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 __________________________________________________ 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. 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