Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 9- 61st verse of moonRaam ThiruvanthAthi

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr’s wonderful

anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today’s verse on

ThiruvEnkatam is the 61st verse.

 

paNdellaam vEngadam paaRkadal vaiguntham,

kondaNG kuRaivaarkkuk kOyilpOl, - vaNdu

vaLangiLarum neeLsOlai vaNpooNG kadikai,

iLangumaran RanviN Nakar 61

 

AzhwAr enjoys here about the Paramapadha nAthan’s

Divya Dampathi’s compassion and concern, love for us

in taking forms in Vyooha, archA roopams.

 

A great verse! The commentary has been excellent and

wonderful.

 

Vaikuntha nAthan out of His compassion thus resides in

Milky ocean [paaRkadal] for the sake of devas; and

then in divya desams namely ThiruvEnkatam, the

charming place Thirukkadigai sthalam with most

beautiful gardens; and the eternally Youthful Lord

residing ThiruviNNagar Divya Desam [as Oppiliappan]

etc..

 

AzhwAr here says that Paramapadha nAthan resides in

such places namely Milky coean and the divine Divya

Desams for us to enjoy seeing his Dhivya mangaLa

vigraham. Earlier (paNdu ellaam] he was in

Paramapadham and then later He has come to Milky

ocean; and then to these Divya Desams. As NammAzhwAr

says: angu vaitthu ingu piRandhu..

 

Esha nArayaNa sreemaan ksheeraarNava nikethana:

 

Also commentator Sri Periya Vacchaan Pillai very

nicely infers AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam (alternaitively)

here: Earlier [Pandu ellaam] He was residing in

Paramapadham, PaaRkadal {milky ocean), ThiruvEnkatam,

ThiruviNNahgar, Thirukkadigai etc… for the sake of

those devotees.. That’s all. Meaning: what happens

now? If He was there at all tehse places earlier

(paNdu ellaam).. Now He is in my mind- says AzhwAr.

Once upon a time He was there in all these divya

desams; now He has entered into my heart.

 

A great anubhavam! It should not be taken in literal

sense. This is termed as rasOkthi.

 

Srimad PaRavakkOttai Andavan about few years ago,

duringa teleupanyasam, mentioned the greatness of

archA roopam very nicely. This is the most appropriate

time to enjoy as it has direct reference to this

subject

 

[Translated by Sri Satakoapn Swami of Neewyork] The

superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's

pancha rUpams ( param, VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi

roopam and ArchA ).

 

Parama padham, where the Lord is resident as Parama

padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and the

aavaraNam waters (Oceans ). It is not of easy access

to us residing on earth . We can not travel there even

to get a vessel filled with aavaranam waters .It is

too far away .

Hence param and parama padham can not be enjoyed with

our sthUla sarIram . Only as a muktha Jivan possessing

Sookshma sarIram , one can enter and enjoy the

anthamil pErinbham there .

 

The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in the

middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting

Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis

.. Again , this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram

.. hence , it is not of much use either for us to see

and enjoy.

 

The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been

celebrated as Raama , KrishNAvathArams. These Vinhava

avathArams were enjoyed by those who were

contemporaries. Today, it is history and we can not

enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and AkrUrar did. Thus this

rUpam is in the past

like last year's river water , which is no longer

available to quench our thirst ( dried up river bed).

 

The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam. It is likened

to OoRRu jalam . You have to dig in the river bed sand

and access the water under. Through the difficult

JNa~na Yogam, one can visualize this svarUpam of the

Divya dampathis seated in our heart cavities. Very few

have the power to succeed in such efforts and thus,

this svarUpam is

also not within reach of ordinary folks on this earth.

 

 

The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan took

to make Himself easily available to one and all and to

enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and Maamsa

chakshus. No divya dhrushti as needed by ArjunA is a

must to see the VisvarUpam of the Lord. " angu vaitthu,

inghE piRanthathu” is the celebration of this

ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham

 

Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five rUpams

celebrated by Vedams in the manthram in the manner of

tamizh maRai :

 

ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE

naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn

sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:

PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha :

-- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3

 

Here in archA avathAram, the Lord has become very

accessible to us.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan