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Today , adiyEn will cover the two Pasurams associated with
the second step of the sOpAnam , NirvEda paravam .

136) Sorrow over the wasted time chasing worldly pleasures
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maRut-taar Thiruvudan mArbhil daritthavan vAchakatthai
   maRutthAr mayakkamum maRRu athanaal vantha maa naraku
niRutthAr bhavatthil nedunALL uzhanRamai kaNDu athanAl
   veRutthu aaraNa neRiyE veLhiyODa  viraivarhaLE

(Meaning ): Our Lord adorns on His divine chest 
the mole known as SrIvatsam , the Forest flower 
garland known as Vyjayanthi and MahA Lakshmi
as His LakshaNams . Those who violate His Saasthraic
commands due to their own ajn~Anam end up in fearful
narakams and suffer there. VivEkis think deeply about these 
consequences of breaking the injunctions of the Lord .They
feel ashamed about the time wasted that far in SamsAric life 
chasing nonlasting and deceptively sweet sukhams and 
will rush to follow the UpAyam ( SaraNAgathy or Bhakthi
yOgam) prescribed by the VedAs .

The Key passage  in this Paasuram is : " Bhavatthil uzhanRamai
KaNDU , athanAl veRutthu , veLhi , aaraNa neRiyE OhDa 
viraivarkaL". ( Developing  disgust over life spent in chasing
impermanent SamsAric pleasures until then  will rush to practise
the upAyam prescribed by the Lord's SaasthrAs ).
 
137) The insignificance and triviality of SamsAra Sukham
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vaann patta mann iruLil mayankumARum
   maRitthu oru kAl yenai oozhi senRAl anRU
oonn patta udal aazhi vinai ozhukkil
  oru karayum kaaNAthE ozhuhumArum 
tEn patta vidam pOlat-titthikkinRa
  siRu payanE uRu payan yenRu arunthumARum
taann patta padi innEr taanE kaNDu 
  taLarnthidumEl vaLarnthiDumE takkavARE 

(Meaning): The second step in the ladder to Moksham is 
NirvEdham or contrition over his status as a Jeevan suffering 
in SamsAram and rushing to the perform the chosen UpAyam 
like SaraNAgathy .

The Jeevan will reflect on Four topics that lead him to 
great sorrow over the things that happened to him form 
anAdhi kaalam:

1) The Jeevan who gained VivEkam will now think about 
the time , when he lost his sarIram and Indhriyams and 
stayed united with the deep darkness (MahA Tamas ) 
in  a formless, nameles state  .

2) The Jevan will think about the myriad births that he took
due to his karmAs from time immemorial in all yOnis and
his being tossed about in the fierce flood of samsAram and 
not finding the shore to rest .

(3) The Jeevan will reflect on the alpa sukhams of 
samSAram that he is enjoying , which are indeed like poison 
laced with honey to give the misleading impression of sweetness.

(4) The Jeevan will sorrow over all the other pains that he is
experiencing due to his karmAs in this prakruthi maNDalam.

As a direct result of these reflections, the Jeevan will now feel 
dejected and rush to save himself through the anushtAnam
(observance ) of the redeeming upAyam of SaraNAgathy .

This feeling of dejection(nirvEdham )  is thus the second step on 
the ladder to Moksham .

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil  Varadachari Sadagopan

SrimathE SrI Lakshmi Nrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka 
SrI VaNN SaThakOpa NaarAyaNa YathIdhra MahA DesikAya Nama:





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