nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-48

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-39

 

“azhaippan thiruvEnkataththAnai kAna

ezhaippan thirukoodal kooda- mazhaipEr

aruvi maNivarandRi vandhizhiya yAnai

veruvi aravodungum verppu”

 

Not being able to tolerate the sorry state of the ignorant jeevatmas

suffering in samsAram, azhvar started advising them (parOpadEsam).

But now the beauty of emperuman and the divya desam (thiruvenkata

hill) engulfed azhvar’s pity for the jeevatmas thereby immersing

azhvar in the enjoyment of the beauty of emperuman and his divya

desam.

 

(azhaippan thiruvEnkataththAnai) I will call the lord of seven hills.

 

Do you also call him like us for getting wealth, money, children and

other wishes? Or do you call him to attain moksha like the jnanis?

 

(kAna) Not for both the above. I will call him to enjoy his darshan

with my eyes. “govindarkOr kuRREval emmai piravi seiyAmE eni pOi

seiyum tavaththAlen” Leaving the opportunity to enjoy his divine

darshan here itself why should I take efforts to go to a moksha to

attain his divine darshan. When azhvar doesn’t even want moksha what

to say about the other bhogas/pleasures.

 

(ezhaippan thirukoodal kooda) I will practice koodal for the purpose

of reaching him. Koodal means- first put a big circle. Inside

further put rounds. Then count the rounds two at a time if the final

result is even, then our wish will be fulfilled. This practice has

been explained in the arumpadha vurai for nAchiyar thirumozhi-4.

With whom do you want to unite? ThiruvEnkataththAnai kooda (Union

with thiruvenkatamudaiyan)

 

(mazhaipEr aruvi maNivarandRi vandhizhiya yAnai veruvi aravodungum

verppu kooda thirukoodal ezhaippan) During the rainy season the big

waves bring to shore number of glittering gems. Mistaking the same

to be firebrick the elephants run for safety similarly the snakes run

to their shelter considering the gems to be lightning. Otherwise, the

elephants that fear seeing the gems run to safety and land up in

entering the mouths of the snakes (malaipAmbu) that appear to be like

the entrance of a cave.

 

I would like to attain that emperuman who resides in such a divya desam, declares azhvar.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan