Dear Sri VaanamAmalai Padmanabhan
:
I deeply aprpeciate your close coverage of the
Oppiliappan Postings
and supplementing them with passages from Yeedu ,
Acharya Hrudhayam
and Swamy NammAzhwAr Paasurams . You have such a
wonderful range
of awareness among the AzhwAr AruLiccheyalkaL
and PoorvAchAryA's
commentaries on them . Thanks very much for sharing
these resonances .
NamO NaarAyaAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:45
AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] A Peep into Periya
ThiruMozhi 142
Dear
SrEvaishNavites,
Swamy nam-AzhwAr expressed the temporary
nature of wealth and positions "vAzhndhArgaL vAzhndhadhu mA-mazhai moKKuLil
mAindhu" in oru-nAyakamAi thiru-voi-mozhi 4-1;
Thirumangai AzhwAr reiterates this fact
and surrenders at the divine feet of Lord Oppiliappan which is described by
Sri Sadagopan swAmy
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
SrI:
mun-ANDavarEA mANDAR-AndhO!
manai vAzhkai thanai vEANDEan--nin Adaindhean-thiruviNNagar
mEAyavanEa
Dear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan
:
Let us enjoy the FIFTH paasuram of Thirumangai Mannan (
Periya Thirumozhi : 6.2. 5 ) :
PaaNDEn vaNDaRayum kuzhalArhaL
pallANDisaippa aaNDAr vyamellAm arsaahi
munnANDavarE maaNDArenRu vanthAr anthO manai vAzhkkai
tannai vENDEn NinnadainthEn ThiruviNNagar
MeyavanE
(Extended Meaning ) : Oh Lord of ThiruviNNagaram ! adiyEn was
enjoying the aabhAsa iswaryam ( lowly , perishable wealth/riches)
because of my incorrect assumption that the body is the Aathma . I threw
myself deeply in to enjoying the pleasures of deomestic life (manai
Vaazhkkai). adiyEn did not pay attention to what was happening all around
me . The great kings who ruled the world , who were eulogized for a long
, long life (PallANDu) by the most beautiful women of the court
adorning fragrant flowers in their black , shiny tresses , where singing
honey bees frequent . The awesome power of these kings inspired these
beautiful ladies to sing PallANDu for them . They ruled a few years over
their citizens , enjoyed their bhOgams and strutted on the global stage
and died soon after like anybody else . Their power and wealth as
attested by the beautiful woman singers could not help them
prolong their lives . Intha ulahai AaNDavarum MaaNDaar
. One day they were there on the stage and the next day they
were gone and forgotten They are not going to come back . As
Poetess OuvyyAr said " AaaNDANDu thORum azhuthu puraNDAlum mANDAr varuvarO
? " . Even if you are roll on the floor and cry out for them , will those ,
who are dead return to this earth asks OuvyyAr here .
While they
were here acting out their pompous roles , these kings let their
dEham and Indhriyams take over and were totally under their control . They
never developed any VivEkam or VairAgyam and ignored You , my Lord and your
upadEsams to overcome dEhAthma Brahamam . adiyEn has learnt from the
ignominous end of these mighty kings and their helplessness inspite of
their power ; adiyEn has developed hence the needed VairAgyam to disengage
from these aabhAsa Iswaryams by vanquishing the mischevious indhriyams of
mine . adiyEn used Your upadEsams in GitA to empower me . ThiruviNNagarAnE
! adiyEn has no more interest in the domestic life . adiyEn has taken
refuge at Your sacred feet for the Parama PurushArTam of Moksham . Please
grace adiyEn with Your anugraham !
ThiruviNNagarappan ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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