Periya Thirumozhi 7.3- kaNNanukku anRi en manam thaazhndhu nillaadhE..

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr in the last ten said “naanE yeydhap peRREn”. Means: I myself (was

blessed to have) got Him”.. How? Here in this ten, he explains how.

 

1. The Lord, Emperumaan, who shows Himself so gracefully at ThirunaRaiyoor,

the incomprehensible Lord even by the clear minded thapasvis- jnAnis; the

One who aimed the arrow through seven staggered trees, as Rama; the One who

always thinks good of His devotees; the One who is thought of by the

scholars and Bhagawathas and praising Him as “the One who has the Divine

Bow, angered on the asurAs and fought and killed them with fiery eyes!”-

such greatest Emperumaan is contemplated and enjoyed in adiyEn’s mind

always. Today- I am blessed to have seen Him and enjoyed His divine Beauty

with both of my eyes. When my eyes drank Him and enjoyed, I too enjoyed.

(AzhwAr says: “kaNNiNaigaL kaLippak kaLitthEnE”..- adadaa! )

 

2. This Emperumaan- the One who had swallowed the whole universe and brought

it out through His mouth once; the One who is the bhandhu (not due to the

birth, even before), naturally; Parama kruppaLu, the Most merciful

dayAkaran, Sarvagnan, but still thinking of this illiterate, ajjnAni, to

save adiyEn, by blessing me to think of Him at all times; to me, this lowly

self, considering me, as worthy of an object, and gracefully helping me as

Parama upakaarakan, like the Cow thinks of its calf- This Emperumaan has

beautiful makara kuNdalams (studs) in His ears; Ever Youthful looking Lord;

The Cowherd Boy, who had showed Himself (in the veranda) at “idai kazhi” of

ThirukkOviloor to the three AzhwArs; the One who is like a Lion appearing in

the midst of Nithya sooris; the One who is most affectionate and kind

towards me; - Such Greatest Most Merciful Emperumaan- I will NOT look for

any OTHER ONE..

 

3. The Lord, who first, in order to make me His possession, blessed me and

entered into my heart; and resided; He does not stay at anyone else’s heart

as a place of residence now; He has come on his own to bless me the eternal

kaimkaryam at His Feet, (which alone has been my longing desire in my mind)

and will not let me be trapped by yama dhUthAs; I am even blessed (by Him)

to have this thought of Him at this moment. – Such Greatest Emperumaan of

the most beautiful fertile Thirukkudanthai- the Most wonderful Swami- My

Father- My Father’s Father- My Kula nAthan- My upakaarakan- (most helpful

One);- How can adiyEn ever forget Him and under what pretext? (Tell me-)

(“enthaiyai, enthai thandhai thammaanai- empiraanai yetthaal maRakkEnE?”)

 

4. The Most merciful Emperumaan- KaNNan, who drove the chariot for the five

pandavas, and enabled them to kill DuryOdhanaadhis in the battle; the Parama

upakaarakan to adiyEn too; the ruler of Srirangam; My Master; the Chief of

Parama padham and Nithyars (arangamaaLi; ennaaLi; viNNaaLi); the One who

aimed arrows and made lankA tremble by walking towards it; the cool red

lotus eyed most beautiful Emperumaan- BUT for Him, to none else (no idhara

or anya devatha), my mind will not fall for and melt.. (“thaN thaamaraik

kaNNanukku anRi en manam thaazhndhu nillaadhE..”)

 

5. The One who appears then and there, whenever the cruel hell like sorrows

come to torment me, and consoles me “Don’t fear” (anjEl”- maa sucha;); My

Swami; the One, who has the red lotus Feet; the adorning jewel, in the group

of Nithya sooris; the Lion of ThiruvEmkatam; the Lord who tore the horse

(kesi asuran); the cowherd Boy KaNNan, caught for eating stolen butter, who

stooped Himself as simple (sowlabhyam) that He was tied to mortar, with

quivering lips, and tears welled in the eyes; (“yetthiRam uralinOdu

iNaindhiRandhu yEngiya yeLivE!”); He is the Honey; the Sweet Milk; - But for

that sweetest Lord- my mind will not think of anyone else.

 

6. At all times, He stand in my mind and does not leave me even for a

fraction of a second from me; He is so great; The One who shows Himself so

gracefully in the fertile most beautiful Thirumaaliruncholai; the One who is

like the sweet juice of sugarcane like kaRkaNdu; the One who appeared as

KaNNan and learn keenly all four Vedas at the feet of a sadAchAryan; the

greatest Lord who reclined on the milk Ocean; - In spite of all His scuh

Greats, He is still so simple and accessible for adiyEn (what a sowlabhyam!)

– But for Him, I will never ever sing on anyone else; (“en paNbhanai anRip

paadal seyyEnE”)

 

7. The One who is so sweet to me, like the divine music that comes out of

Veena, while played on the strings; the One who made adiyEn’s eyes, mind and

the speech as His residence; the One whose residence is also the Vedic

Brahmins’ minds; the Swami of Nithya sooris; my Master; - the One who is the

blue hued dark ocean colour; MaNi vaNNan; - But for this divine beautiful

blue hued colour of the Lord, my mouth will not talk of any thing else.

 

8. After being blessed to be the recipient of Emperumaan’s grace in this

birth itself, what kind of paapam (sin) can dare approach me? The One who

removes all sorrows and sins that completely distort the jIvAthmA and grants

only pleasures to the AthmA; the unparalleled One; the only means for the

world to Hold onto Him; the One who thinks of doing upakaaram and good to

the world at all times; the One who is praised and worshipped by Nithya

sooris; the ripened sweet fruit for the enjoyment of mumukshus; then, the

One who desired to love me, and like a thief, without my knowledge entered

into me, to capture my heart. – Now I (am blessed to) have seen Him..

 

9. (What a line!) “en seygEn adiyEn? uraiyeer idhaRkkenRu “ The Emperumaan,

who so gracefully, mercifully, stays in my heart permanently, and for this

upakaaram (help), what can adiyEn (this servant of His) do to pay back! Tell

me.. the Lord of ThanjaimaamaNikkOil; the One who tore open the chest of

hiraNyan; the lustrous shining One who is like a fire, so inaccessible; the

One who built the bridge on the deep ocean to let the strong rAvaNan’s lankA

be destroyed completely; the One who is worshipped by Devas, and is like

Huge Beautiful mountain; the One who has the divine form like a cool, blue

hued mountain; - my mind will never ever greet anyone else.. BUT FOR this

greatest, most Beautiful Emperumaan.

 

10. This ten on Emperumaan of ThirunaRaiyoor, is sung by Kaliyan, the one

who has sharp spear in his hand, the chief of Thirumangai; Emperumaan’s

lotus Feet is so cool, and pleasing to look at enjoy for the eyes. This ten

is sung for the devotees who pay their obeisance; dance, sing, prostrate at

such Lotus Feet of Emperumaan, and oh Bhagawathas, who read (sing) these

ten! The paavams (sins) will never ever stay with you!

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

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