Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 13- 69th 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 69th verse.

 

veRpenRu vEngadam paadum, viyan_thuzaayk

kaRpenRu soodum karunguzal mEl, maRponRa

neeNdathOL maalkidantha neeLkadaln^ee raaduvaan,

pooNdan^aa Lellaam pugum.

69

 

This verse is in the role of nAyaki… Tradition avers

that this verse is the inspiration probably for

NammAzhwAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr for their great

verses in Naayaki bhaavam.

 

This verse is to be read as if the mother of AzhwAr

(in the Naayaki) sings.. about the condition of her

daughter i.e. PeyAzhwAr. Similar to kangulum pagalum

(of NammAzhwAr)

 

My girl- whenever someone mentions about any mountain,

she gets excited and sings “ThiruvEnkatam…” when the

she sees thuLasi leaves, she adorns her head with that

saying, “the thuLasi leaves from His Lotus Feet should

adorn my dark black tresses as mark of my

belongingness to Him and only Him”. [she does not stop

with that]. She also goes on and starts to reach Milky

ocean [paaRkadal - the ocean where the Lord sriman

Narayana reclines on ] to take holy dip into it for

purifying herself.

 

A great verse. She is all the time thinking of

ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan and His divine sthalam- the

mountain ThiruvEnkatam. Whenever anyone uttering any

mountain, she exclaims singing ThiruvEnkatam. kunRu

irukkum idam. Wherever there is Hill, there is Yuva

kumara: eternally Youthful Lord Sriman Narayana

resides. Whether it is ThirumaalirunchOlai Malai,

Thiruneermalai, Hasthigiri or ThiruvEnkatam… it is He.

That’s why PeiyEzhwAr nayaki exclaims, ThiruvEnkatam.

 

She always adorns her black tresses with the fragrant

thuLasi as Bhagavath prasadham and declares her being

His eternal sEshan (servant) and being His property.

She declares her nithya, niroopaadhika ananhaarya

sEshathvam (not being servitude to any one else except

Sriman narayanan- which is the case for all jeevathmas

naturally and eternally; but are not realised by them

anyway- she does recognise and realise]

 

She proceeds to paaRkadal for taking the holy dip

therein. How can she reach there? Does she know where

it is? She does not care. She attempts to go there.

[Mother perhaps takes her to ThiruvEnkatam pushkarini

in the meanwhile and consoles her probably]

 

Sicne the earlier verse and next verse of AzhwAr is

not connected or does not refer to naayaki bhaavam,

Sri Periya Vaachaan Pillai [though comments firstly as

above in Nayaki role] suggests an alternative

interpretation as below for this verse:

 

The paadum; soodum, pugum (in the verse- meaning:

sings; adorns and enters] can also be as if it is

AzhwAr instructs as [you all sing..- paadugum – or

paadum; Soodum – You adorn; Pugum- You enter] an

upadesam to us.

 

So, it means: whenever anyone uttering any mountain

name: it means it is ThiruvEnkatam alone. That IS the

mountain; others are NOT. So, sing ThiruvEnkatam.

Adorn your tresses with His thuLasi leaves and declare

your eternal natural sEshathvam to Sriman Narayanan.

He is the Master; He is niyanthaa; He is the Lord of

all; All jeevathmans naturally belong to Him as His

property; as His servants; It is just that you do not

realise that due to karma vaasana. Now realise and

declare Your eternally belongingness to Him. Get rid

of the samsaaric affliction; and crush your paapams by

vEm +katam.

 

Enter into PaaRkadal [milky ocean]. One may wonder how

AzhwAr can ask us to go and enter Milky ocean. Other

two we can at least try. Not this. We do not even know

where it is. Enter into His PushkarIni as if it is the

Milky ocean; [it is equal to if not grander than

that].

 

Kushyate Yasya NagarE Ranga YAtra Dine Dine

TAmaham ShirasAm VandE RajanAm Kulashekaram.

 

King Kulasekara it appears [the above verse says] goes

to srirangam as pilgrimage everyday. How can he go

from his place in kerala everyday to Srirangam. It

only means he longs to go to srirangam and proceeds

and the ministers (being worried that the king would

leave his royal dueties) arranges for few

Srivaishnavas to come in the opposite direction on the

way and Kulasekara gets excited to see them; welcomes

them to his palace, offers them Bhagavath praadasdham

and arranges for thadeeyaradhanai. By the time the

programme gets over, it is already the mid day and the

postponement of Ranga yaathra:-)

 

Similarly the proceeding to paaRkadal needs to be

perceived.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan