thanthanan thanathAL nizhaLE - part 3

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thanthanan thanathAL nizhaLE - part 3

 

One of our poorvAchArya is Sri Azhagiya

maNavLap perumAL nAyanAr. He delivered

an arbutha grantham by name "achArya

hruthayam". Meaning what exactly

nammAzhwAr had in his mind. In that

grantham, the fourth circuit

(prakaranam), there are 10 soornaikaL

(formulae) delivered. These 10 sooranais

talk about the 10 patthus of thiru vaay

moZhi and convey their "essence". It is

said at the end of 3rd circuit that

 

"pAttukku kriyaiyum patthukku karutthum

pOlE

nooRRukku ubathEsap patthu",

 

ie., In each pAsuram either directly or

indirectly the kriyApatham or viNai

muRRu (the verb that ends the sentences

of the pAsuram) is very important. It is

because without this vinai muRRu the

sentences will not be completed.

Similarly in each decade or pathikam,

there will be "a" single pasuram that

will clearly provide the inner meanings

of the whole decade or pathigam. This

pasuram is called vuyirp pAttu of that

pathigam or decade of ten or 11

pasurams. Similarly for each patthu that

contains 100 pasurams, there will be one

pathigam that is pradhAnam or prominent

and will be doing a para ubadEsam (ie

doing upadesam to others of the essence

of the whole 100 pasurams in ten or 11

pasurams alone) and such pathigam will

be the most important pathigam for that

centum. This is the essence of the

sooranai presented in AchArya hrudayam.

 

Now let us look at this closely as to

what each centum gave such and such pEru

to AzhwAr as conveyed by AzhwAr himself.

 

1st patthu - parathuvam ( the supremacy

as Sriman nArAyana the only God)

 

2nd patthu - kAranatthuvam - the power

or sakthi of Lord as the

cause of all causes

 

3rd patthu - vyAbagath thuvam - All

pervasiveness, being present as

vishnu in all things an d beinbgs at all

levels

 

4th patthu - niyanthruth thuvam - comes

from the word nayami (nayami paramaam

gathim of varAha sarama slOkam) one who

has unquestioned power to *lead one to

perform saranagtahi*.

 

5th patthu - kArunigath thuvam - The

kaurani or merciful state

 

6th patthu - Saranyath thuvam - the

power of standing as the saranya or

fulfilling the role of saranyan through

HIS siddHo upAyam.

 

7th patthu - sakthat thuvam -

Omnipotence (one who sakthi to

accomplish whatever HE wishes)

 

8th patthu - sathya kAmatthuvam - As

referred in sarangathi gadhyam, sathya

kama, sathya sankalpa refers to nitya

vibuthi and HIS dominion over the ubaya

vibuthis as the ubaya vibuthi nAthan.

 

9th patthu - Abathsagath thuvam - One

who is a friend of bakthAs who are in

danger (eg., Gajendra azwar and

Droupathi)

 

10th patthu - Aarathi harath thuvam - As

an anishta nivarthakan, who destroys all

sorrows born ourt klEseam resulting from

samsAric existence. Harathi means

stealing away and means removing.

ManavALa maamuni's artthi prabhandam

dealing on Lord Varadahn as pranata

Aarthi haran contains many inner

meanings to this aspect.

 

Sri boomidEvi thAyAr samEtha Sri

thanthanan thanathAL nizhaLE saranam

 

Sampath Rengarajan