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Saint Kulasekhara aazhvaar and Lord Venkateswara
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Ramesh wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the AlvAr says that he does'nt mind being *EVEN*
> an insentient object (jada-vastu) such as the doorstep of the sanctum
> sanctorum of the Tirumala temple (so that he has the great fortune of
> being so close to Him).
These beautiful verses are by Kulasekhara aazhvaar.
Sri Dileepan posted a nice note previously on the
depth of feeling in the bhakti of this great saint.
[see http://reality.sgi.com/mani/kula.html]
You can find these paasurams in the ``perumaaL thirumozhi''.
He asks to be born as one of the steps leading
up to the temple:
sediyaaya valvinaikaL theerkkum thirumaalE
netiyaanE vEngatavaa nin_kOyi linvaasal
atiyaarum vaanavaru marampaiyarum kidanthiyangum
padiyaayk kidanthun pavaLavaay kaaNpEnE (2) 4.9
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Would it not be a great pleasure to honor the
the feet of all the sincere bhaktas who walk up
to behold the Lord?
> It does not matter *EVEN* if he is a fish in the
> pushkaraNi (temple tank). For the AlvAr, proximity to the archAvatAra
> is no different from being in vaikunTam.
aanaatha selvath tharampaiyar_kaL thaRkuzha
vaanaaLum selvamum maNNarasum yaanvENdEn
thEnaar_pooNY chOlaith thiruvEnga dassunaiyil
meenaayp piRakkum vithiyudaiyE NnaavEnE 4.2
He says ``meenaay piRakkum vidhiyudaiyEn aavEnE'' --
even life as a fish on the Venkata hill would be
great for him.
Aazhvaar ends this set of ten verses with the
hope:
umpa rulakaaN torukudaikkeezh uruppasithan
ampoR kalaiyalkul peRRaalu maathariyEn
sempavaLa vaayaan thiruvENG katamennum
emperumaan ponmalaimE lEthEnu maavEnE 4.10
``emperumaan ponmalaimEl EdhEnum aavEnE'' --
May I be born as *anything* on the golden hill of
my Lord of Venkatam!
kulasekhara aazhvaar thiruvadigaLe saraNam!
Mani
