Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 9- [54th 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 54th verse.

 

veRpenRu iruncOlai vEngadamen Rivvirandum

niRpenRu neemathikkum neermaipOl, - niRpen

RuLangOyi luLLamvaith thuLLinEn, 'veLLath

thiLankOyil kaividEl' enRu.

54

 

The mountains- namely ThirumaalirunchOlai, Thirumalai

[ThiruvEnkatam] – in these two divya desams- You have

on Your own accord chosen to reside for the sake of

blessing the world. What a sowseelyam [neermai]-

stooping down so low to our level and be with us!

 

I have also realised that Your sowseelyam is so vast

and deep and beyond our comprehension- as You have

considered in Your ThiruvuLLam (heart) to reside in my

heart as well as if it’s yet another place of your

residence.

 

You have forsaken the Milky ocean and these divya

desams and decided to reside in my heart as if it is

THE permanent abode for you. What a sowseelya quality

of Yours!

 

A wonderful line- is the last line in this verse.

iLankOil kaividEl- ilan kOil- Baalaalayam. PLEASE DO

NOT DISCARD the ilankOil- Baalaalayam.

 

What is Baalaalayam? Whenever there is samprOkshanam

[after renovation or refurbishment] of the temple, the

powers in the dhivya mangaLa vigraham are taken off

layer by layer (there appears to be 16 layers) leaving

just one layer in original murthy… and the layers of

power are stored in kalasams (which are consecrated)

and during those five days, the kalasams are offered

nithyArAdhana. This is called Baalaalayam (small

temple or infant temple & #61514; ] At the end of

samprOkshanam, the powers are again passed back to

dhivya mangaLa vigraham as per the Agama saasthrAs and

the mUrthy shines resplendently again blessing the

dveoteess.

 

AzhwAr says here: ThirumaalirunCholai mountain,

ThiruvEnkatam mountain, The Milky coean [parkadal] are

all Your baalaalayam; As if the powers are stored in

the kalasams during the interim and once the

renovation or refurbishment in adiyEn’s heart, mind,

and sareeram is done [to be fit enough] to qualify for

housing You, and You have on your own accord chosen to

reside in my heart as the PERMANENT abode, DO NOT

DISCARD as they do the kalasams after the

samprOkshanam; instead, have your POWERS also in

baalaalayam namely those dhivya desams, lest those

bhAgawathas who thong to worship You there would onll

blame me for having deprived them off their Lord’s

presence in the temples. I do nto wish to commit such

apacharams…

 

PLEASE do not ignore those baalaalayam- dhivya desams

after You have entered into my heart. Please remain

there also…

 

What a wonderful anubhavam!

 

The Lord desires to live in the hearts of His ardent

devotees as if it is His most favourite place and

nothing else, not even Milky ocean; not even

paramapadham.

 

Similar version – one can enjoy PeriyAzhwAr’s

wonderful verse: 5.4.9

 

Panikkadalil paLLikOLaip pazhakavittu Odivandhu_en

manakkadalilvaazhavalla maayamaNaaLan^ambee!

thanikkadalEthanichchudarE thaniyulakE_enRenRu

unakkidamaayirukka ennai_unakku_uriththaakkinaiyE.

 

[it appears as if] You have forgotten Your habit of

resting comfortably on the cool, milky ocean and run

away from there to reside in the ocean of this heart

of mine! Oh Lord who is capable of performing such

miraculous deeds (maaya manila nambhI)! Oh Lord of

Periya PiraaTTi -MahA Lakshmi ! Oh Samastha kalyANa

guNa paripooRNA! Lord full of auspicious guNAs! You

have discarded the matchless places of Your

erstwhile residence such as Milky ocean and the orbit

of the Sun and have chosen this lowly heart as your

preferred seat of residence. Your sowseelya guNam is

beyond description.

 

anandhanpaalumkarudanpaalum aidhun^oydhaakavaiththu en

manandhanuLLEvandhuvaiki vaazhachcheydhaay_empiraan!

ninaindhu_ennuLLEn^inRun^ekkuk kaN_kaL_asumpozhuka

ninaindhirundhEsiramamtheerndhEn nEmin^ediyavanE!

8.

 

You seem to have accomplished by reducing Your love

and affection for the seats of AdisEshA and GarudA as

places of Your residence and come all the way to me to

pick my heart as the place of residence much more

lovingly than Your AdhisEshan and Garuda. Thinking

about this magnificent blessings and mercy, dayA,

compassion of Yours on aDiyEn, I am going to rest now

with a heart filled with gratefulness and eyes filled

with tears (of joy and overwhelming emotion due to

Your mahOpakAram on this lowly soul-aDiyEn). I will

keep remembering the mahOpakAram You did all the days

of my life and feel relieved from worries of any kind.

 

Aidhu noydhaaga vaitthu- athi swalpamaaki- [Making

them reduced in affection and choosing my heart as the

best choice of residence]

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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