PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 5.1- Day I do not chant NAMO NARAYANA is a fasting day

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

AzhwAr after having realized that even the four faced brahmA and Rudran are

not able to even comprehend the glories of PerumAL, feels completely

helpless and lowly about his own jnAnam and prowess to sing in praise of

Him. Thus, considering that even his (AzhwAr’s ) prabandhams are asAram and

request and pleads the Lord to consider them as worthy ones with His own

mercy and dayA. AzhwAr immerses himself in utter ultimate NaichyAnusanthAnam

(feeling lowly about oneself?) [it is meant for us- need not be referred to

AzhwAr]. Thinking of me, my disqualifications and my feeble attempt to sing,

please remove the obstacles and complete the same- requests AzhwAr.

 

vaakkuththooymaiyilaamaiyinaalE

maadhavaa! unnaivaaykkoLLamaattEn

naakkun^innaiyallaal_aRiyaadhu

naanadhanchuvan_envasamanRu

moorkkuppEsukinRaanivanenRu

munivaayElum_enn^aavinukku_aaRREn

kaakkaivaayilumkatturaikoLvar

kaaraNaa! karuLakkodiyaanE! 1

 

1. Oh SarvakaaraNanE! The Causal effect of everything and everyone! Garuda

dwajA! (the One who has Garuda-flag!) Madhavaa! (Sriya: Pathi) Since my

words (compositions) do not have purity, I am not qualified and do not have

the ability to praise You correctly and fully. (aDiyEn’s) tongue also doe

not know of anyone else other than You and You alone. I am scared, as this

tongue is not in my control. This VishNu chitthan rambles and babbles

something- You may gent angry- But still I will not moderate or regulate my

tongue. [because] people (in the world) consider goodness even in crow’s

ugly crowing too. [You, being so merciful, - would also place my praise as

worthy of being of considered.

 

In order to sing, firstly one should have purity in tongue (without talking

ill of others or speaking on wrong trivial issues). It is not there and

hence the words are not reflecting your glories. Ok- why not you praise

someone else matching your ability- you may ask. My tongue does not know

anyone else. I am scared that I may sing something wrong and commit even

apachAram (by mistakenly singing). Why not you stop then? My tongue is not

in control. “What are you saying- the body is achEthanan and is under your

control.”- you may get angry at this- I know. Though they are under my

control, they act under thriguNa (Saathvika, Raajasa, thaamsa vIsEshangaL)

and commit pravrtthi, nivrttthi. Though the acts of my tongue may not be

satisfactory to You, I do not wish to control the same (as even crow’s ugly

crowing- is also liked by people – interpreting that it crows for the

bandhus – relative’s arrival). You- being Sarva kaaraNan- should also

mercifully accept aDiyEn’s attempt- as You are antharyaami in me and my

karaNa kaLbharams (sareeram), without Your agreement or sankalpam, I or they

(the body) would not do anything. Hence please bear with me.

 

sazhakkun^aakkodupun_kavisonnEn

sangusakkaramEndhukaiyanE!

pizhaipparaakilumthammadiyaarsol

poRuppadhu periyOr_kadananRE

vizhikkumkaNNilEnn^in_kaNmaRRallaal

vERoruvarOdu_enmanampaRRaadhu

uzhaikku_Or_puLLimikaiyanRukaNdaay

oozhiyEzhulakuNdumizhndhaanE! 2.

 

2. Oh Lord, having Thirucchankhu (Conch Shell) and ThiruAzhi (ChakrA) in

Your resplendent Hand! The One who had all worlds in your stomach and

brought them back after cosmic dissolution (mahApraLayam)! I have composed

with my tongue full of blemishes (sazhakku naakkodu). The great people-

Isn’t it their nature to forgive and accept the rambling words of their

illiterate servants’? There is no place other than Your place for my eyes to

see? There is nobody whom my mind likes to be associated with other than

those belonging to You (meaning your devotees). One more dot on deer (puLLi)

skin [ where there are lots of dots] would not be an extra. [so, I can also

praise You- even though it is wrong verses sung with blemish tongue? Can’t

I?]

 

nanmaitheemaikaLonRum_aRiyEn

naaraNaa! ennum_iththnaiyallaal

punmaiyaal_unnaippuLLuvampEsip

pukazhvaananRukaNdaaythirumaalE!

unnumaaRu_unnai_onRum_aRiyEn

OvaadhEn^amOn^aaraNaa! enban

vanmaiyaavadhu_un_kOyililvaazhum

vaittaNavanennumvanmaikaNdaayE. 3.

 

3. [You say it is blemish verse -punkavi?- why? How can I consider You as my

dAsars as you referred to in the last pAsuram- PerumAL queries are answered

here] Sriya: Pathi! (ThirumaalE!) I do not know anything good or bad other

than the greatest word “NaaraNA”. With a cunning, deceitful heart, I can not

sing something to ask You for some materialistic fruits. I do not know also

the way to perform dhyAnam uninterruptedly (meaning: bhakti yOgam). Always,

at all times, I only utter ThgiruashtAksharam (Namo Narayana) and that is my

strength. My strength is also living as Vaishnavan in the Divya Desam where

You reside permanently.

 

I do not know good or bad from saasthras; NaraaNa! Is all that I know. I do

not if it is right or wrong to utter- if it is good or bad. If that is the

case even for Manthra japam, how can I compose or sing sweet good verses?

Naturally it is wrong or incorrect verses only. Also, I do not sing for

someone else but You only; also it is for just for the sake of singing and

not for obtaining some fruits or for materialistic pursuits. I just utter

NamO NarayaNA! Ashtaakshara japam at all times. I live in your divya desam

as Srivaishnavan. Hence please consider me as Your adiyaar and bear with my

mistakes.

 

nedumaiyaal_ulagEzhumaLandhaay!

ninmalaa! nediyaay! adiyEnaik

kudimaikoLvadhaRku_aiyuRavENdaa

kooRaisORu_ivaivENduvadhillai

adimaiyennumakkOyinmaiyaalE

angangE_avaipOdharumkaNdaay

kodumaikkanchanaikkonRu nin_thaadhai

kOththavan_thaLaikOLviduththaanE! 4.

 

4. [You do not ask others; not You ask me for anything; what do You do for

food, dress etc?- AzhwAr’s reply to PerumAL’s queries]. Oh Lord with

absolutely no imperfections! VishNU! Trivikramaa! The One ho grew to measure

all seven lokas! The Lord who broke the hand cuff of Your Father Vasudeva

and destroyed the asurA Kamsan! Do not have doubts on me whether to consider

me as Your eternal servant. I have no desire for clothing (kooRai), food

(sORu). Having a thinking and contemplating on my dAsathvam (being your

servant), with the thinking born in me (with Your anugraham) they (the food

and clothing) will automatically come to me.

 

You are nirdhOshan- having no imperfections. Everyone else other than You

have got imperfections. You have manifested everywhere. You grew so huge as

Thrivikraman and declared Your parathvam. You should bless me and consider

me as Your dAsan. I do not ask for anything. I have no desire for them. Am I

not eating or wearing? I do. Whether I ask or not, You are giving me always.

You have been blessing this dAsan for so many births. You would do so even

now. I do not want that also (meaning: no more births as well). I do not ask

for anything else other than serving Your feet and nothing should be a

hurdle for the same. Thus, You need to consider my pun kavi (incorrect

verses) too and accept the same.

 

[About this pAsuram: There is also one more information.- Sri Periyavacchan

Pillai- vyAKhyAna chakravarrthi’s PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi vyAkhyAnam was

eaten by ants and they were all destroyed- upto the first two line of this

PAsuram and remaining from this point onwards till the end was thankfully

saved. Sri Manavala mamunigaL seeing that, had written vyAkhyAnam

(traditions aver) for PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi until the first two lines of

the pAsuram and stopped at the exact word which can be continued with Sri

Periyavaachaan PiLLai commentary. Sri TA Vardhan of Chennai had written very

beautifully in bhakti list a couple of years ago: Given below is the URL:

for your ready reference: Please read to enjoy further.

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/aug2000/0199.html ]

 

thOttam_illavaL_aaththozhu_Odai

thudavaiyumkiNaRum_ivaiyellaam

vaattaminRi_unponnadikkeezhE

vaLaippakamvakuththukkoNdirundhEn

naattumaanidaththOdu_enakku_aridhu

nachchuvaar_palar_kEzhalonRaaki

kOttumaNkoNdakoLkaiyinaanE!

kuncharamveezhakkombosiththaanE! 5.

 

5. [You have gardens; home, cows etc.. and You say, “ I do not desire for

anything- AzhwAr responds]. Oh unparalleled Adhi varAha mUrthI! The One who

brought the BhUmA dEvi on your horn from troubled waters! The One who broke

the tusker of Kuvalayaapeetam elephant! The garden, spouse, cows, the stream

at the back yard – are all maintained to keep the place where Your Lotus

feet are to be worshipped. They (chEthana, achEthanas) are all meant for

Your Lotus feet. I do not associate myself with the worldly people here.

Seeing me like this, there are also many caring and loving- for me. (as they

are all like minded BhAgawathas devoted to greatest Varaha PerumAn like me)

 

kaNNaa! naanmukanaippadaiththaanE!

kaaraNaa! kariyaay! adiyEnn^aan

uNNaan^aaLpasiyaavadhonRillai

OvaadhEn^amOn^aaraNaavenRu

eNNaan^aaLum_irukkesuchchaama

vEdhan^aaNmalar_koNdu_unpaadham

naNNaan^aaL avaithaththuRumaakil

anRu_enakku_avaipattinin^aaLE. 6.

 

6. [if You are saying like this and staying at my feet uttering AshtAksharam

all the time, would you not feel hungry and eat?- AzhwAr replies to PerumAL]

KaNNA! The Creator of four faced BrahmA! Sarva kaaraNA! (Cause of creation

and destruction as well) Lord of Blackish blue hued divine Dhivya mangaLa

vigraham! I am Your servant (naan adiyEn). There is no hunger or suffering

for me without food. The day when I do not chant the ThiruvashtAksharam

(Namo Narayana) japam; when I do not worship Your lotus feet, offering

flowers and chanting Rk, Yaju, Saama Vedas- those days are the days [if at

all it happens] of my hungry and suffering days without any food (of

thoughts of Your divine names, kalyANa guNas and glories)

 

veLLaiveLLaththinmEl_orupaambai

meththaiyaakaviriththu adhanmElE

kaLLan^iththiraikoLkinRamaarkkam

kaaNalaangol enRaasaiyinaalE

uLLamsOra_ukandhedhirvimmi

urOmakoobangaLaay kaNNan^eer_kaL

thuLLamsOraththuyilaNaikoLLEn

sollaayyaan_unnaiththaththuRumaaRE. 7.

 

7. [AzhwAr now announces what he does at night] When I go to bed, desiring

of seeing the KheerAbdhi sayanan, the Lord reclining on AdhisEshan on white

milky ocean, having aRithuyil (Yoga nithrA) and while doing so, my mid melts

at the thought, longing for the darshan; [pleased with that] You bless me

with Your darshan in my mind making my eyes mist with tears and droplets of

tears trickle down; making my hair follicles stand on its end with greatest

anubhavams of Your darshan. With all that, I never lie down on my bed at

all. [The whole night passes off this manner] Please tell me when You are

going to bless me to have the “real” darshan. (thatthuRum ARu sollAy)

 

vaNNamaalvaraiyEkudaiyaaka

maarikaaththavanE! madhusoodhaa!

kaNNanE! karikOLviduththaanE!

kaaraNaa! kaLiRattapiraanE!

eNNuvaaridaraikkaLaivaanE!

EththarumperungeerththiyinaanE!

naNNin^aan_unnain^aaLthoRum_Eththum

nanmaiyE_aruLsey_empiraanE! 8.

 

8. Oh MAdhusUdhananE! The One who took the huge Govardhana Mountain as an

umbrella to save the cattle and cowherd folks from torrential downpour! Sri

KrishNA! KaNNA! The one who removed the trouble of GajEndrAzhwAn! Sarva

KaaraNA! The One who destroyed Kuvalayaapeetam elephant! The Lord who

removes the hurdles of all devotees thinking and meditating on Him! Oh

Greatest and Grandest Lord! (peru keerthiyinaanE!) Most helpful, most

merciful Lord! em PiraanE! My Master! My Lord! Please bless me to think of

You and praise You at all time uninterruptedly everyday and every second.

 

nambanE! navinREththavallaar_kaL

naadhanE! narasingamadhaanaay!

umbar_kOnulakEzhum_aLandhaay

oozhiyaayinaay! aazhimunnEndhi

kambamaakarikOLviduththaanE!

kaaraNaa! kadalaikkadaindhaanE!

empiraan! ennaiyaaLudaiththEnE!

EzhaiyEnidaraikkaLaiyaayE. 9

 

9. Oh nambanE! (The One whom never ever leaves anyone in the lurch! One can

have complete faith on You) Oh Swami! Oh NarasingA! TrivikramA! The One who

grew occupying all seven worlds (including devendra lokam and for the sake

of Devendran)! The Lord who takes care of everyone during PraLayam alone!

The One who dispelled the sorrows of GajEndraa with the chakrA in Your hand!

Sarva kaaraNA! The One who churned the ocean mercifully (for Devas)!

empiraan! Parama dhayALu! Sweetest insatiable nectar honey like One who has

enslaved me (thEnE)! Please remove the hurdles of me, the most helpless,

hapless one- AKinchanyan! [You need to bless me to have eternal,

uninterrupted faultless servitude at Your feet at all times and remove the

hurdles for the same].

 

kaamar_thaadhaikarudhalarsingam

kaaNaviniyakarunguzhalkuttan

vaamanan_enmarakadhavaNNan

maadhavanmadhusoodhanan_thannai

sEman^an_kamarumpudhuvaiyar_kOn

vittuchiththanviyanthamizhpaththum

naamamenRun^avinRuraippaar_kaL

naNNuvaar_ollain^aaraNanulakE. 10.

 

10. The father of manmathan (or of the devotees who desire for Him- [kaamar

thaadhai], The One who appears like the Lion for enemies; The Lord Vaamanan

- the dark hued dwarf like Brahmachari Boy; the one who is like the blue gem

stone like resplendent One [maragatham vaNNan]! Sriya: Pathi; SrI

MadhusUdhanan- about whom Sri Vishnuchitthar of SrI VilliputthUr has sung

these ten pAsurams and those who recite them as the divine names of

EmperumAn will be blessed to attain the aprAkrutha Paramapadha lOkam soon

(without waiting for many more births)

 

PeriAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

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