A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 142

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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: