Madhura Kavi AzhwAr's 8th Paasuram

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sri:

srimathE irAmanujAya nama:

 

Following up to Sri. Satakopan's article on

Srimath Azhagiya Singar's upanyAsam on the

8th pAsuram of kaNNinuN siRuththAmpu:

 

 

aruL koNDAdum adiyavar inpuRa

aruLinAn avvarumaRayin poruL

aruL kondu aayiram inn tamizh pAdinAn

aruL kandIr ivvulahinil mikkathE

 

 

The following is from an upanyAsam by

u.vE. vELukkudi varadAchAryAr swAmi.

 

The phrase "aruL koNdAdum adiyavar" can be

interpreted in two ways. One is that, His

adiyArs who extol His grace (koNdAdum). The

other is to break it as "aruL koNdu Adum

adiyavar". Here it means His adiyArs whose

every movement is based on His grace (aruL

koNdu (nadai) Adum adiyavar).

 

Three of the 4 AchAryAs who have commented

on these pAsurams have mentioned that both

the second and third lines of the 8th

pAsuram refer to Swami Nammazhvar only.

 

One AchAryA (I think nanjeeyar), has

commented that the 2nd line ("aruLinAn

avvarumaRaiyin poruL") actually refers

to geethAchAryan, while the 3rd line

("aruL koNdu Ayiram inthamizh") refers

to nammAzhvAr. The 2nd line thus refers

to the geethopathEsam, where krishna

paramAthma gave us all the meanings of

the vEdAs.

 

So, while we may think the mathurakavi

did not sing about srIman nArayaNa directly

("thEvumaRRaRiyEn"), in fact he did sing about

sri pArthasArathy of thiruvallikkENi and

that avan "aruL koNdu Ayiram inthamizh"

pAdinAr nammAzhvAr.

 

 

adiyEn, mathurakavi thAsan,

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

 

 

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