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From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:54:53 PDT
Sri:
Dearest sisters and Brothers,
AzhwAr again addresses his mind (nenjam) and asks his mind to come to
ThirumaalirunchOlai to pay obeisance to Sarva rakshakan; One who grants all
that we desire and seek- who is Sowlabhyan.
1. Oh my (obedient) mind! At the outset, let me tell this. Do not get swayed
with the temptation of uniting with those fragrant haired young women and
leave it. Let us go and pay obeisance to our Swami- the One who has the
Seven Oceans; Seven mountains and the whole Universe as His sarIram; the
Lord of ThirumaalirunchOlai, where the water falls from the mountains carry
along with them the sandal trees, and peacock feathers and are accumulated
herein.
2. Oh foolish mind! (mada nenjE!) The Lord of ThirumalirunchOlai is the
SarvEshwaran, is the One who has the shining, most resplendent crown on His
head; One who reclines on ThiruvananthAzhwAn and has His Yoga nithrA; who is
praised by Nithya sooris and all other people across this whole Universe,
paying their obeisance to Him with flowers and waters, calling all others,
“Let us pray to Him at all times and get saved”. This Divya Desam of
Thirumaliruncholai is where bees sit on most fragrant honey dripping
“kuRinchi” flowers that bloom in between the bamboo trees. Come; Let us pay
our obeisance to Him here.
3. Oh mada nenjE! (Foolish mind!) In order to do great upakaram to us to get
rid of these samsaaric afflictions, He had created this earth (so that we
can do our karmanushtAnams, in accordance with saasthras, realize Him and
attain Him) due to His parama krupai, so that today we can stand and praise
Him. Also, He is One who had appeared as Vaamanan and took huge Trivikrama
avtaar and let the whole Earth obtain the Divine touch from His Lotus Feet.
That Emperumaan, who is our Swami is here at ThirumaalirunchOlai, where
gypsies use the “vEngai” trees for measuring the passage of time (as these
trees bloom flowers once in a year), and the small shining “maNi” that they
aim from their hands shed and spread light everywhere. Come; Let us pay our
obeisance to Him here.
4. mada nenjE! Emperumaan, who had sucked the cunning Poothanai’s breastmilk
and killed her; who killed the completely non-feminine Thaatakai with fiery
arrows; resides here at ThirumalirunchOlai, where tall ‘vEngai trees and
“kOngu trees, between which kuRinchi flowers bloom with honey flooding
everywhere, Come let us pay our obeisance to Him here.
5. mada nenjE! I will never bow down – said rAvaNana and fought with the
Lord. He had all his ten strong heads worn with gem-bedecked crowns, thrown
onto the ground by Emperumaan. RAvaNan’s remaining part of the body appeared
to have been in trance, danced in the battlefield, by Emperumaan. This
Emperumaan resides in ThirumaalirunchOlai, where the tall bamboo tree
braches move with the wind and pierce the honeycomb and floods the whole
area with honey. Come; Let us pay our obeisance to Him here.
6. mada nenjamE! (Foolish mind!) AdhisEshan -the one who exhales poison on
enemies (who do not have love and bhakti for the Lord) is the bed of our
Swami- Emperumaan, who reclines on the Milky Ocean; who threw the
dhEnukaasuran (the calf) at the “viLAmpazha” tree to kill him; who danced
having pot in His Hand with women; - Such most wonderful Emperumaan is here
at ThirumalirunchOlai, where the clouds immerse themselves in the dark
ocean, drink the waters, and roar with huge thunders in the sky, appearing
as if they are dark huge elephants standing on the mountains, the sight of
which scares the lions that roar with fear. (What a poetic imagination by
ThirumangaiAzhwAr!) Come; Let us pay our obeisance to Him here.
7. Emperumaan- who threw the asuran (in whose form dhEnukAsuran appeared) at
the tree thereby killing him, - who is of the divine Beautiful form of dark,
vast ocean like form, is here permanenetly residing at ThirumalirunchOlai,
where tall gardens touch the sky, and honey dripping from these trees aare
drunk by beautiful deer. Come; Let us pay our obeisance to Him here.
8. mada nenjE! The waves appear to touch even the clouds- in this milky
ocean, on top of which Emperumaan reclines on ThiruvananthAzhwAn and has His
Yoga nithrA; One who removed the cruel anger of the horse;- the One who
appears always as the waters to quench anyone’s thirst, when one sees Him;
One who is of the dark cloud form. He is here at ThirumalirunchOlai, where
the (madha jalam) waters fall trickling down the heads of huge male angry
elephants and bees drink those waters. Come; Let us pay our obeisance to Him
here.
9. Foolish mind! Unintelligent Jains and Buddhists, et al (pundhi il
samaNar, buddhar enRu ivargaL- otthana pEsavum uganthittu”) speak their own
statements (against Vedic truths, misinterpreting them), and Emperumaan
ignoring all these religions, (relish being with His devotees who hold onto
His Feet, with an unflinching faith), who is Chief and Nathan for me and all
my ancestors too, who is the Chief of Nithyasooris, who resides here at
ThirumalirunchOlai permanently, where tribal women folks staying under the
shadow of those sandal trees, come to this temple and utter few manthras
praising this Lord, to be blessed with wedlock. Come; Let us pay our
obeisance to Him here.
10. Kaliyan, one who rules Thiruvaali naadu; who has large sharp spear in
his hand; who has the nature of bowing down to the devotees and servants of
maNi vaNNan -Emperuman of ThirumalirunchOlai, surrounded by fertile gardens,
composed this ten and those who recite this ten written in chaste Tamil will
be blessed to rule this earth surrounded by oceans.
Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Narayana narayana
adiyEn Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan
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