Iraamanusa nooRRandhaadhi 104-107.

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>

> (Even the torments of hell miraculously turn into

> pleasurable heaven for those who are in earshot of

> the conversation between Yama and Mudkalan that

> includes our Lord's names. I worry for those who

> can't find it in themselves to praise Sri Rangam

> the abode of this great Lord.)

>

 

While reading the above post of Sri Dileepan and that of

Mani , I am reminded of Iramaanusa Noorandhaadhi (IRN)

104 where Thiruvarangaththamudhanaar (TVA)

goes to the extent of saying that even paramapadam will be painful to

him unless he is able to see the thirumEni of our beloved Emperumaanaar

(Ramanujar). The corresponding lines of IRN-104 are

 

'nirayath thoyyil kitakkilum chOthiviN chErilum ivvaruL^nee

cheyyil tharippan'

 

History says that many people questioned TVA after the above paasuram in

which he describes heaven as painful as to what his preferred place was.

IRN-105 addresses that. TVA says

 

'iraama Nnuchanaith thozumperiyOr

ezunthiraith thaatum itamati yEnuk kiruppitamE'

 

( The place where I would like to be is the place where learned people

who worship Raamanuja celebrate him (Raamanuja) ; the actual breakup

- iraamanusanaith thozum periyOr ezunthu iraithaadum idam adiyEnukku

iruppidamE)

 

The next paasuram is probably the most known of all the paasurams in IRN -

 

' iruppitam vaikuntham vEngatam maaliruNY chOlaiyennum

poruppitam maayanuk kenparn^al lOr,avai thannotuvan^

thiruppitam maayan iraama Nnuchanmanath thinRavanvan^

thiruppitam enRan ithayaththuL LEthanak kinpuravE'

 

(Learned people say that the places where our Lord resides are Vaikundam,

VEnkatm and Maaliruncholai. In addition to the above places, our Lord

resides in Raamanujaa's heart. That heart of Raamanuja [in which our Lord

resides] graces my heart with its presence.)

 

 

According to our history, when TVA finished writing IRN-105, Ramaanuja

along with Koorathaazhvaar, embar and others came to the place (actually

a thottam on the banks of cauvery) where TVA was composing IRN. The last

3 paasurams of IRN starting from iruppitam vaikuntham vEnkatam are believed

to be sung by TVA in the presence of Ramanuja. Koorathaazhwaar is said to have

ordained that the 3 paasurams from 'iruppitam vaikuntham vEnkatam' will be the

saaRRumarai paasurams of IRN. This is the reason why IRN alone has 3

saaRRumuRai paasurams against the usual tradition of 2 paasurams as found

elsewhere in

the prabhandham.

 

 

Aazhwaar emperumaanaar jeeyar thiruvadigalE saraNam,

 

Varadhan