Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 4.11-The reciters of this ten will be blessed by the Lord to be greatest of bhAgawathAs

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us conclude the 4th decad of azhwAr’s verses on

ThiruvEnkatam. A brilliant set of verses.

 

111th verse today…

 

manniyathaN saaral vadavENG kataththaanRan

ponniyalum sEvatikaL kaaNpaan purinthiRaiNYchi

konnavilum koorvEl kulasE karansonna

panniyan^ool thamizhvallaar paangaaya paththargaLE

 

Kulasekara - The king who has mastered the art of

conquering the enemies with his sharp spear, has sung

this ten With an intense desire to see, enjoy the

golden hued, red lotus most beautiful feet of Lord who

has shown himself so gracefully on the mountain of

ThiruvEnkatam, where the soft, chill drizzles of water

falls sprinkle everywhere. Those who have recited

these ten [or read these translations] would be

blessed by the Lord to be well-ripened devotees

[paangaaya patthargaLE].

 

KualsekarAzhwAr mentions in his phala sruthi that

those who recite these ten would be great bhakthas.

They will be ripened ,well qualified, deemed fit to

perform kaimkaryam that pleases the Lord most. He

means to say that the reciters would not have to seek

as AzhwAr sought asking from fish, stork, etc. The

Lord Himself would grant them what is the best.

Commentators enjoyed.

 

AzhwAr had beautifully sought for various sthaavara

jangama births (none moving and moving beings] in the

mountain of ThiruvEnkatam. This is also stated by Sri

Azhagiya ManavaLa perumAL Naayanaar [as narrated in

Sri Velukkudi Krishnan upanyasam]- based on “Let me be

born as anything in ThiruvEnkatam.”

 

Aniya oora punaiya

Adiyum podiyum pada

Parvatha bhavanangaLilE

yEdhEnum onRaauy janikka vENum.

 

Aniya- AdhisEshan kaimkaryam... As bed, as seat... As

His sandals [seNraal kudaiyaam, irundhaal

singaasanammam; ninRaam maravadiyaam]

 

Oora- Riding on Garuda

Punaiya- to be worn as garland (be a garland) on the

divine chest of the Lord. The flowers go to the

corpses; some go to dust; some are blessed to reach

the Lord’s dhivya mangaLa vigraham.

Adiyum podiyum pada- The dust at the feet should touch

us. When Kutti Krishnan jumped into the pond to dance

on Kaalingan head, from the kadhamba tree Hence the

kadhama tree is so blessed to have got the dust from

His Lotus Feet.

 

[Thirumangai AzhwAr addresses Mahaa bhali as

Kaamaruseer avuNan- the asura who is desired after [be

me] as his head was touched by the Lord Himself]

 

parvatha bhavanangaLil- In the mountains where the

Lord resides, and in the palaces of His or the

residences of Bhaagawathaas? Let me be blessed to be

born there as ANYTHING.

 

Sri Alavandhaar also mentions that he would rather be

an insect in the residence of a Bhaagawatha [sthothra

Rathnam]

 

thava daasya sukhaika sanginaam

bhavanEshu asthu api keeta janma mE

idharaavasathEshu maa sma bhoodh

api mE janma chathurmukhAthmanaa [55]

 

Please bless me to be born as even a small worm at the

thirumaaLigai (house) of

Bhaagawatha-Paramaikaanthin-who are devoted only at

Your Lotus Feet and enjoy only the Lotus Feet of

Yours; may I be born so. BUT PLEASE DO NOT let me be

born even as the Chathur mukha brahmA [the four faced

Brahmaa] in the residence of those who do not consider

themselves as devotees of Yours.

 

The Bhaagawathaas- are grander and more glorious than

even the rivers like Ganges, Cauveri, etc. The fruits

of taking holy baths in the sacred rivers- are perhaps

the association with Bhaagawathaas. The white cloth

gets its colour when other colours join the same;

similarly, the sathsangam makes one shine like gold

and be resplendent with Bhakthi for the Lord.

Hencethere should be nithya vaasam (permanent

residence) in the ThirumaaLigai (residence) of

Bhaagawathaas. Instead of being born as human beings

and then have association with the Bhaagawathas and

then leave them due to some reason, it is even better

to be born as worm in the residence of Bhaagawathas-

thereby there is no chance or avenue to even go out of

the house.Even if it gets crushed inadvertently by

Bhagawathas, it is even grander to die there. During

its short life, there will be at time occasional

kataaksham at those worms by those Bhagawaathas. That

itself is enough. Pasur manushya pakshI vaa- they

bless all beings with benevolent grace.

 

Instead, even it is equal to the status of Chathur

mukha Brahmaa, OR even given a chance to rule this

entire universe as Brahmaa (four faced one) it is

still lowly and will do no good to Athma vichaaram.

Also brahmaa’s life is so long, one needs to suffer

and suffer and suffer with samsaaric affliction. What

is the use of education, wealth, power, fame- when

there is no devotion for Bhagawaan, no detachment

(vairAgyam) etc?

 

KulasEkarAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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