Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 2.9- These God- intoxicated BhAgawathas are not be called mad people; It is others who are to be called mad

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Kulasekara PerumAn declares that the bhAgwathas who

cry with bhagavad anubhavam with ecstasy are not to be

considered mad people; In fact Others (the worldly

people – the materialists) are the mad people..

 

Now let us enjoy the verse:

 

moyththukkaNpani sOrameykaLsi

lirppaEngi yiLaiththun^inRu

eyththukkumpidu nattamittezhun^

thaadippaadiyi Rainci,en

aththanassa Nnaranganukkadi

yaar_kaLaaki avanukkE

pittharaamavar piththarallar_kaL

maRRaiyaarmuRRum piththarE 2.9

 

Constantly thinking of Bhagavaan Sriman Narayanan,

with full of Bhagavad anubhavam; tears rolling down

the cheeks contemplating His leelAs; cherishing His

kalyANa guNAs; the hairs standing on its head (goose

pimples all over the body); the body gets exterted in

the process dancing and singing with joy in praise of

the Lord Sriman Narayanan; prostaring at the Lotus

feet of My Swami Sri Ranganathan of Srirangam- These

devoted God intoxicated bhAgwathas are enslaved and

enchanted by my Swami and are the servants of only

Him; They are mad in love with Him and they are not to

be addressed as mad; in fact it is the other people

(those who run amuck after carnal desires and

materialistic pleasures) are to be called mad- says

Kulasekara AzhwAr.

 

One of the first Three AzhwArs (the 3rd AzhwAr-

PeyAzhwAr) is Mahadhaahvayar (peyazhwAr)

 

He was called pEy for his parama bhakti for the Lord

and he was

concentrating on Him so much (The intensity is

described as pEy). The intensity of our pEyAzhwAr's

love and bhakti was such that without this bhagavad

anubhavam, he would die like a fish out of water.

The stages of bhakti are described thus: Parabhakti,

ParajnAna and Paramabhakti.

 

Azhagiya Mnavalaperumal nayanar brings out the 3

stages of bhakti in Nammalwar's Thiruvaimozhi. In fact

the concluding part of Acharya Hrudhyam defines these

three terms. [smt Jayshee Saranathan wrote]

According to AH 4th prakaran - (230-12 to 234-16)

 

para bhakti is GYANA -AVASTHAI.(the knowledge)

paragyanam is DHARSHANA-AVASTHAI.(seeing Him)

parama bhakti is PRAAPTHI AVASTHAI. (Reaching Him -

the accomplishment)

 

Nammalwar can be extensively quoted for his parahakti,

paragyana, parama bhakti. Parabhakti is of course the

cause of his renditions.

 

Paramabhakthi can be enjoyed in the 'Evaiyum avayum'

series (Thiruvaimozhi 1-9)How the alwar extols the

lord who has come to be in his tongue, eyes, brow,

uchchi etc. -to top it all - suvaiyan thiruvin

manalan ennudai choozhal ullane)

 

AH describes the 'kanden' pasurams as containing para

gyanam encompassing parabhakthi. Paramabhakti is

revealed in the series ending with 'andamil'.

 

Sri Ramanujacharya pleads for these three stages of

bhakti while performing Saranagati at the lotus feet

of Sri Ranganathan.

 

Sri Ramanujacharya requests the Lord for Para Bhakti,

Para JnAna and Parama Bhakti and glorifies the Dvaya

Mantram as he formally surrenders to the Lord's Lotus

feet. The Lord grants His Holiness thus:

 

dvayamArthAnusandhanEna saha sadaivam vaktA

yavatsharira pAthamAthraIva srirangE suKhamAsva "

(Remain in Srirangam engaged in constant recitation of

the Dvaya Mantram until thy body falls to the earth).

 

Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE

Namah

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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