upaayam - ezhuththu vaaNGgumaap pOlE

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Sri Varadhan Wrote:

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sutram 54:

'idhu thannaip paarththaal pithaavukkup putran ezhuththu vaangumaapolE

iruppadhonRu'

 

idhuthannaip paarththaal - If we consider the prapatti that is done by the

chetana to the Lord as the upaayam

 

ezhuthtu vaangumaapolE - is like the son getting in writing from his

father that he (the father) will protect him (the

son).

 

Just as protection of his son is in the father's nature, protection of the

chetanas is in the Lord's nature. So, thinking that the protection that

the Lord grants us is because of the prapatti that we do to Him is like

undermining the relationship between the Lord & the chetana.

 

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There is some history behind this concept "ezhuththu vaaNGgumaap pOlE"

I was listening to Sri vELukkudi KrishNan's thiruppaavai kaalakshEbam where

he refers to this suthram and i thought i would share this with others.

 

A father protecting his son is natural. A child who doesn't have anybody to

protect( say his father is no more..) will be protected by somebody else.

This is kinda like adopting. Then the child has to write his adopted

father's name on his chest! This is like a deal/agreement which is a

permanent one on his body. This is a common practice then.

 

But if a child who has the father alive and is taking good care of his son by

his abundant grace, approaches his father to get his 'own' father's name

written on his chest(!!??), this is ridiculous. This implies that the child,

either doesn't consider/believe that his father is capable of protecting him

OR thinks that getting into such an agreement is the 'means' of achieving the

necessary protection. The first one is an act of belittling the powers of

the GOD. The second one is because of improper understanding of this

concept and bondage between the father and the son. Both of them are Wrong.

 

Badri, if you find any other reference to this "ezhuththu vaaNGgumaap pOlE"

somewhere else please write.

 

Mohan, Varadhan: Thanks for the clarification and further references which

states that

" Prapatti, is really NOT the Upaya at all. Prapatti is merely

the humble acceptance of what is the True Upaya, the Lord Himself."

 

-Viji

(Vijay Triplicane)