Guest guest Posted October 9, 1997 Report Share Posted October 9, 1997 Dear Sri Madhavan, Thank you very much for an excellent post on the amalanAdhipirAn pAsuram. I thoroughly enjoyed every word of it. The next pAsuram is also very emotional. aalamaa maraththi NnilaimE lorupaalakanaay, NYaala mEzhu muNdaa Nnarankath tharavi NnaNaiyaan, kOla maamaNi yaaramum muththuth thaamamum mudivilla thOrezhil neela mEni yaiyO! niRai koNdathen nenchinaiyE! (2) (9) Especially the choice of word "aiyO" makes it much more beautiful. This seems like a natural expression of someone who was longing to see the perumAL and finally gets to see Him. Azhwar couldn't digest the beauty of perumAL. it was so sudden. He had to drink in the beauty through his eyes. It is said that AzhwArs eyes also grew wide (periyavAya kaNgaL) to take in perumAL's graceful sparkling beauty! what a sight!! Coming to think of our araN^gan's look, one can never forget how he attracted piLLai uraN^gAvalli dhAsar, ALavan^dhAr... On finding that uraN^gAvalli dhAsar considered his wife ponnAchchi's eyes to be the most beautiful, Sri rAmAnujar promised him to show somebody whose eyes are more beautiful than his wife's. And if he is convinced he should become a dhAsan to that person was the agreement. It is said that rAmAnujar went and prayed araN^gan to 'show' His best look to dhAsar so as to attract him. And we all know how he and his wife became true dhAsars to araN^gan after that excellent sEvai. Another similar incident was when sri n^Adhmuni's sishyar brought ALavan^dhAr to srirangam promising him to show boundless wealth left behind by his grandfather. This was when ALavan^dhAr was the king of Madurai and was way too much into lowkIkam. On seeing thiruvaraN^gan, ALavandhAr was left speechless. He realised what all he had been missing and went on to become one of the foremost srivaishNavite scholars (yAmunAchAryar) One can only attempt to describe the beauty of araN^gan's eyes. By no way it can be complete. adiyEn rAmAnuja dhAsan, Vijay Triplicane (Viji) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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