ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL for the web pags of Sri MaamunigaL(MM): Part III ( ThiruvAimozhi: I.2.1-11):Veedumin Pathikam

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the previous verse of TVMN , Sri MaamunigaL saluted

Swamy NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi as " MayarvEthum

VaarAmal Maaniidarai Vaazhvikkum MaaRan Soll".

He pointed out that AzhwAr's mayarvu was removed by

ParAthparan, EmperumAn. He goes on to tell us that

Swamy NammAzhwAr in turn removed the nescience , doubts and

confusions of SamsAris that stand in the way of gaining

Moksha Siddhi .Mayarvu is misunderstanding of the true

tatthvams , doubts about their efficacy and forgetting

of these redeeming Tatthvams and their relationships

that estblish the Lord as SarvasmAth paran . Swamy

NammAzhwAr blessed the samsAris to be free from

Mayarvu through the anugraham of His Srisookthis.

 

In the second verse of TVMN , MaamunigaL sums up

the next 11 verses of TVM I.2.1-11 , which have been

recognized byHis poorvAchAryAs as the essence of

the 3rd and 4th chapter of Brahma Soothrams( Saadhanaa

and Phala adhyAyams):

 

Veedu seythu maRRevaiyum Mikka-Puhazh NaaraNan ThALL

naadu nalatthAl adaya nankuraikkum--needu puhazh

VaNN KurhUr MAARAN intha maanilatthOr thaamm vaazha

paNpudanE paadi aruL Patthu

 

(Prose order): Needu Puhazh VaNN KuruhUr MaaRan

intha maanilatthOr thAmm vaazha paadi aruL patthu

maRRa yevayum Veedu seythu mikka puhazh NaaraNan ThaaL

Naadu nalatthAl adaya nanku uraikkum.

 

(meaning): The " Veedumin" Pathikam of Swamy NammAzhwAr

of great fame from the fertile dhivya dEsam of Thirunahari

is for the uplift and redemption of the great souls living

on this Earth. These " patthu " (eleven actually) deal

with MaaRan's upadEsam about relinquishing all except

Bhagavath vishayam and seeking the sacred feet of

Sriman NaarAyaNan of eternal keerthi with unalloyed

BHakthi .

 

(uyir Karutthu): " Veedu Seythu NaraNan ThALL Naadu"

--TVM : I.2.11

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AhankAram, dEhAthma Bramam (Mistaking the perishable

body with the eternal Jeevan ), interfere with the surrender

of the Jeevan, the Lord's property , to Him thru Prapatthi.

That is the great Saadhanai covered by the 3rd chapter of

Brahma Soothrams. That act would yield the fruit (Phalan ) of

Moksham described by the PhalAdhyAyam of the Fiourth

chapter of Brahma Soothram.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr instructs us to renounce all sense-attachments

except the Lord and have single-minded focus on Him ,

who is the indweller of all souls and achith to secure

nithya kaimkaryam in Parama Padham to Sri Vaikunta Naathan

(ThiruviNNagarappan) in the most secure manner . Swamy NammazhwAr

asks us to banish all arrogance , egotism and nescience

that stand in the way of attaining Moksha Sukham through Lord's

unfailing KrupA resulting from the Jeebvan's performance of

Prapatthi. In these eleven paasurams , Swamy NammAzhwAr asks us

to go beyond the alpa sukham of Kaivalyam (Soul realization)

and aim for the lasting sukham of Veedu (Moksham)through

aasrayaNam ( seeking as succor and protection) of Sriman

NaarAyaNan's Thiruvadi.Maamunigal celebrates the compassion

of Swamy NammAzhwAr for us as " Intha MaanilatthOr Vaazha

Padi aruL Patthu". What did Swamy NammAzhwAr suggest as

UpAyam ? The central message on the means for the Phalan of

Moksham is declared as the meditation on AshtAksharam known

also as Moola Manthram, Thirumanthram and Manthra Brahman.

 

Uyir Karutthu

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The Uyir Karutthu for this paasuram is contained

in the 10th verse of TVM(I.2.10):

 

YeNN perukkan-nalat-thoNN pruLERila

VaNN Puhazh NaaraNan thiNN Kazhal sErE

 

Rejecting the doctrine that that the Lord has no

attributes and qualities (NirgUna Brahman),

Swamy NammazhwAr asserts that Sriman NaaraayaNan

is Samastha KalyAna GuNa svaroopan and Akhila Heya

PrathyayanIkan ( abode of all auspicious guNmas

and free of any blemish ),the Ubhaya Lingams that

are absolutely essential for the Bhakthi path.

 

Links to the ThiruvAimozhi Pathikam

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MaamunigaL incorporated the following key Passages from

the above ThiruvAimozhi in his second paasuram

as the Uyir Karutthu:

 

" Veedu Seythu " --TVM I.2.1

 

" VaNN Puhazh NaaraNan ThiNN Kazhal "--I.2.10

( Mikka Puhazh NaaraNan ThaaLL --TVMN: Paasuram 2)

 

" annalatthu" --TVM : I.2.10

( NalatthAludaya --TVMN : Paasuram 2)

 

Rejection of NirguNa Brahmam and acceptance of

Ubhaya Lingam is referred to here.

 

"NaaraNan ThiNN Kazhal "--TVM : I.2.10

( NaaraNan ThALL --TVMN: Paasuram 2)

 

ThiNN Kazhal here stands both for the sacred

feet of the ShaaDguNya ParipoorNan , Sriman

NaarAyaNan as well as Parama Padham.

 

This ThiruvAimozhi ( I.2.10) and the rest of

the paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi are recognized by

our PoorvAchAryAs as an elaboration of the significance and

powr of the name "NaarAyaNan " and the many deep

meanings of His Moola Manthram .

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Vaazhi Maamunivan ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan