Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 4.7- Let me be just the cool flowing stream of waters in the Thirumala mountain!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy azhwAr’s verses in the fourth

ten on ThiruvEnkatam. A brilliant set of verses.

 

Today’s verse is the 7th one.

 

vaanaaLum maamathipOl veNkudaikkeezh mannavar_tham

kOnaaki veeRRirunthu koNdaadum selvaRiyEn

thEnaar_pooNY chOlaith thiruvENG kadamalaimEl

kaanaaRaayp paayum karuththudaiyE NnaavEnE

 

Like the moon that engulfs the land with its shining

luster, the king rules his kingdom with his royal

power [of umbrella- veNkoRRak kudai- in Tamil] I do

not aspire for such a celebrity birth of being a king

ruling the world, sitting in royal throne. All that I

want is to be the swift flowing river in the mountain

of ThiruvEnkatam wherein the fertile honey dripping

gardens is found in abundance in the banks.

 

AzhwAr in the last verse desired to be the mountain

segment thereby he can enjoy divya darshan of the Lord

as well as serve Bhaagawathaas. Suddenly he remembers

that the devotees may pay their obeisance to the Lord

from the ground (without actually climbing the

mountain) and the darshan of the mountain itself is

great. So, he would not have the bhaagyam of having

the devotee’s feet on the mountain segment. And hence

AzhwAr now asks for the river or water falls that flow

from the mountain top downwards. Thereby he is able to

have the sparsam of the Bhaagawathas and wash their

feet as well.

 

This kaattaaRu reminds me of the vibhava avathArams of

the Lord namely Rama Krishna avathArams which are also

referred to as the turbulent flowing waters

[kaattaaRu] from mountains or in the forests. These

waters do not flow forever. They would dry up after

sometime. Similarly these Vibhava avathArams were

enjoyed by those who were contemporaries. Today, it is

history and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and

AkrUrar did or Rama as Ayodhya did. Thus this rUpam is

in the past like last year's river water, which is no

longer available to quench our thirst (dried up river

bed). Only archA roopams like Srirangan, Thirumalai

Srinivasan are available to us forever? And we see

Rama Krishna avathArams in them and they are not

different from Sreenivasan or Rangan.

 

Sri Muralidhar Ranaswamy shares: In the seventh

Pasuram, the Azhwar cries out " Of what use is it to be

an emperor walking under a royal umbrella, living in a

huge palace flaunting his wealth and hearing the

praise of sycophants in the court? Are not all these

marks of royalty useless tinsel if they cannot help in

serving the Lord? Would it not be beautiful if I can

become a hill stream at Venkatachalam which provides

water used in performing Tirumanjanam for

Lord Srinivasa?

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swamin Madhavakkannan, Adiyen is enjoying Swamins meanings of various Pasurms. Adiyen has a small doubt. In Pasuram 1.3.6 of Periazwar Thirumozhi it reads like this Mathakallitru vasudevarthamudai chithamperiayatha devagithanvaitril aththathin pathamnal thonriya achuthan mutham erunthavakaneerey mugiznagaiyeer vanthukaneere 10 days befoe hastham is rohine where as according to above 10 days after hastam is thiruvonam. Is it because of the fear of Kamsan that he will findout Kannan and kill him if the real date of birth is known? Since the Pasuram is from Periyazwar who also given us Thirupallandu, the above pasuram also must be on the same line. Whereas in Pasuram 3.3.9 Azwar has mentioned Thiruvondminreyzunal - i.e 7 days from Thiruvonam which is Rohini. Please clarify. adiyen, nochalur seshadri sampath. Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan wrote: SrI:SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:Dearest all,Let us continue to enjoy azhwAr’s verses in the fourthten on ThiruvEnkatam. A brilliant set of verses.Today’s verse is the 7th one. vaanaaLum maamathipOl veNkudaikkeezh mannavar_thamkOnaaki veeRRirunthu koNdaadum selvaRiyEnthEnaar_pooNY chOlaith thiruvENG

kadamalaimElkaanaaRaayp paayum karuththudaiyE NnaavEnE Like the moon that engulfs the land with its shiningluster, the king rules his kingdom with his royalpower [of umbrella- veNkoRRak kudai- in Tamil] I donot aspire for such a celebrity birth of being a kingruling the world, sitting in royal throne. All that Iwant is to be the swift flowing river in the mountainof ThiruvEnkatam wherein the fertile honey drippinggardens is found in abundance in the banks. AzhwAr in the last verse desired to be the mountainsegment thereby he can enjoy divya darshan of the Lordas well as serve Bhaagawathaas. Suddenly he remembersthat the devotees may pay their obeisance to the Lordfrom the ground (without actually climbing themountain) and the darshan of the mountain itself isgreat. So, he would not have the bhaagyam of havingthe devotee’s feet on the mountain segment. And henceAzhwAr now asks for the river or

water falls that flowfrom the mountain top downwards. Thereby he is able tohave the sparsam of the Bhaagawathas and wash theirfeet as well. This kaattaaRu reminds me of the vibhava avathArams ofthe Lord namely Rama Krishna avathArams which are alsoreferred to as the turbulent flowing waters[kaattaaRu] from mountains or in the forests. Thesewaters do not flow forever. They would dry up aftersometime. Similarly these Vibhava avathArams wereenjoyed by those who were contemporaries. Today, it ishistory and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis andAkrUrar did or Rama as Ayodhya did. Thus this rUpam isin the past like last year's river water, which is nolonger available to quench our thirst (dried up riverbed). Only archA roopams like Srirangan, ThirumalaiSrinivasan are available to us forever? And we seeRama Krishna avathArams in them and they are notdifferent from Sreenivasan or Rangan.Sri

Muralidhar Ranaswamy shares: In the seventhPasuram, the Azhwar cries out "Of what use is it to bean emperor walking under a royal umbrella, living in ahuge palace flaunting his wealth and hearing thepraise of sycophants in the court? Are not all thesemarks of royalty useless tinsel if they cannot help inserving the Lord? Would it not be beautiful if I canbecome a hill stream at Venkatachalam which provideswater used in performing Tirumanjanam forLord Srinivasa?AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNamRegardsNamo narayanadAsan ________Get the toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.http://new.toolbar./toolbar/features/mail/index.php

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