Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Dear SrEvaishNavites, Swamy nam-AzhwAr expressed the temporary nature of wealth and positions "vAzhndhArgaL vAzhndhadhu mA-mazhai moKKuLil mAindhu" in oru-nAyakamAi thiru-voi-mozhi 4-1; Thirumangai AzhwAr reiterates this fact and surrenders at the divine feet of Lord Oppiliappan which is described by Sri Sadagopan swAmy dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan SrI: mun-ANDavarEA mANDAR-AndhO! manai vAzhkai thanai vEANDEan--nin Adaindhean-thiruviNNagar mEAyavanEaDear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan :Let us enjoy the FIFTH paasuram of Thirumangai Mannan( Periya Thirumozhi : 6.2. 5 ) :PaaNDEn vaNDaRayum kuzhalArhaL pallANDisaippa aaNDAr vyamellAm arsaahi munnANDavarEmaaNDArenRu vanthAr anthO manai vAzhkkai tannai vENDEn NinnadainthEn ThiruviNNagar MeyavanE(Extended Meaning ) : Oh Lord of ThiruviNNagaram ! adiyEn was enjoyingthe aabhAsa iswaryam ( lowly , perishable wealth/riches) because ofmy incorrect assumption that the body is the Aathma . I threw myselfdeeply in to enjoying the pleasures of deomestic life (manai Vaazhkkai).adiyEn did not pay attention to what was happening all around me .The great kings who ruled the world , who were eulogized for a long ,long life (PallANDu) by the most beautiful women of the court adorningfragrant flowers in their black , shiny tresses , where singing honey beesfrequent . The awesome power of these kings inspired these beautifulladies to sing PallANDu for them .. They ruled a few years over their citizens , enjoyed their bhOgams and strutted on the global stage and died soon after like anybody else . Their power and wealth as attested by the beautiful woman singers could not help them prolongtheir lives . Intha ulahai AaNDavarum MaaNDaar . One day they werethere on the stage and the next day they were gone and forgotten . They are not going to come back . As Poetess OuvyyAr said " AaaNDANDu thORum azhuthu puraNDAlum mANDAr varuvarO ? " .Even if you are roll on the floor and cry out for them , will those , who are dead return to this earth asks OuvyyAr here . While they were here acting out their pompous roles , these kingslet their dEham and Indhriyams take over and were totally under theircontrol . They never developed any VivEkam or VairAgyam and ignored You ,my Lord and your upadEsams to overcome dEhAthma Brahamam .. adiyEn haslearnt from the ignominous end of these mighty kings and their helplessnessinspite of their power ; adiyEn has developed hence the needed VairAgyamto disengage from these aabhAsa Iswaryams by vanquishing the mischeviousindhriyams of mine . adiyEn used Your upadEsams in GitA to empower me .ThiruviNNagarAnE ! adiyEn has no more interest in the domestic life .adiyEn has taken refuge at Your sacred feet for the Parama PurushArTamof Moksham . Please grace adiyEn with Your anugraham !ThiruviNNagarappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagopanSrimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka SevakaSrivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Dear Sri VaanamAmalai Padmanabhan : I deeply aprpeciate your close coverage of the Oppiliappan Postings and supplementing them with passages from Yeedu , Acharya Hrudhayam and Swamy NammAzhwAr Paasurams . You have such a wonderful range of awareness among the AzhwAr AruLiccheyalkaL and PoorvAchAryA's commentaries on them . Thanks very much for sharing these resonances . NamO NaarAyaAya , V.Sadagopan - Padmanabhan ramanuja ; Oppiliappan ; vanamamalai ; divyadesams Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:45 AM A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 142 Dear SrEvaishNavites, Swamy nam-AzhwAr expressed the temporary nature of wealth and positions "vAzhndhArgaL vAzhndhadhu mA-mazhai moKKuLil mAindhu" in oru-nAyakamAi thiru-voi-mozhi 4-1; Thirumangai AzhwAr reiterates this fact and surrenders at the divine feet of Lord Oppiliappan which is described by Sri Sadagopan swAmy dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan SrI: mun-ANDavarEA mANDAR-AndhO! manai vAzhkai thanai vEANDEan--nin Adaindhean-thiruviNNagar mEAyavanEaDear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan :Let us enjoy the FIFTH paasuram of Thirumangai Mannan( Periya Thirumozhi : 6.2. 5 ) :PaaNDEn vaNDaRayum kuzhalArhaL pallANDisaippa aaNDAr vyamellAm arsaahi munnANDavarEmaaNDArenRu vanthAr anthO manai vAzhkkai tannai vENDEn NinnadainthEn ThiruviNNagar MeyavanE(Extended Meaning ) : Oh Lord of ThiruviNNagaram ! adiyEn was enjoyingthe aabhAsa iswaryam ( lowly , perishable wealth/riches) because ofmy incorrect assumption that the body is the Aathma . I threw myselfdeeply in to enjoying the pleasures of deomestic life (manai Vaazhkkai).adiyEn did not pay attention to what was happening all around me .The great kings who ruled the world , who were eulogized for a long ,long life (PallANDu) by the most beautiful women of the court adorningfragrant flowers in their black , shiny tresses , where singing honey beesfrequent . The awesome power of these kings inspired these beautifulladies to sing PallANDu for them .. They ruled a few years over their citizens , enjoyed their bhOgams and strutted on the global stage and died soon after like anybody else . Their power and wealth as attested by the beautiful woman singers could not help them prolongtheir lives . Intha ulahai AaNDavarum MaaNDaar . One day they werethere on the stage and the next day they were gone and forgotten They are not going to come back . As Poetess OuvyyAr said " AaaNDANDu thORum azhuthu puraNDAlum mANDAr varuvarO ? " .Even if you are roll on the floor and cry out for them , will those , who are dead return to this earth asks OuvyyAr here . While they were here acting out their pompous roles , these kingslet their dEham and Indhriyams take over and were totally under theircontrol . They never developed any VivEkam or VairAgyam and ignored You ,my Lord and your upadEsams to overcome dEhAthma Brahamam .. adiyEn haslearnt from the ignominous end of these mighty kings and their helplessnessinspite of their power ; adiyEn has developed hence the needed VairAgyamto disengage from these aabhAsa Iswaryams by vanquishing the mischeviousindhriyams of mine . adiyEn used Your upadEsams in GitA to empower me .ThiruviNNagarAnE ! adiyEn has no more interest in the domestic life .adiyEn has taken refuge at Your sacred feet for the Parama PurushArTamof Moksham . Please grace adiyEn with Your anugraham !ThiruviNNagarappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagopanSrimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka SevakaSrivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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