ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL for the web pags of Sri MaamunigaL(MM): Part VI ( ThiruvAimozhi: I.5.1-11):VaLavEzhvulahin Pathikam

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the fifth paasuram of TVMN , MM salutes

the Souseelya GuNam of the Lord :

 

" vaLamikka Maal Perumai mannyurin taNmai

uLamuRRngu oodurava ohrnhtu --taLarvuRRu

neenga ninai MaaRanai Maal Needalalahu SEELATTHAAL

paangudanE sErtthAn parinthu "

 

(Prose order): VaLam mikka Perumai mann uyirin taNmai

uLam uRRu angu ooduruva Ohrnthu taLarvuRRu neenga ninai

MaaRanai Maal needu ilahu SeelatthAl parinthu paangudanE

sErtthAn .

 

(meaning):Swamy NammAzhwAr thought deeply about his

lowliness and the Lord's majesty (greatness) and his unfitness

to approach Him . Propelled by that overpowering feeling of

his Naicchiyam (lowliness) , Maaran wanted to leave the side of

the SarvEsvaran ,who is the possessor of all Isvaryam as

Ubhaya VibhUthi NaaTan . The Lord recognized the discomfort

and anguish of MaaRan and befriended His dear Bhakthan MaaRan

and embraced him tightly with great affection as a result of

His Souseelya GuNam.

 

(uyir Karutthu:

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"Needilahu Seelam" or expansive Souseelya GuNam

of the Lord , which makes Him approachable by

even by KrupaNAs ( poor, wretched , helpless

and undeserving people).He is Suseelan and His

display of Souseelyam out of His Krupai for

the lowly is a dhivya GuNam of the Lord .

 

Comments

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In the previous pathikam , Swamy NammAzhwAr was

driven by the PrEma for the Lord and out of His

separation anguish (viraha tApam ), he sent the AchAryAs

( Different birds ) as his messengers to the Lord to be

united with Him. The Lord responded and joined with

MaaRan. Now, MaaRan began to reflect on the greatness

of the Lord and his lowliness and experienced Naicchiyam

and unfitness to recieve such a soubhAgyam of Kaimkaryam

to Him . The mood shifted from PrEmai and longing to

the dawning of Jn~Anam about the Souseelya GuNam of

the all powerful Lord and His DayA. EmperumAn sensed

this discomfort on the part of MaaRan and with great

affection and removed the feeling of lowliness of Maaran

by tightly embracing Him .MaaRan celebrated the great

Souseelya GuNam of the Lord and saluted Him with choice

passages in this Pathikam .

 

Links to the ThiruvAimozhi Pathikam of I.5.1-11

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In the first two paasurams of this Thirumozhi, Swamy

NammAzhwAr expresses his lowliness and unfitness to

approach the most majestic Lord:

 

1.5.1: " I am a deadly sinner . Because I am now full

of grief ; grief has its origin in sins; the sins that

I have committed is this love , I cherish for the Lord.

He is the prime seed for this whole universe; He is

the Lord of this and the other world.This love made me

lose my thoughts of His charming qualities. Then I called

Him by names that connote His exploits . I referred to

His stealing of butter and to His killing of seven bulls

to win the hand of Nappinnai of sweet smile. Can I do these

things? Now I regret , my body yields and fails in abject

dejection " ( Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan's translation of

the naicchiyam of Swamy NammAzhwAr).

 

1.5.2: Swamy NammAzhwAr continues here with the expression

of his lowliness to come near the Lord and wishes to wander

away : "--Your amzing feats , the might of your (Lord's)

free will (Sankalpa) --these are so great that it makes

little difference , whether it is for I or the DevAs.

All (of us) are thoroughly unfit to come near You .

The material aids we bring are all Yours and propriety

precludes those efforts. Why speak of others? I am unfit

for You and have to wander away " (Dr.VNV"s Transalation).

 

1.5.3: To detain AzhwAr from moving away from Him ,

the Lord reenacts some of His enchanting leelais

and AzhwAr is overcome with the enjoyment of

the adhi-adhbhutha Souseelya GuNam of the Lord

and raptourously eulogizes the Lord with splendid

words: " yella aRivukkum sEyOn ; yellA uyirkkum

ThAyOn ; ohr uruvanE" ( Oh Lord ! You are beyond

the comprehension of even the most astute intellects

with great Jn~Anam. The combination of Your Parathvam

(supermacy) with soulabhyam baffles all understanding.

You are the Mother of all chEthanams. Your AakAram

and Svaroopam does not undergo any changes as a proof

of Your Souseelya GuNam ).

 

1.5.4:" MaamAyan Vaikunthan EmperumAn ": The Lord of

great and mysterious Mayaa is Our Lord , who is revered

as Vaikuntan or Sri Vaikunta NaaTan.

 

1.5.5: "VaanAr sOthi MaNi VaNNA ! --nee aruLAi thEnE malarum

ThiruppAdham --" : Oh Lord of the most resplendent blue hue

filling all the ParaAkAsam ! Please bless me to reach Your

honey-flowing sacred feet out of Your extraordinary gunam

of Souseelyam!

 

1.5.6: "VinayEn vinai theer marunthAnAi": Oh Lord! You

became the medicine for my deluded mind , which wanted to

run away from You , the abode of Souseelya GuNam !

 

1.5.7: " sedi aar aakkai adiyArai sErthal theerkkum

ThirumAl": Oh Lord who destroys the vinais (sins) ,

which are the cause for birth in samsAram with sarIram !

 

1,5.8: In the above paasuram, Swamy NammazhwAr lamented

about his lowliness again and expressed his longing

to see the Lord ( ThirumAlai kaaNpAn adiyEn alaRRuvan).

The Lord comforted the AzhwAr through the display of

His stealing of NavanItham in Gokulam. AzhwAr is

ovecome with the joy of the enjoyment of the unparalleled

souseelyam of the Lord.

 

1.5.9: Here the exhilirated AzhwAr breaks out into a rhapsody

of salutatons for the Lord :

 

" MaayOm--Maayan VaanOr Tanittalaivan MalarAL Mainthan

yevvuyirkkum , ThAyOn TammAn YennammAn AmmA Murthiyai

SaarnthE "

 

(Meaning): Our Lord is the Lord of Nithya Sooris; He is

the Lord of MahA Lakshmi and is forever young (Nithya YuvA).

He is the Mother of all chEthanams. He is my dear Master.

If we approach Him and surrender to Him , we will never

ever be caught up in the cycles of births and deaths.

 

1.5.10: In this Paasuram, Swamy NammAzhwAr elaborates

on the blessings of those , who peform saraNAgathi at His

sacred feet: " Maayam paRRu aRuthtu theernthu tann paal

manam vaikka thirutthi veedu thriutthuvAn" ( When we cut asunder

our attachments to transient things and get the conviction

that Isvaran is the PrApakan and PrApyan ( means and goals),

then He will make our minds rooted in Him , who is

the most enjoyable nectar and remove our remaining

imperfections and get us qualified to enter Parama Padham.

 

Thus concludes this beautiful Fifth pathikam of

the First Centum of ThiruvAimozhi summarized

in a crisp manner by Sri MaamunigaL Needu ilahu

SeelatthAl parinthu paangudanE sErtthAn).

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Vaazhi Maamunivan ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan