SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy Pey AzhwAr anubhavam on ThiruvEnkatam. Next verse is 30h of MoonRaam ThiruvanthAthi: sErntha thirumaal kadal kudanthai vEngadam nErntha en sinthai niRai visumpu, - vaayntha maRai paadakam_ananthan vaNduzaayk kaNNi, iRaipaadi yaaya ivai. 30 AzhwAr again enjoys the way Lord chooses to reside in his heart in this verse as well. AzhwAr enlists the glorious places in which the Lord on his own accord stays; and also adds that they are all his capital cities (or important places- raajadhaani). The Lord who had joined or reached the Ocean (kadal sErndha Thirumaal) Kudanthai, Venkatam, - Thirupathi and Thirukkudanthai (KumbakONam ArAamudhan] nErndha en chinthai- my mind that has been blessed and has been a good one; [The fortunate mind can also be inferred] niRai visumbhu- The faultless blesmishless the grandest, huge Nithya vibHuthi- Sri vaikuNtam vaayndha maRai- The Vedas and Upanishads which have been [meant- vaayndha] only to sing His glories; paadakam- Thiruppadakam Divya Desam- where The Lord resides most beautifully Ananthan- Again AdhisEshan [as in earlier verse- 26th] vaNthuzhaaykaNNi- The most fragrant thuLasai garlanded [Lord] [OR the thUlasi creeper also is the place where He resides ? can also be inferred here] iRaipaadi aaya ivai- These places are His iRaipaadi- CAPITAL cities or Raajadhaanis. AzhwAr very beautifully enlists all His favorite places of residence including his [AzhwAr?s] wonderful blessed heart] Kadal sErndha Thirumaal- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan churned the milky ocean [when He had held the mantharai moutian on His top as Koorma avathAram]; and He supported the Devas by lending His thousand hands to churn the ocean [along with asurAs]- to get amudham (nectar) Allk He had done not just for getting the nectar for Devas; But also to get His amudham ? i.e. Sri Mahalakshmi who appeared from the Ocean in this churning. She came out with a garland; went straight to Sriman Narayana in front of 33 crores of Devas and jumped and sat in His Divine Chest [ahalagillEn iRaium enRu alarmEl mangai uRai maarbhan]. Nanjeeyar asks Parasara Bhattar ?How does a lady [like Mahalakshmi] without ant feminine shyness go, sit in the divine chest of Narayana in front of so many Devas? Parasara Bhattar responds: He is the Only Purushan; PurushOtthaman and why should she feel shy in front of other women? And only when women are there [all jeevathmas are like sthrees while He is the Purushan]; Also why should a mother feel shy in front of her children to sit near the Father? Thus Lord chooses to stay with His in-law?s place so joyously [like we all do- to enjoy staying in our in law?s residence] i.e. Milky ocean on AdhisEshan. Similar to Rangamannar who chooses to stay in PeriyAzhwAr?s residence in Srivilliputthur. Kudanthai- Kumba kONam- This is the Lord who mercifully blessed us with naalaayoira Dhivya Prabandham through Sriman Nathamuni; This is the Lord who had blessed Thirumazhisai AzhwAr or who listened to Thirumazhisai AzhwAr. This is the only Divya Desam which has been sung by Thirumangai AzhwAr in all his six works. This is the only Divya Desam mentioned by NammAzhwAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr in their last divya desam patthu on ThiruppEr [Both have sung ThiruppEr ten as their past divya desam and both have referred to Kudanthai in those respective ten- says Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami in his upanyasam] Venkatam- ThiruvEnkatam Divya Desam has got unparalleled greatness in it for the Lord to enjoy residing here to crush and destroy all our paapams ? for each one of us. nErtndha en chinthai- My mind which had been loitering at all sides and in all other material, worldly pleasures; which been going astray; is not blessed and is thinking of Him at all times; It is His grace that my mind has been so blessed ? THUS nErndha- and thus my blessed mind has become His favorite place of residence. niRai visumbhu-SRivaikuNatm ? the faultless and Blemishless SrivaikuNtam- where the imperfections or faults in leelA vibhUthi is not there; This theLivisumbu Thirunaadu; leelA vibHuthi is iruL tharumaa jnAlam. Nithya vibhUthi is the land of no return. Swami Desikan says in DraamidOpanishad Thaathoparya RathnAvAli: The Lord Himself accompanies those who have performed Sranagathi at His Feet to his place of residence SrivaiuNtam and never to come back at all [nacha punaraavartthathE]; He accompanies them ? His Asrithars in the archiraadhi maargam and give place in his lOka [Sri vaikUnram ? Nithya vibHuthi- niRai visumbhu]; He does all this as He is (1) Sarva Swami; (2) He is the controller of all; (3) He measured the worlds as Thirvikraman; (4) He is the Sriya: Pathi; (5); He holds Sudharsana Chakra in his resplendent Hand [6] He reclines in the cool ksheera saagara (milky ocean) (7) He took brith as cowherd Boy to be easily accessible for all; (8) He is the controller of Paramapadham and Nithya suris. Vaaymdha maRai- Vedas and SaasthrAs- are the ones that praise and talk His glories and hence He chooses to reside therein. Sage Vyaasa says: Sathyam sathyam punah sathyam uddhrtya bhujamuchyathE | Vedaath saasthram param naasthi na deivam kesavaath param || Raising up my arm, I declare on oath that there is SCRIPTURE text greater than Vedas and no God superior to Lord Kesava. This TRUTH TRUTH and TRUTH. Aalodya sarva saasthraani vichaarya cha puna: puna: | Idham yEkam sunishpannam dhyEyO naaraayanO hari: || After a deep study of all the saasthrAs and repeated investigations into their purport, we come to this CONCLUSION that the Lord to be meditated upon is HARI: [Sriman Narayanan] Who says: Sage Vyasa who has compiled all Vedas into four; who has written Mahabharatha who has written 18 puranas; who has written the greatest Brahma sutra. Do we need any other authoritative statement? These are His most favorite place of residence and His raja dhaani- says AzhwAr. pEyAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan Discover Yahoo! 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