'Will let go opportunities to rule a Big Kingdom or be with Celestial Beauties to be born as a Crane or a Fish or be a small piece of stone in the huge Thiru Venkatam Hills'
After three decads of experiencing Lord Rangantha at Srirangam, a temple that is believed to provide Moksham to true devotees, Kulasekara Azhvaar moves to Thiru Venkatam and showers a very different kind of praise, not seen elsewhere in the Nalayira Divya Prabhandham. He seems to indicate that he can even forego Moksham in this birth if he has the opportunity to be born again in Thiru Venkatam. And not just as a human being!!! He says he would even be born as a tiny little insect or a small piece of stone if an opportunity to have everlasting darshan of the handsome Lord at Thiru Venkatam were offered to him.
After three decads of experiencing Lord Rangantha at Srirangam, a temple that is believed to provide Moksham to true devotees, Kulasekara Azhvaar moves to Thiru Venkatam and showers a very different kind of praise, not seen elsewhere in the Nalayira Divya Prabhandham. He seems to indicate that he can even forego Moksham in this birth if he has the opportunity to be born again in Thiru Venkatam. And not just as a human being!!! He says he would even be born as a tiny little insect or a small piece of stone if an opportunity to have everlasting darshan of the handsome Lord at Thiru Venkatam were offered to him.
Kulasekara Azhvaar says that he is ready to forego the best of opportunities in this world to be next to the Lord in Thiru Venkatam. Even the temptation of being alongside celestial beauties nor ruling the entire world will equal an offer to being near the Lord of Thiru Venkatam.
Kulasekara Azhvaar says that he is ready to forego the possibility of a birth with all the fortunes possible in a life if he were to be blessed to be born even as a crane in Thiru Venkatam hills.
ஊனேறுசெல்வத்துஉடற்பிறவியான்வேண்டேன்
ஆனேறேழ்வென்றான்அடிமைத்திறமல்லால்
கூனேறுசங்கமிடத்தான்தன்வேங்கடத்து
கோனேரிவாழும்குருகாய்ப்பிறப்பேனே
He has no desire to rule even if offered the entire heavens or the best of kingdom where he could be surrounded by celestial beauties such as Ramba. Instead if ever he is to be granted another life, he would prefer to be born in Thiru Venkatam hills even as a fish.
ஆனாதசெல்வத்துஅரம்பையர்கள்தற்சூழ
வானாளும்செல்வமும்மண்ணரசும்யான்வேண்டேன்
தேனார்பூஞ்சோலைத்திருவேங்கடச்சுனையில்
மீனாய்ப்பிறக்கும்விதியுடை யெனாவேனே
While Shiva, Brahmma, Indra and all the celestial beings are seeking an entry into Thiru Venkatam, Kulasekara Azhvaar hopes that he will be the blessed one to secure that opportunity to hold in a golden cup the spit from the Lord’s mouth. He says he is offering his sincere prayers to be allowed an entry into the Lord’s sanctum to offer service to him.
பின்னிட்டசடையானும்பிரமனும்இந்திரனும்
துன்னிட்டுப்புகலரியவைகுந்தநீள்வாசல்
மின்வட்டச்சுடராழிவேங்கடக்கோன்தானுமிழும்
பொன்வட்டில்பிடித்துஉடனேபுகபெறுவெனாவேனே
There are many beautiful things that one can aspire to be in this life and next. And one is normally lured towards only desirous opportunities. But Kulasekara Azhvaar says that he would feel blessed if he would be present again in Thiru Venkatam, where bees seem to be singing praise of the Lord, even as a Shenbagam tree.
பண்பகரும்வண்டினங்கள்பண்பாடும்வேங்கடத்து
செண்பகமாய்நிற்கும்திருவுடை யெனாவேனே
I will be a Pillar at Thiru Venkatam
There are those who will seek a vast kingdom and to sit in a majestic posture atop the huge elephant. That kind of a stature would be everyone’s envy. But Kulasekara Azhvaar says he has no such desires. Instead he says that he would be delighted to be born just as a pillar inside the Thiru Venkatam temple that will allow him to be able to see the Lord every day.
கம்பமதயானைக்கழுத்தகத்தின்மேலிருந்து
இன்பமரும்செல்வமும்இவ்வரசும்யான்வேண்டேன்
எம்பெருமான்ஈசன்எழில்வேங்கடமலைமேல்
தம்பகமாய்நிற்கும்தவமுடை யெனாவேனே
No Menaka or Urvasi for me, I want to be a small stone at Thiru Venkatam
Would anyone ever refuse an opportunity to be alongside beautiful dancers such as Urvasi and Menaka, who have the best of lean and slim waists, but he says he has no such desires to be around them. He does not want to be in their company. His only prayer is to be a very small piece in the huge Thiru Venkatam hills and to listen to the bees humming special tunes on the Lord.
Would anyone ever refuse an opportunity to be alongside beautiful dancers such as Urvasi and Menaka, who have the best of lean and slim waists, but he says he has no such desires to be around them. He does not want to be in their company. His only prayer is to be a very small piece in the huge Thiru Venkatam hills and to listen to the bees humming special tunes on the Lord.
மின்னனையநுண்ணிடையார் உருப்பசியும் மேனகையும்
அன்னவர்தம்பாடலொடும்ஆடலவைஆதரியேன்
தென்னலென வண்டினங்கள்பண்பாடும்வேங்கடத்துள்
அன்னனையபொற்குவடாம்அருந்தவத் தெனாவேனே
If one were to be given an opportunity to sit majestically on a throne with all the luxuries of life as huge as the full moon, how delighted would he be!! But Kulasekara Azhvaar says that the does not seek such princely powers. He says that he would consider truly blessed if he were to be born as a stream in the jungle of Thiru Venkatam flowing through the huge groves down the hill.
வானாளும்மாமதிபோல்வெண்குடைக்கீழ்மன்னவர்தம்
கோனாகிவீற்றிருந்துகொண்டாடும்செல்வறியேன்
தேனார்பூஞ்சோலைத்திருவேங்கடமலைமேல்
கானாறாய்ப்பாயும்கருத்துடை யெனாவேனே
Kulasekara Azhvaar says he wants to just be a staircase that devotees would use to have darshan of the Lord at Thiru Venkatam.
நெறியாய்க்கிடக்கும்நிலையுடையெனாவேனே
And then he goes a step further. Devotees throng the temple to offer their service to the Lord. Celestials like Rambha too are standing by the side. Kulasekara Azhvaar says he is only seeking to be a door step from where he can look at his sweet lips every day.
அடியாரும்வானவரும்அரம்பையரும்கிடந்தியங்கும்
படியாய்க்கிடந்துஉன்பவளவாய்காண்பேனே