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kOvai vaayaaL poruttu* ERRin  eruththam iRuththaay,* madhiLilangaik
kOvai veeyach chilaikuniththaay!*  kulanNal yaanai marupposiththaay,*
poovai veeyaa neer_thoovip*  pOdhaal vaNangENnElum,* nNin
poovai veeyaam mEnikkup*  poosum saandhu en nenchamE.      (2)	4.3.1

1. nappinnaip piraatti has got the Most beautiful Red coral lips like the
kovaaip pazham. To get her, KaNNA! You fought with the seven oxen and
killed them.  You bent Your bow to destroy rAvaNA, the king of lankA,
surrounded by the four big ramparts. You broke the tusker of the elephant
"kuvalayaapeetam". Such Great Lord You are; and during those avtaars, I
had NEVER performed Thiruvaaraadhanam by offering flowers with pure water
at Your Feet. Even then, You have considered my mind as the sandal paste
and applied on Your chest. The soft tender, ThirumEni of Yours- my mind
has become sandal paste for such a Divine Chest! (How lucky I am! How
fortunate I am!) (This reminds me of Sthothra Rathnam of Alavandhaar-
"kathaa punas sankha".-When Lord TrivikramA, measured the entire universe
in His one step, He had touched the entire world with His Lotus Feet. Had
I lived in any form during that time, I would have attained mOksham; but,
the very fact that I exist today means I was not there; I am so
unfortunate! Please place Your Lotus Feet now on my head, Oh Lord!)

3146:
poosum saandhu en nenchamE*  punaiyum kaNNi enadhudaiya,*
vaasagamsey maalaiyE*  vaan pattaadaiyum aqdhE,*
dhEsamaana aNikalanum*  en_kaikooppuch cheygaiyE,*
eesan NYaalam undumizhndha*  endhai Ega moorththikkE.	4.3.2

2. Emperumaan, is the peerless, unparalleled Vigrahavaan. He is the Eka
mUrthy. He is the only Iswaran. He ate the entire universe and retained
them in His stomach and protected the world and spat after; For Him, my
father, my mind has become His sandal paste. My words are His garland. My
verses are His Beautiful silk cloth. My humble respects to Him with both
of my hands are His shining golden ornaments adorned by Him.

3147:
Ega moorththi irumoorththi*  moonRu moorththi palamoorththi-
aagi,* aindhu boodhamaay  irandu sudaraay* aruvaagi,*
naagam ERi nadukkadaluL  thuyinRa *naaraayaNanE,* un-
aagam muRRum agaththadakki*  aaviyallal maayththathE.	4.3.3

3. Oh NarayNA! The One who is having His yOga nithrA on AdhisEshA in
ThiruppaaRkadal (Milk Ocean)! You were first one mUrthy; then you became
two mUrthys, mummUrthys, and then many mUrthys; You became sUrya chandRas
and the five bhUthAs; You are also formles (aru). For all of these, You
have become the jIvAtmA. You have made me the place for all the articles
for performing Thiruvaaraadhanam namely, sandal paste, maalai, and all
other articles. Since, You have made me useful for You, I have NO SORROWS
any more. (In this pAsuram, 1. one mUrthy- Emperumman, The One before the
srushti; The Primordial Chief; 2. Two mUrthys- Prakriti, mahaan - having
them as His sarIram (Body), 3. Three mUrthys: Three ahankaarAs; (sAtvik,
rajas, and thamas). 4. Many mUrthys- Satvika ahankaara-11 indhriyAs;
ThAmasa ahankaarAs- Five bhUthAs; 5. Aru- antharyaami.)

3148:
maayththal eNNi vaaymulai  thandha* maayap pEyuyir-
maayththa,* aaya maayanE! *vaamaNnanE maadhavaa,*
pooththaN maalai kondu* unnaip  pOdhaal vaNangENnElum,* nNin
pooththaN maalai nedumudikkup*  punaiyum kaNNi enadhuyirE.	4.3.4

4. KaNNa PerumaanE! To finish You off, bhUthanai, the rAkshasi, had come
to breast feed You. You, even as an infant, sucked her life along with the
poisonous milk and killed her. A great wonder! Not only that. You, the
Beloved of MahAlakshmi, appeared as Vaamanan. (Note. AzhwAr refers to
Vaama avathaaram and address the Lord as the Beloved of Lakshmi! Vaamana
hid Her behind the KrishNajinam, which He was wearing as theBrahmachari.)
During those times, I had NOT paid obeisance to You performing
ThiruvArAdhanam with garlands of cool fragrant flowers; Yet,For Your long
haired head, my jIvan has become the garland (How fortunate am I!)

3149:
kaNNi enadhuyir* kaadhal kanagach chOdhi mudimudhalaa,*
eNNil palkalaNngaLum* Elu maadaiyum aqthE,*
naNNi moovulagum* nNaviRRum keerththiyum aqthE,*
kaNNaNn embiraanemmaan* kaala sakkarath thaanukkE.	4.3.5

5. My father, My Emperumaan, KaNNapiraan, has got the Divine ChakrA in His
hand. My jIvan (uyir) has become His garland. His countless, unbounded
Golden ornaments and His shining crown are My love and affection towards
Him. My love is His PeethAmbharam (His cloth). His Keerthy (the glories),
the one hailed by the three worlds and dEvAs, is also my love for Him.

3150:
'kaala sakkaraththodu* veNsaNGgam kai_yEndhinaay,*
NYaala muRRum undumizhndha* naaraayaNanE!' enRenRu,*
Olamittu naanazhaiththaal* onRum vaaraayaagilum,*
kOlamaam en sennikku* un kamalam anna kuraikazhalE.	4.3.6

6. I have been yelling  "NarayanA!, The One who ate and spat the entire
universe!" so many times and yet, You did not come; Oh EmperumaanE! The
One who executes the final time cycle! Your Most Beautiful Lotus Feet are
the decorations on my head (Forehead as ThirumaN SrichoorNam). I will
always wear them as the decoration on my head. (reciting the Pasurams and
slokams are difficult; can we not at least do that?)

3151:
kuraikazhalgaL neetti* maN konda kOla vaamanaa,*
kuraikazhal kai kooppuvaargaL* kooda ninRa maayanE,*
viraikoL poovum neerumkoNdu* Eththa maattENnElum,* un
uraikoL sOdhith thiruvuruvam* enna dhaavi mElathE.	4.3.7

7. You had measured the entire universe with Your feet! Oh Beautiful
VaamanA! You enable Those who pray to You with both their hands reach You
easily- Such a Maayavan are You. I had never paid You respects and
performed ArAdhanam with fragrant flowers and water; Yet You are taking my
jIvan (uyir) as Your food; Yoru jOthi swarUpam, the one described in VedAs
is always on top of my jIvan (uyir). That only means You love me so dear.

3152:
enna_dhaavi mElaiyaay* ErgoL Ezh ulagamum,*
thunni muRRumaagi nNinRa* sOthi NYaana moorththiyaay,*
unnadhu enna_dhaaviyum* ennadhu unnadhaaviyum*
inna vaNNamE nNinRaay* enRuraikka vallEnE?	4.3.8

8. Oh jOthiswarUpi! The knowledge personified! The One who stays in my
AthmA most willingly! My life is so sweet to You. Your life and existence
is so sweet to me too. I can NOT tell the exact form in which You exist. I
have become Your dear and You have become my dear. I have become Your
possession and You have become mine. (Here it appears his disciple asked
ALavandhaar " this AthmA of ours is His property and is dear to Him. How
one can say Emperumaan's AthmA is jIvAthmA's possession?" YamunAchAryA
responded "When we try and wish Our AthmA to belong to Emperumaan, the
karmA may become the hurdle and hamper the same; But when the SarvEshwaran
Himself becomes the jIvAthmA's belonging, there can not be a karmA factor
that can stop the progress; It may strike positive and That will stay
permanent." - what a taatparyam by Yamuna muni!)

3153:
uraikka vallEn allEn* un  ulappil keerththi veLLaththin*
karaikkaN enRu selvannNaan?*  kaadhal maiyal ERinEn,*
puraippilaadha parambaranE!*  poyyilaadha paraNYchudarE,*
iraiththu nalla mEnmakkaL  Eththa* yaanum EththinEn.	4.3.9

9. I am totally, completely immersed in Your love for me; But still, I can
NOT tell and describe Your most auspicious attributes (kalyANa guNAs). I
am being dragged and carried away by the swift currents of the great
floods of Your glories and keerthy and when can I reach the shore, Oh
Lord! I am being caught in choppy waters with terrible swirls of love for
You amd You are haunting my memories. Oh Blemishless Param poruLE! When
Great Scholars and bhakthAs (like other members of Bhakti Group) hail Your
glories, I (madhavakkannan) also join with them and hail Your ausicious
attributes.

3154:
yaanum Eththi* Ezhulagum  muRRum Eththi,* pinnaiyum
thaanum Eththilum* thannai  EththavEththa engeydhum,*
thEnum paalum kannalum*  amudhumaagith thiththippa,*
yaanum embiraanaiyE  EththiNnEn* yaaNnuyvaanE.	4.3.10

10. Even if all seven worlds and I join together and hail Your glories, it
will not suffice and do justice to complete the Glories of Yours; Your
glories are so limitless and unbounded. Even if He decides to hail His
glories by Himself, He can not do justice to it and complete. It is not
possible to describe His glories in such words. Then if you ask "why do
you hail His glories then?", it si because for my redemption, and for my
"ujjIvanam", I am hailing His glories. For saving me, He is so merciful
and He showered so much grace on me, can I stay without hailing His
glories? (No.) he is so sweet and tasty for me like Honey, Milk, Jaggery
(Vellam) and nectar. Hence, I hail his Glories.

3155:##
uyvupaayam maRRinmai  thERik* kaNNan oNkazhalgaLmEl*
seyya thaamaraip pazhanath*  thennan kurugoorch chadagOpan,*
poyyil paadal aayiraththuL*  ivaiyum paththum vallaargaL,*
vaiyam manni veeRRirundhu*  viNNum aaLvar maNNoodE. (2)	4.3.11

11. Sri Sadagopar (NammAzhwAr) was born in Thirukkurugoor where there are
lots of fields and ponds filled with Lotus flowers. He, having found that
there is only one way for redemption of our soul, that is holding the
Lord's Lotus Feet firmly, has sung 1000 pAsurams in praise of Him. Out of
those 1000, those who read these ten will stay in this world with great
prosperity for a long time (with dheergaayus) and from here they will also
rule Parama Padham even.




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