Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 1.2- when am I going to offer mouthful of praises of the Lord at Srirangam?

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Continuing on the wonderful verses on Srirangam by

Kulasekara PerumAL…

When! Oh… when… when.. When am I going to offer

mouthful of praise of the Lord? Alwar expresses his

yearning herein.

 

vaayOree raiNYNYooRu thuthanga Laarntha

vaLaiyudambi Nnazaln^aagam umizhntha senthee

veeyaatha malarssenni vithaana mEpOl

mEnmElum migavengum parantha than_keezh

kaayaampoo malarppiRanga lanna maalaik

kadiyarangath tharavaNaiyil paLLi koLLum

maayOnai maNaththooNE paRRi ninRen

vaayaara enRukolO vaazhththum naaLE

1.2

 

AdhisEshan,- who has thousand mouths (heads)which are

always full of praises (sthothras) of Lord Sriman

Narayana; who is of white divine body; exhales fire

above the dhivya Thirumukha maNdalam of Lord

Ranganathan so that no enemies can dare come near Lord

Ranganathan. These flames of fire appear as if they

are the ornament for the dhivya swaroopam of Lord

Ranganathan who is like the blue hued kaaru neydhal

flower so charmingly beautiful; He reclines having His

yoga nidhrA on the bed of AdhisEshan in the land of

Srirangam Periya Koil, surrounded by tall ramparts.

Standing in front of such most divinely beautiful Lord

Ranganthan, holding the two huge pillars

(maNathooNgaL), when will be the day when I can sing

His praise to the fullest powers of my speech?

 

Tradition avers that Azhagiya manaVaaLan (Lord

Ranganathan)’s divine fragrance from the ThirumEni

(Dhivya mangaLa vigraham) have taken shape of the two

huge pillars in His sanctum sanctorum.

 

Another wonderful interpretation: Lord Ranganathan’s

divine beauty is so captivating and arresting that it

would keep one off balance when seeing and enjoying

and hence one needs to hold onto the two pillars to

remain in balance. It is also enjoyed that Sri

Ranganayaki sits in front of Lord’s standing (one can

enjoy on Panuni Utthiram dhinam) for the same reason

that she can not stand His beauty and she is simply

overwhelmed by His majestic enchanting Beauty.

 

He is Azhagan personification of Beauty.

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr for no reason says.. " icchuvai

thavira yaan pOi indra lOkam ALum acchuvai peRinum

vENdEn. Aranga maa nagaruLaanE!

Oh Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam! (or Pomona!) Leaving

this taste of enjoying Your ThirumEni, even if granted

to rule the Paramapadham, I do not want that. (Because

Enjoying Him at Paramapadham is like going from one

air-conditioned hall to the other hall. While enjoying

Him at Srirangam is like going underneath a Huge

Banyan tree for a cool shadow after being in a

scorching Heat of samsaaric afflictions. Which is more

enjoyable and more relieving! (veyyilil

iruppavanukkuthaan nizhal arumai theiryum.).

 

AzhwAr also tells:

 

kudathisai mudiyai vaitthu guNathisai paadham neetti

vadthisai pinbu kaatti then thisai lankai nOkki

kadal niRak kadavuL enthai arvaNait thuyilumaa kaNdu

udal enakku urugumaalO? en seyghEn ulagatthIrE?

 

What a sweet Pasuram! The Lord Ranganathan- who has

His Thirumudi in the West; Thiruvadi towards East;

back facing North and the Eyes looking to South

(lankA)..(as assured to Sri VisbhIshaNAzhwAn) is of

Blue hued Ocean coloured, Divinely Beautiful Form. Oh!

My body is melting.. what can I do, oh worldly people!

 

AzhwAr says: Not just my heart melts looking at the

Beautiful Divya mangaLa vigraham of Lord Rangan. Also

my Body is melting. I am not able to stand. (That is

why there are huge pillars at the sannidhi says-

KulasekharAzhwAr). He addresses the world (us).. What

can I do? tell me.

 

Question: why does he address us (world)? why not

Nithasooris, or the Lord Himself.. Perhaps, they can

give soultion to AzhwAr's problem. Not us. Then, why

should he address us..

 

Because:

 

We simply go into the sannidhi, look at the Lord..

(thinking of our own

worries, whom to cheat, how to make faster buck.. how

to avoid this.. how to get that rise.. how to

anti-campaign against the colleague who is in a better

position to get elevated in the office.. is all what

we could think of, when dIpa / camphor ArAdhanai is

shown..) and come out completely unaffected by the

Lord's Divine beauty (ThirumEni azhaghu)..

 

AzhwAr is simply stunned at our (no) reaction. That is

why he asks us: Tell me world! How are you able to

maintain composure looking at Such a Beauty! Hats off

to you all!

 

(as read in archives from Sri Vijay Triplicane's Post

quoting vyAkhyAna

chakravartthi- Sri Periyavacchaan Pillai's vyakhyanam-

Thanks Sri Vijay) Pat yourselves on the back for being

unhurt by the Lord's Beuaty!

 

Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE

Namah

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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