NAMO NARAYANA
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- sri:
- srimate ramanujaya
namah:
- sri padmavati
sametha sri srinivasa parabrahmane namah:
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- Sri U.Ve Varadachari
Sadagopan
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- Thirumalai SrinivAsan
is a timeless treasure for human beings everywhere .
- His vaibhavam has been
celebrated by the ten AzhwArs through 205
- exquisite paasurams
. His anantha KalyaNa guNams have been saluted
- by a host of AchAryAs
belonging to Vaidhika Mathams . Many great NadhOpAsakAs like
ANNamAcharyA , Purandara DaasA ,Mutthu-
- swamy Dikshithar , Saint
ThyagarAjA sat at the holy feet of the Lord
- and offered gems of
krithis as Naama KusumAnjalis.
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 AzhwAr's
moving Tributes
Ten out of the twelve AzhwArs with the exception of ThoNdaradippodi
- and Madhura Kavi have
performed their MangaLAsAsanams through
- 205 exquisite Paasurams
brimming with Bhakthi and Bhagavath anubhavam .
The number of paasurams associated with each of the ten AzhwArs
are: Thirumangai:62 , NammAzhwAr:54 , PEy AzhwAr :19 , ANDAL:16
, Thirumazhisai:15 , KulasEkarar:11 , Poygai:10, Bhutham:9 ,PeriyAzhwAr:
- 7 and ThiruppANar 2
in a Prabhandham devoted mostly to Sri RanganAthan .
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- PEy
AzhwAr's Vandhanams
The AzhwArs celebrated the exquisite ,indescribable beauty (
avAngh mansa kOcharasoukumAryam ) of the Lord of Thirumalai.
PEy AzhwAr saw Him seated inside his heart space and declared
" uLLatthin uLLEuLaN -- kaNDai nannenjE " (svacchandha
Hrudhaya sadhanan). Elsewhere in his MoonRAm ThiruvandhAthi ,
PEy Azhwar explained to us that Sri VaikunTam and Thiruppatthi
are one and the same ( ThirumAl VaikunthamE TaNN Thiru VenkatamE).
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- Poygai
AzhwAr's salutations
Poygai AzhwAr revealed to us that ThiruvEnkatam is the most endearing
dhivya dEsam for Sriman NaarAyaNan ( VenkatamE VeNN sankham Oothiya
Vaai
Maal uhanthavoor ). There , the Lord destroys the ancient sins
of ours and blesses the devotees with anugrahams such a sIsvaryam,
Kaivalyam and
Moksham ( ThozhuvAr manacchudarai nathuvikkum VenkatamE). AzhwAr
enjoyed the true svarUpam of the Lord of Seven hills as insatiable
nectar
( athrupthi amrutha roopan/aparyApthAmruthan).
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- BhUthatthAzhwAr's
tribute
The third of the first triad of AzhwArs explained to us that
the worshippers of
Sri VenkatEsan attain the state of exquisite equalibrium between
Sukhams and Dukkams as Sthitha Praj~nAs as attested by GeethAchAryan
( sama dukka sukam dhIram sOmruthathvAya kalpathE). AzhwAr asks
us to recite and reflect on the 1000 names of the Lord for our
salvation as we climb up the seven hills to offer our worship
at His lotus feet( -MaNi Venkatavn malar adikkE sella aNi
Venkatavan pEr aaynthu ).
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- Thirummzhisai
AzhwAr's celebration
Thirumazhisai at one time could not find the sacred clay ( ThirumaNN)
- for wearing and Lord
VenkatEsA appeared in his dream and showed
the place , where ThirumaNN was available for this Parama VaishNavan
. Thirumazhisai asked us to reach the sacred feet of the Lord
at ThiruvEnkatam and attain salvation ( Venkatam adaintha MaalpaadhamE
adhianthu naaLUm uyyminE).
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- PeriyAzhwAr's
enjoyment of the Lord
As YasOdhA pirAtti , AzhwAr enjoyed the Baala kreetais of Govindhan
and
performed Govindha Naama Sankeethanam at Thirumalai.The adhbutha
rasa varNanam filled paasurams of PeriyAzhwAr are exquisite.AzhwAr
invited the Baala GopAlan , who was running away from him to
come near him :
" Vedap PoruLE Yenn VenkatavA VitthahanE inghe pOtharAyE
"
- Oh my child, the essence
of Veda manthrams !Oh clever one !
- Oh VenkatEsA ! Please
do not run away from me . Please come
- near me .
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- In another of his moving
paasurams , PeriyAzhwAr reveals his special
- blessings that made
it possible for him to store to his heart's content the auspicious
VenkatEsa tatthvam just as filling a pot with the nectar churned
- out of the milky ocean
.
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- ANDAL's
love for ThiruvEnaktamudayAn
Her father adored the Lord as his son, Baala KrishNan .ANDAL
adored the Lord as Her bridegroom .She begged the nightingale
in Her garden to sing
- and call for the Lord's
arrival at Her side ( KuyilE! Thenn Venaktavan varak koovAyE
). Her prayer to the clouds rushing towards Thiruvenkatam was
to
- let the Lord know of
Her sufferings from separation form Her Lord and to intercede
on Her behalf for union with Him.She prayed to Kaama devan and
begged him to unite Her with the JyothisvarUpa ChakrapANi at
ThiruvEnkatam . Her exquisite anubhavam of SamslEsha Aanandham
(Bliss out of union with Her Lord) and VislEsha dukkham ( Pangs
of sorrow over separation from Him ) and the undescribable joy
resulting from Her insepaerable union with Him are described
beautifully by Her in the exquisite verses of NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi.
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- KulasEkara
AzhwAr's prayers
This king of Kolli dEsam begged the Lord to bless him with the
anugraham
- of being any thing ,
sentient or otherwise, in the Lord's hills so that he can
- be near the Lord to
enjoy Him .
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- ThiruppANar's
links to Sri VenkatEsan
In his AmalanAdhipirAn prabhandham , BhaNa Naathan decides to
enoy
- the beauty of Lord RanganAthA
from His lotus feet(Kamala Paatham ) to
- His crown . In the very
first verse itself , Sri Venkatesan squeezes in for MangaLAsAsanam
: "--vimalan ViNNavarkkOn VirayAr Pozhil VENAKTAVAN ".
In the third paasuram , BhaaNa Naathan makes
- a passing salutation
to the Lord of seven hills : " manthi paayi Vada
- Venkata Maamalai "
and recognizes the sacredness of the mighty
- mountains , which are
purified by the sambhandham with Lord VenkatesA.
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- Thirumangai's
multi-faceted Tributes
AzhwAr takes on the role of ParakAla Naayaki and begs for the
- Lord's love ( ThiruvEnkata
PoruppA ! ninn kaathalai aruL yenakku).
- She appeals to Her mind
to reach Thiruvenkatam -TeLLiyAr VaNangum
- malai ThiruvEnakatamadainenjE
). AzhwAr salutes the Lord as the conferrer
of Bhakthi , Mukthi , while He resides as AntharAtma svarUpi
( Bhakthi
- Mukthi pratha daharAkAsam).AzhwAr
salutes the bliss conferring , pervasive lotus feet of the Lord
standing eternally on top of the venkatam hills ( sathatham akhaNda
SacchidhAnandham ,Moksha SaamrAjya pratha CharaNAravindham).
- Thirumangai appalingly
converses with the Lord and tells Him that as a lowliest
one , he has arrived at ThiruvEnkatam with a longing to have
the darsanam of the Lord ( unaik kANpathOr aasayinAl --nAyEn
vanthadainthEn). AzhwAr describes to the Lord the samsAric afflictions
that he faced and his travails and begs the Lord to bless Him
( alanthEn, vanthu adianthEn, ADIYAANAI AATKKONDU ARULE ). AzhwAr
describes his total dependence (ananya gathithvam) on the Lord
of seven hills and appeals movingly to the Lord to remove his
unbearable sufferings (aNNA ! adiyEn idaraikkaLayAyE -- VenkatamaamalaimEya
Aayan adi allaathu maRRaRiyEnE ).
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- NammAzhwAr's
SaraNAgathi at ThiruvEnkatam
NammAzhwAr presented 54 paasurams at the sacred feet of ThiruvEnakta
-mudayAn and performed His Prapatthi at those lotus feet of the
Lord. In one paasuramof Periya ThiruvandhAthi , AzhwAr revealed
that Sri Venkatesan stays in his heart permanently ( --NediyAn
uLL puhunthu neengAn adiyEn
- uLLatthaham ). In Thiruviruttham
, AzhwAr transforms himself into PadmAvathi ThAyAr and tightly
questions the Lord about His intent. Then Azhwar takes on the
role of parAnkusa Naayaki and describes her sufferings over seperation
(VislEsham) from her Lord .ParAnkusa Naayaki sendsthe clouds
as messengers to Her Lord to unite her with Him .
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- In ThiruvAimozhi's sixth
decad , the Mother of ParAnkusa Naayaki (in Kaliyan's words)
describes the immense injustices made by the : Lord of ThiruvEnkatam
(Kattezhil sOlai nall VenkatavANan) to her dear daughter . ParAnkusa
Naayaki could not take in the condemnation of the Lord by Her
mother and explains to Her mother and friends that the Lord is
" aaRRA nall vahai kaatum AmmAn , mEvi ninRu thozhuvAr vinai
poha mEvum PirAn " and celebrates Him with MahA ViswAsam.
Naayaki begs the Lord to reveal when She will reach His sacred
feet ( ThiruvenkatatthAnE ! unn paadham sErvathadiyEN yennALE
?). The Lord accedes to the moving prayer of NammAzhwAr and blesses
him with Prapatthi anugraham and the AzhwAr bursts forth in joy
and thanks the Lord for granting the greatest boon through the
most famous SaraNAgathi Paasuram (AhalahillEniuRayum yenRu AlarmElmagai
uRai maarbhA !). Through another famous paasuram , he enjoins
us to join in performing nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord of ThiruvEnkatam
( Ozhivil KaalamellAm udanAi manni, vazhuvila adimai seyya vENDum
naam , -- yezhil koLL sOthi Yenthai Tanthai TanthaikkE).
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- The ruchi from the enjoyment
of the aanandhAnubhava paasurmas of the Ten AzhwArs on ThiruvEnkatamudayAN
reminds us of the famous Upanishadic Paasage in TaittirIyam :
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- "
yadh vai sukrutham, rasO vai
saha: rasamhEvAyam labdhvA aanandhI bhavathi "
( This which was self-manifested--that is verily sweet .For only
after
- perceiving this sweet
can anyone experience Bliss. Who could breathe if that Bliss
/ parabrahmam existed not in the daharAkAsam ? For that Bliss
alone causes Blessedness) .
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