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SrI  UpakAra  Sangraham - II (7)
-- 
SAdhanAdhikAram 
-- 
Section - 6 (6) [Continued] 
(The life of MumukShu in this world)
---  
        Earlier, we saw the points made by SwAmi Desikan
regarding the mental state of the jIva who has adopted
the means for mOkSha. We will know it better from the
verses of AzhvArs who had been in the same state,
waiting for the day of joining the Lord in His abode,
SrIvaikuNtam. 

1. SrI Thirumazhisai AzhvAr: 

?vAsitthum kEttum vaNangi vazhipattum poositthum
pOkkinEn pOthu?  (NAnmukan ThiruvanthAthi - 63)
(I spent my time by reading books about the Lord,
listened to other people reciting them, I bowed to
Him, I worshipped Him always and performed service to
Him.) 

?nirantharam ninaippathAka nee ninaikka vENdum?       
(Thirucchantha-viruttham, 101)
(May Thou be so gracious as to make me ever meditate
on Thee.)

2. SrI nammAzhvAr:

 ?seer kalantha col ninainthu pOkkArEl, coozhvinaiyin
Azhthuyarai en ninainthu pOkkuvar ippOthu? ? (Periya
ThiruvanthAthi, 86)
(People should wipe out the misery which has accrued
because of past karmas, by meditating on the
scriptural statements describing the Lord?s auspicious
qualities. If they do not act like that, how will they
remove this misery now?)

 ?ozhivil kAlamellAm udanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai
ceyya vENdum nAm.? (ThiruvAimozhi, 3-3-1)
(We should render all kinds of service at all states
to the Lord remaining with him ever without separation
even a bit.)

 ?pongEzh pukazhkaL vAyaVaip pulankoL vadivu en
manatthathAi
  angEy malarkaL kaiyavAi vazhipattOda aruLilE?       
             (ThiruvAimozhi, 8-10-4)
(If the Lord is so gracious as to enable me to spend
my time always with the passages which describe His
qualities in my mouth, with His form alluring the eyes
and other senses in my mind, and with flowers fit
enough for His form in my hands, what is there
unpleasant for me while living here?)

 ?nAdAtha malar nAdi nALthORum nAraNanthan
 vAdAtha malaradikkeezh vaikkavE vakukkinRu
 veedAdi veeRRirutthal vinaiyaRRathen ceivathO?
 oodAdu panivAdAi uraittheerAi enathudalE.?           
     (ThiruvAimozhi, 1-4-9)
(I have this body only to seek flowers that are hard
to obtain in order to place them at the Lord?s feet.)

 ?vadiviNaiyillA malarmakaL maRRai nilamakaL pidikkum
melladiyai
 koduvinaiyEnum pidikka nee orunAL koovuthal varuthal
ceyyAyE.? (ThiruvAimozhi, 9-2-10)
(May I, the sinner that I am, press the tender feet of
the Lord which are gently pressed by the matchlessly
beautiful LakShmee and the goddess of the Earth!)

 ?enakkE Atcey ekkAlatthum enRu en
  mankkE vanthu idaiveedinRu manni
  thanakkEyAka enaikkoLLum eethE
  enakkE kaNNanai yAn koL ciRappE.?                  
(ThiruvAimozhi, 2-9-4)
(This is the only object that I desire -- that the
Lord should take me into His service for His own
satisfaction.)

3. SrI AndAL:

 ?unakkE nAm AtceivOm?                        
(ThiruppAvai - 29)
(We will render service only to Thee.)

 ?paLLi koLLumidatthu adikottidak
  koLLumAkil?                                     
(nAchiyAr Thirumozhi, 4-1)
(If the Lord will be so gracious as to let us gently
press His feet in the place where He sleeps.)

4. SrI PeriyAzhvAr:

?thirumAlavan thirunAmangaL eNNak kaNda viralkaL?
(PeriyayAzhvAr Thirumozhi, 4-4-3)
(My fingers will keep counting when I utter the names
of the Lord.)

 ?uNNAnAL paciyAvathonRillai OvAthE namO nAraNAvenRu 
  eNNAnALum iruk-kechuc-chAma vEda nANmalar koNdu
unapAtham
  naNNAnAL avai thatthuRumAkil anRu enakku avai
pattininALE.?  
                                                      
                        (PeriyAzhvAr Thirumozhi,
5-1-6)
(The days of starvation are not those on which I do
not eat. They are the days, if they ever occur, on
which I do not constantly meditate saying ?namO
nArAyaNA? and the days on which I do not approach Thy
feet with the three Vedas which are freshly blossomed
flowers.)

?nAkku ninnaiyallAl aRiyAthu nAnathu anchuvan moorkkup
pEcukinRAnenRu munivAyElum en nAvinukku ARREn.?   
(PeriyAzhvAr Thirumozhi, 5-1-1)
(My tongue will not praise any one but Thee; I wonder
whether Thou will suffer any loss of glory by my
praise. But, I cannot control my tongue.)

5. SrI Poigai AzhvAr:

 ?vAi avanai allathu vAzhtthAthu?              (Muthal
ThiruvanthAthi, 11)
(My mouth does not praise any one else other than
Him.)


 ?thOL avanaiyallAl thozhA, en chevi-yiraNdum 
  kELavanathu inmozhiyE kEttirukkum -- nA nALum
  kONAkaNaiyAn kuraikazhalE kooRuvathE
  nANAmai naLLEn nayam.?                   (Muthal
ThiruvanthAthi, 63)
(My shoulders do not bow to any one but Him. Both of
my ears keep on listening to His sweet words only. My
tongue is daily praising the feet of Him, Who is
having the bed of shEShan. I do not consider it good,
if I remain without approaching Him.)

 ?nayavEn piRar poruLai naLLEn keezhArOdu
  uyavEn uyarnthavrOdallAl  -- viyavEn
  thirumAlaiyallthu deivamenREtthEn
  varumARu en nammEl vinai??                       
(Muthal ThiruvanthAthi, 64)
(I will not seek others? wealth; nor will I move with
lower people who are not devotees of the Lord; nor
will move with any one else other than the persons
highly devoted to the Lord; nor will praise any one
else as deity other than the Consort of SrI. How will
come sin on me?)    

6. SrI KulasEkara AzhvAr:

 ?tiruvarankap perunakaruL teNNeerppinni
       thiraikkaiyAl adivarudap paLLikoLLum
 karumaNiyaik  kOmaLatthaik  kaNdukoNdu en
      kaNNiNaikaL enRukolO kaLikkum nALE??            
    (PerumAl Thirumozhi, 1-1)
(When will my two eyes delight in looking at the
beautiful Black Gem in the sleeping posture in
SrIranga Town with the waters of Kaveri rubbing His
Feet?)
 
 ?     kadiyarankattharavaNaiyil paLLikoLLum
mAyOnai, maNatthooNE paRRininRu en
       vAyAra enRukolO vAzhtthum nALE??               
         (-do- , 1-2)
(When will I, holding on to the pillar, praise, to my
mouthful, the Lord resting on the bed of ShEshan in
the fragrant SrIrangam.)

 ?    aNiyarankattharavaNaiyil paLLikoLLum
ammAnthan adiyiNaikkeezh alarkaLittu
     anku adiyavarOdu enRukolO aNukum nALE??          
                  (-do- 1-3)
(When will I be near the devotees of RanganAtha, after
submitting flowers at His feet?)

 ?kOvinai nAvuRa vazhutthi enthankaikaL
  koimalar thooi enRukolO kooppum nALE??              
       (-do- 1-4)
(When will I be able to pay respects with folded hands
the Lord of SrIranga after praising Him until my
tongue becomes tired?) 

 ?maNivaNNan ammAnaik kaNdukoNdu en
     malarc chenni enRukolO vaNangum nALE??           
                    (-do- 1-5)
(When will I see the Lord glowing like a blue gem and
bow by bending my head?)

[In the same spirit, SrI KulasEkara AzhvAr yearns for
the service to the Lord and His devotees in the
remaining verses of this Thirumozhi.]

 ?oonERu celvatthu udan piRavi yAn vENdEn?
??????????????????
 koonERu changamidanthAnthan vEnkadatthu 
 kOnEri vAzhum kurukAip piRappEnE.?                   
(PerumAL Thirumozhi, 4- 1)
(I do not long for birth with wealth that only makes
the flesh grow, but pray to be born as a bird in the
VEnkata Hill.)

7. SrI Thirumangai AzhvAr:

 ?neeNAgam cuRRi neduvarainattu Azhkadalaip
  pENAn kadainthu amudamkoNdu ukantha pemmAnai
 pooNAra-mArvanaip puLLoorum ponmalaiyai
 kANAthAr kaN enRum kaNNalla kaNdAmE.?                
   
  (Periya Thirumozhi, 11-7-1)
(The eyes of those, who have not seen that Golden Hill
which rides on the bird (Garuda) and which, long ago,
planted the wound the mountain with the serpent in the
sea and churned it for the nectar --- are not eyes at
all.)

        There are similar expressions of AzhvArs, reciting
which will serve the purpose of meditating on the
Lord, longing for service to Him and His devotees
during the jIva?s remaining life in this world. 

(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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