SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on ThiruvEnkatam is the 40th. uLan_kaNdaay nannencE! utthama NnenRum uLan_kaNdaay, uLLuvaa ruLLath thuLan_kaNdaay, viNNedungak kOduyarum veengaruvi vEngadatthaan, maNNedungath thaanaLantha man. 40 Oh My dear Good cooperative mind! Realize that there is One; who is the Greatest of Greatest virtuous Lord! Those who think of Him such, He resides in them (in their hearts willingly and lovingly out of His own accord). He had measured the Earth and the huge earth became smallest in size (as compared to His Form when he measured). He is the One who is there so gracefully at ThiruvEnkatam where the beautiful water falls from so high a place near the sky. (AkAsa gangA). BhuttatthzhwAr refers to the lines similarly in his 77th verse: in his "iraNdaam Thiruvandhaadhi" "uRun kaNday nan nenjE! Utthaman naR paadham/ uRun kaNdaay oN kamalan thannaal,- uRun kaNdaay/ yEtthip paNindhavan pEr eerainjooR eppozhudhum/ saaRRi uraitthal thavam/" Oh My dear good Mind! See that He is There; See that most Virtuous Lord, who is there on the Beautiful Lotus Flower. See that IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT THAPAS (PENANCE) to utter the Emperumaan?s Divine names incessantly. Here PeyAzhwAr refers NOT to just the existence of the Lord as ?uLan kaNdaay?. He was not an atheist firstly to realise now that there is one who is here? what azhwAr means is: Oh my dearest great mind! Realise and see that here is One our Supreme Lord who is our savour. Our Master who protects us always! Avan namakkaaga enRu uLan kaNdaay. He is our Lord; our mAthA; our PithA; our everything enRu uLan kaNdaay. He is the Utthaman; He is PurushOtthaman enRu uLan kaNdaay. He is there in the hearts of those sages, rishis and yogins- and be the object of their penance and dhyAnam. viNN odunga- with the Nithya vibHuthi and Paramapadham under his Lordship as well, with the skies below Him (as ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan- with the mountain of ThiruvEnkatam reaching much above everything]. He thus establishes His Supremacy and Parathvam. Veendu aruvi- the water falls are referred to here by AzhwAr. When AzhwAr mentions His Parathvam (Supreme Lordship), he had an apprehension that people may get scared and may go away from Him. So, he addresses the Lord?s sowlabhyam and sowseelyam by saying He is so compassionate and comes down to our level (water falls) though He is high above? Parathvam kaNdu anjaamaikku sowlabhyam Sowlabhyam kaNdu igazhaamaikkku parathvam How and why should He protect us? Beuacse He is the Lord of all; He rules all; He rules the whole Universe. He is the one who had measured the whole Universe with His Lotus Feet. NammAzhwAr says: "kAnmin ulageer ! enak kaN mugappE nimirntha thaaL" ie "It seems Lord's feet appear to have said to bholOka residents during Trivikrama avathAram that "Hey world! Look at This Feet and enjoy" and while saying it seems the holy feet also grew and rose to reach beyond the vaan ulagam. The Feet grew and almost touched everyone?s head, as they all were bending to look at the small dwarf like Vaamanan as to how he is going to measure the earth with three measures. Otherwise, they would never have bent their heads anyway.. NammAzhwAr thus invited the world to see the enfolding wonderment of the sacred feet of the Lord shooting up and out to measure the earth and the sky ( KaaNmingal ulaheer yenru kaNNmuhappE nimirntha TaaLiNayan). Our Lord's paadham and the Sri paadha theertham is the most sacred for us as salvation, hence. The AchAryAs followed the way shown by the AzhwArs. ALavanthAr saluted Trivikrama in the 31st verse of his SthOthra Rathnam and wondered as to when the lotus feet of the Lord of Trivikraman with the signs of the divine chakram, conch, mace, flag, goad and other lAnchanAs are going to decorate his head: kathA puna: sanka rathAnga kalpaka dvajAravinda Ankusa vajralaanchanam I Trivikrama tvaccharaNAmbhuja dvayam madheeya murdhAnamalankarishyathi ? II maN odunga thaan aLantha man- Thus, He is the ?man? [meaning king] who measured the maNN (earth).. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE Namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/sTR6_D/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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