Sri Oppiliappan Paasurams by Thirumangai : Part VII( Paasurams 6.2 of Periya Thirumozhi Of Thirumangai on ThiruviNNagarappan )

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan :

 

We will now enjoy the ten paasurams of Periya Thirumozhi 6.2

of Thirumangai Mannan about ThiruviNNagarappan .

 

In the previous ten paasurams , Thirumangai AzhwAr appealed to

the Lord to bless him with His auspicious arsanam and vowed to banish

the Manai Vaazhkkai in return . He asked the Lord nine times for that boon .

Nothing happened . EmperumAn did not respond .Thirumangai wondered

why the Prabhu of ThiruviNNagar was indifferent . The astute AzhwAr

recognized that ThiruviNNagarappan was testing his resolve about

his intentions and promises to quit the samsAric temptations .

Thirumnagai decided to put in to practise what he promised to do

instead of talking about his intentions ; he execute his intentions

and then approached the Lord once again to gain the boon

that he sought . Thirumangai lists now one by one the efforts

he has taken and describes his humble mental state of helplessnes

(agathi , ananya saraNan ) with which he is approaching

the Lord for refuge at His sacred feet .

 

Thirumangai lists all the trials and tribulations that he went thru

and the transformations in him as a result of those harrowing

experiences . AzhwAr appeals to the Lord to take in to account

his vivekam and VairAgyam that he has gained from his sufferings

associated with the incidents prior to his appeal for aasrayaNam

at ThiruviNNagarappan's Thiruvadi .

 

In the first paasuram , Kaliyan explains that he could not bear all

the samsAric sufferings anymore and cites that as the compelling

reason for seeking refuge at the Lord's sacred feet .

 

In the second paasuram , AzhwAr connects his misfortunes of timeless births

in different wombs to his forgetfulness of the Lord at critical times .

 

In the third Paasuram , AzhwAr observes that birth in this SamsAric world

is largely prathikoolam ( interference , counter weight to the efforts to

perform kaimkaryam to the Lord at His Supreme abode and to enjoy

BrahmAnandham there ) .

 

In the fourth Paasuram , AzhwAr concedes that the children and wife

and attachment to them does not help in the efforts to seek moksham .

They hold one mired in the mud of samsAram .

 

In the fifth Paasuram , Thirumangai states that the wealth that we run

after are perishable and non-lasting and thay wont help us in our saadhana

to reach the Para Brahmam .

 

In the sixth Paasuram , AzhwAr points out that the panchEndhriyams

are tyrannical in their grip and wont permit us to follow the path

that will lead us to Moksham .

 

In the seventh paasuram , AzhwAr appeals to the Lord of ThiruviNNagar

to take note of the changes in him as a result of his intense fight with

all the opposing factors that held him back from the Lord until then .

 

In the eighth and the ninth paasurams , AzhwAr refers to the sins

accumulated from his worldly way of life chasing alpa sukhams and

performs his saraNAgathy to ThiruviNNagarappan as the mOksha

dhAyaka , Sujana Saarvabhouman . In the tenth paasuram , Kaliyan

states that those who recite and meditate on the meanings of

the ten Paasurams of this decad will be blessed to join the nithyasooris

(eternally liberated souls like Garudan , VishvaksEnar et al) and

stay in Sri Vaikuntam with them forever serving the Lord .

 

In the next posting , we will study the first Paasuram of the Periya

Thirumozhi 6.2 .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: