thiru mAlai , some thoughts.. part 3

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2. AzhwAr while doing so, also expresses his inability

(karpanyam) to execute his prathi kooly avarjanam and request Lord

Arangan to either prevail clear the way.

 

In the next line as expressed by Sri PV pillai and as presented by

Badri clearly states that AzhwAr is once again pleading to Sri

Arangan to prevail on this situation as well, a "true state of a

prapannA" pleading for Lord's thiru uLLam to prevail all the time.

 

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Sri PV pillai's vyAkyAnam as translated by Sri Badri:

 

 

"kaNdaay" - no one will listen to me if I tell them this. But, you

- the Lord who destroyed the enemies of the sages in the

dhaNdakaaraNyaa - will understand. That is why I am telling you!

 

"aranga maa nakaruLaanE" - The reason you have incarnated in this

form in Sri Rangam is to avenge your enemies, right? Therefore it

is your duty to destroy the enemies like Jains and Saivites.

 

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The time of thondar adip podi AzhwAr and thirumangai AzhwAr were

challenging times for Srivaishnavam. There has to be references

in their deliverances on those that are impediments to the path of

Srivaishnavam ie ., the vigour with which the other faith were

acting at that time to put down Srivaishnavam.

 

Thiurmangai delivered in thiru vezhuk kooRRirukkai on Sri

Aravamudan that HIS thiruvadi sAmeebyam is unavailable to those

belonging to six other faiths (including saivam and boudham) who

often question the validity of SrimanarAyana's uniqueness in being

para deivam. This is echoed by Swami desikan when he delivers a

pasuram on SriRanganathar's thirvadi in adikAra sangraham in Swami

desika prabhandam (oru sagada mudaiya ....aru samaya arivari

vathAyniar).

 

Swami Desikan delivered para matha bangam a separate tamil

prabandham denouncing all these six faiths. It was required to do

so at that time. It doesnot mean that one can conclude now that

"someone has crticised other faiths 600 years ago" and so they are

not "sAthvik" etc. In fact it is recorded in our guru parampariyam

that during those days saivites and advithins, used to come to the

doors of Srirangam temple in groups and SHOUT and challenge (in

later days as - that bagwath Sri Ramanuja SiddhAntham also) that

AzhwAr aruLicheyaLs are invalid and that if one of the Srivaishnava

cannot debate with them and win them in intra scholastic debate,

then one must give up their faith on Sriman nayrayana para

thatthuavm etc. This is called "veembukku sandai" in tamil. Swami

Desikan and many of our AcharyAs have to deal this time and again.

Swami Desikan delivered 100 kuRai's or dhOsham in advaitham

and the literature is known as satha dhOshAni. It is still

a valid literature and as per many SrivaishnavAs it is yet

to be countered so far.

 

Since Swam Desikan as similar to two AzhwArs criticised other

faiths, one cannot mean that these AcharYAs and AzhwArs are less

than compared to some current Acharays of the other faith who is

not delaing any inter religious matters.

 

This being the situation there were "prathi koolya vAthis" else

where that AzhwAr donot meet one to one, eye to eye on a daily

basis, those days. But then when there is a situation that arise

such that AzhwAr may have to face a prathi koolya vAthi, talking

ill of Lord Srimana nArAyana, AzhwAr has to avoid such persons.

 

If he is forced to be in such company and couldnotavoid such

company (koodumEl) then AzhwAr is helpless and pleads to Lord to

clear such situation (by Lord's own efforts). ie., due to his

inability or Due to his karpanyam, AzhwAr pleads to Lord Arangan

to help him clear such prathi koolya vAthis one or the other from

his scene (for Lord's thiru uLLam to prevail for such).

 

thoNdar adi podi AzhwAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan