Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 10- 62nd 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 62nd verse.

 

viNNagaram veqkaa virithirain^eer vEngadam,

maNNakaram maamaada vELukkai, maNNakattha

then_kudanthai thEnaar thiruvarangam then_kOtti,

than_kudangai neerERRaan thaazvu. 62

 

AzhwAr enjoys here enlisting some more Dhivya Desams

wherein the Lord out of His own accord resides in

archaa murthy and blesses us all with such easy

accessibility.

 

ThiruviNNagaram (Oppiliappan Koil);

Thiruve:kaa (in Kanchipuram);

The water splashing (with most beautiful water falls)

ThiruvEnkatam;

This is THE Place… [people]exclaim so looking at

ThiruvELukkai Dhivya Desam which is filled with the

most beautiful huge palatial buildings;

It appears as if it is the center of the bhUmi [earth]

itself – so popular and beautiful Thirukkudanthai (ArA

amudhan);

The most fertile Thiruvarangam [srirangam] with honey

flooded gardens (honey dripping from their flowers];

The most wonderful Southern ThirukkOttiyoor Dhivya

Desam.

 

At all these places resides the Lord who stooped down

so low to beg with His small palms for three measures

of His Feet [during His Vaamana avathAram]. For the

sake of getting back the Devendra’s worlds [Himself

being UpEndran], He went begging for three measures of

His Lotus Feet; He came in a small brahmachari Boy as

Vaamanan; His such sowseelyam can be also seen in each

of these most wonderful divine Divya Desams.

 

In order to save the world (its people- namely His

children], He has taken these archA murthys and

blesses the world every day.

ThiruviNnagaram- Oppiliappan Koil. Near KumbakOnam;

simply breathtaking PerumAL and BhUmi PiraaTTi; The

temple is located 1 mile from Thirunaageswaram & 4

miles from Kumbakonam. The Moolavar is Oppiliyappan

(Srinivaasan) seen in standing posture, similar to

Venkataachalapathi, facing east. Those who cannot

visit Thirupati worship the Lord at this sthalam.

Thaayaar - Boomi Devi seen in seated posture at the

Lord's feet. No separate sannidhi for thaayaar.

 

ThiruvElukkai- Thiruvvaelukkai is situated in

Kancheepuram, about a mile from Ashtabujakaram. The

Moolavar is Azhagiasingar, Nrusimhar, Mukundanayagan

seen in standing posture facing east. Thaayaar -

Vaelukkaivalli, Amruthavalli. AzhwAr mentions the

beauty of Dhivya Desam so that people will not get

scared of the Lion faced Lord’s ferocity. He is ari

pongik kaattum azhagu. He is terror for the enemies of

His devotees. Not towards His devotees. Let us go to

His devotees’ side and needn’t be scared.

 

Thirukkudanthai- Again the most beautiful divya Desam;

The temple is located in Kumbakonam 1 1/2 miles from

the railway station. The Moolavar is Saarangabaani

(other naamaas - Aaravamudan, Abaryaapthaamrudhan)

seen in sayanam posture on Aadiseshan, facing East.

 

Thiruvarangam- needs no description. ULTIMATE..#1

divya Desam.. sung by maxmimum number of AzhwArs..

[padutthukkondE jayippaar…]

ThirukkOttiyoor- This is where Sri Ramanuja was

conferred the title EmperumAnAr by his own acharyan

Thirukkoshtiyoor Nambhi for his [Ramanuja’s]

compassion towards us. Thirukkotiyur temple is

situated about 7 miles from Thirupathur near Madurai.

The Moolavar is Uraga-mellanaiaan seen in bhujanga

sayanam posture facing east. The uthsavar is Sowmya

Naaraayanan seen in standing posture. Thaayaar -

Thirumaamagal Naachiyaar.

 

Where is Vaamanan in this Dhivya Desam list? Why does

AzhwAr refer saying that in these dhivya Desams one

can see vaamanan – the One who begged with his small

palms. Commentator says: AzhwAr refers to the

sowseelyam of Vaamana avathAram is seen in these Divya

Desams as well in the same manner if not more. That

was only for few minutes that he showed His

sowseelyam; Here in these Dhivya Desams, the Lord

continues to show His easy accessibility for all of

us- day after day.

 

Sowseelyam means: Mixing intimately with the inferior

class. Since such a communion takes place without any

motivation and occurs out of His love, it becomes

Suseela (or gracious). It may also mean as interpreted

by Sri Sudharsana Suri, that virtue of the Lord by

which devotees who approach Him are not made to

entertain any fear in the ground that He is Supreme

Being. At the same time, God in archA murthy and in

Vibhavam does NOT show any Supremacy so that the

distinction between himself and His devotees is not

felt.

 

Such sowlseelyam – is the very reason for His being

made available so easily for us in these dhivya Desams

in the form of Dhivya mangaLa vigrahams.

 

Thus when Vaamanan is mentioned, it is the quality of

the Lord Vaamanan which is to be enjoyed in these

Dhivya Desams i.e. sowlabhyam, sowseelyam.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan