Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaymozhi 2.7.11

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on

Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. Now after Thirumangai AzhwAr

anubhavam, we have reached the Chief among AzhwArs-

the Only AzhwAr who is also in Acharya paramparai of

Srivaishnavam- namely NammAzhwAr.

 

let us enjoy His divinely majestic and most wonderful

Thiruvaymozhi verses.

 

Before that, let us contemplate on NammAzhwAr [sri

SatakOpamuni’s] divine lotus feet

 

BhakthAmrutham viswa janAnumodhanam

sarvArthatham Sri Satakopa Vaangmayam

sahasra SaakOpanishadh samAgamam

namAmyaham Draavida Vedha Saagaram

 

Meaning ): adiyEn salutes the ocean of Tamizh Vedam ,

which is of the form of Sri SaThakOpan's vaak

(speech/aruLiccheyalkaL). These are linked to the

thousand upanishads and includes in them all the deep

meanings (Taathparyams)of Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArthams

and artha Panchakam. They are nectar to the minds of

the devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNan and they enjoy it

with relish as aparyAthAmrutham [insatiable amirtham].

 

Today’s ThiruvEnkatam verse is: Thiruvaaymozhi 2.6.10

 

paRpa_naapanuyarvaRavuyarum perundhiRalOn,

eRparanennaiyaakkik kondenakkEthannaiththandha

kaRpakam, ennamutham kaarmukilpOlumvENGkada_nal

veRpan, visumpOr_piraa NnendhaithaamOtharanE. 2.7.11

 

PADMANABHAN- the One who has got Lotus Flower in His

navel- has Got the GREATEST of GREATEST GLORIES and

STRENGTHS; He has enslaved me; HE OFFERED HIMSELF too

to me; He is like the kaRpaka vruksham (kaRpaka tree-

in dEvalOkA- that is capable of everything one

wishes!) and is of Blue Hued Lord and stands at

ThiruvEnkadam; He is My father who is also the Chief

of NityasUris- (Akila jagadh swamin- and asmath

swamin- Sriranga nAtha and mama nAthA!) He is

DAMODHARAN- the One who has got the marks of the rope

(which was tied to His Body by the MOST LUCKIEST

YASODHA for His stealing butter!- in fact, there is an

interesting anecdote that upon Mahalakshmi's request,

when Lord Sriman Narayana at Sri Vaikuntam helped

Himself to get some fruits from the tree, the

" utthriyam " (upper piece of cloth) fell and exposed His

marks of the rope to MahAlakshmi and SHE SAW THE

MARKS; Our " poor " Sriman Narayana had to say all sorts

of stories to cover up His mischief and stealing acts

(BUT FAILED)- Since then it seems He makes it a point

to wear the Golden waist band (OttiyaaNam) in order to

prevent any further embarrassment to Him- How Sweet it

would have been to witness the Primordial Chief- SARVA

VALLABHAN - getting Himself tied down by a small

simple rope by the " ARIVONDRUMILLAADHA AAYKKULATTHU "

yasOdhA- It appears all dEvAs including Brahmaa and

Rudra assembled at the sky and saw THIS MOST SOWLABHYA

EVENT; What a Lord! What a Lord! What a Lord is OUR

SRIMAN NARAYANAN!)

 

This reminds me of Thirumangai AzhwAr’s wonderful

verse:

ThaamOruruttith thayir nei vizhungittu

ThamOdhath thavazhvarenRu aaichchiyar thaambinaal

ThaamOtharakkaiyaal aarkkath thazhumbiruntha

dhaamOOdharaa

- 10-5-3 Periya Thirumozhi [given below is an extract

from Sri MG Vasudevan Swami’s write up full of

anubhavams]

 

Thaam mOr urutti- thaambinaal kattiya mOrp paanaiyai

urutti- rolled over the pot containing butter milk

which was tied with the rope for stability and [or

kept in the uRi rope hanger],

-thayir nei vizhungi- swallowed fast curd and ghee

[can take it as butter also]

-thaam Oda, thavazhvar enRu- the aaichchiyar started

running to catch the boy krishna but he immediately

started crawling- because a crawling boy is a child,

so he should not be taken to task for he can not do

any big mischief. Another point here is since the curd

butter milk etc are spilled over the floor, the floor

is slippery- so if aaichchi starts running to catch

the boy krishna, she will fall badly in front of the

mischievous krishna. So she did not run but crawled to

catch him but he started running.

 

-aaichchiyar thaambinaal- the lady brought ropes to

tie or beat him- for that is the tools which is easily

available to aaichchi [a cane to drive the cows and

calves is another easy tool which aaichchi can reach

easily]

-thaamOtharakkaiyaal aarkka- started beating krishnaa

with the hands with rope stains- due to continuous

holding of rope during churning of curd, the hands had

become rough for the aaichchi- kaaichchu pOna kaaiyaal

adikka

 

thazhumbiruntha dhaamOdhara- that kind of rope beaten

stains are there in your body - oh dhamOdhara - oh

krishna

[Thanks Sri MG Vasudevan swami]

Sarvam Sri krishNArpaNamasthu

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan