Kulasekara AzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 4.5- I would not like to seek to rule over the kingdom; I would love to be merely the thorn plant in the mountain of ThiruvEnkatam

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy azhwAr’s verses in the fourth

ten on ThiruvEnkatam. A brilliant set of verses… This

fourth ten contains a brilliant eulogy to Lord

Srinivasa. The fifth verse today

 

Today’s verse is the fifth one.

 

kampamatha yaanai kazhuththakaththin mElirunthu

inpamarum selvamu mivvarasum yaanvENdEn

emperumaa Nneesa NnezhilvENG katamalaimEl

thampagamaay niRkum thavamudaiyE NnaavEnE

 

Sitting on the neck of the royal elephant and rule the

kingdom- I do not want that birth of being a king. I

do not want that material wealth. Instead, I would

like to be blessed being a thorn plant in the mountain

of ThiruvEnkatam- the hill of my Lord [emperumAn];

SavEshwaran [eesan]. I do not seek to rule over the

kingdom, the joys of riding elephants.

 

The champaka tree may give flowers and provide

[seNpagam] chmpaka flowers [for offering to the Lord]

to devotees and also shadow to Bhagawaathas to take

rest. But Bhaagawathas may take the flowers and place

them on their heads and go down the hill. Hence AzhwAr

does not want himself to be a waste. So, he wants in

this verse for being born a tree of thorns so that

none makes use of the same and he can just be in The

Mountain and be blessed to reside in divya Desam For

ever.

 

AzhwAr thus moves from one object or being to

anotherwith the Bhagawath Bhakti and kaimkarya ruchi

like the leaf that is moved by the wind.

 

Here one should reflect on Emperumaan- My lord and

EEsan, SarvEshwaran, being used by AzhwAr in the

verse. He is asmath swami; my swami; not just that

akhila jagath swaamin. [As also uttered by Sri

ramanuja in Saranagthi Gadya...] Sri Ranganaatha! Mama

naathA! In Sriranga Gadya. Thirumangai AzhwAr says:

Argali- ennALi?

 

Is Sriman Narayana Eesan? Yes? Sriman Narayana is the

Supreme Lord. Undoubtedly and unambiguously. Any one

who believes in Vedas would agree with this- says

Alavandhar.

 

Sri Muralidhar adds: In the commentary on the Brahma

Soothraas Shankaracharya defines Ishwara as " Ishasya

Shira: Narayana: " Significantly all Sanyasis sign off

with Narayana Smruthi and all Veda Parayanam ends with

the salutation " hari: Om " , while AchamanIyam in

Sandyavandanam is performed uttering the names of Lord

Narayana. These facts are sufficient to establish that

Lord Narayana is the Supreme Being-without an equal or

a superior.

 

We can also quote from the Mantrarajapada Stotram

appearing in the Ahirbudhnya Samhita of the

Pancharatra Agama attesting to the supremacy of Lord

Narayana. Ahirbudhnya, an Amsham of Shiva was the

greatest Bhakta of Lord JwAla Narasimha and performed

SharaNagati (unconditional total surrender) to the

Lotus feet of Bhagavan Narasimha through the

salutation

 

" namaskArAthmakam yasmaI viDhAya Athma

nivEdhanam thyaktha dhuKhOKhilAn kAmAn ashNu thE tham

NamAmyaham "

 

Meaning: Oh Bhagavan JwAla Narasimha, with folded

hands I surrender my Atma to You. Relieved of all

sorrows and desires, I salute you.

In the next verse of the same Stothram, Ahirbudhnyan

declares

 

" dhAsaBhUthA: svatha: sarvE hyAthmAna:

paramAthmana: aThOhamapi thE dhAsa: ithi mathvA

namAmyaham "

 

The every being in this Universe is your slave and you

as the master, the Paramathmaa, reside in them as

their inner-being. Recognizing that I too am your

slave in this manner, I offer salutations to you.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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