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.

  1. 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

     

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

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