Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 9.7.4

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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.

 

Let us enjoy Periya Thirumozhi 9.7.4 on ThiruvEnkatam.

 

In this 9.7, AzhwAr addresses his mind saying We are

not able to get rid of our longing for the worldly

pleasures; this life is tremendously transitory;

flickering life; never-ever permanent; the carnal

desires attack us; the material wealth is never

permanent and does not stay with us for ever.

Realizing this, and leaving all of them, if at all, we

search for athma jnAnanm; then we need to realize that

other religions and doctrines are completely non-Vedic

and utter only the name of Lord of Thiruvallavaazh.

(Excellent ten- more appropriate for us, in its

entirety. Let us enjoy our verse i.e. the 4th)

 

'paNNulaam meNnmozhip paavaimaar

paNaimulai aNaithum nNaam,'eNnRu,

eNNuvaar eNNama dhozhiththunNI

pizhaiththuyyak karuthi NnaayEl,

viNNuLaar viNNiNnmI thiyaNnRavENG

kadaththuLaar, vaLaNGgoL munNnNIr

vaNNaNnaar vallavaazh chollumaa

vallaiyaay maruvu nNenchE! 9.7.4

 

4. nenjamE! [oh my dear mind] If you plan to escape

from thoughts and influences of people who always

dream of hugging the tender breasts of young women,

then all that you need to is: Have the strength to

utter the divine name of Thiruvallavaazh Emperumaan,

who stands permanently at ThiruvEmkatam, and shows

Himself to Devas; who shows Himself always to

Nithyasooris at Paramapadham; and who has the Divinely

beautiful ocean like bluish form.

 

AzhwAr addressesb his mind here asking the same to get

rid of sensual pursuits and attempt to get rid of

samsaaric affliction.

 

AzhwAr echoes the same sentiment in his 6.2 decad of

Periya Thirumozhi on ThiruvviNNagar [Oppiliappan

PerumAL] a brilliant verse.

 

paaNdEn vaNdaRai yumkuzha laar_kaLpal laandisaippa,

aaNdaar vaiyamel laam_arasaaki, mun NnaaNdavarE

maaNdaa renRuvan^ thaar_an^thO!manai vaazhkkaithannai

vENdEn, ninnadain^ thEn_thiru viNNagar mEyavanE [sixth

decad 5th verse]

 

The young women, who have fragrant black tresses that

house bees

drinking honey from the flowers bedecked on the hair,

address and greet their " great " kings as “Long live”

and those kings, who had ruled the worlds have now

gone dead and are no more - This is also a fact, from

time immemorial. This wealth is never ever permanent.

Nothing is permanent except being servant of His in

his abode. Hence, I do not want this family material

life and any more, nor its transitory pleasures; Thus,

leaving all that, adiyEn surrenders to Your Feet

only,, ThiruviNNagaraanE!

 

These are more meant for us; and not for AzhwArs…

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan