Tiruppavai - guNanusandhanam - nAmA 3

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srI:

srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Tiruppavai - Pasuram 1 : nAmA 3 : kArmeni

 

maargazhith thingaL madhi niRaindha nannaaLaal*

neeraadap pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer*

seer malgum aayppaadic celvac ciRumeergaaL*

koorvER kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran*

Eraarndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam*

kaar mEnic sengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththaan*

naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan*

paarOr pugazhap padindhElOr embaavaay.

 

In the first pasuram, AndAL glorifies the following nAmAs : 1.

nandhagOpan kumaran, 2. yasOdhai iLam singam, 3. kAr mEnian, 4.

sengkannan, 5. kadhir madiy am pol mugathan, 6. nArAyanan

 

The third nAmA is "kArmenian". His body is as black as dark clouds.

He is always ready to show his karunyam (ready to bless) to bless us.

Swamy Pillai LokachAryar in his masterly piece of Sri Vachana

Bhooshanam notes "avan (HIS) ninaivu thAn (rememberance) ivan pal (on

samsarIs like us) eppodum (always) undu (is there). adu (that)

palippadu (gives fruits) ivan (our) ninaivu (we, remember towards

HIM) marum pOdu (changes). HE always remembers to grace us. That

can happen only when we start to remember HIM.

 

AndaL in her later pasuram sings "Etra kalangaL edhir pongi

meedhalippa". When we keep vessels below cows, it pours milk which

will overflow the vessel. It doen't expect anything in return, it is

its svabhAvam (nature). Keeping the vessel is important, otherwise we

will be deprived of the milk. Even if we don't keep the vessels, cows

always have (produce) milk.

 

If the Lord has karunyatvam, who don't HE pour even without being

asked by jivatmas ? Whether we ask the dark clouds to pour rain ?

Atleast, we don't object for pouring the rain. The Lord expect

atleast that apEkshai (do not refuse) when he comes to bless us.

Thondar adi podi azhwar in his tirumAlai pasuram "maram suvar

madhileduthu" says "we have built a fort (made of adharma) not to let

god inside ourselves". Krishna went behind cows, not that they asked

him to come, but they never refused his coming behind them.

 

The next nAma sengkaNan, andAl praises his quality of mArdhavam (to

be continued)

 

namO nArAyanA

 

G. Sundarrajan