Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 1.9.8

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr’w

wonderful verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan

 

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram

yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

 

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the

whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance

(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali

dhOsham.

 

nNORREnpalpiRavi yunnaikkaaNbadhOraasaiyinaal,

ERREnippiRappE yidaruRRananemberumaan!,

kOlthEn paaynNdhozhugum kuLirsOlaisoozhvEngkadavaa!,

aaRREnvanNdhadainNdhEn adiyEnaiyaatkoNdaruLE.

1.9.8

 

Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where cool gardens with

honey dripping from their stems, flood the entire

mountain! My Master! EmperumaanE! I (have committed so

many sins and) have taken numerous births! And in this

birth, due to Your Grace, You have intervened on my

way and I have come here to pay my obeisance to You,

with a craving to see You. adiyEn has reached You in

order not to take any more birth. Please save me and

take me over to You as Your eternal servant.

The Eternal Jeevatma or Chetana - The body undergoes

changes in form and size right from birth through

childhood, adolescence, youth, old age and till death.

The body grows, takes ill, gets well and is subject to

so many changes whereas the soul remains constant and

changeless. The soul or Jeevatma is eternal. Sastras

say, that souls are infinite in number, atomic in

size, blissful in nature. The souls are

indestructible, eternal, unchanging, immovable,

indefinable, unseen and omnipotent. Though infinite,

the souls of all living beings are similar and do not

differ from one another. As for size, they are so tiny

that they cannot be seen, cannot be cut any further,

cannot be burnt by fire, cannot be drenched by water

and cannot be thrown about by wind. says Lord Krishna

..

nainam chintanti sustrani nainam dahati pavakaha

Nachainam kledayanty apo na soshayati bharatha.

[bhagavadh Gita- 2.23]

By death is meant only the parting of the soul from

the present body - on its future journey. Just like we

change over to new clothes discarding the old worn out

ones, the soul sheds the old body and assumes new

ones.

 

Jeevan thus takeas various births- AzhwAr addresses:

He has taken very mnay births. And now he has been

interfered rightly by the Lord- idaruRRanan

emperumAn..in this birth that he [AzhwAr] has taken.

The Lord coniders even unintended action as the puNya-

like chasing the dog thereby circumbulating the temple

[performing pradhakshiNam] or letting the Bhaagwathas

sit in his house verandah [which he had actually built

for playing cards]. Thus these puNyas [due to the

Lords mercy and parama krupai are considered for the

jeevan and He places the jeevan in s good birth. He

[the Lord] ensures that the jeevan is given

opportunity to have Bhagaawatha sathsangam for getting

to know the Truth.

 

Unnai kaaNbathO Asiayinaal – should not be mixed with

nORRaen pal piRavi. T have taken many briths with a

desire to see You. That is not right. IU have taken

many births- and wasted my lives. Now since You have

intervened due to some pUnya [good deed of mine] that

You had considered due to Your own krupai- I have

taken this birth with a desire to see You and have

come here.

 

aRRaen vandhadaindhaen- Immediately, then and there I

have come here. Sri Periya Vacchaan PiLLai comments

that with the blood stained sword, [see last verse-

konRaen palluyirai] I have come here and Please save

me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant.

 

What a wonderful verse! Let us enjoy the AzhwAr verses

and do not waste time in worrying about other issues.

Let us make use of our short lives enjoying AzhwAr,

Acharya sreesookthis.

 

Small minds discuss people;

Medium minds discuss events

Great minds discuss ideas [and AzhwAr Acharya’s

anubhavams]

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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