nam-piLLai 5

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nampILLai

 

It was seen in the earlier postings swAmi nam-piLLai's commentary was

dense with explanations on adjectives, real life examples, real life

events, multiple interpretatilons.

 

swAmi used to give precise definitions for general terms :

 

i. in the context of the pAsuram and

ii. in srevaishnavic context.

 

In the absence of this, the term is likely to be interpreted in a

manner by one and all to ones whims and fancies.

 

A pAsuram in fourth ten will highlight this aspect.

 

"vEdham vallArgaLaik koNdu vinnOar perumAn thiruppAdham paNindhu" thiru voi mozhi 4-6-9;

 

The meaning of the line mentioned is ' The Lord be worshipped through

those who are proficient in vEdhAs'.

 

Now a question can be raised? What is proficiency? Does it point to

those who are great in recitaion of all the vEdhAs?Or does it

indicate who are good at memorising those important vEdhic portions?

Or does it indeed signify those who have comprehended the true import

of the vEdic menaings? Or does it

 

swAmi nam-piLLai does not take a roundabout in this regard. The definiton is very simple:

'sarvEswaran prApyamum, prApakamum ' enRa vEdha thAthparyam

kaikkoNdavargaLaik koNdu'. Those who have comprehended that the Lord

is the means and end to attain Him. This has been clearly underlined

here as the vEdha thAthparyam, by swAmi nam-piLLai.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan