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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:
 
Dearest Srivaishnavas, 
 
Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful
anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on
ThiruvEnkatam is the 69th verse. 
 
veRpenRu vEngadam paadum, viyan_thuzaayk
kaRpenRu soodum karunguzal mEl, maRponRa
neeNdathOL maalkidantha neeLkadaln^ee raaduvaan,
pooNdan^aa Lellaam pugum.                             
 69
 
This verse is in the role of nAyaki? Tradition avers
that this verse is the inspiration probably for
NammAzhwAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr for their great
verses in Naayaki bhaavam.

This verse is to be read as if the mother of AzhwAr
(in the Naayaki) sings.. about the condition of her
daughter i.e. PeyAzhwAr. Similar to kangulum pagalum
(of NammAzhwAr) 

My girl- whenever someone mentions about any mountain,
she gets excited and sings ?ThiruvEnkatam?? when the
she sees thuLasi leaves, she adorns her head with that
saying, ?the thuLasi leaves from His Lotus Feet should
adorn my dark black tresses as mark of my
belongingness to Him and only Him?. [She does not stop
with that]. She also goes on and starts to reach Milky
ocean [paaRkadal - the ocean where the Lord sriman
Narayana reclines on ] to take holy dip into it for
purifying herself.

A great verse. She is all the time thinking of
ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan and His divine sthalam- the
mountain ThiruvEnkatam. Whenever anyone uttering any
mountain, she exclaims singing ThiruvEnkatam. kunRu
irukkum idam. Wherever there is Hill, there is Yuva
kumara: eternally Youthful Lord Sriman Narayana
resides. Whether it is ThirumaalirunchOlai Malai,
Thiruneermalai, Hasthigiri or ThiruvEnkatam? it is He.
That?s why PeiyEzhwAr nayaki exclaims, ThiruvEnkatam. 

She always adorns her black tresses with the fragrant
thuLasi as Bhagavath prasadham and declares her being
His eternal sEshan (servant) and being His property.
She declares her nithya, niroopaadhika ananhaarya
sEshathvam (not being servitude to any one else except
Sriman narayanan- which is the case for all jeevathmas
naturally and eternally; but are not realised by them
anyway- she does recognise and realise]

She proceeds to paaRkadal for taking the holy dip
therein. How can she reach there? Does she know where
it is? She does not care. She attempts to go there.
[Mother perhaps takes her to ThiruvEnkatam pushkarini
in the meanwhile and consoles her probably]

Sicne the earlier verse and next verse of AzhwAr is
not connected or does not refer to naayaki bhaavam,
Sri Periya Vaachaan Pillai [though comments firstly as
above in Nayaki role] suggests an alternative
interpretation as below for this verse: 

The paadum; soodum, pugum (in the verse- meaning:
sings; adorns and enters] can also be as if it is
AzhwAr instructs as [you all sing..- paadugum ? or
paadum; Soodum ? You adorn; Pugum- You enter] an
upadesam to us. 

So, it means: whenever anyone uttering any mountain
name: it means it is ThiruvEnkatam alone. That IS the
mountain; others are NOT. So, sing ThiruvEnkatam.
Adorn your tresses with His thuLasi leaves and declare
your eternal natural sEshathvam to Sriman Narayanan.
He is the Master; He is niyanthaa; He is the Lord of
all; All jeevathmans naturally belong to Him as His
property; as His servants; It is just that you do not
realise that due to karma vaasana. Now realise and
declare Your eternally belongingness to Him. Get rid
of the samsaaric affliction; and crush your paapams by
vEm +katam. 

Enter into PaaRkadal [milky ocean]. One may wonder how
AzhwAr can ask us to go and enter Milky ocean. Other
two we can at least try. Not this. We do not even know
where it is. Enter into His PushkarIni as if it is the
Milky ocean; [It is equal to if not grander than
that]. 

Kushyate Yasya NagarE Ranga YAtra Dine Dine
TAmaham ShirasAm VandE RajanAm Kulashekaram.

King Kulasekara it appears [the above verse says] goes
to srirangam as pilgrimage everyday. How can he go
from his place in kerala everyday to Srirangam. It
only means he longs to go to srirangam and proceeds
and the ministers (being worried that the king would
leave his royal dueties) arranges for few
Srivaishnavas to come in the opposite direction on the
way and Kulasekara gets excited to see them; welcomes
them to his palace, offers them Bhagavath praadasdham
and arranges for thadeeyaradhanai. By the time the
programme gets over, it is already the mid day and the
postponement of Ranga yaathra:-) 

Similarly the proceeding to paaRkadal needs to be
perceived. 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE
Namah: 
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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