Kanninun Siruththambu -06

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Sixth Pasura Vyakhyana Saram

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam

 

A Tamil version of this vyakhyana saram can be found at

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/kst06.pdf

 

Pasuram:

inRu thottum ezhumaiyum empirAn

ninRu than pugaz EththavaruLinAn

kunRamAdath thirukkurukooR nambi

enRumennai igazhvilan kANminE

 

Meaning:

>From this day onward for all time to come, Sri Nammazhvar

who is my Swami has blessed me to stand fast and keep

singing his praises. He who is the leader of Thirukurukoor,

which is made up of mountainous mansions, will never

abandon me at any time - everyone see and understand this.

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

Madhurakavi Azhvar states that Nammazhvar made him sing his

praises for all time ("vIvilkAlamisaimAlaigaLEththi mEvap

peRREn"). In the pasurams before, he had said that

Nammazhvar saved him; but, since he was deeply involved in

all kinds of lowly activities since time immemorial, why

would he not go back to them again? He replies that the

extent of Nammazhvar's grace is such that that would never

happen to him.

 

inRu thottum:

The term today refers to the day that, even ahead of being

attached to Him, Madhurakavi Azhvar became attached to

Nammazhvar. Namamzhvar's grace is such that it does not

bear fruit on some other day; it has begun on the this day

itself.

 

ezhumaiyumempiraan:

Without any difference in time or era, Nammazhvar has

helped him for all time to come. ezhumaiyum refers to all

time to come.

 

empirAn:

Nammazhvar referred to Him as pirAn ("pirAn

perunnilangkINdavan"), while Madhurakavi Azhvar refers to

Nammazhvar as pirAn.

 

ninRu:

Since Nammazhvar stands at the end of the goal seeked, it

is a stable goal. Therefore, Madhurakavi Azhvar says

ninRu - steadfast. Just as humans became an unwanted

matter to Nammazhvar ("mAnidam pAda vantha kaviyEnallEn"),

He has become unwanted to Madhurakavi Azhvar. Nammazhvar's

grace is such that there is no need to become attached to

him in order to get bhagavat anubhavam; attachement to

Nammazhvar includes bhagavat anubhavam.

 

kunRamaadath thirukkurukoor nambi:

Just as the completeness of Nammazhvar cannot be measured

so too the height of the mansions in Thirukkurukoor cannot

be measured. Nammazhvar's greatness adds greatness to the

city itself. Nammazhvar referred to Thirukkurukoor as the

city with mountainous mansions ("kunRampOl maNimAdaneedu

thirukkurukoor") and as it is set in his heart Madhurakavi

Azhvar echoes the same.

 

nambi:

Nammazhvar's completeness is such that not only can he

save himself but he can also save Madhurakavi Azhvar. His

completeness is not such that one has to praise him and

then another person; praising Nammazhvar alone is

sufficient.

 

enRum ennai igazvilan:

Madhurakavi Azhvar is giving the reason for praising

Nammazhvar. Nammazhvar has given him grace such that

Madhurakavi Azhvar will never think of anything else.

Would Nammazhvar who saved him without considering his

lowly nature allow him to be led astray by anything else?

 

kaaNminE:

Madhurakavi Azhvar is asking everyone to see that unlike

others who sing only His praises, he has become one who

would sing none but Nammazhvar's praises.

 

Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

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http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/index.html