Tirumaalai aRivOm-19

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SrI:

 

Dear Srivaishnavas,

 

 

 

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inithiraith thivalai mOtha

 

eRiyumthaN paravai meethE,

 

thanikkidan tharasu seyyum

 

thAmaraik kaNNa nemmAn,

 

kaniyirun thanaiya sevvAyk

 

kaNNanaik kaNda kaNgaL,

 

paniyarum puthiru mAlO

 

enseykEn pAvi yEnE!

 

 

 

While enjoying Sriranganatha, Azhwars' eyes starts shedding tears (Ananda

bhAshpam). Azhwar wonders what pApam he has done for not being able to enjoy

this amrutam at hand; Sriranganatha is seen in front, but the tears

interrupt seeing Him.

 

 

 

(paravai) : Big ocean is called paravai. It refers to tiruppARkaDal and at

the same time refers to the flooding kAvEri river also. When the Lord of

milky ocean became SriranganAthan, the milky ocean turned into holiest river

kAvEri. Apart from that the river has spread broadly and resembles milky

ocean. The milk and water droplets seen on the dark tirumEni of the Lord

resemble the stars and sky.

 

 

 

(tanik kiDanthu) : With a great thirst to get atleast one bhakta from

samsAris, He has left all nitya-muktAs and is lying in sayanakOlam here. It

is greater for SriranganAthan to reside in Srirangam and rule the world than

residing in paramapadam.

 

 

 

(arasu seyyum thAmaraik kaNNan) : He destroys enemies while resting here. He

changes the thoughts of people such as 'aham mama' to 'nama:'; 'sOham' to

'dAsOham', all with the beauty of His divine lotus eyes. SrI Andal's

nAcchiyAr tirumozhi " pongOdam sUzhnda bhuvaniyum viNNulagum angAdum SOrAmE

ALginRa emperumAn engOl uDaiya tiruvaranga selvanAr' is recalled here. Also,

it is for the sake of people who did not see SriKrishna during avatAram,

that He is here as periya perumAL.

 

 

 

(kaniyirun thanaiya sevvAyk kaNNan) : His lips look like an immediately

consumable fruit. They remain in this state eternally. Azhwar calls periya

perumal as 'kaNNan'. SrI Parasara bhattar used to tell 'SrI Krishna was

allowed by yaSodA to eat whatever He wanted and He was looking opulent as we

see here in moolavar periya perumal ; SrI Rama was raised with strictness by

maharishis and hence he looked very humble as we see in uRchavar

namperumAL'.

 

(en seykEn pAviyEn) : Azhwar worries whether he committed any sin which

might interrupt in seeing Him incessantly. Even the tear drops rolling out

from his eyes, as a result of the enjoyment in seeing Him is considered by

Azhwar as great hurdle.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : Great bhaktAs can not withstand not seeing the Lord

even for a fraction of a second. But they do not have a solution to stop the

melting of their heart and shedding tears like the samsAris, while seeing or

thinking of the Lord.

 

 

 

dAsan