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Dear srEvaishNavites,
 
Sri SadagOpan swAmy goes on to relate the fact that Sri kaliyan rejects the worldly pleasures for its nature of ending up in disaster. Further, nElan reiterates that he also detests the cycle of births and deaths.
 
The highlight in the final pAsuram is  the desire for the Lord Oppiliappan.
 
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 
 
 
Worldly Pleasures-Distress-Cycle of Births-Detested by AzhwAr.
The Lord of Oppiliappan-Ultimate Desire by Sri Thirumangai mannan.
 
 
 
In the next two Paasurams , Thirumangai rejects the PurushArTam of
Kaamam and the dukkham associated with it and gives that as reason for
rejecting the worldly life ( manai Vaazhkkai ) pursuing siRRinbham and
setting his mind on the pErinbham of ThiruviNNagarappan's darsanam and
Kaimkaryam to Him . The 8th Paasuram housing these thoughts takes this form:

kaathal seythu iLayavar kalavi tarum , vEdanai vinai athu veruvathalAm
aathalin unathu adi aNuhuvan nAnn , pOthalar nedumudip-PuNNiyanE
ANDAi unnaik-kaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLithiyEl
VENDEn manai Vaazhkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE

Oh ThiruviNNagarappaa ! As in the case of BhimasEna , who went thru many
painful difficulties in bringing the KalyANa Sougandhikam flowers from the
garden of KubEra to please his wife Draupathy , men waste their time to make
their young women happy to win their hearts and to enjoy the resulting
carnal
pleasures , which ultimately ends up in disappointment and  sorrow .   These
are
frightening things ( athu veruvathalAm) . "iLayavar ( young women ) kaathal
seythu
kalavi tarum ( through the act of expressing their carnal desires through
physical
union ) ultimately  leads to suffering and sorrow thru obsessions and
disappointments  .
Therefore says Thirumangai in a mood of VivEkam that he would like to stay
away
from the pursuit of such Kaamam ( distracting desires) and would prefer
the adornment of the tall crown ( nedu mudi=TiruvabhishEkam ) of
ThiruviNNagarappan ,
which is the most appropriate place for those fragrant flowers to blossom on
time .
Thirumangai begs the Lord to grant His darsanam and promises to give up all
the worldly pleasures .

Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.9
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saathalum piRatthalum yenRu ivaRRaik-kaathal seyyAthu unn kazhal adainthEn
Othal sey naan maRayAhi umbar aathal sey MoovuruvAnavanE
ANDAi unnaik-KaaNpathOr aruL yenakku aruLitiyEl
VENDEn maanai vaazhkkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE

Here , Thirumangai rejects both Manushya Aanandam as well as the dEva janmam
associated with even superior pleasures ( " Indhira lOkam aaLum accuchvai
peRinum vENDEn " ) ." Punarapi Jananam , Punarapi maraNam , Punarapi Jananee
jaDirE sayanam , iha samsArE bahu dhustArE , krupayA paalaya Paahi MUrArE "
was the soulful cry of an AchArya , who was not far from Thirumangai's time
.
Thirumangai abhors the experience of Undergoing endless cycles of births and
deaths (Saathalum piRatthalum yenRivaRRai kaathal seyyAthu) and experiencing
garbha vaasam again and again in different wombs ( Manushya, DEva, Thiryang
etc)  .
Therefore , Oh ThiruviNagarappA ! adiyEn has arrived at Your sacred feet (
aathalAl Unn
kazhal adainthEn) . adiyEn does not want to experience the Kshudhra Phalans
of
Yuvaa , Jaraa , MaraNam and Kaivalyam ( Youth , old age , death of the
physical body
and mere aathmAnubhavam/Kaivalyam )  . Oh Lord , who is the indweller of
dEvAs with
superior posts and who is of the form of the four VedAs ! If I am blessed to
have Your
soukumArya darsana aanandham , adiyEn will kick away the pleasures of this
world
in one instant and forever stay close to Your sacred feet .

Periya Thirumozhi : 6.1.10
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This is the Phala Sruthi Paasuram for this set of ten Paasurams :

poomaru pozhilaNi ViNNagar mEl , kaamaru seerk-kalikanRi sonna
paamaru Tamizhivai paada vallAr  Vaamanan adi iNai maruvuvarE


After rejecting the great wealth desired by many  , long life filled with
sukhams , fame , glory , high birth , kaama bhOgams , dEvAnandham and
Prakruthi  sambhandham , Thirumangai opted out for a life free from all
these distractions . Thirumangai longed for only one soubhAgyam (viz).,
the darsana soubhAgyam of ThiruviNNagarappan in His archaa state
at the dhivya dEsam of AakAsa Nagaram or VyOmapuri . Rest of the pleasures
were worthless blades of grass for him .

With that conviction and VairAgyam , Thirumangai reveals to us the Phalan of
reciting his ten Paasurams on ThiruviNNagarappan prsiding over the dhivya
dEsam adorned by fragrant flower gardens . Thirumangai states that those who
recite and reflect on the inner meanings of his ( pious poet's ) paasurams
set in
Tamil will be attracted to the sacred and beautiful feet of the Lord and
will stay
there . In these beautiful Paasurams , Thirumangai instructed us on the
hollowness
of the worldly life and pointed out that the closeness to the Lord's sacred
feet
is the only PurushArtam to seek for lasting sukham .

Daasan ,  Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama
:


azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam




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