Tiruviruttam and Lord's qualities Part - 19

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TIRUVIRUTTAM

And

THE AUSPICIOUS QUALITIES OF THE LORD (19)

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91. By His excellent qualities and simplicity, the

Lord makes the devotees determined not to approach

anyone else other than Himself.

“churunguRi veNNey thoduvuNda kaLvanai,

vaiyyamuRRum

orunguRa uNda peruvayiRRALanai mAvalimAttu

irungkuRaLaki isaiyavOr moovadi vENdicchenRa

perungkiRiyAnai allAl adiyEn nencham pENalathE.”

 

(I am His servant! My heart will not solicit anyone

else other than the Lord, Who stealthily took away the

butter collected and saved in a secured pot kept

hanging from the ceiling, Who swallowed all the worlds

leaving nothing into His wide stomach, Who tactfully

approached Emperor mahAbhali as a dwarf and begged

just three feet of land from him.)

 

92. Not only by His qualities, but even through His

forms, He does likewise.

 

“nin moorthi palkooRRilonRu kANalumAm kol?”

(Can anyone see at least one of the many aspects of

Your form?)

 

93. He blesses the seers who praise Him by His names

and meditate on His form.

 

“kAlai nanj~nAnatthuRai padinthAdik

kaNpOthu ceithu

mAlai nanAvil koLLAr, ninaiyAr avan

maippadiyE.”

(There are many who do not even think of the Lord’s

dark form; nor worship Him in the evening uttering His

names with devotion closing their eyes; nor do they

immerse themselves in spiritual knowledge.)

[The implied message is that only the virtuous few

will devote themselves in these activities and get

blessed by Him.]

 

94. Without such a spiritual knowledge, even if one

utters one of His names, the Lord blesses him.

“eppadi oorA milaikkak kuruttA milaikkum ennum

appadi yAnum chonnEn adiyEn maRRu yAthu

enbanE.”

(I also worship You, like the blind cows make sounds

following the cows who do so on their return to their

sheds. I am Your servant, what else can I say?)

 

95. The Lord provides only benefits to those who

surrender to Him, like a mother and a father.

“yAthunum paRRi neengum virathatthai nal veedu

ceyyum

mAthAvinaip pithuvait thirumAlai vaNanguvanE.”

(I surrender to the Consort of SrI, who is like a

mother and a father, and Who made me to leave all

other paths.)

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S. SrInivAsan

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