Thirumaalai-38

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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-22

 

 

“pesittrE pEsalalAl perumai ondru vunaralAgAdhu

 

AsattrAr tangatkallAl ariyalAvAnumallan

 

MAsatttrAr manaththulAnai vanaginAm errupadhallAl

 

pEsathAn Avadhundo? PEdhai nenjE! Nee sollAi”

 

 

 

pesittrE pEsalalAl perumai ondru vunaralAgAdhu: The kalyana gunas and magimai

of bhagavan are beyond our understanding capacity and they cannot be explained

by words. This is known to alwar since even the Vedas refrain from telling the

bhagavat gunam in depth and even the lord Sri parthasarathi in his bhagavat gita

says, he himself cannot tell all his vibhoothis. Then what is alwar trying to

do now? The rishis talked about the bhagavan and said we are unable to finish,

so the alwars followed them and said the same and after them the acharyas

followed and repeated the same. Till today our scholars and acharyas repeatedly

talk the same thing time and again. The cycle thus continues everyone repeats

what their elders have said because all of them belong to the same school of

thought. Nammazhvar says, “ponnappan, maniappan, muththappan,

than-oppu-ella-appan”. Nammazhvar first tried to praise the bhagavan with

various nAmAs but then he finally concludes saying that there is nothing in this

world which can match bhagavan, since he is beyond any examples. The alwars

repeat whatever the Vedas say. All the twelve alwars talk in the same way

because they have been bestowed with the same knowledge by the bhagavan. Even

though each one can have different anubhavams still due to bhagavat krupai they

have been bestowed with “mayar varu madhi nalam”(bhakthi and jnana without

doubt) and hence they are Akakandargal(they donot talk what comes to their mind

but talk with sastras as pramAnams). There may be number of flowers in a

garden, each one having different size, color and smell still the bees extract

the same type of honey from all the flowers. Similarly there may be number of

sastras like Satvika, rajasa and tAmasa sastras but jnani’s take only the

essence, the sAram and leave the rest as asAram. “Alotya sarva sastrAni

vicharyacha punah punaha; edamEkam sunishbannam deyo nArAyana sadhA”. If we

learn on ourself then there is chances of misinterpretation and misunderstanding

but when it is taught by a common teacher then there is no room for differences

and misinterpretations. Since emperuman was the common guru for all the alwars

and the acharyas they all talk the same thing without any differences. That is,

“pesittrE pEsalalAl”. Ok, we now accept that all the alwars and acharyas talk

the same thing. What is their final conclusion? The conclusion is “perumai

ondru vunaralAgAdhu”, the brahma tattvam is beyond our seeing or understanding

capacity. Only anubhavam is possible, understanding is impossible. This is

what all of them say in union.

 

 

 

AsattrAr tangatkallAl ariyalAvAnumallan: In our sampradayam, a person is

supposed to be learned only when he realizes that he cannot understand brahma

tattvam. But even this knowledge arises only to those who get themselves

involved in bhagavat guna and kainkarya anubhavams. For others the bhagavan is

not understandable. Understanding is the knowledge that brahman cannot be

understood.

 

 

 

MAsatttrAr manaththulAnai vanaginAm errupadhallAl: Emperuman stays in pure

minds. He enjoys his stay in the minds of innocent bhakthas. We all have great

impurity in our minds so the best way for us is to remain under the feet of that

bhagavan, who alone has the power to purify our sins and make us clean souls.

Leave everything to him and prostrate before him with vishvAsam.

 

 

 

pEsathAn Avadhundo? PEdhai nenjE! Nee sollAi: Other than falling under his

divine feet, what are we going to achieve by just discussing a matter beyond our

knowledge? enquires alwar to his own innocent mind.

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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