SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr?s Periya Thirumozhi. Today?s verse is Periya Thourmizh 1.8.4. 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. paartthaRkaayanRubaaradhamkaiseydhittu venRaparaNYchudar, kOtthangkaayar dhampaadiyil kuravaipiNaindhavengkOvalan, EtthuvaarthammanatthuLLaan idavenNdhaimEynNdhavembiraan, theertthanNeertthadaNYchOlaisoozh thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE! 1.8.4 ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan is Sri Parthasarathy Himself. The One who drove the chariot for Arjunan, presided (sort of) the MahAbhAratha KurukshEthra battle, and (enabled pANdavAs) win the battle- the One who dances with cowherd girls- the One who stays in the heart of His devotees who think of Him and meditate on Him- the One who shows Himself at Thiruvidaventhai- the Para~nchudar- the JyOthI- Emperumaan is here at Most beautiful ThiruvEmkata mountain. Oh mind! Reach there. Here Krishna won the battle ?says AzhwAr? Where did he fight? He simply drove the chariot for Arjuna? How did he win? Or even let Paandavas win? How did he help? At the beginning of the battle, ArjunA had instructed [being the Rathi with KaNNan being Saarathi (charioteer)] to position his chariot between the two opposing armies. Arjuna had a look at the assembled warriors fighting on behalf of his evil-minded cousin, DuryOdhanA, the son of the blind king, DhrithirAshtrA . ArjunA recognized that his dear kinsmen and teachers were the members of the army of DuryOdhanA. Suddenly ArjunA was overcome with deep emotion and threw aside his bow and arrows in a state of despondency over killing his kith and kin as well as his worshipful elders and AchAryAs. Arjuna declared that he did not have the heart to fight to win the war. He begged the Lord to show him the right path out of his dilemma: with my heart stricken by the fault of the weak compassion, with my mind perplexed about my duty, I request You to say for certain what is good for me. I am Your disciple.Teach me who has taken refuge in You (SishyasthEham saadhi maam thvAm prapannam) Arjuna?s conflicts are our own conflicts and dilemmas that we experience every day. The most compassionate Lord, Sri ParthasArathy took on the role of GitAchAryan and used ArjunA as VyAjam (excuse) to bless us all with His upadEsam , which is the essence of all SaasthrAs (Sarva Saasthramayee). The upadEsam performed by our Lord at KurukshEthram is timeless and will always have enduring value for all mankind. Krishna asks: kuThasthvaa kasmalamitham? How did you get this dirt in your mind? Then goes on to explain with unlimited daya to us as Bhagavad GitA, to arjunA, on our behalf. It is He who did everything in the battle field to ensure paandavaa?s success. He resides in the heart of His dearest devotees who are Paramaikaanthins who do not seek nothing but His pleasure; none except Him? He Himself says that they are His life itself. It is His matham? In Bhagavath GitA, Krishna says" priyOhi jn~AninOthyarthamaham sa cha mama priya:"(GitA 7.17). He says here that the Jn~Ani is ever dear to Him;I am very dear to him and he too is very dear to Me. Even I, the Omniscient and Omnipotent, is unable to express how much dear the Jn~Anin is to me, since there is no such limit (as this much) for this love (that I have for him /Jn~Anin)" He is the darling of Gopis and Gopikas who themselves are jnAnis as they know none but Him; and do not seek nothing other than His pleasure and being with Him. Such merciful Lord KaNNan is here at ThiruvEnkatam. Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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