Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 5.6- My heart will not melt at anything else- even if you do not elect to banish my sorrows!

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SRI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest All,

 

AzhwAr expresses in this 5th decad his ananyagatitvam

and (having none other as his refuge) Akinchanyam

(helplessness) which are closely tied to Saranagati.

 

Let us learn about the anga- MahaviswAsa (unflinching

and unconditional Faith)

 

Sri Nadadhur AmmAL mentions in Prapanna Parijatham:

 

It is that Faith that He will protect: abandoning

further self-effort in this direction, and not seeking

the favor of others for this purpose

By reason of His ability, His ease of accessibility,

His eternal union with compassion, and because of the

inherent relation of Him and that which He rules;

which is not known; but which is ever-existent;

the firm belief that He will protect us who conform to

His will is 'mahAviSvAsa'. [courtesy: Sri Mani

Varadarajan, USA]

 

Only when he has a firm faith that the Lord will save

him would complete the Prapatti anga. If he has doubts

regarding the faith, Prapatti remains fruitless. The

faith completes and helps the aspirant remain free of

worries.

 

More if it later.

 

Let us continue to enjoy the 6th verse.

 

senthazhalE vanthazhalais seythitinum sengamalam

antharancEr vengathirOR kallaa lalaraavaal

venthuyarveet taavidinum viRRuvakkOt tammaaun

anthamilseerk kallaa lakanguzhaiya maattEnE

 

 

The ref ball of fire scorches with its hot rays; But

still, the red lotus flower blooms and blossoms with

the arrival of the hot scorching sun and its rays and

not bloom because of any other fire. Oh Lord of

VitthuvakkOttammaa!

 

vemm thuyar vitAvidinum, Unn antham il seerkku allal

aham kuzhaya maattEn

 

Even if You do not elect to banish my severe sorrows,

I will not be moved by any thing except Your anantha

kalyANa guNams. My heart will not melt over by

anything else. I will not have any dEvathAnthara

Sambhandham.

 

Sri Veda Vyasa declares in the MahaBharata " satyam

satyam puna: satyam utsrujya BhujamuchyathE vedAth

shAsthram param nAsthi na daIvam keshavAth param "

 

Meaning: Truth, truth and once again the truth, I

proclaim with my hands raised that there is no greater

Shastram than the Vedas and there is no deity greater

than Keshava.

 

Interestingly, the term Keshava comes about from the

fact that Shiva eulogizes Lord Vishnu in the

Harivamsha purANa as " Brahma is called Ka and I am

known as Isha. We two were born from your limbs.

Therefore, You are called Keshava " . A second meaning

for the term Keshava comes about from the 10th canto

of Srimad Bhagavatam, wherein the episode of Krishna

killing the demon Keshi is discussed. Due to this

fact, Lord Krishna is known as Keshava.

 

The varaha puraNam states " parO nArAyaNO dhEva:

thasmAjjAthaschathurmuKha: TasmAdhrudhrOBhavEddhEvi!

sa cha sarvajnyathAm gatha: "

 

Narayana is the supreme deity. From Him was born

Brahma-the four faced one. From Brahma arose Rudra oh

Goddess! Then He assumed the form of Vishnu

 

The position of Srimad Bhagavatam regarding Lord

Vasudeva (Narayana) as the supreme being is

established from the verse " karmANAm paripAkathvAth

AvirinchAdhamangaLam I ithi mathvA virakthasya

vAsudEva: parA gathi: "

 

Meaning: The man who has no attachment (to things of

this world) should know that every being including

Brahma is tainted by the ripening of karma-to Him,

Vasudeva alone is the Supreme goal or refuge. [Extract

from Sri Muralidhar Rangaswamy’s article]

 

AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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