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Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe ramanujaya NamahaSrimad Vara Vara

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Paasuram-41

"kAnaluRuginRen kallaruvi muththudhiraOnavizhavil oli adhira-pENivaru

vEnkatavA ennullam pugundhAithiruvenkata madhanai sendru"

More than the divine darshan inside as antaryAmi, the darshan in

thiruvenkatamalai is very special. So azhvar now wishes to have the

divine darshan of thiruvenkatamudaiyan and talks the greatness of

thirumalai in this paasuram. "kallum kanaikadalum vaikundha

vAnAdum... adiyEnadullaththu agam [periya thiru 68] "nirpadhuvum oru

verpagaththu" -these are the wishes of azhvars to leave thirumalai

and come to their hearts. Here thirumazhisai piran wishes to leave

the emperuman inside his heart and have the darshan of

thiruvenkatamudaiyan.

(kallaruvi muththudhira) corals fall from the falls that make sound.

(kal aruvi) 'kal' is the sound of the falls. Even the sound made by

the falls in thirumalai is special to azhvar. Or otherwise 'kal' can

mean mountain thereby indicating the falls in the mountain.(aruvi kal

muththudhira) various gems and pearls fall from the falls.

(Onavizhavil oli adhira) "thiruvOnaththiru vizhavil andhiyam pOdhil

arivuruvAgi ariyai azhiththavanai pandhanai teera pallANdu

pallAyiraththAndu" such is the sound of those kind hearts like

periazhvar during the thiruvonam festival.(Onavizhavil oliadhira

kallaruvi muththudhira) the sound of pallANdu sung by great bhakthas

make even a hard stone to freeze and drop tears . The sound can be

from the arulicheyal ghosti/pallANdu pAduvAr or the veda parayana

ghosti or from those who sing and dance.

(pENI varu vEnkatavA) Since this place is filled with the sound of

mangalasasanams and since even the insentient objects gain energy and

get involved in the divine darshan all those who are interested in

doing mangalasasanams (singing for the welfare) to the lord rush to

thirumalai, Oh! lord of thiruvenkatamalai! You have ignored all your

wealth and have a special feeling towards me.

(ennullam pugundhAi) Oh Lord! what ever you are doing standing in

thirumalai is sadhanAnushtAnam (effort to attain me) and now you have

entered into my heart that is your result

(sAdhyam)(thiruvEnkatamadhanai sendru kAnaluruginrEn) But I am more

interested in having your darshan in thirumalai leaving aside the

darshan inside me.

Why is the darshan in thiruvenkatamalai so distinct?(en

nenjam-thiruvenkatam) My mind is the place for growth of all sins.

Whereas thirumalai is capable of driving away all my sins"vEm

katangal meimEl vinai muRRavum"[thiru 3-3-6] My heart is the hard

stone on top of which rushes dirty red blood whereas thirumalai is a

place where even hard stone freezes and tears drop from the eyes.(ona

vizhavil oli adhira) No good souls can reach my heart whereas in

thirumalai the sound of pallAndu spreads everywhere during the

thiruvona festival.(pENi varu vEnkatavA) unlike the underground water

that cannot be easily accessed (my heart) Oh! lord you are like a

river water easily accessible to all in thiruvenkatam.(venkatavA)

antaryAmithvam, expresses only the vatsalya guna of emperuman. On the

other hand, the archa roopam in thirumalai expresses paratva,

sowlabhya, sowseelya, vatsalya and various other kalyana gunas of

emperuman to one and all (devas, rishis, manushyas, vanaras etc)

(ennullam pugundhAi, thiruvenkatamadhanai sendru kAnaluruginREn) Due

to azhvars modesty he wishes to have the darshan of emperuman not

inside his heart but in thirumalai but the lord cherishes the heart

of his bhaktha so he wishes to shed his abode thirumalai and come and

settle inside the heart of azhvar.

(To Be Continued)Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE

sharaNamAdiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan