Regarding Satari

[Guest guest]

In Thiruvaaymozhi 6.10.10 Namazhvar says,

 

"un adikkeezh amarndhu pugundhEnE"

 

 

(I settled at the bottom of your feet.)

 

I have heard this phrase interpreted as Namazhvar

declaring himself to be the Lord's padhugai.

Here is the complete pasuram:

 

 

`agala killEn iRaiyum'en

RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon

Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL

virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun

adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.6.10.10

 

 

 

 

-- Dileepan

[Guest guest]

>*

>* `agala killEn iRaiyum'en

>* RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

>* nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon

>* Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

>* nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL

>* virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

>* pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun

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>* adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.6.10.10

>*

>

>By the way, this is also interpreted as

>the point in the Thiruvaaymozhi where

>Nammazhvaar surrenders himself completely

>to the Lord.

 

 

 

Here is an interesting comparison. In the

above Namaazhvaar says "pugal onRum illaa"

i.e. without any other means for salvation

I surrender to the Lord.

 

Swami DhEsikan performed prapatti to Aththigiri

perumaaL with the 10 exquisite songs of Adaikkala

paththu. In the very first paasuram he says,

 

 

 

"paththi mudhalaamavaRRuL pathi enakku koodaamal

eththisaiyum ozhanROdi iLaiththuvizhum kaakampOl

muththi tharum nagarEzhil mukkiyamaam kachchithannil

aththikiri aruLaaLarkku adaikkalam naan pugunthEnE."

 

 

In the first two lines he compares his status to that

of Kaakaasuran who saught the help of all and sundry,

but finally after realising that there is no other hope

surrendered to Lord Rama and was saved. Likewise, Swami

DhEsikan implies, that for him all the other methods

such as Bhakthi yoga, etc. (he is not even mentioning

karma yoga, Jgana yoga et al.) are not efficacious. Thus

he seeks total surrender (adaikkalam) at the feet of

Aththigiri AruLaaLar (Kanchi Varadharaja perumaaL.)

 

These two great souls preferred prapatti to other methods!

 

 

-- Dileepan

 

 

 

p.s. Even though Adaikkala paththu is the seventh prabhandam

it is recited first during the times DhEsika prabhandams

are recited.

[Guest guest]

Dileepan wrote:

* In Thiruvaaymozhi 6.10.10 Namazhvar says,

*

[...]

*

* `agala killEn iRaiyum'en

* RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

* nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon

* Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

* nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL

* virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

* pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun

* adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.6.10.10

*

 

By the way, this is also interpreted as

the point in the Thiruvaaymozhi where

Nammazhvaar surrenders himself completely

to the Lord. It is reenacted with abhinaya

and with great fanfare during the Srirangam

Adhyayanotsavam (Festival of Recitation of

the Divya Prabandham) before Vaikuntha

Ekadashi in December/January.

 

Mani