ThiruppAvai 21st verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singra's divine anubhavam- excerpts

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

21st verse- yERRa kalangaL yedhir pongi meethaLippa..…

Nappinnai now has informed their arrival to KaNNan. She also thinks,

“Mahalskhmi sent me only to ensure GopikAs desires to be fulfilled. That

should be my objective and after and while they enjoy their company with

KaNNan then I need to unite with Him. If I unite with Him what is the

difference between this place and Srivaikuntam? Is that why I was sent?- “

Thus she ponders and joins the ghsoti of Gopikas to wake up and appeal to

KaNNan together.

 

KaNNA! Pelase wake up (thuyilezhaay)

KaNNan stars talking without coming out (speaks from the bed)- without being

seen by Gopikas

“oh foolish girls! Lietsn. Who am I in this village? A butter thief? A

cowherd Boy? A dark stout boy? No eduation. No liretacy. Always mischievous.

Ask any older lady. They used to tie me and beat me. YasOdhA learnt from

them to beat me. Look at my necklace- made of leaves and forest stones. My

father is poor. The place where I am sleeping belongs to Nappinnai’s father.

Who are we/ Cowherd folks? We are living because of our few cattle. If there

is no rain, or no grass, we need to shit and migrate from here. We are

nomads. Whom do you think I am! I am jArachOra sikhAmaNi. Ask anyone in

neighboring villages. Has anyone considered me as periya manushan (chief-

big man) ? (avajAnathi maam mUdA:) Why are you all coming around me and

forcing me? Why have you become so dull in intellect?

 

This one month, they have let you see me because of their vested interest.

What happens after? Even if they (your parents) allow you later, how do you

think I can manage you all with my meager income with few cattle? Leave me.

Go for someone grand and greater.

 

Those girls say: “KrishNA! What you say is surprising. Whaom are yoy trying

to fool? Your father is almost a king of cowherd folks? He ha got few

thousands of cows which give milk pots after pots. You just need to keep

placing large sized pots below their breasts and by the time we pick up the

next pot, the previous pot gets filled with milk. You are the only son to

the richest NandhagOpan. These cows are good nice ones- youthful and healthy

ones. The sellers of those milk have become millionaires as well (selling to

neighboring villages). They are so vaLLal perum pasukkaL.

He (your father) also performs great dharmas (ambaramE, thannErE. sore aRam

cheyyum). Due to his punya (virtuous deeds), he gets further and further

wealth. We are not fools. We know exactly we are doing. Do not try to fool

us. We know You are.

 

You are the Primordial Chief. You are Superiormost and there is none equal

to You, why to talk superior to You? In addition to Narayananthvam,

Jagathpathithvam, You are the darling son of the cowherd NandhagOpan is the

Grandest One for You. That itself is enough for Your Parathvam and

sowlabhyam combined. You are the jyOthiswarUpan. Vedas say: SrEyAn bhavathi

jAyamaana: - in every avatar, You become grander; Your greatness and

grandeur expands (appear to expand). What the Vedas did not say, we are

saying from our anubavam: Everyday- You shine better and grander; You become

more sowlabhyam and more divine to us. You have resplendency shining and

increasing from strength to strength every day. You have apAra thEjas

increasing exponentially everyday. You are Paranchudar.

 

thEjobirApoorya jagath samagram”- Arjuna said in the battle field- You are

the thEjas appeared in this world. Is there any birth, jAthi (caste) for

you? Your birth is not like ours. Yours is avatar. When one sees Your bed,

(of AdhisEshan) can’t they not realize Your greatness? There is a nandhaa

viLakku (which never extinguishes) on your bed near Your head. This Bed had

appeared before You appeared in this house. (Balarama- Adhiseshan).

 

You are not the cowherd Boy actually. You have dressed yourself so; You do

not rear cattle. The cattle rear You. The cattle see You; enjoy You; they

satisfy their hunger simply looking at You; they fill their stomach with

only Your darshan. That’s why the milk is so sweet; so grand and so much

quantum. That’s why the cows are so healthy; youthful and never get old. Do

not try to cheat us. Seeing the suffering the enemies of Yours and Your

Bhagawathas get – seeing the ends of the asuRas at your places; we (having

committed and trespaseed saasthric injuctions) are scared of Your punishment

and are here shivering and standing with knees shaking due to fear; we have

come to Your door step, prostrating at Your Feet. – We can not go anywhere

else and to anyone (there is none for us to take refuge) for our redemption

and salvation to seek forgiveness for all our paapams and apacharam that we

have committed towards You and Your devotees.

 

When Your GaruDA (on which You were riding) sent and brushed aside Rudran

when he came fighting against You in support of BANasura, he (sivan)

realized your greatness and Parathvam) and immediately asked his Asrithan

(Banasura) to perform 498 anjali (obeisance) to Your feet with his 998 hands

( as two hands were cut by KaNNan) and then Rudran saved him [AaaRRaadhu

vandhu aDi paNiyumaapOlE]. Having known that, we have come prostrating at

Your feet (aDipaNigiROm).

 

So, You all also have supported Sivan) my enemies and have come now. Haven’t

you?

 

No. No. Never. As far as we remember, (in this birth) we have never ever

committed any apacharam to Bhagawathas not have we supported your enemies

(virIdhis) intentionally. Dow e have to say that in our own words? You are

Sarvagnan. Omniscient. Don’t you Yourself know that? –when such is the case

why did you make that query? How dare you ask us “we came like that?”- Tell

us. KaNNA! We came with the fear that they had; But the manner (due to which

they came). – Why did we have such fear?- you may ask. There are many

enemies for us to come to Your place. They do not like our coming to You.

They are angry at us for doing something that they do not like. They may

stop us from coming due to their anger. Hence we were scared.

 

I do not see any enemies. Nor do I think there is anyone. You youself

appeared scared- why? Did someone stop you entering here- asks KaNNan.

Krishna! When Dhruvan performed thapas (penance) there was no hurdle from

human beings; but devas do cause hurdles. – Don’t you know as UpAsyan? When

Sage ViswAmithrar performed various penance, he was stopped by devas by

sending different hurdles. Similarly, when we approach You, there many be

thApa thryam (AdyAthmika, Adhibhoudhika, Adhidhaivika); there may be

illness, problems, etc.. All should get cleared by Your dayA alone. We have

come with that fear only.

 

So far, there has been no hurdle (vignam) at all; hence you have an interest

in our performance- it is proved. Thus, You are OORRamudaiyaay. Being

interested in devotees’ welfare and thus their pious deeds- ensuring that

they get completed. Inspite of Your greatness, You still move with us as

Sarvasulabhan. With Your will (sankalpam) none can cause hurdle for us. You

are the Greatest and Grandest one (Periyaay).

 

What did you do for me to stop someone’s hurdles? You have not done

anything.

We have come here singing all the time in praise of You and your divine

names. We came here not with any fruits in mind at all- except singing your

names. Perhaps your names alone would have removed /alleviated all the

hurdles that would have come in our way- we think.

 

How did you sing –Sing now. Let me listen.

Krishna vishNO jagannAtha mangaLAnga yadhUtthama|

Bhakthapriya bavArtthigna bandhupriya namOsthuthE ||

 

There are so nay devotees in this world. There are few devotees (especially)

who make actual true ardent devotees feel “I should have been like this

person and be as devoted as he is”. Wherever he (that special devotee) goes,

he gets first respects at the temples; at sadhas and at any house. Once a

great devotee found his dear SaaLagrAma perumAL missing from his sannidhi.

He felt depressed and did not eat for three days in succession. He suddenly

remembered that he had invited this special devotee the previous day when he

found the PerumAL missing. He did not wish to commit BhAgawatha apacharam by

thinking wrong things and talking about it. He went to the person (in that

place) who sells SaaLagrAma. Though it is mahaapaapam to buy /sell PerumAL,

he went to him and said, “I would like to replace my spoiled Saalagramam

PerumAL with another good SaaLagrAmam. Do you have one?” The seller showed

his own PerumAL and said, “This is available just arrived. “ “where did you

get this?”. That great devotee gave it to me and sold to me as I always pay

my obeisance to him.

 

These BhAgawathas are not like this special devotee who does only acting

outwardly as if he is a sincere devote without knowing that KaNNan, being

the Sarvagnan (omniscient) knows everything at all times. They are not

kapatdhAris; they are true devotees. They joyously sing in praise of You.

(pugazhndhu). Your ThiruvuLLam (heart) should feel pleased. You should

protect us. Our paapams should get dissolved. – Thus, we have come to wake

you up; to take You to Yamuna; perform ThiruvArdhanam to You per Your

ThiruvuLLam (your heart); to the joy and praise of everyone in this world

about us for our such a GRAND Pooja for You; to become pure by sprinkling

Your SrIpAtha theertham.

 

Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other greater details- Srimath

Azhagiya singar ends with such great humility. anything good - the credit

goes to the divine commentary of SrI Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's. Errors,

faults are only due to my lack of understanding.

Sri Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

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