SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy Poigai AzhwAr aruLiccheyalgaL? His Mudhal ThiruvanthAthi 38th verse is the next one: Urum variyaravam oNkuRavar maalyaanai, pEra eRintha perumaNiyai, - kaarudaiya minnenRu puRRadaiyum vEngadamE, mElasurar ennenRa maala thidam. 38 a poetic imagination! A brilliant verse! AzhwAr says: just like Thirumalai Srinivasan, the snake, the gypsies, elephants, etc.. are also enjoyed by AzhwAr here. They too are equally glorious. By living in this greatest of Divya Desams, namely Thirumalai, the gypsies are so blessed. They see elephant walking through their fields and their gaits would destroy the fields and hence they attempt to chase away those elephants.. In order to chase them away, they throw at the elephant, a big valuable gem stone which is available aplenty in this divya desam [due to Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasan?s kataaksham]. The blessed snake whose body has got lot of beautiful stripes on its body- also living in this divya desam, hisses and crawls on the mountain. When it sees a huge lustrous gem stone being thrown in the sky [while those gypsies threw a the elephant], the snake gets scared that it is the lightning that has struck and rushes to enter into its home of small hole. Even the grandest Nithyasooris proudly and joyously proclaim this divya Desam that it is Their Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan?s residence. Em ennum maaladdu idam.. A wonderful poetic imagination! Like KulasekarAzhwAr mentioned in his PerumAL Thirumozhi, emperumAn malaiyil yEthEnum aavEnE.. Let me become anything on this mountain of my Lord.. It is a blessed birth even to be born a snake, an elephant or the gypsy in this divya desam and live in here. AzhwAr enjoys a scenic beauty and also touches upon the wealth abundantly available here. AzhwAr also is overwhelmed by the vairAgya of the gypsies not to mind throwing even the most valuable gem stone; they possess no ahankaara mamakaaram and always associate themselves with the Lord as His sEsha bhoothan. One can greatly be moved by Kulasekara?s pAsurams [which we will enjoy later] wherein he longs for being born as a step in Tirupathi Lord's temple or a fish in the Holy pushkaraNi or a seNbhaga tree in Tirupathi(standing in front of the temple) or a Big stone which can not be removed so easily; He even wished to be born as a servant holding the Golden Bowl in front of Sriman nArAyaNan to spit the water after washing, gargling and cleaning His mouth in the morning. Such was his desire to serve the Lord ceaselessly and that too from a king!.( One can imagine our plight with so little(or no) material possessions and for that we walk with so much pride with even a very little achievement(which too is possible only with His grace)). A sample pAsuram to taste the sweetness and longing desire of KulasEkarAzhwAr before we conclude this post. AznAtha selvatthu arambaiyargaL thaRsoozha/ vAnALum selvamum; maNNarasum yAn vENdEn/ thEnAr poonchOlai thiruvEngadatthu chunaiyil/ meenAi piRakkum vidhiyudaiyOnAvEnE/ what a wonderful verse. He says" I do not want to be a king even if it is to rule this earth and the "vAn lOkam" where there is great wealth, and where there are beautiful damsels dancing around; I do not wish even that; All that I want is to be born as a fish in the pond (PushkaraNi) in Thirupathi. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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