Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.4

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr’s Periya

Thirumozhi. Today’s verse is Periya Thourmizh 1.8.4.

 

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram

yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

 

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the

whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance

(a~jnAnam) with his word and who

destroys the Kali dhOsham.

 

paartthaRkaayanRubaaradhamkaiseydhittu

venRaparaNYchudar,

kOtthangkaayar dhampaadiyil

kuravaipiNaindhavengkOvalan,

EtthuvaarthammanatthuLLaan

idavenNdhaimEynNdhavembiraan,

theertthanNeertthadaNYchOlaisoozh

thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE! 1.8.4

 

 

ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan is Sri Parthasarathy Himself.

The One who drove the chariot for Arjunan, presided

(sort of) the MahAbhAratha KurukshEthra battle, and

(enabled pANdavAs) win the battle- the One who

dances with cowherd girls- the One who stays in the

heart of His devotees who think of Him and meditate on

Him- the One who shows Himself at Thiruvidaventhai-

the Para~nchudar- the JyOthI- Emperumaan is here at

Most beautiful ThiruvEmkata mountain. Oh mind! Reach

there.

 

Here Krishna won the battle –says AzhwAr? Where did he

fight? He simply drove the chariot for Arjuna? How did

he win? Or even let Paandavas win? How did he help?

 

At the beginning of the battle, ArjunA had instructed

[being the Rathi with KaNNan being Saarathi

(charioteer)] to position his chariot between the two

opposing armies. Arjuna had a look at the assembled

warriors fighting on behalf of his evil-minded cousin,

DuryOdhanA, the son of the blind king, DhrithirAshtrA

.. ArjunA recognized that his dear kinsmen and teachers

were the members of the army of DuryOdhanA.

 

Suddenly ArjunA was overcome with deep emotion and

threw aside his bow and arrows in a state of

despondency over killing his kith and kin as well as

his worshipful elders and AchAryAs. Arjuna declared

that he did not have the heart to fight to win the

war. He begged the Lord to show him the right path out

of his dilemma: with my heart stricken by

the fault of the weak compassion, with my mind

perplexed about my duty, I request You to say for

certain what is good for me. I am Your disciple.Teach

me who has taken refuge in You (SishyasthEham

saadhi maam thvAm prapannam)

 

Arjuna’s conflicts are our own conflicts and dilemmas

that we experience every day. The most compassionate

Lord, Sri ParthasArathy took on the role of

GitAchAryan and used ArjunA as VyAjam (excuse) to

bless us all with His upadEsam , which is the essence

of all SaasthrAs (Sarva Saasthramayee). The upadEsam

performed by our Lord at KurukshEthram is timeless and

will always have enduring value for all mankind.

 

Krishna asks: kuThasthvaa kasmalamitham? How did you

get this dirt in your mind? Then goes on to explain

with unlimited daya to us as Bhagavad GitA, to arjunA,

on our behalf.

 

It is He who did everything in the battle field to

ensure paandavaa’s success.

 

He resides in the heart of His dearest devotees who

are Paramaikaanthins who do not seek nothing but His

pleasure; none except Him… He Himself says that they

are His life itself. It is His matham…

 

In Bhagavath GitA, Krishna says " priyOhi

jn~AninOthyarthamaham sa cha mama priya: " (GitA 7.17).

He says here that the Jn~Ani is ever dear to Him;I am

very dear to him and he too is very dear to Me. Even

I, the Omniscient and Omnipotent, is unable to express

how much dear the Jn~Anin is to me, since there is no

such limit (as this much) for this love (that I have

for him /Jn~Anin) "

 

He is the darling of Gopis and Gopikas who themselves

are jnAnis as they know none but Him; and do not seek

nothing other than His pleasure and being with Him.

 

Such merciful Lord KaNNan is here at ThiruvEnkatam.

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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