SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 18 / 21)

Sri Tiruppan Azhwar                         Part 18 of 21

Our dearest of dear Tiruppan azhwar , one of the top most SUPREME devotee of our  lord Sriman Naryana , because of caste distinctions prevailing during his times ,was not allowed to enter the divine temple of Srirangam to seek the blessings of Sri Ranganatha, of whom he was the most devout devotee and therefore he always used to sit in a corner most place  near the  holiest  river of Cauveri and  kept mentally conjuring  of the magnificent image of our lord Sri Ranganatha and kept non stop meditating on his divine physical and mental attributes. 

Our most beloved Sri Tiruppan azhwar's love for lord Sri Ranganath of Srirangam  can be compared with a person who very desperately wants his most coveted desire fulfilled but no one is able to satisfy  his intense desire and hence he keeps ceaselessly inwardly thinking every moment of his life of his desire  till such time his want is materialized, so also our dearest of dear azhwar who  in every of his  waking moment thinks of our dearest of dear Sriranganatha but is unable to enter the sancturm sanctorum to  personally seek his blessings because he was forbidden to enter due  to caste constraints and his deepest of deep aspiration and hope is one day he will come face to face with our lord Sri Govinda and hence he with full prapati visualizes, imagines and  weaves a beautiful picture of our lord Sri Krishna and keeps wondering whether his divine image of our lord is similar or is it much more beautiful?.  OUR DEAREST TIRUPPAN AZHWAR  BEGS OF OUR LORD SRIRANGA/SRI GOVINDA/SRI RAAMA/SRI KRISHNA THAT IF ONCE DURING HIS LIFETIME HE ACCORDS OUR AZHWAR HIS DIVINE DARSHAN THEN FOREVER HIS MIND WILL BE SATIATED.

Our  SriTiruppan azhwar's most distinctive divine verses  that can make a sturdy rock weep :

1. Imagine a dear most bhakta is not allowed to enter our temple at holy Srirangam to   seek darshan of our lord Sri Krishna despite his highest desire.  WHAT A PATHETIC SITUATION?.  Surely, each one of us in today's world should thank our dearest Sriman Narayana a countless times that any of his creation today, from  any part of the entire globe can visit him any number of times, as per his desire and seek our lords blessings. But knowing our worldly attachment despite the saulabhyam (closest proxmitiy of our lord) we are not willing to reach him and would go to any extent like our Sri Tiruppan azhwar but with a gulf of difference  that we will run towards material gratification and yet perpetually be dissatisfied and discontented whereas our dearest Sri Tiruppan azhwar always wanted JUST ONE DARSHAN OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA. NO WORDS CAN EVER DESCRIBE THE HEIGHT OF HIS TRANSCENDENTAL LOVE FOR OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA, SUPREME MOST TO THE CORE.

2. Whilst he was meditating on the banks of our holy Cauveri river at Srirangam , the head temple priest , in his hurry to fetch the holy waters touched him by mistake. In response to this, the unsympathetic priest throws a huge stone over him thereby hurting our dearest Sri Tiruppan azhwar.  Our most loving Sri Tiruppan azhwar is least bothered of the blood oozing of his body but keeps lamenting that he by mistake touched the priest and now the priest has to go for bath  once again and begs of the head priests pardon but the haughty orthodox priest instead keeps yelling and abusing him.  Whilst the priest enters the temple, the sanctum sanctorum is locked from inside, the priest imagines that it is because he accidentally touched Sri Tiruppan azhwar our lord Sri Krishna is angry and has locked himself but the unenlightened and unforgiving in compassionate person that he is he does not realize that our lord Sri Krishna is very angry with him for wounding his most loving devotee and when the doors of the sanctum sanctorum opens our most beloved Lord SriRanga is bleeding , he commands the head priest to immediately go and carry our dearest SriTiruppan azhwar on his shoulders and bring him to his sanctum sanctorum.  

ONE MOST IMPORTANT OBSERVATION WISH TO CONVEY THAT OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RANGA IS THE MOST COMPASSIONATE SUPREME PERSONALITY , HE DOES NOT KNOW TO GET ANGRY BUT WHEN CONSTANTLY PROVOKED THEN HIS ANGER KNOWS NO END , VERY AGAINST HIS OWN GRAIN OF  DIVINE NATURE.  WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN ALL OUR LOVE FOR OUR LORD SRIRANGA AND NEVER BE THE CAUSE OF HIS ANGER FOR ONCE HIS WRATH IS LET LOOSE THEN NONE IN ALL THE WORLDS CAN SAVE US. PERMANENT END FOR US.

3. The head priest runs to carry our dearest Sri Tiruppan azhwar on to his shoulders and brings him right unto the divine most beautiful lotus feet of our lord Sri Ranga , on seeing the MOST DIVYA MANAGALA VIGRAHA SWAROOPA OF OUR MIGHTIEST OF MIGHTY, HIS EYES BRIM WITH CONTINUOUS TEARS AND AT THAT MOMENT HE COMPOSES ALL HIS DIVINE VERSES ABOUT OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA.

The highest difference of our SriTiruppan azhwars rendition of his divine verses, unlike all other azhwars is  he neither assumes a role of a father nor an anxious  nayaki or any other , he  bursts with his outpourings of the most enchanting physical form of our lord Sri Ranganathar,  Just as in this mortal world , with all of us , the moment we see a very beautiful person it becomes a thing of joy forever for us and the first thing that strikes us is physical beauty then only can we dwell over the mental brilliance of a person.

In the case of our most loving SriTiruppan azhwar too he very adoringly first lovingly looks at the divine most lotus feet of our lord Sri Ranga and sing continuous praises about his divine lotus feet and proclaims with the greatest pride after having witnessed his most loving lotus feet his eyes will never ever look at anything else.  PLEASE IMAGINE THIS , IT IS LIKE A SON WHO GETS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTHER AT HIS BIRTH ITSELF  AND ONE FINE DAY HE MANAGES TO UNITE WITH HER. WHAT WOULD THAT FEELING BE? CAN ANYONE OF US  WITH WHATEVER ELOQUENCE WE POSSESS  DESCRIBE HIS TRUE FEELINGS?

ONLY HE CAN SELF EXPERIENCE HIS UNION WITH HIS MOTHER SO ALSO OUR DEAREST OF DEAR SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR ON SEEING HIS MOTHER OUR LORD SRI RANGA BECAME MAD WITH HAPPINESS, HE KEPT ON SINGING HIS PRAISES WITHOUT HIMSELF KNOWING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF HIS OWN RECITATION, SUCH IS THE PUREST OF PURE LOVE OF OUR DEAREST SRITIRUPPAN AZHWAR AND TO THAT EXTENT OF ALL THE AZHWARS WORKS MY MIND GOES OUT TO SRITIRUPPAN AZHWAR IN A VERY EXCLUSIVE MANNER THAT HE WHO WAITED FOR THIS JOYOUS MOMENT OF DIVINE UNION WITH OUR LORD SRI RANGA WITH SO MUCH PATIENCE HIS DIVINE CONDITION ON THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS DESIRE MAKES ME FEEL SO HAPPY THAT THIS MOMENT ITSELF WITH THE HUMBLEST OF HUMBLE MANNER BEG OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA TO EVER LOVINGLY GRAPPLE OUR DEAREST SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR PERMANENTLY INTO HIS LOTUS HEART FOR HE IS THE FLAWLESS ONE WHO FACED SO MANY HUMILIATIONS FOR THIS HOLIEST MOMENT. MAY EACH ONE OF US SHED TEARS OF JOY , OF THE HIGHEST BLISS THAT NOW OUR DEAREST SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR IS HAPPY FOR HE TRULY DESERVES THE ECSTASY OF THE ENTIRE COSMOS FOR HE WANTS ONLY WHAT OUR LORD WANTS , NOTHING DIFFERENT AT ALL .

4. Our dearest Sri Tiurppan azhwar goes one step above our lord Sri Krishna's lotus feet , to his navel from where our lord Brahma arose, then he very lovingly gazes at our lords vastram (divine yellow /red/ green and many other divine attire), then his most lovely powerful arms, his mark on his divine forehead and finally his eyes sets his glance over the most compassionate divine lotus eye of our lord Sri Ranganatha. Each of the divine physical embodiment of our lord Sri Krishna our azhwar sings with glory and with utmost love and totally in a trance of not being at all mentally present in this  mortal world. His divine incessant outpourings goes on ceaselessly,  THE TIMELESS TIME HAS STOOD STILL FOR HIM.

After having  praised in superlative of our lord's most majestic and incomparable beauty, unmatched in all the worlds, he now sings on his unsurpassed compassion, his unequaled love, unparalleled truth, matchless supreme most love which he nurtures for every of his creation and our azhwar keeps on thanking him for the highest gift of his life when he got to see him  and seek his divine most blessings and that TOO being carried by the head temple priest LIKE A ROYAL KING,  under our lords Sri Ranga's COMMAND and also keeps mentioning his mental image of our creator is manifold times much SUPERLATIVE  than his imagination  which he is witnessing and self experiencing now.

YES, MY DEAREST SPIRITUAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUR LORD SRI RANGA ALWAYS MAKES EACH ONE OF HIS LOVING DEVOTEES FEEL LIKE THE RICHEST KING/PRINCE/QUEEN/ PRINCESSES AND WITH ALL THE TRUTH AND CONVICTION  HAVE SELF EXPERIENCED THE DIVINE MOST FEELING WHICH OUR BELOVED SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR FELT ABOUT OUR LORD SRI RANGA.

NEVER ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE COSMOS CAN ONE LOVE US AS MUCH AS OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA , HIS LOVE IS UNMATCHED, UNCONDITIONAL AND SUPER TRANSCENDENTAL. EVERY TIME, I VISIT OUR SRIRANGAM TEMPLE, I  DO GET THIS FINEST OF FINE FEELING THAT OUR DEAR LORD SRI RANGA IS WAITING VERY ANXIOUSLY FOR ME A TOTAL NON ENTITY, AN INVISIBLE SPECKLE AT HIS DIVINE MOST LOTUS FEET AND THE PLEA I MAKE TO HIM CAN I GET ONE MINUTE MORE WHILE SEEKING HIS DIVINE DARSHAN AND INVARIABLY TILL DATE SOMEHOW MY TIME TO GENTLY GAZE AT HIM EXCEEDS A BIT FOR HE HAS ORDAINED IT

WHEN I LEAVE THE HOLIEST OF HOLY LORD SRI RANGA AT SRIRANGAM (ARCHA FORM AND NOT THE ANTARYAAMI FOR HE HAS FOREVER AND EVER BEEN CAPTURED IN MY HEART AND WILL NEVER  EVER LEAVE ME) I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES WONDERING WHEN WILL I GET THE NEXT DARSHAN, OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RANGA IS THE ONE AND ONLY ONE OUR DEAREST LORD SRI KRISHNA AT SRIPARMAPADAM,

THIS IS VOUCHED BY ALL OUR SRIVAISHNAVITE ACHARYANS, MAHATMAS, OUR MOST EXALTED ADORING AZHWARS AND NONE OTHER THAN OUR MOST BELOVED LAKSHMI AMMA TOO. DO WE NEED ANY MORE CLARIFICATIONS FOR THERE IS NONE LEFT IN ALL THE WORLDS  FURTHER  TO ADD ONE MORE WORD ON THE FINAL TRUTH OF THIS ENTIRE UNIVERSE THAT ALL OUR LOVING ARCHA ( DIVYA MANGALA VIGRAHA SWAROOPA OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA) IS ONE OF THE FIVE MANIFESTATIONS OF HIMSELF.

5. Our dearest Sri Tiruppan azhwar after completing his divine verses, amongst the most devout srivaishnavite devotees, directly merges with our most beloved Lord SriRanga just like our dearest of dear andal amma. DITTO!.    WHAT A DEVOTEE ASKS FOR , FROM OUR DEAREST LORD SRI KRISHNA HE PRECISELY GETS THAT ONLY , SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS BEFORE ASKING FROM HIM ANYTHING MATERIAL FOR THEN IN THAT CASE SURELY THE FLEETING JOY WILL PERMANENTLY ENSURE US A PLACE IN THIS MORTAL WORLD . IN THIS OCEAN OF MUNDANE EXISTENCE WE WILL KEEP APPEARING AND GET CAUGHT AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE CRUELEST OF CRUEL LIFE AND DEATH.     WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, SEEK WITH THE HEIGHT OF HUMILITY FROM OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA OF A PERMANENT PLACE AT HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL DIVINE PINK LOTUS FEET AND AM VERY VERY POSITIVE HE WILL SAY THATASTHU (GRANTED).

MAY WE FALL REVERENTIALLY FALL, AT THE HOLIEST OF HOLY FEET OF OUR MOST COMPASSIONATE  SRITIRUPPAN AZHWAR TO GUIDE US TOWARDS OUR LORD SRI RANGA, HE SURELY CAN AND HE CERTAINLY WILL   , BECAUSE WITHIN A BLINKING OF AN EYELID, AFTER HIS DIVINE DARSHAN OF OUR LORD SRI RANGA, OUR LORD SRI RANGA LOVINGLY MERGED OUR DEAREST SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR  IN A DIVINE UNION UNTO HIMSELF .

HAIL HAIL COUNTLESS SALUTATIONS TO OUR BELOVED SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR WHO NEVER PREACHED A WORD TO ANYONE ABOUT BIRTH, THE VICIOUS CYCLES OF THE MORTAL WORLD, EVEN PRAPATI , ONLY HE SANG TO HIS HEART'S CONTENT ABOUT OUR LORD SRI RANGA AND HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AND SUPERLATIVE MENTAL QUALITIES.

HIS ONE POINT CONCENTRATION ON  OUR LORD SRI RANGA IS WORTH EMULATING COUNTLESS TIMES.   MAY OUR BELOVED SRI TIRUPPAN AZHWAR FIND THE HIGHEST BLISS IN THE DIVINE TRANSCENDENTAL UNION WITH OUR LORD SRI RANGANATHAR.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, SRIMAN NARYANAYA NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE............

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 16 / 21)

Sri Andal amma ( Bhuma devi amma our dearest mother earth)         Part 16 of 21

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6. As in our most adoring azhwars they took the role of a nayaki and also lovingly treated our lord Sri Krishna as a  "SARVESHWARAN ( ALL IN ALL ) but in her case she made it very clear in the first instance itself, to everyone in her immediate circle including her father our dearest Peria azhwar that she will marry none in this mortal world but will merge only with the PARMAATMAN. She did not give any scope to anyone in this at all , she was very transparent and from the very first moment of her birth her divine most thoughts was to marry our Lord Sri Krishna just like our most loving Mira amma. She could not bear to even think of anyone else as a life partner. If this was not destined she was most willing to give up her life for SHE LIVED EVERY BILLIONTH OF A SECOND ONLY FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA. SUCH IS A PURITY OF HER THOUGHTS AND HENCE SHE IS THE FOREMOST PATIVRATHA (MOST DEVOTIONAL WIFE ) OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

She cries with pain, begs our lord, accuses him of his irresponsible behaviour, of a cruel heart , she runs to his most beloved wife NAPPINAI and begs her to intercede on her behalf , she does everything humanly possible to ensure she marries our lord Sri Krishna, in her 30 holiest of holy verses "TIRUPAAVAI" which is so lovingly sung by every devout srivaishnavite everyday  and more so during Dhanur month ( December - January).

Every small child, women, men, young unmarried girls, seniors sing with the highest reverence her holiest of holy verses with the strongest and most unshakable faith that we too will reach our PARMAATMAN just like herself, one day which is the only right destination paved with absolute truth , dazzling splendour, and   divine lamp of love.

Her pious outpourings are read in big devotional  groups in temples and the highest credence of her works is during the whole month of Dhanur, our lord SriVenkatesa of holiest of holy Tirumala hills listens to her verses with the most happiness and Suprabhatam which is otherwise recited every morning at Brahmamuhurtam (early hours before 5 am) is not narrated during the month of Dhanur instead our most beloved Andal amma's pious verses are recited with the highest piousness. THIS IS THE PLACE HER DIVINE VERSES HAS IN THE LOTUS HEART OF OUR MOST DEAR PARMAATMAN LORD SRI KRISHNA. MOST EXALTED WORKS OF UTTER JOY AND BLISS.

7. Our most beloved Andal amma too like our most adoring azhwars has spoken about Srivamana , SriTrivikrama and all other of his divine manifestations with great fondness and the glorification of each of his manifestation is very well brought out in her divine works. HER LOVE FOR LORD SRI RANGATHAN (NONE OTHER THAN OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA) OF DIVINE SRI RANGAM IS SUPREMELY UNBEATABLE AND SHE FINALLY MERGES WITH HIM.

8. She dreams ( HOW FORTUNATE! IS OUR DEAREST MOTHER WHEN HER DREAMS MATERIALIZE, IT IS MENTIONED THAT OUR DREAMS ARE AN ETERNAL PART OF OUR SUB CONSCIOUS MIND AND HENCE THEY KEEP RECURRING AND MANIFESTING  AS PER OUR CONSTANT THOUGHTS ) of marrying our lord Sri Govinda and the various minutest of minute details she mentions , just like any other bride desperately waiting for her bridegroom, her anxiety if he does not turn up in the last moment, the wonderful venue of the celestial wedding, the most auspicious decorations  with beautiful scented flowers and the holy plantain leaves and the various  age old rituals of the marriage function, the shyness at which she glances our lord Sri Krishna from the corner of her eyes not directly as any coy bride would , our lord Sri Krishna's majestic appearance on the royal elephants, his magnificent grandeur, his most superlative loving response to her equally amazing tenderness towards our lord and finally the most celestial transcendental union AFTER THE LONGEST WAIT WITH OUR DEAR MOST LORD SRI GOVINDA IS WORTH READING LAKHS , BILLION AND, COUNTLESS NAY INFINITY TIMES AND YET OUR HEART NEVER FILLS WITH SATIATION.

EACH ONE OF US CROSSING EVERY PARAMETERS OF DISTINCTION THE MALE AND THE FEMALE, THE SMALL AND THE BIG, THE SAINT AND THE GRAHASTA (HOUSEHOLDER),  THE CHILD AND THE YOUNG MAIDEN FIND THE HIGHEST CONNECT WITH HER MOST FAULTLESS LOVE AND NONE OF US WANT TO LEAVE THE VENUE OF HER SUPER MARRIAGE FOR IT IS THE BEST WEDDING THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE  HAS SEEN , WILL EVER SEE FOR NONE CAN MATCH OUR MOST BELOVED ANDAL AMMA'S BRILLIANCE AND  HER UNPARALLELED STATUS AS  THE SOLE QUEEN OF COSMOS.

HER LOVING  MOST QUALITY  THAT OF DAYA DEVI AMMA, HER HIGHEST LOVE SHE NURTURES FOR EACH ONE US , SHE IS THE ONE AND ONLY OUR DEAREST OF DEAR  MOTHER FOR WHOM WE WILL LAY AND SURRENDER IN ITS ENTIRETY ALL THAT IS MATERIAL, TO EVENTUALLY REACH HER FOR SHE HAS ALREADY INTERCEDED ON OUR BEHALF WITH OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA, IT IS ONLY A DELAY ON OUR PART AND UNNECESSARILY WE ARE KEEPING OUR DIVINE MOST PARENTS WAITING, IF ONLY WE LOVED THEM MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE ALL THE WORLDS THEN THE FIRST THING WE ALL WILL HAVE TO DO NOW ITSELF IS TOTAL PRAPATI ( VOLUNTARY MOST LOVING UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER) TOWARDS OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA , REST OUR ANDAL AMMA WILL FULLY TAKE CARE OF.

WE NEED TO PROVE TO OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA, ONLY OUR DEAREST ANDAL AMMA COULD DO WHAT NONE ELSE, FOR WE HAVE AT LAST  SURRENDERED AT HIS DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTUS FEET  AND OUR WAITING TOO IS GETTING UNBEARABLE FOR US, JUST LIKE ANDAL AMMA'S FOR OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA WOULD BE VERY HAPPY THAT OUR DEAREST MOTHER, AS USUAL, IS ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL IN EACH OF HER ENDEAVOUR AND  HIS LOVE FOR HER WILL FURTHER MULTIPLY MANIFOLD TIMES.

It is very rightly said in our scriptures , those of us , who lovingly recite all her divine works, and if we are unable to do so ( let me wholeheartedly admit and confess even I do not know to recite her divine most verses by heart from memory without referring to her Tirupaavai book  but can relate to each of her divine action and holy words like I can connect to none in this entire universe , because am unable to recite flawlessly ,I listen with rapt attention to an audio recited  by the sri vaishnavas at very regular intervals and meditate in total silence whilst I listen to her most divine verses being recited and beg her to forgive me for not able to recite her verses but also convey to her that despite not being able to recite her verses by heart , I listen to it, as a person who is lost in  a huge desert and suddenly has managed to reach the oasis, it is like the thirstiest of thirsty when he gets one drop of water to drink it becomes a divine most nectar for that person ,the very  same with me too,  when I meditate on our most loving mothers divine verses she  directly transports me to SriParmapadam and to our dear most one and only one LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA.

OUR ANDAL AMMA  IS OUR ULTIMATE PROTECTOR, A FINAL REFUGE, WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS IN THIS UNIVERSE AND WE HAVE NO HOPE LEFT AT ALL,  HER DAYA ( OCEAN OF COMPASSION) WILL LIKE A RAFT CARRY  US,  SURELY TO OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA ,FOR SHE WILL ENSURE, AS SHE ALWAYS HAS, A PERMANENT DIVINE MOST UNION, TOTAL TRANSCENDENTAL WITH OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH AND THE ONLY TRUTH. LET NONE OF US DOUBT ON THIS EVER. ONLY SHE CAN DO THIS FOR US IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS.

WITH PALLANDU (DIVINE BLESSINGS ) TO OUR DEAREST MOTHER ANDAL AMMA  , MAY WE ALL IN CHORUS WITH BOTH HANDS JOINED  LOVINGLY AND RAISED ABOVE PRAY TO OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA TO FOREVER SHIELD OUR DEAREST MOTHER ANDAL AMMA AND TO MOST LOVINGLY  BIND HER TO HIM EVER, AS ALWAYS, AND MAY SHE FIND THE HIGHEST BLISS  IN HER TRANSCENDENTAL UNION WITH OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM SRI ANDAL AMMA CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE , SRIMAN NARYANAYA/ SRIANDAL AMMA  NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT .

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 15 / 21)

Sri Andal amma ( Bhuma devi amma our dearest mother earth)         Part 15 of 21

Our dearest lord Sriman Narayana's sole  objective is to  lovingly draw all his creations , the sentient and the in sentient closer t o him  and bind them forever into his lotus heart , not for serving him, but for being close to him  and to just love him.  It is exactly like the doting mother who never wants her loving children to serve her but the fact that they are close to her , when they speak their heart to her, she finds the greatest happiness.  Our dearest creator our Lord Sriman Narayana wants nothing from any of his creations at all, he only wants to be an integral part of all his creations, when our most loving azhwars sing with the greatest devotion the glories of our lord, he very lovingly ,and with the greatest happiness listens and feels  a very great sense of delight for his creations have captivated him in their heart as antaryaami (IN DWELLER).  ISN'T IT THE SMALLEST OF SMALL ACT ON OUR PART AND THAT TOO ONLY IN OUR BENEFIT AND ADVANTAGE WHICH CAN BRING THE HIGHEST BLISS TO OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA.

Our lord Sri Govinda, to ensure each of his creation are eternally bound to him ,tried various ways and felt every single act of his only failed for he could bind only very few souls.  As he himself, has uttered through his mukhakamalam,  in our holiest of holy Srimadh Bhagavad Gita, one in billion knows me and the highest sacred soul who could be just one or two would take all efforts to reach him for this is very rare for each one of us are merrily enjoying the worldly pleasures, so engrossed are we in the ever transient world , we have totally forgotten about  the transcendental world and our dearest of dear lord , our  sole creator Lord Sriman Narayana and  his countless acts of love and affection for us.  As humbly conveyed , earlier, when his creations forget him, he takes different manifestation and descends on our dearest mother earth to remind each one of us, despite so many pains and sufferings he has to undergo to reach us all.  IF WE TRULY DO NOT WANT HIM TO SUFFER  ON OUR BEHALF BECAUSE OF  OUR UNAPPROVED ACTIONS, THEN SURELY, WE NEED TO NOW ITSELF, EVER ENCASE HIM VERY LOVINGLY IN OUR HEART.

His vibhava avartaars such as Lord SriRama, Lord Sri Krishna, Lord Sri Naarsimha etc , too was not very  successful , since he could not manage to draw us closer TO HIM, so he sent his dear most nityasuris ( our most adoring azhwars)  even though he could not bear their separation , hoping against all hopes, he felt at least they would be successful for they manifested in human form just like us, our dearest lord Sri Govinda felt , when one human guides the other , maybe the spiritual understanding would be much easier and more relatable, our dearest of dear azhwars did their level best by writing  countless and countless pages of his divine messages, by speaking to each one of us through their holiest of holy works,  to ensure that we glide smoothly towards  our dearest creator Lord Sriman Narayana and our most beloved Lakshmi amma.

Our dearest namazhwar, the king among all our azhwars , towards the end of his avatara, laments to the  highest degree , very sadly conveying to our PARMATMAN Lord Sri Krishna,  that had he utilized the countless moments in our dear lord Sri Krishna's loving service rather than guiding mankind it would have been much better for the very people whom he came to , with the most loving message of total prapati unto the lotus feet of our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana humiliated, pained and hurt  him beyond any measure. YET HE BORE ALL THE HUMAN ONSLAUGHT  ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS IMMENSE LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA, HE COULD GO TO ANY EXTENT TO ENSURE OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA'S DESIRE IS TOTALLY FULFILLED. 

Our lord , on hearing that our adoring azhwars too could not gather many in his protective embrace, ultimately as a last resort sent his divine and most loving consort and our most beloved mother ANDAL AMMA (BHU DEVI AMMA/ MOTHER EARTH) with a thought that she being his dearest  wife would be able to spread his message much more convincingly  and draw all his creations close to him. 

My dearest spiritual brothers and sisters, please note,  that our lord Sriman Narayana ,at a fraction of an eyelid can accomplish anything in the entire worlds but he wants his message to reach in a manner that the jivatma makes a voluntary loving surrender and not under any compulsion .  YES , IT IS VERY RIGHTLY ,SAID IT IS BEST TO COMMAND LOVE AND NOT DEMAND IT.

Our Lord Sri Krishna is the humblest of humble and also felt that if he himself sang his praises WOULD HIS CREATIONS FEEL THAT HE IS BOASTING? WHEN ACTUALLY IT IS NOT, BUT A VAST MAJORITY OF  HUMANKIND HAVE A VERY POOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIVINE PATH OF OUR DEAR MOST BELOVED LORD SRIMAN KESHAVA AND HE FELT IT JUDICIOUS TO ENABLE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MOTHER TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF,  AND HENCE OUR MOTHER ANDAL AMMA APPEARED ON OUR DEAREST MOTHER EARTH TO SPREAD THE DIVINE MOST  MESSAGE OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA.

At the very outset, despite the many criticism , from the highly ignorant , that our Lord Sri Krishna has many wives, disapproval about the most transcendental "Raas leelas"( divine most transcendental union ), from the non devout who know nothing at all about the spiritual path, let each one of us fully soaked in bhakti endorse that our lord Sri Krishna's love for us is the purest sentiment in the entire worlds, it is free from any expectation and  favour. YES , IN OUR SHASTRAS IT IS VERY RIGHTLY SAID HE IS THE ONLY ONE PURUSHA (MALE ) IN ALL THE WORLDS , REST ALL ARE HIS  FEMALE ENERGIES ONLY, NOT AN IOTA OF  DOUBT ABOUT THIS  DIVINE PROCLAMATION.

FROM THE DEEPEST PERSONAL EXPERIENCE , WITH FULL PRAPATI, IF I WERE TO BE EVER ASKED WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TRUE LOVE? MY IMMEDIATE LIGHTENING SPEED RESPONSE WOULD BE UNDOUBTEDLY  OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA'S LOVE FOR ALL HIS CREATIONS, DESPITE EACH ONE OF US FORGETTING HIM AND BEING UNGRATEFUL TO THE CORE , HE REVELS AND CELEBRATES  THE MOST WHEN WE  ARE BOUND TO HIM EVER IN  HIS DIVINITY.

HE WANTS NOTHING AND NONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLDS CAN OFFER ANYTHING TO HIM EXCEPT UNCONDITIONAL PRAPATI WITH THE HIGHEST LOVE. THIS IS THE SOLE MOST MESSAGE OF OUR MOST BELOVED ANDAL AMMA, HER DIVINE MANIFESTATION ON THE REQUEST OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA IS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM OF HIS CREATIONS REACH HIM IN HIS PARMA ANANDAM ABODE "SRI PARMAPADAM", THE FACT THAT HE COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT HER FOR EVEN A BILLIONTH OF A SECOND  AND HE HAD TO UNDERGO IMMENSE PAIN DUE TO HER  SEPARATION THAT TOO  ONLY FOR US.  IF ONLY EACH OF US UNDERSTOOD HIS LOVE FOR US , HE WOULD BE SAVED OF THE GREATEST PAIN / ANGUISH / TORTURE , OF DESCENDING ON OUR MOTHER EARTH FREQUENTLY AND WE TOO WOULD BE PERMANENTLY RELIEVED OF THE VICIOUS CYCLES OF BIRTH AND DEATH.

Some very salient features/ exceptionally unique of our Andal amma's thoughts and divinity

1. She is our beloved lord Sriman Narayanas most dearly adored wife and hence her proximity to our lord Sri Govinda none can match.  She has minutely observed each of his exemplary qualities for she resides in  his divine most  lotus heart. Any person , who has been a very sacred  witness to the smallest of small event in our lord's life and has observed and been an integral part of all his divine leelas SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SOLELY QUALIFIED TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE EFFORTLESSLY, EFFICIENTLY AND MOST EFFECTIVELY. NO TWO OPINIONS ABOUT THIS AT ALL. A SINGLE PIOUS WORD FROM OUR DEAREST MOTHER ANDAL AMMA IS  FINAL , WHOLLY  AUTHENTICATED AND ABIDING ON EACH OF US JIVATMA.

2. Our most adoring azhwars like Namazhwar, Tirumangai azhwar etc  took on the role of a pining Nayaki whereas our Andal amma being a female had no difficulty at all for she knew the pangs of separation from her most beloved husband and our dearest creator Lord Sriman Narayana for it a natural and inherent part of her personality, hence here too her task for and on behalf of our Lord Sri Krishna is very simplified for one she is a female energy of our Lord Sri Krishna and second she too is "PARMAATMAN". In Srivaishnavite Vishitaadvaita principles, only our Lord Sri Govinda and Sri Lakshmi amma/ Sri Bhumadevi amma are Parmatmans , rest all are  jivatmas, their creations.

3. She has the unique most distinction of being a most doting daughter of the most loving father our very own dearest of dear Sri Periazhwar/ Sri Vishnu chittar. Our most reverential periazhwar himself in his Pallandu (benediction and blessings to our lord Sriman Narayana )has emphatically conveyed , that in their entire seven generations each of his ancestors were very pious, each had one pointedly surrendered ONLY AND ONLY UNTO THE DIVINE MOST LOTUS FEET OF OUR MOST BELOVED CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND NONE OF HIS ANCESTORS EVER BOWED BEFORE ANY ONE ELSE AT ALL AND EACH OF HIS ANCESTOR WERE CLOSEST TO OUR CREATOR, ISN'T THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCE OF JOY WHEN EVERY OF OUR ANCESTOR IS DIVINITY PERSONIFIED  AND THE FACT WE ARE BORN IN SUCH   HIGHLY EVOLVED FAMILIES OF STAUNCH SRI VAISHNAVAS IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF OUR LORD TO US.

Our Lord Sri Krishna himself, has very lovingly conveyed in our divine most Srimadh Bhagavad Gita that  towards  the last of our births those who have led a very holy life surrendering everything unto his divine most lotus feet will be born in the family of highly pious  mahatmas and from there , with further efforts and one pointed focus of the individual jivaatma  unto the most divine beautiful lotus feet of our lord Sri Krishna coupled with our Lord Sri Govinda's infinite grace, blessings and mercy those of us  will reach him permanently and be totally severed from the cruel shackles of birth and death.  Again and again it goes to prove , each of our lord's divine play is fully in conformity with his divine message, not a single discrepancy at all. HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WHO WILL GO TO THE GREATEST EXTENT TO FULFILL ALL HIS PROMISES.  Please note, that the divine most verses of all our adoring azhwars are in total synchronization of the holiest of holy message of our lord Sri Krishna.

So it is ,least surprising that our  beloved Andal amma is the holiest of holy cosmic manifestation , and our lord Sriman Narayana ensured she is associated with the most devout and hence she is linked with our most adoring azhwar Sri Periazhwar/ SriVishnuchitta as his doting daughter.

4. Our dearest Andal amma's only divine mission under the total approval and guidance of our lord Sri Govinda is to redeem all of mankind , no other purpose at all. Her every single pious word is the highest testimony of her zenith of love for each of us.  One is our lord sending her to spread his message, another most important point is , the only one who pleads , pressurizes if need be and intercedes on our behalf to our lord Sri Govinda IS OUR DIVINE MOST MOTHER ANDAL AMMA , without her approval none can ever even think or dream of reaching  at the most beautiful  divine lotus feet of our lord Sri Krishna , hence it is so very  apt that our lord Sri Govinda sent her because of the ocean of love she has for each one of us and this time our lord was fully convinced ONLY SHE CAN DO IT. It is also her own very happy voluntary response to our lord's request for none in this entire world can match her overflowing compassion towards each of us . It is their mutual love  for us that is a divine result of her manifestation.

5. My dearest spiritual brothers and sisters, this whole feeling of love , marriage and final merging with our PARMATMAN LORD SRI KRISHNA is a part of his divine play/ leela,  to encourage every  jivatma to follow her divine most footsteps and also a message that even in the kali yuga a jivatma can fully merge with PARMAATMA if HE SO ORDAINS.

Her divine most works have been a subject of highest criticism, baseless unfounded arguments/ unwarranted debates  for the ignorant at their non entity level cannot ever realize that the transcendental love which one harbours , nurtures and reaches its pinnacle is not the mortal world definition of "marriage" where everything is subject to material contamination.  IF THIS POINT IS VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY EACH ONE OF US THEN HER LOVE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS THE PUREST OF PURE, BLEMISH LESS AND SELFLESS TOWARDS OUR PARMAATMAN LORD SRI KRISHNA AND IF ONE FAILS TO UNDERSTAND THIS DIVINE MOST PRINCIPLE AND CONSTANTLY CONJURES OF AN IMAGE OF AN UNION AS IN THE MORTAL WORLD THEN IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO APPRECIATE HER SENTIMENTS AS ALSO HER DIVINE OUTPOURINGS OF LOVE.

Also the highly evolved mahatmas know for sure all the jivatamas have neither a gender, nor are they recognized by caste, creed or any other considerations for the soul is above all these classifications , it is a divine most light, a part of our dearest Parmaatma and hence we need to accord it the highest purity and not misconstrue it to any worldly union of a man with  a woman. OUR GROSS BODY IS PERISHABLE AND OUR SOUL IS ETERNAL AND KEEPS CHANGING THE PHYSICAL CASE AS FINALIZED BY OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA AND HENCE ONE MUST TRY ONE'S LEVEL BEST TO DISENGAGE ONE'S DIVINE SOUL WITH THE GROSS BODY. OUR SOUL NEEDS TO BE ENRICHED, NURTURED AND TRAINED TO ATTAIN OUR PARMAATMAN, BODY IS ONLY THE MEANS AND NOT THE END.

Andal amma's divine torrential outburst of her love for our dearest PARMAATMA Lord Sri Krishna is to ensure that each one of us reach him and she does it with a even purer path she invites each of her friends to join in her holiest of holy  ,very tough vow, spanning a month, to enable every of her closest of close too to attain HIM.

 ISN'T SHE OUR DEAREST , MOST BELOVED, MOST ADORING MOTHER WHO NEVER WILL ENJOY  HER UNION WITH OUR PARMAATMAN ALONE, SHE WANTS EVERYONE TO BE MERGED WITH HIM ETERNALLY IN PRISTINE MOST LOVE AND FIND THE HIGHEST JOY OF PERMANENT SALVATION. CAN IN ALL THE WORLDS ANYONE DARE QUESTION HER PURITY,  HER DEVOTION ?AND IF THEY DO SO ,THE FOULEST OF FOUL HELL WILL BE THEIR SURE SHOT  DESTINATION, THIS IS FOR SURE AND THEIR SOUL WILL NEVER BE REDEEMED EVER.

 IF ANYONE CHALLENGES  OR HAS AN AUDACITY  TO ACCUSE OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER OF HER PURE LOVE, HER MOST LOVING CHILDREN, WE WILL CHARGE UPON THEM LIKE BILLION LIONS AND  LIKE CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS  ENSURE THAT THEY ARE TORN TO THE LAST BIT.  My sentiments on this has reached to this desperate point because ,each of us is aware, that when a female saint or a  mahatma sings countless glories of our lord Sri Krishna and wants to marry him , every other with no qualities nor qualifications accuse her character for they lack enlightenment and hence am very hurt and  pained to the highest and will surely ensure that our mother Andal amma is accorded the highest respect for she resides in our Sriyapati , her husband Lord Sri Govinda's lotus heart and her purity is impeccable and spotless AND MOST TRANSCENDENTAL IN THE VERY STRICTEST SENSE OF THE WORD.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM SRI ANDAL AMMA  CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, SRIMAN NARAYANAYA ANDAL AMMA NAMAHA....

OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE..

    TO BE CONTINUED

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 14 / 21)

SRI PERIA AZHWAR / SRI VISHNU CHITTAR  - PART 14/21  (continued)  from part 13

4.      His most beloved daughter and our most loving mother Andal amma is all set to merge with our most  beloved Lord Sri Ranganatha, at that time, our peria azhwar  feels  very sad ,  that on one hand that his child will attain Sri Parmapadam and separate from him forever and on the other the greatest of great joy,  that his child has attained none other than our creator of the entire worlds our dearest ONE AND ONLY ONE LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA. WHAT A POIGNANT MOMENT!.  Yet,  he shows the highest magnanimity  and conveys to our lord Sri Govinda, to shed tears, on his part  also is not right for our lord is only taking  back his creation to its original place and we mortals  here  have no say, for nothing HERE OR FOR THAT MATTER ANYWHERE CAN WE CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF.  WE ARE MERE TRAVELERS AND WE NEED  TO PACK UP IN A VERY POISED AND DIGNIFIED MANNER, WHEN OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA CALLS US BACK. THIS IS ONE OF THE ETERNAL TRUTH.

THE HOLIEST OF HOLY JIVATMA (MANIFESTATION OF OUR MOTHER ANDAL)  IN PERMANENT DIVINE UNION WITH THE PARMAATMA ( OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA) IS A VERY CELESTIAL SIGHT WITNESSED AT THAT TIME BY MANY A DEVOUT.   YES, IT IS POSSIBLE EVEN NOW, A JIVATMA CAN ATTAIN PARMAATMA EVEN IN OUR KALI YUGA IF ONLY WE DO PRAPATI AND LEAVE EVERY THING ASIDE AND THINK OF NONE BUT THEM THE DIVINE CONSORT, BOW LOW WITH LOVE ONLY UNTO LORD SRI KRISHNA AND NONE ELSE, THEN  WE TOO WILL SURELY ATTAIN THE DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF LORD SRI KRISHNA, HE HAS PROMISED US THAT AND OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARYANA HAS NEVER BROKEN HIS PROMISE YET.

At this stage, my dearest spiritual brothers and sisters, with  tears streaming down my eyes , am transporting myself in the sacred venue of the most heavenly wedding and the divine most union of our dearest mother Andal amma with our PARMATMA (after so much hardships , very tough vows, continuous non stop fasting and very austere penance,the greatest pains  she took to convince to our dearest lord Sriman Narayana of  her desperate  desire to marry our lord Sri Ranaganatha, reclining on our beloved adi seshan, this to my mind, is THE PUREST TRANSCENDENTAL LOVE IN ALL THE WORLDS).

One more marvel in superlative, on seeing our Peria azhwar sad, our lord Sri Krishna, as mentioned before cannot see a single drop of tear in his most devout devotee ,our dearest Peria azhwar and therefore,  he  agrees to come and stay at Sri Villiputhur , the holiest birth place of Andal amma, in order to enable our Sri Peria azhwar to enjoy the pleasure of being  very close to both his son in law  (Lord Sri Krishna )and daughter (Andal amma).

Whilst reading the divine most works of all our azhwars , at our human level, it is impossible to even imagine what great hardships our adoring azhwars might have undergone to ensure that their message reaches the common man for their well being, their plea should have been  the supreme most for all of our loving azhwars were blessed with the divine one to one communion with our lord Sri Krishna , the times when our lord Sri Govinda personally asked them several tough questions and they found the right answers and hence they passed all their tests with  flying colours, their assessor being our creator himself. Such a tough ordeal!

To express  and also constantly repeat the one touch point "PRAPATI" , again and again, without getting flustered, to face so many opposition from all quarters and yet stand firm on their views come what may, to focus one pointed on the ONE AND ONLY DIVINE, to lovingly carry the people towards the creator (THIS TO MY MIND, IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART, FOR TO CONVINCE THE NORMAL MORTAL ABOUT THE  SPIRITUAL PATH , ITS BENEFITS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR AT THE MORTAL PLANE EACH ONE OF US  WANTS TO ENJOY AND SEEK MATERIAL GRATIFICATION ONLY ), TO FACE IMPRISONMENT TOO IN THE PROCESS OF  PROVING THE SUPREMACY OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA IS NOT AN EASY TASK , IT NEEDS HIGHEST PRAPATI, PATIENCE, FAITH  AND STRONGEST CONVICTION THAT EVEN IF ONE WERE TO FACE SEVERE MOST CONSEQUENCES, OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA WILL COME TO OUR RESCUE, TO LOVE OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA DESPITE THEIR IMMENSE PAIN IN SEPARATION FROM HIM AND THEIR PLEAS OF DIVINE UNION  GETTING ANSWERED AFTER A VERY LENGTHY PAUSE  IS COMMENDABLE AND ONLY OUR MOST ADORING AZHWARS CAN ACCOMPLISH TO CONQUER THESE MOST IMPOSSIBLE STUMBLING BLOCKS AND MOVE WITH GIGANTIC STRIDE AND SPEED TOWARDS OUR CREATOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

HAVE COME TO A VERY STRONG REALIZATION ,AFTER READING THE MONUMENTAL EPIC MASTERPIECES OF OUR ADORING AZHWARS ,MY STATUS OF AN INVISIBLE SPECKLE AT EVERY MOMENT , WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AM TRYING MY LEVEL BEST TO SHED MY EGO BUT HERE TOO NO MUCH PROGRESS.

I FELT TERRIBLY ASHAMED, AT EVERY MOMENT , WHILE READING THE TRANSCENDENTAL SUPREME MOST QUALITIES OF OUR BELOVED AZHWARS AND OF MY  MINI MICRO NON ENTITY EXISTENCE, MY LACK OF PATIENCE, MY QUICK HASTY CONCLUSION ON MANY MATTERS, MY WAVERING MIND SPEEDING IN SO MANY UNWARRANTED DIRECTIONS AND WHICH CAN NEVER BE STILLED, MY NATURE OF NOT LETTING GO AND FORGETTING THE PAST DESPITE THE FACT ON THEORY CAN WRITE A 21 SERIES BUT WHILE IMPLEMENTATION  AM NOT ABLE TO DO SO ,  THE COLOSSAL TIME WASTE IN INDULGING IN MUNDANE MATTERS OF NO IMPORTANCE AT ALL.

THOUGHT OF CONFESSING THIS IN THIS BLOG, OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT FEEL A SENSE OF CALM FOR ONE HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE'S FLAWS, TAKE STOCK OF ONE'S DARK AREAS, SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM OUR DIVINE CONSORT AND BEG THEM TO GUIDE US TOWARDS LIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE,  AS AN IN DWELLER IN OUR HEARTS PROMPT US AND ALSO ENABLE US TO CORRECT OURSELVES IN THE FIRST INSTANCE ITSELF OF OUR NUMEROUS FAILINGS AND NOT KEEP ON ADDING TO OUR LIST OF SINS. AM VERY SURE OUR ADORING AZHWARS WILL TAKE COGNIZANCE OF MY PLEA AND REFORM ME TO A BE A BETTER PERSON, TO LEARN TO  NURTURE MORE RESTRAINT AND BE NON JUDGMENTAL  AND ALSO PRACTICE HUMILITY AT ALL TIMES. 

Our dear most Peria azhwars works and his divine thoughts go billion times more than what is stated but have made  a very condensed version of his monumental writings.  It is very difficult to capture every aspect until and unless it is a word to word sketch of his avatara on our dearest mother earth.

 May we sing  joyfully, with the height of our love PALLANDU (benedictions ,blessings  and divine best wishes) to our dearest of dear Peria azhwar.  May he eternally  sing the divine most  glories of our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana and our most beloved mother Mahalakshmi amma and may he forever bless them for their very very long life( hundreds, lakhs and crores of  infinity years), their best health, their best happiness and may we along with our peria azhwar join him in total prapati, wishing our divine consort our dearest of dear parents superlative happiness and  unsurpassed peace for they truly deserve since they alone  are the  indisputable king and queen of the entire worlds, our creator and our most best well wisher "THE ONLY PARMAATMA" .  

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE , SRIMATE NARAYANA NAMAHA!

SRI PERIYA AZHWAR CHARANAM SHARNAM PRABHADYE. COUNTLESS GLORIES TO OUR PERIA AZHWAR, MAY HE CARRY US TO OUR DIVINE CONSORT AND HELP US BE A BETTER HUMAN BEING AS OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA AND OUR LOVING  LAKSHMI AMMA WOULD WANT OF US.

OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 13 / 21)

SRI PERIA AZHWAR / SRI VISHNU CHITTAR  - PART 13/21

Peria in Tamil means big, our dearest Peria Azhwar is lovingly called Peria azhwar because of his  most exalted status.  He most lovingly  took the role of our dearest Yashoda amma (kept enacting the leelas of mother Yashoda, the way she bathed little baby Lord Sri Krishna with the greatest difficulty  , how she beautifully combed his jet black curly , most lovely locks/hair and adorned them with the most fragrant flowers, how she so lovingly fed him annaprasadam etc) and was always concerned about the safety of our divine most little baby Lord Sri Krishna. 

Then , his foster daughter Andal amma ( she is the only female azhwar), we will read  about her works next, was very lovingly taken care  of by our dearest Vishnu chittar and she  is none other than Bhuma devi amma married our most beloved lord Sri Krishna/ Lord Sri Ranganatha and hence he had the unique most distinction of being a father in law to our most loving creator Lord Sriman Narayana too.

IMAGINE THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL MARVEL!. SON  ON ONE HAND AND SON- IN LAW ON THE OTHER OF OUR CREATOR LORD SRI KRISHNA  PLUS FATHER OF OUR ANDAL AMMA WHO IS NONE OTHER THAN OUR BHUMA DEVI AMMA.  Isn't it very apt to lovingly call him Peria azhwar because of his supreme most exalted position.

My dearest spiritual brothers and sisters,  each one of us love our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna as SARVESWARAN (ALL IN ALL) but whilst caring for him , we take up other roles too , we think of our little baby Lord Sri Krishna as our child, our dearest best friend, our guide , our mentor and above all our dearest of dear Lord Sri Govinda as our  only well wisher in the entire cosmos who will not bear to see a single drop of tear in our eyes, and each and every moment , he will ensure,  our life is over brimming with happiness, peace and best health. JAI HO PRABHU!

Some of the very fine message of our dearest of dear Sri Peria azhwar/  Sri Vishnu Chitar :

1. As always, as with our other adoring azhwars too, continuously , our Peria Azhwar has his mind on Lord Sri Vishnu and hence he is also popularly called Vishnu chittar.  Not one moment ,does his mind wander away from the glories of our dearest lord Sri Govinda.  He nurtured a beautiful garden in which he very meticulously grew the most scented beautiful multi hued flowers, our most pious Tulasi leaves and various other flora.  He then, beautifully weaved them into divine garlands whilst singing the divine most glories of our Lord Sri Govinda and then very lovingly adorned our loving lord SriGovinda with these beautiful fragrant garlands with the best divine patterns.  What a  doting service!.  Our lord Sri Govinda is alankaara priya ,  he loves to adorn himself with very best vastrams, beautiful fragrant flowers etc and exactly as per our lords desire our dearest Vishnu chittar conducted this loving service,  Such are the exalted mahatmas , they know the accurate desire of our lord and carry out  each of their actions totally as per our Lord Sri Govinda's  desire and ordain.

2. Just like his daughter and our most adoring mother Andal amma, he always included ,in his divine service, every one. He always sang the glories of our dearest of dear Sri Govinda in a large group ( divine Goshtee).  Our lord Sri Krishna loves when very huge numbers of his devotees sing in chorus and perform all his services so lovingly in a very big group.  Don't we too find immense joy to sit with our spiritual brothers and sisters and weave beautiful patterns of garlands, prepare delicious annaprasadam in groups, sing together with fun dancing and admiring the  beauty  of our lord Sri Krishna in a very huge group? 

 Does not our joy's  multiply manifold times when we sing in chorus, our divine lord Sri Krishna's glories and chant his holiest of holy names with all our friends?.  Our dearest Vishnu chiitar and our mother andal amma always keenly desired every jivatma should be permanently redeemed from the cruel cycle of birth and death and wanted us to abandon the torturous and vicious cycle through PRAPATTI (TOTAL UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER).  Their message  to us ,was for us to permanently attain Sri Parmapadam, and as a servant of servant of our divine Lord Sri Govinda serve unto  his divine beautiful lotus feet.  SUCH BEAUTIFUL SELFLESS AND NOBLE ARE OUR PERIA AZHWAR AND OUR DIVINE ANDAL AMMA.

3. Our Vishnu chittar had the unique and single most distinction of blessing our lord Sri Krishna. He sang the holiest of holy verses of PALLANDU ( blessings, benedictions to our lord Sri Govinda). This is truest to a core that a doting mother is ever eager for the safety of her child and also fervently wishes no evil befall her child and hence she keeps praying for the safety of her beloved child and keeps blessing her child countless times.    Our dearest Vishnu chittar, too, took up the role and always visualized the entire universe's most compassionate mother Yashoda amma's  care  , concern and  worry of the safety of our lord Sri Govinda. Our Yashoda amma is the most blessed mother, one who experienced  the highest happiness in  every leela of our most loving little baby Sri Krishna which our dearest Devaki amma missed because of the dire circumstances due to the evil Kamsa , her brother. Hence they always refer that the one who takes care of a baby adoringly is more fortunate and truly  a mother than a mother who merely gives birth.

Whilst he sang the verses of blessings  for our Lord Sri Krishna, he gathered with him all the four types  of people as mentioned in our divine most bhagavad Gita by our Lord Sri Madhava himself, one who seeks our lord purely for the sake of material gratification, second the one afflicted with disease, third one who is inclined towards our lord for gaining some knowledge but the last one who is a gyani (AN ENLIGHTENED SOUL) who is forever in search  of the eternal wisdom of PRAPATTI and wants to LIVE ,PRAY AND SURRENDER UNTO THE DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF OUR SOLE CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA, THE GYANI WILL NEVER BOW HIS HEAD TO ANYONE AND WILL SPEND EVERY MOMENT  FOR OUR LORD'S PLEASURES, HE ENSURES THAT EVERY OF HIS ACTION BRINGS THE GREATEST HAPPINESS TO OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA, HE WANTS TO ETERNALLY SERVE OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA ANYWHERE, HE IS NEITHER BOTHERED FOR PERMANENT SALVATION NOR IS WORRIED FOR ANY WORLDLY PLEASURES, HIS SOLE CONCERN IS TO LIVE EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF OUR DEAREST PARMAATMAN OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA AND OUR MOST BELOVED SRI MAHALAKSHMI AMMA.

Our dearest Vishnuchittar, in the very beginning itself, ahead of  assembling before our lord Sri Krishna , does not want to admit the other three categories of people whose sole purpose is self gratification but after cautioning them very severely and also getting an unconditional promise from these worldly people running  only behind material possessions ,  that they will mend their ways, then only he grants them permission to join his divine group which will be qualified to bless our dearest Lord Sri Krishna. 

To this day, in all the Srivaishnava temples in South India his most beautiful par excellence highly evolved benediction to our lord to ward off all evil eyes is sung in large groups, it is our top most priority to protect our lord Sri Govinda first, rest will follow only after that.  Isn't it so ethereal that, we who ,cannot move our little finger without our divine creator Lord Sri Krishna's ordain and mercy, are in a very big group blessing him?   Beyond any words , only transcendental experience.   The other three categories first argue with our dearest Peria azhwar for their non inclusion and then realize their folly and fall  at the divine most lotus feet of our lord Sri Govinda begging our lord's pardon for their lack of wisdom and selfishness.

He also praises our lord Sri Govinda, with the highest gratitude ,that all our lord has bestowed on us, unconditionally, undeservedly and unasked due to  his DIVINE MOST GRACE AND MERCY AND NEVER ON OUR NON EXISTENT MERIT.  He mentions that the delicious annaprasadam dripping with  pure ghee, the wonderful divine pitaambari vastram (golden divine robe worn by our lord Sri Krishna) and the most scented Tulasi garland which our lord has  bestowed him with, is already adorned by our Lord Sri Govinda and after adorning our creator ,after partaking of prasadam by our lord , we fully relish the annaprasadam, which is totally free from all material contamination.

 WHAT A LOVELY DIVINE THOUGHT?  If every of our day is spent very lovingly in the divine most service of our most beloved Lord Sri Govinda and whist serving him ,  first we offer our lord Sri Govinda with everything and after he partaking of each of our offerings we enjoy the same for ourselves.

CAN'T THINK OF A MORE DIVINE BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT THAN THIS AND ALSO WHILE ENJOYING  EACH ONE OF US MUST EVER REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER IS BESTOWED ON US , IS OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA AND SRI MAHALAKSHMI AMMA'S DIVINE MOST GIFT TO US AND WE DEFINITELY MUST ETERNALLY SERVE THEIR DIVINE LOTUS FEET FOR ALL WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR US. SATYAM, SATYAM PUNAH SATYAM. WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ENTIRE COSMOS, FOR WE KNOW FOR SURE AND WE HAVE FULLY ENDORSED AND REALIZED THE SOLE SUPREMACY OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AS THE ONLY CREATOR WHO IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE  MOST AUTHORITY TO GRANT US PERMANENT SALVATION AND NONE ELSE CAN DO THAT. THIS IS THE  ULTIMATE TRUTH TOTAL PRAPATI ( VOLUNTARY LOVING UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER).

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SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

 TO BE CONTINUED     

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 12 / 21)

Sri Kulasekhara Azhwar                         Part 12  of 21

When we read the divine works of our most reverential azhwars, one most peculiar feature is very striking that all our adoring azhwars are from different strata , some are priests, kings,musicians etc.  The divine message of our creator Lord Sriman Narayana is once again crystal clear that no matter what we do for our sustenance , what we have, what we crave,  WE ARE LOVED BY HIM ONLY FOR WHAT WE MAKE OURSELVES OF IN TERMS OF OUR SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT NOT ONLY TOWARDS OUR DIVINE CONSORT BUT ALSO TOWARDS EACH ONE OF HIS CREATION SENTIENT AND IN SENTIENT.

Our Sri Vaishnavism is very particular of deepest compassion, truth, ahimsa and steadfast devotion towards our lord Sri Krishna , at the same time our scriptures are very meticulous in prescribing  MANAVA SEVA  AS MADHAVA SEVA.  Our srivaishnavism accords the highest importance to the soul which has neither religion, nor caste, gender , nor can it be slain, it is eternal and only gets transferred from one physical covering to the other till it attains permanent liberation.  It is the foremost duty of a truest of true srivaishnava to live peacefully amidst all without making any distinctions. OUR DEAREST KULASHEKARA AZHWAR HAS SET THE HIGHEST PRECEPT BY FOLLOWING THIS DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF LOVING ALL TRULY WITHOUT ANY BIAS OR PREJUDICE.

When our king and  most beloved acharyan ,Sri Ramanujar, THE ONE AND ONLY YATI RAJA  was the most loving social reformer who knew only one religion and that is compassion and ensured his level best to redeem each of us , our lord Sri Krishna's creations and hence has the highest  place in our lords lotus heart .

Our Kulasekhara azhwar was a very royal king who was a scholar par excellence , more than his very glorious dignified position , his devotion towards our lord Sri Krishna and  all the srivaishnava devotees of our lord and creator lord  Sri Rama was super transcendental. His devotion to our dearest lord Sri Rama is at its zenith and he keeps visualizing Lord Sri Rama and is very concerned and sad at our lords separation from our dearest Sita amma, dances with joy at his coronation, runs with his mighty army to protect our dearest of dear lord Sri Rama during the battle between the most evil Ravana,  whenever our dearest of dear Parmatman Lord Sri Rama is happy our azhwar too dances with happiness, when our lord is sad, our azhwar cannot bear his sadness .SUCH IS HIS BHAVANA , TO TOTALLY MERGE WITH OUR LORD'S MOODS.

 Every single moment he is in a divine spell and in blissful  union  with regards to his bhakti towards our PARMATMAN  our  most beloved Lord Sri Rama and hence our azhwar was one of the most righteous ruler just like our most loving lord Sri Rama who is loved dearly by all as MARYADA PURUSHOTAM (OUR PARMAATMAN Lord Sri Rama was  WITHOUT ANY FLAWS/ PRISTINE PURE  ).

Our azhwar is deeply anguished at the saddest plight of Kaushalya amma because of her separation from her most beloved son our dearest Parmaatma Lord Sri Rama, every event in our lord Sri Rama's divine manifestation creates a great sentiment in our most  beloved Kulasekhara azhwars mind.

HIS LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA IS UNPARALLELED. WHEN ONE READS IN DEPTH OF HIS DIVINE VERSES ONE CAN MARVEL AT HIS HIGHEST WORSHIP AND ADORATION FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA AND THE VERY BEST PART IS OUR LORDS OCEAN OF LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST KULASEKHARA AZHWAR. IT IS THE MOST JOYOUS MOMENT FOR EVERY JIVATMA WHEN OUR PARMATMA OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA ALSO LOVES US MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN THINK OF LOVING HIM, THIS VERY FEELING IS LIKE AN ELIXIR TO OUR BODY AND SOUL.

Once our dearest of dear lord Sri Venkateswara of holiest of holy Tirumala appears in our Kulasekhara azhwars dream to draw him closer to him , to remind him to divert his loving attention to our lord.

As humbly conveyed earlier, our lord Sri Rama keeps coming to his most beloved devotees striking a chord in each of our heart when we fail to think of him , he keeps drawing us closer to him. Our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar is mesmerized by our lords beauty, his dazzling  splendour and from that moment onwards itself tries his level best to concentrate on the glories of our dearest of dear one and only Lord Sri Rama, our loving creator , despite the fact our azhwar is the king he immerses himself in Hari Bhakti. 

His most happiest of happy moments is to spend time with the bhagavadars ( devotees of our lord Sri Rama), our lord Sri Rama always loves if we serve his devotees for it measures to serving our lord only, such is the place of the loving devotees of our lord. OUR LORD HAS ACCORDED THE HIGHEST PLACE TO HIS DEVOTEES AND THAT IS HIS DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL COMPASSIONATE HEART

The core essence of our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwars divine writings mentioned:

1. His highest prapati , his yearning to be with lord Sri Ranganatha of Srirangam, is the fact that everyday he decides to leave for holiest of holy  Srirangam to permanently serve our dearest Lord Sri Ranganatha but compelled by circumstance takes a U turn back to his kingdom but the separation from our dearest lord Sri Ranga gets unbearable for our dearest azhwar as the days go by.

         Certain divine events in his life later, makes him fully transfer the charge of his kingdom to his son and he gets fully immersed in  his Bhakti for our dearest of dear PARMAATMA lord Sri Rama, each of his vast property and wealth is very lovingly used for our lord and also for his devotees. None can match our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar for his vairaagya ( total renunciation). 

         His humility despite him being a king is worth emulating countless times,  for he is the rarest precious  pearl, a priceless Kohinoor diamond etc  who begs our lord , to lovingly serve at his divine most lotus feet in any capacity as a fish, as a stone etc. His only concern is  to be eternally very close nearside our dearest lord Sri Rama. He is ready to do whatever service our lord feels happy at, he is ever willing to hold a golden bowl for our lord to spit after he brushes his sparkling white teeth, such is his Bhakti, he conjures an image that standing with the golden bowl in his hand as a servant of  our dearest of dear lord Sri Rama, he may get noticed by our lord  and be a recipient of  his immense grace. He knows of our dearest lord SriGovinda's exalted position as unparalleled   creator of all the worlds and hence wants to be subservient to him.

CAN ANYONE OF US EVEN IMAGINE  OF  THE MONUMENTAL HEIGHT OF HIS PRAPATI AND THE HIGHEST LOVE HE HAS FOR OUR DEAREST LORD WHERE HE IS READY FOR ANY SERVICE . CAN WE BOAST OF SUCH AN EXALTED LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST OF DEAR SRI GOVINDA?, NONE CAN ,ONLY OUR DEAREST OF DEAR KULASEKHARA AZHWAR HAS PROVEN TO THE ENTIRE MANKIND OF HIS PUREST DEVOTION. 

THE HIGHEST LESSON WHEN I READ OF KULASEKHARA AZHWAR IS HIS UTTER HUMILITY, HIS SUPERLATIVE BHAKTI WHICH NONE CAN EVER MATCH AND HENCE IN THE INNER MOST SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF OUR TEMPLE AT HOLIEST OF HOLY SEVEN HILLS TIRUMALA, THE DIVINE MOST STEP IS CALLED KULASEKHARA AZHWAR PADI WHERE HE IS SUPER SATISFIED BEING A HUMBLE DIVINE STEP NEAR OUR MOST LOVING LORD SRI GOVINDA . OUR DEAREST KULASEKHARA AZHWAR LOVINGLY ADMIRES  OUR BELOVED  LORD SRI KESHAVA AND ALSO HIS DEVOTEES FOR EVERY OF THEM HAS TO CROSS THAT STEP.  SUPERLATIVE BHAKTI WHICH NONE CAN EVER MATCH.

2. Our Kulasekhara azhwar exhorts each one of us to give up the sensory pleasures for they are transient and will surely perish one day but our divine most love for our creator Lord Sri Rama will be like a raft which will transport us to the other end of the shore and that is divinity of our lord's grace and blessings which is eternal and timeless. Each one of us must make sure to enshrine our lord Sri Govinda now for time is fleeting, no one knows what tomorrow may hold for us, THIS IS THE TIME TO UNCONDITIONALLY FALL AT THE DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTUS FEET OF OUR DEAREST LORD SRI VITHOBHA MAULI, LORD SRI RAMA, LORD SRI KRISHNA, LORD SRI VAAMANA, LORD SRI NARSIMHA  AND HIS COUNTLESS MANIFESTATIONS.

        3.Our dearest Kulasekhara azhwar asserts very affirmatively that he would never be seen in the company of those who do not love our lord , for it is total waste here and here after to correct or reform them.  As also conveyed by our dearest lord Sri Krishna in our divine Srimadh Bhagavad Gita that the demoniac people always work against our lords interest and also constantly argue that they are right  and view  the world upside down and the best way to treat such asuras is to shun them like we do of a deadly poisonous snake.

This is one of the dearest message of our most beloved Kulasekhara azhwar who relentlessly serves every of our lords devotees with so much zeal, love and affection that none can match him in his divine  service of our dear lords Sri Govinda's  devotees too.

Please make a note, my dearest spiritual brothers and sisters, all our azhwars have strictly adhered to our divine message of our Lord Sri Govinda uttered through his mukhakamalam in Sri madh Bhagavad gita ,the one point source of all our religious scriptures for it has one of the most unique features , our lord has uttered the 700 holiest of holy verses. 

The stature of the mighty Himalayas can fall, our purest mother Ganges can dry but our lord's word of promise , his love for all his creations will never falter but only grow by leaps and bounds ,  SUCH IS THE GREATEST GLORY OF OUR LORD SRI  KRISHNA , COME WHAT MAY HIS DIVINE PROMISE WILL ALWAYS BE FULFILLED BY HIM UNDER EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE , SATYAM , SATYAM PUNAHA SATYAM. THERE IS NO GREATER TRUTH THAN OUR LORDS BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE AND DIVINE LOTUS FEET IN THE ENTIRE COSMOS.

4. Our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar has accorded the highest position to our archa form of worship in divine most temples like Srirangam, Triumala etc where our lord Sriman Narayana  in his ever smiling divya mangala vigraha swaroopa, whether in standing , sitting or reclining position is none other than our lord Sri Govinda as  in Sri Parmapadam which thereby goes to prove whilst we are present on our dearest mother earth we can visit these very exalted  places of worship and seek the divine blessings of our dearest lord Sri Govinda and Sri Mahalakshmi amma here itself , whether we reach Sri Parmapadam is entirely unto the mercy and grace of our divine parents Lord Sri Keshava and Mahalakshmi amma.

Having born as humans ,  the least we can do is to seek the divine darshan and benediction of our dearest lord Sriman Narayana and MahaLakshmi amma here itself.  As humbly conveyed earlier where our lord resides , that holiest place is only SriParmapadam, we can make our home a SriParmapadam by devoutly worshiping our lord Sri Govinda by offering him  beautiful fragrant flowers, by lighting the most perfumed incense sticks, by calling all our sri vaishnava friends  in large numbers and singing glories of our divine consort , by chanting of his divine holiest of holy names and many many of such loving service to our PARMATMAN. 

Isn't he the HEAD OF OUR FAMILY TOO, DOES HE NOT WAIT EAGERLY FOR US TO RETURN BACK FROM OUR JOB, DOESN'T HE HEAR WITH RAPT ATTENTION OUR EVENTS OF THE DAY, DOESN'T OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA GATHER US IN HER MOST LOVING LAP AS A VERY DOTING MOTHER WOULD.

PLEASE LET US IN STILL SILENCE LISTEN TO THE DIVINE VOICE OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA, ALL OUR ANSWERS WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ARRIVED AT, NO NEED TO SEARCH OUTSIDE AT ALL, ONLY INWARD INTROSPECTION WOULD DO WONDERS. THE DIVINE RESIDES WITHIN US , WE NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM LOVINGLY TO EARN HIS BLESSINGS , WE NEED TO DRAW HIM VERY CLOSER TO US , HE WILL COME RUNNING TO US, NO DOUBT ON THIS AT ALL.

EACH OF US  HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS MIRACLES , EACH OF US HAVE FELT HE IS LOVINGLY BOUNDED US TO HIM ETERNALLY BUT ALL THIS WOULD BE FELT BY US ONLY IN TOTAL SILENT MEDITATION WHEN WE CAN CLEARLY HEAR HIS MOST MELODIOUS VOICE AND THE LOVELY TUNES OF HIS DIVINE MOST FLUTE.

MY DEAREST SPIRITUAL SISTERS AND BROTHERS PLEASE TRY TO SIT IN TOTAL MEDITATION FOR FEW MOMENTS IN  A DAY,  AM VERY SURE WE ALL WILL HEAR HIS MOST DIVINE MUSICAL VOICE.  FAITH AND PATIENCE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS AND OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI GOVINDA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA ARE THE SOFTEST OF SOFT , LIKE A BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH SILKEN ROBE THEN SURELY THEY WILL LOVINGLY  TIE  US TOGETHER WITH THEM EVER WITH A GOLDEN TWINE , PLEASE TRY, A SMALL EFFORT HERE WILL BE HIGHLY REWARDED.

5. Our dearest humblest of humble Kulasekhara azhwar conveys to our lord that he is the sinner of the worst type waiting for our lord Sri Krishna's redemption , this  divine message  should  surely be taken as a message for us, not for our dearest azhwar who knows not what a sin is , he is purity personified , he has forever engaged himself in  the service of our lord and his devotees.

We need to take a cue here and let our dearest lord know what a vile sinners we are and when the time has come for judgement we are trembling with utter fear of the outcome of our despicable actions, it is like running to a well when the well has already dried up, we keep doing numerous sins and when the time of assessment (  THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT)  begins we shiver at our wicked actions, hence we need to plead guilty before our lord Sri Keshava much before we even commit a single sin for preventive action is much more superior than remedial action.

SO LET US THIS MOMENT ONWARDS,  FERVENTLY PRAY OUR BELOVED LORD SRI KRISHNA,  TO PERMANENTLY RESIDE WITHIN US, AS AN ANTARYAAMI (INDWELLER ) AND CORRECT EACH OF OUR ACT EVEN BEFORE WE HAVE SOWN THE SEED OF THE BAD ACT , EVEN BEFORE THE THINKING STATE, OUR BLACK THOUGHTS HAVE TO BE ERASED FOR THOUGHTS CULMINATE INTO ACTION AND ACTION CONVERTS INTO KARMA WHICH WE NEED TO PAY FOR.

ONE EVIL THOUGHT ONE BAD KARMA AND COMPOUNDED EVIL THOUGHTS,  SURE SHOT ROUTE AWAY FROM OUR DEAREST OF DEAR PARMAATMA LORD SRI KRISHNA, THE THOUGHT ITSELF CAN MAKE ME CRINGE IN FEAR AND TAKE THE LIFE OUT OF MYSELF FOR CANNOT IMAGINE IN MY WILDEST OF WILD NIGHTMARE,  ONE BILLIONTH OF A SECOND TOO, WITHOUT OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA'S PRESENCE IN OUR LIFE, WE ARE THERE BECAUSE OF HIM, WE MOVE BECAUSE HE HAS SO ORDAINED, WE ARE A PART AND  PARCEL OF EVERY OF HIS ENDEAVOR AND HENCE WE NEED TO BE BOUND TO HIM EVER AS OUR MOST LOVING YASHODA AMMA BOUND OUR MOST ADORING LITTLE BABY KRISHNA WITH A SMALL ROPE AS SRI DAMODHARA , WE TOO SHOULD BE FOREVER BOUND TO OUR DIVINE  PARENTS LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA EVER AND EVER HERE AND HEREAFTER.

Countless prostration to our most beloved lord Sri Govinda, our most loving mother Lakshmi amma , our humblest of humble adorable Kulasekhara azhwar.  May one billionth part of his divine bhakti, prapatti and utter humility be a part of our nature too ,for if that be so, we are very close to our Lord Sri Govinda.

Sriman Narayanam Charanam Sharanam Prabhadye, Srimate SriNarayanaya namaha.

Countless prostration at the divine most lotus feet of our dearest Kulasekhara azhwar.

OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 11 / 21)

Sri NamAzhwar (king among our azhwars)                           Part 11  of 21   (CONTINUED)

         As always, all our most loving azhwars have shown us our liberation place, the divine most beautiful lotus feet of our dearest Lord Sri Govinda,  Our Lord Sri Govinda  ever shows his beautiful lotus hand at his divine lotus feet , this is the most sacred, serene  and safest place in the whole universe.  Namazhwar himself is the sacred holiest of holy feet of our dearest Lord Sri Govinda and hence he is lovingly called Satagopan.  ( The sattari which is placed over the head of every devotee in temple  is  the holiest of holy feet of our adoring Namazhwar, our dearest lord Sri Govinda has accorded him the most exalted place and hence falling at our dearest Namazhwars divine most lotus feet tantamounts to seeking shelter at  our lord Sriman Narayana's  most divine lotus feet too for that  is the only way left for each of us to reach our divine parents our PARMAATMAN.

 HE IS ONE AND ONLY ONE WHO IS NAMED SATAGOPAN , WE HAVE NONE BUT HIM TO LOVINGLY SURRENDER UNTO AND WITH OUR MOST BELOVED NAMAZHWAR AS OUR LOVING MEDIATOR OUR DIVINE PARENTS WILL NEVER REFUSE TO TAKE US IN THEIR DIVINE FOLD FOR THEY LOVE NAMAZHWAR BEYOND A POINT .

OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA ONCE TOLD NAMZHWAR THAT HE LOVES HIM BEYOND ANY BOUNDARIES AND IS WILLING TO TAKE HIM TO HIS SRI PARMAPADAM IN HIS DIVINE MORTAL FRAME, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST CASE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WHERE A HIGHEST MAHATMA REACHING OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA IN HIS  DIVINE PHYSICAL BODY BUT OUR DEAREST OF DEAR , KING OF KINGS OUR VERY OWN NAMAZHWAR DECLINED THE REQUEST OF OUR LORD BEGGING OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA TO NOT BREAK HIS CARDINAL RULES FOR HIM (NAMAZHWAR)  WHICH ONCE AGAIN REINFORCES HIS MOST HUMBLE QUALITY OF BEING SO UNASSUMING.

MY DEAREST SPIRITUAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS , WHILE WRITING THIS DIVINE BLOG , AM TOTALLY AT LOSS OF WORDS FOR ANYTHING I WRITE WILL MERIT ONLY ONE BILLIONTH OF OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWARS DAZZLING SPLENDOR LIKE THE BRIGHTEST GLOW OF MILLION SUNS, HE IS THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS SON OF OUR DEAREST PARMATAMA SRIMAN NARAYANA WHO HAS MADE HIS FATHER OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA THE PROUDEST FOR OUR LORD LOVES HIM TO A FAULT, FOR EACH OF HIS QUALITY IS SO  UNIQUE AND  UNPARALLELED IN ALL THE ENTIRE WORLDS.

ANYTHING EVEN A MAHATMA SPEAKS ABOUT OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWAR IS LIKE A SMALL BLADE OF GRASS UNDER A MAGNIFICENT ROYAL BANYAN TREE . OUR NAMAZHWAR  WANTED NOTHING AT ALL FROM THIS WORLD, HE ONLY WANTED TO GIFT TO EACH ONE OF US HIS MOST DIVINE VERSES ( MORE THAN 2000 VERSES ,  MORE PRECIOUS AND HIGHLY FRAGRANT THAN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE'S FRAGRANT FLOWERS AND SCENTED SANDAL PASTE PUT TOGETHER, SUCH IS THE FATHOMLESS STATURE OF OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWAR. 

HAIL HAIL COUNTLESS TIMES OUR DEAREST OF DEAR NAMAZHWAR, MAY WE FOREVER SEEK YOUR DIVINE LOTUS FEET FOR YOU ARE NONE THAN OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA, YOUR DIVINE MANIFESTATION IS ONLY FOR US, WE PROMISE YOU NOW AND EVER THAT YOUR DIVINE MOST MESSAGES WE WILL FULLY ADHERE TO, WE WILL FOREVER SEEK YOU TO REACH " THEM / OUR DIVINE PARMATMAN".  IF WE LEARNT ONE BIT OF RENUNCIATION , IT IS ONLY FROM YOU, IF WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT TRUE LOVE FOR OUR PARMAATMA LORD SRI GOVINDA AND SRI MAHALAKSHMI AMMA IS, WE KNOW IT WILL BE YOURS TOWARDS THEM, IF WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HUMILITY IS, NONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF WILL QUALIFY FOR THAT TOO, EVERY SINGLE GOODNESS IN THIS VAST UNIVERSE IS  YOUR OWN PERSONIFICATION.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AT OUR LEVEL TO EVEN DRINK ONE DROPLET FROM  YOUR OCEANIC KNOWLEDGE, THE COUNTLESS HUMILIATIONS YOU HAD TO UNDERGO AT THE HANDS OF THE ORTHODOX AND DESPITE THAT YOUR ONE POINTED UNALLOYED HIGHEST LOVE FOR OUR BELOVED PARMAATMA WILL FOREVER BE A BEACON LIGHT FOR EACH ONE OF US.

YOUR DIVINE MERCY, COMPASSION, TRUTH, TOTAL YOGIC MIND IN SUPERLATIVE IS A SYMBOL OF OUR HOPE AND A GUIDING LIGHT FOR US HERE AND HERE AFTER. BEYOND THIS ,MY MIND CANNOT THINK OF CONTINUING FURTHER FOR IT IS FULLY CONVINCED OF ITS TOTAL SUBSERVIENT POSITION AT YOUR HOLIEST OF HOLY LOTUS FEET.

OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWAR , WE SING BENEDICTION FOR YOU , WE PRAY OUR DEAREST SRIMAN NARAYANA TO LOVINGLY MERGE HIM FOREVER WITH YOURSELF, AT OUR INFINITY ZERO LEVEL, THIS IS OUR HUMBLEST OF HUMBLE PRAYER TO OUR BELOVED CREATOR SRI GOVINDA, TO LOVE YOU THE MOST FOR YOU, ONLY CRAVED HIS LOVE, GRACE AND MERCY  AND NOTHING ELSE WORLDLY  NOT EVEN A NEEDLE WORTH MATTERED TO YOU. MAY YOU FOREVER CONTINUE TO GUIDE US , WITH YOU BESIDE US, WE ARE SURE OUR DEAREST DIVINE CONSORT WILL ALSO BE THERE FOR THEY CANNOT BEAR A MOMENTS SEPARATION FROM  YOU...

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADHYE, SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA. SRI MAHALAKSHMI AMMA NAMAHA.

SRI NAMAZHWAR CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE.

OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 10 / 21)

Sri NamAzhwar (king among our azhwars)                           Part 10  of 21

PLEASE SEE OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWAR'S ABSOLUTE RESEMBLANCE WITH OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA. 

Our dear most Sri Namazhwar/ Sadagopan is unquestionably   the  king of our azhwars and also the  most compassionate Emperor of mankind. According to   our Sri Vaishnavism,  he is the first mortal in Kali yuga, to have attained SriParmapadam, that too when our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna could not bear his separation at all, he himself very tenderly carried him to his most divine abode and his moksha dinam ( salvation day) is Sri Vaikuntha Ekadasi, coinciding between the months December and January in the holiest of holy Marghazi month.  Our creator Lord Sriman Narayana, in the eleventh chapter , Vishwaroopa Darshanam of Srimadh Bhagavadh Gita, himself has proclaimed though his mukhakamalam  that of all the months the most auspicious month is Dhanur. 

At the very outset, request countless forgiveness, for any errors , for at my atom like total non entity   level to write about our king, the one and only most compassionate  NAMAZHWAR is very tough for me, for I do not know where to begin , what to write , but am very sure my pen is moving under our Lord Sri Krishna's grace. Our dearest Namazhwar, as we  have seen, in the earlier series, is the guru of our Madhura kavi azhwar and our holiest of holy 4000 verses of our Dravida vedas ( 4000 divya Prabhandham)  compiled by the most exalted Nathamuni acharyan, was very affectionately dictated by Namazhwar after he left for Sri Parmapadam. 

Our Namazhwar once again came back to our dearest mother earth,  with our Madhura Kavi azhwar,  and ensured through Nathamuni acharyan, by very lovingly  dictating to him every verse of the 4000 holiest of holy verses,  to ensure the entire works of all the twelve azhwars are restored and to enable it to reach to mankind, such is our dearest of dear , Rajati raja Gajapati one and only Namazhwar.  None can  compete with him in total prapati and complete  renunciation. 

His own contribution combined with our Tirumangai azhwar sums up to more than half of the Divya Prabhandham. None  of us, at our micro mini molecular state ,even comprehend his majestic stature, he is like a king of countless lions. His highly qualitative analysis of all our revered  four vedas and their translation into Tamil language in the most simple manner for easy grasp and understanding, is monumental and his divine most verses are the greatest treasure trove to the entire universe.

As per our scriptures, although he is the incarnation of Vishwaksena ( commander in chief of our dearest of dear Lord Sriman Narayana), in reality he is the manifestation of Lord Sri Krishna himself in the kali yuga.  It is said at the end of dwapar yuga after our lord Sri Krishna reached his holiest abode Sri Parmapadam, he could not bear to separate from all his loving devotees residing on  our dearest mother earth and hence within 45 days at the beginning of Kali yuga rushed back to Bhuloka once again for our redemption.  What a marvel of our most beloved lord Sri Govinda!. 

To my mind, our dearest Lord Sri Govinda , as an unparalleled creator and king of all the worlds comes running in jet set speed to each of his staunch devotees to fully ensure none of them are despondent and to release each one of us from the vicious cycle of confusion, birth and death, good and bad, then Isn't it our moral duty to run to our lord Sri Govinda rather than the king , our creator coming to us.

If only we think of him constantly , sing his divine glories will he find some respite , otherwise him coming to us is a failure mechanism on our part for the moment we forget him he keeps coming to remind  us of his presence and protects  us in his divine most lotus heart , but my dearest spiritual  sisters and brothers , can we just, this moment onward , please let our dearest of dear Lord Sri Govinda find some breather and let us run to him so that our lords most divine beautiful pink lotus feet does not ache , please let us do it just now, keep chanting his holiest of holy names, continue offering him  delicious annaprasadam, weave beautiful garlands of the most scented  multi colored flowers and above all include our divine most parents Sriman Narayana and our most beloved Lakshmi amma in all what we do, lovingly confide in them,  so that they need not come running to us but vice-versa.

LET US FOREVER ENSHRINE , SHIELD AND PROTECT THEM IN OUR HEARTS AS OUR ANTARYAAMI ( IN DWELLER )SO THAT THEY NEVER LEAVE AND ETERNALLY RESIDE WITHIN US  AND THEIR IMMENSE PAIN AND AGONY OF OUR SEPARATION  IS TOTALLY ELIMINATED. THIS IS OUR DEAREST GREATEST NAMZHWAR'S CELESTIAL MESSAGE TO EACH OF US FOR HE NEVER LEFT THE DIVINE TAMARIND TREE WHERE HE MEDITATED ALL HIS LIFE IN HIS AVATARA ON OUR DEAREST MOTHER EARTH , INSTEAD ALL THE 108 DIVYA DESA LORD'S CAME TO HIM REQUESTING HIM TO SING A VERSE OR TWO ABOUT THEIR GLORIES, SUCH IS OUR MIGHTY SCHOLAR PAR EXCELLENCE NAMAZHWAR WHERE THE VARIOUS 108 ARCHA  DIVYA MANGALA VIGRAHA OF LORD SRI KRISHNA  CAME TO BLESS HIM, SO MUCH THEY LOVED HIS MOST SACRED OUTPOURINGS.

This is the only requisite of our dearest  lord Sri Govinda , beloved Lakshmi amma and our all adoring azhwars, when they have done so much for us at all times,  unmerited and unjustified at our end , CAN'T WE JUST RECIPROCATE IN THE SMALLEST WAY POSSIBLE?. WE SURELY CAN AND WE SURELY WILL. THIS IS THE DIVINE OATH WE TAKE JUST NOW TO FOREVER BE IN UNION WITH OUR DIVINE LORD SRI KRISHNA AND SRI MAHALAKSHMI AMMA.

Our dearest of dear Namazhwar's ( Nam in Tamil means ours,  he is our azhwar, his divine manifestation is only for our deliverance) divine works is a magnum opus classic masterpiece which none in all the universe can even think of , but am summarizing some of the core essence of his epic:

1. (A) He has defined very clearly who a PARMAATMAN IS (HE IS OUR VERY OWN LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA ,   SOLE CREATOR OF ALL THE WORLDS IN HIS MOST CHARMING PERSONAL FORM, WHICH OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA HAS MENTIONED IN OUR HOLY SRIMADH BHAGAVAD GITA TOO, OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA'S  BEAUTY IS UNMATCHED)

            (B) Jivatama ( individual soul, LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA'S CREATION)

            (C)Relationship of OUR DEAREST PARMAATMAN WITH THE JIVAATMA ( JIVAATMA  IS SUBSERVIENT TO OUR CREATOR, RELATIONSHIP IS THAT OF A SUBMISSIVE  SERVANT)

            (D)Hurdles of an individual  jivatama to reach our PARMAATMAN  ( THE INDRIYAS AND THE KARMEINDRIYAS (SENSORY PLEASURES) which block its way and act as stumbling  blocks, one has to forcefully, under the divine guidance of our dearest creator, push aside the  barrier

            (E)Remedial measures to remove the hurdles ( TOTAL UNCONDITIONAL , VOLUNTARY LOVING SURRENDER UNTO THE DIVINE MOST LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD    SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA ( TOTAL PRAPATI )

These  five  vital factors sums up the complete TATTVA  (ESSENCE) of the entire cosmos, if total prapati at the divine lotus feet of our most beloved Lord Sriman Narayana and our most affectionate indulgent mother Lakshmi amma  is done by the jivatma then all problems solved, nothing to worry at all, to rest assured fully that everything occurs only on the will and divine ordinance of Lord Sri Govinda.  To discard the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful , the intellect and the lower mind, TO FULLY BE SECURE IN THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE EVERYTHING IS TRANSIENT, ONLY THE DIVINE CONSORT ARE ETERNAL AND  TIMELESS.

 ONCE THEY SHIELD US IN THEIR LOVING PROTECTIVE EMBRACE, NOTHING IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE MATTERS, WE NEED NOT APPLY OUR MINDS AT ALL FOR WE ARE ALREADY ENSHRINED IN OUR LORDS HEART, HE WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, WE NEED TO JUST KEEP CHANTING DEVOTEDLY HIS DIVINE HOLIEST OF HOLY NAMES. THIS IS OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWARS SANCTIMONIOUS MESSAGE.

SIMPLE MOST FOR EACH OF US, IF ONLY WE UNDERSTOOD THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD DIVINE COMMUNICATION  , OUR LIVES WOULD BE BLISSFUL ON OUR DEAREST MOTHER EARTH ITSELF, OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR SRI PARMAPADAM TOO MAY NOT MATTER MUCH, BECAUSE OUR LORD IS ALREADY MOST LOVINGLY CAPTIVATED BY US HERE ITSELF WITHIN OUR HEARTS. WHERE ARE OUR DIVINE MOTHER AND FATHER RESIDE THAT PLACE IS OUR SRIPARMAPADAM, WE NEED NOT GO TO THEIR HOLIEST ABODE, IT IS LIKE THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A MARRIED GIRL'S  PARENTS STAYING WITH HER EVEN AFTER MARRIAGE, THEN WHY SHOULD SHE GO TO HER PARENTS HOME WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY RESIDING WITH HER.

2. As with each of us, our relationship with our dearest lord Sriman Narayana and mother Mahalakshmi amma is THEY ARE SARVASVAM (ALL IN ALL ) FOR US. Sometimes, we think of them as our loving child, sometimes as our friend, at others as our life mate, and most of the times as OUR DEAREST PARENTS. Our dearest of dear Namazhwar also took to all these roles while drawing our Lord Sri Govinda close to him , sometimes he took the role of a NAYIKA (a lovely maiden in love with her dearest), sometimes as the doting mother of the nayika (mother is very worried that her girl is sick in love with her lover and hence pleads with our lord Sri Govinda either to fully accept her or abandon her ever for she cannot bear to see her dearest girl suffer in love), the nayikas friend who goes with her friends message to our lord Sri Govinda to accept her friend as his bride and inform him about her terrible condition due to his separation,  this is the most exalted state of mind of our dearest Namazhwar, from one role to another he shifts effortlessly, the most distinct part of our most beloved Namazhwar he is always in divine trance,  he faints at regular intervals for days because of his despondency on separation from our dearest lord Sri Govinda.  

Our most beloved Namazhwar , is a saint one in countless, HE WHO NEVER WAS  INTERESTED ONE BIT IN THE MUNDANE WORLDLY POSSESSIONS AND THE SAMSARIC MAYA (WORLDLY ILLUSIONS) , HE BEGS OUR DEAREST                SRI GOVINDA AT EVERY INTERVAL TO REDEEM HIM  IMMEDIATELY FOR HE CANNOT LIVE ONE BILLIONTH OF A SECOND WITHOUT OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA, BUT OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA, KEEPS REQUESTING HIM TO CONTINUE FOR SOME MORE TIME , TILL SUCH MOMENT OUR LORD'S DIVINE MESSAGE REACHES ALL OF MANKIND.

WHAT A BEAUTY! OUR NAMAZHWAR IS THE CHOSEN ONE BY OUR LORD AS HIS DIVINE MESSENGER FOR US. AT THIS STAGE, ALL WORDS FAIL ME. MY HANDS ARE JOINED HIGH ABOVE WITH ONLY ONE DIVINE THOUGHT HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE. COUNTLESS PROSTRATION AT THE MOST DIVINE HOLY FEET OF OUR MOST HOLIEST OF HOLY NAMAZHWAR. LET OUR PRAPATI TOWARDS OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA BE ONE BILLIONTH PART OF THAT OF OUR MOST ADORING NAMAZHWAR. IF THIS BE SO, OUR LIFE WOULD BLESSED TO THE SUPERLATIVE.

3. As humbly stated at the very outset, our dearest Namazhwar through his divine most message, wanted to decode all the four vedas for each one of us. The right and the wrong conduct, the holy principles that one needs to relentlessly follow and strictly adhere to, in line with our divine scriptural injunctions, etc is the gist of namazhwars pious writings which are dripping with the highest prapati and bhakti.

Our namazhwar begs of our dearest creator Lord Sriman Narayana to gently carry us ever with him for he is worried if left alone our minds would once again get lost and cascade to the bottom most pit, for it is the perpetual habit of the wandering nomadic mind to ceaselessly drift here and there. Our Namazhwar's plea to the lord is to free him of the shackles of the worldly bonds but IN REALITY IT HOLDS WATER ONLY FOR US , NOT FOR HIM ,THE HIGHLY EVOLVED JIVATMA WITH A HIGHEST DISTINCTION TO REACH SRI PARMAPADAM FIRST.

THROUGH OUR DEAREST AZHWARS DIVINE MOST VERSES, OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA WANTS US TO WAKE UP.   OUR BELOVED NAMAZHWAR BLESSED OUR MOTHER EARTH WITH HIS EXISTENCE HERE FOR ONLY 32 YEARS OF WHICH,  THE FIRST SIXTEEN YEARS HE WAS FULLY IMMERSED IN YOG MUDRA , COMPLETE ONE POINTED MEDITATION, HE DID  NOT MOVE ONE BIT TOO, PEOPLE WONDERED WHETHER HE WAS ALIVE, THESE YEARS HE ATE, SLEPT AND THOUGHT ONLY OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA IN HIS YOGIC TRANCE, MOVEMENT LESS.

THE NEXT SIXTEEN YEARS HE WAS FULLY IMMERSED IN  DIVINE DAZE AND KEPT DANCING AND SINGING THE CELESTIAL GLORIES OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA WHERE HE WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE WORLD THEN SURELY  HIS MESSAGE OF PRAPATI IS FOR MANKIND ONLY AND NOT FOR HIMSELF BUT HIGHLY EVOLVED MAHATMAS LIKE OUR DEAREST NAMAZHWAR ALWAYS CONSIDER THEM AS LOWEST OF LOW WHICH ONLY FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS THEIR HIGHEST POINT WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE HIMALAYAN PEAK AND OUR POSITION IS AT THE FOOTHILLS,  OUR AZHWARS ARE AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM AND WE AT THE CORNER MOST OTHER END. WE NEED TO SLOWLY BUT VERY STEADILY BRIDGE THE HUGE GAP.

4          According to our Namazhwar, no matter how much our mind and body wants to reach the divine most lotus feet of our dearest lord Sriman Narayana, yet one has to learn to have immense patience, faith and above all have the highest humility to love our beloved Sri Govinda and our most adoring Lakshmi amma under all circumstances whether they  appear before us or not and not question them of the delay. IT IS LIKE THE LOST BHAKTA KEEPS ASKING WHY ME? WHERE AS THE ENLIGHTENED DEVOTEE ALWAYS KEEPS CONVEYING TO OUR DEAREST CREATOR SRIMAN NARAYANA WHY NOT ME?  EVEN AT THE WORST OF  TIMES.

We need to know our dearest  lord SriKeshava is the unparalleled creator of all the worlds, he is extremely busy, he needs some time to reach us and also we must surely understand there are more enlightened souls then us, turn by turn he will come to us, WE NEED TO LEARN THE ART OF WAITING PATIENTLY IN THE QUEUE , OUR TIME WILL COME WHEN OUR DEAR MOST DIVINE PARENTS WILL CARRY US.  In our spiritual journey towards our PARMAATMAN Lord Sri Govinda  unflinching devotion, steadfast mind, one pointed concentration on our parabrahman,  a countless percent assurance THEY WILL COME (OUR DIVINE PARENTS) needs to be permanently embedded in our psyche .

Nothing happens on our own will and merit everything is THEIR DIVINE MERCY,  GRACE AND BLESSINGS. If we are able to wait unquestioningly , obediently , allowing each of our more evolved brothers and sisters to first earn the grace of our lord SriGovinda,  to believe in the magic of our dearest lord Sri Madhava, to gauge his ocean of love for us, if we are able to pass his exams then without an iota of doubt THEY WILL COME AT THE RIGHT MOMENT AND DELIVER US SPEEDILY, NO TWO OPINIONS ON THIS PRINCIPLE AT ALL. LET US ALL BE FULLY ASSURED ON THIS AND LEARN TO COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN THIS WHOLE COSMOS THERE IS ONLY ONE BEST WELL WISHER FOR US LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND MAHA LAKSHMI AMMA.

DESPITE OUR COUNTLESS FAILINGS AND ALSO THE FACT HE IS NONE  OTHER THAN OUR DEAR MOST  CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA, POSSESSING SUPERLATIVE COMPASSION , HE WILL SURELY REACH US AND TENDERLY CARRY US.

THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST MESSAGE OF OUR BELOVED NAMAZHWAR WHO WANTS US TO LOVE OUR LORD UNCONDITIONALLY AND HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN HIS DIVINE WAYS AND STAND BY HIM AT ALL TIMES,IN PAIN AND GAIN, IN SUCCESS AND FAILURE, IN THE UPS AND DOWNS FOR THEY ARE MERE TRANSIENT CYCLES OF LIFE.

HE IS THE PERMANENT DIVINE FORCE AND HENCE LET EACH ONE OF US TOTALLY SHUN SELF PITY, SELF GLORIFICATION AND NOT WALLOW IN ME , I AND MYSELF BUT ALSO PRAY TO OUR DEAREST PARMATMAN TO GRANT EACH OF HIS CREATION SALVATION JUST AS OUR DEAREST OF DEAR AZHWARS THEY NEVER PRAYED ONE MOMENT FOR THEMSELVES BUT EVERY SINGLE SECOND THEY TRIED FOR OUR LIBERATION AND PLEADED OUR CREATOR'S MERCY FOR US.

5. Our dearest Namazhwar also wants us to suffer silently and not feel agitated when we have bodily affliction, financial calamity or any other. He soulfully brings out  numerous  examples when our lord Sri Krishna suffered so much at the hands of the evil doers, our Lord SriRama had to go to exile and be separated from his most loved one Sita amma and face tremendous hardships, our most beloved Lord Sri Lakshmi Narsimhar in his highly agitated mind had to be calmed down by his dearest devotee Prahalada Maharaj, countless such instances our dearest Namazhwar quotes very sorrowfully drawing only one thing to each of mankind please be equipoised  and to maintain our mental equilibrium to face the various vagaries of life.

          In our divine  Srimadh Bhagavad Gita our divine lord has mentioned about a STITHPRADGYNA ( a saint of steadfast mind who stays unaffected like the divine lotus flower under every circumstance ).  Our sorrows should bring us joy for they are helpful in cutting our karmic residue and hence we can speedily reach our dearest lord Sri Govinda and merrily sit on the lotus lap of our dearest mother Lakshmi amma , for she will comfort us as our doting mother.               ( TO BE CONTINUED)

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 9 / 21)

Sri Madhura Kavi Azhwar        Part 9 of 21

Madhura Kavi literally means most sweetest poet.  Our most beloved sweetest of sweet divine poet, our very own Madhura Kavi azhwar is a mahatma par excellence and has shown the entire universe  by setting a personal example, the truest of true meaning of an in -depth love a disciple can have for his guru.  HE IS THE BEST DISCIPLE THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS SEEN FOR HIS HIGHEST LOVE FOR THE GREATEST OF GREAT, KING OF ALL AZHWARS, ONE AND ONLY OUR MOST BELOVED NAMAZHWAR IS WORTH EMULATING  COUNTLESS TIMES.

OUR MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR HAS SET  AN UNPRECEDENTED EXAMPLE PROVING, A GURU IS ONE WHO IS HIGHLY ENLIGHTENED, COMPASSIONATE AND WISDOM ORIENTED  AND CAN GUIDE US FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.  OUR NAMAZHWAR WAS MUCH  YOUNGER IN AGE THAN MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR AND ALSO THEIR VARNAS WERE DIFFERENT BUT MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR ESTABLISHED  TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE THAT CASTE, CREED, AGE, GENDER ETC NEVER MATTERS WHILE CHOSING AND SERVING AN  ERUDITE GURU, ALL THAT IS VITAL IS WHETHER OUR GURU CAN LEAD US TO  OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA.

COUNTLESS BILLION PROSTRATION, AT THE VERY OUTSET , AT THE DIVINE MOST  LOTUS FEET OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS DISCIPLE MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR AND THE UNPARALLELED GURU NAMAZHWAR OF ALL THE YUGAS PUT TOGETHER WHO IS THE MOST FAVOURITE OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA.  THERE  CANNOT BE ANOTHER NAMAZHWAR EVER, HIS TOWERING STATURE IN PRAPATI (UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER) AND HIS MOST DIVINE ATTRIBUTES CAN BE A PERPETUAL TOPIC OF TRANSCENDENTAL DISCUSSION WITH COUNTLESS PAGES  AND YET WOULD FALL SHORT OF ANOTHER COUNTLESS PAGES.

NO MORTAL CAN EVER ADEQUATELY SING GLORIES OF NAMAZHWAR FOR HE IS NONE OTHER THAN OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA HIMSELF. IN SRIVAISHNAVISM, NAMAZHWAR IS THE DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA WHICH WE ARE ETERNALLY LONGING TO REACH AND HENCE IS VERY LOVINGLY CALLED SATAGOPAN.

Our Madhura Kavi azhwar did not directly sing glories of  our  Lord Sri Krishna .  Apart from one or two verses, all his divine writings were only on our most venerable Namazhwar , again this also can be construed  that he has indirectly sung on our dearest Sri Govinda only because Namazhwar is none other than the incarnation of Sriman Narayana in our kali yuga.

Following are his subject of divine writings:

1. The highest point of distinction is his divine writings centre only around NAMAZHWAR, our other adoring azhwars have directly sung the glories of only our divine consort.  Secondly, Madhura Kavi azhwar wanted to convey a divine message to the whole universe that the one who lovingly serves his revered guru will automatically reach the divine lotus feet of our creator Lord Sriman Narayana which is the core essence of Vishistha advaita philosphy of our Sri Vaishnavism.

 GURU SHISHYA PARAMPARA is the most important fundamental concept and as seen so many times, that none of the jivatma can reach PARAMATMA without a guru who acts as an intermediate between a devout srivaishnava and our most beloved Lakshmi amma and our loving cosmic mother , in turn directly speaks to  our creator with regards to each of our redemption, no other route at all to reach our creator Lord Sri Krishna.

The orthodox , in those days too , took a very strong objection to our Madhura Kavi azhwar writing only about our dearest Namazhwar , a mortal according to their very limited vision and hence not only created lots of difficulties for our Madhura Kavi but also troubled and pained our most beloved Namazhwar too.  These orthodox kept on humiliating both our dearest of dear azhwars.  This is a live testimony , as in several cases known to us, that the best of best are always a victim of oppression even in those days.

This part of the divine  writings on our adoring azhwars upset and hurt  me the most and I kept reminding myself of the countless hassles and agonies our most beloved all compassionate Gyaneshwar mauli, (an incarnation of our Vithu mauli),  had to undergo but his PASAYADAAN (LOVING  PLEA TO OUR BELOVED VITHU MAULI CAN BRING TEARS TO THE MOST INANIMATE HUGE BLOCK OF ROCK TOO FOR HE PRAYS FERVENTLY TO OUR DEAREST VITHU MAULI TO BLESS EACH OF THE JIVATMAS AND GRANT THEM ALL WHAT THEY DESIRE, THIS , AGAIN GOES TO PROVE, AS HUMBLY CONVEYED EARLIER, THAT OUR GREATEST OF GREAT  SRI VAISHNAVA ACHARYANS HAVE HAD THE SAME LOVING ATTRIBUTES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR PLACE OF BIRTH ).

2. Our dearest Madhura kavi azhwar has proudly proclaimed to the entire universe that he knows none, nor needs to know anyone apart from his master and guru, the highly exalted, our very own Namazhwar. His love of unparalleled heights for his guru Namazhwar is the basis of his entire divine writings. At one point, we come to a conclusion that both our most revered azhwars are merged together and it is impossible to imagine our dearest Madhura kavi without our beloved Namazhwar and vice versa.

The crowing glory of their divine love is our most beloved Namazhwar took every efforts to  simplify  all the four vedas , translating them in TAMIL language to ensure that our most divine vedas reach the most common man in the language  he understands.

CAN COUNTLESS PROSTRATION ALSO BE APPROPRIATE FOR  THE MERIT OF SUCH A DIVINE  MOST WRITING( BILLION THESIS ON THE WORKS OF OUR NAMAZHWAR , LION AMONG LIONS WILL NEVER EVER COMPENSATE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF OUR MOST BELOVED AZHWARS CELESTIAL WORKS  ).

WHEN I ALWAYS THINK OF OUR MOST REVERED NAMAZHWAR, WHEN IN MY VACANT MOOD, AT MY LOWEST OF LOW LEVEL,  MARVEL AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA. THIS DIVINE TRINITY OF OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR ====NAMAZHWAR====DIVINE SRIMAN NARAYANA OUR LORD OF THE ENTIRE WORLDS IS TRANSCENDENTAL IN THE SUPERLATIVE. THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEIR ONENESS,  IN THE ENTIRE COSMOS ONE CAN NEVER WITNESS EVER AGAIN. THIS IS SATYAM , SATYAM PUNAR SATYAM.

One small confession, although my love for all our adoring azhwars is at par / same level and all our azhwars are like my breath which keeps me alive but my love for Namazhwar is beyond any human description, my adoration of our dearest Namazhwar can never be adequately expressed by me ever, his divine serene countenance can calm , soothe and bring solace to EVERYONE.

At my level, which is at the foothills, rock bottom level, can surely wholly relate to our Madhura Kavi ahzwar, for I too feel the very same sentiment for our dearest of dear Namzhwar. If the most divine blessings of my most beloved Namazhwar leaves me for even a second, even  in my most imaginative fearful state, my mortal coil will fall that moment itself. One more admission our beloved Namazhwar's star is VISHAAKAM  and this servant of servant of servant of SriNamazhwar, myself, too shares the same star .This , to my mind, is my dearest of dear Sriman Narayanas blessing  and the most precious gift to me among the countless gifts he has bestowed on me unasked undeserved.

3. Madhura Kavi azhwar mentions that he got the divine vision of our dearest lord Sri Govinda and our most beloved Mahalakshmi amma only due to our godly Namazhwar.  His immense mercy, enabled our Madhura kavi azhwar to self experience our divine consort. I ( please forgive me immensely to have used the word I constantly , it is only to maintain the accuracy of  grammar) too am hoping against all hopes that one day , because of our most greatest, most loving Namazhwar an epitome/personification  of  the brightest of bright sapphire, invaluable pristine pearls, glistening rubies, sparkling emeralds and thousand other precious stones all ARTISTICALLY WEAVED together IN A MOST ENCHANTING GARLAND OF FRAGRANT FLOWERS, will get a glimpse of our dearest creator Sriman Narayana and our most beloved Lakshmi amma in the capacity of a servant of servant of servant of servant of our divine consort.

      4.   Our dearest Madhura kavi azhwar asserts he is not at all bothered about the orthodox who condemned him for singing praises of our beloved namazhwar for he is very sure that it is only due to the divine blessings of his guru , his father, his mother , his sarvasvam Namazhwar he is surviving, breathing and has a purpose to live otherwise he is ever willing to shed his mortal coil.

        5. One most distinct factor in the most divine writings of our dearest Madhura kavi azhwar/Namazhwar is the loving service to the bhagavadars(devotees of our lord Sriman Narayana). Our shastras very clearly say that one of the most important way to please our lord is to serve his loving devotees for they are A PART OF HIMSELF.

OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA MANIFESTS IN EACH OF THE JIVATMAS AS ANTARYAAMI (IN DWELLER)AND THOSE WHO LOVINGLY SERVE  HIS BELOVED DEVOTEES , GIVE HIM THE HIGHEST JOY AND HENCE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR IS MERGED WITH NAMAZHWAR WHO IS NONE OTHER THAN A MANIFESTATION OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA HIMSELF. IF OUR LORDSRI GOVINDA HAS ACCORDED HIM A STATUS OF HIS MOST DIVINE LOTUS FEET THEN IS THERE AN IOTA OF DOUBT IN OUR MINDS THE LOVE OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA HAS FOR OUR MOST BELOVED NAMAZHWAR. MANAVA SEVA IS SRIMADHAVA SEVA ACCORDING TO OUR DEAREST MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR FULLY ENDORSED BY OUR NAMAZHWAR AND OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA TOO.

Our dearest Madhura kavi azhwar confesses that before meeting our Namazhwar he used to fall prey to his senses but the most divine grace and blessings of our dearest of dear Namazhwar lifted him from the material contamination and he promises with all sincereity for the rest of his life and the seven lives to come, he will steadily hold on to the lotus feet of our dearest of dear , king of kings our very own Namazhwar and with one pointed focus and devotion will not leave our Namazhwar ever,he will PERMANENTLY sing his glories and dance to the joys of the divine service of our one and only one Namazhwar who is none other than our creator Sriman Narayana himself.

Let each one of us bow with the highest reverence at the holiest of  holy feet of our dearest Madhura Kavi azhwar and plead him to keep us bound to our most reverential Namazhwar and  if this is done then our route towards our dearest creator Sriman Narayana is the shortest, we will cover our one small step in a billionth of a second because our most loving Namazhwar accompanied by our dearest Madhurakavi azhwar can carry us at a lightening speed for our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana and Lakshmi amma are embedded in them forever and hence the distant between our PARMAATMAN and us JIVATMA is INFINITY  zero for our most loving azhwar is carrying us.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM/ SRI LAKSHMI AMMA CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE ,SRIMAN NARAYANA NAMAHA.

SRI MADHURA KAVI AZHWAR/ SRINAMAZHWAR CHARARNAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE.

OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HAREHARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 8 / 21)

Sri Tirumalai Azhwar   Part 8 of 21

Our most beloved Tirumalai Azhwar, most popularly known as Bhaktisaarar, ( meaning of Bhaktisaarar over brimming with pure devotion to the point of merging with our most beloved Lord Sriman Narayana) has one of the most exalted position in the list of sri vaishnava acharyans and is very close to our divine consort.  It is said, that whatever our beloved azhwar conveyed as  a  desire  to our lord , our Lord Sri Krishna would do exactly that and happily listened to every of azhwar's most loving plea.

Our azhwar had one very special quality he was ABSOLUTELY fearless, well versed with all the types of yogas and his relation with our dearest Lord Sri Govinda was very much like Arjuna and Lord Sri Krishna. It is a greatest marvel that our dearest PARMAATMA is closest to every jivatma and never  bothers about his supreme most position that of the creator of the entire worlds, he is so easily accessible is what one learns of his relation with our most beloved Azhwar.

This point can be illustrated, when once , the local king was highly displeased ,when  our most beloved Azhwar's disciple did not comply with the  wishes of the king, when he was asked to sing praises about him. The king in anger banished him from his kingdom.  Our dearest azhwar could not think of separation from his loving disciple so he too started leaving the kingdom but whilst he was making an exit , he in a very matter of fact , not even as a request, conveyed to our lord Sri Govinda who in the form of Divya Mangala Vigraha in reclining position on adiseshan, to also leave with them fully convincing our lord that without both of them how would our lord bear their separation .

 Immediately, on hearing our  dearest lord too rolled his serpent bed and started moving with our azhwar, the fact that our lord is also leaving plunged the entire kingdom into pitch darkness.  The  king realized his folly and immediately requested our dearest azhwar to return back and our most beloved creator of the entire cosmos Lord Sri Govinda too  accompanied our adoring azhwar back . BEYOND ANY HUMAN WORDS.  AMAZING! JUST IMAGINE THIS MOST CELESTIAL SCENE WHEN OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND OUR AZHWAR ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND EVEN MORE HEAVENLY IS THE FACT THAT OUR MOST BELOVED LORD SRI GOVINDA'S CLOSENESS TO HIS MOST LOVED DEVOTEE THAT DESPITE THE FACT HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY UNPARALLELED CREATOR , HE FULLY OBEYS WITH EACH OF OUR WISH.. THIS IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MOMENT  OF MY LIFE TOO, WHILE I WAS READING THE WORKS OF OUR AZHWARS WITH TEARS FLOWING, AT OUR MOST BELOVED LORD'S HEIGHT OF COMPASSION AND MOST SUPREME LOVE.

This is one of the biggest learning , I had, that our Bhaktisaarar  treated our dearest Madhusudhana as his sarvaswam ( ALL IN ALL), his only best friend and almost commanded our lord, ISN'T IT SO, MY DEAREST BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WON'T OUR LORD LOVE US THE MOST WHEN WE ARE VERY INTIMATE TO HIM ?. DOESN'T EACH ONE OF US , LOVE OUR MOST LOVED ONES TO BE VERY CLOSE TO US, SHARE THEIR VERY CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS WITH US, SO ALSO OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI GOVINDA HE LOVES US THE MOST WHEN WE ARE VERY WARM AND FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM FOR HE IS VERY SURE THAT THIS PIOUS  STATE BINDS US WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL  MULTI HUED SILKEN THREAD ETERNALLY WITH HIM.

THE MORE WE DISTANT OURSELVES FROM OUR MOST BELOVED CREATOR AND OUR MOST ADORING LAKSHMI AMMA, THE FARTHER THEY WILL GET AWAY FROM US, THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM OUR BHAKTISAARAR. HIS EVERY DIVINE WORD IS A TOTAL CONFIRMATION THAT WITH OUR LORD HE IS AS HE WOULD BE WITH HIS DEAR MOST FRIEND AND DOES NOT HESITATE TO SPEAK HIS MIND AT ALL.

The following additional distinct divine features of his devotional writings:

1. Our dearest azhwar's guru is our most beloved PEY AZHWAR.  Tirumalisai azhwar, before fully getting immersed in srivaishnavism ,  researched and practiced  the  various other religions prevailing during his time. One day, he met our most exalted Pey azhwar, who was watering a sapling up side down, from  a can with numerous holes in it , seeing this our Tirumalisai azhwar commented to Pey azhwar, how is it possible to plant a sapling in this ridiculous  manner to which our PEY azhwar replied ,yes, it is just like his taking to numerous religions and praying to different Isht devatas who will never be ever in a position to grant him moksham ( permanent salvation) for they do not have the power at all since they too  are jivatmas under our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna/ SRIMAN NARAYANA.

 Our Tirumalisai azhwar being a very frank and learned scholar kept arguing with PEY Azhwar and after a great heated discussion fully understood that our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna is the SOLE AUTHORITY IN THE ENTIRE WORLDS WHO CAN GRANT US PERMANENT LIBERATION AND NONE ELSE.  OUR BHAKTISAARAR WITHOUT WASTING A SINGLE SECOND IN FULL ECSTASY LOVINGLY DANCED AND  SANG THE GLORIES OF OUR BELOVED CREATOR SRIMAN NARAYANA AND BECAME A VERY  STAUNCH SRI VAISHNAVITE FROM THAT MOMENT ITSELF.

HE PROUDLY PROCLAIMED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE SUPREMACY OF OUR SUPER MOST PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND WOULD GO TO ANY EXTENT TO ESTABLISH THIS UNDISPUTED FACT. THE DIVINE NAMES  OF OUR DEAREST SRI GOVINDA AND THE MOST POWERFUL ASHTAKSHARA MANTRA " NAMO NARAYANA" IS THE MOST  BEAUTIFUL BEACON LIGHT THAT WILL SAIL US HERE AND HEREAFTER. THE DWAYAM MANTRA SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARNAM PRADHAYE, SRIMAN SRINARAYANAYA NAMAHA, AND THE CHARMA SLOKAM SARVA DARMAAN WILL ONLY BIND US TO OUR DIVINE CONSORT. THESE MANTRAS ARE THE PROTECTIVE AMULET THAT WILL SHIELD US FROM EVERY NEGATIVITY AND PREVENT US FROM SINKING IN THE CRUEL CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH.

2. Tirumalisai azhwar, has in very great detail, written about the auspiciousness of all the manifestations of our lord Sri Krishna like SriMatsya, SriKoorma, SriVaraha, SriNarsimha, SriVaamana , SriTrivikrama, Sri Raama etc  like our most adoring azhwars have.  All our twelve azhwars have self experienced the wonderful leelas (loving sport and past time) of our Lord Sri Govinda and have gone into the zenith of  their devotion and  they felt , that they have been present with our dearest lord Sriman Narayana when he was enacting each of his magnificent appearance on our dearest mother earth and hence they could literally feel everything our dearest lord Sriman Narayana underwent, the countless troubles he suffered at the hands of the evil doers.

OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA DID ALL THIS  ONLY FOR HIS MOST LOVED DEVOTEES, HIS UNMATCHED COMPASSION FOR EVERY OF HIS CREATION WHEN HE SO LOVINGLY FORGAVE  EVEN THE  GRAVEST OF GRAVE SINNERS, THE LIKES  OF RAVANA, HIRANYAKASHAPU AND SO MANY OTHERS,  HIS GREATEST QUALITY OF NOT ONLY FORGIVING BUT ALSO IMMEDIATELY FORGETTING TOO ACTS OF OMISSION, NUMEROUS FAILINGS AND THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF EVERY JIVATMA  WHETHER THEY ARE HIS FRIENDS OR FOES, ONLY HE AND OUR MOST BELOVED LAKSHMI AMMA CAN LOVE THEIR CREATIONS TO AN INFINITY STATE, NONE ELSE.

THEIR VERY QUALITY (TATTVA) IS THEY KNOW NOT ANGER EVEN WHEN PROVOKED, THEY KNOW NOT HOW TO PUNISH AND REPRIMAND, THEY ONLY KNOW HOW TO OVERLOOK THE BIGGEST OF BIG FAULTS OF THE  ATOM LIKE JIVATMAS IN THEIR INFINITE MERCY, GRACE , BLESSINGS AND THEIR FATHOMLESS STATURE.

NOTHING IN THIS ENTIRE WORLDS CAN MATCH A BILLION AND ANOTHER BILLION AND SO ON OF  OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA AND LAKSHMI AMMA'S UNDISPUTED BRILLIANCE,  AS THE SOLE CREATOR OF ALL THE WORLDS AND HENCE THEY ARE THE SUPREME MOST, REST ALL ARE SUBSERVIENT  AND NEED TO DO PRAPATTI (UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER) AT THEIR LOTUS FEET FOR THIS IS THE ONLY  CELESTIAL ROUTE THAT CAN ENABLE US TO REACH AND ATTAIN OUR DEAREST CREATORS DIVINE MOST LOTUS FEET.

3. Our dearest Bhakti saarar's only concern and doubt was ,when our lord measured all the  worlds with his most divine lotus feet, when he keeps running to rescue his devotees, DOES NOT HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL SOFTEST OF SOFT DIVINE LOTUS FEET PAIN?  HE IS HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENDLESS  PAIN HIS DIVINE LOTUS FEET IS SUBJECT TO AND THIS HE CONVEYS TO LORD SRI RANGANATHA  OF SRIRANGAM WHO IS FOREVER MOST REVERED IN HIS RECLINING POSTURE.

On hearing our most beloved azhwars anxiety  at our lord's ache and agony  , Lord Sri Ranganatha, the king of  all the worlds  raises himself in a sitting posture but immediately our azhwar begs him to recline and that he fully understands even our most beloved king Lord Sri Krishna needs rest at least for few hours and his most loving assurance to Lord Sri Krishna that he will forever gently massage his lotus feet to ease our lord of his pain if he gives him an opportunity and that he would do it very tenderly.

WHAT A HEIGHT OF BHAKTI AND WHAT A LIGHTENING RESPONSE FROM OUR LORD WHEN HE ACTUALLY GETS UP TO GIVE A COMFORT FEELING TO HIS BELOVED DEVOTEE THAT HE IS NOT TIRED. I HAVE NO WORDS AT ALL ON THIS BUT TEARS OF LOVE OVER BRIMMING THAT OUR LORD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SO SELFLESSLY CARE FOR US SO MUCH TO ENSURE EACH ONE OF US IS HAPPY, HENCE RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING, HUMBLY STATED SUCH DEVOTION, SO MUCH CLOSENESS, AND DEEPEST AFFECTION ONLY OUR BHAKTISAARAR CAN DEMONSTRATE. 

CAN WE ,AT LEAST, ONE IN A BILLIONTH FRACTION EMULATE OUR MOST BELOVED BHAKTISAARAR'S  DIVINE MOST DEVOTION  AND FOREVER BE A RECIPIENT OF OUR LORDS GRACE?  JUST NOW ,WE WILL MAKE IT OUR TOP MOST PRIORITY TO RUN AT A LIGHTENING SPEED  TO OUR   LORD AND OUR DEAREST LAKSHMI AMMA AND  EASE THEM OF THEIR SUFFERING AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE FOR US AND FOR AT LEAST ONE MOMENT FORGET OUR INCONSEQUENTIAL OR TRIVIAL PROBLEMS AND VERY TENDERLY TEND TO  OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA'S PAIN  WHICH HE HAS SO SILENTLY BORNE ON BEHALF OF US, WITHOUT REVEALING TO ANY OF US.

THIS  IS ONE QUALITY WHICH AGAIN AND AGAIN EMPHATICALLY PROVES THAT HE IS OUR MOST BELOVED CREATOR WHO WILL BEAR EVERYTHING FOR US. RECIPROCATION IS AN ATOM LIKE WORD FOR SUCH A BENEVOLENT ACT OF OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI GOVINDA.  UNFLINCHING ETERNAL LOVING SERVICE WITH REVERENTIALLY JOINING OUR HANDS AND BOWING UNTO THEIR LOTUS FEET  IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SHOW OUR GRATITUDE AND LOVE FOR OUR CREATOR LORD SRI KRISHNA.

4.Our most loving azhwar pleads with our lord Sri Govinda to enter into the minds of all the jivatma and guide them eternally from doing unrighteous acts which will be the sole cause of their separation from our creator.  Our Azhwars love for our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana is beyond any human words but also his greatest care for each of us, is clearly witnessed in his plea for all of us too to attain our PARMAATMAN,Lord Sriman Narayana.

He is more concerned about our redemption then his own which only goes to show why azhwars are the most evolved mahatmas who have attained Lord Sri Krishna. Their highest of high achievements too would not be highlighted by our adoring azhwars , their every waking hour is only to lovingly serve our divine consort and to beg our lord and lakshmi amma to grant salvation to each of their creation and to seek forgiveness on our behalf, and hence they are revered and accorded the highest stature by our dearest lord Sri Govinda and our dearest mother Lakshmi amma.   Those  of us ,mere mortals, who selfishly draw close to our lord for self gratification find no joy here and forever are caught in misery and penury.           

5. Above all , our loving azhwars have poured their heart in their divine writings with the strictest adherence of our scriptural injunction, their nectarine words are just like our Lord Sri Krishna's message to the whole world through his own divine mukhakamalam, our azhwars writings have the greatest parallel to Sri madh Bhagavad Gita, Srimadh Bhagavada purana, the very core essence of our holiest of holy vedas etc. It is only because of their monumental efforts, we who do not have sufficient knowledge of  our divine scriptures, are able to understand the very core purpose of our existence.

Our azhwars have decoded our creator Lord Sriman Narayana's  divine message to us in the most simple language which a common person too can grasp without any difficulty and have everlastingly gifted  with the greatest love and care ,for each one of us ,to reach our beloved creator Lord  Sriman Narayana and our beloved mother Lakshmi amma.  Their divine service is a sweetest nectar for which we have to surrender unto their lotus feet, imbibe , absorb and implement each of their golden precious verses and set an example that their colossal works have been well acted upon by us and that too only for our benefit and our redemption.

The moment when our most adoring azhwars come to know that  each one of us have followed their divine writings, they would be the happiest,  for they did not crave a needle worth delight for themselves.  The sole purpose of our lord Sriman Narayana having sent them to our dearest mother earth is for our deliverance, if we make our dearest of dear azhwars glad , there is nothing in all the worlds to purify our lives and this in turn will quickly enable us to  reach our divine consort who are impatiently and very lovingly waiting for us.

COUNTLESS SALUTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO OUR DEAREST SRI TIRUMALISAI AZHWAR.  MAY HIS MOST DIVINE  GLORIES AND GRANDEUR REACH ALL THE WORLDS AND MAY HIS DESIRE TO ETERNALLY SERVE OUR LOVING LORD SRI KRISHNA AND OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA  BE OUR ONLY MISSION  HERE AND HERE AFTER.

OM TAT SAT

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARNAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE. SRIMAN NARAYANA NAMAHA.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 7 / 21)

Sri Pey Azhwar        Part 7 of 21

Our dearest Pey azhwar's love for our most compassionate  Lord Sri Krishna and Daya devi  Lakshmi amma used to always  reach an ultimate pinnacle and hence  he was most popularly known as PEY which in Tamil means a ghost. This name was given to him because without bothering one bit about his external appearance he used to go into a deep trance for hours in meditation of our divine  consort and then dance, laugh, sing and behave so differently from a normal human, suddenly he used to cry incessantly for hours at his separation from our lord and then he used to dance in   ecstasy the very  next minute imagining our lord to be next to him, he was totally immersed in lord Sri Krishna consciousness , this ever transient mortal world meant nothing at all to him.

As mentioned at the very start, the main points of Sri Vishisthadvaita principles fully endorsed by all our Sri Vaishnavite Acharyansand  above all, wholly approved and authenticated  by our dearest of dear lord SriKrishna  are :

1. OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANAYA AND SRI LAKSHMI AMMA ARE THE ONLY  PARMAATMA,THE SOLE CREATOR OF ALL THE WORLDS ,  THE REST ARE THEIR CREATIONS KNOWN AS JIVATMA AND ARE SUBSERVIENT TO OUR LORD.            TO GRACEFULLY  SERVE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR DIVINE CONSORT IS OUR ONLY PURPOSE.

       2.TOTAL PRAPATTI, ONLY STATE TO BE IN FOR ATTAINING THE LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA.

TO REACH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PINK ( OUR AZHWARS HAVE MINUTELY  OBSERVED AND   DESCRIBED THE COLOUR OF THE LOTUS FEET  OF OUR DEAREST LORD AS STUNNING  PINK ) LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA THE ONLY REQUISITE IS UNCONDITIONAL ,  COMPLETE  FAITH, ABSOLUTE PATIENCE AND DEEPEST LOVE AND SURRENDER.  BHAKTI, GYANA AND OTHER PATHS WITHOUT PRAPATTI MEANS THAT THE SOUL WILL HAVE TO KEEP TAKING NUMEROUS BIRTHS  AND GET CAUGHT IN THE VICIOUS CYLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH.

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER IS TO VERY LOVINGLY JOIN AND RAISE BOTH OUR HANDS HIGH ABOVE AND GENTLY CONVEY TO OUR LOVING LORD WE HAVE NONE BUT YOURSELF PLEASE GUIDE US TOWARDS YOU, WHEN THE KING OF THE ENTIRE COSMOS LIFTS AND CARRIES US TENDERLY TO HIS ABODE THE GRIM SITUATION OF GETTING LOST DOES NOT ARISE AT ALL.  NOT EVEN ONE IN A BILLIONTH CHANCE.

3. TO REACH OUR LORD WE HAVE TO SEEK A ERUDITE AND MOST COMPASSIONATE  SRIVAISHNAVITE GURU , WHO WOULD GUIDE AND MENTOR US IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES AT THE LOTUS LAP  OF OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LAKSHMI AMMA AND SHE IN TURN IS THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO PLEAD OUR CASE TO OUR LORD WHO WILL LISTEN TO  HER PLEA AT ALL TIMES AND ONLY BECAUSE OF HER MOST SUPERLATIVE MERCY AND BLESSINGS WE CAN FIND A PLACE AS A SERVANT OF SERVANT OF SERVANT OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA.

    ERUDITE GURU ========= BELOVED LAKSHMI AMMA/     ========= OUR CREATOR

                                                                   DAYA DEVI                            LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA/

                                                                                                           LORD  SRI KRISHNA

4. TO BE FOREVER AMIDST ALL THE BHAGAVATARS (PURE DEVOTEES OF LORD SRI KRISHNA) AND TO JOINTLY WITH GREATEST JOY SERVE OUR LORD SRI MURALI MANOHARA IN THE COMPANY OF ALL HIS LOVING FOLLOWERS AND TO LEAD A LIFE OF TOTAL COMPASSION, LOVE, TRUTH , SPARSE WORLDLY EXISTENCE AND TO PRACTICE COMPLETE NON VIOLENCE IS AN INDICATION THAT OUR LOVING LORD WILL BE IMMENSLY PLEASED AND WILL 100% ENSURE THAT WE REACH HIM VERY SPEEDILY.

All the above points , were practiced in the highest proportion  by our dearest Pey azhwar who could go to the pinnacle in his prapati  and hence held a most prominent place in our lords heart . Our Lord Sri Govinda who loved him very dearly  could not bear to separate from our dearest Pey Azhwar but he was sent to the mortal world by our lord to spread his divine message and hence he was forced to separate from him. 

In addition to the above four points, our  Pey azhwar's works, were distinct from our other adoring azhwars in the following  :

1. Pey azhwar was very particularly attached to Lakshmi amma and his vision of Lord Sriman Narayana with Lakshmi amma made him dance with unparalleled joy. Lakshmi amma is also known as SRI and our lord is SRINIVASA, in whose lotus heart resides our dearest of dear mother. Sri also means Shreeyate (she is most sought ), Srayathe ( she seeks our lord Sri Govinda to protect and redeem the individual jivatma), Srunoti ( she listens very lovingly and attentively to each one of us)   ,Sraavayathi (she ensures our lord Sri Govinda listens to her ), Srunaathi (she destroys and also overlooks the faults of her devotees) and Sreenaathi ( she fills all the worlds with her sterling qualities and  divine gunas of compassion, love , grace, mercy etc). WHEN OUR DOTING PARENTS ARE TOGETHER THEN THE JOY OF THIS CELESTIAL SIGHT IS MULTIPLIED MANIFOLD TIMES AND HAS A VERY HIGH CUMULATIVE EFFECT.

 Pey azhwar, hence,  loves our dearest Lakshmi amma  unconditionally and revels in her beauty which is so enchanting and captivating that his heart sings the songs of eternal joy whilst thinking of her divine grace for he is fully assured that only she can plead for us and ONLY SHE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN CONVINCING OUR LORD , THE SOLE HIGHEST AUTHORITY ,TO FORGIVE EACH ONE OF US.

THE FACT THAT OUR MOTHER WILL INTERCEDE ON OUR BEHALF,  MAKES OUR DEAREST OF DEAR PEY AZHWAR, VERY SECURE AND COMFORTABLE IN THE FACT THAT HIS ATTAINING OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL LORDS LOTUS FEET IS FULLY ASSURED FOR OUR MOTHER CAN NEVER FAIL IN HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ESPECIALLY HER CHARMING CONVINCING POWERS WITH OUR LORD SRI MADHAVA AND FINALLY HE WILL SURELY CONCEDE . HE IS ALSO VERY CONVINCED THAT EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL JIVATMA WHO LOVES OUR LORD DEARLY WILL SURELY ATTAIN OUR SRI GOVINDA WITHOUT FAIL BECAUSE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA WILL ENSURE US A PERMANENT PLACE AT OUR LORDS LOTUS HEART.

2. Our dearest Pey azhwar felt the greatest of happiness that our lord Sri Govinda is permanently captivated and lovingly enclosed in  his heart , and the feeling that our lord in the form of antaryaami (in dweller/ our conscience ) is so close to us, makes him burst into the seventh heaven for now he has nothing at all  to worry about, for our dearest creator is within him and will  protect him ever and ever, so he is fully free to  serving, singing, dancing in glory of  our loving  lord. 

If someone assures us  that everything here will be taken care of  and also of  a place in Sri Parmapadam (permanent liberation) is also finalized , then why should a  jivatma ever worry and if this someone is NONE OTHER THAN OUR CREATOR LORD SRI KRISHNA IS THERE EVEN ONE REASON TO GET LOST  IN DOUBTS, RATHER CAN'T WE ALL IN UNISON FULLY CONCENTRATE IN SERVING OUR LORD AND LAKSHMI AMMA LOVINGLY, WHICH IS ONLY THE TRUE ESSENCE OF OUR LIFE HERE AND HEREAFTER.

3. Our dearest azhwar ,has so lovingly, recalled all the incarnations of our lord namely Lord SriKrishna, Sri Vamana, Sri Trivikrama , SriVaraha etc and the countless  glories (the leelas)  of our creator SrimanNarayana in every way possible, mentioning that once our dear lord decides to protect his devotees then none can come  in his way and his highest affection for his devotees will  ensure that he breaks all the rules set by him and come running in a fraction of a second to his devotees and engulf them in his protective arms and carry his devotee in his abode forever to be with him ever.

 IMAGINE IF WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR PARMAATMA, THEN IS THERE ANY SOUL IN THE THREE WORLDS WHO CAN REMOTELY THINK OF WORKING AGAINST OUR INTEREST AND CAUSE US GRIEF, WORRY, OR DOUBT AND HENCE OUR SRIPARMA PADAM IS ACKNOWLEDGED  AS SAT CHIT ANANDA , A PERMANENT ABODE OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS, AUSPCIOUSNESS AND PURE LIVING UNTAINTED BY ANY CONTAMINATION.

4. Our Pey azhwar says that all the senses gifted by our lord Sri Govinda will be used only for the service of our lord without one second of worldly thoughts. The transcendental love practiced by azhwar is at its peak , and he conveys that to attain the most beautiful feet of our lord is to constantly chant his holy names lovingly with full devotion, enshrine him permanently in our heart and express to our lord that apart from his grace and love , NOTHING IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD MATTERS ONE BIT.

This loving assertion is a sure shot way to our lord Sri Govinda who is waiting very eagerly to welcome his most loving devotees and the separation from them pains him a lot, more than his devotee he wants his creations who adore him to reach him very swiftly and the very best part is HE IS THE SOLE AUTHORITY OF REDEEMING EVERY OF HIS CREATION AND HENCE THE ABSOLUTE POWER LIES WITH HIM TO GRANT US PERMANENT SALVATION AND ALSO LOVING SERVICE TO HIM.

5. Our dearest Pey azhwar says none of us need bother of our status, achievements , our destiny , our past, present and future karmas, good or bad actions ( yes, OUR DEAREST LORD SRI KRISHNA ONLY CAN DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD/BAD , AN ACT WHICH IS GOOD/BAD IN ONE SITUATION MAY NOT BE SO IN THE OTHER , SO OUR DEAREST PEY AZHWAR WANTS US LEAVE THE MERIT AND FRUIT OF EACH OF OUR ACTION UNTO HIM, OUR CREATOR)   FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA IS OUR BEACON LIGHT WHO WILL ENSURE EACH ONE OF US WHO ARE HIS VERY STAUNCH DEVOTEES WILL REACH HIM AND HIM ONLY NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT FOR HE HIMSELF HAS PROCLAIMED THAT IN OUR MOST DIVINE SRIMADH BHAGAVADGITA.

My dearest brothers and sisters, please note , that every single word uttered by each of our devout srivaishnavite mahatmas will be very  similar and will contain  the very same divine message, the one and only goal and destination "LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA"  again and again , and hence the fact it gets highly repetitive should not bore us for , DOES NOT THE SAME MUNDANE ROUTINE SCHEDULE AND PLEASURES OF LIFE ALWAYS PLEASE US AND WE ARE FOREVER ENGAGED IN THE WORLDLY PURSUITS WITHOUT EVER GEETING TURNED OFF, THEN WHY SHOULD THE REPETITVE MESSAGE OF OUR REVERED SAINTS MAKE US FEEL WEARY? , OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA KEEPS ON SAYING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN IN DIFFERENT WAYS, TO ENABLE EACH OF THE JIVATMA TO FULLY ABSORB HIS DIVINE MESSAGE EVER IN THEIR HEARTS AND HENCE WHEN WE HAVE TAKEN TO THE PATH OF LEARNING ABOUT OUR SRIVAISHNAVITE SAINTS , DESPITE EACH OF OUR ACHARYANS HAVING WRITTEN COUNTLESS PAGES ABOUT OUR DEAREST CREATOR SRI SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA , THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME AND  VERY IDENTICAL.

 SOMETIMES, ONE FEELS THAT HAS THE SAME ACHARYAN WHO RESIDED IN WESTERN /NORTHERN/EASTERN PART OF INDIA IS HIS MESSAGE SO ALIKE TO THE AZHWARS WHO WERE FROM THE SOUTH OF INDIA. YES, DEFINITELY THE DIVINE MESSAGE OF ALL THE SRIVAISHNAVITE ACHARYANS WHO HAVE LIVED ACROSS THE VARIOUS YUGAS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR MOTHERLAND BHARATAM ,  WILL SHARE MESSAGES WHICH ARE MATCHING BECAUSE OUR DEAREST CREATOR IS ONLY ONE AND ALSO EACH OF OUR REVERENTIAL ACHARYANS HAVE GOT A GLIMSPE OF OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND HIS SUPER TRAITS AND HIS MOST DIVINE  PERSONAL FORM  WILL SURELY WILL BE THE SAME FOR HE IS THE  ONE AND ONLY ONE , OUR MOST DEAREST LORD SRI KRISHNA,  THEY ALL HAVE HAD A DARSHAN AND HAVE SELF EXPERIENCED HIM , FEW HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM, FEW HAVE SERVED HIM AND THE VERY BEST PART IS OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA TOO HAS SERVED THEM, TOUCHED AND BLESSED THEM. HIGHEST HEAVENLY SIGHT!

For all these reasons, while studying the most godly writings of our adoring azhwars, although they have written  innumerable pages on our most beloved lord Sri Govinda, it becomes very difficult, to not be repetitive for every condensed form of their divine  scripts leads to the same message, again and again  and this write up is not a word by word translation of their works but a gist of their  monumental works, so would humbly request every srivaishnavite devotee, that each one of us should feel the  highest bliss in repetitiveness for surely, the same message time and again would get deeply entrenched in our hearts and our dearest creator Sriman Narayana and our most beloved Lakshmi amma would be amidst us , feeling so happy that we take the greatest pride in knowing about their sparkling qualities, in being fully convinced that  WE ARE ALIVE ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR GRACE AND WE WANT TO REACH THEM AND THEM ONLY , WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO ANY OTHER MORTAL , WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT OUR DEAREST CREATOR IS SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA AND WILL REST ONLY THAT TIME WHEN WE ARE CARRIED BY OUR DIVINE CONSORT AND  WE WILL FULLY ENGAGE EACH OF OUR SENSES ONLY IN THEIR LOVING SERVICE, SHARE WITH THEM EACH OF OUR SMALLEST OF SMALL  SECRETS, RUN LOVINGLY TO THEM FOR FORGIVENESS OF OUR NUMEROUS FAILING, CONFIDE IN THEM OUR FEARS AND LET THEM BE AN INSEPARABLE PART OF OUR LIVES, WITH THIS AM VERY SURE THAT WE WILL ATTAIN THEM .

I HAVE NO TWO OPINIONS ABOUT OUR LORDS MOST PRISTINE LOVE AND PROMISE THAT IN THE VERY LAST OF OUR BIRTHS EACH ONE OF US WILL ONLY SING HIS GLORIES, ASPIRE TO BE WITH HIM AND  HE WILL LOVINGLY CARRY US, THIS IS HIS ASSURANCE TO US AND OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA FULFILS HIS VOW IN EVERY CONDITION. SO LET EACH OF US , JUST NOW, JOIN BOTH OUR HANDS , AND RAISE IT HIGH ABOVE LOVINGLY CHANTING HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE, OM TAT SAT, SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, PALLANDU PALLANDU PALAAYIRATH AANDU PALLAKODI NOOR AYIRAM PALLANDU THINDHOL MANIVANNA ( TRANSLATED IT MEANS COUNTLESS BENEDICTION TO OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA, MAY HE BE BLESSED AND HAPPY ALWAYS, MAY HIS GLORIES CONTINUE COUNTLESS CENTURIES , MAY EACH ONE OF US SERVE HIM WITH THE HIGHEST LOVE, DEVOTION AND SURRENDER FOR THAT IS THE ONLY ULTIMATE TRUTH).

COUNTLESS THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO OUR MOST DEAREST PEY AZHWAR, MAY HIS MAGNIFICENCE  RESONATE ACROSS ALL THE WORLDS FOR HE IS OUR MOST DEAREST ACHARYAN WHO HAS SHOWN US THE DIVINE TRUTH, THE ULTIMATE ACCURATE PATH TOWARDS OUR CREATOR OTHERWISE WE ALL WOULD BE GROPING IN THE DARKEST OF DARK DUNGEON , HIS UNPARALLELED  LOVE TOWARDS EACH ONE OF US HAS ENSURED US A PLACE IN OUR DEAREST OF DEAR DIVINE LORD SRI GOVINDA AND LAKSHMI AMMAS DIVINE HEART EVER AND OUR ADORING PEY AZHWAR WANTED EACH ONE OF US TO  REACH SRI PARMAPADAM , HE DID NOT WANT TO GO ALONE, AN ULTIMATE LOVE LIKE HIS , HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED EVER FOR MAHATMAS ARE THOSE WHO ENSURE THAT ALL THE CREATIONS OF OUR DEAREST CREATOR ARE PERMANENTLY BOUND TO HIM.....PEY AZHWAR CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, COUNTLESS PRAISES TO OUR MOST LOVING SRI PEY AZHWAR....

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 6 / 21)

Sri Bhuthat Azhwar        Part 6 of 21

1.   Our dearest reverential Bhuthat azhwar also has personally experienced and seen  our dearest lord Sri Krishna and from his divine experiences is totally transported into the world of our king of the cosmos and constantly visualizes the divine and his  most enchanting  form of our most beloved creator. He conveys to each of the jivatmas that one should light the divine lamp with  devotion,  the oil of the lamp is compared with  pure love, the beautiful mind as the wick of the lamp and the self as the bright flame and all these have to be very lovingly offered to our creator Lord Sriman Narayana.

2.     According to our loving azhwar, it is very difficult for a jivatma to fully comprehend and grasp the various glories of our creator Lord Sriman Narayana for his ways are only known to him and none else. Our Parmaatman is very secretive and loves keeping most of his greatness , splendor and grandeur to himself not because he wants to hide the same from his loved ones but mainly due to the fact he is the humblest of humble, despite being the creator of the entire world. He is always worried that if he reveals his all powerful position then his devotees will fear and distance themselves from him just as Arjuna when he sees his universal form trembles in fear and pleads our lord Sri Krishna to once again regain his normal self for his gigantic proportions firstly cannot be viewed with our ordinary eyes , secondly his fathomless heights can frighten anyone beyond a point just like an ant is terrified of an elephant and its royal size, so also the individual jivatma with its atom size cannot gauge fully, the infinite dimensions of our dearest of dear lord Sri Govinda and hence our lord keeps most of his astounding stature to himself.  His boundless love for his creation makes him behave just like an ordinary mortal to be accepted and loved and hence the manifestations of lord Sri Rama and Lord Sri Krishna is the highest proof of their saulabhya (closeness and their easy approach) , they want to be a part of their loved ones in the mortal world.

3 .  Those who love and worship the holiest of holy , most beautiful pink lotus feet of our divine consort with devotion and if they are able to offer fragrant flowers, sandal wood paste and delicious annaprasadam to our beloved lord, then surely our dearest of lord Sri Krishna will partake of the offerings made by his devotees and reward them richly by carrying them to his abode SriParmapadam. JUST ONE ACT OF PURE LOVE CAN ENABLE US TO  CROSS THE DEEP OCEAN OF THE SAMSARA, WE CAN VERY WELL IMAGINE THE  SUPERLATIVE COMPASSIONATE  LOVING NATURE OF OUR DEAREST OF DEAR CREATOR SRIMAN NARAYANA THAT HE IS SATIFIED AND HAPPY WITH THE SMALLEST OF SMALL OFFERING AND DOES NOT EXPECT ANYTHING FROM ANYONE , ON THE CONTRARY FILLS OUR CUPS TO THE OVER BRIMMING POINT UNASKED UNDESERVED.

4.  Our Bhuthat azhwar conveys that our heart is the place where our lord resides and hence instead of running about here and there frantically searching for our dearest of dear creator we need to introspect the antaryaami aspect of our creator, that the in dweller in our hearts is none other than our beloved dear creator Sriman Narayana who cautions us at each stage, corrects our mistakes very lovingly , if we fail to hear his divine voice we would be lost and would go astray .

We need to sit in silence , meditate, in the highest stillness of our minds,  to hear the most beautiful melodious divine voice of our creator, if we are always in a rush and do not pay heed to slow down, in the midst of cacophony , loud voices, chaos and commotion it is impossible to pay attention to our divine creator and hence each one of us must in all sincerity search inwards for truth, light and love.

This is the first sentence in our holiest of holy Hari Paath written in Marathi by none other than our dearest of dear Sant Gyaneshwar mauli who in the very beginning exhorts us to dwell inwards on the numerous glories of our lord , our creator Sriman Narayana.  Isn't it very simple for each one of us , at the beginning of our day or towards the close or at any other time convenient to us dwell on the greatness, seamless love of our creator Lord Sri Govinda towards us, the only one and one who is with us at all  times , his speed to rescue us is faster than any mortal who we think can save us even if they are residing with us, the unseen force of our beloved lord is more sure shot safety blanket for us than the  mortals residing with or near us, who surely will not be  able to help us in any of our situation. 

LET EACH ONE OF US RESOLVE NOW  TO SPEND FEW MINUTES EVERYDAY  TO SEARCH OUR LORD WITHIN US, SURELY IT WILL BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST OCCASION FOR EACH ONE OF US FOR THE PEACE AND DEEP AWARENSS  THAT FOLLOWS IS BEST TO BE SELF EXPERIENCED.

5.    Our dearest azhwar , very lovingly dwells on the Trivikrama form of our lord (universal form where our lord with his divine lotus feet measures all the three worlds in just two of his steps and his third step is still awaiting for there is no space for it, such is the mammoth size of our lord Sriman Narayana.  From a small dwarf sized brahmin in one billionth of a second he assumes his brahmanda rupa which goes to prove our lord is capable of  anything and everything  which none of us can even dream or think of . 

For the immense love of his devotees he takes the vibhava swaroopa that is he manifests himself as Lord SriNarsimha, Lord SriRama, Lord Sri Krishna and numerous other forms, he leaves his most soothing abode and is ever willing to suffer for his devotees, he is least bothered even when his creations speak lowly about him for he knows that even if one devotee loves him to the highest he is more than happy , such is our dearest of dear lord Sriman Naryana an epitome of compassion, an ocean of love,  a tallest of tall mountain of strength, HE IS ONE AND ONLY ONE UNPARALLED KING OF THE ENTIRE COSMOS.

6.   Our dearest of dear Bhuthat azhwar wants each of the jivatma to only sing the glories of the one and only one PARMAATMAN, LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND NOT BOW TO ANY OTHER.   IT WOULD BE A TOTAL FUTILE FRUITLESS ACTION ON OUR PART TO FLATTER THE WORLDY MORTALS WHO KNOW NOTHING THAN TO FILL THEIR STOMACHS , INSTEAD WE NEED TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN FULL FAITH AND LOVE SPEAK, THINK AND HEAR ONLY THE TUNES OF OUR CREATOR LORD SRI GOVINDA WHO IS EVER WILLING TO LISTEN TO EACH ONE OF US AND THAT TOO SO LOVINGLY. WHEN WE ALL KNOW HE IS THE ONELY SAVIOUR AND NONE ELSE WHY SHOULD WE BOW BEFORE ANY OTHER? 

IT WOULD BE TREATED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SIN THAT WITH OUR LORD NEXT TO US WE ARE SWEET TALKING TO  ORDINARY MORTALS, WHY SHOULD WE UNNECESSARY INCUR SACKS OF  SINS BY STOOPING LOW BEFORE ANY OTHER WHEN ALL OUR INDRIYAS , KARMENDRIYAS ( OUR SENSES ) BELONG TO OUR LORD AND MUST BE UTILIZED ONLY IN HIS SERVICE? HE IS THE SOLE PROTECTOR OF EACH OF US AND ONLY HE NEEDS TO BE PRAISED , LOVED AND SURRENDERED UNTO. NO ONE IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS CAN BE ACCORDED A STATUS MILLIONS OF MILES NEAR HIM FOR HE IS UNIQUE ONE AND ONLY ONE AND IS KNOWN BY EACH OF HIS LOVING DEVOTEE AS THE SOLE CREATOR OF ALL THE THREE WORLDS AND IS REVERED BY HIS COUNLESS DIVINE NAMES SRI GOVINDA, SRI MADHAVA, SIRMURALI MANOHARA, SRI MADHUSUDHANA, SRI DAMODHARA, SRIKRISHNA, SRI ACHUTA, SRI BANKE BIHARI, SRIMAN NARAYANA............

7.    One cannot reach Sri Parmapadam through riches, knowledge, bhakti or renunciation but only with the divine grace of our divine consort, never on our non existent merit but only on their infinite divine mercy, to partake of their nectarine mercy we need to serve them unconditionally, include them lovingly in all what we do , to make them an integral part of our lives, to fully soak with their divine love that our dearest lord Sri Govinda and our most beloved cosmic mother Sri Lakshmi amma is fully convinced that we cannot bear to live for one billionth of a second without them, then they would surely rush eternally, very lovingly, to carry us with them and  permanently shield us from every grief and fear.

Please  imagine our exalted position with our dearest of dear Lord Sri Govinda and our adoring Lakshmi amma besides us holding us to their hearts brings an over flowing celestial joy that we have nothing to worry about , NOTHING AT ALL ,FOR   WHEN WE HAVE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR  YOGESHWARA AND OUR MOST BELOVED DAYA DEVI AMMA...WHO IN THIS ENTIRE WORLDS CAN ATTACK US? THE EVIL MINDED CANNOT EVEN DARE TO, FOR THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR AWKWARD POSITION WOULD BE WHEN THE DIVINE SUDARSHANA CHAKRA WILL TEAR THEM TO SHREDS AS IT DID ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI GOVINDA WANTED TO VANQUISH THE EVIL HE LET LOSE THE DIVINE SPARKLING LOVING DISCUS THAT CONSTANTLY ADORNS OUR CREATOR.  LET EACH OF US STAY BLESSED IN THE PROTECTIVE LOTUS ARMS OF OUR MOST BELOVED SRIMAN NARAYANA AND OUR LOVING COSMIC MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA.. JAI HO PRABHU...JAI LAKSHMI AMMA COUNTLESS GLORIES TO OUR DIVINE CONSORT.

8.    Our most beloved Bhuthat azhwar very much loves and always dwells on the divine lotus feet of our Sriman Narayana . It is a practice as per our holy scriptures, in the temples, we have to first bow low in humble reverence and view our lord from his lotus feet , then his beautiful lotus hands, his lotus heart where our dearest mother resides and with joined hands raised above an indication of total surrender look ,pray and marvel at his lotus eyes, his most beautiful divine mark on his forehead and his lotus tirumeni (holy head). 

This form of worship where each of our sense organs are utilized in the divine service of our lord always conveys that we are the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of our  creator and hence, please worship our creator from his lotus feet and then upwards.  Our azhwar too has conveyed this  blessed message , that his divine  lotus  feet can grant us union with him and none else. HOW HOLY IS HIS HOLIEST OF HOLY LOTUS FEET!. OUR ACHARYANS HAVE WRITTEN 1000 VERSES ON HIS MOST DIVINE SANDALS WHICH ADORNS HIS BEAUTIFUL LOTUS FEET WITH SO MUCH LOVE, THEN HOW MUCH FOR HIS  DIVINE LOTUS FEET?

WHEN WE SEEK HIS DIVINE LOTUS FEET HE ACCORDS US A PERMANENT PLACE IN HIS LOTUS HEART, SUCH IS THE HIGHEST GLORY AND COMPASSION OF OUR CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND HENCE LET US PRAY TO HIM FOR A PLACE NOT AT HIS DIVINE LOTUS FEET BUT UNDER HIS DIVINE LOTUS FEET FOR HE IS OUR ONE AND ONLY ONE CREATOR AND A PLACE UNDER HIS LOTUS FEET WOULD BE SOFTER THAN THE SOFTEST, MORE COMFORTABLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE ENTIRE WORLDS FOR HIS LOTUS FEET IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND WHEN WE REACH FOR IT AND FEEL IT , AUTOMATICALLY WE ARE IN UNION WITH HIM.  It is the classic example when the evil arrogant Duryodhana sat near his lotus head whereas Arjuna very lovingly sat near his divine lotus feet with all humility, THE RESULT THE PLIGHT OF THE CRAFTY DURYODHANA AND HIS ENTIRE CLAN AND THE MOST WONDERFUL BENEDICTION OF OUR LORD ON THE PIOUS PANDAVAS...ENOUGH REASON FOR EACH OF US TO FIND A PLACE UNDER THE DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL FEET OF OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AFTER WHICH HE WILL LOVINGLY CARRY US WITH HIM  AND  FOREVER  ADORN US AT HIS LOTUS HEART.

9.     Our loving Bhutath azhwar also pays his highest love and respect to our most beloved mother, Lakshmi amma and conveys that without her blessings, grace and divine intervention none in the three worlds can attain our lord Sri Krishna for he listens to her only. Anything she desires, he loves to fulfill immediately.  She is our loving mother, who in her highest capacity as Daya Devi (compassion personified), pleads on our behalf to our lord to redeem us of our multiple sins and to overlook all our failings, in her absence , it is impossible to directly approach our creator.  Our mother loves scented beautiful lotus flowers , pink, blue and red, she loves fragrant incense sticks and sandal paste, we surely can offer her all that she loves to gain her infinite mercy.  THE HIGHEST THING OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA CRAVES OF US IS OUR PUREST OF PURE LOVE, DEVOTION  AND AFFECTION AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN ACCORD TO HER FOR REST EVERYTHING IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS BELONG TO HER ONLY. SHE IS OUR MOTHER WHOSE JOY MULTIPLIES MANIFOLD WITH OUR SIMPLEST OF SIMPLE OFFERING WHICH WE CAN OFFER UNTO HER MOST DIVINE BEAUTIFUL LOTUS FEET EFFORTLESSLY AND SEEK HER DIVINE GRACE PERMANENTLY HERE AND HEREAFTER.

10.   Our most adoring Bhuthat azhwar has seen and experienced the bare most beautiful pink  lotus feet of our lord with no ornaments and goes into ecstasy at his most divine lotus pink feet.  He feels all the worlds ornaments which he adorns is spectacular only because he is worn them and not because of their sparkle.  glistening green emeralds,  blooming blue sapphires,  crystal white diamonds, pristine pure pearls, their beauty is enhanced only because they have been adorned by our creator Sriman Narayana and our most beloved mother Sri Lakshmi amma. 

The precious jewels, despite their value, do not hold any significant importance and if they are used by normal mortals as an ornament to adorn their bodies they will lose all their luster, sheen  and shine.  The worlds riches are glorified only because they belong to our dearest creator and he is the custodian of each and every particle. Each of us , the sentient and the in sentient get our gleam  only because we are a part and parcel and a finite fraction of the infinite creator and should feel the highest pride in proclaiming to the entire worlds that we are the truest of true srivaishnavas whose only quality AND QUALIFICATION IS SERVANT OF SERVANT OF SERVANT OF OUR CREATOR.

EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BESTOWED BY OUR DIVINE CREATOR IS HIS PROPERTY AND WE WILL HUMBLY RETURN IT IN THE MANNER HE DEEMS FIT WHEN WE LEAVE OUR MORTAL COIL AND HENCE WE ARE MERE CUSTODIANS OF HIS IMMENSE WEALTH  HE HAS SO GENEROUSLY BESTOWED UPON US,  AND FOREVER WE SHOULD ACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF OUR DIVINE LORD SRI KRISHNA AND OUR BELVOED LAKSHMI AMMA AND AT THE TIME OF OUR BODY SEPARATING ALL THAT IS HIS, WILL AND SHOULD DEFINITELY REACH HIM, JUST AS DEATH IS NOT AN END BUT A BEGINNING OF A NEW JOURNEY , A TRANSMIGRATION OF OUR SOULS INTO NEW PHYSCIAL CASE SO ALSO, ALL THAT IS OWNED BY US SOLELY BELONGS TO OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA.

WE NEED TO SURRENDER IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY UNTO HIM FOR HIS  DIVINE SERVICE HERE AND LEAVE OUR MORTAL REMAINS VERY HAPPILY AND PEACEFULLY FOR WE CAME EMPTY HANDED AND WILL ALSO LEAVE EMPTY HANDED , ALL THAT WE WERE BLESSED  IS ONLY DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD OF OUR BIRTH AND OUR FINAL DEPARTURE. EVERYTHING IS HIS DIVINE LEELAS ( DIVINE PAST TIME).

LET NONE OF US CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF ANY MATERIAL POSSESSION FOR WE WOULD BE ACCORDED AS A THIEF AND A SINNER FOR WE HAVE STOLEN OUR LORDS PROPERTY . DUAL SIN SHOULD BE TOTALLY AVOIDED FOR ALREADY WE ARE YET TO BREAK OUR KARMIC RESIDUE , IF WE KEEP ADDING TO IT , IT WILL TAKE AGES BEFORE WE REACH OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA... EVEN NOW OUR WAIT IS UNBEARABLE FURTHER IF WE KEEP ACCUMULATING   ON TO OUR ALREADY VERY HEAVY WEIGHT KARMIC  LOAD,  THEN OUR WAIT TO REACH OUR DEAREST CREATOR LORD SRI GOVINDA WILL BE ETERNAL AND OUR APPEARANCE AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE MORTAL WORLD WOULD BE A PERPETUAL BURDEN ON OUR SHOULDERS.  WE NEED TO BREAK THE SHACKLES OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH IN THIS TRANSIENT WORLD, WE CAN DO SO , ONLY BY THE DIVINE GRACE OF OUR MOST LOVING CONSORT

11.   Our dearest azhwar, finally requests each of us to make every effort, as deemed fit, by our most beloved creator lord Sriman Narayana to reach him at the very earliest and not waste a single moment for this birth of ours is HIS DIVINE GIFT TO US , THE WHITE SHEET HE SENT ALONG WITH US SHOULD BE CARRIED BACK WITH US FOR ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT THE COLOUR OF OUR SHEET WILL SURELY MATTER , EACH ONE OF US SURELY WOULD HAVE A DARK GREY SHADE TO IT BUT NEVER LET IT BE JET DARK BLACK FOR THEN WE HAVE DISPLEASED OUR LORD AND BROKEN HIS FAITH IN US AND INDULGED IN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TOTALLY AGAINST OUR DIVINE SCRIPTURES AND THAT WHICH OUR LORD IS NOT IN FAVOUR OF US, WHEN WE MEET HIM, WE SHOULD BE AT LEAST IN  A POSITION TO BOW OUR HEADS IN HUMBLE REVERENCE UNTO HIS LOTUS FEET AND NOT HANG OUR HEADS  IN UTTER SHAME, DISGRACE AND INFAMY  FOR OUR DIVINE CREATOR WILL BE PAINED THAT WE HAVE BROKEN HIS  IMPLICIT TRUST.

HENCE LET EACH ONE OF US RESOLVE, JUST NOW,  AND ASSURE OUR DEAREST BHUTATH AZHWAR THAT WE WOULD MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT AT OUR LOWEST OF LOW LEVEL TO PLEASE OUR DIVINE CONSORT AND LEAVE THE REST TO OUR BELOVED CREATOR,  FOR HE IS THE MOST COMPASSIONATE EVALUATOR  IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS AND WILL FORGIVE US PROVIDED WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO WORK IN HIS BEST INTEREST AND STRICTLY ACCORDING TO OUR MOST HOLY SCRIPTURAL INJUNCTION.  

COUNTLESS PROSTRATION TO OUR MOST BELOVED BHUTHAT AZHWAR. MAY WE FOREVER SEEK HIS LOTUS FEET FOR HE WILL GUIDE US TOWARDS OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA FOR HE HAS ATTAINED THEM LONG AGO.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE, SRIMAN NARAYANA NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 5 / 21)

Sri Poigai Azhwar   Part 5 of 21

Hare Krishna Prabhuji and Mataji,

A VERY HAPPY RATHASAPTAMI (FEB 12, 2019).  MAY THE SPLENDOUR, RADIANCE AND BRILLIANT RAYS OF LIGHT  OF OUR MOST BELOVED LORD SURYANARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA BE SHOWERED ON EACH OF HIS CREATION AND MAY THEY BE SERVED ETERNALLY BY ALL THE SRIVAISHNAVAS, IN THE MANNER OUR DIVINE CONSORT LOVE  AND DESIRE,  HERE AND HEREAFTER.

At the outset, please allow me , to very humbly, convey that writing about the highest reverential works of Azhwars (mystic saints of south India) , at my lowest level is not a very easy task for their writings are so technical and more exact and accurate than the natural sciences like Math, Physics, etc and also deeply profound but in the capacity of an invisible speckle of dust at the lotus feet as a servant of servant of servant of servant  of  OUR MOST BELOVED Sriman Narayana and  our loving Lakshmi amma have tried my best to do so.  My infinite failings, may please be forgiven by the divine consort.

Whilst ,  reading their works in depth ( countless thanks and prostration to the devout Srivaishnavas who have translated their works in English in such a lucid manner), the very first  thought that comes to my mind, is that, our most holiest of holy Srivaishnava saints across our very revered Bharatam desam have expressed the same message about our beloved divine consort.  Their language, their writings in the age they were born in , their gender, their caste etc superseded their immense monumental love for our creator Lord Sri Krishna, their writings more or less seem very similar, just that their writing style is slightly different, otherwise , one can fully comprehend that whether it was our most loving Gyaneshwar Mauli, Tukaram Maharaj, Sri Ramdas swami, Sant Mira bai, Sant Kabirdas and the countless other mahatmas, gurus and saints , since they have spoken, experienced and touched  the same lord our dearest Lord Sri Krishna and Lakshmi amma, their writings too, have the highest similarity, their devotional verses are so very same and hence it finally and very surely validates that despite the era they were born in our dearest Sriman Narayana is the sole creator and the only Parmatma the entire cosmos has known of and also he is the only goal each one of us have to attain , and finally serve unto his lotus feet which is the true state of parmanada sat chit ananda.

Also, have in a very condensed form,  highlighted only the core points that our most beloved azhwars have submitted, for their works if analyzed intensely, will cover countless thesis and yet fall short by several score.  My only keen desire, while moving the divine pen, which our dearest lord Sri Govinda and Lakshmi amma are moving, is in this fast paced world, in the simplest of simple manner  , to  try our very level best, to learn and imbibe about our culture, our dharma and about our most beloved saints who have tried their level best to redeem us, have so lovingly ensured that come what may, every jivatma should attain our loving parmaatma Sri Govinda was their sole purpose of their existence and  to very lovingly in full bhakti and prapatti  serve our one and only  divine consort and permanently find a place at their lotus heart and most beautiful divine pink lotus feet.

Also please note, that just like our divine most Srimadh Bhagavad Gita uttered by the most holiest of holy mukhakamlam of our dearest Lord Sri Govinda, becomes repetitive, because our lord constantly wants to re-emphasize and repeat his message so that his bhaktha does not lose track of his message for it gets permanently etched in our memory when a message is repeatedly conveyed, so also , all our most loving  azhwars works are very similar and hence would try my best to draw attention only to their verses which are exclusive to themselves.

The first three azhwars are popularly known as Mudal azhwars ( first azhwars).  Please refer to my earlier work about their origin etc , this work, in order to avoid duplication,  is solely directed at their divine writings.

THE CORE ESSENCE CONVEYED BY OUR DEAREST OF DEAR POIGAI AZHWAR

1. According to Poigai azhwar, a staunch devotee has to constantly think of Lord Sriman Narayana and our dearest SriLakshmi amma and should never allow one's mind to stray in the worldly pursuits and if they do wander away, the swaying mind can be brought under control by one and only ,our dearest PARMATMAN SRIMAN NARAYANA and none else. This surely, is his message that prapatti (unconditional surrender unto the lotus feet of our creator is the only way to attain him).  When all our individual efforts fail, without an iota of doubt, our divine will come to our rescue, for only he and none else can carry us towards him,  but efforts of  a srivaishnava jivatma,  is a must because when an intense desire is kindled in the jivatma to attain the parmatma and also with both hands joined and raised above with a deep love to our creator that we are but his creations, he is the all powerful is conveyed to him, rest nothing to worry at all  HE WILL TAKE CARE......ONLY ONE TIME SURRENDER....OUR LORD DOES NOT CONSTANTLY NEED TO BE REMINDED FOR HIS MEMORY SPANS THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF ALL HIS CREATIONS OF THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND ALSO THE FUTURE AS CONVEYED BY HIMSELF IN SRIMADH BHAGAVADA GITA, OUR DIVINE CELESTIAL SONG ,WHERE HE CONVEYES TO ARJUNA HE KNOWS THE BIRTH AND ACTIVITIES OF ALL HIS CREATIONS AND TO PROVE HIS POINT IN THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER VISHWAROOPAM, HE SHOWS HIS UNIVERSAL COSMIC FORM WHERE DURYODHANA AND OTHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED.

2. Poigai azhwar has established with full victory and triumph the ultimate SUPREMACY OF SRIMAN NARAYANA AS THE ONLY PARMATAAMA AND THE CREATOR OF ALL THE WORLDS , REST ALL ARE ONLY JIVATMAS HIS DIVINE CREATION. Poigai azhwar has spoken to our king of the cosmos, has touched and experienced his most divine pink beautiful lotus feet and with all confidence asserts that OUR SRIMAN NARAYANA IS THE ONLY PARTMAAN WHO CAN HELP US ACHIEVE PERMANENT SALVATION, NONE ELSE. Every of his verse is authenticated by our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna in our divine Srimadh Bhagavad Gita, wherein he conveys  that those who pray the demi gods will reach them, but in the very last birth, those who unconditionally with total love and faith surrender unto him , will attain him , no doubt on this. So our dearest of dear azhwar has self experienced the divine holy verses uttered by our lord and hence is fully sure that he will bow low only at the lotus feet of SriGovinda and none else and also exhorts each of us to follow him and surrender only and only at our most divine lotus feet of SriGovinda.

3. Those who do not love our dearest of dear Lord Sri Govinda will always be confused and lost, although he is an impartial to his friends and foes alike, yet surely, the ones who love him the most he runs to their rescue, burns their karmic load to ashes and can go to any extent, even very effortlessly change any rules set by himself to ensure his loving devotees are very safe and reach him earliest for more than the staunchest of staunch devotee our dearest creator Lord Sriman Narayana is pining, waiting very eagerly for his loved ones to reach him, he cannot bear a second separation from his loved devotee, such is the highest of high love our creator has for his creations, our highest love for him is just like one small droplet of water of a gigantic ocean, his is an over flowing compassion and his redemption speed is faster than a lightening, in all his glories he will ascend on our dearest garuda and carry his loving devotees at a blinking of an eyelid and his pure devotees will forever revel in his loving company , of course, without saying , our dearest of dear, most beloved mother Daya devi, maha lakshmi amma will also be with us carrying us in her lap...JAI HO PRABHU....SRIHARI BOL...WHAT A DIVINE SPLENDOUR IT WOULD BE TO BE FOREVER PROTECTED AND NEVER BE EXPOSED TO ANY OF THE SORROWS UNDER OUR MOST LOVING CARE OF OUR LORD AND CREATOR SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA..THE VERY THOUGHT OF OUR UNION WITH OUR PARMATMA CAN DESTROY EVERY NEGATIVITY AND TRANSPORT US HEREITSELF ON OUR DEAREST MOTHER EARTH DIRECTLY TO SRI PARMAPADAM HIS ETERNAL ABODE.

4. Our most beloved Poigai azhwar, constantly reminds himself and each of us of the countless acts of love our most beloved lord Sri Govinda has undertaken for his beloved devotees, the constant pain that he endured to salvage the dreadful plight of his devotees, be it our loving Prahalada Maharaja, our pious Gajendran a mighty elephant caught mecilessly for thousand of years by a cruel crocodile, his immense love which he showered on Sudama his childhood friend and partook of his oldest of old withered puffed rice , the beautiful act of love he showered on Shabari amma by eating her dried fruit, how many more such acts can one write, speak or think of , countless and countless in number. Our Poigai azhwar keeps on reminiscing the wonderful most pure acts of love of our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna and conveys to us with full certainty that simply visualizing the divine love of our lord can sail us through the ruthless wheels of birth and death.

5. Our dearest Poigai Azhwar very lovingly lets us know , not to worry about the fathomless heights of our beloved lord Sri Krishna and fear , on the contrary our lord damadhara is eternally lovingly bound with a beautiful silken twine with his devotees and even if his devotees want to break lose he will not allow that to happen and will bind them still closer for once he has captured a heart  he will ensure that his loved ones reach him and that too very promptly, for our lord does not have the patience to wait long to unite with his devotees, this is for sure , so none of us need to be frightened of our non existent status for our greatest of great Lord Sriman Narayana  does not bother at all for status, financial soundness, high  exalted position etc for these pertain only to the transient material world and in front of our lord none can possess nor display even one billionth of an atom sized talent, or riches, or pride as compared to his most superior glorious status as the unparalleled king of the cosmos, the very fact we boast in front of him will shame us to no end , it is like the small light of a lamp showing off its position to our Lord  Suryanaraya whose brightest light can illumine the entire worlds.  Our lords superlative greatness, gentleness, compassion can never be measured and above all can never be compared with ours for  HE IS SARVASWAM ( ALL IN ALL, THE ONE AND ONLY ONE ).

6. Our dearest of dear azhwar, when he so very lovingly remembers our Lord Sri Krishna and through his mental sight conjures of various images of our most loving Yashoda amma's love for our dearest baby Sri Krishna he pleads with our lord to forgive him , for he feels and also conveys the height of Yashoda ammas love and as compared to her , to his mind, his love is nothing to boast of. such is the divine love our dearest azhwars have for our divine consort , who in word and spirit communicate the nature of their relation with our dear Lord Sriman Narayana as a subservient one and always think of their colossal love for our divine as a mere nothing.  Such evolved loved ones of our lord, who have proved without a doubt of their most dignified and glorious status, yet refrain from  ego , we have so much to imbibe from their simplicity, their unparalleled love they have felt for our creator, they have not only seen and experienced the brilliance of our lord , like the dazzling sparkle of  billions and billions of suns put together , they have also touched and felt our divine Sri Govinda , yet how humble they can be.  MY DEAREST BROTHERS AND SISTERS, CAN WE BE LIKE THEM? , AT LEAST ONE BILLIONTH OF THEIR QUALITIES CAN WE IMBIBE, IMPLEMENT AND IMMERSE OURSELVES IN? , WE CAN AND WE WILL AND JUST NOW, FOR TIME IS VERY SHORT, WE HAVE TO VERY QUICKLY FIND A PLACE IN THE LOTUS HEART AND LOTUS MOST ENCHANTING DIVINE FEET  OF OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA , HE IS EAGERLY WAITING FOR US.. WE NEED TO RUSH..NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE.

7. Our Poigai azhwars love for our lord at the holiest of holy Sri Tirumala hills in  standing position as Lord Balaji/ Lord Sri Venkateswara/ Lord Govinda and in reclining position as Sri Ranganathar  in the most revered Srivaishnavite pilgrimage Srirangam is very transcendental.  He asserts with the highest love and bhakti that these two places our lord in archa  (as a statue/divine vigraha form worshipped in our temples ) is none other than our Sriman Narayana in Sri Parmapadam.  So, let us resolve just now, whenever possible to visit both these pilgrim centres to seek our lord for he is waiting for us, who knows which of us would reach SriParmapadam and when, but whilst he has gifted us this human form we surely can go to the holiest of  holy seven hills of Sri Tirumala  and SriRangam, earnestly pray to his loving form , soak fully in his divine beauty and implore him with the highest devotion to carry us from this samsara , to forever serve the divine consort, our dearest parents,  here and hereafter, am very sure they will listen to us , in fact they are waiting eagerly for us..

8. Our dearest of dear azhwar wants us to constantly chant his divine names, for in kaliyuga namasankirtanai (chanting and singling glories of his divine countless holy names ), is the easiest method to reach him. WE CAN VERY LOVINGLY CHANT HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE ANYTIME ,ANY NUMBER OF TIMES, ANYWHERE, IN THE MIDST OF OUR DAILY CHORES, SO SIMPLE, NO NEED OF ANY CUMBERSOME AND ELABORATE RITUALS TO ATTAIN HIM, ONLY VERY LOVING RECITATION OF HIS INFINITE HOLIEST OF HOLY NAMES, JUST LIKE A RAFT HIS TIRUNAAMAM (HOLY DIVINE NAMES) WILL CARRY US TO HIM. SIMPLEST METHOD TO REACH OUR CREATOR...CONTINUOUS  CHANTING OF HIS DIVINE NAMES , LIKE OUR BREATHING PROCESS WHICH IS NATURAL AND ONGOING   PROCESS, WE NEED TO KEEP ON CHANTING, HE WILL COME SURELY AND AT A JET SET SPEED TO REDEEM US.

9. When our beloved Poigai azhwar feels very lonely and also feels that he has missed meeting our dearest of dear creator, despite the fact he has seen and touched him , such is the glory of our truest of true srivaishnava devotee, that his mind is never satiated in his transcendental journey, on hearing this , our dearest of dear lord Sriman Narayana and our most beloved Lakshmi amma come running to him to keep him company. IS THERE A SINGLE ALPHABET REQUIRED AFTER THIS ?   OUR KING AND QUEEN OF THE ENTIRE WORLD, OUR MOST BELOVED CREATOR RUSHING TO MEET THEIR MOST LOVING DEVOTEE WHO ONLY LIVES EVERY SECOND FOR SRI GOVINDA, DOES NOT BOTHER AT ALL FOR ANY WORLDLY PURSUITS, DOES NOT HANKER FOR EVEN GOOD FOOD OR SLEEP BUT ONLY ALL THE TIME , THINKS , LOVES ,FEELS AND RESPECTS OUR CREATOR AND THE VERY BEST PART IS THEY COMING TO MEET HIM AND ENJOY HIS DIVINE LOVE. SUCH IS THE ACT OF OUR BELOVED SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA THAT THEY WILL AS VERY DOTING PARENTS, ALWAYS BE THERE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, THEY ARE THE ONLY DIVINE WELL WISHERS FOR EACH ONE OF US , EVERY OTHER RELATION IN THIS MORTAL WORLD IS FLEETING , TRANSIENT AND EVER CHANGING. OUR POIGAI AZHWARS IMMENSE LOVE AND HIGHEST FAITH IN OUR CREATOR IS SUPREME MOST , COUNTLESS PRANAMS AND PROSTRATION TO OUR DEAREST OF DEAR RESPECTED POIGAI AZHWAR , WHEN A SINGLE CALL FROM HIM ,OUR DIVINE PARENTS COME RUSHING TO CARRY HIM LOVINGLY IN THEIR LOTUS ARMS.

10. ACCORDING TO OUR DEAREST POIGAI AZHWAR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA IS THE GOAL AND ALSO THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS OF PERMANENT UNION WITH OUR DIVINE PARENTS. LET US PRAY TO OUR BELOVED LORD TO STEADY OUR UNCONTROLLED MIND, ONLY HE CAN AND NONE ELSE FOR HE IS THE SOLE AUTHORITY IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS TO GRANT SALVATION AND ENABLE US TO LOVINGLY SERVE HIM AND TRANSPORT US INTO HIS KINGDOM SRIPARMADPADAM, THE HOLIEST OF HOLY ABODE OF OUR DEAREST SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA WHICH IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY MATERIAL CONTAMINATION AND IS A PERMANENT STOREHOUSE OF HAPPINESS, PEACE AND DIVINE BLISS.

    11.   WHEN WE WHOLEHEARTED SURRENDER UNTO OUR MOST LOVING PIOUS POIGAI AZHWAR OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA   WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME RUSHING TO US BECAUSE THE VERY DIVINE COMPANY AND  ASSOCIATION OF   A  TRUE SRIVAISHNAVA ACHARYAN MERITS OUR LORDS GRACE FOR OUR LORD IS MOST HAPPY WHEN OUR  LOVING ACHARYANS, SAINTS AND GURUS WHO ARE REFLECTIONS OF HIS  VERY OWN SELF ARE REVERED,  THEIR  PRINCIPLES  PRACTICED AND THEIR COUNTLESS GLORIES SUNG, BY  DOING JUST THAT , WE CAN REACH OUR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND OUR  BELOVED LAKSHMI AMMA EFFORTLESSLY.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE. SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

COUNTLESS PROSTRATION AT THE DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF OUR MOST BELOVED POIGAI AZHWAR, MAY HE CARRY US TO LAKSHMI AMMA AND SHE IN TURN PLEAD OUR CASE WITH OUR CREATOR PARMAATMAN OUR MOST ADORING SRIMAN NARAYANA.  OM TAT SAT.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 4 / 21)  

SriLakshmi Amma, Daya devi (an ocean of compassion)                  ( Part 4 of 21 )

Hare Krishna Matajis and Prabhujis,

Have just come back after  a short pilgrimage, seeking the most divine darshan of our most beloved Lakshmi amma at Kolhapur , and Sri Rukhmini amma, Sri Satya Bhama amma, Sri Radha amma, Sri Lakshmi amma , Sri Govinda and our most beloved rajati raja maharati Vithu mauli at Pandarpur.  VITHU RAKHUMAI VITHOBHA RAKUMAI!.  Countless loving glories to our divine consort. Now, I can feel my pen  moving more faster than ever for the positive energies of these two holiest of holy Kshetras have been absorbed in my system.

Our most adoring Lakshmi amma is also Sri Radha Amma, Sri Bhumadevi, Neeladevi amma  and all the various forms and manifestations  of our  Lord Sri Krishna for our divine consort are one whole, HE IS SHE AND SHE IS HE. They are inseparable and hence she resides in his lotus heart ever and ever.

It is mentioned in our very revered scriptures, that the colour of the eyes of our dearest Lakshmi amma is jet black and that of our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna is dark red.  This is due to the fact, our dearest of dear mother resides in the heart of Sriman Narayana and hence our Lord is also popularly known as Sriyapati and   neela megha shyama ( dark blue hued like the clouds) and hence the darkness of his colour reflects in the lotus eyes of our most beloved loving mother and she is beautiful red in colour and her reflection gets etched in the most beautiful lotus eyes of our most adoring Sri Govinda and hence his eyes are dark red for their love for each other is so deep that one billionth of a second they cannot separate from each other. SUCH ARE OUR DEAREST OF DEAR DIVINE CONSORT AND OUR PARENTS.

One story immediately comes to my mind, when I think of our dearest mother.  She took birth as Andal amma (BHUDEVI AMMA) and kept a very celestial vow of marrying our lord Sri Govinda and for a month , in the toughest of tough conditions fulfilled her vows , and towards the end because of her warmest of warm love for our Lord Govinda/ Lord SriRanganathar  she is accepted by him and our Lord  Sriman Narayana  is very happy to marry her. 

Her foster father Sri Vishnuchitta (also called peria azhwar, we will read, in the coming series ,about his and andal ammas divine works too, for they are our reverential azhwars) is very sad to see her daughter leave him. The greatest of great Peria Azhwar has a very unique distinction he is the father and also father in law of lord Sri Govinda because he has written maximum holy verses about our  baby Krishna's leelas, gopis, gwalas and mother Yashoda's immense love for our dearest of dear baby Krishna  and also has so lovingly and protectively as a parent  sung the ONE AND ONLY PALLANDU (blessings to our lord to ward off  all the evil eyes) which surely merits him  the status of a father/mother and our  lord Sri Govinda is now willing to marry his daughter and hence he is also his son in law.  WHAT A MARVEL!.  Transcendental to the core.

One most poignant moment is, although, he is very happy for his daughter, he cannot bear to separate from her , his daughter is not marrying a mere mortal like us , she is accepted by none other than our only one  king of the entire cosmos, our most beloved creator Lord Sri Govinda. With tears rolling down his eyes , he conveys to our lord Sri Govinda that here too, he cannot cry , for everything in this world, the sentient and the in sentient is the property of our lord, so it is just the lord is taking away one of his creations, so how can he cry for none in this world belong to one another, they all are "HIS" only. This    communication made by our dearest Peria azhwar to our lord is  with  great grief, on seeing tears rolling down his eyes, our most compassionate  lord Sri Govinda becomes very pained,  he promises Peria azhwar that he will come and reside in Srivilliputthur too,  the birth place of our dearest mother andal and is more than willing to reside with his wife's parents.

JAI HO PRABHU! COUNTLESS PROSTRATIONS TO OUR DEAREST SRIMAN NARAYANA WHO CAN GO TO ANY EXTENT FOR HIS BELOVED DEVOTEES,  COUNTLESS PRANAMAS TO OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER WHO HAS SO LOVINGLY CONVINCED OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA TO MARRY HER BECAUSE OF HER COUNTLESS STERLING QUALITIES LIKE COMPASSION, CHARITY, LOVE, PURITY, ABUNDANCE OF PROSPERITY, TRUTH, EXCEPTIONAL DEVOTION AT THE LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA, SUPREME MOST BEING DAYA (COMPASSION )HE ALSO CONCEDED AND COUNTLESS NAMASKARAMS AS A SERVANT OF SERVANT TO PERIA AZHWAR FOR HIS HIGHEST DEVOTION AND ATTACHMENT  BOTH TO HIS DIVINE CHILD AND ALSO OUR KING LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA WHO SO LOVNGLY ACCEPTS TO STAY WITH HIS BRIDES PARENTS...........BEYOND ANY HUMAN WORDS.  AFTER THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENT, IS THERE EVEN ONE WORD THAT CAN COMPENSATE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HIGHEST GREATNESS OF OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA WHO IS ALSO SRIDEVI AMMA , BHU DEVI AMMA AND NEELA DEVI AMMA ALL THE FEMALE ENERGIES OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA.  WITH BOTH THE HANDS JOINED WITH UTMOST DEVOTION AND RAISED ABOVE , WITH HEAD BENT LOW AT THE LOTUS FEET OF OUR MOST DIVINE PARENTS LET US WITH ABSOLUTE JOY  AND IN CHORUS ,PLEASE UTTER SRIMAN NARAYANAYAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHDHYE SRIMAN NARAYANAYA .. OM SHREE MAHALAKSHMYAI CHA VIDMAHE SRI VISHNU PATNAYI CHA DHEEMAHI, TANNO SRI LAKSHMI PRACHODAYAT ..... OM TAT SAT

FOR READY REFERENCE HAVE DOWNLOADED FROM A CITE,  THE 108 LOVING DIVINE NAME OF SRI LAKSHMI AMMA WITH MEANINGS WHICH MENTIONS EACH OF HER CELESTIAL QUALITIES,  IT TAKES ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO RECITE THE SAME. PLEASE RECITE EVERYDAY, ESPECIALLY, IF POSSIBLE AT 6 PM IN THE EVENING, OUR DEAREST MOTHER WOULD BE VERY HAPPY AND HAPPIEST OF HAPPY WOULD BE OUR MOST BELOVED SRI GOVINDA.

Om Tat Sat॥

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 3 / 21)  

SriLakshmi Amma, Daya devi (an ocean of compassion)                  ( Part 3 of 21 )

SRIMAN NARAYANA WITH BUMA DEVI AMMA AND SRI DEVI AMMA

( TIRUPATI TIRUMALA, LORD MALAIAPPA SWAMY)

LORD NARSIMHA WITH SRI LAKSHMI AMMA- AHOBILA MUTT

Countless salutation to our most beloved Sri Lakshmi amma who is not only our loving mother but who also personifies, among countless other fine qualities,  "Compassion " to the superlative.  It is mentioned in our highly revered scriptures, that if one  were to truly understand the term Daya ( compassion, kindness ) then in the entire three worlds she is the first and only one who has daya in the highest percentage, and is forever willing to forgive even the gravest of grave sins of her children.  She is the female energy of our most beloved Sriman Narayana and hence is embedded into him as one whole.  Only due to her divine intervention, does our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna forgives each one of us who are steeped in sins. 

According to our Srivaishnava practices, there is a very strict chain of command even in the path of our spiritual progress.  One has to first , chose a learned, erudite guru the likes such as SriRamunjacharya acharyan, Sri Gyaneshwar mauli, Srila Prabhupada etc who themselves are an embodiment of all that our lord desires in his creation, surrender whole heartedly unto the lotus feet of our guru, then our guru would intervene on behalf of us to Sri Lakshmi amma to take her in her fold and finally our universal mother, SriLakshmi amma, would on behalf of each of her children intermediate and ensure that our lord Sri Govinda draws us close to him, if this entire process from the learned guru to Mahalakshmi amma to our Lord is not completed then surely a jivatma cannot approach our lord directly. The two intermediaries one a very evolved compassionate guru just like our most beloved Namazhwar ( an incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna himself in the kaliyuga)  whom we will read about in our succeeding series and then at a higher plane our beloved mother only can lead us to our supreme personality of godhead Sri Madhava.

There have been numerous cases, where our most beloved lord was not convinced about a jivatma and did not want to accord salvation but only on the gentle persuasion of our mother and at her request did he even consider the merit of their case, such is the power of our dearest mother with our king of the entire cosmos, whatever she says, he will listen and act, there has been no exception till date.  He loves her beyond any boundary, our most loved mother is the centre of his core of  existence. With this we can imagine, how powerful , how loving and how dear she is to our beloved creator. 

One more request, as per our shastras and our reverential scriptures please always pray , bow and surrender unto the divine consort, never call upon any one of them separately for they feel very pained and hurt, it is just like in the mortal world when both the parents are to be taken into confidence, and one should not supersede the other and hence they are very rightly called DIVYA DHAMPADI (divine consort).   Even if we wish to approach our lord Sri Krishna directly it would never be possible for he will not accept us without her consent and blessings.

Also , one very important point to be borne in our mind, is generally most of us associate our dearest of dear mother as only Goddess of wealth, which should be avoided. Yes, she is the queen whose divine  husband, our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna is the owner of all the worlds, but her qualities do not limit to only that, she is a repository of compassion, of  prosperity, of good luck, of protection against all evils, she is our armour, our very core of existence , the brightest light of our home, in her absence the only thing that will engulf each one of us is total darkness, despair and gloom.  In Sanskrit the right word is Sri Lakshmi Kaataksham ( she is our only benevolent mother who can over brim our cups with happiness, peace, best health, bright future , without her , the richest of rich, also would seem a mere pauper because she is an epitome of goodness in all its glory). 

To  highlight this point, am reminded of a beautiful event that took place in the life of our dearest of dear Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan, who had completely renounced the world and only served the divine consort, nothing at all did he ever accept, the very best part is one of his well wishers felt  very bad that such a learned scholar ( he is known as Sarva Tantra Swatantra ,meaning all in all ,one who is excellently  versed  in all walks of life ) is living his holy life in penury, so they hid few gold coins in his daily biksha (alms )which he used to collect from home to home which was the order of Brahmins in those days.  Brahmins had to live only for that day, not to store or hoard anything for more than a day , such was the dharma of the austere Brahmins. 

His wife was such a simpleton and loving person, when she was preparing the annaprasadam she came across the hidden gold coins and did not even know what they were, she showed it our revered acharyan, who with the Darbha grass separated it and did not use it, for he felt that those who loved the divine consort should not fall prey to even the slightest maya (illusion), such are our greatest of great acharyans, who loved our divine consort not because they were an embodiment of wealth, but our acharyans cherished their majestic and noble presence, they did not want anything at all but only wanted their divine grace and blessings. 

Another incident to further the point , that wealth is not only the consideration of our beloved mother, with her around us, even if we do not have  any riches at all, our mother staying with us  is more than enough, rest all is to be strictly discarded.  Once our most respected Desikan acharyan wrote and sang about our beloved mother Daya Devi, her sterling qualities and her love for each one of us and so many loving traits about her that while she was listening in rapt attention to our acharyan's verses in praise of her, she became ecstatic , just like a normal mother who feels overjoyed when her children praise her, she craves nothing but only our genuine appreciation after which she grapples us so lovingly to her. 

In her highest happiness, she starts showering  continuously countless gold coins over our acharyan Sri Vedanta Desikan but  because he had strictly renounced every material riches he did not take any one single gold coin showered by our loving mother, he kept on singing and dancing in glory of her immense praises that little did he pay heed to the coins too.  So happy and thrilled our mother was at her child who is not bothered about anything and is totally engrossed in her love that she gives him a  promise that in one of the biggest srivaishnava temple SRIRANGAM, she accorded him a separate sanniddhi (sanctum sanctorum) next to her very own and also promised that after this no other acharyan in the kali yuga would be accorded that special status other than our very own dearest of dear Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan.

WHAT A COMPASSIONATE MOTHER TO HER WORTHIEST OF WORTHY SON!.  THIS ONLY GOES TO PROVE THAT OUR MOTHER IS THE HAPPIEST WHEN HER CHILDREN LOVE HER FOR WHAT SHE IS AND NOT WHAT SHE HAS. THERE IS A VERY HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, HOPE EACH ONE OF US FIND A PLACE IN HER HOLIEST OF HOLY LOTUS HEART BY SINGING HER GLORIES, DANCING TO THE TUNES OF HER LOVE FOR US AND FOREVER GETTING  ETCHED IN HER  HEART . JAI LAKSHMI AMMA! ....JAI SRIMAN NARAYANA!.

Please treat our beloved lakshmi amma as our dearest mother, she wants only that position after which the status she would accord us would be next to our one and only one "PARMATMAN, THE CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE WORLD." From all this, what we gather is , our dearest cosmic father and mother have no expectations at all from us but they pine for our true love, and the very best part is apart from truest of true love what else can we offer to our creator, for each and every single molecule belongs to them , they pervade the whole universe by a tattva known as "TRUTH".  Am amazed that in the mortal world we have to keep on pleasing people gifting them  so many material possessions yet we fail to satisfy them, whereas in Sri Parmapadam all it takes is our pristine devotion to capture the holy hearts of our divine consort. WHAT A MARVEL!

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR DIVINE  MOTHER SRI LAKSHMI AMMA ADORES?

• Just like our beloved Sriman Narayana who cannot survive for a billionth of a second without our divine mother and hence we find that in his lotus heart , permanently dwell, Bhudevi amma ( our dearest mother earth)  and Sridevi amma ( Sri Lakshmi amma)  , which goes to prove that they are an eternal part of his whole divine body.  Our mother too , only wants each one of us to sing the praises of our Sriman Narayana only, she is the happiest when her children come to her and sing glories about her divine husband and our divine father.  In our sashtras it is clearly mentioned that a devout would approach our dearest mother in her sanctum sanctorum and sing the praises of our Lord Sri Krishna and near him sing about her glories, such is the love of our divine consort. Henceforth we too should follow the same principle , in front of her sing about her beloved husband our dearest Lord Sri Krishna, she would be very happy.

• Beautiful sandal paste, turmeric paste, holy kumkum, beautiful colourful bangles with fine patterns, very soft bright hued silken vastram (holy attire), scented flowers like jasmine, rose, lily etc, beautiful anklets and of course tasty annaprasadam.  My dear brothers and sisters, all these beautiful things which she adores is least expensive, only it has to be offered with the highest love, if one cannot afford any of them , please do not worry, mentally offer the same.  How great is her glory!  that we need not even  physically offer her,  if due to an old age, disease, financial constraints etc  we can mentally conjure beautiful image of dressing her, of feeding her and ensuring she takes adequate rest.

CAN'T WE DO SO LITTLE FOR OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS TO GET ANGRY , SHE WHO PLEADS ON BEHALF OF EACH ONE OF US TO OUR MOST BELOVED SRIMAN NARAYANA,  CAN'T WE JUST HOLD HER CLOSE TO OUR HEART, SHE IS WORTHY OF COUNTLESS BENEDICTION AND LOVE FROM US, FOR ALL SHE CRAVES IS THE SIMPLEST OF SIMPLE WHICH EACH ONE HAS IN ABUNDANCE, ONLY WE NEED TO SURRENDER IT UNTO HER LOTUS FEET THEN THE MIRACLE WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE , DIRECTLY WITHOUT EVEN A BLINKING OF AN EYE LID WE WOULD BE TRANSPORTED AT THE LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA, ZERO EFFORTS FROM OUR SIDE, JUST BY ACCORDING HER PRISTINE LOVE NOTHING BEYOND THAT.

• She, at all times, wants us to practice love, compassion, honesty, humility and a very strong strength of character in all what we do, just as our worldly mother would want us of. The moment she is assured of our sincerity, she will run to us and not the other way round when we have to seek her , she will encircle us to her forever here and hereafter and be a divine part of ourselves.  WHAT MORE CAN A JIVATMA ASK FOR?.

• Please note, to love our divine consort does not mean to become a sanyasi or total renunciation but to enjoy every worldly pleasure with all our family members to the fullest ,but with a sense of surrender that all this which we call ours is for a temporary period, each one of us here is a mere traveller, when the call comes from the heavens we have to pack up, but whilst we without an end enjoy the transient material comforts , a sense of deep gratitude to our creator who has bestowed us these gifts purely on account of their mercy and not on any of our merits has to be fully understood by us.

Contentment , gratitude and deep appreciation is a combination of the four  words "TO COUNT OUR BLESSINGS" AND TO BOW OUR HEAD IN HIGHEST OF HIGH REVERENCE BEFORE OUR CREATORS AND CONVEY TO THEM HUMBLY THAT EVERYTHING BESTOWED UNASKED , UNDESERVED IS ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR GRACE AND THANK THEM PROFUSELY FOR EVERY LITTLE THING. THANKS AND TO RECIPROCATE  IN TOTAL HUMILITY IS A BEAUTIFUL WORD WHICH  ACTS AS A PERMANENT GOLDEN BRIDGE OF LOVE , AFFECTION , CARE AND DEVOTION BETWEEN THE PARMATMAN AND JIVATMAN.

• Another quality she loves in her children is CHARITY . To help the needy, to take care of each of her children and to give without any expectations but as a duty to our lesser fortunate and more deserving brothers and sisters. Please see , when we start sharing everything , we get manifold times returns than what we have given , this is the law of Providence.

This entire world is a beautiful magnet, what we do gets attracted and there is a full boomerang effect, love for love, kindness for kindness, humility for humiity. Hence we have to stay away from all negative aura  for if we practice any of the negative trait , surely one fine day, it would bounce and come back to us with a cumulative effect and therefore we have to at all times take due care of all our actions and above all, we have to perform those actions which immensely please our dearest Lakshmi amma for then only we can reach our lord,

WE HAVE TO MONITOR EACH OF OUR THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND FRUITS OF ACTION AND SURRENDER UNTO THEIR LOTUS FEET FOR THE MOMENT IT TOUCHES THE DIVINE, EVEN THE WORST OF WORST ACTION GETS BURNT TO ASHES. Let us know for sure that this whole world is one happy family, our soul does not have any gender distinctions and is not limited by any other boundary , so we need to spread peace, happiness and goodness for this is what our dearest of dear mother wants of us.

SRI VITHOBHA MAULI ( MAULI MEANS MOST COMPASSIONATE MOTHER ) AND SRI RAKUMAAI AMMA OF PANDHARPUR

OM SHREE MAHALAKSHMYAI CHA VIDMAHE SRI VISHUN PATNAYI CHA DHEEMAHI, TANNO SRI LAKSHMI PRACHODAYAT ..... OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       ( Part 2 / 21)  

SRIMAN NARAYANA, OUR SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD           

 Part 2  of 21

THE MAHATMAS WHO ATTAINED SRIMAN NARAYANA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA THROUGH PRAPATTI (TOTAL WHOLEHEARTED SURRENDER)

Countless Mahatmas over the four yugas ( Krita, Treta, Dwapar and at present Kali yuga) have attained Sriman Narayana and Lakshmi amma by Prapatti , though sheer patience and utmost devotion, faith in superlative that the divine will come to their rescue come what may.  Their conviction and unflinching belief was that the entire inhabitants of the mortal  world could  desert them, their closest of close could shut them off their lives but our one and only one creator of all the worlds, our dearest of dear  one and only "PARMATMAN" will surely not forsake them.

All these mahatmas have self experienced the divine, have spoken to him in their human form in this mortal world, some have sat on his lap, some have partaken of the annaprasadam with him , some have  been carried by the divine on his most lovely shoulders, they have all conveyed their divine experiences to the human kind for only one reason that if they could attain the one and only divine , why not we?  Countless prostrations and glories to these srivaishanava saints who for the sake of mankind shared their bliss with a thought that each and every jivatma should attain  him and get a permanent liberation, such were their noblest of noble thoughts.

The devout Srivaishnavas, are those who follow compassion, humility, run to the rescue of every others in distress and above all SURRENDER ONLY AND ONLY UNTO THE LOTUS FEET OF SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA, NONE ELSE. They do not have caste, creed or religion nor are they encased in only human form, they could be in any form sentient and insentient such as holy birds like Garuda, very sacred instruments such as Panchajanyam, the conch of lord Sri Krishna, the temple bells in the service of Lord SriGovinda, the flora and fauna used to adorn our beloved, animals like lion, tiger , tortoise, fish ,  boar (Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Naarsimha ) etc whose form our beloved has taken to rescue us and hence let each one of us have the unique distinction and proudly proclaim that we are SRIVAISHNAVAS AND OUR ONLY PURPOSE HERE IS TO SERVE OUR MOST BELOVED DIVINE CONSORT.

Mentioned below are few of the Srivaishnavas who have made our lord proud and have permanently attained him only through the PRAPATTI MARG:

1. Prahalada Maharaj : Our most beloved child, who despite so many tortures from his asura father Hiranyakashapu who made his life miserable because the divine sweet child kept chanting SRIMAN NARAYANA continuously. The divine child, never for a moment, lost faith in the one and only one, never felt what would his condition be when attacked so many times and that too so brutally and also by his own father, kept on chanting our beloved lords holy name, the child did not even , once convey to our lord to come to its rescue for he was sure that at the right moment, our lord would rush and HOW DID HE COME!

 THE ANGER WHICH NONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD HAVE EXPERIENCED ESPECIALLY WHERE OUR MOST COMPASSIONATE LORD IS CONCERNED, CAME IN THE FORM OF A FEROCIOUS LION,  GROWLING AND HOWLING TORE HIRANYAKASHAPU TO SHREDS, SUCH IS THE LOVE OF OUR MOST LOVING LORD WHO NEVER KNOWS HOW IT IS TO GET EVEN ONE BIT ANGRY, BUT IF HIS DEVOTEES ARE HARMED ,HE WOULD GO TO ANY EXTENT TO LIBERATE THEM.  HE BECAME SO ANGRY THAT LAKSHMI AMMA OUR DEAREST MOTHER ALSO COULD NOT GO NEAR HIM BUT HIS LOVING DEVOTEE CHILD PRAHALADA MAHARAJ WENT AND LOVINGLY SAT ON HIS LAP , THEN ONLY HE COOLED DOWN LIKE AN ICEBERG.

CAN  EACH ONE OF US CAPTURE THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT BEFORE US AND PROSTRATE LOW WITH JOINED HANDS  BEFORE OUR BELOVED LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND ALSO PRAHALADA MAHARAJ WHO CONVEYED TO US THAT IF ANY OF THE SRIVAISHNAVITE DEVOTEE IS HARMED THEN OUR LORD WILL DESCEND TO PROTECT US  , DID OUR BELOVED LORD NOT MENTION THIS THROUGH HIS OWN DIVINE MUKHAKAMALAM IN SRIMADH BHAGAVAD GITA WHEN UNRIGHTEOUNESS RULES, AND HIS DEVOTEES ARE PUT TO INCONVENIENCE, HE WOULD PERSONALLY APPEAR AND ANNIHILATE THE WICKED.  COUNTLESS GLORIES TO OUR ONE AND ONLY ONE LORD SRI KRISHNA.

2. Draupadi amma: When in front of the entire assembly , her honour was at stake, when she was dragged mercilessly  by the cruel Duryodhana, when even her husbands stood with their heads bent in shame , our beloved SriGovinda at one call of hers , came running in lightening speed and saved her self respect. Do any one of us after this, yet harbour a doubt in our minds?

      3.  Gajendra Moksham : Our lord rescued our beloved Gajendra, a mighty elephant caught by the crocodile,                     when he lovingly called out Sri Govinda, in utter pain and heavy blood stains, our lord came running at jet set             speed to rescue him, all it requires is a humble heart to call his holy name , once he captures us in his heart               then, never ever will he forget us even if we fail to remember him. JUST, ONCE PLEASE CALL HIM...

Gyaneshwar mauli, Tukaram mauli, Sri Ramanucharya acharyan, Mira amma, andal amma, Sant Kabir, Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan and countless other mahatmas have experienced him.

One very very humble confession, have too experienced him in every atom of my being, have gone through  some great hurdles, some life taking, these are my bonus years gifted by him for was on death bed several times,  but do not want to glorify my self, nor wallow in self pity for will always count my blessings for there are many more of our brethrens who are still worse off and less fortunate than us .

 HE HAS ALWAYS COME TO MY RESCUE AT ALL TIMES( NO EXCEPTIONAL CASE AT ALL), MANY TIMES, FELT THAT THIS IS THE END, ALL THE DOORS HAVE CLOSED ON ME BUT HE OPENED  AND KEEPS OPENING THE ONE GOLDEN DOOR WITH A DIAMOND KEY AND FOREVER ENCAPTURED THIS SERVANT OF SERVANT OF SERVANT UNTO HIS LOTUS HEART.

This is also one of the main reason , am under his divine will and guidance writing this holy write up for and on behalf of Sriman Narayana and Lakshmi amma, as an invisible speckle of dust at their lotus feet ,with a very humble thought that if he can lovingly carry  this non entity servant then surely he can tenderly carry every of his creation

 ALL THAT IS  REQUIRED ,MY DEAR SPIRITUAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, PLEASE DOTINGLY CALL HIM ATLEAST ONCE "SRI MADHAVA, SIR GOVINDA , SRI MURALI MANOHARA, SRI DAMODARA, SRI KRISHA, SRI ANIRUDHA  AND HIS COUNTLESS HOLIEST OF HOLY NAMES. HE WILL COME TO ALL OUR RESCUE, LET EACH  ONE OF US , INCLUDE HIM IN ALL OUR HAPPINESS, IN ALL OUR ACHIEVEMENTS , ALL OUR SMALLEST OF SMALL  MOMENTS AND SURRENDER UNTO THE DIVINE CONSORT,  THEY WILL SURELY CLAP FOR US , THEY WILL VERY KINDLY CARRY US AND  WILL WIPE OUR TEARS TOO, NO DOUBT AT ALL.

HE IS OUR BELOVED LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND SHE IS OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA, LET EACH ONE OF US MAKE THEM AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LIVES, THEN WE NEED NOT EVEN BOTHER OF SALVATION,  THE DIVINE BEING A PART OF US , THEN SRI PARMAPADAM IS HERE ON THIS EARTH ITSELF, NO NEED TO SEARCH FOR IT ANYWHERE ELSE.  

Yatra yogesvarah krsno yatra partho dhanur-dharah tatra srir vijayo bhutir dhruva nitir matir mama. (Wherever there is Lord Govinda/Lord Madhusudana, the master of all , and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality.

WHAT DOES  PRAPATTI COMPRISE OF?

• Chanting his holy names continuously . In this modern fast paced lifestyle one can at all time, while performing routine activities, while cooking, boarding a transport, at work, while having annaprasadam, while retiring to bed and in so many other times with total love and not as a mere mechanical process  chant his holy names, it does not require any time at all , just as breathing is eternal and ongoing so is chanting continuous here and  hereafter. His holy names should be taken effortlessly and in total purity and devotion.

• Cooking tasty delicious annaprasadam for him especially sweets which he is very fond of.   Can't we with all pure thoughts of love and happiness cook for him saatvik annaprasadam with the highest love, as a samarpayaami (pure offering ) all that he enjoys and relishes and humbly offer him as prasadam and then consume after he has partaken of it.  Can we in all humility do the least for our undisputed king of the cosmos. What a bliss!  our beloved has loved every morsel, he has blessed our annaprasadam and then we have it, won't it be free from all impurities? Never would we ever fall sick after this sacred ritual.

• Weaving of beautiful multi hued garlands. Is it very expensive to buy few colour fragance filled flowers with the holy tulasi leaves and beautifully weave a loving garland and adorn the divine consort with the fragrant sweet flowers? .  The very act of weaving beautiful garlands is a benediction from him and blessed are those who can do this service in a very loving and pious manner. JAI HO PRABHU!

• We can sweep the holy floors of his temple if it is permissible , we can distribute prasadam to his loving devotees, we can light lamps in our homes, offer a beautiful peacock feather which he is so much fond of, light fragrant incense sticks, we can adorn our lord with beautiful vastrams (divine dresses) and above all we can share with him our days events, HE LOVES TO HEAR OUR SCHEDULE, HE HEARS IT WITH RAPT ATTENTION AND THE BEST PART IS WHEN WE ARE NARRATING TO HIM LORD HANUMAN, OUR MOST BELOVED BROTHER, ALSO SITS AND HEARS THE SAME WITH KEEN ATTENTION AND  INTEREST.
• IN SHORT, WE HAVE TO ENSURE EACH MOMENT OF OUR LIFE IS WOVEN AROUND HIM, WITH HIM, FOR HIM, BECAUSE OF HIM........WE CAN AND WE WILL FROM JUST NOW. ALSO PLEASE SERVE HIS DEVOTEES TOO,  FOR MANAVA SEVA IS MADHAVA SEVA ( SERVICE TO MANKIND IS SERVICE TO SRIMAN NARAYANA).  All this neither requires big money, nor time, nor great efforts, nor any great talent,  all that is required is to make him a part of our self ,steeped with purity of thoughts , fully free from ego.  he has accepted the humblest of humble offering of Shabari amma and also of our loving Sudhama , his dearest friend, then surely he will also accept ours too.

PLEA TO  OUR DEAREST SRIMAN NARAYANA AND OUR MOST LOVING MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA

Our dearest of dear Lord Krishna, please forgive me, if there has been any flaw or mistake in any of the word for this servant of servant of servant of yours is a left hand zero infinity , the only reason , she has , under your guidance and grace, as an instrument in your holy hands, been able to write a drop  in an overflowing biggest deepest ocean. You are the personification of humility, goodness, purity, kindness and every other loving qualities and countless glories sung in your praise over countless yugas would also  be only a smallest of small droplet.  In my lowest of lowly state, I do remember you and make a small attempt to love you,  yes, surely it would be  very minuscule as compared to the gigantic proportions of love, mercy and benediction you have bestowed on each of your creation but please, accept and bless  this very small write up, come from the deepest core.

Also, on behalf of all the Srivaishnavite devotees, do I plead, with both hands joined  and raised above and under your holiest of holy lotus feet , beg of you, that just like you take the highest joy in bestowing upon us unasked , undeserved too, please give us an opportunity to forever serve you and Lakshmi amma in the manner you deem fit, we do not want permanent salvation, we want to only serve you with the purest of pure love, we want to keep you happy.

You who have bestowed so many joys on us, we want to protect you from all evil eyes, yes our dearest lord, you have heard it right, unbelievable as it might seem, we who are wholly dependent upon you , want to protect you for it is our bhavana ( our sentiments because more than the king of the cosmos we consider and treat you as our beloved family head and hence surely, blessing you or protecting you from all evil eyes also is not a misplaced sentiment, only you will understand this deepest feeling of ours). 

PLEASE, OUR MOST BELOVED MOTHER, FATHER, SARVASVAM (ALL IN ALL), PLEASE ALLOW US TO SERVE YOU ETERNALLY HERE AND HEREAFTER, WE PROMISE YOU, AFTER THIS ,WE WILL NOT ASK YOU ANYTHING. THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY ONE SENTIMENT VOICED  BY EACH OF YOUR DEVOTEES , AM VERY SURE , AS ALWAYS ,   YOU WILL UTTER THATHASTHU (PERMISSION GRANTED).. THANKS, OUR DEARMOST ONE AND ONLY SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA, COUNTLESS GRATITUDE AND DEEPEST APPRECIATION  FOR EVERYTHING.

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADHYE, SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA. 

SRIMAN NARAYANA, OUR SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD           

 Part 1  of 21

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

At the very beginning , would like to make a honest submission in all humility that this entire write-up , am writing with only one sentiment and that is total prapatti, meaning unconditional voluntary surrender unto the divine lotus of Lord SriKrishna and Lakshmi amma and hence want to completely stay away from technicality and exact sciences, for am of the opinion that if one gets into too much rationale, scientific validation, reasoning and perfect arithmetic logic and  an accuracy which is like the exact sciences,   then pure devotion  gets permanently lost for we are constantly  in search of  a perfect foundation in each and every aspect which one cannot look for in our spiritual journey towards the supreme personality Lord Sriman Narayana/ Lord Sri Govinda/ Lord Sri Krishna.  When our countless srivaishnavite saints, mahatmas and learned gurus have personally experienced him, spoken with the divine consort face to face  and have conveyed to us of his complete supremacy with total conviction we need to totally accept their divine experience and make it a part of ours too.

Who is Sriman Narayanaya?

Sriman Narayana is the one and only supreme personality of godhead who has created the entire cosmos and is known as "PARMATMAN".  Rest all are to  be treated as Jivatmas, who are his creation and need to be subservient to him .  The entire world , the sentient (living ) and  the in sentient (lifeless) moves only on his directions and none else. He is the super supreme ultimate authority and master of all his creations. His powers are unlimited and matchless.  Each and every entity in all the worlds are his divine design, wholly dependent upon him  and at the end of every  yuga ,each of us has to reach him for he would absorb all his creations back unto him.  Having understood that our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna is the  only ultimate master of each one of us , without wasting one billionth of a second we need to unconditionally, wholeheartedly surrender unto his divine lotus feet.

THE EASIEST ROUTE/PATH TOWARDS  OUR MOST ADORING SRIMAN NARAYANA/  LORD SRI KRISHNA- PRAPATHI- UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

As uttered through his holy lotus mukhakamalam in our highest scripture Srimadh Bhagavadh Gita, we can attain him through Karma yoga, Gyana yoga, Bhakti yoga and last but not the least prapathi.(total unconditional surrender).  Each of his devotee can take the path towards him as they deem convenient but the most easiest, fastest and sure shot successful path  towards him is Prapathi- total unconditional surrender. The other paths surely will lead us to him but would not nullify the debit credits of our Karma, for example in Bhakti yoga , the credits of our karma could supersede the debits and hence the jivatma once again has to take birth to reap the benefits of the good karma of the past but in total unconditional surrender unto the lotus feet of  Lord Sri Krishna there is no rebirth at all for one has lovingly caught on to his holy feet with the greatest devotion conveying to him a situation of utter helplessness, of total faith in him and him only and a mindset that the individual jivatma cannot leave him and sustain itself  for even a lightening second,  exactly  like a situation of a new born baby who is fully dependent upon its mother , similarly each of the jivatma cannot live without him at all.  Also, no matter how evolved one is yet to know his glories fully is just not possible , it is mentioned in our  holiest of holy scriptures what is known of him is only a smallest tiniest bit which itself is like a deepest of deep ocean , please imagine how it would be to know his glory in its entirety. 

The king of the cosmos, our very known Lord Sri Krishna has kept within himself so many aspects of his divine personality which even the most evolved saints are unable to decode for the very simple reason , one of our lords most holy trait is his utter humility , he does not know to blow his own trumpet unlike us  jivatmas who would love to at every interval,  feel that we are the very best in all what  we do.  Another reason, he wants to keep his highest of high state all to himself because if we come to know of his fathomless stature , in fear ,each of us at our atom like existence,  will start moving away from him in utter awe , just like Arjuna in the eleventh chapter of Srimad Bhagavadh Gita , when he sees the universal form of our dearest of dear, he is frightened beyond a point and begs our lord to once again regain his normal beautiful , compassionate  and highly endearing form which all of us so much love and are so familiar with.  This one quality itself, amongst his countless other sterling qualities qualifies only him as the creator who wants to be so very close to his creation.  WHAT A MARVEL!

Prapathi is an extremely simple path where our dearest of dear lord SriKrishna , himself will guide us towards his abode, the holiest of holy parmapadam, a place of no return, a state of permanent salvation. How can one forget and miss the direction of  the route where the owner (PARMATMA) himself accompanies the traveler (JIVATMA).  NO CHANCE AT ALL.  Also , when the king and queen are with us in our journey towards them, is there even a smallest of small reason to be frightened, doubtful or unsure of the destination.  He is govardhanagiridhara, who in his tiniest little finger carried the entire mighty govardhan mountain, he who showed the entire universe in his small beautiful mukhakamalam as a baby to his most beloved mother and ours too Yashoda amma , can he forsake us , even if we forget him, will he leave us behind ?..NEVER not  in one billionth chance. 

His mercy, compassion and memory is so strong that each of his creation are forever  shielded in his heart and become an integral part of his divine self, no matter whether one is good or bad as he himself mentioned in our divine gita "I am an impartial friend to all , to friends and foes alike".  HE IS THE ONELY ONE WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS AND NEVER EVER FAILS IN HIS COMMITMENT  . He behaved with the evil Duryodhana in the same manner as our virtuous Arjuna. HE WILL NEVER EVER FORSAKE HIS CREATION AT ALL, LET EACH OF US REST ASSURED THAT NONE BUT HIMSELF ONLY CAN REDEEM US . THIS IS THE ONLY AND THE HIGHEST TRUTH OF OUR EXISTENCE AND IF THIS IS WHAT WE TOTALLY BELIEVE IN  HIM THEN WHY FEAR? PLEASE THROW AWAY EVEN A MOLECULE LIKE FEAR OR A HIMALAYAN DOUBT TOO BOTH HAVE NO PLACE WHEN WE ARE BEING CARRIED BY OUR DIVINE FATHER AND MOTHER. A DOTING MOTHER, EVER CARRIES HER ALL CHILDREN IN HER BOSSOM EVER, NO DOUBT AT ALL.

WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE EASIEST OF EASY PATH, MORE SIMPLER THAN BHAKTI , GYANA AND KARMA YOGA THAT TOTAL PRAPATHI IS THE BEST AND  MOST EXCELLENT PATH TOWARDS HIM. YES, SURELY WITH PRAPATHI, BHAKTI AND OTHER QUALITIES DEFINITELY WILL ALSO BE PRESENT OTHERWISE WITH THE ABSENCE OF PURE DEVOTION AND  SPOTLESS ATTACHMENT TOWARDS HIM HOW CAN WE EVEN THINK OF SURRENDERING UNTO HIS LOTUS FEET? ONLY ONE  THING HAS TO BE BORNE, THAT HE IS THE KING WHO IS LEADING US , WE HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO CARRY US AND IN THIS STATE OF TOTAL PRAPATHI ONE SHOULD NEVER ASK HIM "WHY ME?" WHEN THINGS ARE UNFAVOURBALE FOR US INSTEAD WE SHOULD THANK HIM ETERNALLY, COUNT OUR BLESSINGS  AND CONVEY TO OUR MOST BELOVED LORD SRI KRISHA" WHY NOT ME, THE BEST IS HAPPENING TO ME BECAUSE MY BELOVED CREATOR IS WITH ME NULLIFYING MY PRARABDHA KARMA ( ALL THE PREVIOUS ACCUMULATED KARMAS) BECAUSE OF WHICH MY SOUL IS GETTING CLEANSED THOROUGHLY OF ALL ITS PAST RESIDUE GOOD OR BAD AND AM REACHING VERY CLOSE TO MY LORD TO BE HIS FOREVER.

QUALITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO ATTAIN SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA

The only traits required to attain the divine are  compassion, goodness, pure heart which knows for sure he is with us all the time and will never ever leave us no matter in what state we are in, whether at the foothills or the tip of the peak, whether a saint or a sinner.  Our dearest Lord SriKrishna himself has conveyed to us towards the concluding chapter of our most divine Srimad Bhagavadh Gita that even if the nastiest  of the nasty sinner were to surrender unto him, he  would be accounted for as a saint for he has rightly resolved to reach the one and only one. Does any one of us want a further validation , after hearing from his own lotus mukhkamalam?.  PERMANENT CONFIRMATION FROM THE ETERNAL KING OF THE ENTIRE COSMOS HIMSELF. 

The people in this mortal world, whom we love we trust unconditionally, then so much so for the creator who has created, sustained and is blessing us every second so unconditionally, we need to love , respect , care and shower our highest of high adoration for him.  How simple he has made our path to attain him , here in the mortal world one needs to be highly qualified to earn his bread but in the holiest of holy parmapadam neither do we have to possess highest qualification nor do we need to hold powerful positions, all that is needed is a pure heart filled with immeasurable love for our most beloved father and mother , the one and only one. Also, please note, no distinction is made in his abode with regards to caste, creed, gender for the immaculate soul does not have a gender , it is pure and indestructible. 

Its only purpose and mission is to reach him into a land of no return filled with pure bliss and happiness.  After knowing this principle, none of us need to worry about our social , financial and emotional status , they do not matter to him at all, we are his children and every child no matter whether successful or not is equally loved by its mother, so also , please rest assured, all the irrelevant distinctions in this mortal world does not hold water in his abode, all that is sacrosanct  here , does not have authenticity  in his abode,  for all the equation in this mortal world is subject to contamination whereas in his abode the purest of pure , the kindest of kind and humblest of humble only reside and we can relate to each one of them for none will laugh at our weakness, our innumerable flaws for yatha raja thatha praja ( as the king so the subordinates), just like our Lord Sri Rama is known for ages across all the yugas to be the most compassionate king , and all his subjects were the happiest of happy under his rule for truth, honesty and humane values are the epitome of his personality.

My dear loving sisters and brothers , after knowing who our  SRIMAN NARAYANA is , the only easiest of easy route towards him is total unconditional surrender and the only few traits that we need to possess are kindness, humility, purest love , we need to make a  communication to him that WE KNOW NONE, WE NEED TO KNOW NONE, WE ENDORSE NONE, WE ARE  YOURS AND ONLY YOURS IS THE ONLY PERSONA WE NEED TO CARRY WITH US WHEN WE ARE SO LOVINGLY CARRIED BY HIM....IS IT REALLY VERY DIFFICULT? IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME, THE SIMPLEST OF SIMPLE THING IN THE ENTIRE COSMOS IS OUR LORDS DESIRE TOWARDS US, CAN'T WE IN RIGHT EARNEST GIFT HIM  THE SIMPLEST OF SIMPLE OFFERING  HE IS REQUESTING FROM US , WHEN HE HAS IN HIS IMMENSE GLORY, LOVE , MERCY AND COMPASSION GIFTED US WITH THIS HUMAN FORM OF OURS.  CAN WE CONDUCT OURSELVES AS HE WANTS US, THAT  TOO IN OUR OWN INTEREST? AREN'T WE ALL , IN SEARCH OF THAT PERFECT HAPPINESS, PEACE AND BLISS THAT ONLY HE CAN BESTOW ON US?

Let  each one of us ,firmly  resolve just now, that we will do exactly what he wants of us, let the path towards him be filled with thorns and difficulties, we will surely tread on the complexities of the route , all for him, even the worst of worse suffering will be burned to ashes by him, please let us give it a try, for this path has no failure at all, not even one exception case, let us learn to trust the one and only PARMATMAN for only he CAN DO IT FOR US , HE IS OUR ONLY ONE WHO WISHES THE VERY BEST FOR US,OUR TRUEST WELWISHER.  HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS WITH US 365 24 7  AND ONLY HE CAN FREE US OF ALL OUR KARMAS , NULLIFY THE  BALANCE SHEET OF OUR LIFE AND LOVINGLY CARRY US IN HIS WARMTH HERE AND HEREAFTER.....

SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADHYE, SRIMAN NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.

OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA.       

 ( INTRODUCTION  )

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

In one of my earlier blogs, we have read in 5 series ,about our most respected Azhwars ( 12 in number), mystic saints of south India, also known as nitya suris, their holiest of holy life and their sublime transcendental  devotion par excellence towards our most beloved  Sriman Narayana/ Lord Sri Krishna (our only Parmaatma , the creator of the entire universe , most affectionate supreme personality of godhead ) and our most loving one and only Sri Lakshmi amma, a  seamless ocean of compassion (Daya Devi).

In this 21 series would like to highlight , the  core essence  of their wonderful priceless works for this would help us to appreciate what true devotion to our loving divine consort means, how to reach Sri Parmapadam, the abode of our  most adoring Lord SriGovinda and the true purpose of our life and of course final salvation.  Their works are fathomless, immeasurable and infinite that countless PHDs would be insufficient to highlight them but knowing the quintessence of their monumental works would surely lead us to our most kind and super caring  lord  Sri Krishna.

Our core purpose is to go back to our beloved Sriman Narayana and Sri Lakshmi amma  to their abode , the only place known for sat chit anand, pure permanent bliss and happiness of the highest order free from all material contamination never to return back.

Our dearest of dear divine consort are desperately waiting for us more than our own zeal and enthusiasm to reach them ,  their most beautiful holy arms are  forever open for us, time is precious , a non renewal resource, so let us take a small step now in the direction of  our Lord SriKrishna and SriLakshmi amma, am very sure, beyond an iota of doubt,  our beloved Lord Sri Krishna will take the giant leap towards us  just like he did when he descended on  to our dearest mother earth  as a most attractive vaamana murthi, dwarf sized  hiding SriLakshmi amma in his vastram, transformed himself  in just a billionth of a second and  became a Trivikrama, Brahmandarupa (his universal form) , his holiest of holy feet measured the whole universe with no place left  to calculate further ) .

My request would be if possible , for those who have not read about my earlier blogs about our  most adorable azhwars, please read them first and then their works for then it would be very easy to co-relate and also have a great clarity of interpretation.

The contents of their works would be as under:

1. Sriman Narayana, our supreme personality of godhead               Part 1 and 2 of 21
2. SriLakshmi Amma, Daya devi (an ocean of compassion)              Part 3 and 4 of 21
3. Sri Poigai Azhwar                                                                      Part 5 of 21
4. Sri Bhuthat Azhwar                                                                   Part 6 of 21
5. Sri Pey Azhwar                                                                          Part 7 of 21
6. Sri Tirumalisai Azhwar                                                               Part 8 of 21
7. Sri Madhurakavi Azhwar                                                             Part 9 of 21
8. Sri NamAzhwar (king among our azhwars)                                   Part 10 and 11 of 21
9. Sri Kulashekara Azhwar                                                              Part 12 of 21
10. Sri Periazhwar ( Srivishnuchitta)                                                 Part 13 and 14 of 21
11. Sri Andal amma ( Bhuma devi our dearest mother earth)             Part 15 and 16 of 21
12. Sri Thondar adi podi azhwar                                                       Part 17 of 21
13. Sri Tiurppan Azhwar                                                                   Part 18 of 21
14. Sri Tirumangai Azhwar                                                               Part 19 and 20 of 21  
15. Review and summarization                                                         Part 21 of 21.

As we are aware, all our twelve most respected azhwars have written their works in Tamil, one of the oldest Dravidian languages in the world and their major verses put together sums to 4000 holy verses known as Naalaayira Divya Prabhandham ( 4000 holiest of holy verses, also known as Dravida vedas).  The entire vedas written in Sanskrit has been so beautifully captured by them , the result is a nectarine work where each of us in our own humble way can understand in a very  simple manner, the core principles of our most reverential vedas.

Have sourced this devotional write up from the various lucid  English translations of one of the most erudite srivaishnavite  scholars , countless thanks and my humblest of humble respects to them , am in the capacity of a humble invisible speckle of dust and as a servant of servant of servant at the lotus feet of our loved Sriman Narayana and Sri Lakshmi amma am able to move the pen, only because of their divine grace, blessings and mercy, nay they are moving my pen.

Have taken every care to retain  the originality of my thoughts, feelings and views .  

Am very sure from the foothills of my atom like existence, my failings are many, for which at the very outset, please allow me to seek immense forgiveness and also offer my respectful obeisance and innumerable thanks at the lotus feet of my most loving  acharyan Srimate Srivan Satakopa Sri Ranganatha Yatheendra Maha Desikan (46th Azhagiyasingar  ( jeeyar/ head of the holy ahobila mutt), all our most lovable srivaishnava acharyans, mahatmas and saints  ,  countless in numbers, Sri Ramanujacharya acharyan, Sri Nigamantha Vedantha Desikan acharyan , one and only our universal benevolent mother SriLakshmi amma and the greatest Rajathi Raja, Maharathi, our most loving supreme personality of godhead, the only Parmaatma, Sriman Naryanaya/ Lord Sri Krishna.

At all their celestial lotus feet do I bow my head in humblest of humble reverence and seek their loving permission to commence my writing.  Am very sure, it is only my infinite love for the greatest of great, greater than Mount Meru ,  and not on my  merit but purely on their mercy  did I get this most lovely opportunity to dance , rejoice and rejoice once again and sing their glories and grandeur 

                                    OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.

HARE KRISHNA MATAJIS AND PRABHUJIS,

A VERY HAPPY SRI KRISHNA JANMA DINAM...........MAY WE ALL PRAY FOR OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI KRISHNA'S HAPPINESS AND BEG OF HIM TO ETERNALLY SERVE HIM AT HIS LOTUS FEET ALONG WITH  LAKSHMI AMMA HERE AND HEREAFTER.

SOME TIPS FOR EXTREMELY JOYOUS STRESS FREE EXISTENCE IN LORD SRI KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS:

1.Our life in this material world is extremely transient, every relation here, be it of the birth giving parents,  the closest of close,siblings,  friends, well wishers, etc may conclude in this life itself. There may be no carry forward from here. The only permanent thing which every jivatma carries from our dearest mother earth while departing is the sum total of all our karmas , rest including the gross body one has to leave it here itself. The only way to avoid the cruel trappings of earthly existence is to perform all our karmas with total detachment.  Our dearest Lord Sri Krishna wants us to perform each of our duty with the highest diligence but with no expectations at all, which surely will never make us despondent , for when we are only interested in fulfilling our swadharma and do not have an eye towards anything in return, we do not want a single favour from any of our associations here,  then the question of dejection, loss, pain, crumbling of hopes does not arise at all.  The best part is, in this highly temporary world, with everyone around us , we feel lonely for there is no guarantee whether they will come to our rescue at the time of our need, for every relation , will give thousands of reasons not to be there , whereas our one and only one Lord Sri Krishna would give countless reasons to be there for us at all times     24 365 7 despite his highest stature as our creator. HOW PARADOXICAL. OUR CREATOR HAS ALL THE TIME FOR EACH ONE OF US , WHERE AS THE ONES WHOM WE SERVE ALL THE TIME, FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ADJUST THEIR  SCHEDULES WHEN THE OCCASION DEMANDS WHICH ONLY GOES TO PROVE THAT APART FROM OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA WE WANT NONE WE WILL BOW ONLY TO HIM AND NEVER TO ANYONE ELSE.   When our creator can spare time for each of his creation, then the only  way to reciprocate his love is to serve him with the highest prapatti ( a sum total of pure, pristine bhakti and unconditional surrender with total faith) for everything in the seven worlds belong to him , the only thing which our beloved craves and longs for is our unalloyed love for him , nothing else. WHAT CAN WE OFFER OUR CREATOR LORD SRI KRISHNA WHEN EVERYTHING IS HIS ONLY, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS VERY  SIMPLE MATTER AND NOT COMPLICATE OUR EXISTENCE.

2 Having fully surrendered unto his lotus feet we need not worry at all for anything in this entire cosmos.  HE KNOWS, HE WILL ACT AT THE RIGHT TIME. We need to in a very stress free mode and like a beautiful ballot effortlessly glide through our lives journey.  Like  a highly  streamlined orchestra with the most beautiful , melodious error free notes NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE PAST,  THE PRESENT AND DEFINITELY NEVER EVEN THINK OF THE FUTURE FOR TODAY IS OURS, NONE KNOWS IF THERE WOULD BE A TOMORROW IN STORE FOR US. LET EACH OF US BE HAPPY AT ALL TIMES, DANCE TO THE TUNES OF JOY EVER FOR OUR LORD WANTS TO SEE EACH ONE OF US HAPPY, FOR WITH HIM AROUND US WHO HAS SHIELDED US FROM ALL SIDES , HOW CAN ANYONE EVEN THINK OF LEADING A DISTURBED LIFE. OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA/ SRI GOVINDA FEELS VERY SAD WHEN HE COMES TO KNOW IF EVEN ONE OF HIS CREATION IS UNHAPPY FOR THE WHEELS OF OUR LIFE , MOVES UP AND DOWN  IN VERY SWIFT STEEP MOVEMENTS, JOYS, SORROWS, LOSSES AND  PROFIT ARE A PART OF EACH OF US, TODAY S SADNESS, WOULD SEE TOMORROWS HAPPINESS AND TOMORROW'S HAPPINESS WOULD ONCE AGAIN WITNESS SADNESS FOR THE WHEELS OF SAMSARA WILL KEEP MOVING AND MOVING, AMIDST PAIRS OF OPPOSITES,  WE  NEED TO JUST IGNORE AND MOVE ON HAPPILY, CAREFREE, SINGING, DANCING , AND CHANTING HARE KRISHNA AT ALL TIMES.

3. A question in most of the devotees mind, will our dearest of dear Lord Sri Krishna come to our rescue, with the highest conviction and first hand experience of the greatest magnitude,  would surely convey,  rest assured, the world can go hither and thither, but our dearest lord is there for each one of us, cutting across every distinction, gender, religion, caste, status etc , he will without an iota of doubt at all times come running to us if only we call him lovingly/ with total surrender ,  with joined folded hands raised above just as Gajendran and  Draupadi amma called him , only one holiest of holy name uttered with total trust and love "GOVINDA, MADHUSUDANA, MADHAVA, KESHAVA, MURLI MANOHARA, VASUDEVA, KRISHNA, HE WILL BE THERE , not only to solve our problems but to carry us lovingly in his beautiful arms by absorbing and eliminating our problems in totality by its roots. Am very very sure of this, no uncertainty or scepticism on this at all. PLEASE CALL HIM WITH PURE LOVE JUST ONCE AND SEE , YOU WILL BELIEVE HE IS ETERNALLY WAITING FOR EACH ONE OF US TO REACH HIM, TO EXPERIENCE IS TO ENDORSE, PLEASE BOW BEFORE HIM AND ONLY HIM FOR HE IS THE ONLY ONE AND ONE PARMATMA. WHEN THE HIGHEST OF HIGH , GREATEST OF GREAT , OUR DEAREST LORD SRI GOVINDA/ OUR DEAREST VITHU MAULI  IS WAITING VERY ANXIOUSLY FOR EACH ONE OF US , CAN'T WE NOT RECIPROCATE HIS FEELINGS, HIS OCEAN OF MERCY AND LOVE FOR US, FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD CAN WE OFFER HIM FOR EVERYTHING IS HIS SOLE PROPERTY , BUT EACH ONE OF US CAN BEG OF HIM TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND HEREAFTER, IN EACH OF OUR BIRTHS TILL WE ATTAIN PERMANENT SALVATION ( THAT TOO ONLY BECAUSE OF THE DIVINE GRACE OF LORD SRI KRISHNA)  TO SERVE HIM VERY LOVINGLY WITH ALL OUR SENSES, WEAVE BEAUTIFUL MULTI COLOURED SCENTED AROMATIC GARLANDS FOR HIM, ADORN HIM WITH THE MOST FRAGRANT SANDAL PASTE, OFFER HIM THE MOST DELICIOUS ANNA PRASADAM , BE WITH HIM  ALWAYS WITH  OUR HEART IMMERSED IN HIM EVERY SINGLE MOMENT, FOR IN HIS LOVING SERVICE ONLY CAN WE REDEEM OURSELVES.

WITH THE HIGHEST LOVE AND SURRENDER STEEPED WITH UNFLINCHING FAITH AND DEVOTION AND  WITH ZERO EXPECTATIONS LET EACH OF US, TODAY AND EVERY BILLIONTH OF A SECOND, IN UNISON , CHANT WITH HUMBLENESS AND PURITY "HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE." OUR CHANTING SHOULD REVERBERATE THE ENTIRE COSMOS WITH HIS HOLIEST OF HOLY NAME.

JAI KRISHNA NANDA LALA MURLI MANOHARA, JANMADINAM SUBBECHHA...MANGALAM MANGALAM MANGALAM.

OUR DEAREST ONE AND ONLY ONE  LORD SRI KRISHNA , MAY YOUR DIVINE GLORY SPREAD IN ALL THE WORLDS, MAY YOU BE LOVED IMMENSELY BY ALL YOUR CREATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST FAITH, MAY YOU FOREVER BE BLESSED WITH THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS FOR YOU ARE THE SOLE CREATOR , MAY OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LAKSHMI AMMA BE WITH YOU FOREVER AND MAY YOUR ONLY WISH THAT WE YOUR CREATION SENTIENT AND NON SENTIENT LOVE YOU EVER, WE WILL SURELY EVER AND EVER SERVE YOU WITH THE HIGHEST LOVE.

OM TAT SAT....

THE TWELVE AZHWARS ( MYSTICAL SRIVAISHNAVA SAINTS) OF SOUTH INDIA. (PART 5 OF 5) - conclusion

HIGHLY LOVED AND ESTEEMED SRI VEDANTA DESIKAN ACHARYAN

Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan  is always seen holding the Shruta-Prakashika in His hand, which  Sri Sudarshana Suri had asked reverential Desikan acharyan  to protect, as it was a detailed commentary on SriRamanujacharya’s Sri Bhashyam.

Sri Vedanta Desikan swami ( Desika in Sanskrit means acharyan ), also known as Nigamantha Mahadesikan is one of the greatest profounder of the Vishisthadvaita principle of Srivaishnavism, after Sri Ramanujacharya. He was born in 1268 CE( approximately 750 years back), to Sri Anantha Suri and Smt.Thotharamma, in Thoopul in Kanchipuram, in the month of Bhadrapada, on the Sravana star ( Lord Sri Govinda's Nakshatram too), which also coincided with Vijayadashami.  His parents were devout bhakthas of Lord Govinda of  Tirupati  and when Smt. Thotharamma was pregnant the couple went walking from Kanchipuram to Tirumala hills, at the time when there were no buses , trains or public transport and climbed the holy hills  ( such an arduous journey and that too during pregnancy, countless salutations to the divine couple, ).  Lord Govinda of Tirupati  was so pleased with their devotion that  he blessed them with an illustrious son called Venkatanatha, who is our dearest of dear Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan, an incarnation of the temple bell of Sri Tirupati temple. He was a master of Vedas, Tarka shastras, Puraanas etc at a very young age for his ever eager  heart and superlative intellectual quest and inclination led him to the height of wisdom, compassion and all pervasive knowledge of Brahman , the one and only one Sriman Narayana. He entered grahastha ashram at the age of around 21 years. Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan’s monumental works in Tamil, Sanskrit and Manipravalam ( mix of Tamil and Sanskrit) are numerous in number and most revered , respected and read with the greatest devotion by  every aspirant in search of PARMATMAN Sriman Narayana. Amongst his highly scholastic works , very large in number , Sri Paduka Sahasram is one of the most divine magnum opus of  1008 shlokas written in praise of  the most divine paduka (divine sandals )of our greatest of great, one and only Lord Sri Ranganathar  ( Sriman Narayana) which he wrote in not more than six hours. If the most divine padukas of our dearest lord is so pure, lovely and worthy of countless pious thoughts and permanent salvation  how much so is his divine lotus feet !  Beyond human comprehension for it has to be looked at, only from a transcendental plane nothing less. He has been  conferred with superlative titles such as Kavi Tarkika Simha (Lion among poets and logicians), Sarva Tantra Swatantra  ( master of all science, philosophy, arts  ) etc Vedanta Acharya etc.

Sri Vedanta Desikan swamigal led a life of a saint and hence went door to door for grains as a bhiksha.  Seeing this , his most loving devotees felt that a person of a Himalayan stature such as him should live a life of comforts and hence in the rice they mixed gold coins for they knew for sure he would never accept any material possession.  When his wife was about to start making the annaprasadam she saw these coins, she too was so saintly she did not know what these coins were and showed it to our dearest acharyan , he separated them with the durba grass since he did not want to touch it at all. Countless pranams to such renounced saints who are the strongest foundations of our Bharata culture, our values and ethos which at all times they not only preserved but spread with unconditional love to all of us for our redemption. We need  to practice at all times what they preached  which will surely lead us closer  to Parmapadam.  Another heart rending  event in his life is once during the annual rites of his parents none of the Brahmins were willing to partake of the prasadam,  our acharyan laid all the prasadam in the plantain leaf and prayed Sriman Narayana. Lord Varadaraja Perumal  of Kanchipuram, Sri Govinda of Tirupati and Lord Hayagreeva ( god of knowledge) of Tiruvaindripuram personally appeared and  partook  the prasadam . Height of celestial sight.!

So many enriching moments, so many spiritual encounters of our dearest of  Acharyan can be only felt at a mental level, pondered and  prayed upon.  Our acharyan left for Parmapadam at the age of 101 years. Sri Ranganayaki amma ( Sri Lakshmi amma) , of Srirangam  requested his sannidhi to be constructed near her sanctum sanctorum and after that no other acharyan should be accorded this exalted stature was her message. Is there a  necessity of even one syllable after our dearest mother’s desire….Till date our dearest of dear Sri Vedanta Desikan acharyan is revered, worshipped and accorded the highest respect not only at Srirangam temple but across the entire globe. Countless prostration at the most divine lotus feet of our most beloved acharyan , a torch bearer of the divine principles of Srivaishnavism.

SRIRAMANUJA DAYAPATRAM JNANA VAIRAGYA BHUSHANAM

SHRIMAD VENKATANATHARYAM  VANDE VEDANTADESHIKAM.

REQUEST FOR FORGIVENESS FROM PARMATMAN SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA

mantra-hinam kriya-hinam bhakti-hinam janardana

yat pujitam maya deva paripurnam tad astu me

yad-dattam bhakti-matrena patram puspam phalam jalam

aveditam nivedyan tu tad grihananukampaya

vidhi-hinam mantra-hinam yat kiñcad upapaditam

kirya-mantra-vihinam va tat sarvam kshantum arhasi

aparadha-sahasrani kriyante ‘har-nisham maya

daso ‘ham iti mam matva kshamasva madhusudana.

TRANSLATED IT MEANS THE FOLLOWING:

O my Lord, O Janardana, whatever little puja or worship that has been performed by me, although it is without devotion, without proper mantras, and without the proper performance, please let that become complete.

Whatever has been offered with devotion–the leaf, the flower, the water, the fruit, the food offering–please accept it out of Your causeless mercy.

Whatever has happened without the proper chanting of the mantra, or without following the proper procedure, kindly forgive all that.

Thousands of offenses are performed by me day and night. But thinking of me as Your servant, kindly forgive those, O Madhusudhana.

Request for forgiveness from Sriman Narayana and Mahalakshmi amma, that despite, having no knowledge of our shastraas , yet have taken the liberty to write about the most divine azhwars and also yourself .  Please forgive me for all the mistakes committed and please accord me a place at your lotus feet as a servant of servant of servant and grant me pardon that whatever has been written is more out of purest of pure  love for yourself and Lakshmi amma  than possession of  knowledge or any other consideration.  

Shamasvam, Shamasvam, Punar Shamasvam SriKeshava, SriMadhusudana, SriGovinda, SriJanaardhana and Sri Krishna.

WITH HANDS FOLDED TOGETHER AND RAISED HIGH ABOVE IN HUMBLEST OF HUMBLE TOTAL PRAPATTI TO OUR MOST BELOVED PARMATMAN LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND MOST DEAREST OF DEAR LAKSHMI AMMA.

COUNTLESS HIGHLY RESPECTFUL PROSTRATIONS TO ALL OUR TWELVE AZHWARS (NITYA SURIS)

COUNTLESS  HUMBLEST OF HUMBLE  PRANAAMS AND NAMASKARAM TO OUR MOST REVERENTIAL AND LOVING

SRI RAMANUJAR ACHARYAN, SRI VEDANTA DESIKAN AND COUNTLESS OTHER SRI VAISHNAVA SAINTS WHO TOTALLY SURRENDERED WITH THE HIGHEST STEADFAST FAITH UNTO THE LOTUS FEET OF SRIMAN NARAYANA AND LAKSHMI AMMA. 

                                                            OM TAT SAT

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE , HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.