Thirucchandhaviruttham 100th verse- Please bless me with bhakti to get rid of all future births..

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

AzhwAr glorifies the Goal and the Way here and prays

to the Lord for blessing him with that

 

piRappinOdu pEridarch

chuzhikkaN_ninRum neenkumaqthu,

iRappavaiththa NYaanan^eesa

raikkaraikko dERRumaa,

peRaRkariya ninnapaatha

patthiyaana paasanam,

peRaRkariya maayanE!

enakkun^alka vENdumE. (100)

 

Most wonderful Lord- Ascharya bhUthanE! The

incomprehensible One! The most sorrowful- samsaaric

affliction gets destroyed and along with it, even

further births get removed [for those bhakti yogins]

and they cross the ocean of samsaara and attain the

inaccessible (otherwise) the Lotus feet of Yours.

Please bless this adiyEn [me] with that unalloyed

devotion (bhakti) on Your lotus feet with which I can

attain that lotus feet.

 

It is not at all easy to attain You the Lord of all-

the Ruler of the maayai- mUla prakruthI. You manifest

in mUla prkrithI and are the ruler of the same. Even

the jnAnis- those who know what is bhakti yoga, also

realize that they cannot get rid of further births.

They do not attempt to get rid of those births;

instead, they seek your mercy for the mind to think of

You only even during future births. Thus, they become

jnAna neehcars (poor in jnAnam) as they may not get

such births and they may get trapped by the prakruthi

and thriguNAs. For such bhakti yogins, along with the

destruction of their sorrows, You also enable them to

cross the ocean with the unceasing devotion in them on

your lotus feet and You let them avoid further births

as well at times.

 

I have sought for removal of further births explicitly

now and prayed to You for the same; not just the

removal of sorrows and samsaaric affliction. Thus with

the contemplation of avathAra rahasyam of Yours, bless

me the means of bhakti. Our Sampradaya avers that if a

devotee (bhakti yogi) practices Bhakti yoga along with

the contemplation of avathAra rahasyam of the Lord,

then there will be no next birth for him and he would

be blessed with mOksham – as granted by the Lord.

 

GitAchAryan says:

 

Janma karma ChamE dhivyam yEvam yO vEtthi tattvatha: |

thyakthvA dhEham punarjanma naithi maamEthi

sO(S)rjuna:||

 

Arjuna, he- who thus knows truly My Divine Births and

actions, does not get rebirths; and giving up the body

attains Me. A person, who thus knows the secrets of My

divine Births and My doings in this world is not born

again after this life and he attains Me at the end of

this life.

 

I need no more births- says AzhwAr. Whatever birth it

is; even if it’s a Grand One – there can not be one

without any tinge of sorrow or sadness; any suffering

or pain. Please bless me the Sad upAyam [like bhakti

yoga] to me also (could also be another commentary). I

have also been so lowly without being aware of this –

hence I am also “neechar” says AzhwAr.

 

The Lord asks: only when you have Paramabhakti,

Azhweer! you can enjoy me. AzhwAr rtesponds: To get

that, please bless me with Para bhakti as the means

for attaining Paramabhakti. Thus, it can also mean

Para bhakti. Prapatti is, like Bhakti yoga, a means

for attainment of all desires. It stands in the place

of Para bhakti and a person who adopts Prapatti cal

also be blessed to attain Para bhakti and others. You,

who is able to grant the taste for mOksham, and the

means i.e. the Saadhana bhakti- should bless me

(ananya prayOjanan- who does only for Your pleasure

and who has no other fruits at all other than You as

object of enjoyment.

 

Kruthina: kamalaavaasa kaaruNyaikAnthinO bhajE…

AzhwArs – all of them – [considering the vaathsalyam

of Lord, considering the utmost limitless compassion

of the most merciful Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan]

have only pefformed Sarangati and are prapannars – as

per Sampradayam. Hence Sri UttmUr Swamy says: it has

been commented as above.

 

Also When AzhwAr pleads for bhakti, it may also mean

the saadharana bhakti-and not bhakti yoga as the

upAyam (means). Thus this verse mentions bhakti as

Prapatti only.

 

swathathrAnga prapattibhyAm prapannAvathra thAvubhou

|phalasADhana bhakthibhyAm bhakthAvapi Cha darShithou

||

 

saadhyabhathisthu sA hanthrI prArabDhAsyApi bhUyasi.

 

Thus to get rid of further births completely, Please

bless me with that bhakti i.e. Prapatti.

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDgaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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