>From: "Madhavakkannan V" <srivaishnavan@xxxx> >Subject: Thiruvaaymozhi 9.3- Narayanan- avanE avanum avanum avaum >Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:53:24 PDT > >Sri: > >Dearest Sisters and Brothers, > >Emperumaan, (in order to let the AzhwAr enjoy Him and to grant AzhwAr >whatever he wishes), shows His NarayaNathvam to AzhwAr. AzhwAr, in this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ten is greatly elated in his narration about Sriman Narayanan and His >greatest guNAs. Dear BhakthAs : NammAzhwAr must be listening to this wonderful Saazhals among BhakthAs on the Ananatha KalyANa GuNams of Sriman NaarAyaNA going on and is entering the mind of our Sri MadhavakkaNNan and points out to us through his three successive paasurams of this decad (9.3.7-9) to reflect upon the three divya desa EmperumAns at Ahoblam , Thiruppathi and Srirangam in that order ! In the seventh Paasuram of this Patthu , the image that comes first before the mind's eye of NammAzhwAr is none other than Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan .The next one is of the Lord of Thirumalai , who performed SamAradhanam for TadhiyALs during the time of His marriage to Sri Padmaavathi .After that comes the reference to Sri RanganathA lying on AdhisEshA . Seventh Paasuram and Sri Narasimhan ************************************ NammAzhwAr in his Thiruvaimozhi 2.6.6 Paasuram has already hinted about the ancient nature of Narasimhan by saluting him as " munnaik kOLariyE mudiyAthatennenakkE ". Oh The most ancient One standing before me ! Oh PurAdhanA ! What would be impossible for me from now on ? The Key words here are " Munnaik kOLariyE ". kOLari is Narasimhan . Munnai means munnorukkAl , in the most ancient time , when You came down from Sri Vaikuntam and appeared as PrahlAda Varadan at AhObila KshEthram .My heart is desirous of seeing Your Adbhutha , PurAdhana Adhi mUlam at Sri Vaikuntam , Your original , permanent abode says AzhwAr longingly . >7. Bhagawaan, took the form of Nara simha rUpam, and tore the chest of ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >hiraNyan with His sharp nails and killed him. My mind has been desirous ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >of seeing Him at ParamAkAsam, Sri Vaikuntam. (The upper Great Space). My ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ >heart has been longing to see His permanent place Paramapadham. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thirumangai mannan , who was the last of the AzhwArs , had the greatest Bhaagyam of Receiving ManthrOpadEsam from the Lord Himself . What does he do immediately ? He starts his divya desa yaathrA in the North . In Periya Thirumozhi(PTM) 1.2 , he salutes the EmperumAn of Thiruppirithi , Parama Purushan and journeyss sequentially to perform MangaLAsAsanams for Sri Badari NaarayaNan at BadarikAsramam , Sri MUrthy of SaaLagrAmam , Sri DevarAjan at NaimisAraNyam and finally reaches AhObilam to perform MangaLAsAsanam for Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan saluted by NammAzhwAr earlier as Parama Padha Naathan . He states very clearly that without the sahAyam of that powerful Lord of AhObilam , there is no way of visiting His Divya Desam : "DhaivamallAl sellavoNNA SingavEL kunRamE ", just as it is not possible to enter Sri Vaikuntam without His blessings . In that " sillusillenRellaRAtha SingavEL kunRam " , Thirumangai describes the nija svarUpam of the Lord by saluting Him in his 9th Ahobila paasuram as : " nallai nenjE naam thozhuthum NAMMUDAI NAMPERUMAAN alli mAthar pulha ninRa Aayiram thoLanidam --" First , the salutation is to Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan ( alli mAthar pulha ninRa NAMMUDAI NAMPERUMAAN ). It has been suggested by AzhwAr according to the fine intrepretation of UtthamUr Swamy that He does not present Himself easily to those , who do not have the full appreciation of His dear consort , who pleads for the Jeevan that has committed so many apachArams .Without that merciful intercession ( PurushakAram ) , our Prapatthi is not accepted by the Lord. He turns His face away when our Most Merciful Mother does not intercede . He is also referred to here as the one with Sahasra shoulders ( aayiram thOl udayaan ) . The allusion is to Purusha Sooktham and the Aadhi form .NaarayaNa sooktham follows establishing HIM as the Sriya: Pathi and para devathai ( Supreme One) . The most important reference here is to the Lord of AhObilam as " NamperumAn " with a prefix " nammudai ". This is the FIRST celebration of Sriman NaaraayaNA as " NamperumAL ". AzhwAr was hinting perhaps about this MaalOlan going few hundred years later on SanchAram with Soumya Simhams and come to our (Nammudai ) homes and bless us thru His Aaradhakar's Rahasya ManthrOpadEsams . In all the VadanAttu Thiruppathis that he viisted until arriving at AhObilam , AzhwAr in the view of UttamUr SwamigaL felt that there was no traditional Sri VaishNava AarAdhanams . At AhObilam however , it was more sampradhAic and belonged to Namm tradition . Hence . UtthamUr SawmigaL says that Azhwar chose the word "Nammudai" . It is also a proud identification , just as a proud father saying , namma Paiyyan got the first rank" .That kind of "nammudai " is indicated . >8. Emperumaan destroys all our good and bad deeds, with no trace of >remnant even. Again, He is the One who does NOT let our AthmA enter into >another body and start all over again and let us get out of this vicious >cycle. He shows Himself at ThiruvEnkadam so gracefully in standing >posture and blesses us. When there is ThiruvEnkadam on this earth for ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >us, only to reach Him, can we leave the chance? Even Devas come here to ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >pay obeisance to Him. Hence, there is NO DIFFERENCE between Parama ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Padham and ThiruvEnkadam (Advantage Murali and Sudharshan!) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Here at SeshAdhri , The Lord of the seven hills is worshipped by the DevAs and Humans for the removal of their two Vinais as VenkatanAthan and cuts the SamsAric bond forever for those , who offer their salutations . This SrinivAsan stands as DayA sindhu to bless us on these holy hills . In this Thiruvaimozhi patthu (9.3.8) , Sri SrinivAsan gets the attention of AzhwAr after Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan. We also know that both Sri RamachandrA and SrinivAsan worshipped Sri MaalOlan for Ishta KaamyA siddhi(?). Sri RamachandrA wanted the blessings of MaalOlan for the success in His battle with RaavaNan and union with His dEvi. Thiru VenakatamudayAn performed the Vaidhika TadhiyAradhanam for MaalOlan's blessings to enter into matrimonial state as a grahasthan and also for a happy conjugal life on His hills . > >9. BhagawaanE! I shall bring most beautiful fragrant flowers, pure water >to perform Thiruvaaraadhanam to You. But as per You, even this is NOT >required and is more than enough. (That shows Your mercy! And greatness, >Lord!). EmperumaanE! The One who has AdhisEshan as Your bed! I simply do ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >not KNOW how to hug Your Lotus Feet and ways to perform my kaimkaryam to >You. I am so lowly. Here , the tribute is to Sri RanganaathA ( Pazhuthil thol pukazhp paampaNaip paLLiyAi ) . Naicchiyam of AzhwAr is abundantly implied here , when he declares his aakinchanyam and ananyagathithvam . This plea is to bhU lOka Vaikunta nAthan , who was worshipped by Sri RamachandrA in AyOddhi . > 10.> Your Greatness- Your capacity- Your powers- forever- one can ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ >keep praising them for ages at a stretch. How will "I" be able to do ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >justice to that? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NammAzhwAr proceeded in a particular order and then concluded this decad with the appropriate statement , " Oh Sriman NaarAyaNA ! How Will I be able to do Justice to praise Your anantha Kalyana GuNams adequately ? " and went on in the next decad's paasuram 7 to declare that Narasimha rUpa NaarayaNan has been kept by him permanently in his heart and that the Lord enjoys this "incarceration" . He explains to the Lord that He (Lord Narasimhan) is remaining in his heart solely for his (AzhwAr's) enjoyment .The Lord has nothing otherwise to gain by such residence. Sri Rangarajan has now finished his scholarly and deeply devotional postings on Sri Oppiliappan in a uniquely personal manner . I am so glad that Sri Rengaraajan made the case for me regarding " the vakkaalatthu " for YengaL PerumAL .My load is now lighter . I will post tomorrow one article on the greatness of ThiruviNNagrappan naturally and attempt to provide a unified perspective and make a case for the Lord decorating the Silver Mantapam worshipped by Soumya Simhams and how that MaalOlan makes that mobile Silver Mantapam an unparalleled roving "Divya Desam " in its own right. Tomorrow is AavaNI VisAkam ; this constellation is made sacred by NammAzhwAr , who was born on a VaikAsi VikAsam day.He arrived at Thiru ViNNagar and performed his one and only SaraNAgathi at the Lotus feet of DakshiNa VenkatAchalapathy standing in His TulasI vanam Yennappan -- Tanthanan tanathAL NizhalE " .On the banks of AhOrAthra PushkaraNI our Lord Stands as Sarva Loka SaraNyan and as SaraNAgatha Vatsalan as well as a PaarijAthA tree blessing us all forever and ever . AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Oppiliappn Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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