THIRUPPAVAI 9

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THIRUPPAVAI SWAPADHESAMSREMATH PARAMAHAMSA VANAMAMALAI JEEYAR.

 

It was seen in the twentiteth pAsuram that service to the Lord should

be done to the divine consort in their togetherness.

 

The twenty-first pAsuram: On seeing the bhAgawadha ghOshti nappinnai

pirAtti also considers herself one among them and calls upon them to

awaken Lord krishNA by thinking aloud His ausipicious qualities.

Thus, it is inferred that for the srEvaishNavic clan,

thriving-thinking on His qualities, is their basic attribute.-yERRa

kalangaL.

 

The twenty-second pAsuram: In this pAsuram they express their

ananyArya-shEshathvam. What is this? The fact thatt they are

subservient only to HIm and none else. It is thus understood that for

His great blessing, this ananyArya shEshatvham becomes a gate-pass or

a reference point.-angaN mA . abhimAna bhangamAi .vandhu thalaip

peidhOm--- ananyArya shEshathvam.

angaN iraNdu koNdu engaL mEal nOkku-sAbham iyindhu-----Divine blessing.

 

The twenty-third pAsuram: The Lord feels that He has made these

devotees to approach HIm instead of He approaching them. He enquires

their requirement. They request HIm to adorn His assembly and sort

out their problems.

 

In contrast to those who take efforts to attain some benefits from

Him, or For those who do not want exactly any benefits but put on

efforts, the Lord Himself takes up the task of granting the desired

end for those do not have anything to offer quid-pro-quo.

(yAm vandha kAriyam ARAindhu arUL)

--mAri mazhai muzhainjil.

 

The twenty-fourth pAsuram: On seeing that the Lord accedes to their

request, the devotees forget their mission and commence talking and

desiring His welafe. -mangaLA sAsanam. anRivulagam aLandhAi adi

pORRi....

 

The subject matter makes them to do so, is the elicited spirit from this pAsuram.

 

The twenty-fifth pAsuram: If there are any obstacles for us, You may

yourself remove it. ( varuthamum thErndhu)

As seen hereinabove, where the desired end is granted by Him the

obstacles are also removed by Him. Both granting the desired end and

removing the OBstacles is a matter of ball in Lord's Court. The

person with whom the ball is, has to take the action and hence, it is

the Lord who has to put the efforts, is the underscored philosophy

here.

-oruthi magan. -varuthamum thErndhu magzhiyal.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan