Thirumangai mannan - num Kaliyan - Thirunakshathram [Kaartthikai Kritthikai]

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Sri:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all

 

EngaL gadhiyE! Iraamaanusa muniyE!

sangkaikedutthaaNda thavaraasaa –pongkupugazh

mangkaiyarkOn eendha maRaiyaayiramanaitthum

thangkumanamnNeeyenakkuth thaa

 

(by Embaar)

 

(Oh Our Only refuge Sri Ramaujamuni! Please bless us

with the capable mind to retain all thousand pAsurams

of ThirumangaiAzhwAr, that are equivelent to VedAs. )

 

In order to pay our obeisance to our dearest

Thirumangai AzhwAr on His Birthday today (Kaarthigai

maasam, Kritthigai Nakshathram), let us enjoy the

upadEsam scene AzhwAr got from Sriman Narayanan.

 

The Lord asked Thirumangai mannan to come near Him AND

WHISPERED IN HIS RIGHT EAR the Ashtaakshara Manthram.

Having heard those EIGHT SYALLABLES (AshtAksharam)

right from none other than SRIYA: PATHI HIMSELF, his

body, mind, heart became PURE!. All his dirt had

disappeared! He was simply electrified by the

AshtAkshara upadEasam and burst out VaadinEn Vaadi…

pAsurams. He had goose pimples all over his body; He

was blessed with indescribable blissful happiness! He

prostrated fully at Their Lotus feet with eyes full of

tears at Their mercy to bless him despite his

shortcomings and negative qualities. They blessed him

with Their KARUNA KATAAKSHAM. Then They disappeared.

 

AzhwAr realised His ThiruviLaiyAdal and His

thadutthAkoLLum Emeprumaan’s Greatness. He realised

the purpose of his birth and poured out tamizh

pAsurams on the Lord incessantly. He looked at the sky

and kept on crying ceaselessly for Their dayA on his

lowly self. His hands and legs were shivering with

tremendous amount of Bhakti and love/ excitement

for the Lord.

 

Let us enjoy His [naichyAnusanthAnam] utter humility

with which he sang some of his pAsurams. I was deeply

moved by these simple lovely emotional words of

Thirumangai AzhwAr.

 

He narrates in his 1.9 of Periya Thirumozhi, where he

starts off with

 

“thaayE thandhai enRum thaaramE kiLai makaaL enRum/

nOyE paattozhindhEn…. NaayEn vandhaindhEn … (He

describes himself as the lowly dog !), and continues

beautifully!

 

naanE naanaavidha narakam pughum paavam cheydhEn… (I

have committed enormous sins that will push me into

the Hell automatically…)

 

konRen palluyirai kurikkOL onRum illaamaiyinaal

enREnum irandhaarkku inidhaaga vuraitth aRiyEn… ( I

have killed many without any purpose (as a king and as

a army general..); I have never ever helped those who

come to me for alms; nor have I uttered anything

sweet to them (by pointing to those who can help them

)

 

kulandhaan etthanaiyum piRandhE iRandheyytthu

ozhindhEn nalndhaan onRum ilEn nalladhOr aRam cheudhum

ilEn… (I have been taking so many births and deaths

and I have never performed any good deed in any of

them.)

 

yeppaavam palavum ivaiyE cheydhu iLaitthu ozhindhEn

thuppaa ninnadiyE thodarndhEtthEtthavun giRkinRilEn….

(I have never prostrated Your Feet and had exerted

myself committing only sins, sins and sins…)

 

theriyEn baalakanaay pala theemaigaL seydhumittEn

periyEn aayinapin piRarkkE uzhaitthu yEzhai aanEn…. (I

have committed lot of mistakes and apachaarams during

my boyhood, as playful acts… When I grew up, I have

worked only for others and have become poor and wasted

my treasure/wealth (of this sarIram of Yours without

thinking and serving You)…

 

paRREl onRum ilEn paavamE seydhu paaviyaanEn

maRREl onRaRiyEn maayanE ! engaL MadhavanE!

kaRREn …paayndhozhugum kamalacchunai vEnkatavaa

aRREn vandhadaindhEn adiyEnai AtkONdu aruLE! …

 

(I have NOTHING to hold on to and I have committed

ONLY SINS AND BECOME AN INCORRIGIBLE SINNER. I have

NONE ELSE AND NOTHING. I am NOT learned too! (Only You

are there to save me! and Only You can! ) My Dear

Madhavaa! VenkatEsA! I have come here at ThirumalA.

Please consider me and take me as Your eternal

servant!)

 

nalam tharum sollai naan kaNdu koNdEN “Narayana” ennum

naamam….

 

thujumbOdhu azhaimin – when you go to sleep, call Him

“Narayana”;

thuyar varil ninaimin- when you have probelsm and are

sorrowful, think of Him “Narayana”;

thuyarileer sollinum nanRaam… even if you have no

problems and are happy, even then, it is so sweet and

nice to utter “Narayana”.

 

A Great AzhwAr! Really a Great AzhwAr! What an

outpourings! IT IS OUR FORTUNE TO BE BORN AS

VAISHNAVITES, and it is the grace of Divya Damapatis

and the anugraham of AchAryAs and AzhwArs for being

able to get an opportunity to share such enjoyment and

anubhavams.

 

namo narayana

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

narayana dasan madhavakkannan

 

 

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