Guest guest Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 Srimate Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra Maha Desikaya Nama: Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-9 The concluding pAdA of the mantra describes Emperuman entering all created beings/ objects as their antaryAmi.(“vivEsa bhootAni charAcharANi”).Elsewhere ,in the AraNyakA too, this is reiterated thus-“anta: pravishta:shAstA janAnAm sarvAtmA”, “anta: pravishtam kartAram Etam” etc. Azhwar’s comments are as follows- “chikkena siridOr idamum purappaA tannuLLE ulagugaL okkavE vizhungi pugundAn” “ennudaya aakkai uLLum aavi uLLum alla purattinuLLum neekam indri engum niraindAi” “padar poruL muzhuvadumAi avai avai tOrum udal misai uyirena karandengum paranduLan” etc. Having conclusively established Paramatma as the cause of the universe,( jagat kAraNa vastu) the Upanishad moves on to revel in His auspicious attributes. After all, the purpose of any shAstrA, be it the Sruti or its upabrahmaNAs, is to capture, to the extent possible, the kalyAna gunAs and swaroopam of the Ultimate. Thus in the next mantra, some of the most descriptive and beautiful words are employed by the veda purusha to describe Emperuman’s Paratvam. The Sruti is so taken up with this particular attribute, that it never misses an occasion to reiterate it (paratvam) at every available opportunity. “ata:param nAnyat aNeeyasam hi parAt param yet mahatO mahAntam” The Lord is shown here to be greater than the greatest,(parAt param) bigger than the biggest (mahatO mahAntam), subtler than the subtlest (ata: param nAnyat aNeeyasam). Ever faithful to the Sruti, Kurugur Nambi too sings paeons to Emperuman’s paratvam, and according to poorvAchAryAs, the first decad of the Tiruvaimozhi (mudal patthu) is supposed to be all about His paratvam (this is not to say that this gunA does not figure in the other decads )- a few verses follow for a sample- “uyarvara uyar nalam udayavan” “ottAr mikkAr ilayAya mAmAyA” “eppAl evarkkum nalatthAl uyarndu uyarndu” “seelam ellaiyilAn” “parama paramparan” « paranjOthi nee paramAi nindru igazhndu pin matrOr paranjOthi inmaiin padiyOvi nigazhgindra paranjOti GovindA » « ellayil seer en karu mANikka chudarai » « tannoppAr illappan » etc.,etc. The biggest known entity in this universe is the Moola Prakruti, comprising of all matter and from which this world is created. That Emperuman is bigger than this Prakruti, is brought out by the sreesooktis at the fag end of Tiruvaimozhi-“soozhndu adanil periya en para nanamalar sOdeeyO”. -to be continued.dasan,sadagopan. Srimate SriLakshiNrssimha divya padukasevaka SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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