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sonnaal virOdhamithu* aagilum solluvEn kENminO,*
ennaavil in_kavi* yaanoruvarkkum kodukkilEn,*
thennaa thenaavenRu* vaNdu mural thiruvEngadatthu,*
ennaanai ennappan* emperumaan uLaNnaagavE.	3.9.1

1.  sonnaal virOdham idhu.. aaghilum solluvan kENminO? ... AzhWar says.." I
know you will not relish and you will consider me as your enemy for saying
these things, Oh Guys! All of you have been running after material pursuits;
This may not be palatable to you. But, having known that you are going to
ultimately lose it and I can not bear to see that, I am saying this: that is :
Don.t sing about anyone else except Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan. I will offer
my poems to only Him, who is the unbounded limitless Bliss. With my tongue, I
will NOT sing anyone else. My Emperumaan, who is like the Big Elephant at
TirumalA is My dear Father; To Him only, I will offer my Sweet poems and no one
else";
3102:
uLanaakavE eNNith* thannai onRaakatthan selvatthai*
vaLanaa mathikkum* im maanidaththaik kavi paadiyen,*
kuLanaar kazanisooz* kaNNan kuRungudi meymmaiyE,*
uLanaaya enthaiyai* enthaipemmaanai oziyavE?	3.9.2

2.  When My Father, Emperumaan is so gracefully showing Himself, will I leave
Him? Is there any use in singing some Tom, Dick and Mary who consider
themselves as the Most wealthiest person in the world? (No. ) Hence, Sing in
praise of the Most Truthful Lord of Titukkurungudi, My Father. He shows Himself
so gorgeously at Tirukkurungudi. Please do not sing anyone else.

3103:
ozivonRillaatha* pallUzithORoozi nilaava,* pOm
vaziyaith tharum _nangaL* vaanavar Isanai niRkappOy,*
kaziya miga_nallavaan* _kavi koNdu pulaveergaaL,*
iziyak karuthi* Or maanidam paadal ennaavathE.	3.9.3

3.  Oh Poets! Why should we sing poems on  others when there is the Lord of
dEvAs, My Emperumaan? He is the Only One who is capable of offering us the
means and the end to reach Him and the Parama Padha anubhavam for all times.
Leaving Such a Glorious paramAthmA, the Supreme Lord, is there any value, use
in singing the lowest, small, tiny, non-permanent, evanescent human beings? No
use absolutely.

3104:
ennaavathu etthenai naaLaikkup pOthum* pulaveergaaL,*
mannaa manisaraip paadip* padaikkum perumporuL?,*
minnaar maNimudi* viNNavar thaathaiyaip paadinaal,*
thannaagavE koNdu* sanmamseyyaamai koLLumE.	3.9.4

4.  Oh Poets, How many days are going to survive with the benefits you get by
singing in praise of the evanescent, non-permanent human beings? Do you think
really for the value for your excellent poetic skills and knowledge, what you
get is adequate? (azhwAr is desperately trying to convince us!) If you sing in
praise of the Chief of NitysUris, He will make you perfectly fit for servitude
eternally; He will offer you all the qualities of His; then, He will also you
get rid of these cruel disease of births and deaths and remove the samsaaric
ills. He will protect you from the present lowly, useless life of singing under
the feet of a stupid, human being. (Swami Desikan.s VairAghya Panchakam also
reflects the same subject)

3105:
koLLum payanillaik* kuppai kiLartthanna selvatthai,*
vaLLal pugaznthu* _num vaaymai izakkum pulaveergaaL,*
koLLak kuRaivilan* vENdiRRellaam tharum kOthil,* en
vaLLal maNivaNNan dhannaik* kavi sollavamminO.	3.9.5

5.  Please do not sing those merciless, human beings; Oh Poets! When you sing
in praise of them, then only will the rot, mud, shits and worms about them will
come to surface in you mind. You will see all their faults and ill qualities;
Hence, sing in praise of MaNivaNNan. He is the Only One, capable of being
praised and has got no faults; no blemishes; full of Most Auspicious, Superb,
Divine qualities; HE CAN GIVE AND GRANT ALL THAT YOU CAN DESIRE AND ASK FOR; (I
REPEAT ALL THAT YOU ASK OR DESIRE FOR).  He is the Faultless VaLLal. Please
come to sing poems in praise of Him.

3106:
vammin pulaveer!* num meyvaruththikkai seythu uymminO,*
immannulakil* selvar ippOthillai nOkkinOm,*
num in kavikoNdu* num_num ittaadheyvam Etthinaal,*
semmin sudarmudi* eNnthirumaalukkuc sErumE.	3.9.6

6.  Oh Poets! If you guys say that and claim that you all are singing for you
survival and for filling your stomachs; then sorry, you are mistaken. It is
rather much better to work, slog physically, do physical work (like a porter or
an engineer? like us) than to sing in praise like a sycophant of some low,
human being. Go ahead and learn some craft work and earn and stop singing in
praise of human beings. (AzhwAr is totally frustrated at the sight of
sycophants). There is no rich person in the world; He is the Richest one in the
world; (and the rich one belongs to us-naasthi pithraarjitham kinchith na mayaa
kinchithaarjitham ! hasthi mE hasthi sailaagrE vasthu paithaamaham dhanam !!-
Swami Desikan.s  VairAghya Panchakam);  Hence sing in praise of your ishta
deivam (any demi God), they will ultimately reach My Thirumaal Sriman
Narayanan. They will go to the Sriya: pathih, the Most illustrious Shining
Sriman Narayanan. (as also mentioned to ArjunA by KrishNa in Bhagavadh GitA).

3107:
sErum kodaipugaz* ellaiyilaanai,* Oraayiram
pErum udaiya piraanaiyallaal* maRRu yaan_kilEn,*
maari yanaiyakai* maalvaraiyokkum thiN dhOLenRu,*
paarilOr paRRaiyaip* pacchaippasumpoygaL pEsavE.	3.9.7

7.  can you think of singing in praise of someone whose value is even lower
than the straw in the street ( I remember Sri Mukkur Lakshmi NrsimhAchAriar.s
RamayaNa upanyaasam that I heard way back in 70.s during my school days at
Madras- where he had mentioned about SitAppiraatti throwing a strand of
dharbham and talks to that and compares rAvaNa even lower than that in front of
rAvaNa at asOka vanam - "thruNa manthara radham kruthvaa?- I am not sure of
these words in Sanskrit- sorry). Please do not tell blatant lies in your
praising them calling them as "the one whose hands are like the Most merciful
clouds; whose shoulders are like mountains;" - like that I can Not talk to
those stupids (aRpa padhar). I will only sing in praise of Emperumaan.s most
merciful glances and benefactions. I AM NOT CAPABLE OF SINGING IN PRAISE OF
OTHERS except MY EMPERUMAAN who has got unparalleled 1000 names; (azhWar is
happy that he at least does not fall suit and sing in praise of others).

3108:
vEyin malipurai thOLi* pinnaikku maNaaLanai,*
aaya perumpugaz* ellaiyilaathana paadippOy,*
kaayam kazitthu* _avan thaaLiNaikkeezp pugum kaathalan,*
maaya manisarai* en_sollavallEn en vaaykoNdE?	3.9.8

8.  The evanescent ones- human beings, non-permanent ones- about these beings,
I will not sing with my mouth. Emperumaan has the Most unbounded, limitless,
Most ausipcious kalyANa guNAs. He is the master and the beloved of Nappinnai,
the one who has the most beautiful shoulders like the bamboo stick. I will
spend all my rest of the days singing in praise of that Lord. I will keep on
singing His praise and Glories until my body falls down to the earth. I desire
only for entering into His Lotus Feet. (there used to be a tamil film song (in
the fifties): appanaip paadum vaayaal oru subbhanai paaduvEnO?; aranganaip
paadum vaayaal oru kuranganaip paada maattEn- singer? Film?- I don.t know)

3109:
vaaykoNdu maanidam paadavanNtha* gaviyEn allEn,*
aaykoNda seervaLLal* aazippiraan enakkE uLan,*
'saaykoNda immaiyum saathitthu* vaanavar naattaiyum,*
neekaNdu koL' enRu* veedum tharum_ninRu ninRE!	3.9.9

9.  I am not the one for singing human beings and I have not come here for
that. I will sing only Emperumaan. He is only one who, by His own grace, has
become the subject of my pAsurams, who has the Most Strongest weapon the Divine
chakrA. He is the one who granted me the Most limitless Bliss, the pErAnandham
in this world by making me sing about Him and is also capable of granting me to
see and enjoy the mOkshAnubhavam. I will sing only Him, who grants me the
Eternal Servitude to Him at Sri Vaikuntam. I am not for singing about others
and I am NOT AUTHORISED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I BELONG TO MY EMPERUMAAN. I am His
Property. (what an ultimate statement of all that we talk about swaya, bhara,
pala samarppaNam!)

3110:
ninRu_ninRu pala naaL uykkum* ivvudal neengippOy,*
senRu senRaakilum kaNdu* sanmam gazippaan eNNi,*
onRiyonRi ulakam padaiththaan* kaviyaayinERku,*
enRumenRum ini* maRRoruvar kavi ERkumE?	3.9.10

10.  Athman, the jeevan has been suffering since time immemorial,staying in
these physical bodies and undergoing sorrows and pleasures; Emperumaan has been
the only redemption for us to get out of these births; I will not sing in
praise of others except My Emperumaan; Such a quality (of singing in praise of
others) will never befit me at any time;

3111:##
ERkum perumpugaz* vaanavar Isan _kaNNan _dhanakku,*
ERkum perumpugaz* vaNkurukoorc cadagOpan sol,*
ERkum perumpugaz* aayiraththuL ivaiyum Or_patthu*
ERkum perumpugaz* sollavallaarkku illai sanmamE.	3.9.11

11.  About KaNNan, the Chief and Swami of NitysUris, Thirukkurugoor SadgOpan
has sung 1000 pAsuams; Out of those 1000, those who can read these ten, WILL
NOT BE BORN AGAIN.



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