Sri V. Madhavakkannan ( srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Sri:
I know all of you are going to be delighted to see this series which is
on "than oppaaril appan" - Oppiliappan (peerless- unmatcheed, unparalleled
Lord..). (called ThiruViNNagaram Divya Desam.) Sri SatagOpar (NammAzhwAr)
says "ennappan, enakkaay iguLaay- ennai peRRavaLumaay- ponappan;
maNiappan; mutthappan, ennappanumaay- minnappon madhiRchoozh
ThiruviNNgarch chErndha appan- than oppaaril appan- thandhanaL thana
thaazh nizhalE!"
Let us enjoy Thirumangai mannan’s superb ten on
this Lord.. (There are 30 on Oppiliappan Koil) All ten pAsurams - no! nine
pAsurams in this ten, end with "AaNdaay! Unaik kaaNbadhOr arUl enakku
aruLudhiyEl* vENdEn manai vaazhkkaiyai viNNagar mEyavanE!". Means: Oh
Lord! (the One who rules me!) Please grant me the bliss of seeing You! Oh
Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.. (very apt
for us..)
1. vaNduNu_naRumalar iNdaikoNdu* paNdain^am
vinaikeda_enRu*
adimElthoNdarum amararum paNiyan^inRu* aNGku aNdamodu
akalidam aLanthavanE!*
aaNdaay unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE*
(6.1.1)
Devas and devotees (thoNdar) pay their obeisance offering
most fragrant flowers at Your Feet, When You stood in the yaagham of Bhali
and measured the vast earth with Your Feet! Oh SwamI!! Oh Lord! (the One
who rules me!) Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be
blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this
samsaaric affliction..
2. aNNalseythu alaikadal kadainthu*
athanuLkaNNuthal nanchuNNak kaNdavanE!*
viNNavar_amuthuNa amuthilvarum*
peNNamuthuNda emperumaanE !*
aaNdaay!_unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.2)
Oh Sathya kaamaa! Sathya sankalpaa! The One who pledged to
help Devas and blessed Sivan to swallow the poison that came out of
ThiruppaaRkadal, when You were mercifully helping Devas in their churning
of wavy milky ocean! When Devas enjoyed drinking the amudham (nectar), You
enjoy Periya PiraaTTi (in Your chest), who also came out of the churning..
Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your
darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric
affliction.
3. kuzhaln^iRavaNNa! nin_kooRukonda*
thazhaln^iRavaNNan naNNaarn^agaramvizha*
nanimalaisilai vaLaivuseythu*
_aNGkazhaln^iRa ambathuvaanavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.3)
Kuzhal niRa vaNNA! Oh Lord, who has the dark hair like
colour! Utilising service (kaimkaryam) of Sivan (the one who shares a part
of Your ThirumEni), red fire like coloured one), You made him destroy and
burn Thiripuram! (How?) By letting Yourself into that big mountain-like
bow, getting bent and into that sharp fiery, fire ball like arrow (from
that bow), You performed the whole show! Please grant me the bliss of
seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of
ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.
4.
nilavoduveyil n^ilavi_irusudarum* ulagamum uyir_kaLum
uNdorukaal*
kalaitharu kuzhaviyiNn uruvinaiyaay* alaikadal aalilai
vaLarnthavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.4)
The two lustrous ones on the sky- the Sun; the moon; and the
seven lOkams; all beings- all of them were eaten and retained in Your
little stomach and You reclined on the little Banyan leaf, as a little
Kutti darling child! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me be
blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this
samsaaric affliction.
5. paarezhu kadalezhu malaiyezhumaaych*
cheer_kezhum ivvulakEzhumellaam*
aar_kezhuvayiRRinil adakki_ninRu*
aNGku_OrezhuththOr uruvaanavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl,
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.5)
Saptha dweepams, ((Seven worlds), Seven oceans; Seven
mountains; - for all of them You are the Creator and Director,
Nirvaahakan. You had retained all these in Your belly, and in that state,
You showed Yourself as the meaning (essence) of akaaram (or praNavam?) !
(vOr ezhutthu uruvaanavanE!) Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and
let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t
want this samsaaric affliction.
6. kaar_kezhu kadalkaLum
malaikaLumaay* Er_kezhum ulagamumaaki*
muthalaar_kaLum
aRivaru_nilaiyinaiyaaych* cheer_kezhu
naanmaRaiyaanavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.6)
Oh PerumaanE! The One who is proclaimed (as the Chief) by
those pramaaNams- the four Vedas! Oh Lord the One who can not be
comprehended even by Brahmaa and Devas! (Such greatest Lord!- Accharya
bhoothan!) Oh Lord of seven lOkAs; seven mountains; seven oceans, etc.. as
their sarIrI (they being His sarIram-part of His Body..)! Please grant me
the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord
of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.
7.
urukkuRu naRun^eykoNdu_ aarazhalil* iRukkuRum anthaNar
santhiyinvaay*
perukkamodu amarar_kaL amaran^algum* irukkinil
innisaiyaanavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE
(6.1.7)
Oh EmperumaanE! The One who is the sweetly recited swaram of
Vedic hymns that are uttered by brahmins (vedic scholars) while they pour
freshly made ghee in fire (which they groom), during their performance of
yaagam. Veda swaroopI! Please grant me the bliss of seeing You and let me
be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want
this samsaaric affliction.
8.kaathalseythu iLaiyavar
kalavitharum* vEthanai vinaiyathu veruvuthalaam*
aathaliNn_unathadi
aNuguvan_naan!* pOthalaar nedumudip puNNiyanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik
kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar
mEyavanE (6.1.8)
(This is for us! Very appropriate). "kaadhal seydhu iLayavar
kalavi tharum/ vEdhanai adhu veruvudhalaam/ aadhalin, unadhu adi aNuguvan
naan". Oh Pristinely purest EmperumaanE! The One who adorn the Head with
crown made of fresh most fragrant flowers! Oh Lord, who shows Your most
divinely Beautiful form and saves me! (PuNNiyanE!) The mating (pleasure)
that young women give / yield (vinai vEdhanai) is the entirety of sorrows
and leads to perennial samsaaric afflictions. Thinking further on that
line, makes me shiver with fear. Hence, I approach Your Feet! Please grant
me the bliss of seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh
Lord of ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.
9. saathalum piRaththalum enRivaRRaik* kaathalseyyaathu
unakazhal_adainthEn*
Othalsey naanmaRaiyaaki* umbar_aathalsey
moovuruvaanavanE!*
aaNdaay!unaik kaaNbathOr* aruLenakku
aruLuthiyEl*
vENdEn manaivaazhkkaiyai* viNNagar mEyavanE!
(6.1.9)
(An excellent one!) "saadhalum piRatthalum enRu ivaRRai/
kaadhal seyyadhu un kazhal adaindhEn.." Oh EmperumaanE! The One who is the
Nirvaahakan of four Vedas; who is the sarIrI of Brahmaa, Indran and Sivan
(the greatest trio of Devas) et al..! Realising the birth and death
vicious cycles, and the endlessness of that, with no further desire (for
future births), I have held on to Your Feet! Please grant me the bliss of
seeing You and let me be blessed with Your darshan.! Oh Lord of
ViNNagaram! ( I ) Don’t want this samsaaric affliction.
10.
poomaru pozhilaNi* viNNagarmEl*
kaamarucheerk*
kalikanRisonna*
paamaruthamizhivai* paadavallaar*
vaamanan_adiyiNai*
maruvuvarE* (6.1.10)
This ten on ThiruviNNagaram Divya Desam, which is full of
dense gardens, full of fragrant flowers, has been composed by Kaliyan, who
is loved by one and all. Those who read this ten (or these meanings), will
be BLESSED TO REACH/ATTAIN the Lotus Feet of the Lord, who took the avtaar
of Vaamanan.