Kanninun Siruththambu - 09

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Ninth Pasura Vyakhyana Saram

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam

 

A Tamil version of this vyakhyana saram is available at

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/kst09.pdf

 

 

Pasuram:

mikka vEthiyar vEthaththinut poruL

niRkap pAdi en nenjuL niRuththinAn

thakka seer sadakOpan en nambikku AL

pukka kAthal adimaip payananRE

 

 

Meaning:

Nammazhvar sang the deep inner meanings of those Vedas

which are recited by the great vaidikas, such that they

were entrenched in my heart. Nammazhvar who is also

known as SathakOpa, has all the lofty qualities

required to be able to do this. I have developed love

to him and at that moment I attained the goal of that

love which is doing service to him.

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

Madhurakavi Azhvar states that the inner meaning of all

the Vedas which is service to the bhAgavatas was told by

Nammazhvar in the pasurams "payilum sudaroLi" and

"nedumARkkadimai" and was made to stay forever in his

heart. He attaches himself to Nammazhvar's feet because

Nammazhvar gave him the inner meanings of all the Vedas

without considering his lowly nature (just as Nammazhvar

was attached to Him as "nIsanEn niRai onRumilEn enkaN

pAsam vaiththa paranjsudar sOthikkE").

 

 

mikka vEthiyar:

Those vaidikas whose gnyAna and bhakti are completely

focused on Him ("yatra pUrvE sAdhyA: santi dEvA:").

Those who recite the Vedas all the time and have only

that as their wealth.

 

vEthaththin utporuL:

The essence of the Vedas is Thiruvaymozhi. The essence of

Thiruvaymozhi is present in two sets of pasurams "payilum

sudaroLi" and "nedumaaRkkadimai". The inner hidden

meanings of the Vedas.

 

niRkappaadi ennensuL niRuththinaan:

Such as making a pit in a rock and filling it with water,

Madhurakavi Azhvar says that Nammazhvar melted the rock

that was his heart and steadied the inner meanings of the

Vedas in it.

 

niRkap paadi:

He madit such that the inner meanings of the Vedas which

are difficult to understand is now easily understood by

all.

 

ennensuL niRuththinaan:

Just like digging a hole on top of a mountain and catching

water in it, so too Nammazhvar softened Madhurakavi Azhvar's

stony heart and filled it completely with bhagavad vishayam.

 

thakkaseer sadakOpan:

No matter how lofty the claim, Nammazhvar is qualified for

it. He is qell qualified to sing about someone such as the

Lord. Just as "ayarvaRum amararkaL athipathi" refers only

to Him, so too the term His poet refers only to Nammazhvar

("ERkum perumpugazh vAnavareesan kaNNan thanakku ERkum

perumpugazh vaNkurukUr sadakOpan").

 

thakkaseer sadakOpan en nambi:

Nammazhvar's completeness is such that no matter how much

his greatness is praised it is never sufficient.

 

en nambikku:

His completeness is such that it is able to save even

someone as low as myself says Madhurakavi Azhvar.

 

aaLpukka kaathal adimaippayananRE:

The fruit of being enslaved to Nammazhvar is the bhakti

to his divine feet that flows from that event.

 

aaLpukka kaathal:

The love that was born in Madhurakavi Azhvar in wanting

to become enslaved to Nammazhvar.

 

payananRE:

The purpose which is being enslaved to Nammazhvar has been

attained. The love born in His matter will bear fruit some

day at some place that cannot be determined. The love born

for Nammazhvar will bear the service fruit at this time,

in this place, with this body. Nammazhvar started with

"thuyaraRu sudaradi thozhuthezhu" and went up to "muniyE

nAnmuganE" and reached his goal, whereas Madhurakavi

Azhvar reached the same goal the moment he gained the

taste of having bhakti to his acharya.

 

Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale

Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

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