Prabandha VyAkhyAnams

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Sri sampath Rengarajan's perceptive comments on the

Prabandha VyAkhyAnams brought to mind certain

remarks made by adiyen's AchAryar on this subject

which should interest the BhAgavatOttamas:

 

BhagavAn is a SEshi and He has no SEshi Himself;

PirAtti has one Seshi,BhagavAn;We on the

other hand are fortunate to have two SEshis

to enjoy serving.

 

BrahmasUtrAs are a tattva-grantha and can have

only one correct meaning.Prabandhams are anubhava-

granthas.AzhwArs enjoyed SrimanNArayaNa; our

AchAryAs enjoyed AzhwArs' enjoyment;We are able to

enjoy AchAryas' enjoyment of AzhwArs enjoyment.

AzhwArs' enjoyment is like GangA at Gangotri,

AchAryas' is like Ganga at HaridwAr,VArANasI,

PrayAg etc; our enjoyment is like the thundering

sheet of water that is Ganga at the point of its

entering the sea.Anyone who restricts his anubhava

by saying that only this or that VyakhyAnam of

the Prabandham's is the "correct" one is voluntarily

restricting his own enjoyment; when he does it

in the case of others it is inexcusable.

A feast is made up of ALL the items on the menu;

if one gets up after one course and says he is

not interested in the other items,it is no loss

to the feast or to the other diners.

 

EmberumAnAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

 

adiyEn

Bharat