You are here: SriPedia - Oppiliappan - Archives - Jul 2005

Oppiliappan List Archive: Message 00099 Jul 2005

 
Jul 2005 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all, 

After the first four AzhwArs namely, Poigai, bhootha,
Pey and Thirumazhisai Azhwars? anubhavams, next we
immerse ourselves in the most wonderful verses of
Kulasekara PerumAn?s on ThiruvEnkatam. It is the
fourth decad of his PerumAL Thirumozhi. today's verse
is 7th verse. 

vaanaaLum maamathipOl veNkudaikkeezh mannavar_tham
kOnaaki veeRRirunthu koNdaadum selvaRiyEn
thEnaar_pooNY chOlaith thiruvENG kadamalaimEl
kaanaaRaayp paayum karuththudaiyE NnaavEnE     4.7

Like the moon that engulfs the land with its shining
lustre, the king rules his kingdom with his royal
power [of umbrella- veNkoRRak kudai- in Tamil]? I do
not aspire for such a celebrity birth of being a king
ruling the world, sitting in royal throne. All that I
want is to be the swift flowing river in the mountain
of ThiruvEnkatam wherein the fertile honey dripping
gardens are in abundance. 

AzhwAr in the last verse desired to be the mountain
segment thereby he can enjoy divya darshan of the Lord
as well as serve Bhaagawathaas. Suddenly he remembers
that the devotees may pay their obeisance to the Lord
from the ground (without actually climbing the
mountain) and the darshan of the mountain itself is
great. So, he would noit have the bhaagyam of having
the devotees feet on the mountain segment? and hence
AzhwAr now asks for the river or water falls that flow
from the mountain top downwards.. thereby he is able
to have the sparsam of the Bhaagawathas. 

This kaattaaRu reminds me of the vibhava avathArams of
the Lord namely Rama Krishna avathArams which are also
referred to as the turbulent flowing waters
[kaattaaRu] from mountains or in the forests. These
waters do not flow forever. They would dry up after
sometime. Similarly these Vibhava avathArams were
enjoyed by those who were contemporaries. Today, it is
history and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and
AkrUrar did or Rama as Ayodhya did. Thus this rUpam is
in the past like last year's river water , which is no
longer available to quench our thirst 
(dried up river bed ). Only archA roopams like
Srirangan, Thirumalai Srinivasan are available to us
forever? and we see Rama Krishna avathArams in Them
and They are not different from Sreenivasan or Rangan.


Sri Muralidhar Ranaswamy shares: In the seventh
Pasuram, the Azhwar cries out "Of what use is it to be
an emperor walking under a royal umbrella, living in a
huge palace flaunting his wealth and hearing the
praise of sycophants in the court? Are not all these
marks of royalty useless tinsel if they cannot help in
serving the Lord? Would it not be beautiful if I can
become a hill stream at Venkatachalam which 
provides water used in performing Tirumanjanam for
Lord Srinivasa?

KulasEkarAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



                
____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page 
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs 
 




 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list