Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 8- [53rd verse]

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Let us continue to enjoy BhoothatthAzhwAr’s- wonderful

anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Next and today’s verse on

ThiruvEnkatam is 53rd verse.

 

neRiyaar kuzaRkaRRai munninRu pin_thaaznthu,

aRiyaa thiLangiriyen ReNNi, - piRiyaathu

poongodikaL vaikum porupunal kunRenRum,

vEngadamE yaam virumbum veRpu 53

 

A simple and nice verse!

This is forerunner of KulasekarAzhwar’s desire… which

we will enjoy later.

 

BhAgwathaas who are greatly devoted to Sri Srinivasan

of ThiruvEnkatam and immerse themselves in the

greatest glories of ThiruvEnkatam; would like to be

just in ThiruvEnkatam as mere achith (insentient);

 

emperumAn malaiyil yEdhEnum AvEnE; - says

KulasEkarAzhwAr on similar token.

 

These bhAgwathas with an ardent desire to be just at

ThiruvEnkatam simply lie down, as prostrations on the

steps of these rocky mountains so that the devotees

can step on them and go up. [padiyaay kidanthu]

 

They simply do not wish to get up and do anything.

Their enjoyment of mere lying down in ThiruvEnkatam

was ultimate for these divine devotees, who do not go

astray from what they seek. neRiyaar- who never ever

swerves from their paths; [OR one who lie down on the

way..]

 

Their hairs grow longer and longer and the creepers

that grow nearby assume that these bhAgawathas are

also like kind of small hills and attempt to hold on

to them… Creepers are also so blessed to hold on these

bhAgawathAs.

 

It is also told by Acharyas that as per our

Sampradaya, Nithyasuris take such births and reside in

these greatest divya Desams to be with the Lord and

enjoy. It seems on Sri AnanthAN Pillai came down from

the ThiruvEnkatam mountain as per his daily routine

and he was carrying the curd rice in his hand. After

anushtAnam, he opened the lunch packet, and there were

few ants crawling inside his food packet. He

immediately closed the packet and went back to the

mountain.

 

Other bhAgawathas who saw him going back to the

mountain with the food packet, asked him as to why did

he not eat and choose to go back. Swami replied: These

could be some Nithyasuris living in ThiruvEnkatam

mountain and hence I do not wish to commit apachaaram

by bringing them down from the temple [where they wish

to reside and enjoy the dhivya sthalam].

 

Such a great vEnkatam is what these devotees desire to

reside and just be there.

 

ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan’s dayA is like the ocean of

mercy. The ocean of dayA is absorbed by the dark

clouds (of Sri SatakOpa- NammAzhwAr] and rains of His

mercy fall on the mountain [of Sriman Nathamuni] from

which there are two water falls of UyyakkoNdaar and

maNakkaal nambhi and thereby flows the turbulent river

of dayA [kaattaaRu]; five streams of water from this

river are stored in the huge reservoir of dayA [of

EnperumAnAr- Sri Ramanujacharya]. There are 74

[simhasanaadhipathis] gates through which the waters

are flowing out for us to take the dayA of waters and

immerse ourselves in greatest divine enjoyment. It is

our bhAgyam for His dayA to be available to us so

easily. The Acharyans are so cool due to their

devotion and their deep association with theerthan… It

is their cool that blesses us in order to enable us to

get rid of our thaapams (scorching heat of samsaara

saagaram]

 

[From SrI Muralidhar Rangaswami’s anubhavam:] A most

touching contribution of Alavandhaar is the

Siddhithrayam declaration, where Swami establishes

that among the three Srivaishnava Rahasyams, the Lord

of Seven Hills (Srinivasa) denotes the Charma

Shlokam-the most unambiguous and forthright

declaration of the maargam of SharaNagati. Eloquent

testimony in support of this fact can be seen from the

posture of the Archaa Moorthy standing majestically

on top of the Venkatachalam Hill. This signifies that

for those who bear the emblem of the conch and discus

on their shoulders (Srivaishnavas) and surrender to

the Lotus feet of Lord Srinivasa, the waters of the

ocean of Samsaara are only hip deep.

 

Significantly, Swami Desikan, who is known for his

careful and precise usage of words, extols only two

Acharyas with the term " vigAhE " . One is Swami

nammAzhwar extolled in verse 2 of the Daya Shatakam

(vigAhE theertha bahuLAm sheetalAm gurusantathim) and

the other is Swami Alavandhaar who is glorified in the

yathirajasapthati- vigaahE.

 

Again in the Daya Shatakam, Swami Desikan pays tribute

to the greatness of Swami Alavandar in a thundering

declaration on the efficacy of Saranagati in verse 54.

 

tvadhudaya thUlikABhiramunA vrushashaIla jushAm

sthirachara shilpinaiva parikalpitha chitradiya:

yatipatiyAmuna prabruthaya; praThayanthi dayE jagati

hitam nananasthvayi BharanyasanAdhaDhikam "

 

(Lord Srinivasa is a master artisan. Daya Devi is his

paintbrush. She sends us geniuses like Sri

Ramanujacharya and Swami Alavandar, who have

established that for the redemption of the entire

universe there is no greater path than that of

unconditional total surrender to Your Lotus Feet)

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan