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3013:##
mudicchOthiyaay* unathu mugacchOthi malanthathuvO,*
adicchOthi nee_ninRa* thaamaraiyaay alarnthathuvO*,
padicchOthi aadaiyodum* palkalanaay,* ninpaimpon
kadicchOthi kalanthathuvO?* thirumaalE! katturaiyE. (2)	3.1.1.

1.  Oh EmperumaanE! The One who is always with His consort Periya  Piraatti!
Your shining face-its lustre- its brightness- has it gone up  and spread to
Your kireetam (crown)? Your most beautiful Feet- their  lustre & brightness -
have they spread to the Lotus on which You are  standing? Yoru waist beauty and
its shining brightness- has it mixed its brightness with Your peethAmbharam &
AbharaNanghaL (dress and the  ornaments)? You should tell me all these about
Your beauties.

3014:
katturaikkil thaamarai* _nin kaNpaatham kaiyovvaa,*
sutturaittha nanpon* un thirumEni oLi ovvaathu,*
otturaitthu ivvulagu unnai* pugazvellaam perumpaalum,*
patturaiyaayp puRkenRE* kaattumaal parancOthee!	3.1.2.

2.  Oh EmperumaanE! The Param poruLE! The ParanjOthiyE! If we talk about  it,
Your eyes Your Feet, Your hands- They CAN NOT be even compared to  the LOTUSES!
(means they are much MORE BEAUTIFUL and better looking than  Red Lotuses!) .
The Gold that has been heated and is at a Very high  temperature, such a Golden
Colour even is much less Beautiful than Your  MOST BEAUTIFUL THIRUMENI (Divine
Body). Hence, these people (Azhwar is pointing to us!) are comparing Your
beauty to all these things (based on  their limited / lack of understanding.

3015:
parancOthi! neeparamaay* ninnigazhnthu pin,* maRROr
parancOthi inmaiyin* padiyOvi nigazkinRa,*
parancOthi ninnuLLE* padarulakam padaittha,* em
parancOthi gOvinthaa!* paNpuraikka maattEnE.	3.1.3.

3.  Since You are the Most Beautiful of all, You are the ParanjOthi.  Since,
there is no more shining form than Your form, You are an  incomparable FORM of
LIGHT. You are the One who created the entire  Universe and all worlds,
GOvindhA! If these are Your measures, How do  You think I can tell in simple
words with my pasurams? I DO NOT have the  capacity to tell about Your
attributes and qualities.

3016:
maattaathE aakilum* im malar_thalai maaNYaalam,*nin
maattaaya malarpuraiyum* thiruvuruvum manamvaikka*
maattaatha palasamaya* mathikodutthaay, malartthuzaay*
maattE_nee manamvaitthaay* maaNYaalam varunthaathE?	3.1.4.

4.  In these wide spanned universe, these people (lacking in their  knowledge
about You) do not have Your Most Beautiful Form in their hearts and meditate.
Further to that lack of knowledge, You have also created confounded the
confusions by creating more differences in jAthi (castes) and in religions. You
have confused the samsaaris with all these things and then You have desired on
the ThuLasi leaves. Will this world NOT suffer by not knowing You and by losing
You? (You are enjoying with ThuLsi leaves and are in bhOgam , while the
samsaaris are suffering without You)

3017:
varunthaatha arunthavattha* malarkathirin sudar udampaay,*
varunthaatha NYaanamaay* varampinRi muzhuthiyanRaay,*
varungaalam nigazkaalam* kazikaalamaay,*ulakai
orungaaka aLippaay seer* engu ulakka OthuvanE?	3.1.5.

5.  Will I be able to talk about Your form and Its Beauty? By very nature, You
are shining so brightly and so Beautifully. When seeing Your Divine Body, one
may wonder as to it is due to Great penance, such a Beautiful form has come.
BUT IT IS NOT. It Definitely is Not. It is natural of You to be so Beautiful.
By very nature, You have so much jnAnam (knowledge) and have been existing in
Everything in this Universe. You know everything that happened in the Past,
that is happening in the Present and that will happen in the Future. You are
the One who know all. You are th One who protects everyone; How can one tell
about Your Most Beautiful, Most Auspicious kalyANa guNAs? (You have taken the
form only for bhakthAs; Your ornaments for our enjoyment)

3018:
Othuvaar Otthellaam* evvulagaththu evvevaiyum,*
saathuvaay ninpugazin* thagaiyallaal piRithillai,*
pOthuvaaz punanthuzaay* mudiyinaay,* poovinmEl
maathuvaaz maar_binaay!* en_solliyaan vaaztthuvanE?	3.1.6.

6.  The vedhams, the saastrAs, are all essence of Your guNAS Truthfully;
Nothing but Truth; Oh EmperumaanE!, the One who wears the garland of ThuLasi
with most fragrant flowers! The One whose chest is adorned by Sri mahAlakshmi!
How can I greet You with words? When even vEdhAs can not describe You in words,
How I can tell?  (Swami Desikan says the same in GOdhAsthuthi- second verse-)
(Sisters and Brothers, The vEdhAs are actually many; countless; There is a
story in vEdA; BharadwAja maharishi wished to learn all vEdAs and requested
Indran for 300 Year life. He learnt vEdAs for 300 years. After 300 years,
Indran appeared and bharadwAjar felt proud that he completed vEdAs fully;
Indran said that what he learnt was only a handful of vEdAs; Thus there are so
many vEdAs; and Veda vyAsar only compiled for us a miniature version just for
us in kaliyugam; and made into four vEdAs; with all these vEdAs and by all
those schlarly dEvAs even,  You can NOT be praised to the fullest extent;

3019:
vaaztthuvaar palaraaga* ninnuLLE naanmuganai,*
moozttha _neer ulakellaam* padaiyenRu muthalpadaitthaay*
kEztthaseer aranmuthalaak* kiLardheyvamaayk kiLarnthu,*
soozttha amarar thuthitthaal* un tholpugaz maasooNaathE?	3.1.7.

7.  Even when the bhAgavathAls increase exponentially and praise Your kalyANa
guNAs, still it is not possible to measure Your auspicious attributes. (Our
Lord immediately asks "What about BrahmA, Sivan? Can they NOT comprehend me
fully? " AzhwAr says "No,You know why? Because, even, BrahmA and Sivan are not
able to do justice to Their praising You. Even if they do, it is due to Your
mercy. Firstly, You created BrahmA for him to create the world. And then Sivan
wascreated; then, the dEvAs; How they can attempt at understanding You fully?
It is just NOT possible for them to praise You fully; Are Your kalyANa guNAs
measurable? NO.

3020:
maasooNaac sudar udampaay* malaraathu kuviyaathu,*
maasooNaa NYaanamaay* muzuthumaay muzuthiyanRaay,*
maasooNaavaan_kOlaththu* amararkOn vazipattaal,*
maasooNaa unpaatha* malarsOthi mazungaathE?	3.1.8.

8.  EmperumaanE! With no growing, no reduction, You are always the SAME FORM of
JOTHI, a Blemishless jOthi; You possess the Most Purest, Blemishless jnAnam
(knowledge); You possess the Divine Body which is the Most Brightest, ever
shining, form and has no blemishes; and has the entire Universe in it; You are
the One who directs EVERYTHING; and You are praised by BrahmA, the one who has
the knowledge and strength as his ornaments;  (Emperumaan has the lustrous
ThirumEni as if thousands of Suns rise at the same time;- GitA 11.12)

3021:
mazungaatha vain^_nuthiya* sakkara_nal valatthaiyaay,*
thozungaathal kaLiRaLippaan* puLLoornthu thOnRinaiyE,*
mazungaatha NYaanamE* padaiyaaga, malar ulakil*
thozumpaayaarkku aLitthaal* un sudarchchOthi maRaiyaathE?	3.1.9.

9.  When the elephant GajEndrA called You devotedly "AdhimoolamE!" You
IMMEDIATELY rushed to protect him and save him; (You forgot to tell Your
consorts; Your VishvaksEnar; You forgot to wear Thiruvadis- Your only intention
was to RUSH IMMEDIATELY; You could have sent the ChakrA straight from Sri
Vaikuntam- But didn't; because- it will NOT disclose Your Vatsaly GuNA;) You
have the Sharpest ChakrA as a Your Ayudham (weapon) and You came by Garuda
vaahanam; (You even jumped ahead of GarudA once You came near GajEndrA!) If You
protect the people from Sri Vaikuntam, it will definitely lessen Your Most
Auspicious GuNAs; (Vatsalyam); (Hence Do come in Person Oh Lord, for these
Bhakti Group members)

3022:
maRaiyaaya naalvEdhaththuL _ninRa* malarsudarE,*
muRaiyaal ivvulakellaam* padaitthidanthuNdu umiznthaLanthaay,*
piRaiyERu sadaiyaanum* naanmuganum inthiranum*
iRaiyaathal aRinthEttha* veeRRirutthal ithuviyappE?	3.1.10.

10.  Oh the Lustrous Jothi, the One who is the essence and the meaning of four
vEdAs! Regularly, You have been saving and protecting the worlds during the
Cosmic Cycle ends; For protecting, You have eaten the Universe and then You
brought the Universe out; You measured with Your Feet; Sivan, who has the
half-moon in his head, BrahmA and IndrA have been graetly blessed and achieved
Greatness and become MOST famous by praising You, Lord! Is it a wonder?
No.(here AzhwAr saus "maRaiyaaya naal vEdham- maRai means vEdam; then, why he
says- maRaiyaaya naal vEdam?  MaRai means - maRaiya  means covered - hidden;
Vedam means to tell explicitly; i.e. For theists, it is explicit and
understood; For athiests, maRai- hidden and is not exposed- BEAUTIFUL? Isn't
it?)

3023:##
viyappaaya viyappillaa* meyNYNYaana vEdhiyanai,*
sayappugazaar palarvaazum* thadankurukoor sadagOpan,*
thuyakkinRith thozuthuraittha* aayiratthuL ippatthum,*
uyakkoNdu piRappaRukkum* olimun^_neer NYaalatthE. (2)	3.1.11

11.  JNana moorthy Emperumaan (The Omniscient, Omnipresent) has got all actions
and possessed Most Auspicious attributes in Him naturally. VedAs proclaim Him
as the Chief and He is praised DOUBTLESSLY by NammAzhwAr in 1000 pAsurams; Out
of those 1000, those who read these MARVELLOUS ten pAsurams, ARE CERTAIN TO GET
OUT OF THESE VISCIOUS BIRTH CYCLES and be saved in this earthly world
surrounded by oceans!



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