Sri Nainacharyar's PiLLai Anthaadhi: 11-20

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

The second set covering the verses from 11 to 20 of Pillai anthaaddhi is

here for your enjoyment.

 

11. I will not flatter and praise the worldly people to sky high; as

KaRpakam, etc.. I will also not stand on top of the mountain and perform

thapas. Oh Thooppul PiLLaiyE! Please bless this adiyEn. That is what I crave

and just long for.

 

12. My mind is full of darkness and anjnAnam. I am in darkness. Oh Vedanta

DesikA!.. I tend to discard the traditional paths, as put forth by our

Poorva AchAryars. I know no other means and ways to follow but hold Your

Feet, seeking Your kataaksham. You alone can see me through.

 

13. I have no jnAnam. I don’t claim even. I have no knowledge /capacity to

perform Karma, jnAna and Bhakti Yogam. I am not inclined towards sanyasam.

Even easy saraNAgathi is beyond my reach. Oh Lord of Thooppul! I have just

come to Your Feet! Your grace is the only route to attain the Goal.

 

14 I don’t bend myself to Your Feet even. I am not devoted sincerely to

Your disciples even though they are all around me. I don’t know as to what I

need to do and what can I do now (with so many apacharams), but to pray in

this condition of mine, and hope for Your merciful glance. That will make me

more worthy. Will you please bless me?

 

15. unnaru LanRi yenakkoru naRRuNai yinmaiyinaa

lenniru valvinai neeyE vilakki yidhangaruthi

manniya naRRiru mandhira mOdhum poruNilaiyE

ponnaru Laalaru Laaypugazh thooppuR kulaviLakkE.

 

Oh Shining Chief of Thoppul! I stand here before You. Please help to remove

and evil and good deeds and their actions/fruits. I don’t know what is in

store for me for my future. Please bless me to understand the meaning of

Thiru ashtAksharam which will lead me to Parabhakti, ParajnAnam and Parama

bhakti.

 

16. Oh Thooppul PiLLaiyE! Please bless me to have intense Bhakti towards

ThiruvEmkatamudiayaan, who most lovingly had Periya PiraaTTi AlarmEl Mangai

Thaayar in His Chest, (born of Lotus flower); Please also bless me to have

most purest thoughts and devotion towards The Bhagawathas who have intense

bhakti to towards the Sriya: Pathi.

 

17. Oh My Saviour! My protector! Who sat at the Feet of AppuLLaar! (Chief of

Kidambhi lineage). Oh Thpooul Pillai, who had the grace of AppuLLaar’s

grace! Who had learnt from him, the essence and meanings of Sanskrit and

Tamil Vedas! Oh Perfect great genius! We pray for Your grace and kattaksham!

 

18. Oh Lord of Thooppul! Oh Most Merciful, most affectionate, and kind

AchAryA, full of grace! Oh Great Poet! And master of all languages! Oh Most

handsome Vedatha DesikA! I am here praying to You with folded hands, palms

glued to each other, asking You “May my mind ever be filled with bhakti

towards the Bhagawathas at Your Feet!”.

 

19. The Bhagawathas- at Your Feet, who enjoy being at Your Feet,- May Those

Feet of Yours long live! May Your smiling face and Your Pristinely pure face

long live.! May Your kind hand long live! Oh shining jewel of Thooppul! May

that Oordhva puNdram (ThirumaN) on Your lustrous face long live! May that

most beauiotiful immaculate Form with Sacred thread (PooNool) long live!

 

20. vadivazha kaarndhavaN tooppulvaL Lanmen malaradimE

ladiyava rOthavan^ dhaathi yirupadhu maayndhuraiththEn

Ridamuda Nneedhaith thinandhoRu maadharith thOdhumanbar

mudiyidai nEr_padun^ thooppulam maanpadha maamalarE.

 

May Your Most Beautiful Form long live in the hearts of million Bhagawathas

(at Your Feet) I composed these slOkas with bhakti and great humility so

that those who read these slOkas (or their meanings) will meditate His

(Swami Desika’s) name and remember His graceful Form, bend their heads at

His Lotus Feet, (which are always in my heart and on my head)

 

SimadhE Nigamaantha MahAdhEsikaaya nama:

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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