Sunday , April 10 , 2005
TaaraNa Samvathsaram ,
Panguni Sukla Paksha Dhvitheeyai , Aswini
Nakshathram
SrI :
Dear BhakthAs of Sri BhUmi
Devi SamEtha Oppilaa Appan :
In the previous Patthu ,
Thirumangai Mannan celebrated the Vaibhavam of
the EmperumAn of Nandhipura
ViNNagaram :
" naRai sey pozhil mazhai
tavazhum Nandhipura ViNNagaram naNNi-urayum
uRai koLL
puhar-aazhi suri-sangamavai ankai udayAn "
In the dense flower
tree-laden groves of Nandhipura ViNNagaram , Kaliyan
sees
the dark rainy clouds resting
. Those cool , green groves and the dark blue colored
clouds reminds Kaliyan of the NeelamEgha shyAmaLa roopam of the Lord ,
who
has approached the fertile and verdant Nandhipura ViNNagaram with
preethi and
settled down there for His
permanent
residence . The Empruman of this dhivya dEsam
has covered His weapons
adorning His beautiful hands with appropriate kavachams ,
since AzhwAr
has the
shining spear in his hand for the rakshaNam of his Lord
.
Both the Sudarsanam ,
Paanchajanyam and other weapons of the Lord are now
covered ,
since the Lord
feels that there is no need now for the prayOgam of
His aayudhams.
Kaliyan has directed his mind
to enjoy the dhivya MangaLa vigraham of
the Lord
of Nandhipura
ViNNagaram . Kaliyan's mind was now experiencing
the tranquility
; his mind
began to dwell on other ViNNagarams with & without
prefixes .
Flashes of
KaazhiccheerAma ViNNagaram , ParamEswara
ViNNagaram and
ThiruviNNagaram appeared
before Kaliyan's mind engaged in that Aanandha-
anubhavam at Nandhipura ViNNagaram
. The echos of ViNNagara
Sabdham
also resonated in Kaliyan's
mind . Then Kaliyan realized that there is only one
ViNNagaram without
prefix or Suffix and that matchless Lord ( OppilA appan )
was pulling Kaliyan
towards Him from a very short distance across the rice fields
.
Kaliyan felt the pull
and recognized that ThiruviNNagarappan is the One , who took
the ThrivikramAvathAram to
bless us in the archA form at KaazhiccheerAma
ViNNagaram as TaadALan and He
is the One , who is his "AaNDAy " ( ParamEwaran/
Sarva Swamy ) .
Kaliyan took leave
of Nandhipura ViNNagarAn and rushed to
ThiruviNNagram
to reveal what was
in his mind to TannoppArilappan ,
ThiruviNnagarAn .
Kaliyan revealed
that he was seeking the " aruL " of
the darsana soubhAgyam
of the "
ViNNagar mEyavan ". Kaliyan reiterated
ten times in the first ten of
ThiruviNNagaram Paasurams that the rare boon
of the direct darsanam of
ThiruviNNagarappan will help him reject
the life in the prakruthi
MaNdalam as asaaram ( purposeless , pointless
uninteresting and
insignificant ) . Kaliyan's moving prayer repeated as
the third and
fourth paadham of each of the PTM 6.1
Paasurams takes
this form as a Tani Makudam
:
" AaNDAy Unaik-kaaNpathOr
aruL yenakku aruLithiyEl
vENDEn manai
vaazhkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE "
Oh Lord of Nithya Sooris and
Muktha Jeevans at Sri Vaikuntam !
If only You could bless me
with the aanandha anubhavam of
Your dhivya darsanam , adiyEn
, who is a mahaa Paapi would
discard the Prakruthi
MaNDalam and its evanescent bhOgams
in favor of choosing the
everlasting bliss of residence at Your
Parama Padham
.
In the ten paasurams of PTM
6.1 , Kaliyan spells out the dhOshams and
Dukkhams of residence in the
Prakruthi MaNdalam and declares with
conviction that he will
reject rightaway the ills of prakruthi maNDalam
in favor
of holding on to
ThiruviNNagarappan's CharaNAravindhams .
Kaliyan's Prayer to his Sarva
Swamy
***********************************************
Kaliyan's prayers are
echos of Vedic prayers for blessings of spiritual
Iswaryam (wealth) of gaining
the Lord Himself as the ultimate boon ,
which in turn will ward
off evil
forces associated with Prakruthi MaNDalam
and lead to the everlasting
and ParipoorNa
BrahmAnandham :
Indram saanasigum rayigum sajithvAnagum sadhAsaham ,
varshishDam UthayE bhara -----Rig Vedam: 1.8.1, Saamam: PoorvArchika: 129
,
Atharva Vedam :
XX.70.17
(Meaning ) : Oh JyOthi
SvaroopA ! May Thou grant us the boon of
Spiritual Iswaryam of Yours ,
which is Saasvatham ( everlasting and akshayam)
and which would empower us to
gain victory over the evil forces of
Prakruthi MaNDalam (SamsAric
Taapams) .
While Kaliyan was praying for
the boon of Darsana SoubhAgyam , a nagging
thought that the
Lord not granting that boon dear to him and begged the Lord
not to turn him away as
expressed by Rig Vedam Rk VIII.97.7: " Oh Lord of
Resplendence ! Turn us not
away but share in our Joy . You are our Protector ,
You are kith and kin ; turn
us not away " .
Kaliyan was seeking the boon
of the Lord's darsana soubhAgyam for slaying
the serpent of nescience that
was threatening him ( " BrahmaaNa indhram
mahayanto arakir avardhayann
ahayEhantavaa u " --- Rg Vedam V.31.4 )
.
Kaliyan was seeking the boon
of Lord's darsana soubhAgyam because
it is Thiruvinnagarappan's
dhivya JyOthi alone that purifies our soul and chases
away the evil thoughts and
malicious actions that will propel us to the dark
worlds ( yEnaa
paavaka chakshasaa bhuraNyantham janAgum anu ,
thvam VaruNa
pasyasi --- Rg Vedam: I.50.6 , Yajur Vedam: XXXIII.32
,
Atharva Vedam: XII.2.21
and XX.47.18
) .
AdiyEn will continue with the
individual Paasurams of PTM 6.1 in
the subsequent
postings.
ThiruviNNagarappan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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