Tiruppavai - guNanusandhanam - nAmA 7 (pARkadluL paiyathuyinRa paraman)

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srI:

srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Tiruppavai - Pasuram 2 : nAmA 7 (pARkadluL paiya thuyinRa paraman)

 

vaiyaththu vAzhveergAL! naamum nampaavaikku *

ceyyum kirisaigaL kELeerO * pARkadaluL

paiyath thuyinRa paraman adi paadi *

neyyuNNOm pAluNNOm nAtkAlE neerAdi *

maiyittu ezhudhOm malarittu naam mudiyOm *

ceyyAdhana ceyyOm theekkuRaLai cenROdhOm *

aiyamum piccaiyum aandhanaiyum kai kaatti *

uyyumaaReNNi ugandhElOr empAvAy

 

In the second pasuram, AndAL glorifies only one nAmA : 7. "pARkadluL

paiya thuyinRa paraman" to praise his "Bhogyatvam".

 

AndAl after having sung the para vasudevan residing in Vaikuntam,

praises the second form "vyUham - ksheerabthi nAthan", who is

reclining in the milky ocean. AndAl says praising the nAmA

"pARkadluL paiya thuyinRa paraman adi pAdi neyyuNOm, pAluuNOm"

confers all bhogyams on us, if we sing this nAmA. Hence, we don't

need to consume consume ghee, milk etc. This nAmA confers all

bhogyams.

 

Swami Nammazhwar confers "unnum sorum, parugum neerum, thinnum

vettilayum, ellam Kannan". For azhwar, praising the gunam, leelas

and nAmA itself is bhogyam.

 

Lord Krishna laments in Bhagavad Gita "vasudEva sarvam iti, sa mahAtma

durlabaha" - Arjuna, today I cannot find a great soul, who considers

vAsudEva as everything. Nammazhwar was born a few days after Lord

Krishna left to his eternal abode. Our poorvAchAryas used to mention

this as "paviyEn pallilE pattu teripadEn". If Lord Krishna would have

waited for some more time, he would have found that soul swamy

nammazhwAr.

 

Swami Periazhwar sings in his tirumozhi - "unnA nAL pasiyAvathu

onRillai, OvAthE namO nArAyanA enRu nanna nAL, anRu enakku pattini

nALE". If I don't take food for a day, I am not hungry. If I don't

utter a day, the nAmA of nArAyanA, that day only I am hungry.

 

The next nAmAs 8 & 9 in pasuram 3 - "Ongi ulagaLanthavan" and

"uthaman" to be seen at same time to understand his "vAtsalyam".

 

namO nArAyaNA

 

G. Sundarrajan