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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on
Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. 

BhakthAmrutham viswa janAnumodhanam 
sarvArthatham Sri Satakopa Vaangmayam 
sahasra SaakOpanishadh samAgamam
namAmyaham Draavida Vedha Saagaram 

Meaning ): adiyEn salutes the ocean of Tamizh Vedam ,
which is of the form of Sri SaThakOpan's vaak
(speech/aruLiccheyalkaL). These are linked to the
thousand upanishads and includes in them all the deep
meanings (Taathparyams)of Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArthams
and artha Panchakam. They are nectar to the minds of
the devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNan and they enjoy it
with relish as aparyAthAmrutham [insatiable amirtham].

Today?s ThiruvEnkatam verse is: NammAzhwAr?s
Thiruvaaymozhi 3.3.10.

vaittha naaLvarai ellai kuRukiccenRu,
eytthi Laippathan munnam adaiminO,
paittha paambaNai yaan_thiru vEngadam,
moyttha sOlaimoy poonthadam thaazvarE.  3.3.10

10.  At ThiruvEnkatam, Bhagawaan, My Lord, Srinivaasan
is lying down on the AdhisEshan (as His Bed). Please
reach the bottom of that mountain 
(which is none but the AdhisEshA) immediately to go to
Thirumalai. Before you get old and are disabled, make
sure you go to TirumalA and pay obeisance to the Lord.

Let us rush to make use of the time- when Young!
AzhwAr says: [in the last line] even if you are not
able to climb, be at mountain base- reach upto the
mountain; have a darshan of Thirumalai mountain at
least. 

SarvEshwaran has granted the body, mind and intellect
for using the same to reach Him; Not to run amuck
after worldly sensual pleasures alone. vichithrA dhEha
sampatthi: ISwarAya nivEdhithum;

SumithrA tells LakshmaNa that I gave birth to you only
to do kaimkaryam for Srirama in the forest.. srustas
tvam vanavaasaaya. 

Thus AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam is that we are blessed with
this sareeram only to reach Thirumalai and pay our
obeisance

The following nammAzhvAr pASuram also conveys an
identical thought -

        "kiLaroLi iLamai keduvadan munnam
          vaLaroli mAyOn maruviya kOil
          vaLariLam pozhil Suzh mAlirum Solai
          taLarvilarAgil Sarvadu SadirE"

Azwar too thus reminds us of the glory of youth and
exhort us to pay obeisance to the Lord at various
divya desams, before middle/old age cripples us. Sri
Nammazhwar would like us to visit TirumAlirumsOlai
before we lose our youthful vigour.

Before the ageing eludes us, let us visit these divya
desams and perform our obeisance to Him. He is ever
Young; ever Youthful Lord ? nithya yuvA? 

This reminds me of a related stanza from Kulashekara
Azhwar's Mukundamaala.

krishna tvadeeya padapankaja panjaraantham
adyaiva me vishatu maanasa rajahamsa.h |
praanaprayaanasamaye kaphavaatapittai
kantaavarodhana vidhau smaranam kutaste || 

and Thirumangai manna?s Badarikasrama 10 from Periya
Thirumozhi.[9th verse]

pulaNngaLnNaiyameyyil
 mootthup pOnNdhirunNdhuLLameLgi,
kalangkavaikkaLpOdha
 vunNdhik kaNdapidhaRRaamun,
alangkalaayathaNdu
 zhaaykoNdu aayiranNaamamsolli,
valangkoLthoNdarpaadi
 yaadum vadharivaNangkudhumE.    1.3.9

9.The five sense organs (karma and jnana indriyas)
lose their stamina and strengths due to old age; the
mind feels conspicuous of his disability and is
ashamed to even come out in front of others and show 
themselves; sitting alone and laments at the inability
and agony of old age that has struck with the terrible
coughing and spitting of phlegm, 
blabbering all that comes to mind with incoherent
words and murmurs to himself- Before all this happens,
let us all go and pay obeisance to 
Badri Narayanan who is worshipped by Bhagawathas
offering him thulasi garlands and dancing and singing
His (thousand) Divine names. 

(KulasekarAzhwAr in his "mukunda maalaa" 33rd verse
sings on the same token "krishna tvadeeya pada pankaja
... kutasthE.." Oh Lord krishna! at this moment, let
my mind (as a royal swan) enter into the Lotus Feet of
yours; How will it be possible for me to remember you
at the time of death, when my throat gets choked up
with phlegm, mucus air and bile?" 

what a brilliant upadEsam by all azhwArs in one voice!
AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan




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