Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 12- 68th 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 68th verse.

 

paarttha kaduvan sunain^eer nizaRkaNdu,

pErtthOr kaduvanenap pErnthu, - kaarttha

kaLanganikkuk kain^eettum vEngadamE, mEnaaL

viLanganikkuk kanReRinthaan veRpu. 68

 

Yet another poetic skill of AzhwAr!

The strong [masculine] male monkey, [sitting on a

branch of a tress in the ThiruvEnkatam mountain] looks

at its reflection in the pond below, mistakenly thinks

that it is another monkey staring at it; It gets

scared and becomes afraid of the reflection [meaning:

by itself, our hero is strong and majestic] and

attempts to leave the place to avoid any potential

trouble from the [imaginary[ enemy.

 

While leaving, its flickering mind gets tempted to

taste the fruit in the nearby branch [not in the tree

where it is sitting] but from the branch of the

reflected tree and extends its palm [as begging] to

the water monkey (its own reflection) “Please give me

a fruit from that branch”.

 

In such a cool beautiful place of ThiruvEnkata

mountain, resides our Lord who had thrown [during

KrishNAvathAram] the demonic calf against the

viLampazha tree to kill both vathsAura and the other

asurA who had hidden in the tree; both intending to

kill Kutti KaNNan.

 

The male money even though its gets sscared looking at

its own reflection and chooses to go to avoid trouble,

gets tempted with flickering mind, trying to enjoy

even at the time of trouble. [exactly similar to human

minds – trying to enjoy the dripping honey though

caught between the devil and the deep sea in both

sides.. though caught in samsaaric afflictions, and

being aware of the fleeting lives, still running amuck

after sensual pleasures- no way different from

monkeys].

 

AndAL also refers to this vathAsura incident in her

Thiruppavai 24th verse- anRu ivvulagam..

 

kanRu kuNilaa yeRindhaay kazhal pORRi.

 

kanRu the asurA who came as a calf

kunilaa you used as a stick (against another asurA)

eRindhaay threw

kazhal [with the great foot work]

pORRi we sing " All Hail, all glory! "

 

kaNru kiNilaa eRindhaay kazhal pORRi. When vasthAsura

appeared as calf and came near You with an attempt to

kill you, You noticed that asurA by its different eyes

(thiruttu muzhi and not loving affectionate eyes like

other calves) and took the calf by its tail and

swirled the calf hitting against the another asurA

(who came in as viLAm pazha tree) so that your friends

could eat the fruits and enjoy as well.. your

marvellous deeds can not be described in words at all.

May Your such grandest deeds and Your lotus feet

remain for millions of years after years with us When

the viLAm pazham is aimed at with the calf, the legs

bend and the ankle [kazhal] is visible prominently.

The strength to throw the calf arises from the

thiruvadi [lotus feet] and hence this is praised. The

gopikAs also take the opportunity to praise the short

thiruvadi(kunjitha paadham) in contrast to the Feet

that grew to measure the Universe.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan