Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaymozhi 3.3.10-Reach Thirumalai before old age wears you out!

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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 3.3.10.

 

vaittha naaLvarai ellai kuRukiccenRu,

eytthi Laippathan munnam adaiminO,

paittha paambaNai yaan_thiru vEngadam,

moyttha sOlaimoy poonthadam thaazvarE. 3.3.10

 

10. At ThiruvEnkatam, Bhagawaan, My Lord, Srinivaasan

is lying down on the AdhisEshan (as His Bed). Please

reach the bottom of that mountain

(which is none but the AdhisEshA) immediately to go to

Thirumalai. Before you get old and are disabled, make

sure you go to TirumalA and pay obeisance to the Lord.

 

Let us rush to make use of the time- when Young!

AzhwAr says: [in the last line] even if you are not

able to climb, be at mountain base- reach upto the

mountain; have a darshan of Thirumalai mountain at

least.

 

SarvEshwaran has granted the body, mind and intellect

for using the same to reach Him; Not to run amuck

after worldly sensual pleasures alone. vichithrA dhEha

sampatthi: ISwarAya nivEdhithum;

 

SumithrA tells LakshmaNa that I gave birth to you only

to do kaimkaryam for Srirama in the forest.. srustas

tvam vanavaasaaya.

 

Thus AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam is that we are blessed with

this sareeram only to reach Thirumalai and pay our

obeisance

 

The following nammAzhvAr pASuram also conveys an

identical thought -

 

" kiLaroLi iLamai keduvadan munnam

vaLaroli mAyOn maruviya kOil

vaLariLam pozhil Suzh mAlirum Solai

taLarvilarAgil Sarvadu SadirE "

 

Azwar too thus reminds us of the glory of youth and

exhort us to pay obeisance to the Lord at various

divya desams, before middle/old age cripples us. Sri

Nammazhwar would like us to visit TirumAlirumsOlai

before we lose our youthful vigour.

 

Before the ageing eludes us, let us visit these divya

desams and perform our obeisance to Him. He is ever

Young; ever Youthful Lord – nithya yuvA…

 

This reminds me of a related stanza from Kulashekara

Azhwar's Mukundamaala.

 

krishna tvadeeya padapankaja panjaraantham

adyaiva me vishatu maanasa rajahamsa.h |

praanaprayaanasamaye kaphavaatapittai

kantaavarodhana vidhau smaranam kutaste ||

 

and Thirumangai manna’s Badarikasrama 10 from Periya

Thirumozhi.[9th verse]

 

pulaNngaLnNaiyameyyil

mootthup pOnNdhirunNdhuLLameLgi,

kalangkavaikkaLpOdha

vunNdhik kaNdapidhaRRaamun,

alangkalaayathaNdu

zhaaykoNdu aayiranNaamamsolli,

valangkoLthoNdarpaadi

yaadum vadharivaNangkudhumE. 1.3.9

 

9.The five sense organs (karma and jnana indriyas)

lose their stamina and strengths due to old age; the

mind feels conspicuous of his disability and is

ashamed to even come out in front of others and show

themselves; sitting alone and laments at the inability

and agony of old age that has struck with the terrible

coughing and spitting of phlegm,

blabbering all that comes to mind with incoherent

words and murmurs to himself- Before all this happens,

let us all go and pay obeisance to

Badri Narayanan who is worshipped by Bhagawathas

offering him thulasi garlands and dancing and singing

His (thousand) Divine names.

 

(KulasekarAzhwAr in his " mukunda maalaa " 33rd verse

sings on the same token " krishna tvadeeya pada pankaja

.... kutasthE.. " Oh Lord krishna! at this moment, let

my mind (as a royal swan) enter into the Lotus Feet of

yours; How will it be possible for me to remember you

at the time of death, when my throat gets choked up

with phlegm, mucus air and bile? "

 

what a brilliant upadEsam by all azhwArs in one voice!

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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