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tranquil andwasonly thinkingoftheLord him. Thekingwasoverwhelmed withth Venkatachala appeared asLordTirupati attentiontoHimandhe One night, divertkulasEkarA's TheLordwishedto daughter ILaifromthismarriage. wasblessedwithason(w kulasEkarA gave difficulty. ImpressedPandyAking pAndyA) cametofightandduring Once withoutknowingkulasEkarA'sstreng The citizens hadgreatamountoflove were regularrainsandtherewas onlysu People wereveryhappyandherewasri then ruled likeLordSri Ramaandbr colors. WhenDhidavrathanbecameold, Elephant riding, etc. Ineachendeavor, Tamil andSanskritwasalsogiventrainingonfighting, Horseriding, named kulasEkaranandwhen happier andcheerful.Theentirekingdom as that of Lord Rama).nAdhanAyagi inthemonthofmAsiand The child when toChEra kingDhidavrathanand wasbornasaprince KulasEkarAzhwar born looked divine and made everyoneI NTRODUCTION KULASEKARA AZHWAR'SPERUMALTHIRUMOZHI KlEckr ~z -K ULASEKARA f var !mEt ramaNjay nm@ P f `RqiyepRmaq he grew hewastaughta ERUM × A !@ and respectfortheirkingkulasEkarA. 1 N his daughtertokulasEkarAinmarriage. the battlekulasEkaranwonwithno kulasEkaramascendedthethroneand ought inRamaRajyam tohis kingdom. ch harvestthroughouttheyear;there the nakshatram of punarpoosam (same (same the nakshatramofpunarpoosam pathi in theking'sdreamandblessed pathi bheeksham everywhere
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much security and so many people arou howsomeon missing. Hewasconfused asto astonished toseea bigniceNavara Once duringaRamanavamiday(thebi spending mostofthetimewith had consecratedaGoldenstatuteofSr clear astohowbringthekingback Bhakti andwasspendingallhistimein As he was getting more and more involv born duringRamA'stimeinhis pAsurams. "perumAL thirumozhi".One can seehis perumAL.ThepAsuramshe as KulasEkara La kulasEkara perumALlikeILayaperumAL LakshmaNA, who is alsoparAkramam. WecanwinasurAswithno attached to me deeply.blind affectionandlivefor me,yo From today youmoved byyourreadinesstooffermehe will be called Iamdeeply "KulasEkarA, nightandsaid Rama appearedinhisdreamthat he cametonormalcy;SuchwaskulasEkar way backtoAyOdhyAforhispattAbhishE king, weneed notgo. The not sayanything.TheupanyAsakeratlastcametothekingand said"O,mighty founded and allothersweretotallydumb himself tojointhebattlegiveahe Lord RamahasalreadykilledrAvaNaandisonhis Rama-Ravana yudhdham otherpundits and upanyAsakALs. tna mAlaiwhichhadadornedSriRama lping handtoSriRama.TheupanyAsakar 3 nd. Theministers wereaskedabout the ed inBhagavadhBhaktiandBhagavadha u did not realizemyStrengthand u didnot such activities,theministerswerenot to administeringhiskingdom. Theking feeling ofdeepregret fornot being lp in the battle.Since youarehaving rthday ofSriRama),thekingwas by theractionoftheirkingandcould sang were compiled therefore under A's bhaktiforRama.ItistoldLord i Ramainthepalacewhere hewas kshmaNA". Eventodayhe isreveredkshmaNA". kam". Thatmadethekinghappyand e cancome insidethepalace with so effort; youareactingjustlike
sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ¡¢ ¼§ß¦ ô¥ wash awaytheirsins: their the feet(Thondaradippodi)on herevealedto In oneofhispaasurams, verses aboutBhagawathasEshathvaminHisperumAlThirumozhi. Such washisloveandreve Pleaseforgiv administrative matters. youwillstartdi the BhaktAssothat your pardon.Wearetheoneswhore his hand.Theministercameoutopenly out unscathed."He put hishand insi BhaktALs the of one by taken with thesnake inside.HesaidandprayedtotheLord"IfmAlaihasbeen place apoisonous snake;Bewildered ministersobeyed.Heshowed themthepot tobr stop withthat.Hecalledsomeone UTTHAMARGAL -Doyouthinktheyhave love is only for the Lord and they cons you notashamedtosaythat?Howdare you saying?Aretalkingaboutthes BHAKTAAS asoneswhocouldhaveenga believe hisearsastohow thesemini asifhehassteppe hear thatstatement finish hisstatement.Thekingflewin scholars...could... upanyAsakALs, orthese One ofthemhesitantlystammered disappearance oftheLord’sornament. Ü ¾¡¨ Õ © Ú ©ß¥ Þ ¥ì Õ óì¢ × ì Ù ó¥ Ù Á¾¥¨ Õ © Ü ¡½®ß ù² Ú ¼©ß¥ Û §ßŪ Õ ô¥¨ßª Û ½®¥ Ý ±¾¯¡ rence onBhagawathas.He Û¾¡ *ù² , letthesnake biteme;If Û ¼©±Ó Ü Áª Û * e usforthisirresponsibleact." de thepot. ThesnakeNEVER TOUCHED Ü * moved theMALAIandputblameon 4 ider theGold anddustthesame;Those to a rage and was literally shocked to to arageandwasliterallyshocked e adiyArs of SrimanNARAYANA?Are e adiyArsof saying"Weareverysorryandwebeg heads, donotneedGangAsnAnamto ster caneventhink oftheseGREAT d onaRedhotburntiron;Hecouldnot us that those, whowearthedust from us thatthose, Ý ®§ 2.2 讽§ sliking them and will concentrate on sliking themandwillconcentrate on ged in such a heinous deed; "What are ged insuchaheinousdeed;"Whatare ing apotwherein hehadarrangedto ...... have.....stolen..it." Hedidnoteven you think them as thieves when their you thinkthemasthieveswhentheir to say"Maybe.. stolen the MAALAI?". He did not stolentheMAALAI?".Hedidnot has includedspecialten not, my handwill come O.king...... one of
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ThirumuRRam ofthe Lord: balance, when theflood ofthe Lord'sbe BhakthAs overcomebytheLord'sbeauty are recognized asapairrepresenting today inSrirangam.Thesetwo pillars (hugepillarsin ThirumaNatthUNNkal stand inthecourtyard of Sri RanganAthan huggingthetwo longsfo In thefirstdecad,KulasEkarA RanganAthan. Bhakthi. Thefirstthreeof marvellous pAsuramsinhisPerumAL Srirangam andreachedtheLord'ssacred every dayfromhis kingdom.Hegave pilgrimagetoSrirangam haddreamtabout As mentionedearlier,thisAzhwAr blessed withtheLord'sThiruvaruL. also perumAnandwas ILaifollowedherfatherkulasEkara his daughter He livedfor67yearsandthen fromaking!. the Lordceaselesslyandthattoo gargling andcleaningHismouthinthe holding theGoldenBowl infrontofSr which cannotberemovedsoeasily;He seNbhaga treeinTirupathi(standing a step inOne cangreatly bemoved byhis pAsurams Tirupathiblessed toenjoy. Lord'sand "thollaiinbam"(naughtyKannan’sdi temple ofno pAsurams onDevaki'smisfortune or asung lullabiesforSriRamaas"Ragha fish in thetemplesandhe He visitedalmostall the Holy pushkaraNi or a histendecadsareabout reachedHisLord’sabodean iman nArAyaNan to spit the water after thewaterafter iman nArAyaNantospit are knownas themarriagepillars.They 7 the fragranceofSriRanganAthan.The Thirumozhi knownfortheirdepth of vya chEstithangaL) whichyasOdhAwasvya t beingabletoenjoykaNNan'sleelA's His sannidhi)- that one can see even His sannidhi)-thatonecanseeeven morning. Such was his desire to serve morning. Suchwashisdesireto up hiskingdomfinallyandmovedto front of the temple) or a Big stone frontofthetemple)oraBigstone even wished tobebornasaservant r theday,whenhe losthisheartforSriRama.Hehas vanE ThAlElO!".Hehasevensung auty hitsthemasthey standinthe where in helongsfor beingborn as hold on to them to maintain their holdontothemmaintain feet there. Heblessed uswith105 Azhagiya MaNavALan,Sri d itisalsotoldthat would beableto
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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Tiruvenkatan, theAzhwar wishestoserv and performKainkaryam forLordSrinivasa. Azhwardesires pleasures. Instead,the he shuns all aspirationsformonarchy,themarksofroyaltyanditsassociated Azhwar isalsofearfulofbeingdistract shall be deprived ofto theLord'sfeetmaybediscardedaf the Lord's AnubhavamThe Azhwarcontinuesinsimilarveinan again. How can I do better?" The tree ofChampakaflowers. liketobeblesse Iwould that mountain, tunes andsurroundYouinth order toseeYourtwomostbeautifullo nidhrA onthemilkyoceanwherewave O Lord!TheMostmysteriousandwond reflected inthe offering at thefeetofLord,his that if he becomes a Champaka tree at Tirumala, which yields flower used for fourth Pasuram. Longing to become trees atthirumala e hillofThiruvEnkatam [a 80 d reasons:"Perhapstheflowersoffered erful One[maayOn] whohasHisYoga tus feet, the singingbeeshummusical tus feet,the d withthegreatest ter theylose theirfreshness. ThenI e Bhagavatas, by providing themshade by providing e Bhagavatas, to beatreeatthe hills ofTirumala objective wouldberealized.Thisis ed bymaterialpursuits.Accordingly, s pushthecoralstoshores!In In taking the form of a tree at s theiroffering]andin wealth ofbeinga
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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org your slave in this manner, I offer salutations toyou. your slaveinthismanner,Ioffersalutations Paramathmaa, resideinthemastheir The every being inthisUniverseis (mantrarAjapada tedAsaHitimatvAnamAmyaham || atohamapi stotram | svatassarvehyAtmAnaHparamAtmanaH dAsabhUtAH (mantrarAjapadamstotram10) Atae==hmip tedas>#itmTvanmaMyhm!.--m<ÇrajpdStaeÇm!11 11) dasÉUta> SvtSsveRýaTman>prmaTmn>, Stothram, Ahirbudhnyandeclares Relieved ofallsorrowsanddesires,Isalu Oh Bhagavan JwAla Narasimha, with folded hands I surrender my Atma to You. Meaning: tyaktaduHkhokilAn kAmAnashnanta.mtenamAmyaham|| | yasmaividhAyAtmanivedanam namaskArAtmaka.m Ty´Ê>oaeiklan! kaman! AîNt sadagopan.org sadagopan.org z»c³xr icNmyêp< p»jneÇ< prmpivÇ< ve»qaclinly< vEk…{Qpurvas< dasa: Sri SatakoapnSwamin refersthisVenk motivates theAzhwartodopenance with peak atVenkatachalam,resonating Indra Lokamjustasfleeting?Therefore is ina this notbesimplylikeaparrot argues: WhatifIamconferredwith tree being uprootedfromIndra'skingdo andthetr connection betweenIndraLokam harder tomovefrom Tiruvenkatan.Possibledistractionssurfaceagain.The he Kainkaryam.Therefore and Bhaagavata that case,hewouldagainbedeprived can uprootthe by thefactthatsomeone He canjustbethereinDivyaDesaman beatreeofthornssothat desired to his Sri Muralidhar Rangaswamyshares to seeHim. Hisdivineeffulgen darsana bhaagyamof blessed tobethe very peakofMounta dance ofpeacocksThiruvEnkatam. hear thesongsorhummingofhone of Urvasi,Menakaiandothersheartheirmusic. Instead,Iwouldliketo dances,I donotwantordesireforthe to beapeakatVenkatachalam. of the BhaagyamofperformingBhagavad of the 86 golden cage? Arenotthepleasures of y bees ofThiruvEnkatam andenjoythe the pleasures ofIndraLokam?Would d enjoyHim. Azhwaristhenconcerned same. Idonotcravetoseethedance thehumming musicofthebees? This none would take or long for the same. wouldtakeorlongforthesame. none In suchaThiruvEnkatam,mayIbe ataachala in his article on Purandara ataachala inhisarticleonPurandara anubhavam: Lastverse,AzhwAr had ce and also the devotees who throng ce andalsothedevoteeswhothrong in itselfTherebyIalwayshavethe m. Accordingly, Kulashekara Perumal m. Accordingly,Kulashekara tree forfireduringcoldseasons.In itnotbettertobeaninanimatehill desirestobesomethingthatis ee isindicativeoftheParijaata ®ßèЪ Let mebejustthecool flowingstream P the ragamofSindhuBhairavi Dasarsa Gopala wearingMakaraKundalam. Thirumalai musthavegivendarsanamto sacredness andunimaginableNamaMahi Thumbhuru andtheeulogyofHislotus- enjoyingthe chinmayaananda rupan Thirumalai. There heseesHim with Here, PurandaraDasaworshipsSrinivasa bhaktapoShaka shrIpura.ndaraviTalam(ve~NkaTAcalanilayam) makarakuNDaladhara madanagopAla.m tu.mburunArada gAnavilola.m a.mbujodbhava vinuta.magaNitaguNanAma.m sha~Nkacakradhara cinmayarUpa.m pa~Nkajanetra.m paramapavitra.m ve~NkaTAcalanilaya.m vaikuNThapuravAsa.m É´pae;k ïIpur sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ½§èì great. So,hewould not havethe darshan ofthemountain itselfis the and mountain) the climbing from theground(withoutactually pay their obeisance totheLord remembers thatth serve Bhaagawathaas.Suddenlyhe darshan oftheLordaswell thereby hecanenjoydivya segment mountain the be to AzhwAr inthelastversedesired banks. abundance inthe honey drippinggardensisfoundin ThiruvEnkatam whereinthe fertile flowing riverinthemountainof that Iwantistobetheswift world, sittinginroyalthrone.All birth ofbeingaking rulingthe not aspireforsuchacelebrity veNkoRRak kudai-inTamil]I do royal power[ofumbrella- king rules hiskingdom withhis lustre,the land withitsshining Like themoonth kaanaaRaayp paayum karuththudaiyEnaavEn thEnaar poonjOlaiththiruvenkadamalaimEl kOnaagi veeRRirunthukoNdaadumselvaRiyEn veNkudaikkeezhmannavarthamm vaanaaLum maamathipOl ¡ßèçë Ù é¤ Û © Ú ©ß˪ Ý ½£ß¿ Û * ¡Ì§ § Ü * §Ô̽®¢ at engulfsthe at e devoteesmay Ü Ç¾¥½ë² Ü¡¥ª¿ Ý ô½®½² Letmebecomethewaterfalls at thirumala - ½ª 88 Ü * 4.7 E 4.7 AkAsagangA ʾ±ëßë ¼©Ì½®° ©Ó¾±½ëÑ £¾¥ëßÒª AzhwAr wants himselftobetheenti P Lord Srinivasa? Venkatachalam whichprovideswaterus serving theLord?Woulditnotbebeauti court? Arenotallthese marksofroyalty a hugepalaceflauntinghiswealthandhe out "Ofwhatuseisittobeanemperor Sri Muralidhar Ranaswamyshares:In Sreenivasan orRangan. and weseeRamaKrishnaavathAramsin archA roopamslikeSrirangan,Thirumalai which isnolongeravailabletoquench as Ayodhya did.history andwecannotenjoyLord KrishNAasGopisandAkrUrardidorRama Thus thisavathArams wereenjoyedbythosewho rUpam is in theforever. Theywoulddryupafter past likewaters [kaattaaRu] last from mountains or in the forests. These waters do not flow year'sRama KrishnaavathAramswhicharealso river water, remindsmeofthevibh This kaattaaRu wash their feetaswell. downwards. Thereby heis AzhwAr nowasksfortheriver orwater bhaagyam ofhavingthedevotee’s feet ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI ܮӡ Û * ©ÓìªÒª Ü * Á¾±Ê¥ - 4.8 - 4.8 able tohavethesparsamofBhaagawathasand Û õ¨ Õ © Ú ©ß² re walk-stretchonthemountain! Û §ÔìÒª 89 the seventh Pasuram, the Azhwarcries the the seventhPasuram, walking underaroyalumbrella,livingin Ý ª¾±ëßè² them andtheyarenot different from our thirst(driedupriverbed).Only on themountainse sometime. SimilarlytheseVibhava falls thatflowfromthemountain top ava avathArams of the Lordnamely ofthe ava avathArams aring thepraiseofsycophantsin ed in performing Tirumanjanam for ed inperformingTirumanjanam Srinivasan areavailabletousforever referred toasth ful ifIcan becomeahill streamat useless tinselifthey cannothelpin were contemporaries. Today,itis were contemporaries. Û * Ý * e turbulentflowing gment. And hence hence And gment. sadagopan.org sadagopan.org the roadonwhichthese Bhaagawathas road or path itself in this verse. He of thecontinuitytheirsparsam..And proceed toleavefor furtherduties. He who wouldjustwashtheirfeet,thei mountain forestsAzhwAr intheearlier verselongedto of ThiruvEnkatam. Then he is reminded of Bhaagawathaas ¼®±Óëßì 4.8 neRiyaayk kitakkumnilaiyudaiyEnaavEnE mEl veRiyaarthaN sOlaiththiruvEnkatamalai muRaiyaaya peruvELvikkuRaimudippaanmaRaiyaanaan piramanumindhiranum piRaiyERu sadaiyaanum ¼¨±Óëßë Ù §¦ Û ¡ Ü ¡Ô¥¡ Þ ½£ß¿ Ü Áª § Û* ¨Ô¿ Ü * §Ô̽®¢ Letmebecomethepath &steps ˾¥½ë² Ü ¡¥ª¿ Ý ô®² ô½®½² wants himselftobetheentire stretchof 90 r hands, perform Achamanam and then r hands,performAchamanamand hence shifts hispleatobeingthe very ½ª is worried that he would be deprived be the river that flows from the betheriverthatflowsfrom will walktheirfeet will touch the 4.8 Ü * (srIve~NkaTeshastotram2) [excuse] tocome their rescueandbl SaraNAgathi atYour holyfeetandlook Lord ofVrushAhills! Youoverlookth your protection!Please protectme-theOne who has surrendered toyou!Oh Oh Lord who is immensely faced BrahmA,thefive-facedSivanan attachedSaranaagatha vathsalaa!OhCrownJewel by [From SriSatakopanSwami’stranslat sharaNAgatavatsala sAranidheparipAlayamaa.mvRRiShashailapate|| sacaturmukhaShaNmukhapa~ncamukhapramukhAkhiladaivatamauLimaNe | zr[agtvTsl sarinxepirpal sctumuRo;{muopÂmuoàmuoaioldEvtmaEi¦m[e, Our Venkatesa Suprabhatamechoestheabove: What awonderfulverseimpregnatedwithgreatmeanings: would liketobeblessed toremainas where this SupremeLordofThiruvEnka Thus in this Diyyais theessenceof Vedas [maRiyaanaan]. Desam of ThiruvEnkatam,perform theirpenance andget theirwishes fulfilled byHisgrace. He Himself eternal servitudetoHim-whichisdecl [fullthe Vedanta saashthrAs-i.e.knowingtheSupremacy oftheLordandtheir of charming inaccordancewith (muRaiyaaga- to HimtheLordofThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan gardens-The crescent moonadorned Rudra, Chat and azhwAr. AzhwAr ThirumEniwhowillbethepathTh y ma< v&;zElpte. the veryroadorpath 91 e deficiencies of those, who perform d the six-faced Kumara (Subramanya)! (Subramanya)! d thesix-facedKumara hurmukha Brahma,Devendraetalpray ess themfully.Just as poorpeopleat the bondsoflovetothose,whoseek ared in Vedas and Upanishads). They ared inVedasandUpanishads). upon that SaraNAgahti asavyAjam uponthatSaraNAgahti tamudaiyaan stands so gracefully] I standssogracefully]I tamudaiyaan of allDevAsandGodslikethefour- ion- Oh Lord of Vrusha sailam! ion- OhLordofVrushasailam! us arisesthiswonderfulversefrom ( inThismountain. ïIve»qez StaeÇm! 2 ) sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Let me simply be the step in your sanni P of allthesacredtexts( clearly else meanings. SageVyasasays been The termsIsanaandSivahave " clearly Maha Bharatastates Vedaischa sarvamahamEvaVedhya: In GitAKrishnasays: (matchless treasure)andbeingaSa Nidhi us.MayYou,knownforsuchvaibhavamasSaara tosave great distress times ofgrindingpovertyaccesstheirsa Paasuram Paasuram Th ofBhagavan. come tohaveaDarshanam wouldn't it bepermanent andlastingisservicetoth marvelousSrinivasa. However, even theseare to be a path been grantedtheirstatusasfruits and elevated statusofBrahma,Indra Sri Muralidhar Rangaswamiwrites:Kula statement quotedabove,thereis noneedfor moreproofs. supremacyUpanishads aboutthe ofSr One canpileupmoreandfromAg times isNarayana( conclusion ( REPEATED INVESTIGATIONintotheir Na VishnohParamoDeva:" ERUM AL T Vichaarya chapuna: HIRUMOZHI DHEYEYO NARAYANA:SADHA - 4.9 - 4.9 ALODYA SARVASAASTRANI raNAgatha Vathsalanprotectme! raNAgatha [I amtheVedas] ), thattheLordtobemediated uponatall 92 where,-After averycarefulexamination dhi entrance...(soth or road traversed by Bhagavatas who orroadtraversedbyBhagavatas of their Yagas andpenance forLord e LordandhisBhagavatas.Therefore, amas, Puranas, Ithihasas, Samhitas and Samhitas Ithihasas, Puranas, amas, Rudra and points out that they have thattheyhave Rudra andpointsout transient innature.Thatwhichis shekara Perumalthenrefersto the iman Narayana. AfterVyasaDeva’s iman Narayana. reconciled undertheEtymological us yearnstheAzhwarinthiseighth vings, we come to you at times of purport, wecometooneobvious ). at Icanenjoy your ) AND AFTER ) ANDAFTER ##¼£¥ This isamostwonderfulverse. red coralmouthazhaguforever) ¼¨¥ kaaNpEn.. enjoy Hissweetsmile fromthe red coral as thenon livingthing.Instead,hewant thereby he gets Bhaagawatha sparsam. Also he does not wish to simply lie down entrance stepitself sothateveryone AzhwAr askedforthepathinlast A wonderfulverse! coral lips. sanctorum andlet meenjoyYour bewitc for allyourdevoteestosteptheirfe entrance ofyourtemple,letmeliedown [Ned assurance toYourSaranaagathars! One who dissolvesallsins!Ohtheone that whichburnssins..Oh 4.9 the paapamswillallbecrushedifonevi The gravesinsthathavebeencommitt padiyaayk kidanthunpavaLavaaykaaNpEnE arambaiyarumkidanthiyangum adiyaarum vaanavarum netiyaanE vEngatavaaninkOyilinvaasal sediyaaya valvinaikaLtheerkkumthirumaalE ©¥ ó¥ Õ ëßë Õ ëß̪ Õ ëß½² ½®¢ Û ¡Ô¥¨ Õ ëßë ® Û ®ß²®Ìª Û Ç ÷² Ü ®Ó¿²¡° Ü ¡¥®ß* ¨Ô² Ý ©®°®ßë Û* óìª Ü * § Û ¾©ë̪ Lord ofThiruvEnkatamSriy × ì Ý ½¡ßëÓ Ù ¡ ÜÁª Û ¡ß¦ Û §Ô̪߽ Ó² Û ¡Ô¥¨ Ý ®ß£ Þ ©² 2 4.9 ½©½²! (2) 93 would certainlycrossorsteponhimand et onmeandenterintoyoursanctum who neverever forgetsyourassuaging verse. Nowhedesirestobethevery ed overaeons(throughmanybirths), hing smilefromthosemostbeautiful s toliedownasthe stepaswell Û §Ôë¢ sits ThiruvEnkatam. vEm plus katam- vEmpluskatam- sits ThiruvEnkatam. iyaanE] OhThiruvEnkatavaa!Atthe asthestepatyourentrancethere lips.Padiyaay kidanthu un pavaL vaay unpavaLvaay lips.Padiyaay kidanthu * Ü * Ü Áª Û* a: Pathi Srinivasaa! The a: PathiSrinivasaa! sadagopan.org sadagopan.org establishes theconcept ofSaranagathi to Sri MuralidharRangaswami shareshisen who nevereverforgetsHisassuaging moves. PiraaTTi does that kind of testing.Hence the Lord is Nediyaan. The One days of curing of cement inhisdiscourse,PiraaTTi swami says and shakes the pillar ifhappy thattheLordhasnotforgotte it is strong or still shakydoes notwantyoutostay;butthathe or devotion forus..Hewanted getoutLordsays:Devi!Whydidhesaythat?Outofhisone toaskLakshmi wanted me to stay in his country. HeVibhesshana fromherelookingtoward asked Ravana to throw me out. TheIt referstoLordRanganayakitelling LordRangan.Youareprotecting first adiyaar adhuseyyaar;seydhaalumnanREseyvaar Eveniftheydo,thatmustbeforsome goodintent. commit mistakes. who hassurrendered)theLordwouldsa protect, eventhaayaar[shewillnotstop]complainsabouttheprapannans(one little good that we do He always remembNediyaanE Padi? reason inallSrivaishnavatemples;th temple. ThusAzhwArseekstobethest All threecategoriesofpeop material benefitsfromDevEndran.Th retained. Arambaiyarum-Rambha,Orrvasi, they gotoSrimanNarayanan witharequestforaishwaryamorpositiontobe donoaskforanymateri darshan.They anyone elseexcept SrimanNarayana Adiyarum -Theparamaikaanthins- who dono -Commentatorsenjoythisword as le come here at ThiruvEn you tojoinmeandthatis assurance maasucha:Donotlament. assurance us theypraytootherjeevansalso. 94 als or aishwaryam. Vaanavarum- Devaas- als oraishwaryam.Vaanavarum-Devaas- is likethemason whocomesafter ten n Hisdevotees.SriVelukkudikrishnan n andseekenjoyforHisdivine e entrancestepiscalledKulasekaran wants us to be united. PiraaTTi is now s south.Itwashewhoneverever joyment: The ninth Pasuram brilliantly ep inthetempleentrance.That’s ers. [Unlikeus]Ifhastakenavow to y, myadiyaarwouldnever everdo Thilotthamai- et al-dance andseek Thilotthamai-etal-dance thelotus feetof LordSrinivasa. theOnewho never ever forgets t pray for anything else and to t prayforanythingelseandto . katam andenterintoyour thereason.Notthathe En " " salutation SayujyamavApnoti, NarayanaSayujyamavApnoti Narayana isdescribed inthe NarayanaUpanishadsalutation" fixed orpermanent one)theeternalbl Shivamachyutam salutation: Sooktam (Tiruvenkatan)lotusfeet. Narayana's The Azhwarconcludesthattheonlything ridsone Narayana immediately Nivrutti, description ofPrapattiasPapa Anotherimportant with Pasurams8-10. " salutations Kainkaryam) foraSriVaishnava.One (Con feet) andPurushartha NarayanaistheSupremeBe Tattva (Lord Th Kainkaryam. Bhagavad andBhaagavata Narayana andfinally,Pasurams8-10refl The ninthPasuramreferstothebenefi reflected inPasurams8-10. The importofthemessage Rudra). Indra, ofBrahma, thestatus Lokam, Indra paraphernalia andpleasures, comes inthewayofhisgoal(materia Since this isthe"bull'seye"Kulashek TadvisNoh ParamamPadamSa Sa YekO BrahmaNAnanda: Nama Iti DvaEAksharE Nama Iti and the Sriranganatha Gadyam salutation " salutation theSriranganathaGadyam and Patim VishvasyAtmeshvaragam Shashvatagam VishvasyAtmeshvaragam Patim stantly beengagedin dhaa Pashyanti Soorayaha dhaa Pashyanti of theirsins(Bharanyasam) 95 " and " and in the Vishnu Sooktam salutation " and intheVishnu Sooktam salutation ara Azhwarshunseverythingelsethat can associate the Narayana Upanishad theNarayanaUpanishad can associate This canberelatedto theNarayana Ashtakshara Mantramisbeautifully ect the Azhwar's enthusiasm to enjoy ect theAzhwar'senthusiasmto t of performing SharaNagati to Lord to t ofperformingSharaNagati l wealth, royalty and its associated wealth,royaltyanditsassociated l feature of theninthPasuramis i.e. theact ofsurrendering to Lord of permanence is attainment of Lord us, theAzhwarsuccinctlypresents iss ofattainingthefeet Lord ing), Hita(SurrendertoHisLotus NarayaNAyeti PanchAksharaNi ", in the Taittriya Upanishad theTaittriyaUpanishad ", in Bhagavad and Bhagavata Bhagavad andBhagavata " Sthairya " (meaning Narayana Narayana ", sadagopan.org sadagopan.org sempavaLa vAyAn 96 óª ÷ª ponmalaimEl yEdhEnumaavEnE) Let mebecomeanythingontheGolden P aavEnE? wishes. Letmebeborn anything beings andnon-beings. Hewants theLo Now AzhwAr wonders as to why he has been troubling mindThiruvEnkatam. asking for various thorn, theriver,path AzhwAr hadsoughttobefrom Storkbirdtofish,champaka flowertree, wishes tobejustmerelyANYTHINGinthe mountainofThiruvEnkatam! the golden emperumaan ponmalaimElEdhEnumaavEnE hill of my Lord of ThiruVenkatam! What a brilliant line! AzhwAr ùª ¼£ª mouthed [ benearmyLordalwa ThiruvEnkatam (to I shallseekinsteadtobesimplyANYTHINGonthesacredhillsof gold-bej the of company the given if Even emperumaan ponmalaimElyEthEnumaav sempavaLa vaayaanthiruvEnkatamennum ampoR kalaiyalkulpeRRaalumaadhariyEn umbar ulakaaNDuorukudaikkeezhuruppasithan ERUM Û ¼©Ìªß² Û Û ¼©ß± ©ì Û ©®° ®ßëß² Ù ÷ AL T Û ¡¿ sem pavaLa vaayaan sem pavaLa ¡ß¦ Ý ¼©ß² HIRUMOZHI ë Þ Å* üÌÁ¾¥¡ Ü Á Ý * §Ô̽®¢ Ý ª¿ Ü * ¼©± ½ª - 4.10 Ü * ú½§Òª Û çͪ the stepintemple.. et Ü ¡¥¼ª² ] LordofThiruvEnkatamresides. Ü¡ × ¯ Û ô§ìÓ½ë² Û ÷Ì© thatyouchooseto letmebe! Ý Òª Û ô½®½² 4.10 97 Ú ©£Ô§² ys) wherethe mostbeautiful redcoral hillsofThiruvEnkatam!(EmperumAn n 4.10 EnE Û * eweled Urvasi, Ishallnotdesire her. rd to grant himanythingthatHe rd togrant Ý * --May I be born as *anything* on Ý * c.. in the mountain of c.. inthemountainof yEdhEnum sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (ShrIve~NkaTesha prapatti16 ) for amomentinthought ordeed.Wewill serve bothofyouwith purehearts. We couple; atthattime, both ofYoubecome Her intercession, ShealsopresentsHersel worthy oftheobjectyourmercy. the integrated essence of Oh Lordof ThiruvEnkatamhills!OhCo syA.m ki~NkarovRRiShagirIshanajaatu mahyam|| nityAshritAya niravadyaguNAyatubhya.m prApye tvayisvayamupeyatayAsphurantyA| shrIsha shriyAghaTikayAtvadupAyabhAve Sya< ik»raev&;igrIz inTyaiïtay inrv*gu[aytu_y< àaPye Tviy Svymupeytya S)…rNTya, ïIz iïya"iqkyaTvÊpayÉave sentiment: Let usreflectonthisdivinesthoth series. manni(TVM3. ozhivil kallamellaamudanaay Aperson sEshathvam! and Bhaagawatha one’s notice [Anindeedawonderfulvers to what or who I willAnything be. - yEdhEnum- So that means: I Grant can me perform ANYTHING Bhattar: This wascommentedbySriParaasara that my none kaimkaryam should know as without any aumm. mým!. n jatu allauspiciousqualities.Yourconsort makes us 98 When weobtainYourblessingsthrough nsort ofMahALakshmi!Youareindeed e] AzhwAr is an epitome of Bhagawath e] AzhwArisanepitomeofBhagawath shall never be detached from you even shall neverbedetached fromyou ra which kindofechoes AzhwAr’s never consider ourselves as svatantra neverconsiderourselves assvatantra theobject of ouradorations. We will f withYouastheinseparable,divine ification ofNammAzhwAr’sverse 3) whichwewillenjoylaterinthis ( ïIve»qez àpiÄ16 ) (wishing longlifetotheLord)belongsthiscategory. wishes HimallMangaLamsorauspicio bywhich atradition MangalAsAsanam is blessings. performed accordingtothewaytaught purushAs. Weareindeed blessed to 99 usness. PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallaANDu usness. PeriyAzhwAr'sThiruppallaANDu receive the benefits of SaraNAgathi receive thebenefitsofSaraNAgathi a gratefuldevoteehailstheLordand byourAchAryAstosecureYour sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ananya gathithvam ananya gathithvam Azhwar This 5thdecadofKulasEkara at HisFeetwithunconditional surrender. servantalwaysand every oneofusisHis in dharmicmanner(bydoin do? Thereby(ifonegetstoknowthes the karttrutva,jnAtrutvaandbhOgtrutva OnlySaviourto protect andsaveasthe nature iseternallyservanttotheLord.And theLord(Paramathma)isboundto bhAgwathas oftheLordRanganathan. Healwayswanted attitude. mamakrama) AzhwAr inspiteofbeingaking,did Saranagati. as hisrefuge)Aakinchanyam (helple AzhwAr expressesinthis yogam), theSaranagatineedstobeperformed. to helpless inone’sowndisqualifications other surrender totheLord,havingno He realizesof enjoyment oftheLordandserveHimforever. that Azhwar times andunderallcircumstances. it is possible only by the performance of unconditional praying toHisLotusFeetbeanything After thefourthdecad ofpraising AzhwAr's unconditionalunflinchingfa P ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI and 5th Decad aakinchanyam - 5.1 - 5.1 5th decadhisananyagatitvam g andknowingso),would - . ith (mahAviswAsam) towards theLord! towards ith (mahAviswAsam) 100 Ananya gathi aasthrAs, do as per saasthrAs and enjoy aasthrAs, doaspersaasthrAsand û¨ Every Jeevathma,bythevery inherent theJeevathmas.Jeevathmasaregiven onVitthuvakkOttu PerumAL isabout the LordThiruvEnkatamudaiyaanand refuge exceptHimself.Feelingutterly ssness) which are closely tied to ssness) whicharecloselytiedto on the Hill in order not haveIormine(ahankaraand performanyother all that is required to is to surrender tobethehumbleservant ms onlyinordertoknow,enjoyand wanted to have uninterrupted bliss Û §ßª Û ©§ means thattheJeevathma ultimately realizethat and (having noneother and(having Ü Ç to serveHimatall path (i.e.bhakti ®Ó¾ì ÁÏΪ §ÌÇëìª Thiruvadi. about hisunalterablerelationshipto ( KulasEkara AzhwArremindstheLordofVitthuvakkOdu hisutterhelplessness( and expressing hisananyagatitvam Here inthese verses, AzhwArinsoul Dampathis. there thru ceaseless andblemishle boon ofresidenceinParamaPadham through theperformanceofprapatthiat and recognizesthathissolemeansof that hiskarmaas(munnvinaikaL)havebr places theburdenof hisprotection enti this utterstateofhelplessn ability helpless withrespecttohisown He is filled with the mood of KaarpaNyam anything else excepttheLord'sgraceandembrace. HeisnirapE (anubhavam, kaimkaryam). Heonly He isananyaprayOjananaswell. AzhwAr) óÌ° anyone. ( rakshaNam.is thusananyaPrApyan.Hedoesno He ishas nootherrecourseforsuccorthan also ananyArhan (means he does not belong to or serve óìÓ£Ô²§ Ü ¨Ô¿²¨ Ü §ß maRRumOr deivum uLadhuenRuirrupArOdu uRRilEn Û §¥ß½ë Û ½§ óϪ Ü ö² Û ª Ý ±§ßë ì Ù © Ü * ÷² Ú ¼©ß¯Ó Û Á¯®Ó* óǽ®½©ß² Û * ó¡± Ý £ì¦ Ü ã¯ ess, hethrowshimselfat Û±Ó¥ Û* ®Ó± Ü Õ Òª ß t haveanyoneelseashisgoal( and enjoyingParipoorNa BrahmAnandham Û Ñ®¡ Û * ª± Ü £ì¦Ó 101 Him and performs SaraNAgathi at His atHis SaraNAgathi Him andperforms ss kaimkaryam theretotheDhivya ss kaimkaryam SrIman NaarAyana. TheSaranagathan SrIman NaarAyana. rely attheLord's feet.Herecognizes thinksofhisrela overcoming the karma bandhams is overcomingthekarmabandhamsis kshan meaning-hedoesnotexpect ought himintothe to take care of himself. Recognizing orhis lackofqualificationsandfeels stirringwaypleadstotheLord theLord'sThiruvaditoattain Û Ü ±®° ½¡ß¥ Ý ±Ǫ́ Ü ¿ Ü §² * Û §²() 5.1 ½§½² (2) Û ¥ª Ý - Û ªß½²* the feet of the Lord and the feetofLordand Uyyavantha PerumAL Aakinchanyam tionship to perumAL tionship toperumAL - says Thirumangai - saysThirumangai world withabody upEyam ). ) for ) for ) sadagopan.org sadagopan.org as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesin this husband regardlessofhisbehaviourorcharacter. I clingto You,Oh Lord! likethe pativr P andgainMokshasiddhi. Your sacredThiruvadifortheremoval ofmysorrows in YourplaceandbemyRakshakan.Ther banish them as well. When You decide arethe resultofmyow sorrows which no AzhwAr implies:YouarethePrimordia Comments: aakinchanyam) and (ananyagatitvam have childdoes not fully well(ornot)oftheMother’scompassion.Regardless, anyoneonly go back else totransgressions anddisobedi its mother,alone. One’s ownmotherwithtrem to holding go he SamsAram to; that adiyEnfragrant experiences, nor I have flowers! fullofmost bycoolgardens surrounded Oh SwamiofThiruviuuthuvakkOdu, no would protection except Even You and if You be You do able no aruLninaindhE azhumkuzhaviathuvE to survivearisinatthaal yeenRathaayakaRRidinummaRRavaLthan pozhilsoozh virai kuzhuvummalarp viRRuvakkOttammaanE ontharuthuyaram thadaayElunsaraNallaal saraNillai its own ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 5.2 - 5.2 5th decadhisananyagatitvam (helplessness) which are cl ence) pushes theinfant away,thepoorinfant will t choosetochaseawaytheSorrowsof ORrnhn 1 5.1 pOnRirunthEnE (1) 102 r feetcryinguninterruptedly,knowing atha (helpless)wifeholdsontotoher n karma vinaikaL. You aretheOneto You n karmavinaikaL. efore, Ihavenomeans exceptto seek endous anger (duetothechild’s endous anger l Chiefandtheonewhocauses t toprotectme,nooneelsecan step osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. and (having noneother and(having combined withthesefiveattributes. Self-surrender i.e.Saranagatiistheco shaDvidhA SaraNAgati: Atmanikshepa-kArpaNye rakshiSyati-iti viSvAsogOptRtvEvaraNamtathA AnukUlyasya sankalpa:prAtikUlyasyavarjanam in hisPrapannaPaarijathamwrites: orPrapattiisthemodeof Saranagati- 3. abandoning actionscontrary(to Unflinching andunconditiona 2. Adefinite Resolutiontoactinconformity (toHiswill)-aanukooyasya 1. mAhAviswAsam; mAhAviswAsam; sankalpam; (Thanks: SriAravindSethuraman) Cool viththuvakkodu bharatapuzha 103 it)-praathikoolyasyavarjanam, Selfsurrender.SwamiNadadurammAL re and is complete and total and when re andiscompletetotal l faiththatHe will protect- sadagopan.org sadagopan.org that likechaste ladythinkingon the negligence ofherhusband andhis Here AzhwArcompares himselftoachas Comments: ¼¡ß¦ saranagati atYourlotusfeetonly. me (whoistheeternal don’t save consider YoualoneastheOnly Onewhom she istheloyalspouseandqueen of chastity.Similartoher,Ialso ( faithful spouseastheonlysupport 5.2 unbecomingto touchtheskies!Thehusband,even and is lookedOh myLordofThiruvitthuvakkOdu,su down uponkoNdaaLaai aakilumunkuraikazhalEkooRuvanE by everyone,viNthOi madhiLpudaisoozh nee viRRuvakkOttammaa is heldkoNdaanai allaalaRiyaakkulamakaLpOl onto by thekaNdaar ikazhvanavEkaadhalandhaanseydhidinum most ¼¡ß¦ ®Ó¦ ¡¦ us enjoythe 2ndverse ofthe5thdecad. shouldbecomenaturalin other attributes fact,as called sixfoldSaranagati.In These arethefiveangasforangiwh ananyagatitvam . alongwithafeelingofu 6. thesubmissionofone'sself 5. aprayerforprotection-gOptRtvavaraNam; 4. Þ ¥ßì Þ ½§ßë Þ Þ ¥ß¿² ó ¥ß°ßë Ù õ¡¯ Û ª§Ô° Û ô¡Ôͪ Û ®²½®* ¡ß§ ). Shedoesnotthinkofanyone Ü É¾¥ã¯ Ü ß Ü * ó±Óëß¡ Û * ÷² Û * ®Ó± Ý Á¾ì¡¯½ ² ÛÑ®¡ Ý §ß² tter helplessness(kaarpaNyam); Ü Á (toHim)-AthmanikshEpam; Ü ½¡ß¥ ª¡° Ý ¼£ë 104 ly about her wedded husband inspiteof ly aboutherwedded husband servant ofYours),Iwouldperform oneseeks refugein theLord,these and shehasnoneothertobewith and rrounded by tall ramparts that appear rrounded bytallrampartsthatappear ifhebehaves anddoesinamanner chasing ofotherwomen anddeclares ᮲ 5.2 áÑ®½² Ü ½©ß Û¥ª te andloyalwife,who isoffendedby Û §Ô¥ ich isAthmanikshEpam.Thus,it I think of and hold onto. EvenifYou I thinkofandholdonto. theindividual.Moreofitlater.Let Û ªß* ¨ Õ Òª Ü * else eveninhermindandthus Û * × - anta:sthitA'ham sarveshAm bhAvAnAmitiniScayAt|| AnukUlyam itiproktam sarvabhUtAnukUlatA| SaraNAgati. Lord! Youalonemustbemymeans!Su help I amtheabodeofallsins,utterly SaraNAgati: mebhava"iti prArthanAmatiH tvam evopAyabhUto aham asmyaparAdhAnAmAlayo'kincano'gatiH | surrender: chapter. ThisSlokaelaboratesontheap In thiscontext,letusenjoyotherSlok would havetosufferthecons the Lo andpleasing dangers bydoingso What hasbeenspokenofagainstmust The saasthrAsandthecommandmentsof instructed) andavoidwhatHeprescribes Srimaninjunctions (saasthrAs);Thesetwopr Narayanaagreeable (anukoola)toSrimanNaraya uponaanukoolyasya sankalpam. Let ustouch is our Lord and we should do what He likes (and has as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis ontoYou,Lord! ruler andsaviour,Ihold Like thectizensholdingontoking P eulogize the Lord'ssacredfeet withsteadfastdevotion. the painhusband causes,he(Kul ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 5.3 - 5.3 5th decadhisananyagatitvam (helplessness) whicharecl equences of paapa karmas. equences ofpaapakarmas. 105 less anyotherrecourse.Oh andwithout a as mentioned byammALinthesecond a asmentioned inciples are mostimportantbecause propriate mentalattitudeofthisself- asEkarar) willonly meditate onand na and not do which opposes to His dowhichopposestoHis andnot na rd. Thus, if we don’t do the same, we we rd. Thus,ifwedon’tdothesame, be rejected.Oneshouldescapefrom ch acondition of themindiscalled (good orbad)astheonlyprotector, to avoid- so that He will be pleased. the Lordarenottobedisobeyed. A definite desire to do which is Adefinitedesiretodowhich osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. and (having noneother and(having sadagopan.org sadagopan.org as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesin this cutting mybody! I amlikethepatientlovesandholdsonto thesurgeoninspiteof P onlyseekYourgrace. eternal servantofYours,would and citizenscangotoseekonlyHi duties andtorturesthemasdictator, to rule and take care of the citizens of his kingdom, even if he doeswill notseekanyoneelseformy support not do his Even if You, LordofVitthuvakkOdu,do only placeofresidencesuchfields is The fishes (even if theoceans getdried ©ß ª USA] [Courtesy: SriManiVaradarajan all beings, kindnesstoallbeingsissaidbe'conformity toHiswill'. and lovetoallbeings; -Outofthecertai Resolution toconformtheLord'swill: kOlnOkki vaazhumkudipOnRuirunthEnE thaan nOkkaadhuyeththuyaramseythidinumthaarvEnthan paal nOkkaaiaakilumunpaRRallaalpaRRillEn meen nOkkum neeLvayalsoozhviRRuvakkOttammaayen ½¡ß §ß² Ö ² ERUM Ý ½¨ß¡ Ü ½¨ß¡ Ý ½¨ß¡ Ü ½¨ß¡ AL T ÜÁª Ü¡ßë Ü ¡ßÇ ù§ Ü ¡Ô ®ßϪ HIRUMOZHI Û ¨ Û ô¡Ôͪ × ° Ü ®ë Ü Çëìª Û * Á¥ Û * ÷² - 5.4 - 5.4 Ü ã¯ 5th decadhisananyagatitvam Û *¼£ë Õ ½©ß² (helplessness) which are cl Û * ®Ó± Ý ©± Ý Ñ ǫ̃ Û ± Û Ñ®¡ Û §Ô¥ Ü in abundance yourThiruvitthuvakkOdu. 106 ÕÒª ß there isnone elsewhomthere theresidents Ü ½¡ß¥ s scepter.Similarly, andprotection.Thekingwhoismeant notturnYourglancestowardsme,I Û½§½² nty of feeling that the Lord abides in nty offeelingthattheLordabidesin Ü ©± Û * §ßì up) considerthisfieldaloneas their positiveactsofservice-kindness, Û ±Ó Û ¥ª Ù ½®¨ Ü ½ Û ªß *ù² 5.3 ² Û §² Ý * osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. and (having noneother and(having Ý - Ý - I, the humble and 5.3 statements: " in thespiritofANDAL'sfather's(PeriyAzhvAr'sPaasuraVaakhyams) Bhagavan NaamaSankeerthan lives ratherthansome thingthatis livesofGopis.(I itemsinthe day to (3) " only here butinallthyAjyams referredto aboveandbelow). VarjanamofSa astray. (PraathikUlya (2)" in purposelesstalk)isvaachikaThyAjy (1)" (acts Kaayika, maanasikathyAjyams Quote “Actstobediscarded duringth SrI SatakopanSwamiadds: and whatisTHYAAJYAM(tobediscarded)inthisverse. describesabout are Hiscommand.ANDAL of thewaysinwhichjeevanpleases Seyyadhana seyyOm-AndALsaysintheseco is prescribedinthesaasthrasasdon’ts. abstainingfrom varjanam- Praathikoolyasya ®ß°ß these deeds(notonly whiledoin Thus forthevratham(ornOnbu)ofSa Naama SankIrthanamandHariKath Before, GheeandMilkwe VeNDuvathillai.. ulahEzhum sORivai aLanthAi--KooRai TheekkuRalaic-chenROdhOm SeyyAthana seyyOm NeyyuNNOm PaaluNNOm Ü óѧ Ü Ç£ uNNA nALLPasiyAvathuonRillai Û Ã¥ Õ Òª ": Wewillnotthinkonsubjectsthatleadus Û *ªÌ§ re Taarakam(nourishmen ": Wewillnotconsumegheeandmilk,whichare am takes thevrathamobse am takes g thenonbu- even thereafter. " (we will not speak painful untruth and engage " (wewillnotspeakpainfuluntruthandengage Ü Ç®² A PaarayaNam is theirTaarakam“ A PaarayaNamis to beabandoned/rejected)are: 107 am (tobeabandonedbyourspeech). raNAgathi anushtAnam isreferrednot raNAgathi anushtAnam Ý ©ß e Nonbhu [Vratham- or vow]Vaachika, e Nonbhu[Vratham-or the Lord by adhering to saasthras thar the Lordbyadheringtosaasthrasthar part ofthe pleasures ofdailylife). t iseasytorejectexoticitemsinour ranagati also-oneneeds toobserve ranagati Ü * what is KARTHAVYAM (to be done) what needs to be avoided and what whatneedstobeavoidedand nd verse of Thiruppavai. It is one " (NDP:438)and t) for them; now Bhagavan t) forthem;nowBhagavan " (NDP:436). rvers' appetite away rvers' appetiteaway nedumayAl sadagopan.org sadagopan.org never ever leaveyour lotusfeet. sathgathi. Therefore, Iwillonlythink heal me even the sorrows that You give me-the doctorforcuring his(orher) illness. is to purify me and qualify me for skin andcausespaintothepatient, th Oh Mighty Rulerofthe Universe!Even ªß°ß§ ¡ß§ aaLaa unatharuLEpaarppanadiyEnE meeLaa thuyartharinumviRRuvakkOttammaanee maaLaadha kaathalnOy paal vaaLaal aRutthusudinummarutthuvan ô°ß ÷²§Ì½°*©ßì ª Ö °ß§ Ü Çëì Ù §ìÓÒª Ü * ½¨ßëß°² Û * ®Ó± Ù © Ú ©² aaLan pOlmaayatthaal (Thanks: SriAravindSethuraman) Û Ñ®¡ Ý ½©ß Ý ó¥ viththuvakkodu gopuram ܽ¡ß¥ ë² 5.4 ս뽲 Ü ªßë§ Û ¥ª 108 about Your DayA GuNam always and will always and GuNam about YourDayA Ü §ß Û ªß *¨ e patientstillloves when the doctor (or surgeon) cutsthe when thedoctor(orsurgeon) 5.4 Likethesurgeon, whocutsmeupto Ü * × - and keepsgoingto servant. thegraceof his actionisdueto Thus thereasontoovercome [Courtesy:SriMani itiyAgarvahAnistatdainyamkArpaNyam ucyate || upAyAnaivasiddhyantihyapAyA:bahulAs tathA| adhikArsyacAsiddhe:deSakAlaguNakshayAt | aSakteScApikarmaNAm | angasAmagryasampatter relinquishing prideandbeinghu incapacity topursueothermeansmoks Feeling utterlyhelpless-->abandoning termed kaarpaNyam. Then one hastofeelutterly helpless uktAsarveshujantushu|| himsAdy apAyavirati: varjanam| AnukUlyasya sankalpAtprAtikUlyasya etena vyAptivijnAnAt prapattavyaSyasarvaSa:| other injuries toallbeings. surrender, 'abandoningwayscontrary, recognizing theuniversal pervasiveness to Hiswilli.e.givingupcrueltyan Thus praathikoolyasyavarjanam(asper as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis Where else willIgotogetsavedexcept P ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI Varadarajan, USA] Varadarajan, - 5.5 - 5.5 5th decadhisananyagatitvam (helplessness) whicharecl thefeelingthatheisth mble isknownas'kArpaNya'. 109 d otherformsofinjury.Furthermore, Lord andthatheremains Hiseternal allprideandegoBecauseofone's AmmAL): isabandoningwayscontrary means refrainingfromcrueltiesand at thepairofLotusFeetYours? of Him,whoissoughtafterinself- and completelydisqualifiedwhich is ha, and the inherentpitfallstherein, ha, andthe osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. e doeris torealizethat and (having noneother and(having sadagopan.org sadagopan.org saagaram, thereisnootherho saagaram, anchor in themiddleof th go farawayfromthesame(asthereis Your sacredfeet Thebirdthat loiters for myupliftment/salvation(Ujjeevan those yourtwinlotusfeet,thereisnone cruel elephant Kuvalayaapeetaminthepa Oh Lordof VitthuvakkOdu! KaNNA!The pOnR vangatthin koompERummaappaRavai engum pOikaraikaaNaadhuyeRikadalvaaimeeNdEyum enguppOi uykEnuniNaiyadiyEadaiyalallaal vengaN thiNNkaLiRuatartthaaiviRRuvakkOttammaanE ®¢ ù¢ as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis sorrows! else-evenifyoudonotelecttobanishmy My heartwillnotmeltatanything P engu pOiuygEn? -Where willIgoto ù¢ ¼®¢ Let uscontinuetoenjoythe5thverse. More ofit later. ERUM Ü Ü Áª Á© Ü ¡§ Ü ¡¦ Ú ½©ßë Û ½©ßë Ü §Ô² AL T Þ §Ô¦ Ý áª Û ÷ë HIRUMOZHI Û ¡ Ü ¡¾ì¡ßæÇ* ù±Ó¡¥ Þ ¡°ÓÑ ó¥ì Û ½©Ñª Û ½¡² Ý * ÷² Û* ªß© - 5.6 - 5.6 5th decadhisananyagatitvam Ý õ¿¦ë¥ Ù § Ú ©±¾® ½©ß² (helplessness) which are cl e ocean..Like that,for ܧßë ld exceptyour Lotus Feet. Û * ®Ó± Õ ½ë ó¾¥ë get saved(butforyourlotusfeet).. 110 ÛÑ®¡ Ü®ßë around theanchorof One who killed effort nothing else forthebirdexceptthat am) except toperform Prapatthiat for me to get saved.Where will I go willIgo formetogetsaved.Where ݽ±½² lace entranceofKamsa!Otherthan n 5.5 EnE Û ª Ü ½¡ß¥ Ö ¦ Þ ½¥Ëª Ü ó Û¥ª 5.5 Û ªß½²* me too (in this samsaara me too(inthissamsaara Ü osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. Û * ß and (having noneother and(having Ü * theship can not lessly the strong lessly thestrong ¼£¨ Let uscontinuetoenjoythe6thverse. More ofit later. 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OhLordofVitthuvakkOttammaa! 112 severesorrows,Iwillnotbemovedby seerkkuallalahamkuzhayamaattEn the hot scorching sun and its rays and the hotscorchingsunanditsrays t rays; But still,theredlotusflower t rays;But Nams. My heartwill notmeltoverby Nams. My on You Even if You choose not to banish my so P Rangaswamy’s article] Vasudeva aloneisthe Supreme goalor every beingincludingBrahmaistainte The manwhohasnoattachme Meaning: ithi mathvAvirakthasyavAsudEva:parAgathi:||" | "karmANAm paripAkathvAthAvirinchAdhamangaLam Supreme Being isestablishedfrom theverse The positionofSrimad rega Bhagavatam aroseRudraohGoddess!Th From Brahma Narayana is the supreme deity. From Him was born Brahma-the four faced one. gatha sarvajnyathAm thasmAjjAthaschathurmu The varahapuraNamstates:" called Keshava". am known aseulogizes LordVishnuintheHarivamsha Isha. We twoInterestingly, theterm Keshavacome were born fromthan Keshava. your limbs.there isnogreaterShastramthanth Therefore, that Truth, truthandonceagainthetruth,Iproclaimwithmyhandsraised You are Meaning: ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI :" - 5.7 - 5.7 Kha: TasmAdhrudhrOB Kha: nt (tothingsofthisworld)shouldknow that 113 rrows, I will keep my mind focused only rrows, Iwillkeepmy mindfocusedonly e Vedasandthereisnodeitygreater rding Lord Vasudeva (Narayana) asthe rding LordVasudeva(Narayana) purANaas"BrahmaiscalledKaandI refuge. [Extract fromSriMuralidhar d bytheripeningofkarma-toHim, s aboutfromthefactthatShiva en HeassumedtheformofVishnu parO nArAyaNO dhEva: nArAyaNO parO havEddhEvi! sacha sadagopan.org sadagopan.org on. Weoughttocherish theMightyCo when we bear in mind His assurances in are theonly twomeansformoksha. Ou sruthi satisfied. ItisHiscommandin criteriaPotency withourtoolsorunderstandin that youimmeasurable andincomprehensible. We cannot judgeHis capacityand and I uphold.The answer lies in theLord’senormous powerandHisGracethat is So, He canof Varna,training,knowledgeetc.acquiredbyhim? grant(5) How moksha can particular procedures as as long upAyA, learned andkarma-qualified. be common as to all, He irrespective isausterity, doesitselftakemuch longer this life-time.Bhakti,strenuousandco (4) Therewardaccruesratherearly; based naturecansecuretheInfiniteBlissofMoksha. (3) It is also inconceivable that such an act of trivial, brief andHighest Reward- mOksha? non- tapas- (2) Smallrewardscouldbeconced be redeemed? heinouscrimes,howcanit (1) Forasinnerwhohascommittedunpardonable person developsthese fivereservations:- would pullhislegfrom behind, whende laymen’s terms,aGodfearin each one of us.Evenasincerebeliever MahaviswAsam- adeepsubjectthatneeds as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis 5th decadhisananyagatitvam (helplessness) whicharecl g person)islikelytodeve 114 ed, buthowmaytheLordconcede & smruthi that bhakti yoga and Prapatti & smruthithatbhaktiyogaandPrapatti Srimad Ramayana, Bhagavd Gita andso Gita SrimadRamayana,Bhagavd periods even when the person is wise, may be, immediately or at the end of maybe,immediatelyorattheendof in AlmightyLordSrimanNarayanan(in r MahaviswAsawouldbestrengthened ntinuous anddemandingdiscipline ciding toadoptSaranagatiyOgam.A nfidence henceforth.We wouldeasily g. 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ItisHisunfettered independ Hisow partial, (ifHechoosestogrant compassionate Lord,theimpartialSuprem only whenthepersonasksandpl kaamaand artha, (dharma, purusharthas areimport the mostimportantangas.(All Thus thefifthaccessoryisprayingtoth reposing theCompleteFaiththatLord renderingtheritualthro means actually Goptrutva varNam- É¡ ªÓ¡ É¡ as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis uk lnuseala uklnka uNyn 5.8 pukku ilanguseerallaal pukkilankaaNpuNNiyanE mikku ilangumukilniRatthaai viRRuvakkOttammaaun pukku anRipuRamniRkamaattaadhamaRRavaipOl thokku ilangiaaRellaamparanthOdithodukadalE Ü Ü Á õ Á ó² Ü Á õ Ü Á õ ¢ ݱө ¢ Ü Á £ Ü Á Ê¡Ô ¢ Ú É±ª Ü ¡Ô ô¼± × ì Û ¨Ô± Ü ß a prayerforprotection:OhLord!Bemyprotector!"It Ü ¨Ô±§ Û ¡* ªß¥ Ü * É¡ Ü 5th decadhisananyagatitvam ߪ Ü §ßë (helplessness) whicharecl Ü ¡Ô 8th versein thefifth decad. 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The materi Like theoven, riceand wateretc.readil sumtotalofPrapattipath. heart ofSaraNAgati- laying theburdenatHisfeet.Thisis Thus theangi- as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis times! your eternalservant-thislowlyself- P ERUM maam EkamSaraNamvraja:- SaraNam vraja:- SaraNam AL T HIRUMOZHI Athma nikshEpam is a dictate, a mandate tous amandate is adictate, - 5.9 - 5.9 5th decadhisananyagatitvam bhakti orbetter,Prapatti. 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Hecannot and tti is,howevereasyandtrivialitmay who hastheresplendentChakrAyudhA in ourfavour.Whocanthenquestion rushing to him on their own accord; rushingtohimontheirownaccord; 5.9 r thantheOnlyWealththatisYou, Þ ¥ß§ß² and indiscriminately, irrespectiveof andindiscriminately, forus!Inoursampradayaand ent thatariteor Ü §ß Ý * Ü * d seek and desire d seekanddesire a ritual,suchan sadagopan.org sadagopan.org service and grace.Whatistheretobe purpose, toadoptme,asaprapanna,Your eternal free will,forYourown progressentirely So, Iowemyspiritual prapanna statuswhowaswholly dueto good Acharya,whichledmeonto Prapatt suitable moment,youcausedmetobe once longagodone-forsomeunknown,g You hadyourselfinvestedmewithag dependent; yourserf;youcanorder your Yoursubservient,myselfandallmineareonlyYours.Iam possession! Oh my master! Master ofThe Prapattishouldbeperformed asfollows: all worlds! Lord of Mahalakshmi! I am Yours; Your as hisrefuge)Akinchanyam AzhwAr expressesinthis Those whorecitethesetenverseswo P Supreme abode( fromtheminfa world andtakesitaway seekingHisanugraham,OurLord For those ninnayE thAnnvENDiniRpanadiyEnE the grantoroflastin indifference tohimwillnot He istestingtheirresolve.Here appears asthoughHeisnotpayingattentiontothem. ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI YasyAnugraham icchAmidhanamtasyaharaamyaham YasyAnugraham - 5.10 g wealthofMoksham. 5th decadhisananyagatitvam (helplessness) whicharecl stand inthewayofhisst me aboutinallservicestoyou. uld neverever endupin narakam.. 120 ood discernmentaboutYou.Thisyouhad your originalawakeningkindledinme. KulasEkarar reasons that the Lord's KulasEkarar reasonsthattheLord's calledmyrole?None. Havingconceived under theinfluenceanddirectionofa ood actofmine,asareward.Thenat vor of granting nithya sukham in the vor ofgrantingnithyasukhamin due toYou.Youdidallthis,byYour i performance. This evolutiontoa doesnotconferwealthinthis eadfast devotion to Him, devotiontoHim, eadfast osely tied to Saranagati. osely tiedtoSaranagati. and (having noneother and(having ). He Their publicitymaynotsendrightsignals Very fortunatelytheyhavewonthegr resurrection. Whydo weemphasizethis? acharya. Theymustalsonotproclaim cherish theachievementwithahumility Swami) whoadheretoprapattiwilldo All (especiallyinthecurrentdaytime you carefully anddiligently. protection onyourshoulders. Myburden bear theself-protectionmyself;took that youshouldyourselfcarryallburden the scheme of weaning me ®Ó± perhaps lookwithsuspicionandderision. ª± ¼¡ß± else formysuccorand protection.adiyEnfellatYourSacred Thiruvadiwith 5.10 Oh Lord of VitthuvakkOdu! Even if You reject me, adiyEn will not seek anyone naRRamizh paththumvallaarnaNNaarnaragamE koRRavEl thaanaikkulasEkaransonna paRRillEnyenRuavanaith thaaLnayandha maRRaarum neevENdaayEaayidinum viRRuvakkOttammaa ¨± Û Û ç̪ ±ªÓ¯ Û Ñ®¡ Û ±½® Û ©§ Û ©± Ü ½¡ß¥ Ü §ß¿²¡ Ü Çª Û ±Ó Û Ü Û ¥ª ½ ® Û ªß* ¨ ² Ü* Á Ü Ý ù² ßì Ù * ¨¦ × ½®¦ Ý Ñ* 󮿲§ ½£¡ì² to yourservice,youperh Þæì ޥ߽ë ôëÓ¥ Ý ¼£ß² Ù ¨¡ª() 5.10 ¨ì¡½ª (2) Ü §ß° 121 ݲ* ace of the Lord and oftheAcharya. ace oftheLordand charge of me and my safety and becameYours. Youkeepallmine with inandourofseason abouttheir s- says Dr Sri VN Vedanta Dseikan SriVNVedantaDseikan Dr s- says , readingmyweakness andinabilityto with agratitudetotheLordand welltorememberthattheymust to alltheircloseci Ü ¨ë¨ Õ Òª Û * Û §* aps andrightlyso,willed rcles, whichwould sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ù² koL ennai yen thirumaaladaikkalam innaruLaay inienakkOrbharamERRaamal vaanavar magizcchitharavaritthEnunnai manniruLaai ninRanilai yenakku theertthu un saraNEsaraNennumthuNivupooNdEn un aruLukkuinidhaananilaiyugandhEn nedunkaalam pizhaiseydhanilaikazhindhEn nin aruLaamgathiyinRimaRRonRillEn ¨Ô² Before concludingthisten,letus the forever dependentjeevAthmA,thenirupAdhikasEshan. relationship betweenParamAthmA(Sarva king,KulasE KolliNaattu VitthuvakkODu, In thesetenbeautifulandmovingpaas wealth. never ever endup in narakam.Theywill this messageelaboratedthrutheten õ² ®ß²®ì ª² ÷² ÷² ¼¨Å¢ Ý Ý §ÔÌªß ²ÓÌ°ßë Ý ²Ì°ß¢ Ý Ý Ý ²Ì°ß £ì½¦£ì¼¦² ²ÌС Ü ¡ß Ù §ª ª Û ®ß¯ Û ¨Ô² Ü ¡§Ôë² Ü Á õ²Ó§ß²¨Ô¿ Û ©Ó¾¯¼£ë Ü õ²Óù²¡ Ü ó¾¥¡ Ý ± ¨Ô¿ Û £ Û £Ô §ì®ìÓ§ Ý±Ó ª± Ý Ò¨ Ü ¡ ¼ë²¡ Ü ½¡ßì Û § ¨Ô¿ Û Ç¦ÓÎé¦ ¢ Û ¼±ß² Ü ¼¡ß° Ù ©ì½ª± Ë¡¨ Ü ½§² ÜÁ§ ¡¯Ó¨ Ý Ñ õ Ü ù² enjoy Swamy Desikan’s Tamilprabandham enjoy SwamyDesikan’s Ü § Û ½§² Ý ÷² Û çª × ì Ý ¿² ¨ Û ½§² ey --AmruthasvAddini neeyE Þ Ù ½¥² § 122 Ü ½ Ý / ÜÇ / paasurams. Thosewhorecitethemwill Ý ¿² / Ü / urams devotedtotheLordofThiru onlygainYouastheirimmeasurable karar instructs usontheinseparable karar instructs Seshiand SarvaLokaSaraNyan)and ² × Ý ½ë. (2)--óªÓÌ§Ã®ß§Ô²Ó / Ý * Ý my SaraNAgati). bear anymoreburden(offurther births dark heart, andbeenabletodispelthe muktha enjoyment and ofNithyasooris Grace) Ihavesurrenderedto take blessed tobetherecipientofYourGr forsomanybirths.Iam accrued sinsovertheagesfromtimeimmemorial There is no other recourse except Your Grace. I am able to get rid of the long 123 ness andignorance.Please donotletme ace. (DuetoYourlimitlessunbounded refuge at Your Feet. Much to the JivAthmAs, Ihaveplacedyouinmy ) andpleaseenslaveme(byaccepting sadagopan.org sadagopan.org intense loveforHim (Paramabhakti); The longing oftheJeevathma for theLord concept. dependent onGodandsubservesHim. the ideathat jeevathmabyvirtue of it term dasaismorespecific ontological relationshipbetween God philosophical conceptemployedby God. ThejeevathmaiscalledSeshaand In Srivaishnavam, the soulhave communionwiththejeevathma. is regarded asalso equallyaffectionate,ifnotmore daasa or wholly the Lord.JustasGodisdeartoJeevathamalongingseeHim,Heus subservientThe saasthrAsdeclaretheintimate re to the languishing forKrishnaandexpressingtheiranger. anubhavams insoulstirringverses.Th andDevaki,Ya of Gopikas,Dasaratha He goes now into the period of Krishna, Rama avathArams likeKrishnaand Rama. the vibhavaavathArams and takes the roles of him toenjoythevibhavaavathArams VitthuvakkO of Srirangam,ThiruvEnkatam, Kulasekarazhwar hadenjoyedsingingon with fearandcoldwind! I believed yourdeceitfulwordsandwait P ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI 6th Decad - 6.1 - 6.1 andappliesexclusivelyto - 124 and thejeevathmamatter.The e sixth dceadistheGopikasfeeling and towards the Jeevathma,anddesiresto the towards TheAzhwArshadadoptedthesame lationship betweentheJeevathmaand Sri Ramanujacharya todefinethe sodha andotherspoursouthis ôçª s natureis wholly andunconditionally The theistic mysticism whichisthe ed inYamunabanktill dawnshivering the Lord Seshi. Seshathva is a wider the LordSeshi.Seshathvaisawider divya desaperumALs(archamurthy) the Lordnowandhebeginstoenjoy and tobewiththeLord developsan du etal.Thatanubhavamenables Û ©§ individual soulstodenote individual Ü Ç Let usenjoythefirst verse. Milkmaids, AzhwArcomplains: Krishna withregardtohis affairswi conveysthefeelingof and maids (Gopikas) In thesixthdecad,KulasekaraAzhwAr Krishna. Thisdecad(6 Alwars). Heassumestheroleofmilk experience ofGod(saysSriSMSChariin Rama. UnlikePeriyAzhwAr, hemanifest PeriyAzhwAr. Hisexperienceisalso The mysticismofKulasekaraPerumALis to God;butalsodisplayitinevery mathinalam) notonlypossesamentalatti other mystics.AzhwArsaregifted withdivineknowledge(mayarvaRa of typeanditdiffersfromthat isofadistinctive The mysticismofAzhwArs aspect ofbhaktiasalovingrelati experien mystic manifest vividlytheir Jeevathama. Theoutpourings ofthes and relationship mutual this loving, Thusallsuch(devotion). mysticoutpouringsaremeaningfulinthecontext of Him isvislesaandthesearethetwo love forhim (jeeva).TheCommunionwith extreme anguish duringtheseparationfromHim,becauseof God'senormous communion withHimHisfullglory individual jeevathma.Themysticisma Supreme Lordship SrimanNarayananan such anintimaterelationshipthate Kulase PeriyAzhwAr, ThirumangaiAzhwAr, dominant subjectmatter ofThiruvaay th) describesthesame. onship between the Jeevathma and God. onship betweentheJeevathmaandGod. mode intheirthought,wordanddeed. bond thatexistsbetweentheGodand 125 xists between the compassionate loving xists betweenthecompassionateloving confined to God-incarnateKrishnaand maidstoenjoytheplayful deedsof ce ofGod. Theseversescoverthis mozhi and also the prabandhams of mozhi andalsotheprabandhamsof th otherGopikas.Inthewordsof de to crave for a direct vision and foradirectvision de tocrave assumes the role ofdifferentmilk assumesthe tude of total devotion anddedication tude oftotaldevotion s bothjoyandgriefin hismystic and isalsosubject d thedevoted,humblesubordinate e God-intoxicatedAzhwArsaints god is Samslesa and separation from from andseparation god isSamslesa angercausedbythemisbehaviorof kara azhwAr Andal, is developed on isdeveloped kara azhwArAndal, his book on Theistic Mysticism of hisbookonTheisticMysticismof ofthesamepatternasthat most important states of bhakti statesof most important ed tosevereand sadagopan.org sadagopan.org vaarmaNaR kunRilpularaninREnvaasudhEv koormazhai pOlpanik koodhaleydhikoosi nadungiyamunaiyaaRRil maarvu thazhuvuthaRkuaasaiyinmai yErmalar poonguzhalaayarmaadhar ®ßì standing onthesand dunes believed andhadsomefaithinyour fully awarethateven theirdesiresar flowers havedesiredtohugandembrace with theOh Son of King Vasudevaa! There most are very many several gopis in this very town attractive hairdos, bedecked with most fragrant beautiful áì ªßì úì expectation ofYour arrival (aspromised Ù ª Ù ª¾¯½©ß Ù Î §ÏΧ± Ù ª¦ ì Ù © Ú é¢ Ü Á² ÜÁ¯ Ü ©²Ó¡ Û Á ô¾£ëÓ² Ý ±Ó Ü ôëì Awaiting on the sand dunes of the bank ofyamuna Awaiting onthesanddunesofbank Ü É Ü á§¼ Ù ªß§ì ì¨Ô² Ù * ù¿²© Ý ½±² Ý ¾ª *ó±Ó¨ ë in thebankofriver Û §Ô¡ Ý * ®ßý§®ß ÷² Ü * á£Ô¨Å¢ Ú © 126 yenai palaruLLaivvooril,unthan aRinthaRinthE unthanpoyyaikkEttu Ì° deceitful words and was waiting and deceitfulwordsandwaswaiting Û§±Ó¨ by You), with the trembling body due byYou),withthetrembling body due e notfulfilled. Inspite ofthat, I Ü ° õ® Your strongdivinechest, andIam aa un varavupaarththE 6.1 aa unvaravupaarththE Û ½§ ÷² Ü ¡Ô ëÊ¿²ëß± Ü ®âìÓ Ý ®ìΩßì Ý §² Yamuna untildawnin the Ü ,*÷² Ý ¼©ßë Ù § Û ±Ó Ü ½§ (2)6.1 Ý §² Ü * Û ¾ë¡ Ý - Ü ½¡¥ Û Å* kaNdu_ollai naanum kadaivanenRu koNdai oNkaNNmadavaaLorutthi keezhaiakatthuthayirkadaiya ®¦ ¡¦ ¼¡ß¦ Let usenjoythefirst verse. a mysticevenformomentis ways. Thegriefcaused byseparation of separationfromGod,hegivestheex When heis overtakenbyintense grief and languishingfortheLord,onaccount nothappenandsuffersfrom frustration andanguish. thisdoes visually. But develops anurgeforadirectcommuni After experiencing theGodthroughme Milkmaids, AzhwArcomplains: of Krishna withregard tohisaffairs maids (Gopikas)andconveysthe feeling In thesixthdecad,KulasekaraAzhwAr I haveseenthemall.. You entered intothathouseand preten P chilling fog. to the potential fear of being caught or seen by others and also due to the §² ERUM Ý §ëÓì Þ Þ ¥ªì Å* ü Þ ¾¥ ü¦ AL T Ù é¢ Ù ¨ × ¡¾¥¨ Ü ¿ HIRUMOZHI Ü Á¯ ¨ßÒª Þ ¡¦ Ü §ß¯ Û §Ô¥ Þ ª¥®ß¼°ß̧ Û ¡¾¥®¼²² Û ¥ ®¦ Û ¨ - 6.2 - 6.2 Û Ç ß®* ®ß° Þ ¦ª described hereinthisdecad. Û * §ß½ªß§ìß¼ªë Ü §Ô* ¡ Ý Ñ* ¡° kaLLa vizhiyaivizhiththu pukku Ü Ê¡ª 127 from Godwhich becomes unbearablefor ded helpingthebeautifulcowherdlady; ×¾¯ ó¡§ with other Gopikas.Inthewordsof pression ofinner feelings indifferent on withGodanddesirestoseeHim assumes the roleofdifferentmilk assumesthe of anger causedbythemisbehaviour Û ½®ì Ü ° ®Ó¯Ó¾ë ®Ó¯Ó§ ntal perception,themysticsaint Ù © Ú ©£ Üǧ Û ë±Ó®² Û ¼£® Ü §ëÓì Ü ®ßë Ý ¨½ 6.2 ¨ß½² ÜÇ© Ù¡¾¥ë¡ Û § Ü Ç¥ Ú É¡ Ü Á* Õ © Ü - Ú ©* sadagopan.org sadagopan.org decad. Now letus enjoyKulasekaraAzhwAr’s nayaki bhaavain3rdverse ofthe sixth bhaavam; communion withHimandheimmediately inAzhwAranintenselove Lord kindles devotional lovebysingingthegloryof his that hepoursout inspired bythegreatdivinespiritual atmosphere to worshipthedeityatthistemple,an When Thirumangai AzhwAr first visits Swami ThirumangaiAzhwAralsogetsinto As yougrow,Yourdeceitfuldeeds P holding her handforchurningthe curd looking atherwiththose deceitfuland lips quiverduetostrainandthiswh beautiful shiningdivinefaceshowsdrople tresseslower faster; Yourdarkcurly offer Your help let me alsolike eyed Gopikawaschurni churn along with you,witnessed Youenteringinto,andseeingth so that it would be finishedDamodharaa! Inthehouseeasternside naanE meyyaRivan thanthayir neekadainthittavaNNamdhaamOdharaa poonguzhal thaazhnthulaavavaaNmukamvErppachevvaai vaNdamar thudippa 6.2 ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 6.3 - 6.3 ng thecurdaloneandall appear togrowproportionately 128 Lord. Themerementalperceptionofthe Lord. . Iknowandhaveseenthem all. ole scene aroused her passion by Your Your ole scenearousedherpassionby ThirukkaNNamangai,thedhivyaDesam and craving forHimandadirect andcraving and swing on the forehead; the most and swingontheforehead;most charming lotus like eyes of Yours and charming lotuslikeeyesofYoursand d asheentersthe of myhome,Imyselfhaveseenand resorts thus to the mood of naayaki tothemoodofnaayaki resorts thus the role of Nayaki very many times. theroleofNayakiverymanytimes. at theattractivemostbeautifulfish ts ofsweatonit;theredcorallike by herself; pretendedto temple, he is so temple, heisso ¡¾¥¡ ¡Ìª ®°ì ªÌ§Ôѧ ó®Ð¡ ÉìÓÁ¯ üÌ ½©¾§¡ ªÌ®Ó ª²ª Ù ¡Ô² ì Ü ¡¦Ó§ Ü ª¢ Ù ¡ Ü Áª Ý ±§ß Ü §ßë Ü á¨ Û ¼ªë Û ¾®§ Ü ¾¡ ü̧ Ü Á© Û ÷² Ü Ç ô¢ Ü ÷² Û § Ú ¼©ßë Û ë² Ü Ç* ª± Ü ü̧ Ý ®°ì ݧ² Ü ½¡ ü̧ Your beautiful glances at theyoungGopika Ü ¿ Û Á±Ó§ Ü §Ô §² Ý ª¾§½ 6.3 ªß¾ë§ß½² Ù § Ü §Ô §² * Û ¼±ß̧ Ü §Ôëâ½¥* Ü Ç* Ý ¿²© Ü §Ô §² Ý¿²¡ Ü §Ô¡ Ú É¦ì Ü * Ü Á ÷¾ì§ Ý ©ß Ù §Ô* 129 Ü * Ü Ç* sadagopan.org sadagopan.org came naturallytoher. Furtherashe Nammazh guise ofaconsort(nayaki), as Krishna ofBrindhavan,she relation topouroutherloveGo SMS Chari).Thoughshead AndAL theonlyfemaleAzhwArpresents Isn't itabittoomuchforYourmischief, KaNNA! P toyourage. increasing proportionally between thetwomarudhatrees!Asyougr that one,Youarenottruthfulobviously. loveto hope); ButultimatelyYoumade that youwouldmeetherataspecificpl servan promised anotheroneIamyour Gopika believe as if You have lost your mind onhaired flower bedecked young Gopika; her and your love her only; You Oh Krishna!YouexchangedYourmostbe unthanmaayai vaLarkinRathaal maruthiRuththaai unvaLartthiyoodE puNarthi avaLukkummeyyanallai purikuzhal mangaiorutthithannai uraitthu orupEthaikkupoykuRitthu maRRorutthikku maruvi manamvaitthu aangEorutthithanpaal kadaikkaNitthu koondhal orutthithannai karumalar ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 6.4 - 6.4 opts the symbology of nayaka- nayaki bhaavamand opts thesymbologyofnayaka-nayaki being herself a bride, did not have to assume the being herselfabride,didnothavetoassume haE 6.3 thaanE 130 d-incarnate vibhava avathAram ofLord d-incarnate vibhavaavathAram at thesametime,Youmadeother ace attheappointedhour(withafalse Oh Master, the one who wentcrawling onewho the OhMaster, an entirelydifferent one.Buteven to r life history shows, she was God- r lifehistoryshows, shewasGod- autiful deceitfulglancesatthatblack wAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr did. It AzhwAr did. It wAr andThirumangai t; YouassuredthedifferentGopika a uniquetypeofmysticism (saysSri ow, Yourdeceitfulaffairs alsokeep aaymigu kaathalOdu yaaniruppa yaanvidavanthayenthoothiyOdE pEymulai vaaivaitthu nanjaiyuNdupiththanenREpiRaryEsaninRaai thaaymulai paalilamudhirukkathavaz §ßë sixth decad). Now letus enjoyKulasekaraAzhwAr’sna Thanks toVenkatSwaminforhisperm ravishing andcoydamsels,inarapture?[apa4-7] her slantingglances, thus,thatgleeful another beamingandmostbeautifulgirl, and evendelightingsomeone,adelightf Such frolicsomeKrishnaisevenclinging haririha -kelipare||4-7 pashyati sasmitachaaruparaamaparaamanugacChativaamaam| shlishhyati kaamapiraamaam| kaamapichumbatiramayati feelingsdescribes almostsimilar towardsourLordSrikarishnaas: workGeeta-Govindam, with24Ashtapadis, Sri Jayadevainhis immortal proportionately withhisage,Pleaseen of With Regardstotoday'sepisode Geetha Govindham whilehere I wouldliketothankSriUVeVenkat Ranganathan, thedeity ofSrirangam.Moreitlater intoxicated rightfromherinfancyand ¨ ôë ½©ë × ªÓÁ ½©ß¡§ Û Ê¿ Û ªÓÁ ¡ß§½ Û Ê¿ ®ßë © Ú ©ß Ü ¾§ ¨² Û ¾®§ Ó ßÅ ëß²ÓÌ© Ü óʧÔÌ¡ Ü Ç ¨¤ Ý Á¡¨ Û §ßë Ý ¾£Ë¦ Ü ¡§ Ú ©* ëß² ferred tomyearliestpost. Û * óÇΪ Ü * §®¯ Þ Å* ©Ó§ Ý ®Ó¥ ®¨ 131 Û ¨ hndhu thaLar nadai ittuchchenRu ission tosharethiswithyouall. ission joy thefollowing by Kanumalla Swaminforhisreference to ÛÇ §°ì developed a cravingtomarryonlyLord tosomeone,andevenkissingsomeone, ul damsel,andpayinghisattentionto Û ÷² Krishnaisnowamidstacoterieof yaki bhaavaverses(4thverseofthe Lord Krishna's mischiefgrowing LordKrishna's and heisgoingintowafterone with Ü §¼²² Û § ù² Ý ½¡ßìª Ù ¨¾¥ õ¥ ¨¾¥ Ý ½± ©Ó±ì Ý Çï§Ô½ëß½¥* Û É¡ Ü Á ú± Ù ú£¨Ô² Û Å£ another BhAgavata, another BhAgavata, Û ¼£² Û Áª² Ý çë Ý Ñ* Ý ½± 6.4 Û * sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ù² ¼©ß² ¡¦ ªÓ² sixth decad. Now letus enjoy KulasekaraAzhwAr’s language, thespiritualmarriagewithhe from Godandittherefore,longsfor Itisimmersedin God (Paramathman). symbologically theindividual soul(Jeev ordinary senseofmarriage.Sheasan mere ordinaryhumanbeingaspiring fo quite appropriat The wordbridalisnot experienceisdescribedby Andal mystic Why didYouleavethatbeautifulgirlandcomehere?Gotoheronly. P mischief? messenger fortellingyoumypitiableplight.Isn’titabittoomuchYour for You,(crazy child) by the people You of cowherd folks! Whensucked thatmilkalongwithherveryli I am standing enjoyed here waiting Yasodha, Youstillsuckedthepoison theThough You hadthemostenjoyablemother communion 6.4 withneemigu bOgatthainangukanthaaiathuvumunkOrampukku yERkumanRE the maid whom I sent as my ERUM Ý Ò¡ Ý ¼²ß§ Þ Æ± Ü ü§ AL T Ü Á ó®¿°®Ó¥ Û ±®¿° ¨ ±®¿° ܧ Ȧ ܧ ®ß¾¥Á¡ HIRUMOZHI × ¡¦ Þ õ¾¥ëß¿°¡ Û¥ Þ æ Õ ¢ - 6.5 - 6.5 Ü á¥ Ü Á ®¨ Ó¥ Û Å¡ Ü õ¥ Ü ¼¡ß¦ Û§ßë Ü * ¾¡®Ó°Ó¡ Û Å© Û * õ² Ú * ½©ß¡Ô² 132 smeared breastsofdemonpoothanaiand Þ Å* ® r BelovedLord.Moreofitlater. nayaki bhaavaverses-5thverseofthe e saysSriSMSChari. Andalwasnota athma) whichisinseparably relatedto samsaaris afflictions andisseparated afflictions samsaaris fe itself-thusbeingcalledaspitthan r matrimonialunionwithGodinthe amsam of Bhoomadevirepresents amsamof the reunion or to use thesymbolic the reunionortouse Ý ²ª some scholars as bridal mysticism. mysticism. bridal as somescholars ’s breast milkavailableto Youfrom Ö ¢ Ü Û ¡Ô² ó¢ Ü ¡ÔÌ° Ý ± ½©ßǨ߲ ݱǪ Ü ½¡ ¨¥¨ª Ü ®ß¼ë² Û ¡¦ Ý ¡¦ Þ½¥ ¨Ô² Ý ±² Û©Ó!¨ Ý ® Þ Å¨Ô² × ½ë 6.5 Ö §Ôëâ½¥* Ý ½±² Ý ½±² Ý * Ý * cowherd folks! the subsequent days-Youhave fell asleep, Youwalkedoutofmybedle (ChaaNoora Mushtikan)!Strongshouldered Oh thesonofVasudeva!Theonewho yeRRukku neeyenmarungilvandhaaiempe aRRai iravumOrpiRRainaaLumarivaiyarOdum aNaindhuvandhaai iRRai iravidaiyEmaththuyennaiinnaNai mElittakanRuneepOi maRporu thOLudaivaasudhEvaava ù± ó± õ± ª± sixth decad. Now letus enjoy KulasekaraAzhwAr’s P You leavethatinnocentgirlandco across thestreettocomesomeotherti hide; WhilewalkingIalsosawYourmischi in that dark street of mine, covering yourself and her withI sawYouwalkingalongwiththe narrow, the golden cloth to yennukku avaLaivittinguvandhaaiinnam kaNNuRRavaLai neekaNNaalittukaiviLikkinRadhumkaNdEninREn ittupO ponnottha vaadaikukkoodal minnottha nuNNidaiyaaLaikoNdu ERUM Û Û Ñ¡ ¼©ßÌ ½§ßо¥ ®ßý§®ß*® Û Û ¾± õìΪ ¾± õì®Ó¾¥úª§ Ü Á ¨ AL T × ¼ë² HIRUMOZHI Û ýì Ý ªÌ¢ Ù ©Ó± Û ¾± ¨ßЪ Ü ¡Ô Ü Ç ù² - 6.6 - 6.6 Ü ®¨ Ý ¿²* õ² Û §ßë keptYourselfin theco Û * óìÓ¾®ë½ìßŪ me to me oh Sakala paripoorNaa! me toohSakalaparipoorNaa! Û * ùª lvinaiyEn thuyilkoNdavaaRE veengiruL vaayenRanveedhiyoodE Ü ®Ó¿²½ë² ginRa pOthunaankaNdu ninREn 133 Ý ²¿¦ ½ª nayaki bhaavaverses-4th verseofthe Û¼©Ìªß² aving mealonethere; thenextdayand me (withYourhandgesture);Whydid lightning-like waistedbeautifulGopika wrestled withthestrongwrestlers aNGE nada nambineeyE6.5 evous eyes indicatingtoanothergirl rumaan neeyezhuntharuLE6.6 Lord! The moment this mahaa paapi Lord!Themomentthismahaa Ý ÇëÓ Ý ¨ Ó¥ Û ó¿¦¨ Û¥ ¡² × ùϨ Ü ¼¡ß¦ mpany ofotherladies of Ý Ñ¨ Û Ì° 6.6 §Ì½° ÛÇ®¨ Þ ¥®ß½±* ¥®ß½±* × ½©ßë Û §ßë Û * Û * sadagopan.org sadagopan.org one dayseeingthose lovelydivinebeauti our residenceatodd hoursandweehours; those collyrium eyed ladiesdressedtoea gullible aswereearliertogetcheatedby ParipoorNa! TheOnewho reclinesonth poyyoru naaLpattadhEamaiyumpuLLuvam seyya udaiyumthirumukamumsenganivaayum kuzhalumkaNdu maiyari oNkaNNinaarum allOmvaikiyemsErivaravOzhinee paiyaravinn aNaipaLLiyinaai paNdaiyOmallOmnaam neeyugakkum ¼©ßë ¼£ë ¾ªëìÓ ü¦ ¾©ëì®Ó² sixth decad. Now letusenjoy KulasekaraAzhwAr’s mysticism. GopikasloveissimilarandidenticaltoAndal’s. theological themeand itshould,theref experience ofGodasexhibitedin her poeticalcompositionreflects this all herdeedsandwordsarealways SheisGod-minded, Godintoxicated; spiritual marriagewithHerbelovedLord. thebridalmysticismlongs Andal in P meangryanyfurther. don’t make But- why do You come now My Nayakaa! My Lord! Please get out of this place ERUM Û ë ÷¾¥Ëª Û ¼ëßÌ ¨ß° AL T Ý ó¿¦© Þ ¡¦ HIRUMOZHI Û §ÔÌʡʪ Þ ¦Óè̪ Ü ©¥ Ú ©° Û ¥½§ ó¾ªËª Ü °ÓëÓèë - 6.7 - 6.7 Û ó Û * ¼£¢ Û * ©¦ ܽ ߪ Û * É° Û * ¾®¡Ô ùª Ü ¡²Ó ®ß˪ Þ ¾¥½ëߪ 134 nayaki bhaavaverses--7thverseofthe Ü Ð®ª thus for reunion and yearns for the thus forreunionandyearnsthe e bedofAdhiseshan!Wearenotas rn Yourlove;Pleaseabstaincomingto ful charmingsmiling face, goldensilk directed towardsHim.Themystic your glib talks. We are not any longer ore, becharacterizedastheistic Û ó It is enough to have experienced pEsaadhE pOku nambee6.7 Û ½©£ß½§½©ßÁ¨ª Û Á¯Íª Û ½£ìÓ ®ì¼®ß¯Ó¨ Ü ½ ߪ Û ¡¦ Û ¨ßª Þ Å* Û * ¨ × Ë¡¡ × * Û © Ö 6.7 Ü Áª Û- Godha indeed stands out as the outstanding exponent of bridal mysticism and and Godha indeedstands outastheoutstandingexponentofbridal mysticism Here wasanAndal;Wher enjoys theLord,weshar with empathy!;-whensheentreatsth throbs, ourheartsthrob tooinunison!; swaysouremot wedded theLord.Nachiyar into theunfathomabledepthsofher We aresimplycarriedawaybythetorre or thedepth andsense ofthesentimentsexpressed. even acommaorsemicolonwithoutda baddham " What issaidofValmikiapplie fare. inexhaustible goldmineofsuch delectab still areseeingnewmeaningsandfreshbeauties. an And,thetwoprovide Nachiar Tirumozhi,generationsofAcha contain muchmorethanwhatappear infatuated heartlikethat up aboutAndalbhakthi:Devotionalpoet In thiscontextofAndal’smysticism, P No more.Don’teverutterthosedeceitfulwordsagain;Goaway. believing thoseblatantliesastruthful cloth aroundYourwaist,theredbimbha Tad Upagatha SamaasaSandhiYogam,SamaMadhuropanaArthaVaakhya Tad Upagatha ERUM AL T "- Forher,thewordsfallinplace HIRUMOZHI - 6.8 - 6.8 e theenjoymentequally! e comessuchanother? of GOdha, the sweetheart of Krishna, is sure to s withequalforcetoGodha-. 135 let usenjoySriAnbilRamaswamywrite love; Shenot onlylovedbutshealso -when her mindmelt s on the surface. In Tiruppavai and s onthesurface.InTiruppavaiand ry spontaneouslyemergingfromaGod- ryas andotherscholars havebeen and maging thebeautyandstyleofpoetry e Lord, we entreattoo!;-Whenshe e Lord,we words from Your Heart. It is enough. fruit likelips, thecurly blacktresses, le materialandanincomparablyrich ntial flowofNachiyar'sexpressions so inimitably,thatyoucannotalter ions somuchthat-whenher heart s, ourmindsmelt sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 6.8 that time. Iwillventoffmyanger Everything wasalie.Youwouldcomeback onedayand pretended asifYou wereafraid an away fromthatplace.HoldingYourgo andwhenYou there forquitesometime; shadow ofmullaiflowerplants andYo You calledmetocomeaparticularlocation;hidyourselfbehind thecool innam yenkaiyakaththueengorunaaL ponniRa vaadaiyaikaiyilthaangipo manni avaLaipuNarapukkumaRRennaikaNduzhaRaa nekizhnthaai yennai varugavena kuRiththittuinam Tatva, Hita, Purusharthas, Para,Vyuha, Vibhava, Antaryami and Archa forms of Archaformsof Antaryami and Vibhava, Purusharthas,Para,Vyuha, Tatva, Hita, Swami ThirumangaiAzhwAr inhisThir P ¼©ß² ª² other Alwarswhowereallma in thisisregardedas õ² ù² sixth decad. Now letus enjoy KulasekaraAzhwAr’s Her onlyambition wastomarryLordRanganatha. sinceshewasherselfa of aladylove), ERUM Ý Ý ²Ó ó®¿°© ¿² ®Ì¡¼®²¡ Ý ²ª Ý ²Ó± ®ß¾¥¾ë¡ AL T Û ù² Ý ¾¡ë¡§ HIRUMOZHI Ú É¦ì© Ü Á±Ó§ Ú É¡ Ü Ç ö¢ Ü ¾¡ëÓ setting a model fortheAlwarsthemselves.Unlike amodel setting - 6.9 - 6.9 Ü Á* ª± Ü §Ô¥ Ü ¼¡ß̨߰ les and had to simulate a' les andhadtosimulate ÛÅ* õ²ª ܧߢ Û ¼±² i achchamkaattineepOdhiyElum Ü ¡Ô© alar mullaiyinpandharneezhal Ý ¿²¡ 136 Ú * ¼©ßë Ü * ®Ì§Ô½ë varuthiyEl yensinamtheervannaanE u huggedsomeoneelse woman, thebhavacametohernaturally. nayaki bhaavaverses-8thverseofthe d scaredofmewh unedunthANdakam, aftercovering the lden silkclothinYourhandandYou ì saw me, You slowly released andwent slowlyreleased saw me,You Ù Ê Ü ¡¦ Û ó£ Ü ¿ Þ Å ÷¯ç ¼¨¡Ô¯ ëÓ² Û£ª Ü ù² Ý ©¨ Û ¡ß¥ Ý £Ô²ª Nayaki bhava' Û §ì Û ¥ Ù ¨ Õ ¨ Û § ile running away. whowaswaiting × ¯ × ½©ß§Ô½ëͪ Û¨ × ì Û §ßë Ù ®² Ü * Ý ¨ß½² 6.8 Û * (the role Û * ª¢ sixth decad. Now letusenjoy KulasekaraAzhwAr’s Rakshakatvam oftheLord. AruLaai." Vinnavar tamPerumaaneh! towards usandbewith us? while Youwerecoming.WillYour fluteno with thehoneylikefragranthairedwome flowers placed abovetheearsmatching feathers adorning thehead;shiny shines vanamaalai The mostauspicious yengaLukkE orunaaLvandhoodhaunkuzhal kongu naRunguzhalaarkaLOdu kuzhaindhukuzhalinithuoodhivandhaai pongiLa aadaiaraiyilsaaththipoongoththukaadhilpuNarappeydhu mangala nalvanamaalaimaarvililangamayilthazhaipeelisoodi ù¢ ¼¡ß¢ ¼©ß¢ (Desire) totheLord.Hesays: verses.He getsintotheroleofPara of manyformsthroughNayaka-Nayik the Lordinfirsttenverses,goeson Ü Ü ¡ ¡Ð¡ Ü ¡Ô° ô¾¥ó¾ìëÓ Ü Á ¨Ñ¢ ¨ Ü ½¡ ų̈߰ Ü ®² ªß¿ Ü Á¯ ßì Ü ®¨ ªßì Ù ¡½°ßÅ* Á¾¯¨ Û Çï§* ÷² Ù ®Ó Ü £ß§ Ü õ ܧԩ Ú * é¢ ¢ "Minnum MaamazhaiTa Ü ¡* ªëÓ Ý Á¯ 137 kala Nayakiandexpresseshisapeksha kala nayaki bhaavaverses--9thverseofthe Ü ¼¡ß§ Û Ç Á¯ cloth aroundthewaist;bunchof aa Bhavamintheremainingtwenty todeclarehisSeshatvam totheLord Ü õ² onthedivinechest;peacock What heseeksasboonisthe to thedress-withallthat,mingling n, rejoiced playing theflute divinely t play if You come at least one day t playifYoucomeatleastoneday Ü §¾¯© innisai pOdharaadhE6.9 Ü Ç¡ Ý Ó£½ßì½ 6.9 ²Ó¾£ ½©ß§ìß½§ Ü õ²ÓÇø§Ô®¨ Ü ¡ß§Ô Ú © Ö Ü É¦ì© Ó㥠vazhum Megavanna, Õ* Ú ¼©ë Û §ßë ÛÇ* Û * sadagopan.org sadagopan.org inidhu vUdhi vandhAi - sri venugopalan of madurantakam (Thanks: Sri VC Govindarajan) 138 to eatwithrighthand orleft..[idakka were completely illiterate; having no aRivonRum illAdhaAykulatthu KrishnAvathAra sowseelyamisUltimate especially. Sowlabhya, Sowseelyams. Ramaisaddres and sowseelyam.Heisthuspossessedwi He movedwitheveryone equally andat present insuchGreatestParathvam? down solow]andsowseelyam[easilyacce (jatAyu), monkeys,boatmen-hunters(G with sucheasyaccessibilitytoillitera He takestheavathAramsinlowly avathArams) Heundertakes. pattu -Forthesakeofhumanbein [compassion] isSupremeandthemost innumerous kalyANaguNas?Inspiteof vibhUthi],His [Nithya i.e. thisworld[leelAvibhUthi]andParamapadham describing andextollingHispositions, Onecangoon enjoyment forNithyasUrisandmukthAsatSrivaikuntam. Only One whocouldgrantmOksham rakshakan-The Jagath kaarNanan; ParamAthmA- PurushOtthaman-Jagath unparalleled andPeerless- who hasnone theSupremeLord-whois Sarvagnan, SarvEshwaran,Sarvashakthan, These specialRamaKrishnaavathArams grief forthemselves! Those who reciteorreadthesetenvers P ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 6.10 - 6.10 - Heappeared inthe groupofcowherd folks who saasthra jnAnam- did not even knowhowsaasthra jnAnam-did not 139 Roopam, Swaroopam, vibhuthi (rulership) vibhuthi Swaroopam, Roopam, te Gopas,GopikAs,pasu(cows),pakshis i, valakkai theriyaadha].. Hemixedwith i, valakkaitheriyaadha].. important One; manisarkaay-padaathana One;manisarkaay-padaathana important human forms and stoops down so low human formsandstoopsdownsolow tracted themallwithHissowlabhyamtracted es wouldneverevergetanysorrowsor sed asGunvaan-mentioningthisgunA equal tooraboveHim oppArilappan- th themostwonderfulgunAsnamely uha), et al. His sowlabhyam [coming uha), etal.Hissowlabhyam[coming andthereisnomatchforthat. have got a sociality inthem.The havegotasociality such Greatest qualities, His dayA HisdayA suchGreatestqualities, gs- whatalltroubles;births (as ssible forall]isamazinglytrueand [mOksha pradhan];theUltimate sadagopan.org sadagopan.org it isessentialtoget ourdoubtscleare should nevergetsuchth srivaishnavites, easily comprehensible.KaNNanplay tells Vaali: getdoubtsonHi sometimes Still, itcontinues.Eventodaysuch theirviewpointashumans. them ashumansandevaluateHisactionsin whodothatar these avathArams.Those true natureandguNAs,we(people)ta allHis guNaa.The sameholdsgoodfor the bondagewithKarma;andtheydo I, whowasbornasthesonofVaudevar, param bhAvamajaanantha:mamaavyayam anutthamam|| avyaktham vyakthimApannammanyanthEmaamabuddhaya:| about thedeedsofKaNNa His youngerbrother;Sisupalantalked Ravana talkslowlyaboutRamacomingto maammUDA!.Samahatmasudhurlabha: avajAnanthi many ofusunderstandthat?Hardlyany.TheLordHimselfsaysinGitA- inherent kalyANa guNa for the sake of Hisoneof fortheLord..Itis isthenaturalswabhAvam proportion This sowseelya gunAsowseelyam andfaintedforaboutsixmont which can an the illiterateGopalady(YasodhA) not be seenGopikas anddancedwiththem?Heallowe in anyoneGopa boys,sharedtheirfood,takinga else in such wereallmisled.Hereared mukha BrahmA grandestthem asif He hadbeen acowherd Boy sookshuma: paramudhuehEya: n- ascowherd Boy. s vaali vadham,Gopikadanceetc.. The Lord Himself 140 d NammAzhwAr marveled asHissucha d NammAzhwArmarveled lk lowaboutHisdeedsperformedduring avathArams. Without understanding His avathArams. Withoutunderstanding talking goeson.Even sinceredevotees not understandmysupremesowseelya d so that we reinfo in un-parliamentary language(sudusol) us- due to His mercy, dayA on us. How us- duetoHismercy,dayAonus.How theforest,leavingHiscoronationfor oughts about His grandest deeds. But oughts aboutHisgrandest deeds.But for agesand even Devendran, Chathu ed withgopasthreesButwe, am beingconsideredasifborndueto cattle;tenderedcalves;playedwith bite fromtheirpalms;playedwith e foolish;andwhoequateHimwith d Himselftieddowntoamortarby hs itistold[etthiRametthiRam]. Dharmam isverysubtle;itnot rce our devotion on rce ourdevotionon them. beautiful rhymingtamilverseswouldne burst outwiththesewordsinabove hours andKulasekaraimmersedinthat Mahalakshmi, bornofredlotusflower), The youthfulcowherd ladieslonged solliya inthamizhmaalaipatthum solla kolli nagarkkiRaikoodaRkOmaankulasEkaraninnisaiyilmEvi elli pozhuthinilyEmaththoodi allimalar thirumangaikELvanthannainayandhuiLavaaychchimaarkaL 6.10ó sixth decad.Thelastoneinthisdecad na Now letusenjoyKulasekaraAzhwAr’s cleared off. Him strongeranditgrowsinstrength ù ¼¡ß ¼£ß Ü Ü Ó© Óª Ü Ü Ú ¼©ßÏ§Ô²Ó Óë õ² Ó ¨¡ì ì Ù§ Ü §Ô̪¢ Ù ¡ Ý §ªÓ¯ Ü ¡Ô¾± ᥱ Û ªß¿ Ü úª§ ܾ¡ ½¡° Ü Çï¥ ©§ Û ½¡ßªß² Ü Çª Õ * ù° Ü®² yeLki uraiththauraiyadhanai Û * ¼£ß Ý §² Ü ¡Ô ÷¾ì§ Ý * Á 141 Ý ¿² *¨ë¨ vallaarkku illaithunpandhaanE6.10 Ü to untiewithKaNNan,(theLordof and waited in the mid nights and wee andwaitedinthemidnights ver ever get any sorrows or grief for ver evergetanysorrowsorgrief verse. Thosewhorecitethese most . Wewillhavetogetthesedoubts ½£¡ì² yaki bhaava verses- 10th verse ofthe yaki bhaavaverses-10th ® intense bhaktiandloveofGopikas, Ü § ÷¾ì맿²* Ü ßì Ý õ² ÛÇ õ°®ßë Ù¡ Ü Á õ Ý ²Ó¾£ëÓ Ü ¿ Û £ Dz Û £Ôªßì Ü ½ª®Ó* Ý ©¨ Ù ¡° ߽ۧ² Ü * sadagopan.org sadagopan.org §ß ô¿ Devaki andrelatesittohisvislEsham(separation) fromtheLord. (dourbhAgyam). about hermisfortune Aanandham ofenjoying her child growin Mother (Devaki), whohadtogiveup vis BalaKrishNanafterVasudEvarmovedHimto AaypAdi for"safety". The Celebration oftheMother-childlove motherly tendernesstothechild. Hecriesoutthroughthe Devaki’s role). AzhwAr pours outhisgrieffor notbein Devaki’s role. oneseyesifth that bringstearsto ten astowhatallshe hadmissed.Aso AzhwAr takesthisopportunitytosingin KaNN KaNNan andafterKamsa’skilling, the positionofDevaki of KaNNanwithvirahathApam.Asaco In the sixth decad, AzhwAr sang in the role of Gopikas and longed for the love Devaki lamentshowmostunfo P ½®¿ ú ERUM ®ßì Ü ü ¨ ¨ Ù Á¯ × ì AL T × ° Ù ¨Ô±§ Ó§ Ü ¡Ìª ܧÔŪ HIRUMOZHI Ü ù² Ü §² Û ©² Û §Ô̮ӿ²ëÓ Ý ²®² Ý ª¡² Ý ²®² 7th Decad Ý §ß½ Ý §ß½ - 7.1 - 7.1 Ý §ß½ who missestheentirepran ß* ù² rtunate motherthatsheis! ß* ½®¯© Ü ß* óª ߧ Ü * §ßëìÓ Ý ¼±² 142 Û Éë§ ey understand AzhwAr’s anubhavam and ey understandAzhwAr’sanubhavamand - through theanubhavamofDevakivis-a- Ú ½©ß§¡ª² ntrast, KulasekaraAzhwArremembers media of Devaki by simulating emotions emotions bysimulating media ofDevaki herownchildandmissingthe ú¯ßª ul stirringandanubhavamladendecad AzhwArexperiencesthesorrowof g up.FrustratedDevakithuslaments Ý Ñ ÷² g abletoenjoytheKuttiKaNNan(in the roleofdevakiandlamentsinthis an comes to see his mother Devaki. an comestoseehismotherDevaki. Ü §¥¢ Ü ¡¾¥ëßëÓ²§ß½ë (2) Û ©§ Ý ¿² ù² Ü ¡¦ ݲ®² Þ ¦Ó²² Ü Ç ks, childhood leelas of ks, childhoodleelasof Ý ®ßëÓ¾¥¨Ô¾±ë* Ý §ß½ Ý §ß½ ß* ß* 7.1 own dearestchild! What anunfortunatemotherIamthat dhourbhaagya saali. beauty.Iamin enjoying yourdivine son! Lullaby-One! Lullaby. Ohelephantcublikeone! like that toyo lined redlotuseyedLord!Lullaby very manysqueezed toextractsweetjuice! Lullaby times, IOh Mydarlingson!The One, would have madeShe singslullaby toHimnow. you sleep, while ®¥ beautifully. AzhwAr feels(intheDevakirole)Iam notluckytoseeyoulyingdown,so the child. through themediaofDevakibysimula for notbeingabletoenjoytheKuttiKaNNan(inDevaki’srole).Hecries out grief beautifullyAzhwArpoursouthis youlyingdown,so luckytosee I amnot P thaal oliththidumthiruvinaiyillaathaayar yElavaar kuzhalyenmaganthaalOyenR vElai neer niRaththannavan thaalOvEzhappOthaka mannavanthaalO aalai neeL karumbannavanthaalOambuyaththadangkaNNinan Ê¥¡ ªÌ®Ó ½ª ERUM Õ ¡ Ü ¼¡ß° Ü ¡Ô£ AL T Û ½£®¥ Ü ó¤ Ü õ²Ó¼§ß² HIRUMOZHI Õ ª Ý £²ª ì Û ùÏǼ£ª Ù £ Û £Ôѡ̨ Ý ±Ó¿² ½¨ß¡ - 7.2 - 7.2 who is like sugar cane that is just nice for being Û ª Ü ¡Ô* Û §ß° ì Ù ¡ 143 Ü * deed sounfortunateamother.Such Ü ¡¦ The mostfragrant hairedmydearest ting emotionsmotherlytendernessto enRu unnaiyenvaayidai niRaiya toYou.TheOnewhohaslargeruddy u. Theblue huedocean likecoloured I couldnot singthelullabies for my il kadaiyaayinathaay Þ * E (2)7.1 sadagopan.org sadagopan.org am, Kesava! am, Kesava! kidakkai kaNdidappeRRilanandhOkEsavaa senchiRuviralanaiththumangaiyOduadakki aara aNaindhuaanaiyiR siRukarunthaaLpoliyumneermugilkuzhaviyEpOla mutakki sEvadimalar vatikkoL anjanamyezhudhusemmalarkka ½¡£®ß! ¼¡Å½®² ¡Ô¥¡ kidantha charming scenes. Noteven once andone He issohappylying down.Ohalas little feettogether(withhi clouds, Hiscolourisblackhued; folding portion isredlotuscolour;theupper portion ofYourdivine bodyisthedark (over thecradle);darkoutercolour those lovely eyes,You gazeintently at Sharp, collyriumlaid(mayittu),redlo ó¢ ó¥¡ ¼©ß Ü ¾¡½ëߊ󿦨 Ü ¡Ô ôì£ Ü ¾¡ ¡¦ Ó˪ Û ¨ × ì Ù Ê¡Ô Û ¼£¤ Þ ¥ Õ ¥© Ü Á¯®Ó½ë½©ß Ú ¼©± Ý ¼Å®² 7.2 ¼¡Å½®½² Ý £ÔÑ®Óì ÛÇ ô¿²ëÓ± Û ±Ó ² Oh! Lotus-eyed kuTTiLord! Ü ó¿²§ s hand) He is lying down Ý ó¨ Û ¡Ô¥¨ * Û ½§ß* Ü Çª 144 ! I never enjoyed all those wonderful ! Ineverenjoyedall thosewonderful Û §* Û * tus likemostbeautifuleyes;andwith a toy(oranobject)thatistiedabove, and holdingallHisfive fingers ofHis ofthesmallcuteFeetandinner leela of yours. Wh N maruvimElinithonRinai nOkki keduvEn keduvEnE7.2 like littlemaleelephant, at amahaapaapiI clouds! etc.. family! Themostbeautiful onewholookslikeabull andthe darkrainbearing dearest master!Our brightestlampofou ʨ father.. AzhwAr feels (inthe Devaki role)my P GovindEti SadhaDhyanam GovindaKeertanam GovindEti SadhAsthanamSadhaJapam ÷¨ ù¨ ¡ß¥ agLknvsdEa eRln 7.3 infant KaNNanontheirlapsandadmire The affectionateandcloseladymember nangaL kOnvasudhEvanpeRRilanE nandhan peRRanan nalvinaiyillaa viralinum kadaikaNNinumkaatta undhaiyaavan yenRuraippaninsengEzh yezhumukil kaNaththezhil kavarERE yendhaiyE yendhan kulapperunchudarE thammkuRangidaiyirutthi muRaimuRai mundhai nanmuRaianbudaimakaLir ¼©±¨¨ ERUM Û Û ¾§½ë ù² §² Û Û ¾§ ¨² ¾§ëß®² Ý ¼©± AL T Û ±²² Ý Ê¾± ó² HIRUMOZHI Ý ù² Ý §² Ý ¨ Ý Á Ý Ñ¾ì© Ü ®Ó¿² õ © Ý É¾¥ ª¡°Óì - 7.3 - 7.3 Ú ¼©Ì¤ Ú ©* ¨Ô² Ü ÝÃ¥½ì* ùÏÊ¡Ô Ý ¼£¢ ß* ¨¢ Ù * ʾ±Ê¾±§ª Ü ½¡¯ 145 Ü¡° r Gopakulam! OhjyOthi! Jewel ofour husband Vasudevaistheunluckiest s offamilyrelationsplacethelittle Û ®Óì HisBeauty.TheyaddressHim:my Ü ½¡ß² ÓÒª Ü ¡¦§ Ý ®Ã½§®² Û ¡¾¥¡ Û §ª Ü ¼§¯Ó Û Á±¢ Ü ¡¦ Ý Û ±Ó Ü ¡®½ì½±* Ü ¡Ô¾¥ õ̧ ½² 7.3 Þ ¦ÓÒª Û Û ¥* Ü §Ô* sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Vasudeva, havingnot done adequategood beautiful fingersand yourbeautifulglan turn intheirwaistandlapwithlove It hasbeenthetraditionthatladies blessed withthatbhaagyam! the mostfortunateone.Alas!MyhusbandVasudeva,unfortunate oneis not Kutti KaNNanwitha sideglance,points [Devaki adds:]whenthoseladiesfurthe (Thanks: Sow.Chitralekha) Lovely eyes Lovely eyes 146 . Ifaskedwhoyourfatheris, His littlefinger atNandhagopan. Heis deeds,didnothavethis privilege. r ask:showyourfatheris?thelittle ces willpointatNanda. Myhusband, inthefamily take thechildturnby ¡°Ó¨Ô Krishna.. AzhwAr feels(intheDevakirole)Iha Krishna! yourchildhoodpranks, I missedall P Devaki paramaanandhamkrishNamvandhEjagadgurum.. Vasudevasutham devamkamsachaNooramardhanam nillaathE7.4 thiNthOLum AzhwAr enjoysthebeauty ofKrishna. aLavil piLLaimaiinbaththaiiz iLamai inbaththaiyinRuyenthanka karunguzhalpiRaiadhuvu thaLimalar thiNkaimaarvum kaLinilaa yezhilmadhipuraimugamumkaNNanE ¨Ôninaindha ó°®Ó õ°¾ª õ² §ß¼ë²§°Óª polindha ¨Ô¿²¨ ¼©ß ERUM ì AL T ß ù¯Ó Ü ©Ó° Ù ¡ Ü ¡Ì¢ Ü ¿°¾ª õ² HIRUMOZHI Ý ©§ Ü ª§Ô ɾì ʡʪ Ü ¾§ õ² Ü Á¯ Ü ©Ó¾±óÇΪ Ý ©§ - 7.4 - 7.4 Ý Ñ ù² Ü ¾§ õ¯¨ handha paaviyEnyenadhaavi ݧ² Û * ¡¦ Ý ¡¦ Û §* ©ß®Ó½ë² Û * §¥¢ NNaal paruguvERkuivaLthaayena m thadangoL thaamarai kaNkaLum m thadangoLthaamarai 147 Þ ¦½² §Ô¦ ¦½² Þæ ve missedallYourchildhoodpranks, Ü ¼¡ß° Ü * ©ÌÁ½®± Ý ù²§ß®Ó Ü §ßª¾ì¡ Þ¾¡ ªßì Û Á õ®° ٠Ϊ Ü ¡¦ Û §Ô¦ Ü ß½§ 7.4 Þ ¡Ðª Ü Þ ½§ßЪ Û Ó¨ Û * Û §* Û §* sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Let usenjoyKrishna’s beautywhenHewasborn. sinner that Iam,cannotbearthislife. your childhood whenachilddoesnot How unfortunate I havebeen thatIdidnothavetheopportunitytoseeyouin life, Krishna? recognize anyoneexcept itsmotheras and enjoyingYourbeautyasalittlechil for beauty ofYoursnow;ButIgrieve red lotuspetals,thedarktendereyeb beautiful crescent moon,the flowers-like blackcurlsoftressesfa strong widebroadchest, hands, the beautiful fullmoonlike brightest face, Oh Krishna, Inowenjoy Yoursightas large welllaidoutwide Handsome youngman 148 the handsomeYoungmanwiththemost the leave itsmother?Being cheatedthus, its ownmother..HowcanIendurethis ll ontheforeheadwhich islike the not havinghadthepleasureofseeing shoulders, thetenderleafanddark d atthatagewhentheinfantcannot rows, andIdrinkallthesecollective the strong yet tender and soft long the strongyettenderandsoftlong eyes resembling that of above slOka. an with allthealankArams,aabharaNams Theluminous appearanceof waist girdle. rings containingprecious gemstones,braceletsonits arms,armletsandgolden the beautifulblack,curlytressesofha the hueofdarkblue its neck. The beautifulchild had agolden Srivathsam birthmark onitschestan AzhwAr feels (in the Devaki role): She, you, Krishna. Yasodha wasblessedwitheverything.... Sh P conch, maceandotherdivyaaayudhams, [From SriSatakopanSwami’sarticle] payOdhasoubhagamII pIthAmbharam sAndhra Srivathsa LakshmamgalasObhi kousthubham chathurbhujam sankhagadhAryudhAyudhamI tamadhbhutham baalakamambhujEkshaNam -ïImÑagvtm!10-3-9 ïIvTslúm< glsaeiÉ kaEStuÉ< pI tmÑ‚t< balk< A - 7.5 - 7.5 cloud oftherain taMbr< saNÔpyaedsaEÉgm!. ---SrimadhBhaagavatham:10.3.9 149 d theeffulgentKousthubhAgemaround yasOdhAwasblessed witheverything. Lotus-eyed, four-armed,adorningthe this beautiful and extraordinary child thisbeautifulandextraordinary ir onthechild's thenewlybornch d naturalbeautyaredescribedinthe yellowclotharounditswaistandhad y season. The father VasudEvA saw y season.ThefatherVasudEvAsaw e even got lovelysweetkissesfrom head, a diadem, ear ear head, adiadem, ild hadtheshining sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ornament (neRRichutti) on Yourforehe The movementofyour curlyblacktres ªÌΪ She even gotthelovely,sweetkiss fromyou. §Ô̮ӽ ®Óì¿ ÷² 7.5 thiruvilEn onRumpeRRilEnyellaamdhaivanangai veguLiyaaininRuraikkumavvuraiyum viralai chenjiRuvaayidaisErththu unthan thaadhaiyaipOlumvadivukaNdukoNduuLLamuLkuLira neRRiyilsuttiasaitharamaNivaayidaimuththam maruvum ninthiru tharuthalum,7.5 Ý §² £ Û ¨Ô² Û ¼£¤ Ý §ß¾§¾ë© ² Ý ü² Ý §ÔÌ ¼¨± Ý £ÔÑ ®ßëÓ¾¥£ Ý Ñª Û ¼©± Ú ½©ßͪ Û ±ÓëÓ Û ±Ó½ Ü Ã¥ Û ½£ì Û * ®¥ ² Û¥ Ý * ù Curly black tresses Õ ó¾£§ì*ª¦Ó®ßëÓ¾¥Ê§ Ù § Õ Î ¡¦ Ü Ç* ¼®Á°Óëßë Ü 150 ߪ Û ¼§ë Þż¡ß¦ ad; kissing with yourbeautifulsweet ad; kissing ses fallingoveryour faceandthe Û ® ¨¢ Þ Å ÷° Û ¨Ô² yasOdhai peRRaaLE ܾ¡ 뽣߾§¼©± Ý Ñ¾ì¡ Ü °ª Û ÷° ÜÁª Ü §ª Ü Á°Óì* Û ó® Û §Ì§Íª Ü Î¾ì˪ Ûç½° Û ,* Û * " Parama Purushan.Onemayalsorelate of tears ofjoyatthegoodfortune accompanied bytheotherDevas,Rishis, where evenParamaYogis,Devasand The ropewassufficientlylongtotie implored totheLordbebound(bywa Exasperated inherefforts, enough. lengthened theropeineveryattempt only the ropewasalittleshort.Determined tie uptheLord.Eachtimeshetried, the mortar.Itmustberememberedthat context of theincident where Yashoda childhoodoffers tributetoYashodaforthelatte pranks ofSri MuralidharRangaswamiadds:ThisPa Lord Krishna.all ofthem. Everything oftheseincidents. The reference to celestial lady is in the eating theremaining food, whichyo andunluckyto miss AzhwAr feels(inthe Devakirole):Iamsounfortunate P above. Yashoda,thedivinely angry; I,theunfortunate one,have whenyouare aquiveringmouth,stammering uttering ramblingwordswith feeling elated;placing andputtingyourfingers inyour smallreddishmouth; father and enjoyedat thatsimilarity;s mouth; the charming beauty of your body and face, resembling that of your Agrahya ShashavataKrishNo ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 7.6 - 7.6 andrealizingthefutility blessedlady,equaltoa " tothisincident. " u usedtoleaveon theplate. 151 Yashoda whohadobtainedthegraceof not experienced orenjoyed anyofthe Yashoda found toheramazementthat Yashodafound up theLord.Thus,Yashodasucceeded eeing andenjoyingyourchildishpranks, y ofscoldingthechild).Loandbehold! r's Bhagyamforbein witnessed this incident and poured out witnessed thisincidentandpouredout the Vishnu Sahasranamam salutation the VishnuSahasranamamsalutation Maharishis cameupshort.Brahma, to accomplish her mission, Yashoda toaccomplishhermission,Yashoda successfully tied up Lord Krishna to successfully tiedupLordKrishnato Yashoda triedseveraltimesinvainto suram isinstructiveinthatDevaki tofindthattheropewasnotlong celestial lady,experienced ofherendeavor,Yashoda g privy to allthe g privyto sadagopan.org sadagopan.org their littledarling].Continuing fr [When TheLordwas bornVasudeva an givebirthOh why tosuchunfortunate me! didmymother fortunate enoughtoeatthefood leftby fingers of yoursuch little enjoyment. What a dhourbhaagyam! hand Oh! andthose dirtonYourbeautifulbody,smea your 7.6 taking putting food with all the five it inwalk); yourplayinginthereddustand your mouth; Iunsteady walking,fallingdownandgetting was not lucky andOh! KaNNA!TheOnewhohascoolmost yennai yenseyya peRRathu yemmOyE uNNa peRRilEnO!koduvinaiyEn vaari vaaykkoNdaadisilinmichchal vaNNa senciRukaiviralanaiththum maarvil mannidapeRRilEnandhO endhan maNNil sempodiaadivanthu thavazhnthezhunthu thaL thaNNanthaamarai kaNNanEkaNNaa ù² §®¯ ù² ª¦ §¦ ®ßìÓ ®ßë ®¦ ÷¦ Ý Ý ¿² ù² §² Þ ¦Ó Þ Þ ¦¨ ¦£ Þ ¦© Û ¨ Û ¼§Ï¨ Ý ªßì Û Û Ú §ßª¾ì¡ ¼£¤ ¼©± Ü ¼£ª Û ¡ ݼ£ë ܼ¡ß¦ Ù ®Ó Û Ç §°ì Û ±Ó½ Û ¼©ß¥ Ý £ÔÑ ¾¡®Óì Û ë© Ü ª² Þ ¥ ó¥ Ú ¼©± ² Ü ¡¦ Õ ô¥ ݲӥ© Ý ý!¼¡ßŮӿ²½ë² Ù ¨ Û §½§ßì Û ±Ç ùª Õ £Ô Þ ¦½² ¡¦ Õ ®¨ Ú ¼©± arnthathOr nadaiyaal Ó² Û Ç* Ü ó¿²§ Ù ¨¾¥ëß Ý ªÓ£ Û±Ó½ Û ª½ 7.6 ½ªß½ë om theearlier verse(tamadbhutham) Û £ Þ æ* ² Ü Çª Ý ó¨ Ü * 152 embracing me immediately after with all embracing meimmediatelyafterwithall Û * Ü * red with dust- Idid notexperienceany red withdust- d Devaki are overwhelmed and praise d Devakiareoverwhelmed andpraise Ý * Û you in the plate. I am a great sinner. youintheplate.Iamagreatsinner. ½§ß* up(whenyouwerejustlearning to beautiful redlotuslikeeyes!Your AzhwAr feels(inthe Devakirole):Ilost P sarva saakshi. transcends prakruthiandareofthena I recognize who Thou art!YouaretheSupreme Being (Purusha:)Himself,who ---Srimadh sarvabuddhidRRik|| kevalAnubhavAnanda svarUpaH Bhaagavatham:10.3.13 prakruteHparaH| viditosi bhavaansaakShAtpuruShaH kevlanuÉvanNd Svêp>svRbuiφk ividtaeis ÉvaNsa]aTpué;> à³…te> pr>, -ïImÑagvtm!10-3-10 VasudevA salutedthisun divine child. symbols ofDivinity(MahApurushaLaks [From SriSatakopanSwamiar uddAmakA~ncya~Ngadaka~NkanAdibhirv tviS mahArhavaidUryakirITakuNDala %ÎamkaÁCy¼dk»naidiÉivRra mhahRvEËyRikrIqk…{fl iTv;apir:v´shök…Ntl<, ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 7.7 - 7.7 ique childthisway: ecmna< vsudev@e]t. ticle] VasudEvA and DEvakI sawallthesignsand VasudEvAandDEvakI ticle] -S œ 153 -ïImÑagvtm!10-3-13 . hA pariShvaktasahasrakuntala.m| allyourmost beautifulglances atme. ture of pure consciousness-bliss and ture ofpureconsciousness-blissand irocamanA.m vasudeva aikShata|| irocamanA.m vasudeva haNam) andbegantoeulogizethis rimadh Bhaagavatham:10.3.10 sadagopan.org sadagopan.org ¼®¦ ù¯Ó Ê¡Ô¯ ÊÏǪ KaNNan. pranks bytheEmperumaan,Kutti life bybringing youup.Shewas sofo AzhwAr feels(intheDevakirole):Ya P Á¯¡½²! ù² Even Gopisenjoyedthem. your sacredgracebysendingyouawayimmediatelyafterbirth. between you smilelooking atmyface.I rubbing the tip ofmy breastwhileyour likeaflood ofbeau right hand,youskid Oh kind heartedone!Ohmybeautiful chil yezhilkoL ninthirukkaNNiNainOkkathan mazhalai mennagaiyidaiyidaiaruL ozhugu pErezhiliLanchiRuthaLirpOl orukaiyaalorumulaimugamnerudaa kuzhakanE yenthan kOmaLapiLLaai ª¯¿ üÏÁ ½©¼ì¯Ó 7.7 ù¯Ó ERUM Ü Ü ¼¡ß° ¼¡ß° ¼ª² Û õ°¤ Þ §ëÓì AL T Û ¼®¦ Ù ½§ßë Ü §ßª Ü ¨Ô² Ý ²¾¡ õ¾¥ëÓ¾¥óÌ°ß*®ßëÓ½ HIRUMOZHI Ý £Ôѧ Ý §² Þ ¼¦ë¿°¨ Ü õ°¤ Ý §ÔÌ¡ Û É¼¡ß¦ Û ¨ Ý ½¡ßª°© Ü §ßª¾ì¡ Û § ¼£® Ý £ÔÑ §°Óì Ü ¡¦ - 7.8 - 7.8 Û Ç ¼§ß¥ Þ Å ó¥ Ü ®ß˪ Þ ¦Ó¿¦ ½¨ß¡ Ú ©Ó° Ü ¾¡Ëª Õ © Û* Ù ½©ß Ú©§± Ü °ßë Û Å¦ aa vaayilEmulai irukka yen mugatthE Û * ½¡ß®Ó¨ Û Á ù° Û * Ü * ü̾¡ëß Þ Æª GOvindhaa yen kudangaiyilmanni 154 sOdhA gottheultimatehappinessinher Ü ¡¨ rtunate to witness so manyleelas and towitnessso rtunate lost theopportunityofbenefit ty (to my lap), with your tenderhand withyour ty (tomylap), Û* mouthisinmyotherbreast andin naiyum izhandhEnizhandhEnE7.7 ÜÁª d! Oh Govinda! when I hold you in my Û §² Û §ß ù² Û ¨Ô¿ Ý ¿²Ëª Ê¿ Ü üÌÊ¿ ˪ Û* õ¯¨ Ý Á¥¢ õÌ¡ Û * ܾ¡ëÓ Û ½§² Ü ¡ ù² Ê¡ª Ý õ¯¨ Ý Ê¡§ Ü ª² Û ¼¨Ì¥ß* Û ½§½² ½§½² Ý ²Ó* Ü ½§* ¼§ß ¼§ßϾ¡Ëª ó¦Ó¼¡ß° óϾ¡Ëª folded hands; Yashoda whosawallthes folded hands;Yashoda guilty look;yourbeautiful redlipswerequivering;you apologizingwith were beaten with a rope on your small butter; Whenyou it inthat potof hands afterdipping found lickingyour handed); Youwere handed (white You werecaughtred hands; Your small the butteroutwith the roomandtook You enteredinto butter isinthepot; The freshly made thollai inbaththiniRudhikaNdaaLE thozhukaiyum ivaikaNda asOdhai aNikoL senchiRuvaai neLippadhuvum azhukaiyum anjinOkkumannOkkum nilaiyum veNthayirthOyndha sevvaayum yezhilkoL thaambukoNduadippathaRkuyeLkum mukizh iLanchiRuthaamaraik kaiyum muzhudhum veNNaiaLaindhuthottuNNum Ü ¿ õ² Ü ¼£¤ Û ó¤ Û õ¾®¡¦ Ý ©§ Ý £Ô ½¨ß¡ Ü §Ô² Ý £ÔÑ ®ßë Ý õѧԡ¦ Ü Áª Þ ¥ ó½£ß¾§* Û ¼¨°Ó© Û ó¨ You took the butter out withYour small hands Û½¨ß¡ Þ ¥ß½° 7.8 Ú ©ÇΪ Ü Áª 155 and softhand,youwere standingwitha Û* e expressionsfromYou withherown 7.8 Û * sadagopan.org sadagopan.org the magnitudeofthis conceptandreco serving asthebasis of thedynamics principle behind thewhole timedoctrine Devaki recognizesHerdi desireless one. beyond thethree guNAs,theeterna describe astheprimordial,unmanife O mychild!ThouarttrulyMahAVish Meaning: sa tvamSaakshAthVishnu:adhyAthmadhIpa: satthAmAthram nirvisEshamnirIham Brahma jyOthirnirguNamnirvikAramI rUpam yathtathprAhu:avyakthamaadhyam -ïImÑagvtm!sÄamaÇ< inivRze;< inrIh< sTv< sa]aiTv:[aerXyaTmdIp> êp< yÄTàahurVy´maXy< äüJy Mother DEvakI eulogizedHer Continuing fromtheearlierverse(tamadbhutham) their littledarling]. [When TheLordwasbornVasudeva an fortunate. eyes realized theParatvam andenjoye 10-3-24 vine child as themaster child, theLordthisway: aeiwinRguR[m! inivRkarm!, --Srimadh BhAgavatham: 10.3.24 --SrimadhBhAgavatham: 156 gnizes herchildasthe JagadhAdhAran theUniverse. Sheisoverwhelmed by d Devaki are overwhelmed and praise d Devakiareoverwhelmedandpraise Nu, thedivinelight,whatsages and the driver oftheKaalachakram andthedriver d eternal bliss. Oh She is so most d eternalbliss.OhSheissomost l, thepurest,changelessand st, thegiganatic, theeffulgentlight ofPrakruthIandthe Please blessmetowitness thosewond P Thy cosmic sleep, hast been born of my womb ( way: "ThatThou,whobearestthewholeun Devaki continueswithhersalutationsan tothatdivinechild. and performsprapatthi Swami] only Thyimitationofhumanwaysto ERUM AL T HIRUMOZHI - 7.9 - 7.9 Devaki salutesYou! 157 erful child hoodleelasofYours! hide Thyidentity.[bySriSatakopan hide d reveals His avathAra rahasyamthis d revealsHisavathAra iverse withinThyselfatthetimeof mama garbhagOabhUdhahO ) is sadagopan.org sadagopan.org puthanai]; Iamuseless mothertoYou! AzhwAr feels (in the Devaki role): P (the recorded version)themall again] see yourdeeds again.[itistoldthatKrishnareenacted orenabled Devaki see see anyofyourdeeds.Pl mymind victorious childhooddeedsmakes both ofthemwerekilled;troddingon kuzhal pORRi calf (killing ofVatsasura your enchanting playful deedof Rasakrid hillasanumbrellaGovardhana toprotectthecowherdfolks andthecattle; andmy You performedsomanyamazing onRum kaNdidapeRRilEnadiyEnkaaNumaaRu venRisEr piLLainalviLaiyaattamanaitthilumanguyenuLLamuLkuLira kanRinaal viLaveRinthathumkaalaalk ¼®² Á² childhood leelasth AzhwAr feels(intheDevakirole):Pl kunRinaal kudaikavitthadhumkOla ü² ¡² 7.9 ERUM Ý Ñª Ý ±Óè Ý ±Óè Ý ±Ó½£ì Û ¡¦ AL T Ü ®Ó°¼®±Ó¨ Ü Á¾¥¡®Ó§ Ù ©Ó° HIRUMOZHI Þ ¥ ]; throwingabelafruit(Kapithasu Õ ¥© Ü ¿° ¨ Ú ¼©± at youperformed. ۧǪ Û ±Ó½ Ü ®Ó¿°ëߥ Ü §Çª - 7.10 - 7.10 ease blessmenowifther Û * ¡ß ² in theformofacalf);[ Ý ó¥ Û * ½¡ß Û¥ª Õ ½ë² Û ó¿²§ ß Ü ¡ß°Óë² kuravai kOtthathum kudamaattum kuravaikOtthathumkudamaattum ¡ Ý * ¡ßƪßÑõ²Ó÷¦ 158 aaLiyan thalaimithitthathummudhalaa Ü Áì¾®½¡ß§ You have got mothers [yasodha and You havegotmothers [yasodha the hoodsofKalinga;thinkingyour ease blessmewiththosewonderful ܧÔͪ a withtheGopis;yourdancing elated.Ihavenotbeenfortunate to sterious deedsof holdingthe huge Ý §¿ Û * ó¢ ini uNdenilaruLE 7.9 ra intheform ofa bela fruit) ªÓ§Ô§ Ü Á ù² kaNru kuNilaayeRindhaay e are any opportunities to e areanyopportunitiesto Ü §Çª Ü §Çª Û Á¥ªß¥ Ý ÷° Þ ¼¥²Ó Û Ê§ Ü °ª Û ÷° Û Åª Ü ó̽° ß* Û * Ü Á°Óì* AAMNAAYA GANDHI RUDITA SPHURITAADHAROSHTAM SPHURITAADHAROSHTAM AAMNAAYA GANDHI RUDITA gaepal ifMÉ vpu;< k…hna jnNya> àa[StnNxymvEim pr sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 7.11 ª childhood leelasth AzhwAr feels(intheDevakirole):Pl Krishna- KaNNA!Whatawonderfulname! P and herlifeforceblesse cunning invitationbut alsosuckedherlifethroughthe to breastPuthanaa. Henotonlyhelpedhimselfwi feed him. Hesmile wasoverthethought ofwhathe drank at onethe fragranceofVedas.Healsosm swoop Puthana'slower lipsquiveredfromthatexertion. milk evil Puthanaa,healternat was notanordinarybaby.Ashefeigned Supreme Lord, whotookthe form ofthe [From StiSatakopanSwami’sarticle]Ivi --GopAla PRAANASTHANANDHAYAMIV GOPAALADIMBHAVAPUSHA AASRAAVILEKSHANAMANUK vimshati 3 ¼¡ß ù ¨ ERUM Ü Ü Ü ¿ ¿ Ó¾£§ ªß¨¡ì ëÓ Ü AL T Ó ¡ß® Ü ©Ó° Ü §ªÓ¯ HIRUMOZHI Ù ¡ Ü ¿° ¼£ë Ü Á õ¾±ë®² ² Û ªß¿ Ý ªß at youperformed. Û ®² ¡ßæ§ ¥ ® - 7.11 Õ Ê¥ ely cried andsmiled.Whenhecried, hisupperand Ü Õ ½ª d herthisway.Thiscertainlyisnoordinarychild! Ý §² ßì M KUHANAAJANANYAA: Ù¡° Ü * ½¡ß SHANA MANDHAHAASAMI Ü * ¼§ë Ý ¿²* ®ß² AIMI PARAMPUMAAMSAMII Ü * ¨¦ 160 At thattime,hissweetbreathcarried th the poisonous milk fromherbreast, th thepoisonousmilk ease blessmewiththosewonderful Û ®§ planned todonextwiththedeceitful ÞÆ®ßì ªßª very sameactof re iled inbetweeniled hiscryingspells.His fear at the sight of the approaching fear atthesightofapproaching sualize andrevereSriGopalaasthe child borninthecowherdfamily.He Ý ¼£Í§ Ü ½§®¡ÔÉ Û Á Ù ü ½£¡ì² Ü§Ô ®¨ Ü¿ ¨ß즲 ª Û § Ý ¼£ß² Û ©Óë É × ¢ Ü¡¿¦ ªßë§ sponding toher Ý ÷ Ý ²* ª Û © ½¡ (2) Ü * Ü Ç* dEvakI-priya-bAlAya rukmiNyAhpatayE nama:" "krshNAyavAsudEvAyagItA-SAstra-pradAyinE ' Icomposedamodest the Lord'srolescametomymindvividly, and about it,butfacingtheseaofanevenin evening on thesea-shore;one cannot heart's contentinspeakingofkrshNa?To krshNah' 'karshati iti wonderful writeup(extract)onKrishnaname.. Let usconcludethisdecadwithSr will attainVaikuntam,theabodeofLordNarayana. on hishead, inasweettune.Thosewho Kulashekara, thekingofKolli,whoadores 7.11 to him.TheseTamilsongsbringingout exploitscould notbeseen extraordinary Madhura, KrishnaAvataramhelped Lord inthe tonaNNuvaar ollainaaraNanulagE(2) attainnallisai thamizhmaalaivallaarkaL kOlamaam kulasEkaransonna bliss. kolli kaavalanmaaladimudimEl dhaiva dhEvakipulambiyapulambal yellaiyil piLLaiseyvanakaaNaa In thisvaanselutthi vandheengaNaimaayatthu mallai maanagarkkuiRaiyavanthannai anushTubh ' which Ioffer humblytothebhAgavata-s: [enchanter, thereforekrshNa].Whocanever havehis 161 irangam SriTSSundararajanSwami’s Kamsa, the King of wealthy and great Kamsa, theKingofwealthyandgreat Avataram Krishna's limitless and Krishna'slimitless Avataram measure theseanorknoweverything the melancholyofDevakiwassungby recite thesesongswithunderstanding g yield its own fulfillment. 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