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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Continuing on the wonderful verses on Srirangam by
Kulasekara PerumAL?
When! Oh? when? when.. When  am I going to offer
mouthful of praise of the Lord? Alwar expresses his
yearning herein. 

vaayOree raiNYNYooRu thuthanga Laarntha
vaLaiyudambi Nnazaln^aagam umizhntha senthee
veeyaatha malarssenni vithaana mEpOl
mEnmElum migavengum parantha than_keezh
kaayaampoo malarppiRanga lanna maalaik
kadiyarangath tharavaNaiyil paLLi koLLum
maayOnai maNaththooNE paRRi ninRen
vaayaara enRukolO vaazhththum naaLE                   
 1.2

AdhisEshan,- who has thousand mouths (heads)which are
always full of praises (sthothras) of Lord Sriman
Narayana; who is of white divine body; exhales fire
above the dhivya Thirumukha maNdalam of Lord
Ranganathan so that no enemies can dare come near Lord
Ranganathan. These flames of fire appear as if they
are the ornament for the dhivya swaroopam of Lord
Ranganathan who is like the blue hued kaaru neydhal
flower so charmingly beautiful; He reclines having His
yoga nidhrA on the bed of AdhisEshan in the land of
Srirangam Periya Koil, surrounded by tall ramparts.
Standing in front of such most divinely beautiful Lord
Ranganthan, holding the two huge pillars
(maNathooNgaL), when will be the day when I can sing
His praise to the fullest powers of my speech?

Tradition avers that Azhagiya manaVaaLan (Lord
Ranganathan)?s divine fragrance from the ThirumEni
(Dhivya mangaLa vigraham) have taken shape of the two
huge pillars in His sanctum sanctorum. 

Another wonderful interpretation: Lord Ranganathan?s
divine beauty is so captivating and arresting that it
would keep one off balance when seeing and enjoying
and hence one needs to hold onto the two pillars to
remain in balance. It is also enjoyed that Sri
Ranganayaki sits in front of Lord?s standing (one can
enjoy on Panuni Utthiram dhinam) for the same reason
that she can not stand His beauty and she is simply
overwhelmed by His majestic enchanting Beauty.

He is Azhagan personification of Beauty.
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr for no reason says.."icchuvai
thavira yaan pOi indra lOkam ALum acchuvai peRinum
vENdEn. Aranga maa nagaruLaanE! 
Oh Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam! (or Pomona!) Leaving
this taste of enjoying Your ThirumEni, even if granted
to rule the Paramapadham, I do not want that. (Because
Enjoying Him at Paramapadham is like going from one
air-conditioned hall to the other hall. While enjoying
Him at Srirangam is like going underneath a Huge
Banyan tree for a cool shadow after being in a
scorching Heat of samsaaric afflictions. Which is more
enjoyable and more relieving! (veyyilil
iruppavanukkuthaan nizhal arumai theiryum.).

AzhwAr also tells:

kudathisai mudiyai vaitthu guNathisai paadham neetti
vadthisai pinbu kaatti then thisai lankai nOkki
kadal niRak kadavuL enthai arvaNait thuyilumaa kaNdu
udal enakku urugumaalO? en seyghEn ulagatthIrE?

What a sweet Pasuram! The Lord Ranganathan- who has
His Thirumudi in the West; Thiruvadi towards East;
back facing North and the Eyes looking to South
(lankA)..(as assured to Sri VisbhIshaNAzhwAn) is of
Blue hued Ocean coloured, Divinely Beautiful Form. Oh!
My body is melting.. what can I do, oh worldly people!

AzhwAr says: Not just my heart melts looking at the
Beautiful Divya mangaLa vigraham of Lord Rangan. Also
my Body is melting. I am not able to stand. (That is
why there are huge pillars at the sannidhi says-
KulasekharAzhwAr). He addresses the world (us).. What
can I do? tell me.

Question: why does he address us (world)? why not
Nithasooris, or the Lord Himself.. Perhaps, they can
give soultion to AzhwAr's problem. Not us. Then, why
should he address us..

Because:

We simply go into the sannidhi, look at the Lord..
(thinking of our own
worries, whom to cheat, how to make faster buck.. how
to avoid this.. how to get that rise.. how to
anti-campaign against the colleague who is in a better
position to get elevated in the office.. is all what
we could think of, when dIpa / camphor ArAdhanai is
shown..) and come out completely unaffected by the
Lord's Divine beauty (ThirumEni azhaghu)..

AzhwAr is simply stunned at our (no) reaction. That is
why he asks us: Tell me world! How are you able to
maintain composure looking at Such a Beauty! Hats off
to you all!

(as read in archives from Sri Vijay Triplicane's Post
quoting vyAkhyAna
chakravartthi- Sri Periyavacchaan Pillai's vyakhyanam-
Thanks Sri Vijay) Pat yourselves on the back for being
unhurt by the Lord's Beuaty!

Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE
Namah
AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan




 
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