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Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe Ramanujaya NamahaSri Vara Vara MunayE

NamahaSri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-7

 

“endrAga nAlayE yAga enisiridhu

nindrAga ninarulen pAladhE-nandrAga

nAnunnai andri yilEnkandAi nArananE

nee yennai yandri yilai”

 

In the previous paasuram azhvar worried about the wrong

interpretations done by the Buddhist, jains and saivaites and felt

sorry for them but in this paasuram he throws them out of his mind

and finds solace in the thought that whatever may happen to others

azhvar will always be near to emperuman as emperuman’s grace will

flow towards azhvar as a great stream.

 

(endrAga nAlayE yAga enisiridhu nindrAga ninarulen pAladhE) It may be

today or tomorrow or a few days later but it is sure for emperuman’s

unconditional grace to flow towards azhvar. It may take time but it

will surely happen. What gives you such confidence? Enquired

perumal,

 

(nandrAga nAnunnai andri yilEnkandAi) It is because I have the great

wealth of Akinchanyam (kaimudaellAmai), that is I have no one other

than you to come to my rescue. I have surrendered to you and will

wait till you come running to save me. Without you I cannot exist

and all my good remains in you. Only if I have faith in something

else also you can show that and escape (“A-sha bhandhA vidharpAnAm

A-sha yAthi hi kOsalAn” This is the path to vidharpadesam and this to

kOsaladEsam showed nalan to dhamayanthi and got away from her

similarly you cannot show that this is karma yoga, this is bhakthi

yoga or this is jnana yoga and get away, “nerikAtti neekudhiyO?”).

yes"> But what is the proof that I alone can be the upAya (way)? Enquired perumal

 

(nArananE) What other proof do you need? Your thirunAmam itself is

the proof. This great thirunAmam shows that you are the prapyam

(upEyam, that which has to be attained) and prApagam (upAyam, the way

to achieve the ultimate goal) for all the jeevatmas who fall under the

category of narAs.

 

(nAnnunai andri yilEnkandAi nArananE) “vyasanEshu manushyAnAm prusham

bhavathi dukkitha:” while any person was struck by grief the first

person to feel more is Sri chakravarthi thirumagan. So will I fall

to the feet of any other god leaving this great emperuman filled with

ultimate grace (krupAsindhO!)? But when you have nothing to give me

why should I come to your help?

 

(nArananE nee yennai yandri yilai) But you are my master and I am your

property. Will the master be satisfied without taking into possession

his property? Further one person can be praised for his charity only

if there is some one to take. So if you have to establish your

graceful attitude on the poor jeevatmas then I will be on the first

list.

 

(nArananE) Further your name nArAyanan will hold good only if you

come to my rescue else you will have to loose that name itself.

 

Aalavandaar expresses the same in his stotra ratnam,

 

“tadaham dvatdrutE na nAthavAn

madruthE tvam dayaneeyavAn na cha I

vidhinirmithamEdhadhanvayam

bhagavan bhAlaya mA sma heehapa: II”

 

[so I do not have any other master other than you; Nor do you have

another servant like me; This relationship occurred merely due to

your unconditional grace so please don’t leave it.]

 

This paasuram can be enjoyed in one another manner also which we will see in the next posting.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

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