ThiruvAimozhi NooRRanthAdhi: Paasuram 3

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

In this posting , we will cover the the third decade

of the first Centum . If the first decade is about Parathvam

(Uncontested Supermacy ) of the Lord , the second decade is about

UpadEsam to surrender totally to Him to attain Moksham , the third

decade is about AzhwAr's anubhavams before and after he woke up

from a deep trance resulting from his thought about the soulabhyam

( easy accessibility to one and all BhakthAs) of the Lord .

 

The first Paasuram of this decade is a famous one .NammAzhwAr

composed this paasuram and reflected on the Bhaktha-

Soulabhyam of the Lord at the time , when He permitted Himself

to be tied up to a wodden mortar with a short length of

a rope by a cowherdess (His Foster Mother )at the time

of being caught in the act of stealing butter . The sheer

thought about the YeLimai ( meekness as Bhaktha Sulabhan )

of the Lord demonstrated by Him at this time sent NasmmAzhwAr

into a trance that lasted six whole months . He woke up from

that long trance and continued with the celebration of

his anubhavam of the enjoyment of the Lord in the rest

of the decade . Sri MM summarizes the message of NammAzhwAr

in the third THiruvAimozhi NooRRamthaadhi paasuram :

 

patthu udayOrkkenRum Paran yeLiyanAm pirappAl

mutthi tarum maanilatthIr mooNdavan paal-patthi seyu

menRuraittha MaaRan tann inn sollAl pOm, neduhac-

chenRa piRappu aam siRai......(3)

 

(meaning ): The Lord took vibhavAvathArams to become

easily accessible to His BhakthAs and to grant them

Moksham .NammAzhwAr (MaaRan) addressed the fortunate

ones residing in this vast universe fit for His incarnation

and instructed them to develop deep prEma Bhakthi for Him .

Those sweet aruliccheyal of NammazhwAr housed in this decade

will on reflection free one from the samsAra Bhandhams

that tied one up for too long in His leelA vibhUthi .

 

(Commnents): The two main messages that Sri MM gives

us through the summary of this decade are: (1) He is easy

to access by His BhakthAs (2) When one develops parama

Bhakthi for Him leading to total surrender , the Bhakthan is

freed from the cycles of births and deaths ( na punarAvathathE ,

na punarAvathathE ;the last Brahma Soothram says

anAvrutthi sabhdhAth).This is the thundering

message of the Fourth chapter of Brahma Soothrams housed

in the PhalAdhyAyam . This is the message of ChAndhOgya

Upanishad ( VII.xv.1) and of GitAchAryan (GitA VIII.15-16).

In the above two powerful and comforting slOkams of GitA,

the Lord declares :

 

" Reaching the highest perfection , and having attained Me ,

the great Ones are no more subject to re-birth on this earth,

which is dhukkhAlayam/the home of pain ...All the worlds ,

Oh ArjunA , including the realm of BrahmA , are subject to

rebirth , but after attaining Me, O Son of Kunthi ,

there is no re-birth ".

 

The simplicity of Sri MM's condensation of this profound

upadEsam of NammAzhwAr is awe inspiring .He says :

" Paran PatthudayOrkku yenRum yeLiyan , Paran PiRappAl

YeLiyan, PatthudayOrkku yenRum Paran Mutthi tarum ".

Therefore , Oh BhakthAs of the World ! Meditate on

this YeLiyan with glowing and ardent devotion ( MooNda

anbhAl patthi seyum ). Your samsaric ties will break and

you will attain parama padham . These are the sweet instrcutions

of NammazhwAr says Sri MM in this brilliant summary of

the third decade of the first centum .

 

before we leave the anubhavam of this UpadEsa Rathnam

of Sri MM , it is appropriate to focus a little on

the word , "PirappAl YeLiyan " (avathAritthinAl

sulabhnAvan = one who becomes readily accessible

as a result of His incarnations as RaamA and KrishNA

that permits Him to mingle with the BhakthAs easily ).

He is the greatest of the greatst , He is SarvEsvaran

who has been saluted as " JnAnandhamayan , SvayamprakAsan ,

NandhA viLakku, Suddha Satthva SvarUpan ". This Isvaran

descends on His Earth by His own sanklapam .There are six

rahsyams assoicated with His avathAram on Earth , which are

described as "AvathAra rahasyams " .These are elaborated

in Sri Bhagavath Gita , chapter 4 , slOkams 4-7. The last

slokam is important in this context of Moksham for

those , who comprehend the BhagavAn's avathAra Rahasyams:

 

Janma Karma cha mE dhivyam

yEvam yO vEtthi tatthvatha:I

thyakthvA dEham punarjanma

naithi maamEthi sOrjuna ! II... GotA: 4.7

 

(meaning ): "He who thus knows in truth My divine

birth and actions does not get rebirth after leaving

the body ; he will come to Me only , O ArjunA ! ".

 

People who do not understand that the Lord is not another

mere human being in Vibhava avathArams and do not

comprehend His avathAra rahasyams are doomed to be born

again and again in the samsAric world and suffer its pangs .

Such a " Mutthi tarum Paran " becoming "yeLiyan " to us

is the tattvam that NammAzhwAr celebrated in Thiruvaimozhi 1.3 ,

which has been summarized by Sri MM with great bhAvam .

 

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan