Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Kulasekara perumAL anubhavam- PerumAL Thirumozhi 4.7

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

After the first four AzhwArs namely, Poigai, bhootha,

Pey and Thirumazhisai Azhwars’ anubhavams, next we

immerse ourselves in the most wonderful verses of

Kulasekara PerumAn’s on ThiruvEnkatam. It is the

fourth decad of his PerumAL Thirumozhi. today's verse

is 7th verse.

 

vaanaaLum maamathipOl veNkudaikkeezh mannavar_tham

kOnaaki veeRRirunthu koNdaadum selvaRiyEn

thEnaar_pooNY chOlaith thiruvENG kadamalaimEl

kaanaaRaayp paayum karuththudaiyE NnaavEnE 4.7

 

Like the moon that engulfs the land with its shining

lustre, the king rules his kingdom with his royal

power [of umbrella- veNkoRRak kudai- in Tamil]… I do

not aspire for such a celebrity birth of being a king

ruling the world, sitting in royal throne. All that I

want is to be the swift flowing river in the mountain

of ThiruvEnkatam wherein the fertile honey dripping

gardens are in abundance.

 

AzhwAr in the last verse desired to be the mountain

segment thereby he can enjoy divya darshan of the Lord

as well as serve Bhaagawathaas. Suddenly he remembers

that the devotees may pay their obeisance to the Lord

from the ground (without actually climbing the

mountain) and the darshan of the mountain itself is

great. So, he would noit have the bhaagyam of having

the devotees feet on the mountain segment… and hence

AzhwAr now asks for the river or water falls that flow

from the mountain top downwards.. thereby he is able

to have the sparsam of the Bhaagawathas.

 

This kaattaaRu reminds me of the vibhava avathArams of

the Lord namely Rama Krishna avathArams which are also

referred to as the turbulent flowing waters

[kaattaaRu] from mountains or in the forests. These

waters do not flow forever. They would dry up after

sometime. Similarly these Vibhava avathArams were

enjoyed by those who were contemporaries. Today, it is

history and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and

AkrUrar did or Rama as Ayodhya did. Thus this rUpam is

in the past like last year's river water , which is no

longer available to quench our thirst

(dried up river bed ). Only archA roopams like

Srirangan, Thirumalai Srinivasan are available to us

forever… and we see Rama Krishna avathArams in Them

and They are not different from Sreenivasan or Rangan.

 

 

Sri Muralidhar Ranaswamy shares: In the seventh

Pasuram, the Azhwar cries out " Of what use is it to be

an emperor walking under a royal umbrella, living in a

huge palace flaunting his wealth and hearing the

praise of sycophants in the court? Are not all these

marks of royalty useless tinsel if they cannot help in

serving the Lord? Would it not be beautiful if I can

become a hill stream at Venkatachalam which

provides water used in performing Tirumanjanam for

Lord Srinivasa?

 

KulasEkarAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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