Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.3

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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 1.8.3.

 

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.

 

nNinRamaa marudhiRRuveezha

nNadanNdhanNinmalannNEmiyaan,

enRumvaanavarkaithozhum iNaitthaamaraiyadiyembiraan,

kanRimaaripozhinNdhidak kadidhaaniraikkidar

nNeekkuvaan,

senRukunRamedutthavan thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE!

1.8.3

 

 

The One who learnt His charming steps, breaking even

the Marudha trees(while doing so), The Purest Lord-

The One who has the Divine Conch in His Hand- The One

whose Lotus Feet is always worshipped with great

devotion by DevAs and Nithyasooris- The One who saved

and protected the suffering and lives of cattle by

lifting the mountain of Govardhanam effortlessly as an

umbrella from torrential heavy down pour by Indran- My

Perumaan- is here at ThiruvEmkatam. Oh mind! Reach

there.

 

When cowherd folks were doing dEvathAnthara bhajanam

(worship) to DevEndharan, this happened. This is not

like other acts where an asurA was killed. Here is an

act which tamed Devendran’s pride and arrogance. This

destroyed Devendra’s asura swabAvam. When angered

Indran sent heaviest downpour for seven days on

cowherd folks (when those cowherd group stopped

Devendra puja and did it on KaNNan as per His

instructions), KaNNan protected the cattle, cowherd

people from the rains. kunRu kudiyaay yedutthAy guNam

pORRi. The entire group, the cattle were staying

underneath comfortably without any doubt or fear that

the mountain will fall from the little finger.

 

This Govardhana mountain incident is very beautifully

sung by All AzhwArs and PeriyAzhwAr in particular in

his Periyazhwar Thirumozhi 3.5.

 

Like the huge rocks, mountains, mud are all hidden

underneath the ocean, KaNNan (who is like an ocean)

consumed the rice, ghee, curd etc.. and appeared as if

he had eaten nothing. When he could eat the whole

universe with everything in its place, this is

nothing.

 

Like the mahout boldly and daringly pushing his hand

inside the strong mouth of the hug elephant to feed

the same, KaNNan effortlessly and boldly inserted His

little hand underneath the huge mountain and lifted

the mountain upside down. He is the Swami of Devas

including Indran

 

Oh Devas who are there are swargam! If you are strong,

come and take away the mountain from my little hand-

KaNNan appears to be telling the Devas when he lifted

the mountain upside down. He is the One who appeared

as Varaaha (Huge Boar) avatar ? he is my Swami and

SarvEswaran.

 

The most auspicious One- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan

who was earlier praised by celestial devas; EmperumAn

KaNNan lifted the Govardhana mountain as an umbrella

with his small lotus like fingers as the spokes of an

umbrella; with the strong hand and shoulder as the

shaft of the umbrella and the mountain as the cloth.

 

The lines that appear on his palms, the red lotus

fingers and palms, hand never show their sign of pain,

weakness or tiredness when lifting the huge mountain

for seven days without interruption or rest. The blue

hued KaNNan lifted the victorious mountain which

houses the large clouds that appear like the white

hair on top of the head.

 

Seven days- it was raining cats and dogs. The fingers,

nails, hands, lotus like hands never showed any sign

of weakness or tiredness. It is as fresh as ever. The

lines also appear as clear as the first day. How is

the ThirumEni (divine body)? It is just the same ?

fresh, youthful blue hued beautiful form as fresh and

cheerful as ever. Everyone thought that it should be

some sort of magic. Bu only when they saw the other

places full of waters, and finally devendran coming

down to perform saranagathi at his feet and Govindha

pattaabhishekam and praised him, they could believe

that it was all

true.

 

Thus it is not unusual for EmperumAn the Sarva sakthan

to take care of few individuals for seven days so

effortlessly. It is part of His nature and duty. It is

His mercy. He always takes care of all worlds and at

all times. He carries them at all times. He is

NaaaraayaNan. The rain almost has stopped and hence

the clouds appear white and look like white hair on

the head.

 

EmperumAn does not have any partiality on one and

enimity on the other. He reclines on Adhiseshan; tamed

the KaaLingan. Rides on its enemy. So he considers

everyone same. [gajam vA vIkshya simham vA vAygram,

vA(S)pi varAnanA. nAhArayathi santhrAsam bhAhU rAmasya

samsrithA- Those who are devoted and surrender to

EmperumAn never get any trouble from anyone else.

Where are the cowherd folks? Where are the devas?

There can be no compatibility. Still he saved the

illiterate, poor cowherd folks from the strong devas.

Those who read them can have their own anubhavams and

enjoy various glories and Acharya sishya, ParamAthma

jeevathma, relations and also the greatness of Sarva

rakshakan Sriman Narayanan. He is sujana saarvabhouman

who lifted effortlessly the huge mountain and

protected the cattle and cowherd folks. Those who are

paramaikAnthins who understand his Parathvam and the

supremacy of Sriman Narayanan.

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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