the Universe) and measured the other worlds .

 

(2) Paasuram 6: " onRum maRanthaRiyEn Odhaneer VaNNanai

nAnn inRu maraPPEnO YezhaikAL " Oh poor people of the universe ,

who dwell on insubstantial matters not worthy of a moment's

thought and forget the dhivya guNa rasAnubhavams of the Lord ,

which should never ever be forgotten ! adiyEn has seen the Lord

from the moment of my residence in the womb of lotus at ThriuvehhA

PushkaraNi and turned my head then towards SrIrangam and

started worshipping Him from then on ( anRu karu arangatthuL kidantu

Thiruvarangam mEyAn disai kaNDEn Kai thozhuthEn ). How can

adiyEn forget Him now after being blessed with Jn~Anam( Naann inRu

maRappEnO?).

 

(3) 11 th Pasuram Passage: "Vaay Avanai allathu VaazhtthAthu ,

KaithAmm Ulaham thAyavanai allathu thozhA --uruvodu pEr allAl

kaNN kANA sevi kELA " ( adiyEn's mouth will not praise any

god or vasthu except SarvEswaran ; adiyEn's hands will not

perform anjali for anyone except the Lord , who sprung forth

to masure the Universes ; adiyEn's eyes will not see any thing

except His ThirumEni and adiyEn's ears will not hear anything

except His sacred Naamams ).

 

(4) Fourty Third Paasuram:

MANA-MASU THERUM ARUVINAYUM SAARAA

TANAM AAYA THAANE KAI KOODUM--PUNAMEYA

POONTHUZHAAYAAN ADIKKE POTHUDU NEERENDHI

THAAM THOZHAA NIRPAAR TAMAR

 

(meaning): Our Lord adorns the ever-fresh TuLasi maalai as

a symbol of His firm vratham to protect us Jeevans . The only

act on the part of Jeevan to secure His protection is to seek

the protection through SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet.

When the devotees bring water, flowers and all other accesories

for His worship and perform His AarAdhanam , all the trespasses

of the devotees are chased away and there is no special effort needed

for this desired result . The paapams wont approach such a Bhaagavathan.

Our Lord will assure that . Immeasurabale wealth in the form of

Para Bhakthi , Para Jn~Anam and Parama Bhakthi will be acquired .

Nothing else needs to be done !

 

(5) Sixty Third Paasuram: All my Indhriyams will not recognize

any one but my Lord. My hands will not worship anyone but Him.

My body will not prostrate before anyone but Him. My ears will

refuse to hear about anything except his divine charithram. My

tongue will not speak about anything except the nAmams of my

Lord; It will sing only about His glorious Thriuvadi. My mind and

sensory organs are not tempted by the sensous objects that

pull every one down and away from the Lord.

 

(6) Sixty Fourth Paasuram: I will not covet for the Lord's property ,

the AathmA. I will not make the mistake of calling it my own . I will

not associate with those , who call the AathmA as their own .

Only those who consider themselves as the bonded servants

of our Lord are Superior beings in the world . I will associate

only with them. I will not consider any god except Sriya: Pathi

as the one and only Supreme God. Now that I have become

the object of protection of the Lord by leading life with

the above vows , How can any sin or inauspiciousness

come my way ?

 

(7)Seventy First Paasuram: An appeal to his (AazhwAr's ) Mind :

" Aazhi nenjamE! adal aazhi koNDAn mAttu anbu vidEl .vENDinEn

kaNDAi". Oh My mind that has already been deeply rooted in Bhagavaan!

I am praying to You not to abandon ever the love (preethi) that you

have developed for the Lord with the sharp Sudarsanam in His hand .

 

(8) Seventy Sixth Paasuram: The Superiority of the path of Bhakthi:

Oh Lord ! Those who stay rooted in Bhakthi maargam and worship You

will unfailingly acquire the aathma svaroopam referred to in the faultless

Vedams to reach Your Parama Padham . There is no need to emphasize

this truism . The Lord of ThiruvEnkatam Hill , who once measured all

the Universe with two measures of His feet will certainly grant the stay

at His Supreme abode of SrI Vaikuntam to enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnubhavam

and nithya Kaimakryam there to Him .

 

(9) The Ninety Ninth Paasuram of Mudal ThiruvandhAthi of Poygai AazhwAr

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uLan kaNDAy nannenjE uthtaman yenRum

uLan kanDAy uLLuvAruLLat-thuLan kaNDAi

veLLatthinuLLAnum VenkatatthumEyAnum

uLLatthinuLLAn yenRu ohr

 

(Meaning): Oh My mind , which obeys me! The sReshta (Utthama)

Purushan is here for protecting us. He is here at all times to protect us

and that seems to be His purpose for existence . He defenitely lives

forever in the heart lotuses of those , who meditate on Him. Oh my mind!

Please know that the Lord , who rests on AadhisEshan at the milky ocean

and the One who has nithya vaasam on top of ThiruvEnkatam hills has

now entered our heart lotus for permanent residence .

 

Tomorrow, on the avathAra dinam of BhUthatthAzhwAr ,

we will enjoy selected paasurams of his Second ThiruvandhAthi.

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

Oppiliappan KOIl VaradAchAri Sadagopan