Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Kulasekara perumAL anubhavam- PerumAL Thirumozhi 4.9

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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 the ninth.

 

sediyaaya valvinaikaL theerkkum thirumaalE

netiyaanE vEngatavaa nin_kOyi linvaasal

atiyaarum vaanavaru marampaiyarum kidanthiyangum

padiyaayk kidanthun pavaLavaay kaaNpEnE 4.9

 

The grave sins that have been committed over aeons

(through many births), the paapams will all be crushed

if one visits ThiruvEnkatam. vEm plus katam- that

which burns sins.. Oh Lord of ThiruvEnkatam – Sriya:

Pathi Srinivasaa! The One who dissolves all sins! Oh

The One who never ever forgets Your assuaging

assurance to Your Saranaagathars! [NediyaanE!] Oh

ThiruvEnkatavaa! At the entrance of your temple, let

me lie down as the step at Your entrance there for all

your devotees to step their feet on me and enter into

your sanctum sanctorum and let me enjoy Your

bewitching smile from those most beautiful coral lips.

 

 

A wonderful verse!

AzhwAr asked for the path in the last verse. Now

hedesires to be the very entrance step itself so that

everyone would certainly cross or step on him and

thereby he gets Bhaagawatha sparsam. Also he does not

wish to simply lie down as the non living thing.

Instead, he wants to lie down as the step as well as

enjoy His sweet smile from the red coral lips.

Padiyaay kidanthu un pavaL vaay kaaNpEn..

 

Adiyarum – The paramaikaanthins- who do not pray for

anything else and to anyone else except Sriman

Narayanan and seek and enjoy for His divine darshan.

They do no ask for any materials or aishwaryam.

Vaanavarum- Devaas- they go to Sriman Narayanan with a

request for aishwaryam or position to be retained.

Arambaiyarum- Rambha, Orrvasi, Thilotthamai- et al-

dance and seek material benefits from DevEndran. Thus

they pray to other jeevans also.

 

All three categories of people come here at

ThiruvEnkatam and enter into Your temple.

 

Thus AzhwAr seeks to be the step in the temple

entrance. That’s the reason in all Srivaishnava

temples, the entrance step is called Kulasekaran Padi…

 

 

NediyaanE- Commentators enjoy this word as the One who

never ever forgets little good that we do… He always

remembers. [unlike us]. If has taken a vow to protect,

even thaayaar [she will not stop] complains about the

prapannans (one who has surrendered) the Lord would

say, “my adiyaar would never ever do commit mistakes.

Even if they do, that must be for some good intent..

en adiyaar adhu seyyaar; seydhaalum nanRE seyvaar.

 

It refers to Lord Ranganayaki telling Lord Rangan..

You are protecting Vibhesshana from here looking

towards south. It was he who never ever wanted me to

stay in his country. He asked Ravana to throw me out.

The first one to ask Lakshmi to get out. Lord says:

Devi! Why did he say that? Out of his devotion for

us.. He wanted you to join me… and that’s the reason.

Not that he does not want you to stay; but that he

wants us to be united. PiraaTTi is now happy that the

Lord has not forgotten His devotees. Sri Velukkudi

krishnan swami says in his discourse, “PiraaTTi is

like the mason who comes after ten days of curing of

cement and sshakes the pillar if it is strong or

moves. PiraaTTi does that kind of testing. Hence the

Lord is Nediyaan. The One who never ever forgets nHis

assuaging assurance “maa sucha: Do not lament.

 

Sri Muralidhar Rangaswami shares his enjoyment: The

ninth Pasuram brilliantly establishes the concept of

Saranagathi to the lotus feet of Lord Srinivasa. The

Azhwar concludes that the only thing of permanence is

attainment of Lord Narayana's (Tiruvenkatan) lotus

feet. This can be related to the Narayana Sooktam

salutation: Patim VishvasyAtmeshvaragam Shashvatagam

Shivamachyutam and the Sriranganatha Gadyam salutation

" Sthairya " (meaning fixed or permanent one). The

eternal bliss of attaining the feet of Lord Narayana

is described in the Narayana Upanishad salutation

" Narayana SayujyamavApnoti, Narayana

SayujyamavApnoti " , in the Taittriya Upanishad

salutation " Sa YekO BrahmaNAnanda: " and in the Vishnu

Sooktam salutation " TadvisNoh Paramam Padam Sadhaa

Pashyanti Soorayaha "

 

Since this is the " bull's eye " Kulashekara Azhwar

shuns everything else that comes in the way of his

goal (material wealth, royalty and its associated

paraphernalia and pleasures, Indra Lokam, the status

of Brahma, Indra, Rudra). The import of the message of

the Ashtakshara Mantram is beautifully reflected in

Pasurams 8-10. The ninth Pasuram refers to the benefit

of performing SharaNagati to Lord Narayana and

finally, Pasurams 8-10 reflect the Azhwar's enthusiasm

to enjoy Bhagavad and Bhaagavata Kainkaryam. Thus, the

Azhwar succinctly presents Tattva (Lord Narayana is

the supreme being), Hita (Surrender to His Lotus feet)

and Purushartha (Constantly be engaged in Bhagavad and

Bhagavata Kainkaryam) for a Sri Vaishnava. One can

associate the Narayana Upanishad salutations " Nama Iti

DvaE AksharE " and " NarayaNAyeti PanchAksharaNi " , with

Pasurams 8-10. Another important feature of the ninth

Pasuram is the description of Prapatti as Papa

Nivrutti, i.e. the act of surrendering to Lord

Narayana immediately rids one of their sins

(Bharanyasam).

 

KulasEkarAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

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