Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaymozhi 6.9.5- AzhwAr mentions the five Beautiful Forms of the Lord- [Let us enjoy and see the Best of 5]..

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on

ThiruvEnkatam. Today’s ThiruvEnkatam verse is:

NammAzhwAr’s Thiruvaaymozhi 6.9.5

 

viNmeedhiruppaay! malaimEl niRpaay! kadalsErppaay,

maNmeedhuzhalvaay! ivaRRuLengum maRaindhuRaivaay,

eNMeedhiyanRa puRavandaththaay! enadhaavi,

uNmeedhaadi urukkaattaathE yoLippaayO? 6.9.5

 

Oh Lord! EmperumaanE! the One who is at ParamaPadham!

You are standing at Tirumala (Tirupati!); You are

lying down and having Your YoganithrA on Milk Ocean

(ThiruppaaRkadal); You take various avataars and live

with us in our midst like ordinary being; But, You

also live in all beings as an antharyaami, without

being seen; You are beyond comprehension and beyond

one's understanding; You stay in the entire vast

universe and protect as Sarvarakshakan; You also stay

in my heart always without leaving, -uninterruptedly.

In spite of ALL THIS, You ARE HIDING YOURSELF from me

without showing Your form!

 

(AzhwAr, in this pAsuram describes all Emperumaan's

states (Param, VyUham, Vivhavam, Archai and

Antharyaami)- Let us enjoy more about these forms

[taking the extract from beautiful write up by Sri

Satakopan Swami of New York..- from the translation of

asmadAchAryan His Holiness of Sri paravakkOttai

Andavan swami in 1999 Jan thru’ teleupanysam- the

first of His teleupanyasams]

 

The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's

pancha rUpams [param, VyUham, Vibhavam, antharyAmi

roopam and ArchA).

 

Parama padham,where the Lord is resident as Parama

padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and the

aavaraNam waters (Oceans ). It is not of easy access

to us residing on earth. We can not travel there even

to get a vessel filled with aavaranam waters.It is too

far away.Hence param and parama padham can not be

enjoyed with our sthUla sarIram. Only as a muktha

Jivan possesing Sookshma sarIram,one can enter and

enjoy the anthamil pErinbham there.

 

The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in the

middle of the milky ocean.Here He is presenting

Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis.

Again, this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram.

hence,it is not of much use either for us to see and

enjoy.

 

The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been

celebrated as Raama,KrishNAvathArams. These Vinhava

avathArams were enjoyed by those who were

contemporaries. Today,it is history and we can not

enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and AkrUrar did. Thus

this rUpam is in the past like last year's river

water,which is no longer available to quench our

thirst ( dried up river bed ).

 

The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam. It is likened

to OoRRu jalam. You have to dig in the river bed sand

and access the water under. Through the difficult

JNa~na Yogam, one can visualize this svarUpam of the

Divya dampathis seated in our heart cavities. Very few

have the power to succeed in such efforts and

thus,this svarUpam is also not within reach of

ordinary folks on this earth.

 

The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan took

to make Himself easily available to one and all and to

enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and Maamsa

chakshus [physical eyes]. No divya dhrushti as needed

by ArjunA is a must to see the VisvarUpam of the

Lord. " angu vaitthu,inghE piRanthathu " is the

celebration of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham.

 

Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five rUpams

celebrated by Vedams in the manthram in the manner of

tamizh maRai :

 

ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE naakasya prushtE

mahathO mahIyAn sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:

PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha: -- TaittirIya

AaraNyakam : III.13.3

 

In ParAvathAram,the Lord is in Sri Vaikuntam as para

VaasudEvan enjoying the Saama ghAnam. Therefore it is

described as Paattu kEtkumidam. It is not accessible

to us ; we can not hear this music with our Maamsa

karnams.

 

In VyUham, Lord rests on the serpent bed enjoying His

yOga NidhrA.He is rudely awakened by all the terror

stricken devAs, who seek His intervention and complain

about the terrors inflicted on them by the asurAs. He

has to come to help after listening to their

fear-laden prayers ( muRaiyidal iDam ). This far off

place is also inaccessible to us.We can not get there

to appeal to Him to intervene and help us from our

afflictions. Therefore Vyuha Moorthy is off limits for

us.

 

Vibahva avathArams are known as kuthittha iDam. Lord

NarasimhA jumped out of the pillar and performed His

avathAra Kaaryam and can no longer be seen in His

original vibhava form.

 

AntharyAmi svarUpam is known as OottumiDam. It is a

svarUpam exclusively seen by those, who have succeeded

in their Jn~ana Yoga saadhanais.It is again out of

reach for us.

 

ArchA SvarUpam is known as VaLaittha iDam. Here,the

Lord ahs become very accessible to us and rests at

Srirangam suggestign that He would not leave us until

all of our Paapams are removed. He patiently waits for

us to get SadAchArya Sambhandham and come to Him.

AzhwArs and AchAryAs enjoyed the ArchAmUrthys at the

various divya desams and stated unequivocally that it

is their preferred choice among the five prakAra

rUpams of Sriman NaarAyaNan.

 

It is interesting to note that para VaasudEvan gives

us sEvai on the PraNava VimAnam at Srirangam, VyUha

Moorthy is seen as Archai at Srirangam, Anbil,

Thirukkudanthai et al,Vibhava Moorthys are present in

the ArchA form at ThiruevuLL ( Sri Veera Raaghavan ),

Dwarakai (KrishNan ), AhObilam ( Narasimhan ) et al.

 

 

AzhwArs and AchAryAs assertion of their preference for

the archA form of the Lord over all the other Four

forms are abundant. Srimath Andavan quoted a few of

them. I have added a few more to illustrate his point:

 

icchuvai taviRa yaan pOy Indira lokamALum

achuvai peRinum vENDEn Arangamaa naharuLAnE

-- ThirumAlai of ThindaradipoDi : 2nd Paasuram

 

aNdavANanarangan,van pEy mulai

uNDa vAyanRanunmatthan kANminE

-- KulasEkharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi:3.4

 

sempavaLa vaayan ThiruvEnkatamennum

EmperumAn Ponn malai mEl yEthEnum aavEnE

--- Kulasekharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi : 4.10

 

AanDAi unaik KaaNpathOr aruLenaakaruLithiyEl

vENDEn manai vAzhkhayai ViNNagar MEyavanE

-- Thirumangai's Paasuram on ThiruviNNagarAn

Manai means here Sri Vaikuntam.

 

athraiva sukhamAsva

-- Sri RanganAthA's instruction to AchArya RaamAnujA

 

nirantharam nirvisatha : tvadhIyam

asprushta chinthA padham aapirupyam

satyam sapE Vaarana sailanAtha

vaikunta vaasEpi na mEabhilAsha :--Swami Desikan,Sri

VaradharAja-PanchAsath: 49th slOkam

 

Here Swami Desikan that he has no desire to reside

in Sri Vaikuntam since he has the bhAgyam to enjoy the

unparalleled beauty of Sri VaradarAjan right here in

His archA form on top of Hasthigiri.He swears that he

prefers Kaanchi Vaasam to have the Sevai of Lord

VaradarAjA over residence in Sri VaikuntanAthan.

 

That is the glory of ArchA rUpam for us as revealed by

our AzhwArs and AchAryAs.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan