Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaymozhi 3.3.1- ozhivil kaalamellaam udanaay manni vazhuvilaa adimai seyya vaeNdum naam.... [what a line]

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on

Thiruvenkatamudiayaan.

 

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: NammAzhwAr’s

Thiruvaaymozhi 3.3.1

 

ThiruvEnkadamudaiyaan (Lord VenkatesA) has offered

Himself in front of NammAzhwAr in the last Decad 3.1

of Thiruvaaimozhi. In this 3.2, AzhwAr requests the

Lord to grant him to perform an eternal kaimkaryam at

His Feet at TirumalA. IT IS AN EXCELLENT DECAD, PLEASE

READ them to be blessed by the AzhwAr and the Lord!

 

ozivil kaalamellaam udanaay manni,

vazuvilaa adimai seyya vENdum_naam,

theziku ral_aru vitthiru vEngadatthu,

ezilkoL sOthi enthaithanthai thanthaikkE TVM 3.3.1

 

The Emperumaan, The Most Beautiful, unbounded infinite

illustrious jOthi, my father?s father?s father; He

stands gracefully at TirumalA where the waterfalls

fall with thunderous noise; To such Emperumaan- Please

grant us the eternal servitude to perform all sorts of

limitless uninterrupted ceaselss faultless kaimkaryams

(servitude) at all times, under all situations.

 

[sri Satakopan swami writes: The first Paasuram

starting with the words , " Ozhivil Kaalamellaam " is

considered the life breath of Sri VaishNava

Sampradhaayam . Pages and pages can be written about

it. This verse gets special attention from Swami

Desikan in the final chapter of Sri Rahasya Trya

Saaram. Swami Desikan concludes that those who

respond to the Daya initiative of the Lord (of

Thiruvenkatam ) would be blessed with " Sarva Desa ,

Sarva Kaala , Sarva Avasthochita , Sarva Vidha

Kaimkaryas to the Lord " .

 

Dr .V.N. Vedantha Desikan's translation of this

magnificent verse is as follows : " We, I , my heart ,

all my circle of people, must go and stay close to the

Lord of Thiruvenkatam and also serve Him all the time

, without any gap, without a flaw, with no end in

mind,except the service; the Lord who is of beautiful

and brilliant form and who is the father of even our

forefathers , to whom alone we are bound to be

subservient ; the Lord who has taken the abode in the

hill resounding with the voices, as if it were, that

emanate from the falls and streams

that make the place lovely and livable . I would say

that this is the great goal of life that any one

should cherish to uphold avidly and unswervingly . "

 

The third decad focuses on the fact that Sriman

NarAyaNan , the means and the goal ( Upaaya Upeyan )

makes Himself easily accessible to bhakthAs through

His Archa Avathaaram. Through His Archa rupam

( presence at Temples as Consecrated Vigraham ) and

His Subhaasrayam (Subham+ Aasrayam = that which is

auspicious and is also within reach of meditation and

enjoyment ) , permits us to enjoy Him readily . This

is part of His Daya. He knows that His other states

such as Param , Vyuham, Vibhavam and Antharyaamitvam

are not easily approachable by mere mortals and hence

out of His Daya and Anukampa for us He makes Himself

available to us as ArchA rupi . He descends as it were

to our plane of grasp and enjoyment

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan