Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- PeiyAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 18- 75th verse of moonRaam ThiruvanthAthi

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Let us continue to enjoy PeyAzhwAr’s wonderful

anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today’s verse on

ThiruvEnkatam is the 73rd verse.

 

saarnthakadu thEyppath thadaaviyakOt tuccivaay

oornthiyangum veNmathiyi NnoNmuyalai, - sErnthu

sinavEngai paarkkum thirumalaiyE, aayan

punavEngai naaRum poruppu.

75

 

The moon with its sweet white belly touching the

ThiruvEnkatam moutain’s surface (the mountain being so

high] crawls on its surface.. [when the moon moves].

The fiery eyed tiger looking at the dark spots on the

moon thinks that it is the white rabbit nearby and

attempts to pounce on its prey. It keeps ogling at the

prey without being able to reach and touch nor it is

able to get away from it as it is inaccessible. Thus

it is so near yet so far.

 

In such a lovely mountain of ThiruvEnkatam, the vEngai

trees [meaning: neem trees] grow dense and tall and

the whole place is cool and fertile- where our Lord

KaNNan resides.

 

A wonderful scenic beauty. The mountain so tall that

the white moon appears to be touching on its stomach

and appears to be crawling on the surface. The tiger

sees the dark spots of the moon [so near] and assumes

that it is white rabbit [the poets always consider the

dark spots of the moon as rabbits- poetic imagination]

and attempts pounce on it. It neither leaves the place

due to temptation nor is it able to reach its prey due

to inaccessibility.

 

This is similar to our running behind the transitory

pleasures which appear to be giving us happiness; but

not actually so. Also it pulls us down further.

 

This tiger nor being able to proceed; nor stop- this

[though niot directly relevant, reminds me of

naapagacchan; naThishthan of Gopala vimsathi 5th

verse. - not moving; nor stationary..]

 

KaNNan slowly enters into the kitchen. He looks there;

and here; no one is around. This is the right time.

YasOdhA, after getting vexed with the mischievous

butter-stealing acts, keeps the butter in a different

container and at a different place to mislead our

Kutti KaNNan. But our Lord- the sarvEshwaran- Does He

not know where the veNNai [butter] is? Will He get

misled? No.

 

He tip-toes towards the big pot (which is tall as He)-

He opens the lid. And with great effort, puts the

whole hand in upto the shoulder and takes a handful of

butter; puts the whole lot into His mouth. Not enough.

He dips in again! Oh My God! YasOdhA has come in! She

has seen everything. He is caught stealing the butter-

with His mouth full of butter, - with His hand fully

dipped into the pot. What will He do now?

SarvEshwaran- Our Lord Kutti KaNNan is scared of the

visible angry mother approaching Him. Will she hit

Him? Will she scold Him? What puishment will she give

Him? He is perplexed.

 

Should He run away? He has taken off one foot and is

ready to run. At the same time, He is not able to run

away because He is cornered and fully caught red

handed. He is neither standing nor is He running! The

little Lord of ours has decided to close His eyes,

unable to see what is going to happen, thinking that

He can avoid the punishment by closing His eyes! The

Universal Lord,- who protects the whole Universe and

even beyond, simply and effortlessly in His Yoga

nithrA on AdhisEshan, with complete awareness and

knowledge of all and every thing that happens

everywhere- is having His eyes now closed to avoid

seeing His mother coming towards Him!

 

Vedanta Desikan’s enjoyment is beyond description in

words.

 

aazhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan