Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 16- 72nd 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 72nd verse.

 

kunRonRi Nnaaya kuRamagaLir kOlvaLaikkai

senRu viLaiyaadum theengazaipOy, - venRu

viLangumathi kOLvidukkum vEngadamE, mElai

iLankumarar kOmaan idam. 72

 

Excellent verse-describing the beauty of power of the

residents of ThiruvEnkatam.

 

The gypsy women folk residing in the divine mountain

of ThiruvEnkatam, who do not know anything other than

praying to ThiruvEnkatamudiayaan and who do not know

anyone else other than their Lord

ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan Srinivasan; who wear shining,

most beautiful bangles around their wrists; went and

play in the thick jungles on tall, majestic and

beautiful bamboo trees. The bamboo sticks are bent by

these women folks with their hands when they play and

when they leave them back, they [due to elasticity]

rise to hit the moon itself and get the moon rid of

its eclipse (namely the moon as caught by raahu- as

per our scriptures] and frees the moon to shine more

glowingly into the mountain of ThiruvEnkatam. In such

a great dhivya sthalam, resides the eternally Youthful

Lord of all eternally Young Nithyasuris.

 

The power of gypsy ladies in ThiruvEnkatam is so much

that the bamboo goes back and hits the rahu to free

the moon… - AzhwAr exclaims.

Also it may be interpreted that the bamboo is so thick

that the moon rays first could not enter into the

mountain and later when the gypsy women played and

separated them, with the shining bangles, the raahu

runs away and the moon gets back its lustre again.

 

OR it can also be enjoyed that the gyspy girls play

with stones [sitting on the mountain]; the stones

reach the moon and hits the raahu to free the moon

from its eclipse.

 

Commentators enjoy in different ways about the power

of the residents of ThiruvEkatam due to the Lord being

there. The Lord who is the Chief of eternally Youthful

Nithyasuris- is here in ThiruvEnkatam- means: He

Himself is younger than those Nithyasuris; and all

those Nithyasuris come here to pay their obeisance to

Him at ThiruvEnkatam.

 

Sruthi says: He is Yuva kumara: Ever young. Also

Nithyasuris do not age; no time concept in

Srivaikuntam except the time of entry (for muktha

jeevathmas and not for Nithyars).

 

AzhwAr enjoys the power of residents of ThiruvEnkatam

due to their ananhaarya sEshathvam (being servant only

to Him and none else) and due to their

paramaikaanthithvam and enjoying the dhEha yaathra

with extolling only Him and His glories.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan