Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 2.3- I would like to adorn my head with the dust from the feet of bhAgawathAs of Srirangam..

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Kulasekara AzhwAr longs to adorn his head with the mud

lying underneath the feet of bhAgawathas.

 

AzhwArs, Acharyas and the commentators of the Dhivya

prabandhams extol the bhAgawatha kankarya as an

essential requirement and the greatest virtue of a

srivaishnava. The author of the eedu vyakhyanam,

regards the kainkaryam to His devotees as central to

the behaviour of Srivaishnavas.

 

Now let us enjoy the verse:

 

ERadarththathum Enamaayn^ilam

keendathummunni raamanaay

maaRatar_ththathum maNNaLanthathum

sollippaadivaN ponnippE

raaRupOlvarum kaNNan^eer_koNda

rangan_kOyil thirumuRRam

sERuseythoNdar sEvatissezhuNY

sERensennik kaNivanE 2.3

 

The Lord had victoriously killed seven bulls for the

hand of Nappinnai PiraaTTi; He had lifted the huge

bhUmi on His horn during Sri Varaaha avathAram (Boar)

for the sake of Bhoomi PiraaTTi to save her from deep

troubled waters; Took birth as Rama, separated from

Sita and killed the enemy Ravana, who had abducted the

Jagan matha, Sita piraaTTi; grew so tall and huge as

Trivikraman to measure the Universe and got back the

worlds that were taken away by Mahaa bhali for the

sake of Devendran;

 

Such wonderful and divine deeds of the Lord are

reminisced, remembered and are sung joyously and

devotedly by these bhAgawathas of Srirangam; the tears

of love and joy, tears of emotions from the eyes of

these bhAgawathas flow like the river Cauveri in the

corridors of Srirangam, where the Lord Sriranganathan

is reclining and the praakaarams (corridors) are now

filled with the sERu (dust from their feet + waters of

tears from the eyes of bhAgawathas). I would like to

adorn my head with this sERu (muddy water mixture)

like ThirumaN…

 

Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE

Namah

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan