Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 2.1.1

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwArs wonderful

verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan.

 

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.

 

vaanavar thangkaL sindhai pOla en

nNeNYchamE! inidhuvanNdhu, maadhava

maanavar thangkaL sindhai yamarnNdhuRai kinRavenNdhai,

kaanavaridu kaaragiRpugai yOngku vEngkadam

mEvi, maaNkuRaL

aana anNdhaNaR kinRadi maitthozhil pooNdaayE.

2.1.1

 

In the first hundred, ThirumangaiAzhwAr enjoyed the

Thirumanthra laabham and the esoteric meanings of the

same and then realised the Lord housed in

Thirumanthram being available so gracefully at Divya

dEsams for us as our refuge.

 

AzhwAr looks around and found that none is seeking the

Lord’s grace o praying to Him performing Saranagathy..

for serving Him eternally at His Feet. So, AzhwAr

admires his mind for being so supportive and

co-operative in letting him reach upto this level.

 

In this hundred AzhwAr desires the sustenance of

thoughts on Bhagawadh kaimkaryam alone in his mind,

always and pleads the Lord for the same. First ten of

this hundred, describes AzhwAr's appreciation of his

mind for its able support and thought on Bhagawadh

kaimkaryam uninterruptedly.

 

1. On my friendly supportive mind! My Swami- the One

who stays

permanently in the hearts of [sages] thapasvis- the

One who stays at the hills of ThiruvEmkatam where the

smoke arising out of burnt " agil " tree branches and

stems that are thrown on the fire by the forest

hunters- the One who appeared as little dwarf Vaamanan

- and to such Greatest Lord- you have desired to

perform kaimkaryam; You have sought such Greatest

sweet kaimkaryam like Nithya sooris!

 

AzhwAr appreciates his mind for having taken him thus

to ThiruvEnkatam when the sages who reside therein are

still searching for His Lotus Feet still;

 

AzhwAr wonders as to how the mind is able to guess

where the ThiruvEnkatam mountain is and the Lord

resides. It is from the sandal smoke that emanates in

the skies from the burning of those tree branches..

 

AzhwAr also is reminded of the Vaamanan and

Thiruvikrama avathAram when he thinks of His Parathvam

as that is the avathAram where the Lord’s Supremacy is

declared unambiguously taking Trivikrama avathAram and

measured the whole Universe with His Feet. Chathur

mukha brahmA washed His toe thumb and the waters that

dropped therein were taken by the matted locks of

Rudran and he came auspicious – Siva- meaning

auspiciousness [mangaLam].

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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