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From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 06:05:33 PDT
SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Thus having immersed himself in the Lord Ranganathan of Srirangam divya
desam, who dispels the darkness and takes us through the ladder of
ArchirAdhi maargam and then removes the ladder after our attaining His
place, where there is full of Bliss (theLivisumbu thirunaadu), AzhwAr now
prays to Him for remembering Him and uttering his divine names when his
(AzhwAr’s) limbs, senses and mind are in good conditions saying that he
would not be able to think of Him in the death bed…
Yet another marvelous ten (as AzhwAr’s upadEsam for us..)
thuppudaiyaarai_adaivadhellaam
sOrvidaththuththuNaiyaavarenRE
oppilEnaakilumn^innadaindhEn
aanaikkun^ee_aruLseydhamaiyaal
eyppu_ennaivandhun^aliyumpOdhu
angu_Edhumn^aanunnain^inaikkamaattEn
appOdhaikku_ippOdhEsollivaiththEn
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! (2) 1.
Oh Lord of Srirangam! SeshasaayinE! (reclining on AdhisEshan!)- those who
surrender to capable persons in the world have got tremendous faith that
they (the capable person) would be helpful to saraNgathan (one who
surrenders). It is a natural process. It is because of one’s complete faith
on Him (The Lord)- he surrenders to Him.. Though I am an unparalleled king
of all sinners, knowing fully well of your mercy and tvarai (intense desire)
to rush to the rescue of saraNAgathar (one who surrenders) like You did for
the elephant (GajEndrAzhwAn), I have caught hold of You as my refuge. When I
am incapable and disabled on my death bed- suffering terribly, when everyone
else yells around me, that time, it would be extremely impossible to think
of You (as anthima smaraNam) and hence when my mind is stable and limbs
work, I have uttered You divine name and placed myself at your feet. _ let
this help then (at the death bed).
When You have been so merciful even for the elephant, this human being is
now pleading to You for saving himself. Though I am an incorrigible sinner,
when the prapatti saasthram can work for an elephant why not me? It would
also work.
saamidaththu_ennaikkuRikkoLkaNdaay
sangodusakkaramEndhinaanE!
naamadiththu_ennai_anEkathaNdam
seyvadhaan^iRparn^aman_thamar_kaL
pOmidaththu_un_thiRaththu_eththanaiyum
pukaavaNNamn^iRpadhOrmaayaivallai
aamidaththE_unnaichchollivaiththEn
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 2.
Oh Lord RanganAthA! The One who has the Conch shell and the divine chakrA in
His resplendent hands! When I die, think of me.. (else), the yam dhUthAs
folding their tongues inside, muttering with anger (due to my enomrmous
paapams) will be waiting with the list of punishments for me. If I go along
with them, (You too) are capable of creating a maayai in me to never ever
think of You even for a fraction of a second for ages.. (many births)
)Hence), when I can utter, I have uttered Your divine names..
I have uttered your names- also may mean: I have sung from ThiruppallaNdu
till now.. about You. Pelase think of this on my death bed. (saamidatthu
ennai kuRikkoL)
ellaiyilvaasalkuRukachchenRaal
eRRin^aman_thamar_paRRumpOdhu
nilluminennum_upaayamillai
nEmiyumsangamum_EndhinaanE!
sollalaampOdhE_unn^aamamellaam
sollinEn ennaikkuRikkoNdu_enRum
allalpadaavaNNamkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 3.
Oh Lord RanganAthA! Sesha saayinE! The door (at the entrance) is partially
closed (ajar) as I am on my death bed. At that time, when Yama dhUthAs come
near me and catch hold of, there is no way and reason for me to say “stay
out of my course”. Oh Lord having ChakrA and Sankhu! When I can utter (or
have the ability to utter) your divine sweet names, I have uttered them
loudly. Please have mercy on aDiyEn (who has uttered your divine names thus
now) and think of me at the most appropriate time (at death bed) and save me
from all sufferings.
[Traditions aver that they close the front door ajar when there is a death
in the house.]
oRRaividaiyanumn^aanmukanum
unnaiyaRiyaapperumaiyOnE!
muRRa_ulakellaamn^eeyEyaaki
moonRezhuththaayamudhalvanEyaa!
aRRadhuvaaNaaL_ivaRkenReNNi
anchan^aman_thamar_paRRaluRRa
aRRaikku, nee_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 4.
Even Rudran, who has peerless Bull as his vehicle and four faced Brahmaa can
not comprehend the greatness and glory of Yours! Oh Lord! You have
manifested in everyone and everything as antharyaami! Oh ParavaasudEvA! The
essence of sacred divine praNavam and the one who has taken three vyUha
avathArams namely Pradhyumnan, SankarshaNan and Aniruddhan (like the three
aksharaas of praNavam!) “This guy has lived enough and his days are over”
saying this when Yama dhUthAs come near me scaring everyone around me
(seeing my suffering on death bed), please save me.
When you are scared of yama dhUthAs, why not you pray to the demi god of
destruction – Rudran- who conducts avAnthara mahApraLayam (nithya praLayam)
as ordained by me; as Rudran is the lord of Yama- asks Sriman Narayanan to
AzhwAr. AzhwAr replies: Oh Lord! Unparalleled OppAril appA! Even for that
Rudran, and his father BrahmA- You are incomprehensible and your glories
beyond anybody’s ability to understand. Those who do not understand Vedic
truth, Vedantha only will say and wrongly interpret saying, “thrimUrthys are
equal to each other and all three of them are one and the same.” Vedid
statement which declare that (1) uthkrushtam, Nikrushtam, Chethanam,
achEthanam – such differences also are You; and (2) You are (the antharyaami
roopam in) Sivan and Brahmaa. There is no difference between the two
statements. You are sarvaantahraami. You are ParavaasudEva, who has taken
vuYha avathArams and who themselves have acted through BrhamA, Sivan and
Your own self Vishnu- for the three functionalities as trio- out of your own
sowlabhyam! You are the essence of praNavam and the three aksharas are like
those vyUha avathArams. You are Nithya muktha sEvyan- none else. Is there
anyway can one get mOksham without Your dayA-without being devoted to only
You?
Also Yama is servant of Rudran as instructed by You. In the world, when king
has servants working for him, so has the minister to whom few people report
to- as instructed and employed by the king. Ultimate is however the king
alone. Thus, Yama, his master Rudran, his father BrahmA are all Your
creations.
paiyaravinaNaip paaRkadaluL
paLLikoLkinRaparamamoorththi!
uyya_ulakupadaikkavENdi
undhiyilthORRinaayn^aanmukanai
vaiyamanisaraippoyyenReNNik
kaalanaiyum_udanEpadaiththaay
aiya! ini_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 5.
Oh Lord, having the dhivya mangaLa vigraham of reclining on AdhisEshan as
the bed on Ksheera saagaram (milky ocean)! Before that in EkOdhakasamudra,
in order to create all jeevathmas, You mercifully created four faced Brahma
from the lotus in Your navel! To evaluate the humans [who are born on this
earth] as to who has done what paapam (against saasthrAs), and to punish
them accordingly, You created Yama. My father! En aiyA! Lord RanganAthA!
Thus hereafter You should save me (for having uttered Your name realizing
all the above)
thaNNenavillain^aman_thamar_kaL
saalakkodumaikaLseyyaan^iRpar
maNNodun^eerum_eriyumkaalum
maRRum_aakaasamumaakin^inRaay!
eNNalaampOdhE_unn^aamamellaam
eNNinEn, ennaikkuRikkoNdu_enRum
aNNalE! nee_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 6.
Oh Lord! The one who is the antharyaami of five elements namely, prithvi
(the earth), waters, agni (effulgence), air (vaayu), Space (AkAsam)! Swami!
Lord RanganathA! SeshasaayinE! Yama dhUtHAs keep punishing and they do not
anything cool or pleasant. Hence, as much as possible, when I (am blessed
to) have the ability to utter the japam of divine names of Yours, I have
been doing it. Hence without forgetting me, You should always save me..
When one dies, the body consisting of five elements lets the soul leave. The
yama dhUthAs are waiting anxiously to start their work of punishing. Hence
now itself, I have started uttering your divine names.
sencholmaRaipporuLaakin^inRa
dhEvar_kaLn^aayakanE! emmaanE!
enchalilennudaiyinnamudhE!
Ezhulakumudaiyaay! ennappaa!
vanchavuruvinn^aman_thamar_kaL
valindhun^alindhu_ennaippaRRumpOdhu
anchalamenRu_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 7.
Oh Devaadhi dEvA! The one who is the essence of all Vedas (which is full of
sweet words)! My swami! My sweetest divine insatiable nectar! The ruler of
fourteen worlds! My AppA! (Father) When the deceitful Yama dhUthAs forcibly
snatch me and hold me making me suffer, You should save me saying, “Do not
fear” (anjal).
The sweet worded Vedas- why sweet? Because the Vedic statement saying that
he (ParamAhtmA Sriman Narayanan) grants to all demi gods (Devas) their
respective powers (bhIshAsmaadvAtha: pavathi.. bhIshOdhEthi Soorya:
bhIshAsmadhagnischEndras cha: ). The Purusha has no imperfections; Even one
who has no understanding of Vedic meanings when uttering them, grants the
reciter the fruits of such utterances; In all times and under all
circumstances and at anytime (and beyond time), the Vedas talk only what is
EmperumAn’s ThiruvuLLam (what is in his heart) and nothing else.
naan_Edhum_unmaayamonRaRiyEn
naman_thamar_paRRin^alindhittu indha
oonEpukEyenRumOdhumpOdhu
angEdhum naan_unnain^inaikkamaattEn
vaanEyvaanavar_thangaLeesaa!
madhuraippiRandhamaamaayanE! en
aanaay! nee_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 8.
Oh Master of Nithyasooris! Paramapadha nAthA! Oh most wonderful Lord!
Ascharya bhUthA! Lord RanganAthA! I (this lowly soul) do not know at all
even a fraction of Your mystery and wonderful nature! When yama dhUthAs
punish me, pushing me saying, “live in this body the embodiment of all sins”
and at that time, I would not be able to do anything not will have any power
to do against that. At that horrifying moment, I can not also think of You.
[hence- having thought of Your greatest glories and Unparalelled Parathvam
now and having uttered Your divine names[, You should save me.
kunReduththu_aan^iraikaaththa_aayaa!
kOn^iraimEyththavanE! emmaanE!
anRumudhal inRaRudhiyaa
aadhiyanchOdhimaRandhaRiyEn
nanRumkodiyan^aman_thamar_kaL
nalindhuvalindhu_ennaippaRRumpOdhu
anRangun^ee_ennaikkaakkavENdum
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanE! 9.
Oh GopA! The one who lifted effortlessly the huge Govardhana mountain and
saved the cattle! Lord who reared the cows with such a sowlabhyam! My
Master! From that KrishNAvathAram till this enjoyment of dhivya mangaLa
vigraham of Sri RanganAthan here at Srirangam, I do not remember that I have
forgotten You. When yama dhUthAs hold me firm on that day, then and there
You should save me.
At that day, When you were born as KrishNA, I was there as YasOdhA. You came
to me running with open mouth and hugged and kissed me. Today, I have
appeared as Vishnu chitthan and standing here in front of You in Srirangam.
I have not forgotten You.
maayavanaimadhusoodhananai
maadhavanaimaRaiyOr_kaLEththum
aayar_kaLERRinai_achchudhanai
arangaththaravaNaippaLLiyaanai
vEyar_pukazhvillipuththoorman
vittuchiththan_sonnamaalaipaththum
thooyamanaththanaraakivallaar
thoomaNivaNNanukkaaLar_thaamE. 10.
About the most wonderful Lord, most mysterious Lord (Ascharya bhUthan), the
one praised and worshipped by VaidIkas, Gopa srEshtan, the One who never
ever leaves His devotees in the lurch, Sri RanganAthan- Sri Vishnu chitthar
of Sri villiputthUr has sung these pAsurams and those who recite them with
pure heart, will always be blessed to be dAsars of and be enslaved by the
blue hued lord Sriman Narayanan.
PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan
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