SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan :
In the next two Paasurams , Thirumangai rejects the PurushArTam of
Kaamam and the dukkham associated with it and gives that as reason for
rejecting the worldly life ( manai Vaazhkkai ) pursuing siRRinbham and
setting his mind on the pErinbham of ThiruviNNagarappan's darsanam and
Kaimkaryam to Him . The 8th Paasuram housing these thoughts takes this form:
kaathal seythu iLayavar kalavi tarum , vEdanai vinai athu veruvathalAm
aathalin unathu adi aNuhuvan nAnn , pOthalar nedumudip-PuNNiyanE
ANDAi unnaik-kaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLithiyEl
VENDEn manai Vaazhkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE
Oh ThiruviNNagarappaa ! As in the case of BhimasEna , who went thru many
painful difficulties in bringing the KalyANa Sougandhikam flowers from the
garden of KubEra to please his wife Draupathy , men waste their time to make
their young women happy to win their hearts and to enjoy the resulting
carnal
pleasures , which ultimately ends up in disappointment and sorrow . These
are
frightening things ( athu veruvathalAm) . "iLayavar ( young women ) kaathal
seythu
kalavi tarum ( through the act of expressing their carnal desires through
physical
union ) ultimately leads to suffering and sorrow thru obsessions and
disappointments .
Therefore says Thirumangai in a mood of VivEkam that he would like to stay
away
from the pursuit of such Kaamam ( distracting desires) and would prefer
the adornment of the tall crown ( nedu mudi=TiruvabhishEkam ) of
ThiruviNNagarappan ,
which is the most appropriate place for those fragrant flowers to blossom on
time .
Thirumangai begs the Lord to grant His darsanam and promises to give up all
the worldly pleasures .
Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.9
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saathalum piRatthalum yenRu ivaRRaik-kaathal seyyAthu unn kazhal adainthEn
Othal sey naan maRayAhi umbar aathal sey MoovuruvAnavanE
ANDAi unnaik-KaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLitiyEl
VENDEn maanai vaazhkkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE
Here , Thirumangai rejects both Manushya Aanandam as well as the dEva janmam
associated with even superior pleasures ( " Indhira lOkam aaLum accuchvai
peRinum vENDEn " ) ." Punarapi Jananam , Punarapi maraNam , Punarapi Jananee
jaDirE sayanam , iha samsArE bahu dhustArE , krupayA paalaya Paahi MUrArE "
was the soulful cry of an AchArya , who was not far from Thirumangai's time
.
Thirumangai abhors the experience of Undergoing endless cycles of births and
deaths (Saathalum piRatthalum yenRivaRRai kaathal seyyAthu) and experiencing
garbha vaasam again and again in different wombs ( Manushya, DEva, Thiryang
etc) .
Therefore , Oh ThiruviNagarappA ! adiyEn has arrived at Your sacred feet (
aathalAl Unn
kazhal adainthEn) . adiyEn does not want to experience the Kshudhra Phalans
of
Yuvaa , Jaraa , MaraNam and Kaivalyam ( Youth , old age , death of the
physical body
and mere aathmAnubhavam/Kaivalyam ) . Oh Lord , who is the indweller of
dEvAs with
superior posts and who is of the form of the four VedAs ! If I am blessed to
have Your
soukumArya darsana aanandham , adiyEn will kick away the pleasures of this
world
in one instant and forever stay close to Your sacred feet .
Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.10
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This is the Phala Sruthi Paasuram for this set of ten Paasurams :
poomaru pozhilaNi ViNNagar mEl , kaamaru seerk-kalikanRi sonna
paamaru Tamizhivai paada vallAr Vaamanan adi iNai maruvuvarE
After rejecting the great wealth desired by many , long life filled with
sukhams , fame , glory , high birth , kaama bhOgams , dEvAnandham and
Prakruthi sambhandham , Thirumangai opted out for a life free from all
these distractions . Thirumangai longed for only one soubhAgyam (viz).,
the darsana soubhAgyam of ThiruviNNagarappan in His archaa state
at the dhivya dEsam of AakAsa Nagaram or VyOmapuri . Rest of the pleasures
were worthless blades of grass for him .
With that conviction and VairAgyam , Thirumangai reveals to us the Phalan of
reciting his ten Paasurams on ThiruviNNagarappan prsiding over the dhivya
dEsam adorned by fragrant flower gardens . Thirumangai states that those who
recite and reflect on the inner meanings of his ( pious poet's ) paasurams
set in
Tamil will be attracted to the sacred and beautiful feet of the Lord and
will stay
there . In these beautiful Paasurams , Thirumangai instructed us on the
hollowness
of the worldly life and pointed out that the closeness to the Lord's sacred
feet
is the only PurushArtam to seek for lasting sukham .
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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