SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on ThiruvEnkatam is the 61st verse. paNdellaam vEngadam paaRkadal vaiguntham, kondaNG kuRaivaarkkuk kOyilpOl, - vaNdu vaLangiLarum neeLsOlai vaNpooNG kadikai, iLangumaran RanviN Nakar 61 AzhwAr enjoys here about the Paramapadha nAthan?s Divya Dampathi?s compassion and concern, love for us in taking forms in Vyooha, archA roopams. A great verse! The commentary has been excellent and wonderful. Vaikuntha nAthan out of His compassion thus resides in Milky ocean [paaRkadal] for the sake of devas; and then in divya desams namely ThiruvEnkatam, the charming place Thirukkadigai sthalam with most beautiful gardens; and the eternally Youthful Lord residing ThiruviNNagar Divya Desam [as Oppiliappan] etc.. AzhwAr here says that Paramapadha nAthan resides in such places namely Milky coean and the divine Divya Desams for us to enjoy seeing his Dhivya mangaLa vigraham. Earlier (paNdu ellaam] he was in Paramapadham and then later He has come to Milky ocean; and then to these Divya Desams. As NammAzhwAr says: angu vaitthu ingu piRandhu.. Esha nArayaNa sreemaan ksheeraarNava nikethana: Also commentator Sri Periya Vacchaan Pillai very nicely infers AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam (alternaitively) here: Earlier [Pandu ellaam] He was residing in Paramapadham, PaaRkadal {milky ocean), ThiruvEnkatam, ThiruviNNahgar, Thirukkadigai etc? for the sake of those devotees.. That?s all. Meaning: what happens now? If He was there at all tehse places earlier (paNdu ellaam).. Now He is in my mind- says AzhwAr. Once upon a time He was there in all these divya desams; now He has entered into my heart. A great anubhavam! It should not be taken in literal sense. This is termed as rasOkthi. Srimad PaRavakkOttai Andavan about few years ago, duringa teleupanyasam, mentioned the greatness of archA roopam very nicely. This is the most appropriate time to enjoy as it has direct reference to this subject [Translated by Sri Satakoapn Swami of Neewyork] The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's pancha rUpams ( param, VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi roopam and ArchA ). Parama padham, where the Lord is resident as Parama padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ). It is not of easy access to us residing on earth . We can not travel there even to get a vessel filled with aavaranam waters .It is too far away . Hence param and parama padham can not be enjoyed with our sthUla sarIram . Only as a muktha Jivan possessing Sookshma sarIram , one can enter and enjoy the anthamil pErinbham there . The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in the middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis . Again , this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram . hence , it is not of much use either for us to see and enjoy. The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been celebrated as Raama , KrishNAvathArams. These Vinhava avathArams were enjoyed by those who were contemporaries. Today, it is history and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and AkrUrar 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). The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam. It is likened to OoRRu jalam . You have to dig in the river bed sand and access the water under. Through the difficult JNa~na Yogam, one can visualize this svarUpam of the Divya dampathis seated in our heart cavities. Very few have the power to succeed in such efforts and thus, this svarUpam is also not within reach of ordinary folks on this earth. The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan took to make Himself easily available to one and all and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and Maamsa chakshus. No divya dhrushti as needed by ArjunA is a must to see the VisvarUpam of the Lord."angu vaitthu, inghE piRanthathu? is the celebration of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five rUpams celebrated by Vedams in the manthram in the manner of tamizh maRai : ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta: PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha : -- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3 Here in archA avathAram, the Lord has become very accessible to us. 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