Tiruviruttam and the Lord's qualities Part - 6

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TIRUVIRUTTAM

And

THE AUSPICIOUS QUALITIES OF THE LORD (6)

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26. He is present in TiruvehkA, the holy place which

confers benefits after removing all our miseries.

 

" kAl nilam tOintu viNNOr tozhum kaNNan vehkAvutam poon

tEniLam cOlai appAlatu eppAlaikkum cEmattE. "

 

(This is the Lord SrI Krishna's vehkA, where nitya

sooris, standing with their legs touching the earth,

worship Him; it is situated just adjoining a beautiful

and pleasant flower garden, beyond the terrible desert

[of all our miseries], conferring bliss on us.)

 

27. He is of so much compassion as to turn even the

wicked into the virtuous.

 

" yAmangal tORu erivIsum nam kaNNan antaNNanntuzhAit

tAmam punaiya avvAdai ItO vantu taNNenRatE. "

 

(That wind, which used to blow heat waves throughout

the nights earlier, has now become pleasant, because

we are wearing the beautiful and pleasant Tulasi

garland of our Lord KaNNan.)

 

28. He is capable of similarly changing even inanimate

objects.

 

" taNNan tuzhAi vaLaikoLvatu yAmizhappOm, naduvE

vaNNan tuzhAvi Or vAdai ulAvum, vaLvAy alakAl

puNNan tuzhAmE porunIrt tiruvarangA! aruLAy

eNNam tuzhAvum idattu uLavO pandum innannavE? "

 

(Oh Lord! You have this SrIrangam which is surrounded

by the fast flowing river (KAvEri), with waves so that

the birds do not rob it of the conches it is carrying!

The cool, pleasant Tulasi robs us of our bracelets; a

wind blows in our midst just to rob us of our colour;

our mind also becomes restless. Please bless us! Was

there such a place ever before?)

 

29. He possesses a lustrous body which makes us to

send any inanimate object as a messenger to Him.

 

" nIlamuNda

minnanna mEnipperumAn ulakil peN tootu cellA

annanna nIrmai kolO! "

 

(The Lord has a body, like a lustrous bluish cloud,

which is such as to make it impossible for any woman

in the world not to send anything as a messenger to

Him!)

 

30. He is having such an Abode which will make any

such messenger unwilling to return from there.

 

" annam celvIrum vaNdAnam celvIrum tozhutirantEn!

munnam celvIrkaL maRvEnminO! KaNNan vaikuntanOdu

en nenjinAraik kaNdAl ennaic colliyaviridai nIr

innanm collIrO 'ituvO takavu?' enRu isaiminkaLE "

 

(Oh Birds, flying in the sky! I bow and submit this

request to you:

Don't leave those who have gone ahead of you! Tell

them about my condition and ask them, if they have

seen my heart at the side of Sri Krishna Who is Ruling

SrIvaikuNtam. But you are still not going there. Is it

proper? Please tell me.)

[The Lady is addressing the birds flying in the sky to

search for her heart which might have gone to the Lord

in SrIvaikuNtam and stayed back there.]

 

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil SrInivAsan

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