Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.2

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr’s Periya

Thirumozhi 1.8.2

 

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.

 

palliyaavadhupaaRkadalarangkam irangkavanpEymulai,

piLLaiyaayuyiruNdavenNdhai piraanavanperugumidam,

veLLiyaan kariyaan maNinNiRavaNNanenReNNi, nNaadoRum

theLLiyaarvaNangkummalai thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE!

1.8.2

 

KaNNan- the One who sucked the poisonous breast and

sucked puthnai’s life making her cry with pain and

die; He is in a reclining posture at Thiruvara~ngam

(Srirangam) and ThiruppARkadal. He has grown at

ThiruvEmkatam (ThirumalA); The realised sages

(j~nAnis) have described Him and praised calling Him

daily as " veLLiyaan (Silvery Lord!), Kariyaan (Dark

hued Beauty!), Neela MaNivaNNan (Blue hued Emerald

like Beauty!). Such Greatest Most Beautiful Sowlabhyan

is here at ThiruvEmkatam. Oh mind! Go and reach this

sthalam. (Here AzhwAr says

" piLLaiyaay uyiruNda enthai piraan avan perugum idam " -

means: My Father- My Lord- The One who sucked the life

as an infant KaNNan- is growing here (at ThirumalA!)

 

Periya vaacchaan PiLLai says " thottil piLLai pEy

uyiruNda pinbhu niRka kaRRadhu Thirumalaiyil " means:

The child that was put in the cradle, after sucking

the rAkshasi’s life, has learnt to stand only at

ThirumalA. " - What an anubhavam)

 

veLLiyaan- White coloured Lord- durin thrEthA yugam

Kariyaan- dark coloured during Kaliyugam

mani niRavaNNan- Blue hued Lord during Dwapara yugam

 

thrEtha yuga- people were of mostly sattva guNA and

hence prayed to the Lord to show Himself in white

colour.

Dark colour- in Kaliyuga- we [with mostly of thamasic

guNA- darkness] never pray to Him for showing himself

[as we are running amuck after material pursuits] and

hence He shows Himself in original form which is

natural to Him i.e. dark colour.

 

Kutti KaNNan also [it is enjoyed by Poorvacharyars]

sucks only the milk and incidentally her life is also

sucked in the meanwhile.

 

paLLiyaavadhu- Reclining in Milky ocean- when AzhwAr

mentions that, he is reminded of the Kutti KaNNan

lying down in the cradle, and then he is also reminded

of Thiruvarangam Lord Ranganathan. Hence all three

forms are referred to in the first line.

 

KRISHNAAYA VAASUDEVAAYA DEVAKI NANDHANAAYA CHA

NANDHAGOPA-KUMAARAAYA GOVINDHAAYA NAMO NAMA:

 

Similar enjoyment has been made in Gopala Vimsathy by

Swami Nigamantha Mahadesikan

 

aamnAyagandhI rudita sphUritAdharoshTam

AsrAvilekshaNamanukshaNa mandahAsam |

gopAlaDimbhavapuSam kuhanAjananyA:

prANasthanandayAmivaimi param pumAmsam ||

 

I visualize and revere Sri Gopala as the Supreme Lord,

who took the form of the child born in the cowherd

family. He was not an ordinary baby. As he feigned

fear at the sight of the approaching evil Puthana, he

alternately cried and smiled. As He cries, his upper

and lower lips quiver from the exertion. At that time,

his sweet breath carries the fragrance of the Vedas.

He also smiled in between his crying spells. His smile

was over the thought of what he planned to do next

with the deceitful Puthana. He not only helped himself

to the poisonous milk from her breast, but also sucked

her life through the very same act of responding to

her cunning invitation to breast-feed him. He drank at

one swoop Puthanai's milk and her life force and

blessed her this way. This certainly is no ordinary

child!

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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