Margazhi Kettai & Thondaradipodi Alwar

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Poojya Swamin.

 

Friday, the 11th January 2002 is the Thiru nakshathram

of Shri Thondaradipodi Alwar – Margazhi Kettai. A big,

grand Thiru Avatara Mahotsavam is scheduled to be held

at Thiru mandangudy, the Avatara Divya Desam of the

Alwar. Adiyen is going there for the next three days

and in this context, Adiyen would like to share the

Alwar’s Charama Slokam.

 

Just like the Charama Slokam of Sri Krishnan in

Bhagwad Gita, the Alwar’s Thirumalai pasuram no. 38 is

the charama slokam of the Alwar. Sri Periyavachan

Pillai has given a beautiful commentary on the same.

Adiyen shall give a brief transalation of the same.

 

“Memporul pogavittu meimayai miga vunarnthu,

Aam parisarinthu Kondu Aimpulan agaththadakki

Kambarath thalai siraithu un Kadaithalai irunthu

vazhum

Sombarai ugathi polum soozh punal Arangathane!”

 

Sri Rangam loves the “Vazhum somber” – those who have

discarded the “memporul” – things which give the false

impression of bestowing greatness “mEnmai”,

 

Who have understood the “meimai”- the atma swaroopa –

that the atma is the property of the Lord and

Parathantharya and Ananarha Seshatva “UnaKKE nAm

Atcheyvom”

 

Who realize the “Am parisu”- that the kainkarya for

the pleasure of the Lord is the ultimate Purushartha –

the kainkarya leading to one’s pleasure is not

purushartha – the kainkarya leading to one’s and

Lord’s pleasure is not purushartha – but the

Kainkarya leading the Lord’s Thirumuha Ullasam – his

pleasure – is the Purushartha

 

Who control the “Aimpulan” – those who have realized

the above three would be definitely in control of the

five senses, but here the Alwar means to having no

mamata sense in the above stated kainkarya,

 

Who do “kAmbarath thalai siraithu” – deleting the

belief and trust in other upayas from the roots – here

Sri Periyavachan Pillai also refers to the hair on

one’s head leading to ahankara and that the removing

of the hair is said to be an act of dropping the

ahankara

 

Who reside in “un Kadaithalai” – full and utmose

mahaviswasam in Lord taking care of us in current and

para loka and looking up to Lord’s hands for every

action.

 

The above suris who qualify in the above are “Vazhum

somber” .

The pasuram is also the literal transalation of the

Dvya sloka.

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Sri Vara vara munaye nama:

Sri Srinivasa Mahagurave nama:

 

Adiyen Sri Vaishnava Dasan – Selva Narana Ramanuja.

 

 

 

 

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya namah:

Dear Sri Selvanarayana Ramanuja, (what a beautiful Thirunaamam!)

 

Thanks for your good post on ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's mEmporuL pAsuram on

his TN (Birthday) today. adiyEn would like to supplement on "mEmporuL"

pAsuram referred to by Swamy Sri Vedantha Desikan.

 

Swami Desikan's refers to ThirukkaNNamangai ANdAn for this PAsuram in his

"sillaRai rahasyam".

 

ThirukkaNNamangai ANdAn is the one who composed thaniyan for nAacchiyAr

Thirumozhi and he was a great scholar, JnAni , who understood the "

mEmporuL " very well . It appears he had chosen to clean the corridors

(prAkArams) and the front of the temple of the Lord SrI Bhakthavatsala

PerumAL and abhishekavalli thAyAr at the Divya desam of ThirukkaNNamangai.

 

He was a a treu " Vaazhum sombhar " as he did not live for himself , but

lived only for the service to Divya Dampathi.

He did not care about his personal comforts. He consdiered others (who were

and are running amuck after material and sensual desires) as "kedum

sOmbhar" who were the opposite of "Vaazhum sOmbhar". (vaazhum sOmbar- lazy

ones who will live...(blessed) and kedum sOmbar- lazy ones who will

perish.. (meaning be born again and again) )

 

The keum sOmbhar are the ones who live only for themselves and not for the

Lord and His consort. They are tempted and deluded by the loka vAsanAs, as

they do not know or understand the jIvAthma svarUpam properly and hence do

not perform the kaimkaryam which is by nature belongs to jIvan as a matter

of right. Being a sEshan is our duty, right and enjoyable. Sriman NArAyaNA

supports and controls all jIvAtmAs, and all the jIvAtmAs exist purely for

His enjoyment. Thus, the very essential nature (svaroopam) of a jIvAtmA is

to perform kainkaryam to Sriman NArAyaNA for His pleasure and performance

of any other activity doesn't conform to its nature. This implies that

baddha jIvAtmAs are like fish out of water , suffering in the material

world by not living according to their actual natur. hence kedum sOmbars.

 

They have dhEhAbhimAnam unlike the Vazhum sOmbhar like ThirukkaNNamangai

ANdAn, who has paripoorNa swarUpa jnAnam (of being a servant of the Lord at

all times)

Swamy Sri ThirukkaNNamangai ANdAn engaged himself in Sannadhi Kaimkaryams

of cleaning the the Lord's temple with all his life.

 

He did not practice the difficult JnAna or Bhakthi Yogam and took "the

easiest, effective and fastest route" of Prapatthi with its five angas for

fullest Bhagavadh kaimkaryam. ANdAn just lived with the BhAgavatha

LakshaNams mentioned by this pAsuram of ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr. He also

resided inside the temple as indicated by the AzhwAr ( un kadaitthalai

irundhu Vaazhum Sombhar).

 

Swami Desikan appears to have chosen SrI ANDAn as "sOmbar " for all these

reasons in his Rahasya work reminding himself of ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's

paasuram.

All errors and faults are mine. Anything good - the credit goes to Sri U Ve

Rama Desikachariar Swamy for his excellent commentary.

Thanks agin for your post. With the blessings of asmadhAchAryan and

Bhagawath sankalpam, someday, adiyEn would like to enjoy all pAsurams of

Thirumaalai one by one with you all sharing adiyEn's pleasure of reading

Sri UttamUr Swamy's brilliant commentary referring to PoorvAchAryAs great

vyAkhyAnams in accordance with saasthrAs.

AzhwAr AchAryAs ThiruvadgaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn dAsan

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Poojya Swamin.

 

Friday, the 11th January 2002 is the Thiru nakshathram

of Shri Thondaradipodi Alwar ? Margazhi Kettai. A big,

grand Thiru Avatara Mahotsavam is scheduled to be held

at Thiru mandangudy, the Avatara Divya Desam of the

Alwar. Adiyen is going there for the next three days

and in this context, Adiyen would like to share the

Alwar's Charama Slokam.

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