[ramanuja] Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 1.9.8

[Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxx>]

SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr?w
wonderful verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram
yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:
 
I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the
whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance
(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali
dhOsham. 

nNORREnpalpiRavi yunnaikkaaNbadhOraasaiyinaal,
ERREnippiRappE yidaruRRananemberumaan!,
kOlthEn paaynNdhozhugum kuLirsOlaisoozhvEngkadavaa!,
aaRREnvanNdhadainNdhEn adiyEnaiyaatkoNdaruLE.    
1.9.8

Oh Lord of ThiruvEmkatam, where cool gardens with
honey dripping from their stems, flood the entire
mountain! My Master! EmperumaanE! I (have committed so
many sins and) have taken numerous births! And in this
birth, due to Your Grace, You have intervened on my
way and I have come here to pay my obeisance to You,
with a craving to see You. adiyEn has reached You in
order not to take any more birth. Please save me and
take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 
The Eternal Jeevatma or Chetana - The body undergoes
changes in form and size right from birth through
childhood, adolescence, youth, old age and till death.
The body grows, takes ill, gets well and is subject to
so many changes whereas the soul remains constant and
changeless. The soul or Jeevatma is eternal. Sastras
say, that souls are infinite in number, atomic in
size, blissful in nature. The souls are
indestructible, eternal, unchanging, immovable,
indefinable, unseen and omnipotent. Though infinite,
the souls of all living beings are similar and do not
differ from one another. As for size, they are so tiny
that they cannot be seen, cannot be cut any further,
cannot be burnt by fire, cannot be drenched by water
and cannot be thrown about by wind. says Lord Krishna
. 
nainam chintanti sustrani nainam dahati pavakaha
Nachainam kledayanty apo na soshayati bharatha.
[Bhagavadh Gita- 2.23]
By death is meant only the parting of the soul from
the present body - on its future journey. Just like we
change over to new clothes discarding the old worn out
ones, the soul sheds the old body and assumes new
ones.

Jeevan thus takeas various births- AzhwAr addresses:
He has taken very mnay births. And now he has been
interfered rightly by the Lord- idaruRRanan
emperumAn..in this birth that he [AzhwAr] has taken.
The Lord coniders even unintended action as the puNya-
like chasing the dog thereby circumbulating the temple
[performing pradhakshiNam] or letting the Bhaagwathas
sit in his house verandah [which he had actually built
for playing cards]. Thus these puNyas [due to the
Lords mercy and parama krupai are considered for the
jeevan and He places the jeevan in s good birth. He
[the Lord] ensures that the jeevan is given
opportunity to have Bhagaawatha sathsangam for getting
to know the Truth.

Unnai kaaNbathO Asiayinaal ? should not be mixed with
nORRaen pal piRavi. T have taken many briths with a
desire to see You. That is not right. IU have taken
many births- and wasted my lives. Now since You have
intervened due to some pUnya [good deed of mine] that
You had considered due to Your own krupai- I have
taken this birth with a desire to see You and have
come here. 

aRRaen vandhadaindhaen- Immediately, then and there I
have come here. Sri Periya Vacchaan PiLLai comments
that with the blood stained sword, [see last verse-
konRaen palluyirai] I have come here and Please save
me and take me over to You as Your eternal servant. 

What a wonderful verse! Let us enjoy the AzhwAr verses
and do not waste time in worrying about other issues.
Let us make use of our short lives enjoying AzhwAr,
Acharya sreesookthis. 

Small minds discuss people;
Medium minds discuss events
Great minds discuss ideas [and AzhwAr Acharya?s
anubhavams] 
Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan





                
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