SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, The 120th paasuram [the last one] is a great celebration over AzhwAr's parama BhAgyam of attaining Moksha Siddhi due to the grace of Sri RanganAthan. AzhwAr declares that it is His unbounded grace which is pradhAnam and it is because of the Lord, AzhwAr is blessed with the enjoyment of His divine Charm and glories. iyakkaRaatha palpiRappi lennaimaaRRi yinRuvanthu, uyakkoLmEka vaNNann^aNNi yennilaaya thannuLE, mayakkinaanRan mannusOthi yaathalaalen Nnaavithaan, iyakkelaama RuththaRaatha viNnpaveedu peRRathE. (120) The Blue hued divinely beautiful Lord Thiruvarangan (SrI RanganAthan) who has now blessed the jeevan with salvation, who is known for His leelA for Jeevan¡¦s suffering due to jeevan¡¦s karma and also for His grace for jeevan¡¦s redemption, had given me [earlier] repeated various kinds of births in different bodies. Now He ¡V the Lord of arangam] has lured, attracted and charmed me completely with ajnAtha sukrutham and has entered into my heart cave. He has enchanted me and enticed me with His most gorgeous form of His dhivya mangaLa vigraham which is always the object of dhyAnam [meditation] of Sages. Thorugh this most merciful and benevolent act of His, all roots of the incorrigible karmic diseases, suffering, samsaaric affliction of this adiyEn- lowliest soul (naayinEn) are removed and fully plucked out in their entirety and thereby this AthmA (Jeevan) now is blessed with the limitless most enjoyable, Bliss of Moksham which is granted by Him and which is hereafter never to perish >From here on the ishta prApthi of nithya kaimkaryam and anishta nivrutthi [freedom from punar aavrutthi] are guaranteed to me. Blessed indeed am I! He entered into my HrudhayAkAsam ¡V cave of the heart (Daharam PuNdarIkam vEsma dhaharO(s)man anathrAkASa:) For the Lord, the heart is the palace. Not only does He manifest in me and in my heart, my soul with His Dhivya Atham swaroopam (of being vibhu); He also lures me with his divine ThirumEni (divine Body) here in Srirangam in order to entice me. This form is the form contemplated by Yogis and Rishis. antharjyOthi kimpai yaminaam ¡V says Swamy Desikan. Yogis who see Him in the heart, can now see Him outside as well in Sannidhi (Sanctum Sanctorum). antharjyOthi- oh what to say! That which can be envisoned by Yogis in mind is directly seen and enjoyed by us with naked eye here in the shrine in Srirangam! What a compassion of His! What is the speciality here for this AzhwAr? He ensured that no other would notice that He (the ultimate wealth- mahaanidhi- vaittha maanidhi) is inside the heart cave of AzhwAr and be not exposed and visible for everyone to see. Thus He enchanted me with His form- says AzhwAr. Thus AzhwAr rests assured that the Moksham and Paripoorna BrahmAnubhavam, the eternal service at His Lotus feet at Paramapdham is certain and there is no looking back anymore. na cha punaraavartthathE; na cha punaraavartthathE; Sri UttamUr Swamy gives a quick summary of all 120 PAsurams (verses): In this Dhivya prabandham, AzhwAr blesses us with tattva (entities), hitha (ways) and purushaarthams (goal) in the first three verses; thereafter the Lord¡¦s mUrthys (forms), then His Supreme Position of being the Lordship and be much above even the Chathurmukha brahmA and Rudra (who are creator and destroyer respectively as ordained and commanded, blessed by the Lord); thus to sing in praise of such Greatest Lord and His divine glories, there is none in any world to fully comprehend Him and praise Him completely. And further, AzhwAr enjoys His divine avathAra vaibhavams one by one staring with even the minutest avathAram of His is glorious and is grandest One too; mentioned till the archA avathArams, Hamsa, Koorma, Narasimha, Vaamana, Rama, Krishna avathArams and described in great details their wonderful dhivya chEshtithams, deeds during those avathArams; laments that AzhwAr was not there during any of such greatest avathArams when they took place; and finally enjoys himself in archA mUrthys in Dhivya Desams; started with Thirumala, mentions Thiruvarangam, Thurkkudanthai, immersing himself on standing, sitting and reclining postures of the Lord in those dhivya desams and being such easily accessible, sarva sulabhan, sowseelyan, being ever ready to grant rightb from material fruits upto the final one i.e. the redemption for all jeevathmas mercifully waiting for them to turn to Him and perform Self surrender, AzhwAr looks wondered at the world so grossly engrossed in worldly pleasures and material pursuits, caught in the turbulent current of ocean of samsaara; AzhwAr attempts to advise the people (trapped in samsaaric affliction) in extensive details to perform either bhakti or Prapatti for the Lord to get pleased and to get His sankaplam to save oneself; AzhwAr declares his firmness on the Lord and his unflinching faith on Him and but for Him, he would not pray or plead anyone [demi god] else at all ¡V AzhwAr asserts himself and announces his determination and ananyagathithvam to the Lord; AzhwAr enjoy being devoted to Him and performing the kaimkaryam to His feet for His pleasure right here in this life and world itself and does not seek any other pleasure or material benefits here and there; AzhwAr declares that he would seek redemption from this birth as it also gives rise to hurdles, interruptions, potential further births and further more accrual of sins and many births and hence analyses to which is the best means to get rid of further briths; AzhwAr realizes that he had done bhakti yoga in earlier births and still due to the limitless births and accrual of paapams over the ages, has an apprehension that the mOksham may not be possible right at that birth and may not be the last birth and hence performs Saranagati with utter helplessness (akinchanyam) at the feet of Sriman Narayanan as the Only recourse as mOksham granter [mOksha pradhan]. AzhwAr prays to Him for saving him from further births and to prevent him from trapped in ocean of sins and samsaaric affliction; he prays to the Lord to cross the ocean with no more briths and to be in the ultimate enjoyment of the Lord at Paramapadham uninterruptedly performing eternal service at His lotus feet; AzhwAr asserts himself and calms his mind not to worry anymore as the Lord has vowed to grant the mOksham and declares that it is certain that he would have a blissful communion with the Lord hereafter [at the end of this birth]. UtthamUr Swamy sums up the greatness of Thirumazhisai with a special slOkam : anargha Bhakthi-bhAvitha Sruthi Smruthi prakrushta Dhee- mahishta BHAKTHISAARA SOORI sookthaya: sudurgrahA: | aThApi bhavyadESika prasakthi darsiThE paThi SThithO vimUSya sADhvIthi vyadhattha veeraraaghava: || Indeed , the Dhivya Sookthis [divine works] of Thirumazhisai known for his blemishless [faultless] Bhakthi ¡V unalloyed devotion are incomparable in (1) rejection of the false doctrines (2) establishing Sriman NaarAyaNan as the Para Devathai and (3) interpreting Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArthams leading to Moksham in the most lucid manner. I have merely reproduced [with all my very limited understanding of language, subject] and translated the greatest vyAkhyAnam by Sri UttamuR Swami to the best of adiyEn¡¦s abilities and if there is any thing correct or good in them, it is ONLY due to the majestic prabandhams of AzhwAr, the divinely beautiful commentary of Acharyas and the lucid explanation of Abhinava desika Sri UttamUr Swamy. The mistakes, errors are all only mine. Please forgive adiyEn for the same. There are many who have publicly and privately encouraged adiyEn's trambling due to their abhimaanam and vaathsalyam on adiyEn and thanks for the same. It is Acharyan's anugraham and vailakshaNya kataaksham on this lowliest one... Thanks very much for your patience. Again, please forgive me for my indulgence. I would not become wise and matured to stop doing such bold and daring ventures inspite of my limitaions and disqualifications:-) Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsanu dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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