Kanninun Siruththambu - 08

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Eighth Pasura Vyakhyana Saram

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam

 

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Pasuram:

aruL koNdAdum adiyavara inbuRa

aruLinAn avvarumaRaiyin poruL

aruL koNdu Ayiram inthmaizh pAdinAn

aruL kaNdeer ivvulaginil mikkathE

 

Meaning:

Nammazhvar graces the bhaktas, who celebrate His compassion

and grace, by providing them the inner meanings of the

Vedas so that they attain delight. That Nammazhvar sang the

thousand verses of Thiruvaymozhi in sweet Tamil, through

His grace. That act of Nammazhvar alone stands as a great

thing in this world.

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

Madhurakavi Azhvar states that for this world, the grace of

Nammazhvar which brought out the Thiruvaymozhi is greater

than the grace of the Lord which resulted in the Veda

rahasyas being brought out. In the previous pasuram, he had

said that he will spread Nammazhvar's fame in all eight

directions; he is explaining the reason here for that, that

Nammazhvar's pasurams are nothing but the gist of the Vedas.

 

aruL koNdAdum adiyavar:

Those bhaktas that are like him ("athuvum avanathu

innaruL", "aruL peRuvAr adiyAr").

 

inbuRa:

The nature of the jIva is to delight (in Him). Madhurakavi

Azhvar says that the bhaktas attained joy ("hrushtA:") by

thinking of His grace. As stated in "eNNAthanakaLeNNum

nanmunivar inbam thalais siRappa", they attained happiness.

 

aruLinaan avvarumaRaiyin poruL:

He gave out the greatly hidden meanings of the Vedas to

everyone through the Bhagavad Gita. Even though the Vedas

hid the meanings, He made them shine through the Gita due

to His kalyANa guNas.

 

arumaRai:

That joy of the Vedas which are harder to attain than even

Him. Vedas and their meanings are the biggest wealth ("sA

hi sriramruthA sathAm").

 

aruLkoNdaayiram inthamizhpaadinaan:

He made it such that those who understand the Vedas are

saved; but Nammazhvar made it such that everyone is saved.

 

aruLkoNdu:

Nammazhvar did not sing pasurams just by himself. He used

the uncorrupted knowledge that was given to him by the

Lord and sang about Him. Through Nammazhvar He gained

songs about Himself ("ennAgiyE thapputhalinRith thanaik

kavi thAn solli").

 

Ayiram in thamizh:

Just as Valmiki Rishi sang the Ramayana, Nammazhvar has

sung the thousand songs of Thiruvaymozhi.

 

in thamizh pAdinAn:

Nammazhvar sang the great meanings such that they are

very sweet to recite and sing ("pAtyE gEyE cha madhuram").

 

in thamizh:

Nammazhvar's pasurams are sweet to read, to listen and to

sing.

 

pAdinAn aruL kaNdeer:

Unlike His grace which gave the true knowledge to Azhvars,

Nammazhvar's grace is such that it explains His grace. And

Madhurakavi Azhvar asks everyone to look at that grace of

Nammazhvar.

 

aruL kaNdeer ivvulaginil mikkathE:

His grace gives the true knowledge ("mayarvaRa mathinalam

aruLinan") only to a few. Nammazhvar's grace reaches

everyone ("pAlEy thamizharisaikArar paththar

paravumAyiram", "thoNdarkkamuthu uNNas sonmAlaikaL").

 

Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale

Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

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