Srinivaasa Vaibhavam - NammAzhwAr's divine anubhavams- Thiruvaaymozhi 8.2.1- my heart has gone for ThiruvEnkatanAthan...

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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 8.2.1

 

nangaL varivaLai yaayaNG kaaLO!

nammutai Ethalar munbu naaNi,

nungat kiyaanonRu raikkum maaRRam

nOkkugin REnengum kaaNa maattEn,

changam charindhana chaayi zandhEn

thadamulai ponniRa maayththa LarndhEn,

vengaN paRavaiyin paaga NnengOn

vEngada vaaNaNai vEndich chenRE. 8.2.1

 

 

In this ten, NammAzhwAr gets into NayikA bhAvam. He

declared that there is none but Him to enable one to

reach Him. But the Lord has NOT helped AzhwAr to show

His Thirumukham (Face). Hence, he gets into " nayaki "

bhaavam and narrates her pitiable situation to her

friends.

 

Oh My dearest friends, (ones who wear lovely bangles!)

I am ashamed of telling my situation to our (enemy)

mothers. (Enemy because they do not support us nor are

they concerned; they know only to scold us!). But I

can at least speak to you. Even then, I am Not able to

tell all that I experience. My heart has gone to

ThiruvEnkatanAthan. I went to see Him with great

desire in my heart, because I have fallen in love with

Him who rides on GarudA. (He should have actually come

to me; Instead, I went to Him). Even then, since, I

could NOT see Him and fulfill my desires, I am

suffering terribly. My bangles have simply fallen off

(due to my wrists getting thin). I have lost my usual

complexion and brightness. Due to my suffering and

pangs of separation, my breasts have lost their Golden

colour and become pale. My body has become exhausted.

 

 

Our nammAzhwAr has gone into a " nAyikA " bhaavam and

sings as if he is " parAngusa nAyaki " . (The

purushotthaman is the only purushan and all other

beings are supposed to be sthrees; So it is yet

another way of showing bhakti and yearning for His

grace) here is azhwAr's outpourings from the lady

azhwAr(paraangusa naayaki).

 

Naayaki bhAvam – means: taking the role of the

Mistress or wife or the heroine of poetic composition

of the AzhwArs when they convert themselves in their

minds as the prototypical woman in search of their

Lord and express in anguish their suffering at

separation from their Naayakan ( Lord ) or express

their joy in union with Him as thier Naayakan.

NammAzhwAr and Thrumangai Azhwar created moving

paasurams, when they assumed the role ofthe Lord's

mistress.

 

Among Acharya purushas, Swamy Desikan has composed in

Naayaki BhAvam.

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan