Periya Thirumozhi 6.2- maRandhEn unnai munnam maRandha madhiyin manatthaal!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr had appealed to ThiruviNNagaram Oppiliappan, and said that he hates

the samsaaric life and longs to see and be blessed with his darshan. PerumAL

never heeded. AzhwAr assumed that Emperumaan still is perhaps under the

impression that he (AzhwAr)’s attachment to sensual pursuits have not

disappeared fully. Hence, AzwAr mentions all his earlier trespasses,

attachment /entanglement with sense organs/pleasures, his desire for

materials/ worldly pleasures, his apprehension and fear of the future due to

his earlier actions, and says “These sins or karmic diseases can not be made

to disappear by adiyEn at all. Only through the purushaakaaram

(recommendation) of Periya PiraaTTi, adiyEn pleads for Your grace to take me

to You for saving adiyEn..”. Simply the essence of Prapatthi saasthram

housed in this ten. May I request Bahawathas to read them in Tamil (if you

can). It is an excellent ten. (THOUGH AZHWAR SAYS ALL THIS, IT IS MORE

APPLICABLE AND SUITABLE FOR ME.)

 

1. “poRutthEn punsol nenjil poruL inbham ena iraNdum / iRutthEn*

aimpulangatkadanaayina vaayilotti aRutthEn* aarvach cheRRamavai thannai

manatthagaRRi veRutthEn* nin adaindhEn ThiruviNNagar mEyavanE/” I had

listened and also endured the lowly “other” (idhara vishayam)/ abusive

statements. The materialistic fruits and the desires – I had given them too.

I liked those who were helpful to me for my above (worldly) pursuits and

hated those who were not. NOW I have made all this get removed from my mind

from the roots completely. That likes and dislikes – I have plucked away and

stated hating that earlier attitude of mine as well. Oh Lord of

ThiruviNNagaram Diva Desam! adiyEn surrenders to You.

 

2. “maRandhEn unnai munnam maRandha madhiyin manatthaal* iRandhEn

atthanaiyum adhanaal idumbhaik kuzhiyil* piRandhEyeytthozhidhEn PerumAn

Thirumaabhaa! SiRandhEn nin adikkE ThiruviNNagaanE!” You- who needs to be

always for ever meditated and thought of- have been forgotten by me from

time immemorial. And then, even when I had heard about You, I never showed

interest in my mind and wasted my time. Hence, I was made to suffer with

numerous births and deaths, by being born of the sorrow filled garbha

vaasam. I had no strength (shakti) nor an effort to attain You. Oh Lord, the

One who has (Purushaakara) PiraaTTi in Your chest! Now, adiyEn has been a

worthy object of ONLY YOUR Lotus Feet, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

3. “maanEy nOkkiyartham vayiRRuk kuzhil uzhaikkum* UnEr aakkai thannai

udhavaamai uNarndhu* vaanE maanilamE vandhu uvandhu en manatthu irundha*

thEnE ! nin adaindhEn ThiruviNNagaraanE! Oh Chief of Sri VaikuNTam! Oh Lord

of the whole vast Universe! From Sri Vaikuntam, You came here; willingly and

also happily (with great enthusiasm) entered into my heart and stay there

permanently. Sweetest Honey ! ThiruviNNaraga PerumAnE! This body (sarIram),

that comes out of the garbham of beautiful deer eyed women, though is meant

only for getting You and serving You, adiyEn understands and realises that

this sarIram is not helping me (or co-operative) to attain the purushaartham

(i.e. You.) Hence, adiyEn surrenders to Your with YOU AS THE WAY AND THE

GOAL AS WELL.

 

4. “piRindhEn peRRa makkaL peNdir enRu ivar pin udhavaadhu aRindhEn* nee

paNittha aRuL ennum oL vaaL uruvi yeRindhEn* aimpulangaL idar theera

yeRindhu vandhu seRindhEn* nin adikkE ThiruviNNagaraanE!” The children,

wives, other relative- et al are not helpful at the end (of life) – I have

realised that. And hence, I have separated – delinked myself from them.

Using the word (meymmeip peru vaartthai)- the Charam slOkam – sarva

dharmaan..maa sucha: - as the sharp strong lustrous sword), I have cut off

my attachments with five senses. Thus, removing all my hurdles (with Your

grace) adiyEn performs saraNagathy and surrenders to Your Feet only,

ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

5. The young women, who have fragrant black tresses that house bees

drinking honey from the flowers bedecked on the hair, address and greet

their great kings as “Long live” and those kings, who ruled the worlds have

gone dead and are no more – is also a fact, from time immemorial. This

wealth is never ever permanent. Hence, I do not want this family material

life and any more, nor its transitory pleasures; Thus, leaving all that,

adiyEn surrenders to Your Feet only,, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

6. These senses that need to serve only the Lord- I do not wish to let

them do what they long to enjoy the “other” matters and let me run behind

them. Oh strongest Lord (mallA!) the One who fought with ChaaNoora,

Mushthikan, and killed them! Oh Lord! the One who destroyed the wealthy,

beautiful, rampart –surrounded lankA with Your divine bow! (villA!) adiyEn

surrenders to Your Feet only,, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

7. (a beautiful pAsuram! Lamenting on the influence of those cruel five

senses!) I, who had never thought about You so far, have now become

different and plead this to You, my SwamI! Please take it to Your

ThiruvuLLam. These five senses are competing with each other to take their

share on me and are trying their level best to push me into the most cruel

hell and torture me terribly. You retained them in my sarIram for making me

and putting me on the right track (and serving You). Thus, not trusting

these cruel senses, adiyEn surrenders to Your Lotus Feet, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

8. The worst cruel, incorrigible sins of mine, are trying to push me into

the terrible hell, and are chasing me like a fire with tongues of flame from

its mouth, in order to let me go astray and away from the Athma guNam. Oh

Chief of NithyasUris! The One who removed the sorrow of the moon! adiyEn

surrenders to Your Lotus Feet, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

9. Periya PiraaTTi- the one who stays in the fresh lovely Lotus flower;

BhUmi PiraaTTi, Nithys sooris- You are Their only personification of

enjoyment! The One who went as the unparalleled messenger to DhuryOdhanan!

The One who spoke words of comfort and assurance to Pandavas! The One who

stays in my heart like the lustre of a lamp! The One who is praised by

VedAs! Veda purushA! adiyEn surrenders to Your Lotus Feet,

ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

10. This ten is on the great Divya Desam of ThiruviNNagaram, which is full

of honey dripping most fragrant flowers, composed by Kaliyan, the one from

Thirumangai, who has the sharp spear that can pass through effortlessly and

smoothly into the bodies of enemies! Those who read them, will be praised as

the chief and also be blessed to join the world of Nithya sooris i.e.

SrivaikuNTam.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

 

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