ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL for the web pags of Sri MaamunigaL(MM): Part IV ( ThiruvAimozhi: I.3.1-11):Patthuduy adiyavarkku YeLiyavan

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Sri MM stated that the first decad of the First Centum dealt

with the unparalleled Supermacy (Parathvam ) of the Lord and

the second decad about the need for us to surrender to Him

totally . The third decad dealing with Swamy NammAzhwAr's

anubhavam before and after he woke up from a trance relating

to the Soulabhyam GuNam (Ease of access)of the Lord

is summarized by MM this way:

 

patthu udayOrkku yenRum Paran yeLiyanAm piRappAl

mutthi tarum maanilatthIr mooNDa anbaal

patthi seyum yenRuraittha MaaRan tann sollARp-pOm

neduhac-chenRu piRappam anjiRai

 

(Prose order): Paran Patthu udayOrkku , yenRum piRappAl

yeLiyanAm. Mutthi tarum MaanilatthIr! MooNDa anbAl

patthi seyum yenRu uraittha MaaRan Tann inn sollAl

neduhac-chenRa piRappum Aaamm amm siRai pOm.

 

(meaning):The Lord took vibhavAthArams (Raaman & KrishNan)

to become easily accessible to His BhakthAs and to grant

them Moksham .Swamy 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 aruLiccheyalkaLs of

Swamy NammAzhwAr housed in this decad will on reflection

free one from the SamsAra-bhandhams that ties one up

far too long in His LeelA VibhUthi.

 

(uyir KarutthukkaL ):

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(1)" PatthudayOrkku yenRum yeLiyavan"

(He is readily accessible to those , who develop

bhakthi for Him ).

 

(2)" antha Paranai patthi seythAl piRavianjirai pOmm "

( If we engage in Bhakthi to that Supreme One , our

cycles of birth and deaths that keep us prisoners in

this SamsAram will be banished).

 

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The cultivation of PrEma Bhakthi to the Lord ,who is

easy to access by His BhakthAs would lead to total

self-surrender , which in turn will free Him from

future cycles of births and deaths .Such a fortunate

person will not be born again ( "na punarAvarthathE "

aphorism of Brahma Soothram ).This is indeed the message of

ChAndhOgya Upanishad( VII.xv.1) and of GithAchAryan

( GitA VIII.15-16). In the above two slOkams of

Bhagavath 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 the dhukkAlayam

( the abode of sorrows)--All the worlds , Oh ArjunA ,

including the realm of BrahmA are subject to rebirth

and dissolution , but after attaining Me , Oh son of

Kunthi , there is no re-birth".

 

The uncanny simplicity of MM 's summary of

the profound upadEsam of Swamy NammAzhwAr in this

third decad of the first centum is awe inspiring.

Sri MM says : (1) "Paran PatthudayOrkku yenRum

yeLiyavan (2)Paran PiRappAl yeLiyavan (3)patthudayOrkku

yenRum Mutthi Tarum Paran. Therefore AhwAr according to

MM invites the BhakthAs to meditate on the Lord with

glowing and ardent devotion ( MooNDa anbAl patthi seyum).

As a result , your samsAric ties will break and you

will attain Parama Padham . These are the sweet

instructions of Swamy NammAzhwAr according to MM.

 

In this paasuram , MM focuses on Swamy NammAzhwAr's

upadEsam that the Lord is "piRappAl yeLiyan"

( avathAratthinAl sulabhan aanavan or One , who becomes

readily accessible as a result of His incarnation as

Raaman and KrishNan).Although He is the greatest of

the greatest (parAth Paran), He descends on this earth

by His own sankalpam. This Mutthi tarum Paran becomes

YeLiyavan to His bhakthAs . Those who understand this

avathAra rahsyams (GitA: 4.7)qualify for Moksham.

 

Links to the ThiruvAimozhi Pathikam of I.3.1-11

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1." Patthu udai adiyavarkku yeLiyavan,

piRarkaLukku ariya Vitthahan" --TVM:I.1.3.1

( He is Parama Soulabhyan for His BhakthAs

in the spirit of the statement: "BhakthyA

vEdhmi JanArdhanam). For those without Bhakthi,

He is not easily attainable (Dhurlabhan).

 

2."Ahatthanan , puRatthanan"--TVM I.3.2

( He is ease of reach for Adiyavars and

inaccessible to the others).

 

3." Andham ill Aadhi amm Bhagavan --uNarvu koNDu

uNarnthu vaNakku Udai Tavam neRi vazhi ninRu puRam neRi

kaLai kattu pasai aRa uNakkumin "--TVM I.3.5

 

(Please drive away the attachment arising from

pursuit of Kaamya Maargams and devote yourself to

Bhakthi yOgam , meditate on BhagavAn's upadEsam

in Githai while supporting yourself with the staff

of NamaskAram to Him ).Anjali Vaibhavam is hinted here.

 

4." uNarnthu uNarnthu uraitthu iRanjumin "--TVM I.3.6

 

( Banish your cycles of births and deaths by learning from

BhagavathAs about the Vigraham and true SvarUpam of

the Lord , clear your doubts , teach about them (what

you have learned) , hold that jn~Anam etched in Your hearts

and then surrender to Him for MOksham ).

 

The upadEsam , " UpadEsAth Harim BhudhvA viramEth

Sarva Karmasu " has been linked to this passage of TVM

by UtthamUr Swamy.

 

5." Nammudai NaaLL Avanidai nanRU yena nalam seyvathu "--TVM I.3.7

 

( In our alloted life time , we should engage in

Bhakthi Yogam with unswerving mind on Sriman NaarAyaNan.

That is the most auspicious approach).

 

6. ivai patthum vallAr amararOdu senRu , tamm

pRavi am siRai aRuvar--TVM I.3.11

 

( Those who learn and practise the meanings of

these ten paasurams (of I.3.1-10) will join

the Nithya Sooris in their exalted place of

Parama Padham after destroying their horrible

prisons of SamsAram here ).

 

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Vaazhi Maamunivan ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan