Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 280 /Desika Prabhandham : MummaNikkOvai/ Part 6

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAtha PerumAL :

 

Let us study today the 7th Paasurams of MummaNikkOvai

housing many Upanishadic tathtvArTams .

 

Foreword on the Paasuram

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As referred to in the previous Paasurams , Lord of

Thiru Ayindhai revealed His Svaroopam , Roopam and GuNam

to Swamy Desikan / Venkata Naayaki and then disappeared .

Venakta Naayaki was sorrow stricken about the seperation

and wondered whether the Lord withdrew Himself because of

His lack of Dayaa for her or because of her unfitness to enjoy

the Lord . Lord now appears before her (Swamy Desikan )

and states that none of the above reasons contemplated by

her was correct . The Lord revealed that He has to follow

strcitly the rules of ArchAvathAram , where He does not have

the freedom to embrace Venakata Nayaki in a physical form

(archAvathAra MaryAdhai ) . Lord DevanAthan appealed to

Venkata Naayaki not to grieve over this and revealed some more

of His auspicious guNams to console her . Venakta Naayaki was thrilled

now from that Bhagavath anubhavam and eulogized further her Lord " s

Vaibhavam through this 7th Paasuram of MummaNikkOvai.

 

Seventh Paasuram:

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This paasuram praises further the auspicious

attributes of Ayindhai Nagar NaarAyaNan .

 

This Paasuram is in Nilai maNDila AasiriyappA

like the fourth Paasuram and has 20 lines :

 

Payinmathi NeeyE payinmathi taruthalin

veLiyu NeeyE veLiyuRa niRRalin

thAyu(m) NeeyE chaayai tanthu uhatthalin

tanthayu(m) NeeyE munthi ninRu aLitthalin

 

-- -- -- ( Lines 1-4)

 

(meaning): Oh Lord who is true to Your devotees ! By blessing us

with the special Jn~Anam to enjoy Your roopam and Svaroopam ,

You are like the cool Moon that comforts the whole world with its

soothing rays (nilavu/kiraNams ). You are the embodiment of tEjas

( tEjOmayan ) since all the radiant bodies are shining from a small

portion of Your vast brilliance. You protect every janthu by

placing them in the comforting shade of Your sacred feet

and therefore take on the role of their Mother , who gave birth

to them . During PraLaya Kaalam , You stand alone and give

name and form to the Jeevans , which had no indhriyam or

SarIram at that time ; next , You create and protect them

at that time and thus serve as the Father of all those Jeevans .

 

uRavu(m) NeeyE thuRavAthu ozhithalin

uRRathu(m) NeeyE siRRinbham inmayin

aaRu(m) NeeyE aaRRukku aruLtalin

aRamu(m) NeeyE maRa nilai mAytthalin

-- -- -- ( Lines 5-8 )

 

(Meaning) : You are our relation in every way

(Sarva Vidha Bandhu) since You never fail

to come to our rescue . You are the fitting

and appropriate phalan for our upAyams

( Bhakthi and Prapatthi yOgams practised for

Moksha siddhi ) since you are the opposite of

the transient pleasures (alpa sukhams) of this

world . You are also the means since you bless

us with the phalan for practising that upAyam .

You are the dharma svaroopi , who destroys all

of our Paapams .

 

thuNaivanum NeeyE iNai ilayAthalin

thuyyanum NeeyE SeyyAL uRaithlin

kAraNam NeeyE NaaraNanAthalin

KaRpaham NeeyE Nall padham tarutalin

IRaivanum NeeyE kuRai onRu ilAmayin

inbhamum NeeyE thunbham tudaitthalin

 

-- -- -- ( Lines 9-14)

 

(Meaning ): You are our fitting companion , since there is

no one to match You. You are the purest One ( Parisuddhan) ,

since Periya PirAtti resides on Your chest without seperation .

You are the kAraNam( cause/reason ) for this universe , since

You are recognized by the NaarAyaNa sabdham . You are

the wish granting Kalpaka tree , since You bless us with

residence in Your Supreme Abode to perform nithya kaimkaryam

to You there forever . You are the SarvEswaran since You alone

do not have any blemishes (kuRaivu onRumilA Govindhan) ;

(i-e)., There is no deficecy in Your Roopam , GuNam or VibhUthi .

You are paramaanandha svaroopan since You drive away

all sorrows of those who seek Your refuge and let them enjoy You

as Parama bhOgyam .

 

yAnum NeeyE yennuL uRaithalin

yenathum NeeyE unathanRi inmayin

nallAy NeeyE pollAngu ilAmayin

vallAy NeeyE vaiyyam uNDu umizhthalin

yej~nnam aahum Meyya ninn iyalbhE

aj~nnE okka aRivathu AaraNamE

 

-- -- -- ( Lines 15--20)

 

(Meaning ) : You are not seperated from us ,

since You are our indweller . You are my vasthu/Master

as the commanding and owning Lord , since no chEthanam

or achEthanam can have independent existence and

have a Master (sEshi) other than You . Since every vasthu

in this universe is Your property , You are the true Lord of

all what we consider as ours . You are the supremely

lofty One , since you have no dhOshams whatsoever.

The dhOshams of the vasthus of the universe do not

get attached to You . You are the omnipotent One ,

since You swallowed the entire world during the praLaya

kaalam and then released it . Oh Lord , who is true to Your

bhaktha janams ! Only the Vedams can attempt somewhat to

eulogize Your wonderous vaibhavam and we are incapable of

engaging in such an attempt .

 

Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: