Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 11.5.10 [who is better- Parathvam or Sowlabhyam- interesting discussion]

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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 11.5.10 on

ThiruvEnkatam.

 

AhwAr who had enjoyed the avtaars of SarvEshwaran, now

expresses the greatness of Emperumaan is sazzhal form.

Saazhal pAsurams are like two parties teasing each

other as to who is greater. Your side or my side. One

friend of Parakala nayaki takes the Parathavam

(Supremacy) of The Lord as her favorite, while the

other one enjoys His sowlabhyam. Sri Anbil Ramaswamy

one had written: Parathvam kaNdu anjAmaikku

sowlabhyam; Sowlabhyam kaNdu igazhaamaikku parathvam.

(In order not to get scared of His Parathvam,

Sowlabhyam needs to be of thought of; in order not to

belittle His Greatness, Parathvam needs to be

contemplated.) .In this ten, AzhwAr enters into a

duel, where Parathvam and sonwbhayam are argued in

saazhal style. One side extols the greatness of RaamA

and KrishNa , the VibhavAvathArams , while the other

side mocks at such celerbration by questioning that

greatness of the Lord in a playful way. (A light

hearted quarrel to enjoy GuNAanubahavms of PerumAL).

 

Let us get into the scene and witness the fight and

ENJOY..

 

1. Maanamaru mennOkki vaidhEvi inthuNaiyaak*

Kaanamarun kalladharpOyk kaadu uRaindhaan kaaNEdI!*

Kaanamarun kalladharpOyk kaadu uRanidha pon adikkaL*

Vaanavartham senni malar kaNdaay saazhalE!

 

One girl: my friend! Look at the way He walked on

those hard stones and lived in the forest with the

most beautiful deer eyed Sita PiraTTi, as His sweet

spouse. (implying that He is such a sowlabhyan to walk

on this earth in the forest to live there. )

 

Her friend: Know well clearly that the Lotus Feet (of

the One who resided in the forest) are the flowers

that adorn the Nithyasooris. (He is The Chief-

Parathvam).

 

Is there any grievance for us, as He is the

ParipoorNan?

 

[today’s verse on ThiruvEnkatam – 10th verse]

10. kaLLatthaal maavaliyai moovadi maN koNdu aLandha*

veLLatthaan vEnkatthaan enbaaraal kaaNEdI!

veLLatthaan vEnkatthaanElum* kalikanRi*

uLLatthinuLLE uLan kaNdaay saazhalE!

 

(an excellent ending of this ten by our Great AzhwAr)

 

One girl: oh friend: Cunningly, He cheated Bhali and

got the three worlds from Bhali. He is The One who

reclines in the milky Ocean, having his Yoga nitthrA

thinking as to how and what all good that He can do to

us. Look at Him, who has come to ThiruvEmkatam also.

 

Her friend: See. The One who reclines in Milky Ocean

who has come down to ThiruvEmkatam is the One who is

also in the heart of Kaliyan also.

 

let us enjoy one more verse in addition to the above

two verses: the third paasuram in this decad :

( Periya Thirumozhi:11.5.3):

 

Aazh soozh kadal vaiyahatthAr yEsap pOy Aaypaadi

thAzh kuzhalAr vaittha tayir undAn kaaNN yEDi

thazzh kuzhalAr vaittha tayir unda ponn vaiyiRu ivv-

vEzhu ulaham undum idamm udaitthu aal saazhalE

 

One set says : " Oh my dear Friends !What a pity !How

despicable ! How low has your KrishNA descended ? You

hail Him as the great one . How come this One without

any appetite (for Vishaya sukhams) stooped low to

steal the curds from the pots of gopis , which were

put away purposely out of His reach by those gopis

with beautiful, long hair ? How come He became the

object of ridicule and derision by the uneducated

gopis if He is BhagavAn Himself ?Please explain this

mystery to us .

 

The other group takes the cudgels on behalf of their

beloved Bhagavaan and answers " the accusing " group .

They

point out that it is really a wonder that the Lord's

stomach

which does not suffer form hunger at all could still

accomodate

the space for the fresh curds even after consuming the

seven worlds during PraLayam to protect them . Such is

His greatness " .

 

This friendly ribbing and teasing goes on in a spirit

of Bhagavadh guNAnubhavam .

 

With this, this series on Periya Thirumozhi concludes.

 

Let us enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr few other verses from

his nedun, kuRunthaaNdakam, madals..

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan