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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srrivaishnavas,

Let us continue to enjoy the anubhavam of Poigai
muni?s on ThiruvEnkatam. The next and last verse of
Poigai azhwAr?s on ThiruvEnkatam is: 99th verse

uLan kaNdaay nan nenjE! utthaman enRum/
uLan kaNdaay, uLLuvaaruLLath- thuLan KaNdaay/
veLLatthinuLLaanum vEnkadatthu mEyaanum/
uLLatthin uLLaan enRu Or. (99).

Oh good supportive and cooperative Mind! Realise that
there is One; who is the Greatest of Greatest virtuous
Lord! Those who contemplate on Him in their hearts of
His Supremacy and His Lordship, He resides in them (in
their hearts willingly and lovingly). He is the One
who is on Milky Ocean (on AdhiSeshan); He is the Same
One who is at ThiruvEnkatam. He is the One who
manifests as antharyaami (in all beings).

Thirumazhisai azhwAr refers to the same words in his
naanmukhan ThiruvanthAthi 86th verse:

Oh My dearest supporting mind! (uLan kaNdaay! nan
nenjE!.. utthaman 
enRum uLan kaNdaay! uLLuvaar uLLatthu uLan kaNdaay? 
Without expecting anything in return, Emeprumaan-
PurushOtthaman- is here -right here- to save us and
protect us; At all times, and at all places, He is
always there to save us; He always resides permanently
in the minds of those who just show their inclination
to think of Him. See!, Emperumaan, who has NONE EQUAL
TO HIM, who is Equal to HIM ONLY, is here as my
rakshakan, for me (who has NO OTHER REFUGE EXCEPT
HIM), and others (like me) who have NO OTHER MEANS TO
ATTAIN HIM. Realise that Completely and firmly, my
mind!

He is Utthaman ? Not just Utthaman- PurushOtthman- 

In the Purushoththama Yogam (15th chapter of Bhagavath
Gita), BhagavAn SrI Krishna says: 

dvAvimow purushow lOkE ksharaschAkshara Eva cha |
kshara: sarvANi bhUthAni kUtasthOakshara uchyathE || 
The types of jIvAtmans is mentioned here..

Uththama: purushasthvanya: paramAthmEthudAhrutha: |
yO lokatrayamAvishya bibharthyavyaya Iswara: || 

ParamAtma is described as to being different from all
chit and achit entities.

yasmAthksharamatIthOhamaksharAdapi chOththama: |
athOasmi lokE vEdE cha prathitha: PURUSHOTHTHAMA: ||

Vedas and saatshras confirm that the God (ParamAtma)
is Purushoththama: 

yO mAmEvamasammUDO jAnAthi purushOththamam |
sa sarvavidbhajathi mAm sarvabhAvEna bhAratha ||

He who understands clearly that the one and only God
is Purushoththama: SrIman nArAyaNa:, knows everything.
Krishna says: One who udnestands me thus: is the
knower of everything. 

ithi guhyatamam sAstramidamuktham mayAnagha |
EthadbudhvA buddhimAnsyAthkruthakruthyascha BhAratha||

He who knows this secret of Purushoththama: which is
the essence of vEda, becomes truly wise.

Apologies for digression. 
Poigai AzhwAr ? why does he say in the 99th verse that
He is here in the mind; He is PurushOtthaman etc? Does
he not know that before? 

He does of course. 
His prabandham is coming to a close. He has sung 99
verse and next is 100th. When the mind is so fickle,
wavers at all material poursuits and goes behind
worldly pleasures, the body and sense organs go behind
leaving the intellect and discrimatory powers
[vivEkam] alone and not support the vivEkam. More
often than not- the mind wins as it has strong
influence on the senses. 

Krishna himself says: [when Arjuna laments that it is
diffuclt to control mind as it always wavers-
sanchalam hi mana: Krishna.. ]

Asmasayam mahaabhaahO: vaayOriya dhushkrutham |
abhyAsEna thu kaunthEya vairAgyEna cha gruhyathE ||

The mind runs faster than the air; There is no doubt.
Only abhyAsam (consitent and constant practice) and
vairAgyam {detachment) will enable you to slowly put
it on right track.

When AzhwAr finds that his mind has been so
co-operative so long to complete the 99 verses; he
pats the mind (on its back} nannennjE? 

It is because of Him, who has been so merciful on us ?
He stands at Divya Desams; sits there; reclines there;
walks outside; takes avathArams; comes in front of our
homes during Utsavams; - all this He does only in
order to enter into our hearts finally. That is His
objective.

AzhwAr says: See, my great mind! He is here inside our
heart; he is the One at ThiruvEnkatam; at Milky ocean;
who is there in the hearts of sages, devotees. He is
there at those places in order to come to our heart? -
AzhwAr rejoices. 

On the same token NammAzhwAr also addresses his mind
in Thiruvaaymozhi Sudaradi thozhudhu yezhu en mananE..

One needs to talk to his mind and address the same to
tell what it should do and to do to good to us for our
well being and betterment; for our uplift. And not
listen to the mind and go behind where it goes. Only
beasts do..  

Sri Satakopan Swamin wrote wonderfully: 
Maanasa sambhOdhanam or a conversation with one's mind
(manas or nenju or heart ) is common with AzhwArs and
AchAryAs . They routinely appeal to their minds to
cooperate with them , beg the nenju not to go astray
or be tempted by avaishNavaa doctrines or by Veda
Baahya Mathams.

For instance, in the very first paasuram of
ThiruvAimozhi(TVM), Swamy NammAzhwAr has  a serious
appeal to his nenju or Manas:

" ThuyaraRu Sudaradi thozhuthezhan mananE "-TVM:1.1.1

(Meaning of the whole paasuram ): Oh My Mind ! Worship
the matchless holy feet of the Lord , who is the Sarva
Rakshakan, Sarva Aadharan, SarvantharyAmin, Sarvaj~nan
and Sarva Sakthan. NenjE ! Worship those parama
paavana ThiruvdigaL for being lifted out of the
SamsAric sorrows ! Lord DEvarAjan will 
remove our sufferings . He is the One , who possesses
anantha kalyANa guNams that can not be excelled .He is
the One , who will bless us with Jn~AnA and Bhakthi to
overcome the deficencies of the intellect , which has 
doubts , confusions on the true tatthvams and goes
astray . Oh My Mind! Elevate Yourself out of the
SamsAric mire by worshipping Lord VaradarAjan , the
Lord of DevAs !  

In TVM 1.1.7 , Swamy NammAzhwAr points another
fundamental vaishNavite doctrine to his nenju ,which
is the corner stone of VisishtAdvaitham:

paDar poruL muzhuvathumAi avaiyavayavaai thORum
uDan misai uyirenak karanthengum paranthuLan 

Here AzhwAr tells his mind that the entire prapancham 
(Jeevans and Prakruthi) is Sathyam (real) and the Lord
with His anantha KalyANa GuNams is its aadharam(base)
. He points out that the Lord as the "uyir " and is
present pervasively in all chethanams and achEthanams
as antharyAmi Brahmam (Yasya sarvANi bhUthAni SarIram
, Yasya pruthvI sarIram --BruhadhAranya Upanishad). He
advises his mind to have
this Sambhadha Jn~Anam (sEshathva Jn~Anam ).

This sambhandha Jn~Anam has to be explained by an
AchAryan. As an AchAryan , Swamy NammAzhwAr explains
therefore to us this central doctrine of
VisishTaadhvitham using his mind as a vyAjam just as
GeethAchaaryan did in the battle field of
KurukshEthram using ArjunA as a vyAjam to bless us
with the Charama slOkam .

nenjamE nallai nallai unnaip peRRAl --1.10.4

(Meaning ): Here the pleased AzhwAr gives a vote of
thanks to his nenjam tha thas cooperated with him . He
says: " Oh my sweet mind ! well done! You have
commenced worship of our Lord , even before I have
started. I am fortunate to have you , my mind (heart)
cooperate with me.

In the TVM 1.10.6 , Swamy NammAzhwAr's conversation
takes an intensively sweet touch :

neeyum naanum innEr niRkil mEl maRROr
nOyumc chArkodAn nenjamE sonnEn
thAyum tanthaiyumAi ivvulahinil
vaayumeesan MaNivaNNan yenthayE

(Meaning ) : Oh My mind ! our Lord does dear things
to us like a caring Mother. He does hitham to us like
an affectionate Father. This blue-gem hued Lord has 
enslaved me and caught me under His spell. He is
indeed my Prabhu and Rakshakan . If You and me join
together in praising this most merciful Lord , no
inauspiciousness will come our way . Diseases like
desire, anger will not torment us. He will chase them
all away.

These paasuram passages of NammAzhwAr are the highest
level of Maanasa SambhOdhanam of AzhwAr with
SarvEshvaran.

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE
Namah: 
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan




                
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