Thirumaalai-42

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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-25

 

 

“Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum kurikolandhanamai thannai

 

oliththittEn enkanillai ninkanum paththanallEn

 

kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn

 

aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE!”

 

 

 

Sri Alavandaar has sung the 22nd strotra of Stortra ratnam in similar lines. It

shows how alavandaar reflects the views of alwar. He says, “na dharmanishtOsmi

nacha atma vEdhi na bhakthiman dvath charanAra vindhe achinchanaha ananyagathi

sharanya! Dvath pAdha moolam sharanam prapathyE”

 

 

 

Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum: This line is equal to alavandaar saying ‘na

dharma nishtOsmi’. In kali it is difficult to do karma yoga since all Achara

anushtAnams are lost. So alwar declares that he is not a karma yogi.

 

 

 

kurikolandhanamai thannai oliththittEn enkanillai: na cha Athma vEdhi. I am

not a jnani yogi too. ‘Kali kalmasha chitAnAm’ and hence it is difficult to

practice jnana yogam.

 

 

 

ninkanum paththanallEn: na bhakthi mAn dvath charanAra vindhe. I do have the

bhakthi towards you. I don’t possess the deep devotion or prEmai.

 

 

 

kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn: If I have some dharma

you can be pleased with me or if iam a jnani then you can declare me to be in

the category, “jnani tvAth maiva mE matham”. If I was a bhakthan then you may

happily say, “yO mE bhaktha samE priyaha”. But I donot have any of these. No

anushtanam required for karma yoga, no chitta shuddhi required for a jnana yogi

or mahavishvasam as required for a bhaktha. Then with what will you get pleased

with me? No one will encourage anyone coming empty handed to their place. But

only person who considers empty handedness(achinchanaha) as the qualification to

come to his sannadhi is emperuman. So with that confidence I have come to your

sannadhi and only thing I know to do is cry in front of you Oh! KadalvannA(the

lord who has the color of the sea).

 

 

 

aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE: One thing which doesn’t need

any prerequisites is nama sankeertam, which I keep doing always. If we want to

appoint a person to do some work for us we look into his qualifications and

think twice if he will be able to do the job well. But do we think the same way

before giving alms to a beggar who wants help for the next meal? Oh!

Arangathammam iam like a beggar in your door steps. So don’t look into my

qualifications. My only qualification is that I donot have any qualification

and have fallen into your feet due to my need for help. So please shower your

pity on me, my lord. Alwar literally cries in this paasuram in front of the

bhagavan.

 

 

 

When alwar himself cries like this, what to say about all of us. We all are

truly without any qualifications(even to sing like alwar or alavandaar such

paasurams and strotras) so let us repeat the words of our alwars and acharyas

and be grateful to the lord and the alwars and acharyas for teaching us the

same.

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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