Thirucchandhaviruttham- 119th verse- Now this soul - earlier stuck with bodies and senses- has arisen as a sparkling flame and attained Your Lotus Feet!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Since the beginning, AzhwAr has been considering Lord

RanganAthan and hence now addresses Him (Rangan). The

last two paasurams (119 and 120) are AzhwAr’s joyous

thanks to Sri RanganAthan for His anugraham of

Moksham.

 

ponnisoozha rankamEya

poovaivaNNa! maaya!kEL,

ennathaavi yennumvalvi

NnaiyinuLko zhunthezhunthu,

unnapaatha mennin^inRa

voNsudarkko zhumalar,

mannavanthu pooNduvaatta

minRuyenkum ninRathE. (119)

 

Oh most wonderful and Mysterious Lord! - Ascharya

bhUthanE! The blue hued flower coloured most Beautiful

Lord! The One who resides in Srirangam surrounded by

the river Cauveri! Please listen to this with Your

divine ear! [and what is that.. it is] his

[aazhwaar's] aathma svaroopam admixed with dEham and

Indhriyams and stuck in the mud of Paapams and PuNyams

before has arisen now as a sparkling flame (Jyothi)

over those limiting bonds and has attained the sacred

feet of the Lord of Srirangam (Ponni Soozh ArangamEya

Poovai VaNNan), rooted itself there forever without

any Jn~Ana SankOsam [contraction of dharmabhUtha

jnAnam]- firmly established in its own nature of being

His eternal Seshan (servant- dAsan).

 

If the seed is sowed, it sprouts into the tender

leaves and then the bigger plant, tree grow. Kozhundhu

(tender leaves- thaLir in Tamil);

 

kozhundhu- may also mean the flakes of fire- the fire

tongues ¡Vdheepa jwAla tends to grow and becomes huge-

Thus indicating that the jnAnam glows and grows. The

power of sprouting into leaves, the flowers etc., was

all there already within the seed, but were hidden,

covered, formless, contracted and after the seed is

sown, they start to come out and be visible.

 

Similarly, my soul (AthmA), yayaa kshEthrag~na

Shakthi: saa vEshtithaa:

Thus- due to karmic diseases, covered by limitless

sins that have been committed over various births for

ages, blinded by cruel vaasanaas, the eternal nature

of Jeevan has been lost; the jeevathma swaroopam has

been deprived of the Absolute Bliss of divine

Communion with the Lord and greatest Anandham

(enjoyment) of the Lord (ParipoorNa brahmAnubhavam),

on account of his (jeevaathman’s) indulgence in

ungodly ideals and is deeply immersed in ocean of

sorrow and suffering. Now, [due to his grace- due to

some intentional or unintentional good deed performed

somewhere down the line by the jeevan] being blessed

with the kataaksham of benevolent, most compassionate

sadAchArya, the AthmA (dharma bhUtha jnAnam] has

started glowing; growing. Not stopping with that

growth, the flower has bloomed [flower being

Saranagati at His Lotus feet] and given rise to fruits

(of moksham being granted by Him]. Thus the plant has

grown fully;

 

Ananya bhakti is mentioned here in this verse. AthmA

(Jeevan) would then enjoy realization of eternal

association and thus reaps the enjoyment of Union with

Him.

 

One can also refer to other interpretation of this

here:

 

The paapam’s repository if the soul (Jeevathma) and

from that (seed), sprouts the tender leaves (thaLir)

i.e. the focus, the desire, love, bhakti, devotion for

the Lotus Feet of the Lord. Holding onto that Feet, it

continues to enjoy (grow) on the beautiful limbs, the

wonderful Divinely Beautiful divine Navel, Chest,

Thirumukham, The mysterious ParamAthma DhivyAthma

swarUpam, His most auspicious attributes (limitless

numerous kalyANa guNAs), swarUpa, aishwarya, vivhUthi,

etc.. and end up being full of Joy of having and

continuing to enjoy Him wholly.

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan