Periya Thirumozhi 10.6- siRu thaambinaal kattuNdap paNNiya peru maayan

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SrImathE Gopaladesikaya Namah:

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr (Thirumangai AzhwAr) now immerses and loses himself to Kutti KaNNan,

(SarvEshwaran, Sarvagnan, SarvavyApakan, Swamy, Sarva sEshi) letting Himself

be tied down by a rope by an illiterate Ayar padi (cowherd) woman YashOdhA.

NammAzhwAr also, fainted for almost 6 months, it is told, moved by His

Sowlabhyam of being allowed to be tied down to a mortar with a rope.

 

Let us enjoy this ten on His sowlabhyam.

 

1. The One who revealed Vedas to establish dharma in the world; In addition,

the One who has the Moon, the Sun, Earth, the wavy oceans, the mountains,

the fire, as His own and manifests in them; who has His lovely neck, that

can swallow all of them too; Such greatest Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did:

The just churned fresh butter- He stole that and ate. Got Himself caught

red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by a cowherd woman. Is there any

such wonderstruck even in the world similar to this? (None.)

 

2. The One who had the unparalleled huge manthara mountain as the “matthu”

(stick) for churning, the snake Vasuki as the rope, churned the huge ocean-

Later once aimed a round arrow to straighten the hunch back of a woman; one

who had retained in His stiomach seven worlds, seven mountains, seven

oceans, during dissolution and protected the same- Today- Such greatest

Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh butter- He stole

that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by

a cowherd woman. See for yourself.

 

3. The strongest Madhu, kaitapars,-when shivering Devas pleaded the Lord,

prostrating at His Feet for saving them from the asurAs, - were killed by

SarvEshwaran. Also the One who effortlessly tore the body of HiraNyan (which

was huge like a mountain) into two- who had the bent Divine Bow in his

Hand; - Today Such greatest Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just

churned fresh butter- He stole that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed

and allowed Himself tied down by a cowherd woman.

 

4. Devas, when exhausted by asurAs’ troubles, prayed to Him “You are our

rakshakan”, He became one immediately and protected them, by killing strong

arrogant HiraNyan. SarvEshwaran, the Consort of Periya PiraaTTi MahAlakshmi,

grew huge and big to capture all the whole Universe from MahAbhali by

measuring the whole universe (surrounded by oceans) with His Feet. Today-

Such greatest Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh

butter- He stole that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed

Himself tied down by a cowherd woman.

 

5. The One who expanded everywhere during Vamana avtaar- who has His Lotus

Feet (for devotees to surrender) in order to alleviate all sorrows of His

devotees and enable them reach the status equal to Nithyasooris (as

Mukthas). Such Parama upakArakan- One who instructed Yama and his dhUthAs,

that “They are my devotees and are not to be scrutinized for any further”.

(AS they are assured of mOksham for having surrendered to His Lotus Feet).

One who has the entire Universe under His control; - Today- Such greatest

Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh butter- He stole

that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by

a cowherd woman.

 

6. Swamy Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan- the Sri Vallabhan- the One who

removes all paapams of devotees who brush aside all pleasures that are

prohibited in saasthras, and surrender to the Lotus Feet of His, makes them

all His own in SrivaikuNtam as His eternal servants performing servitude, -

The One cut the thousand shoulders of strong, angry KaarthaveeryArjunan, who

came in front of Him, saying “I am Your enemy”. – Today- Such greatest Lord-

SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh butter- He stole that and

ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by a

cowherd woman.

 

7. After praLayam (the dissolution of this cosmic universe), He created the

worlds again. He has the ThiruvuLLam to have the jIvans who surrender to

Him, saved by Him and He places them as His daasars (servants). The

illiterate asurAs (who do not have this knowledge of saraNagathy) are

destroyed due to their own arrogance and anger against the Lord. To do that

all that He did is to build a bridge with mountains across the ocean with

the help of monkeys. Today- Such greatest Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did:

The just churned fresh butter- He stole that and ate. Got Himself caught

red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by a cowherd woman.

 

8. The dense, dark, black haired, unparalleled SitA PiraaTTi, wearing most

beautiful ornaments – and of about the same aged Divine Bow was broken by

Sri Rama and He united with SitA. He crossed the inaccessible lankA and

destroyed rAvaNan and cut his ten heads, shoulders and legs. Today - Such

greatest Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh butter- He

stole that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed Himself tied

down by a cowherd woman.

 

9. The curly red, blonde haired angry Kesi (horse) asurA was chased by

KaNNan. It (he) ran everywhere. He caught hold of him and tore open the

mouth to kill him. Also, He as Rama, with His strong Bow aimed an arrow

through seven trees; cut the sharp nose of SoorpaNakai. Today- Such greatest

Lord- SarvEshwaran- what He did: The just churned fresh butter- He stole

that and ate. Got Himself caught red-handed and allowed Himself tied down by

a cowherd woman.

 

10. Kutti KaNNan, even after beinh caught red handed and tied down by a rope

to a mortar, for stealing and eating the butter, stands shamelessly to the

enjoyment of all those who flock to see Him. His only aim was to fill His

stomach with others’ butter, curd, milk and then caught by them red handed.

This ten is on that Butter thief’s Lotus Feet. This Tamil garland, is

composed by Kaliyan of Thirumangai. Those who recite them (or read them)

will NEVER EVER suffer from any sorrow or grievance at all. They will cross

blissfully the Chathurmukha BrahmA’s lokam and reach Parama padham.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Madhavakkannan Swamin,

 

Adiyen has been rendered speechless by your superb translation of

this set of ten verses by Tirumangai Azhwar. The underlying messages

from these verses have profound philosophical significance.

 

A detached soul is like milk, while an attached soul is like yoghurt

(Dadhi). When milk and yoghurt are mixed, the resultant is youghurt.

In an analogous manner, a soul that has entered a body is like

yoghurt

and forgets its entity due to limited Dharma Bhoota Jnaana. When

yoghurt is churned, one gets butter. Therefore, if a chetana is

tied by a rope, i.e., Upadesham from a Sadaacharya and churned by

Buddhi (intellect), like butter separating from yoghurt, he will

also realize his true identity. Then he will unconditionally

surrender himself to the Lotus feet of the Lord and will engage

in Kaimkaryam for the Lord, even though his bodily existence

continues. At the end of his earthly existence, he begets the

Bhagyam of eternal Kaimkaryam for the pleasure and at the pleasure

of the Divine Couple. The eating of butter by Lord Krishna denotes

His insatiable longing for such realized souls (i.e., those

who perform Prapatti upon realizing the true relationship between

the jivatma and Paramatma). This is reflective of the Taittriya

Upanishad message " aham annam aham annam aham annam. AhamannadO

HohamannadO " Swami Desikan glorifies the act of stealing and eating

butter in the Gopala Vimshati salutation " NaThasya nandha BhavanE

navaneetha nAtyam " .

 

Lord Krishna beig bound by Yashoda using the rope is a consummate

illustration of the VishNu Sahasranaamam salutation " Agraahya

Shaashvata: KrishNO Lohitaaksha Pratardana: "

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan