Srinivaasa Vaibhavam - NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruviruttham- 81st verse- Please do not treat her in such crude [wrong] way!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

After Nammazhwar anubhavams of Thiruvaymozhi [on

Thiruvenkatamudaiyaan], let us take up his other works

namely Tiruviruttham and Periya anthAthi.

 

Today’s verse on ThiruvEnkatam from this wonderful

work is the 81st verse of Tiruviruttham. [with this

Thiruviruttham ThiruvEnkatam verses come to an end.

There is only ONE mroe verse from Periya AnthAthi. The

verses from Iraamanusa NooRanthAthi will be taken in

my next series on the same.. soonest:-) ]

 

Let us continue to enjoy the 81st verse today....

 

uruginRa kanmangaL mElaana

Orppila raay,ivaLaip

peruginRa thaayarmeyn^ nondhu

peRaar_kol thuzhaaykuzhalvaayth

thuRugin Rilar_thollai vEngada

maattavum sUzhginRilar

iruginRa thaaliva Laagam,mel

laavi erikoLLavE. 81

 

In this verse, the friend of our Parankusa nakayi

corrects her mother and cautions her not to get angry

on the God for the daughter’s pitiable plight. The

friend also advises the mother not to satisfy the demi

gods and street corner deities [ellai deivam] and

offer lowly stuff [like slaying of animals]. Instead

utter His divine name to the Nayaki’s ears and she

will be cured.

 

Parankusa naayaki is thinning down thinking of her

Lord all the time suffering from the pangs of

separation. Her mother laments and thinks mistakenly

it is due to deiva kOpam [God is angry on her] and

wants to please the demi god thinking that Muruga had

occupied her mind; Nayaki’s friend corrects the

mother feeling bad for her mother’s wrong notion

about the suffering and the incorrect remedy.

 

Doesn’t her mother understand the cause for her

disease? Why does she take up such negative and crude

remedies and treatment on her? It will only antogonise

and aggravate her illness. Didn’t she take birth of

this nAyaki? Doesn’t she understand what the

daughter needs? Is there no one who can adorn her

tresses with thuLasi flowers that were offered to the

Lord Sriman Narayana? [if they do, the illness will be

cured immediately]. Don’t they think of taking her

to ThiruvEnkatam to cure her disease? If this

continues, her body will perish with the burning pangs

of separation from her Lord. [their treatment would

only accelerate the same].

 

VEnkatangaL Attavum- We will bring her to

ThiruvEnkatam- why don’t they pray to Him [as

vENduthal- prarthana].

 

Inner meaning: Some half baked pseudo sages seeing

AzhwAr suffering and longing to unite the Lord,

suggest some different crude solutions; while

Bhagawathas understanding AzhwAr’s mind, feel bad

and advise for placing the Lord’s thuLasi on AzhwAr

ThirumEni; take Him to the abode of srinivasa –

ThiruvEnkatam etc..

 

EmperumAn prasaadham and Dhivya Desa vaasam alone can

cure AzhwAr suffering;

 

This verse is similar to Thiruvaymozhi 4.6 decad

wherein the mother and friends suggest different

treatments for Parankusa nayaki and the “rightâ€

friend understanding Nayaki, advises them and corrects

them reasoning out thus: This state has arisen because

of Bhagawaan and you can do little about it; Only

uttering his divine names and applying the dust from

bhagawatha’s feet can overcome this predicament.

This decad prohibits worship to any lesser devatha and

exhorts one to chant Dwarakeesa’s Name, prostrate to

His Lotus Feet; sing and dance praising His glories.

He will enable one to overcome all sorrows.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan