Naimisaaranyam

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Satellite Pictureof Naimisaranyam NAIMISAARANYAM 1 itself isworshippedasBhagavAn. u Badri,SaaLagrAmamandarrivedat irumangai wentonatriptotheHimAlayan am which he received as UpadEsam from whichhereceivedasUpadEsam am whopresentedHimselfasBrahmaGuru) ed bySriThirumangaiAzhwArearlyin aLaasAsanam forLordDevarAjan and

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org the 106thDhivyaDesamduringhisyAthrAs. HH theJeeyarknownasDevanArviLakam ThrithIyai day. stay here,HHtheJeeyarofreveredme Hishealthde AchAramandanushtAnam. of His MangaLAsAsanam ofthisDhivyaDesam.His aHEviLa in YathIndhra MahADesikan Here arrived therevered43rdJeeyarof Here, SoothaPurANikarrecitedthe18PurA The Lordisintheformofaforesthere. manySathraYaag did Here, theMaharishis is thesacred grovethat isfitfortheirpe rolleditself (Dharbham /Thuppul) Maharishis ofgreat celebrated penancegrove river.This wasthe Gomudhi consort,SriHarilakshmionthebanksof His divine Srimath Devanarvilagam Azhagiyasinghar Srimath Devanarvilagam Azhagiyasinghar into a ball and landed to show the Maharishis thatit intoaballandlandedtoshowtheMaharishis 2 nance and worship of the Dhivya Dampathis. nance andworshipoftheDhivyaDampathis. mory ascended paramapadham on a Sukla mory ascendedparamapadhamonaSukla AhobilaMatam,HHSriVeerarAghava Theremaining twodhivyadesamsamong Nams for the benefit of the Maha Rishis. Nams forthebenefitofMahaRishis. ams thattakesmanyyearstocomplete. mbhi yearKaarthikaimonthforthe ofYore.Thisis JeeyarwasvisitingNaimisAraNYamas health wasnotthebest teriorated further.Afterafewdaysof where thesacredgrass duetotherigors Kaimkarya praapthifit forallPlaces,Ti Sarva-dEsa, SarvaKaala-SarvaavasthOchi (Supreme Lord,whois themostenjoyable AzhwAr addresseshisSarvaSwami,who saraNAgathi. (utterhelplessne states hisaakinchanyam themiddl Mannanstandsin Thirumangai of thatMoksham). Svaroopam, MokshOpAyam,Mokshaphalan a of panchakam ".Itexplainsthemeanings to protectexceptthe Lord).Itisalso that lowliness,whichispartoftheexperien Nikarsham meanslowlinessorunfitness.Ni These tenpaasuramsarenikarshaanusan VeerarAghava SatakOpaYathindhraMahADesika with which arenotreachablebyanyone desamssungbyAzhwAr the 108dhivya N ladder. on thespiritual hastruenirvEdham,th anubhavam. Unlessone NirvEdham isrecognizedasoneofthe33 seeks theLord'sgrace.TheexperienceofNi The BhakthanexperiencingnirvEdhamdisparages routes. Sukham viaprapatthiorBhakthiYogam ofBha instead ofthelastingaanandham overwastedtime disgust despondency, distilled essenceofhisfeelingsNirvEd on The tenpaasuramsofThirumangai deep reflectionbyusall. .Thesear now "NaimisAraNyattthuLenthAi" theMangaLAs adiyEn wouldsummarize These tenbeginwiththepassuram"VaaN daily recital. includes thetenpaasuramsofKaliyanon SriAhobila Because ofthoselinks, AchAryan ofAhobilaMatamat NaimisAraNyam. 108 dhivyadesavijayamfromNaimisAraNyam. AIMIS A RA N YA P AASURAMS

3 Matam sannidhi nithyAnusandhAna Kramam nithyAnusandhAna Matam sannidhi s are ThiruppARkkadal s areThiruppARkkadal the EmperumAnofNaimisAraNyamare the human body. HHSriVaNNSatakOpa humanbody. Sri ilAmuRuval siRunudhalperumthOL--". chasing afterephemeralsensorypleasures arthapanchakam(IsvaraSvaroopam,Jeeva arevealingexampleof"Vyakthaartha ce ofananyagathithvam(havingnoonelse dhAnam steeped in nirvEdha anubhavam. dhAnam steepedinnirvEdhaanubhavam. theEmperumAnofNaimisAraNyamfor tha -Sarva vidha Kaimkaryam (Nithya tha -SarvavidhaKaimkaryam ss) andananyagathithvamperforms is Sarva-prAkaara,NiradhisayaBhOgyan e ofthevanamNaimisArANyamand gavadh- anubhavam leading to Moksha gavadh- anubhavamleadingtoMoksha rvEdham leads tothenextstage,ShAnthi. karsha anusandhAnam is a declaration of adeclarationof is anusandhAnam karsha ham. This mind set is associated with ham. Thismindsetisassociatedwith mes andStatesbefitting theJeevan's one ineveryway).Az Asana anubhavam of Kaliyan of the Asana anubhavamofKaliyanthe subordinate feelingstatesin Bhagavath subordinate nd theobstacles/enemiesforrealization e beautiful paasurams of Kaliyan worth ofKaliyan e beautifulpaasurams Today, thereisasann ere is no prospect of climbingfurther prospectof ere isno n leftthisearthfo himself orherselfoverlosttimeand himself and SriVaikuNTam, r completionofhis hwAr requests the hwAr requeststhe idhi for thisgreat for idhi

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T HOUGHTS ): the pursuit of siRRinbham (ephemeral pleasures) andhave pleasures) (ephemeral the pursuitofsiRRinbham bewildered.OhLord!Then, ier way of life. AdiyEnhasa ier wayoflife. sed in my passion for these beautifulwomen.Thatwas forthese sed inmypassion beencuredoftheillness 6 sacredfeettogainSathgathy. the union with young women known for their the unionwithyoungwomenknownfor dhivya dEsamofNaimichAraNyam.Kaliyan andpuNyams)through beautiful small foreheads, big bamboo like beautiful smallforeheads,bigbamboolike g women;adiyEnconsideredthemasmy i adainthEn!) atYourlotusfeet. adainthEn!) i En, NaannvanthuadainthEn"says shapely breasts(Vanammulai)andthe En understands now the worthlessness of En understandsnowtheworthlessnessof life). After receiving upadEsam from you life).AfterreceivingupadEsamfrom such a pursuit isdetrimentaltochasing suchapursuit thecouragetoshakelosefromsuch ned tohisLordwhyhewasashamed:I evious foolishactivities.Immediately, tood thefutilityofchasingephemeral m! adiyEn has spent mydaysdevoted m! adiyEnhasspent I recitedYour AshtAksharam of samsAraictemptations. rrived at Your sacred feet rrived atYoursacredfeet the performanceof (A only refuge(vaanOrnalampurinthu cast asidetheseactivities asworthlessand withtheanugraha further andfurther.Now, Svaroopi. adiyEnchasedthesepleasurese notthinkeven anddid beautiful ladies thewellshaped, bejewele days worshipping Oh LordofNaimisAraNyam!MaayAvi! Kaliyan addressestheLordofNaimichAraNyam M naimisaaraNiyatthuL endhaay! nalamburin dhiRaiNYchunt Alamburithadakkai aayanE!maayaa!vaanavarkkarasanE!,vaanOr bOgamEperukkip pulambadindhuNNum karunedungkaNNaar silambadiyuruviR £Ô P NaimichAraNyam and performsSaraNAgathy at to the Lordof nirvEdham his Kaliyanexpresses VaaLaapOkkinEn). (pozhuthinai padinthu uNNumbhOgam perukki)andwast these maRanthu) andgettingimmersedin long, blackeyes.Thatle infatuationwith refers toThirumangai's vaaLApOkkin bhOgamE perukkipozhuthinai (Karu neduKannArtiRatthanAi aRatha allhisnithya young womenandabandoning totheLord aboutth Kaliyan confessesnext sacred feetareworshippedbythem!). as a weapon in Your hand! Oh Aasccharya PurushanE! Oh Lord of the celestialsiRainjum --NaimichAraNyatthuYenthAi" whose "alampuri tadakkaiAayanE!Maayaa!Vaanav É ó ®ß½èì ¾¨ªÓ£ßì¦Óë§ AASURAM ­ EANING ­ DDITIONAL ­ ª ª ª Û ©¥ Û ©¥ Û ÉìÓ§¥¡ Õ ¨ Ù ¨ Õ Ë̮ӱ

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