Periya Thirumozhi-5.8-aadhalaal vandhun adiyiNai adindhEn ThiruvarangatthammanE

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr immerses himself in archaavataar, because only They can be

enjoyed by us on this earth now. The Param, VyUhams are not accessible here.

The anthryaami is invisible. The avtaars (vibhavam) happened long ago.

 

AzhwAr perfoemss saranagathy to the archa roopams. In this ten, he says “nin

adiyiNai adaindhEn aNipozhil ThiruvarangatthammaanE!”.

 

1. “yEzhi, yEthalan.. keezhmagan ennaadhu irangi maRRavarkku innaruL

surandhu….”

 

Guhan- illiterate, immersed in sensual pursuits; always kills (vbeing

ahunter); lowly caste; Still, You showered Your grace on him; and also said

further, “This darting, deer eyed Seethai is your friend; this younger

brother brother of yours- LakshmaNan is also my younger brother”- Not just

that. He added that You are my friend; the fifth brother (in our family).

(Kamban says “Guganodum ivaranOm”) Such “vaLLal” You are. These words of

Yours are rining in my heart always. Hence, Oh merciful Lord! Sri Ranga

swAmI! AdiyEn surrenders at Your Feet!

 

2. Not even a human birth; (like Gugan)- monkey; Vaayu puthran (due to this

birth of being a son of Vaayu, false pride could have come in- “Vaadham maa

magan”). Still, You befriended him; and also said “There is no paying back

for the upakaaram you did” ; “Oh faultless speaker! Let me enjoy the

pleasure of embracing you,” (Vaaymaiyinaayudan udanE uNban naan) . What a

Sowlabhyam! I wish this should happen to adiyEn also. Hence, adiyEn

surrenders at Your Lotus Feet, Oh Sri Ranga SwamI!

 

3. GajEndran- the elephant, went into the most beautiful lotus pond, and

plucked the flower from there. The strong crocodile pulled its leg. The

elephant thought of Your Lotus Feet and surrendered then and there. You

ferociously, immediately jumped to protect the one that has held Your Feet.

Realising Your anger to the virOdhis of those who surrender to You, adiyEn

surrenders at Your Feet, Oh Ranganatha Swami!

 

4. Sumukan – snake, was chased by Garudan and the snake surrendered to You.

When, that poisonous snake, when chased by Garudan, surrendered to You,

saying, “You should save me; You alone are my refuge”. You saved him by

handing over to Garudan as His protection for Him to provide shelter to the

snake. These yamakinkarar are all cruel and can do anything to me. I am

scared and surrender to You, realising what You did to that Sumukan, Oh Sri

Ranganatha Swami!

 

5. (Above four pAsurams are on Lord’s mercy on hunter, monkey, elephant and

snake). When the Nithras and the earthly people, come together and pay their

obeisance to You, PerumAnE! You made that brahmin – vedic scholar (by name

Govindhaswami of ThiruvEmkatam enjoy Your Lotus Feet and said “Stay on the

earth some more time and enjoy and then come to Me”. AdiyEn surrenders at

Your Feet, Oh Sri Rnga swAmi!

 

6. MarkkaNdEyan- the son of Vedic scholar, a sage was sought by Yama for

taking his (son’s) life away. MaarkaNdEyan suurnedered to You, and You

accepted him and saved him as his rakshakan. You got angry with Yama. You

made MaarkaNdEyan always be at Your Feet since then. To make adiyEn also on

the same token at Your Feet, adiyEn surrenders to Your Feet, Oh Swami who

has His Yoga nithrA at Sri Rangam!

 

7. PerumAnE! Saantheebini- a brahmin taught You (when You were KaNNan), the

Vedas, the second birth with upanayanam, etc. He asked for a Guru

dhankshiNai “My darling son has disappeared and I don’t know where he is.

Please get him back to me.” You brought him back from Yama lOkam. Such most

wonderful Lord, Sri RanganAtha Swami! AdiyEnn surrenders to Your Feet.

 

8. One great vedic scholar- brahmin, came to You (KaNNan) and said “My

father! You are my rakshakan. I surrender to You. My wife and children are

missing.”. You took pity on him and in front of all those enemies (who

teased the brahmin for going to You to get back his family), You got them

back to him. Oh Sri Ranganatha Swami! Most Powerful Lord! adiyEn surrenderss

to You!

 

9. The great king- the chief of kings- the strongest emperor- Thondaimaan

Chakravarrtthi- became Your object of mercy. You taught him the most

esoteric, the most powerful, the unparalleled Ashtaaksharam, by staying with

him for seven naazhigai and teaching him seven meanings( of “8”?). Having

realised that adiyEn surrenders You, the One who measured the whole Universe

and ruled the same, Oh Sri Ranganatha Swami!

 

10. This ten is sung by Thirumangai mannan0 Kaliyan. This ten is on the

Swami of Srirangam Divya Desam. This SarvEshawaran is unparalleled,

unbounded greatest Sarvagnan. He has ChakrAyudham; He is My Swami. He adores

His BhakthAs. Og Bhagawathas! Think of Sri Ranganathan and dance and sing

this ten. If you sing this ten, all your paapams will run away and not stay

with you anymore.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

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