Sri KulasEkara PerumAL Thirunakshathram- Maasi Punarvasu

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

KumbhE Punarvasubhavam KeraLE ChoLa PattaNE

KaustubhAmsham DharAdheesham KulashekaramAshrayE

 

Today Maasi punarvasu is Sri KulasEkara PerumAn

Thirunakshathram.

 

Ponpuraiyum kulasEkaranE MAASIP

Punarpoosatthezhil vanjik kaLatthut thOnRi

anbudanE num perumAL sempoRkOil

anaitthulagin peruvaazhvum, adiyaar thangaL

inbamigu perunkuzhuvunkaaNa maNmEl

iruLiriya venReduttha visaiyiR chonna

nunporuL sErthirumozhi nOORainthu (105) paattum

nunRaaga enakkaruL sey nulgi neeyE… [from Swamy

Desikan’s prabandha saaram- 8the verse]

 

GushyathEyasya nagarE rangayaathrA dhinE dhinE

Thamaham sirasaa vandhE rAjAnam kulasEkaram

 

[sri KulasekarAzhwAr inherited the kingdom from his

father. Even while he was a king, ruling his kingdom,

he was deeply devoted to the Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman

Narayanan; he was firm in the Supreme Lordship

[Parathvam] of Sriman Narayanan as the one and Only

One; intensely aspired for having a Bhagavath

anubhavam of the enjoyment of the Lord’s incarnations

as Sri Rama, Sri Krishna and the like and the Lord’s

dhivya mangaLa vigrahams at Divya Desams at Srirangam,

Thirumalai, VitthuvakkOdu etc..

 

His composition expresses the glories of the devotees

who had the good fortune to be residents of Srirangam,

under the shade of the lotuses of Sri Ranganatha’s

feet and expresses his longing to have the darshan of

the magnificent and glorious congregation of such

BhAgawathas at Srirangam. It is said that in Sri

KulasekarAzhwAr’s cicty there were always shouts

hailing the golden opportunity of a pilgrimage to

Srirangam.]

 

Translation of Prabandha saaram- 8th verse -extract

from Sri Srinivasa Varadan’s article]: Kulasekara

wielding a sharp spear shining like gold! Incarnating

in the month of Maasi, on the day of Punarvasu star,

in the beautiful Thiruvanjikkulam, with intense

devotion and longing for the great wealth of residing

in the red and golden sacred city known as Koil-

Srirangam divya desam- of our PerumAL (Num PerumAL),

with a deep desire to enjoy the darshan of and to look

at the blissful great congregation of those devotees

of Srirangam Ranganathan, in order to drive away the

darkness (of ignorance) on this earth, you gracefully

sang at the grand pitch of your voice the 105 verses

[devotional hymns] in chaste Tamizh known as PerumAL

Thirumozhi starting with the words IRULIRIYA, filled

with a good essence of greatest spiritual truths.

 

May You be pleased to grace us conferring on us well

(a perfect knowledge of such glorious) PerumAL

Thirumozhi.

 

Anjana maalai piRavi sindhippOn vaazhiyE

aruN maasip punarpoosath avaritthAn vaazhiyE

anchudarsoozh thirumaNatthooN adaintha piraan vaazhiyE

aNiarangan adiyaarkkE ATpattAn vaazhiyE

senjaalimiguvanji nagar vandhaan vaazhiyE

thirumozhi 105 seyyuL seppinaan vaazhiyE

vanjamaRa adiyaarkkaay sapathamittaan vaazhiyE

vanjiyarkOn malarp padhangaL maanilatthil vaazhiyE..

 

It is adiyEn's delight and Bhagaym to post a slokam

from his Mukunda mala for our enjoyment and our

obeisance to the Great AzhwAr.

 

This is 33rd verse there:

 

krishNa tvadheeya padha pankaja pancharaantham

adhyaiva mE visathu maanasa raaja hamsa:/

praaNa prayaaNa samayE kapa vaadha pitthai:

kaNTavarOdhanavidhou smaraNam kuthasthE?//

 

(adiyEn's free translation) Oh KrishnA! At this

moment, at this spot of time, in my life, let the swan

of my manas (mind), enter the Lotus Feet of Yours..

How can I remember You at the dying moment when my

throat is choked with phlegm (and emotions), mucus,

bile and air (gasping..)

 

KulasEkara PerumAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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