Sri Oppiliappan Paasurams by Thirumangai : Part VI ( Paasurams 6.1. 8 to 6.1.10 )

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan :

 

In the next two Paasurams , Thirumangai rejects the PurushArTam of

Kaamam and the dukkham associated with it and gives that as reason for

rejecting the worldly life ( manai Vaazhkkai ) pursuing siRRinbham and

setting his mind on the pErinbham of ThiruviNNagarappan's darsanam and

Kaimkaryam to Him . The 8th Paasuram housing these thoughts takes this form:

 

kaathal seythu iLayavar kalavi tarum , vEdanai vinai athu veruvathalAm

aathalin unathu adi aNuhuvan nAnn , pOthalar nedumudip-PuNNiyanE

ANDAi unnaik-kaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLithiyEl

VENDEn manai Vaazhkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE

 

Oh ThiruviNNagarappaa ! As in the case of BhimasEna , who went thru many

painful difficulties in bringing the KalyANa Sougandhikam flowers from the

garden of KubEra to please his wife Draupathy , men waste their time to make

their young women happy to win their hearts and to enjoy the resulting

carnal

pleasures , which ultimately ends up in disappointment and sorrow . These

are

frightening things ( athu veruvathalAm) . " iLayavar ( young women ) kaathal

seythu

kalavi tarum ( through the act of expressing their carnal desires through

physical

union ) ultimately leads to suffering and sorrow thru obsessions and

disappointments .

Therefore says Thirumangai in a mood of VivEkam that he would like to stay

away

from the pursuit of such Kaamam ( distracting desires) and would prefer

the adornment of the tall crown ( nedu mudi=TiruvabhishEkam ) of

ThiruviNNagarappan ,

which is the most appropriate place for those fragrant flowers to blossom on

time .

Thirumangai begs the Lord to grant His darsanam and promises to give up all

the worldly pleasures .

 

Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.9

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saathalum piRatthalum yenRu ivaRRaik-kaathal seyyAthu unn kazhal adainthEn

Othal sey naan maRayAhi umbar aathal sey MoovuruvAnavanE

ANDAi unnaik-KaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLitiyEl

VENDEn maanai vaazhkkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE

 

Here , Thirumangai rejects both Manushya Aanandam as well as the dEva janmam

associated with even superior pleasures ( " Indhira lOkam aaLum accuchvai

peRinum vENDEn " ) . " Punarapi Jananam , Punarapi maraNam , Punarapi Jananee

jaDirE sayanam , iha samsArE bahu dhustArE , krupayA paalaya Paahi MUrArE "

was the soulful cry of an AchArya , who was not far from Thirumangai's time

..

Thirumangai abhors the experience of Undergoing endless cycles of births and

deaths (Saathalum piRatthalum yenRivaRRai kaathal seyyAthu) and experiencing

garbha vaasam again and again in different wombs ( Manushya, DEva, Thiryang

etc) .

Therefore , Oh ThiruviNagarappA ! adiyEn has arrived at Your sacred feet (

aathalAl Unn

kazhal adainthEn) . adiyEn does not want to experience the Kshudhra Phalans

of

Yuvaa , Jaraa , MaraNam and Kaivalyam ( Youth , old age , death of the

physical body

and mere aathmAnubhavam/Kaivalyam ) . Oh Lord , who is the indweller of

dEvAs with

superior posts and who is of the form of the four VedAs ! If I am blessed to

have Your

soukumArya darsana aanandham , adiyEn will kick away the pleasures of this

world

in one instant and forever stay close to Your sacred feet .

 

Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.10

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This is the Phala Sruthi Paasuram for this set of ten Paasurams :

 

poomaru pozhilaNi ViNNagar mEl , kaamaru seerk-kalikanRi sonna

paamaru Tamizhivai paada vallAr Vaamanan adi iNai maruvuvarE

 

After rejecting the great wealth desired by many , long life filled with

sukhams , fame , glory , high birth , kaama bhOgams , dEvAnandham and

Prakruthi sambhandham , Thirumangai opted out for a life free from all

these distractions . Thirumangai longed for only one soubhAgyam (viz).,

the darsana soubhAgyam of ThiruviNNagarappan in His archaa state

at the dhivya dEsam of AakAsa Nagaram or VyOmapuri . Rest of the pleasures

were worthless blades of grass for him .

 

With that conviction and VairAgyam , Thirumangai reveals to us the Phalan of

reciting his ten Paasurams on ThiruviNNagarappan prsiding over the dhivya

dEsam adorned by fragrant flower gardens . Thirumangai states that those who

recite and reflect on the inner meanings of his ( pious poet's ) paasurams

set in

Tamil will be attracted to the sacred and beautiful feet of the Lord and

will stay

there . In these beautiful Paasurams , Thirumangai instructed us on the

hollowness

of the worldly life and pointed out that the closeness to the Lord's sacred

feet

is the only PurushArtam to seek for lasting sukham .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: