Thirumaalai-21

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

 

 

“ Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

 

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

 

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

 

Eppozhudum peesu”

 

 

 

“ Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave

 

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa”

 

 

 

Pranams,

 

 

Paasuram—8

 

 

“veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal * ninpAl

 

poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi

 

kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl thalayaiAngE

 

aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE”

 

 

 

veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal: In this world we see many types

of people. Each one says different philosophies. Some argue that there is no

god. Some say everything is going on due to nature(kapila matham) and some talk

about paramAnukkal(vaisheshekas) as the sole cause of everything. Alwar here

says that these people talk with a hatred towards the god. They do not want to

accept the Vedas and the bhagavan, who has been told in the Vedas. The jains,

the buddhist and the sankhya philosophies talk ill of the emperuman which alwar

is unable to tolerate. Alwar is irritated by these philosophies to such an

extent that his anger is shown clearly in this paasuram. Though alwar is a

parama bhAgavatan, who has won over his kamA and krodhA, here alwar talks very

severely since he wants to strongly enforce the mistake in the other

philosophies.

 

 

 

poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi: These people talk rubbish. They talk

ill of Krishna and rAma and also our philosophy. How can a true bhaktha

tolerate it? Will we keep quiet if someone talks ill of our father or mother?

Won’t we pounce on them? Such is the state of azhvar in this pAsuram. He tried

to change those people with crooked thinking with his words but they never

changed due to their poorva janma vAsanas and karma palan. Alwar says it is

like a disease for them to talk ill of Sriman Narayana which can never be cured.

This disease is harmful since it not only kills the person having it, it is also

sometimes contagious, so alwar doesn’t want to leave those persons aloof.

 

 

 

kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl: But can alwar become so ferocious? In

bhAgavatam we site a story were a king named vEnan became intolerable. He

commanded all the yaga yajnas in the country to be stopped and ordered that only

he should be worshipped by one and all. The rishis became very unhappy and went

to advice him. The king said, “When iam here the pratyaksha deivam taking care

of all your needs why do you pray anyother god? Even the scriptures preach that

treat a king like the bhagavan himself.” For which the rishis replied that it

has been said only to treat him like a bhagavan since he is saving the people

under him and not to make him the bhagavan and stop worshipping the supreme Maha

Vishnu. VEnan was in no position to listen to their advice so they finally

burnt him to ashes. Sadhoos first try to change the people by their sweet

words, if they don’t listen and go to the extend of illtreating bhagavan and

bhAgavatas and become intolerable they punish. Now alwar is in the same state

of mind and hence he says,

 

 

 

thalayaiAngE aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE : so now the final

way out is only to chop their head off says alwar to the emperuman who stays in

Srirangam. Is this correct on alwar’s part, analyses PVP. He says it is like

giving a pasu bali in yAgam which gives good palan to both the person who is

doing the yAgam and the pasu also, as it attains nalla gathi(good fate).

 

 

 

To be continued in the next posting.

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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