Kanninun Siruththambu - 07

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Seventh 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/kst07.pdf

 

 

Pasuram:

kaNdu koNdennaik kARimARap pirAn

paNdai valvinai pARRi aruLinAn

eNdisaiyum aRiyaviyambukEn

oNdamizh sadagOpan aruLaiyE

 

 

Meaning:

Maran (Nammazhvar) who is the son of Kari and who is my

Lord, picked me and brought me under his grace such that

those timeless karmas to which I was attached were

completely destroyed. I am obliged to sing the praises

Sri Sadagopa, who is the repository for beautiful Tamil

poems, so that everyone in all eight directions hears

them.

 

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

Madhurakavi Azhvar states that he will praise and spread

Nammazhvar's grace, which removed all his mistakes and

karma and saved him, at all places for all time. He says

that he will let everyone know the greatness of

Nammazhvar's grace that saved him on hits own without

considering the extent of his lowly nature.

 

 

kaNdukoNdennai:

Just as He was always seeing (and enjoying) Nammazhvar

("irunthAn kaNdu koNdu"), so too Nammazhvar is always

seeing Madhurakavi Azhvar.

 

ennai:

Nammazhvar has done this great help without looking for

anything in return, yet I should have done something

back for him. But I have not done that, says Madhurakavi

Azhvar.

 

kaaRimaaRappiraan:

Just as He became the Lord (pirAn) to Nammazhvar ("pirAn

perunilankeeNdavan"), Nammazhvar has become the Lord to

Madhurakavi Azhvar. Nammazhvar has become his lord

because of the great help he gave him. He has become

Madhurakavi Azhvar's lord to the extent that Madhurakavi

Azhvar does not have to go to Nammazhvar's lord for any

help.

 

paNdaivalvinai paaRRi:

Because these karmas are timeless, an origin cannot be

ascribed to them. Nevertheless, as if they do have an

origin, Nammazhvar has now given an end to them. These

karmas which can only be removed by experiences have

been removed by Nammazhvar. The karmas that could not

be removed for countless time even through experiences

and other acts have been removed by Nammazhvar.

 

paaRRiyaruLinaan:

Nammazhvar destroyed them so completely that they can

now neither follow Madhurakavi Azhvar nor get attached

to someone else ("dvishanta: pApakrutyAm").

 

aruLinaan:

He gave Nammazhvar his grace such that he gained the

uncorrupted knowledge; so too Nammazhvar has provided

his grace to Madhurakavi Azhvar.

 

eNdisaiyumaRiyaviyampukEn:

Without any difference or bias, without missing a

single person or thing, Madhurakavi Azhvar will sing

Nammazhvar's praises for all to hear ("thoNdeer

elleerum vAreer").

 

oNdamizh:

That Tamil which brought forth and made available those

rare meanings that were hidden under great depths. It

brought out that matter which was hidden from everyone

("yatO vAcO nivartantE") and made it available to all.

 

sadakOpanaruLaiyE:

Nammazhvar's grace has reached even those who had

escaped His grace when He was providing the knowledge.

Nammazhvar's grace is not the same as His grace -

azhvar's grace reaches even those who do not get His

grace.

 

Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale

Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Vyakhyana Saram Series:

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