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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

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