Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.9.1- naayaen vandhadaindhaen...

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr’s Periya

Thirumozhi.

 

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.

 

AzhwAr had sought his mind to go to ThiruvEnkatam in

Periya Thirumozhi 1.8. Thirumangai AzhwAr had

requested his mind to proceed to TirumalA. But even

after AzhwAr reaches there, ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan

doesnot welcome him nor does He speak to AzhwAr.

 

AzhwArs tells the mind- let us go back… He is not

willing to see us. We came all the way for Him and He

is not ready yet. [similar to the Indhaloor pasuram-

vaazhndhae pOm neerae… ]

 

The mind tells AzhwAr: Generally I am a sanchalan;

fickle. Having forced me to reach here with you,

[ThiruvEnkatam adai nenjamae] if you ask me to go, I

am not ready and not willing. Why are we blaming Him?

Perhaps we are not qualified yet. Perhaps we have done

more paapams for Him to delay our enjpoyment of Him at

Thirumala.

 

AzhwAr is depressed and thinks that his enormous sins

alone are the cause for the Lord's ignoring him.

AzhwAr appeals to the Lord Srinivasan to pardon his

great sins and save him. AzhwAr surrenders to Lord

Srinivasan and AlarmEl Mangai Sri MahAlakshmi.

Needless to say, this is REALLY AN EXCELLENT TEN from

AzhwAr. Very moving and touching. More appropriate for

us. [A Brilliant avathArikai- introduction by Sri

Periya Vacchaan Pillai]

 

thaayEthanNdhaiyenRum thaaramEkiLaimakkaLenRum,

nNOyEpattozhinNdhEn unnaikkaaNbadhOraasaiyinaal,

vEyEypoombozhilsoozh viraiyaar thiruvEngkadavaa!,

nNaayEnvanNdhadainNdhEn nNalgiyaaLennaikkoNdaruLE.

1.9.1

 

Oh EmperumaanE! The One who lives in TirumalA, full of

most fragrant flowers and gardens and dense bushes of

bamboo trees! Caring only and worrying constantly

about the bodily relations like mother, father,

children, wife, and other relatives, as the permanent

ones, I suffered terribly and am deeply immersed in

samsaaric ills (nOyE pattu ozhindhEn..). With the

great craving to see You, Oh ThiruvEnkadavaa! I

(adiyEn), this dog like self, have reached You,

considering You only as my Eternal relation. Please

show mercy on me and save me to take me over to You as

Your eternal servant. (A lovely pAsuram explaining

that Emperumaan alone is nirupAdhika bhandhu. All

others are dEha bhandhus only.- body relations-

unthannodu)

 

When we see our Father, Mother, we should consider

them as His Pradhinidhi (or His representative) and

pay the due respects. Instead, if we are merely

attached to our bodily relations alone, and forget the

Supreme Father, Mother and everything to us- then it

is incorrect.

 

In the previous ten verses ( Periya Thirumozhi 1.8),

AzhwAr begged his mind (nenju ) to reach thiruvenkatam

( Thiruvenkatam adai nenjamE ) . The nenju obliged by

shaking of all the attachments that it was heir to and

lifted the AzhwAr to the top of the seven hills.

AzhwAr described his presence in front of the Lord as

a lowly dog that has finally arrived out of desire to

feast its eyes on the Sowndharyam

of the Lord of ThiruvEnkaTam .

 

Thirumangai appealingly converses with the Lord and

tells Him that as a lowliest one , he has arrived at

ThiruvEnkatam with a longing to have the darsanam of

the Lord ( unaik kANpathOr aasayinAl --nAyEn

vanthadainthEn).AzhwAr describes to the Lord the

samsAric afflictions that he faced and his travails

and begs the Lord to bless Him ( alanthEn, vanthu

adianthEn, ADIYAANAI AATKKONDU ARULE ).AzhwAr

describes his total dependence (ananya gathithvam)on

the Lord of seven hills and appeals movingly to the

Lord to remove his unbearable sufferings.

 

Thirumangai focuses in this paasuram on the obstacles

of SamsAric bonds that delayed him and his pitiable

status due to devotion to those transient

relationships and finally gaining true knowledge and

reaching ThiruvenkaTam and standing before

VenkatanAthan begging for his anugraham in spite of

all his past transgressions .

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLe SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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