Thirucchandhaviruttham- 47th verse- archA form is the ultimate and is easily available

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Though there are very many forms for the Lord, the

Lowly self- I- am not able to enjoy even one… SO,

which one should I immerse myself for enjoying His

divine beauty! – laments AzhwAr and prays to the Lord

for blessing him.

 

Kaarodu oththa mEni nangaL kaNNa! viNNiN naathanE,

neer idatthu araavaNaik kidatthi yenpar anRiyum

Oridatthai allay yellai yillai yenpar aadhalaal

sErvu idatthai naayinEn therindhu iRainjum aa solE.

(47)

 

oh Our KannA! The dark rain laden cloud coloured Lord!

The one who is born in this yugA! The Chief of

Paramapadham [as well]! Some say You recline on

AdhisEshan in the milky ocean also. Not just that; You

do not reside in just one place. In each and every

one, and in every place, this long and this much

extent, and these many rUpams- or this sort of form-

there is not a bound or restriction to You at all-

also scholars say. Hence, there are so many kinds of

forms and places, please bless this naayinEn (lowliest

one) where I am here- and bless me with the form for

me to enjoy You as Your devotee.

 

In four forms, You natural form is dark like the rain

laden cloud. You also shower Your dayA on everyone

like the cloud. There is no limit or boundaries (ellai

yillai) in ways to attain You- namely, dhahara,

ChaanDilya, Vaiswaanara et al- upaasanaas. Also Para,

vyUha, vibhava, Haardha ruPam are not favorable to

us- AzhwAr appears to be saying. archA only favours us

as

it is easily accessible.

 

The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's

pancha rUpams ( param , VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi

and ArchA ) is as follows:

 

Parama padham , where the Lord is resident as

Parama padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and

the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ) . It is not of easy

access to us residing on earth . We can not travel

there even to get a vessel filled with aavaranam

waters .It is too far away . Hence param and parama

padham can not be enjoyed with our sthUla sarIram .

Only as a muktha Jivan possesing Sookshma sarIram ,

one can enter and enjoy the anthamil pErinbham there .

 

The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in

the middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting

Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis.

Again, this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram.

hence, it is not of much use either for us to see and

enjoy .

 

The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been

celebrated as Raama, KrishNAvathArams. These Vinhava

avathArams were enjoyed by those who were

contemproaries. Today, it is history and we can not

enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and AkrUrar did. Thus this

rUpam is in the past like last year's river water ,

which is no longer available to quench our thirst (

dried up river bed).

 

The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam. It is likened

to OoRRu jalam. You have to dig in the river bed sand

and access the water under. Through the difficult

JNa~na Yogam one can visualize this svarUpam of the

Divya dampathis seated in our heart cavities. Very few

have the power to succeed in such efforts and thus,

this svarUpam is also not within reach of ordinary

folks on this earth .

The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan

took to make Himself easily available to one and all

and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and

Maamsa chakshus . No divya dhrushti as needed by

ArjunA is a must to see the VisvarUpam of the Lord ."

angu vaitthu , inghu piRanthathu " is the celebration

of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham .

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE Saranam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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