Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaymozhi 3.3.8- Thirumalai onRumae thozha num vinai Oyumae....

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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 3.3.8

 

kunRam yEndhi kuLir mazhai kaatthavan/

anRu jnAlam aLandha piraan* paran/

senRu sEr thiruvEnkata maamalai/

onRumE thozha nam vnai OyumE/ "

 

Emperumaan, during His KaNNan avathaaram, in order to

protect the people and the cattle from torrential

rains (due to the foul play from Indran), lifted the

Big Govardhana mountain with His little finger

effortlessly (and held it high for many days even); He

is the same one who measured the Entire world in one

step; He is the Lord and the Chief of everyone and

above ALL; he is My Lord, too; (Akila jagadh Swamin;

Asmath Swamin- Sri Ranga Natha; Mama Natha ) Such

Emperumaan, My Lord is gracefully standing at

ThiruvEnkata malai. If one pays obeisance to JUST this

Mountain alone, that itself will REMOVE all our karma

vAsanAs.

 

Piraan- the Most merciful One- dayAparan; Parama

kaaruNikO Bhagawaan- He has rushed to be of help to

devEndran by taking the upendra avathAram, [Vaamana]

and measured the whole worlds in one step [as

Trivikrama]. The same DevEndran due to his false ego

and pride, sent torrential heaviest down pour and

Kutti KaNNan lifted the huge mountain to save the

cowherd folks and cattle.

 

Sri Jagannantha Bharadwaj enjoys this Govardhana

incident very nicely: The episode of the lifting of

the Govardhana Hill shows how surrendered the

residents of Gokula and Nandgaon were to Krishna. The

residents of Gokula were prevented by Yogamaaya from

realizing that Krishna was God. However every time

there was an attack by an asura and the asura was

somehow killed, the residents would thank Hari for

having protected them and their beloved Krishna. But

as they grew older, they realized that it was Krishna

who was protecting them in the case of Aghasura,

Kaliya, Narakasura etc.

 

Inspite of this we can imagine how much of

Mahavishvasam it would take for all the residents to

take shelter under a hill that was lifted by an eight

year old boy on His left little finger. Even if He

carried it then, what was the guarantee that He will

be able to carry it until the rainstorm stopped]

After all He was not a gigantic Nrsimhadeva or

Hayagriva, by one glance at whom all the asuras would

flee. He was their darling, mischievous butter thief,

who got scared of His mother every time she scolded

Him]

 

Water is always compared to materialism - such as the

ocean of samsara etc. The storm sent by Indra was no

ordinary storm by clouds that only come at the time of

pralaya. For seven days and nights these clouds

poured incessantly. This means that one can take

shelter of Krishna wherever one might be and be

protected not only from materialism, but from all

worries over how to provide for food, shelter,

clothing etc. They will all come automatically

without asking. Protection from all danger comes

without asking as well. One only needs to have the

mahavishvasam which comes from the anugraha of the

Acharya.

 

Even though the gopis and gopas dressed and lived very

simply, they were very rich, because for Vaishyas the

wealth was measured in terms of the number of cows one

owned. They had not only a very large number of cows,

but also all kinds of gems and jewels. They were rich

spiritually because Krishna who was born to Devaki and

Vasudeva lived with them in Vrindavan throughout His

childhood. The residents remembered these pastimes

throughout the rest of their lives and were sustained

by it.

 

In the same way we can also be sustained both

materially and spiritually by meditating on these

pastimes either through Azhwar Pasurams or by reading

the Srimad Bhagavatam. [Again it was only during the

time that Krishna was with them that the residents

were visited by asuras. Similarly we will be tested

when we attempt to surrender and shortly thereafter.]

 

Thus the Govardhana episode tells us that

Mahavishvasam is the single most important anga of

Prapatti. It starts with the faith that our scriptures

are true, that they are revelations from Narayana, and

that He will give us Moksham if we do prapatti at the

lotus feet of the Divya Dampatis, and that their

service is the Purushartha to be attained.

 

It reinforces our firm conviction that He and He alone

can save us from EVERYTHING… as He is KaaraNa

bhoothan.

 

Thus paying obeisance to THIRUMALAI alone is enough

for all our papams to get dissolved…

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan