Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 4.8- AzhwAr wants himself to be the entire walk- stretch on the 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 eighth verse.

 

piRaiyERu sadaiyaanum piramanu minthiranum

muRaiyaaya peruvELvik kuRaimudippaan maRaiyaanaan

veRiyaar_thaN sOlaith thiruvENG katamalaimEl

neRiyaayk kitakkum nilaiyudaiyE NnaavEnE

 

AzhwAr in the earlier verse longed to be the river

that flows from the mountain forests of ThiruvEnkatam.

Then he is reminded of Bhaagawathaas who would just

wash their feet, their hands, perform Achamanam and

then proceed to leave for further duties. He is

worried that he would be deprived of the continuity of

their sparsam.. And hence shifts his plea to being the

very road or path itself in this verse. He wants

himself to be the entire stretch of the road on which

these Bhaagawathas will walk their feet will touch the

AzhwAr ThirumEni who will be the path Thus arises this

wonderful verse from azhwAr.

 

The crescent moon adorned Rudra, Chathurmukha Brahma,

Devendra et al pray to Him the Lord of ThiruvEnkatam

udaiyaan (muRaiyaaga- in accordance with the Vedanta

saashthrAs- i.e. knowing the Supremacy of the Lord and

their eternal servitude to Him- which is declared in

Vedas and Upanishads). They perform their penance and

get their wishes fulfilled by His grace. He Himself is

the essence of Vedas [maRiyaanaan].

 

Thus in this Diyya Desam of ThiruvEnkatam, [full of

charming gardens- and where this Supreme Lord of

ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan stands so gracefully] I would

like to be blessed to remain as the very road or path

in This mountain.

 

What a wonderful verse impregnated with great

meanings:

 

Our Venkatesa Suprabhatam echoes the above:

 

sachathurmukha shaNmukha panchamukha

pramukAkhila dhaivatha mouLimaNE !

SaraNAgathavathsala ! SaaranidhE !

ParipAlaya maam VrushasailapathE !

 

[From Sri Satakopan Swmai’s translation- Oh Lord of

Vrusha sailam! Saranaagatha vathsalaa! Oh Crown Jewel

of all DevAs and Gods like the four-faced BrahmA, the

five-faced Sivan and the six-faced Kumara

(Subramanya)! Oh Lord who is immensely attached by the

bonds of love to those, who seek your protection!

Please protect me-the One who has surrendered to you!

Oh Lord of VrushA hills! You overlook the deficiencies

of those, who perform SaraNAgathi at Your holy feet

and look upon that SaraNAgahti as a vyAjam [excuse] to

come to their rescue and bless them fully. Just as

poor people at times of grinding poverty access their

savings, we come to you at times of great distress to

save us. May You, known for such vaibhavam as Saara

Nidhi (matchless treasure) and being a SaraNAgatha

Vathsalan protect me!

 

In GitA Krishna says:

 

Vedaischa sarvam ahamEva Vedhya: [i am the Vedas]

Maha Bharata states clearly " Na Vishnoh Paramo Deva: "

The terms Isana and Siva have been reconciled under

the Etymological meanings.

Sage Vyasa says clearly elsewhere,-After a very

careful examination of all the sacred texts (ALODHYA

SARVA SAASTRANI) AND AFTER REPEATED INVESTIGATION into

their purport, we come to one obvious conclusion

(Vichaarya cha puna: puna:), that the Lord to be

mediated upon at all times is Narayana( DHEYEYO

NARAYANA: SADHA).

 

One can pile up more and more from Agamas, Puranas,

Ithihasas, Samhitas and Upanishads about the supremacy

of Sriman Narayana. After Vyasa Deva’s statement

quoted above, there is no need for more proofs.

 

Sri Muralidhar Rangaswami writes: Kulashekara Perumal

then refers to the elevated status of Brahma, Indra

and Rudra and points out that they have been granted

their status as fruits of their Yagas and penance for

Lord Srinivasa. However, even these are transient in

nature. That which is permanent and lasting is service

to the Lord and his Bhagavatas. Therefore, wouldn't it

be marvelous to be a path or road traversed by

Bhagavatas who come to have a Darshanam of Bhagavan.

Thus yearns the Azhwar in this eighth Paasuram

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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