Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumazhisai Piraan anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 1- 34th verse of Naanmukhan ThiruvanthAthi

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

After mudhal aazhwArs, next we have begun to enjoy

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr’s verses on thiruvEnkatam.

Today’s verse is 39th in Naanmukhan ThiruvanthAthi..

 

Why this word naanmukhan ThiruvanthAthi- you may

wonder. AchAryAs enjoy this AzhwAr?s works, and

address them as the sword that has been taken out of

its cover (from the waist band) to destroy other non-

vaidika and non-truthful, false notions and doctrines

and to establish that Sriya: pathi Sriman Narayanan is

Parathvam and AzhwAr has NOT still put the sword back

 

Since the 1st pAsuram starts with Naanmuganai, this

work is called ?Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi (NMT in

short).

The first verse is:

 

naanmuganai NaaraayaNan padaitthaan* Naanmuganum/

thaan mugamaay sankaranaip padaitthaan * yaan

mugamaay/

andhaadhi mElitaaRivitthEn aazhporuLaich*/

sindhaamaR koNmin neer thErndhu./

 

NarayaNan created BrahmA (chathur mukha- naanmugan-

four faced one); BrahmA (thus became the instrument)

and created the universe starting with Sankaran. And

this I have been blessed to announce in this most

important truth. Oh People! you all see, understand

the truth in this and don’s let it get out of your

mind. MahOpanishad declares this truth that Narayanan

is the One who cause of creation for all dEvAs through

BrahmA whom He first created. (Thus, AzhwAr implies,

by getting to know the Creator, and the births of

BrahmA and Sivan, you all can get rid of your future

births.) He- sriman Narayanan is the Only One who has

not parent.. or Father. Chathur mukha BrahmA’s father

is Narayanan; Rudran’s father is Chathurmukha brahmA;

 

Swethaswathara Upanishad states that the Supreme Being

first created Brahma. [yo brahmaanm vidhadhaathi

poorvam]. The Upanisahd clearly points out that Brahma

was brought into existence by Narayanan and that from

Narayanawas born Rudra etc.. [Narayanaat Brahmaa

jaayathE; Naaraayanaath RudrO jaayathE] In the same

manner, MahOpanishad relating to primary cause of the

Universe says: [in the beginning] only Narayana

existed, nether Brahma, nor Isaana [Rudra], nor the

heaven; nor the earth; nor the stars; nor the water

and the fire; nor the moon and the sun. [ekO ha vai

nArAyaNa Aseeth; na brahma nEsAnO nApO nAgnisOmau meme

dhaavaa prthivI na nakshathraani na sooryO na

chandramaah:]

 

Let us now come back to our enjoyment of

ThiruvEnkatam..

 

azhaippan thiruvENG kadaththaanaik kaaNa,

izhaippan thirukkoodal kooda, - mazhaippE

raruvi maNivaranRi vandhizhiya, yaanai

veruvi yaravodungum veRpu. 39

 

I am calling sincerely ThiruvEnkadatthaan, and am

blessed with His darshan. On this huge Venkatagiri,

when the rains waters fall down with vociferous roars

carrying with them, the bright precious gems and

stones with lustre, the elephants get scared of the

brightness thinking that it is all fire sparks; the

long deadly pythons run away with fear thinking that

it is the lightning. Such wonderful ThirumalA, I would

like to join with it. (Here AzhwAr says Thirukkoodal

kooda azhaippan means: To find out if what we wish

will materialise, there is a method. i.e. Keep drawing

concentric circles, one inside the other, and check if

it even in number or odd. If it is odd, it will not

materialise. Thus, AzhwAr tries to see if he is going

to join Thirumalai Srinivasan) and he gets even…

 

The Azhwar refers to the celebration of the Thiruvonam

festival at Thiruvenkadam (Tirumala) when every God

including Brahma and Rudra propitiate Him. Though the

39th verse beginning with the word, Azhaippan, is said

to be Azhwar's call to the Lord of Tirumala by a

method known as Koodal Izhaithal (drawing circles), it

is considered by the Acharyas and other scholars as a

reference to the Lord of Thirukkoodal (Madurai).

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan