SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, There are 202 verses on ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan- sung by AzhwArs, let us enjoy starting with Mudhal AzhwArs. Poigai, the first AzhwAr among Mudhal AzhwArs, has sung ten verses [out of his 100 pAsurams of Mudhal ThiruvanthAthi] on ThiruvEnkatam. Let us continue to enjoy Poigai AzhwAr aruLiccheyalgaL? His Mudhal ThiruvanthAthi 37th verse is the next one on ThiruvEnkatam: vakaiyaRu nuNkELvi vaayvaarkaL, naaLum pukaiviLakkum poompunalum Enthi, - thisaithisaiyin vEthiyar_kaL senRiRaincum vEngadamE, veNsangam Uthiyavaay maalukantha voor. [37] >From all direction, the Vedic scholars or devotees who have comprehended the true purport of Vedic truth and the glory of Veda vEdyan- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, come to ThiruvEnkatam to pay their obeisance. Having realized and heard from their sadaacharyans the unambiguous, unparalleled doctrine and truth hidden in Vedas and saathrAs [which can be learnt only by listening and learning from the Acharyans by serving them at their lotus feet] ? having learnt from Acharyas, that He alone is Supreme Lordship and He alone can grant what one needs to seek in this life to get rid of future births and samsaaric affliction and never to return at all again. Having learnt thus, these devotees [who are blessed with the knowledge ? true knowledge] ? everyday go to ThiruvEnkatam carrying the most fragrant flowers, the incense sticks, powders, the lamps (deepam) and pure waters mixed with thuLasi and other fragrant flowers for Thirumanjana kaimkaryam. They go to ThiruvEnkatam with utmost bhakti and love for the Lord andf pay their obeisance and prostrate at His Lotus feet. This ThiruvEnkatam is the place where the Lord, who blew the divine conch [during KurukshEthra battle field], willingly and joyously resides. ugantharuLina nilam. Yet another brilliant pAsuram. The divine conch is referred to here for imparting the jnAnam in us- about His Parathvam, about our eternal sEshathvam [being His servant at all time out of our essential nature of being a jeevaathman]. He touched the little Boy Dhruva and he immediately started praising Him with wonderful sthOthras. The divine conch is also blown to send the chilling shivers through the enemies of His devotees [like it did for the Kauravas during the battle]; similarly it would destroy and instill fear in our negative elements (the inner enemies whom we have within us- we do not need enemies from outside; they are within us:-( ] Such most merciful Lord most compassionate One- resides out of His own accord here in this mountain, ThiruvEnkatam, for us to enjoy seeing Him at all times and get all our paapams crushed. To this mountain, everyday go these devotees, the mukukshus- the Paramaikaanthins ? who do not aspire for any other fruits other than His Lotus Feet and serving Him alone; who do not pray to other jeevathmans knowing fully well that of His Supreme Lordship- as declared unambiguously in Vedas and saasthrAs. These devotees ? mumukhsus ? one who is desirous of mOksham; Paramaikaanthins whp pray to him alone for Him alone;-have learnt these truths by hearing, listening to and studying the Vedas and saathras and their truths from their Acharyas. [vagaiaRu nuN kELvi vaayvaargaL]. They are blessed with such a jnAnam an births; karuvilE thiruvudaiyaar- or jaayamaana kataaksham. Sriya: Pathi", the consort of MahAlakshmi (i.e) EmperumAn is the highest; has limitless auspicious qualities and therefore is known as "BhagavAn". He is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. None can equal Him much less challenge Him; Yet, He is as much the personification of absolute mercy as of immense power. He is moved by the souls' self-inflicted suffering in the sea of SamsAra as a result of endless karmas. Out of His natural disposition of compassion, and due to their little good past deed done somewhere some time in the past, He decides to bless them with His benign glance. This glance is called "jAyamAna kaDAksham" in Sanskrit and "karuvilE thiru" in Tamizh. Only those who are fortunate to "catch the eye" of the Lord in this manner will ever get a desire for Moksham. One who gets this desire is called a "Mumukshu". The correct truth about Vedas and saathrAs: Sage Vyasa who compiled all Vedas; who had written the Brahma sutras; who is the amsam of Vishnu Himself (Vyaasaaya vishNu roopaaya vyaasa roopaaya vishNavE] says: Sathyam sathyam punas sathyam udhruccha bhujam ucchathE Vedaas saasthrA: param naasthi NA DEIVAM KESAVAATH PARAM.. Raising up my arm, I declare on oath there is no scripture text greater than the Vedas; and no God superior to Lord Kesava. This is TRUTH, TRUTH and TRUTH again. AlOdya sarva saasthrAni vichaaryacha puna: puna: Idham Ekam sunishpannam dhyEyO nArAyaNO Harih: After a deep study of all saasthrAs, and repeated investigations into their purports, we come to this conclusion that one to be mediated upon is Hari- Sriman Narayanan. Thus AzhwAr epitomizes all these esoteric truths in one simple verse- MayarvaRa mathinalam peRRavargaL? By getting to learn these wonderful verses of AzhwArs, we are able to get a clearer picture of Vedic truths which otherwise are hidden and difficult to comprehend. [theLiyaadha maRai nilangaL theLiginROmE..] AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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