FW: sri rama sthuthi- post 6

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Dear Sri Vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

We saw in earlier post the aavi pOm vElai vaai aRivu thanthavan karuNai, to

vaali and he wonders the greatness of raama just at the time of death,

having realised who is just standing in front and talks about dharmam. So

vaali praising that raamaa as you are 3 and 1 among 3 etc. See nam aazhvaar

in his thiru vaai mozhi

 

ThaanEyaagi niRainthu ellaa ulagum uyirum thaanEyaai

ThaanE yaan enbaan aagi thannaith thaanE thudhiththu -- 10-7-2

nammaazhvaar thiruvaai mozhi

 

Thaan Or uruvE thani viththaai thannil moovar mudhalaaya

VaanOr palarum munivarum maRRum maRRum muRRumaai

1-5 -4 nammaazhvaar thiruvaai mozhi

 

See kamban simply follows nam aazhvaar. In the raama sthuthi by viraadhan

also we enjoyed kamban following aazhvaar in many places. This moovar nee

mudhalvan nee muRRum nee maRRum nee also is an echo of these two paasurams.

See the words of aazhvaar also are simply adopted and the style of

presentation alone changed.

 

Now let us see the next verse--

Puram elaam eri seithOn mudhalinOr poruvilaa

Varam elaam uruvi en vasaiyilaa valimai saal

Uram elaam uruvi en uyir elaam nugaru nin

Saram alaal piRidhu vERu uLadhO dharumamE

 

Meaning for certain words:

Puram eri seithOn - thrirpuram eriththa sivan- sivan who burnt the town

called thiripuram- sivan is also known as thiripuraanthagan

Poru ilaa- oppu ilaa - incomparable

Vasai- maasu -kuRRam -blemish curse scold

Uram- sakthi- valimai- thiRam - strength

 

Meaning: Oh raamaa! Is there any greater dharmam in this world than your

arrows. I received incomparable and limitless boons from Sivan who burnt the

thripuram. But you nullified all these boons and made them powerless to

protect me, then pierced my powerful chest, protected by these boons, with

your arrow. So you have established the greatness of your arrows and thereby

the dharmam.

 

Points: 1. Kamban wants to establish the greatness of raama by saying even

though sivan and others can give boons to protect their devotees, in front

of raamaa all these boons are useless. He puts these words into the

character of vaali to say "But in front of you, Oh raamaa! these boons given

by all others including the great sivan, who burnt the thripuram, are

useless and you alone can give your great karuNai- grace or punish in spite

of these boons.

 

2. Even a punishment by him or his aides like the kodhandam is a boon since

it carries that great raama naamam and strikes. When that naama strikes, the

naama grants the realisation and thus lead to mOksham. That is why in the

beginning of reciting the raamaayaNam we start with 'koojantham raama

raamEthi madhuram madhuraaksharam - the letters making that raama naama is

so sweet- thEn to just mention what Sampath rangarajan states in his series.

Raama naamam madhuram. Aksharam raa and maa are madhuram.

 

3. The sri vaishnava principle of he alone can protect and in front of him

others are useless is put out very nicely. Only he can decide in spite of

all these boons or bane's.

 

Before I conclude this post the next verse

 

Maavalach chooliyaar vaazhththunarkku uyar varam

OvalaRRu udhaval nin oru thanip peyar iyambu

Avalippudamaiyaal aagum apporuLaiyaam

DhEva niRkaNdaveRku aridhu enO thErinE.

 

Dhaasan

 

Vasudevan M.G.