Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 9.9.9

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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 9.9.9 on ThiruvEnkatam.

 

Prelude to this ten:

 

AzhwAr had pleaded Emperumaan to get him rid of the

worldly life to attain Emperumaan. It did not happen.

AzhwAr loses himself and gets into Parakala nAyaki

bhAvam, when she has already had experience of uniting

with the Lord and the Lord has now deserted her. Due

to her suffering, she is not able to express herself

and the ?mother? of Parakala nAyaki speaks.

 

valampuri yaazhi yaNnaivarai yaar_thiraL

thOLaNnRaNnNnai,

pulampuri nNoolava Nnaippozhil vENGgada vEdhiyaNnai,

chilambiya laaRudai yathiru maaliruNY chOlainNiNnRa,

nNalanNthigazh nNaaraNa NnainNaNu kuNGgoleNn

nNaNnNnuthalE! 9.9.9

 

The One who has the Divine ChakrA and the Conch on His

resplendent strong mountain like shoulders; who has

worn the thread (pooNool), the darshan of which is the

great enjoyment for all; who stands at ThiruvEmkata

malai; who is the essence of Vedas; -is here at

ThirumaalirunchOlai, - the personification of all

auspicious qualities, Narayanan- will my girl be able

to approach Him?

 

Here AzhwAr refers to the name NARAYANAN… Naaraanaam

ayanam yasya sa:

He is the essence of all Vedas; Veda Vaedhyan; He is

the Lord with no imperfections; he is the Lord of

infinite kalyANa GuNAs;

 

Uttering or reading Narayanaanuvaakam, Purusha

sooktham, Upanishads- one would realise the Supreme

Lord unambiguously; though Vedas mention about Surya,

Brahma, Rudra, Agni Indra et al, the words need to

understood by looking at the statement before and

after and to be understood in overall context to avoid

getting misled. It can all be clearly understood [says

Alavandhar] that these words all refer to You-

Narayana. [These verses are to be read as addressed

to Narayana to praise His Supremacy and also in order

to clear the confusion of half baked VaidIka as well.

 

Sthothra Ratnam verse 12 refelcts the same essence in

crystal clear manne

 

Ka:sree: sriya: paramasattva samaasraya ka:

Ka:puNdareeka nayanah purushOtthama ka:

Kasyaayuthaayuthasathaika kalaamsakaamSE

Viswam vichithra cidhachith pravibhaaga vrittam. [12]

 

Who is Lord of even SrI:? Who is Her sole Master? Who

is the SrI of SrI? Who is the personification and

repository, as well as nirvaahakan of Sattva guNA? Who

is the red lotus eyed Lord beyond compare? Who is the

PurshOtthaman- above all beings- chief of Purusaas-

Purushaanaam Utthaman.. whose billionth and billionth

of minutest part of one small portion of Your

multi-folded and manifold powers, is this entire

universe- including jeeva and matter in different

states and existence, functioning?

 

There are many statements in Vedas declaring creation

of this world.. if one tries to analyze them in

totality without violating any of these statements

with each other, then one would realize that Sriman

Narayanan alone is cause for of this manifested

worlds. Creator is Brahma; and protector is Vishnu-

you may argue. One has to look at Purushasooktham; It

is the grandest of all sruthis; it is there in all

Vedas; There only Sriman Narayanan is mentioned as

Purushan. He is the Lord of BhUmA Devi and Sree Devi-

says Purusha sooktham.

 

Upanishads in one voice have declared that Sriman

Narayanan is the Paradevatha; This kind of scriptural

authority is not at all found in support of other demi

gods in Upanishads.

 

In swEthaswathOra Upanishad, yEkO Rudra: viSwAdhikO

Rudra: are mentioned; But even there Purusha sooktha

mantras are mixed; VedaahamEtham purusham mahaantham-

naanya: panthA ; PurusEna sarvam- etc.. Who grants

Sattva guNA correctly?- it is uttered here as : mahaan

prabhurvai purusha satvasyaisha pravarrthaka: means:

Narayanan – Purusha is the One who blesses with Sattva

gunA; It is very clear to all that BrahmA is the

master of rajasa guNA; Rudra, Thamasa guna and Vishnu

– Satva guNA. If one is blessed with a glance

[kataaksham] of Vishnu at his birth, he is supposed to

be a saatvIkI- and is blessed with Madhusoodhana

kataaksham. Thus, in this Upanishad Rudra word means:

the One who destroys Samsaaris affliction- samsaaric

disease- namely Sriman Narayanan as Sivan also means-

mangaLam- auspiciousness.

 

Thu He alone is Utthama purushan- Chief among

Purushas. KaNNan himself declares that in GitA that He

is Purusha Utthaman. In GitA, the entire universe is

housed in a minutest part of His greatness and

glories.

 

Who is He? He is the master and Lord of Sree… He is

the Sree of Sree.. Thiruvukkum Thiruvaagiya selvan.

She is His [Vishnu] PathnI and He is Sriya: Pathi.

Have no doubts. He alone is the Lord; He alone can

grant mOksha; The Supreme Lord is only Sriya: Pathi

Sriman Narayanan- declares Sage Veda Vyasa… .

 

What a brilliant verse – by Sri YamunAchArya!

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan