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Sri:
SrimathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,

Until the tenth verse- AzhwAr sang in his own
anubhavam and languishing. Now he gets into nayika
bhavam as Parakala nayaki. She is not able to narrate
and she suffers from the viraha thApam. Her mother
sings and AzhwAr narrates as ?Parakala nayaki?s
mother? next ten verses

pattudukkum ayarnthirangum paavai pENaaL
 panin^edungaN Neer_thathumbap paLLi koLLaaL,
ettanaippO thenkudangaal irukka killaaL
 'emperumaan thiruvaranga mengE?' ennum
'mattuvikki maNivaNdu muralum koondhal
 madamaanai idhuseythaar thammai, meyyE
kattuvicchi sol', ennach sonnaaL 'nangaay!
 kadalvaNNa rithuseythaar kaappaa raarE?'    11

nangaay ? Oh most virtuous girl! (addressing another
girl- perhaps Parakala nayaki?s friend)? my girl,
desirous of attaining the Lord as her nAthan 
pattu udukkum ? wears silk cloth around her waist 
(Still He has not come and hence)
ayarndhu irangu ? with thApam, suffers from the pangs
of separation longing for Him
paavai pENAL- She (for her age) is not even looking
and considering these toys to play with
pani nedunkaNN neer thadhumba paLLi koLLAL ? in her
large long eyes, tears well and she is not able to
thus sleep
en thuNai poadhu en kudangkaal irukka gillaaL- in my
lap- she is not able to stay even for a fraction of a
second; she is so restless
emperumAn thiruvarangam yengE ennum- where is my
Lord?s Thiruvarangam ? where is his place ? she keeps
asking?
maNi vaNdu mattu vikki muralum koondhal madam maanai ?
for this most beautiful girl, whose hair is the
repository of singing bees that drink honey from
flowers with hiccups and along with those hick ups,
they sing in her black tresses -

idhu seydhaar thammai- who did to her like this(for
her to suffer)
kattuvicchi meyyE sol- oh lady (who prophesizes ?
?kuRi solludhal) and predicts the future or narrates
the past (unknown event / incidents)
tell me the truth! 
enna, sonnaaL ? when I asked, she said.. 
kadal vaNNar idhu seydhaar ? the blue hued ocean
coloured Lord is the one who did this to her. ? she
said
kaappaar aar- if that is the case, who else can save
her? (only Him); if He Himself does it, who is to
protect this girl and take care?

The mother of parakala nayaki addresses another woman
(one who is virtuous), perhaps a friend of Parakala
nayaki about the pitiable state of Parakala nayaki.
This darling girl of mine- adamantly keeps thinking of
cloudy coloured Lord. For her state, I (the mother)(
asked the pseudo psychic (kuRi solludham), as to why
she behaves like that and who is the reason. She said
it is because of the blue hued ocean coloured Lord. If
He does, who will save her? 


EmperumAn of Thiruvarangam ? where is his place?- thus
she is more interested in Srirangam. The mother is
already aware of. She just wanted the fortune teller
to find ways as to how we can get her rid of such
thoughts and why? She also says, ?it is due to Him
only?. What is the parihaaram? He Himself is the cause
and He is the solution for her suffering- says
kattuvicchi. Remember the same kattuvicchi comes in
Sri Venkatachala mahaathmyam and there us a
conversation between Padmavathi and her. Perhaps that
is the source for this verse. 

One should get more involved in bhakti and bhagavad
anubhavam. Instead, master, damsel, friend, desire,
unity, tresses, springs, sufferings, languishing, etc.
 ? why should all these be covered- one may ask. 

In Srivaikuntam, where Nithyasuris enjoy Him at all
times and under all circumstances, in all places,
there would be no opportunity to have such an
experience. There is no source for such imagination.
Here in this world, the Lord removes the hurdles for
the bhakti and attempts to ensure that He is in their
hearts. 

Dharma, arttha, kaamam are to be discarded and moksham
to be sought. More than arttham (material desires),
the carnal desires are strong and can not be overcome
so easily. Sri Krishna made the Gopis fall in love
with Him and thus forget their homes, spouses etc.
That was easier. For men, it would be difficult. They
need to first get rid of their thinking that they are
?men? (purushas) first. Then only they can get rid of
their desires for other sthrees. He shows His
PurushOtthamathvam to these bhakthas so that they
begin to think themselves as sthrees. Thus they tend
to get into paativarthyam to Him and Him alone.

Bhakti as understood in the sense of loving devotion
to God is a mental disposition (jnAna visEsa). Though
it has an emotional element, it is intellectual
insofar as it presupposes some knowledge of Divine
Being. When such a bhakti becomes intense by constant
contemplation of God, it assumes different forms
characterized by joy during God-experience and anguish
during the separation from Him. Viraha is a mental
state that arises in respect of individuals who has
attaimed Para- bhakti, either thorugh constant
contemplation or meditation of God or by the grace of
God as in the case of AzhwArs and Gopis, Gopakas. As
Swami Desikan mentions: viraha is the earlier and
later stages of yoga (yOgAt prAgutthrAvasthithih).

We need to enjoy AzhwAr anubhavam in this fashion. We
need to experience and enjoy on same lines and not
query as to why and how. 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards

Namo Narayana
  



      

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