Something for this Rama Navami

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Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:53 PM

Something for this Rama Navami

Dear All,

 

Please find the text of message, once writeen ny Velukkudi Krishnan

Swamy on Tirumangai Alwar's anubavam of Srirangam Perumal linking to

His Vibhavataram of Rama.

 

 

Alwar explains the karunai of Rama, in showering his grace on Hanuman,

inspite of his birth as a monkey. Step by step alwar reduces the class

of birth - "vadamamagan - markatam - vilangu -mattror sadi". Swamy

Periavachan pillai reverses this order of words.Normally we have to

decide the order of words based on the order of themeaning. For

example :1. Gita "cElAjina kusOttaram" - Lord explains how to perform

yoga. The seathas to be made for yoga as follows : first spread cEla

which is silk clothat the bottom, next ajina - deers skin, lastly

kusa - darbham. Think for amoment about this order. If darbham is at

the top, it would only be prickingyou causing agony. One cannot

concentrate on yoga. So this order has to bechanged. Based on the

meaning, the order has to be kusa - ajina- cElOttaram.2. Sruti vakyam

- "AtmAvArE drashtavya: srOtavya: mantavya:nidhidhyAsitavya:" This is

the order in which we will have to realiseBrahmam. First see Him,

next hear about Him, thirdly think about Him, lastlythink only about

Him without any hindrance. Is this order correct. We hearand think

about Him, finally to see Him. If you see Him in the firstinstance

then why should we hear about Him. So the order has to be

"AtmAvarEsrOtavya: mantavya: nidhidhyAsitavya: drashtavya:" First

hear about Him fromyour guru, think about what you heard, then lastly

have darsan. So we haveto change the order based on the

meaning.Likewise, PV pillai, changes the order as "mattror sadi,

vilangu, markatam,vadamamagan." Why is this so ? Rama showed daya on

Hanuman. What was theeligibility Hanuman had for this ? nothing. 1.

He was not even born in thesame sadi as rama , he belonged to a

different sadi. 2. Let it be so. Eventhough he was a different sadi,

he could be born as yaksha, gandharva, devaetc which are differerent

from manushya sadi (rama's). But Hanuman tookbirth as vilangu sadi -

animal, which is inferior to human beings . 3 L et itbe so. Atleast

in animals, he could have born as lion or tiger which arerespected.

He took birth as markatam - a monkey, which is not respectedamongst

the animals. 4. Let it be so. Even as a money, he could have beenborn

as a normal monkey. But he took birth as Vadamamagan ( son of

windgod). This is inferior amongst monkeys.Here we will have a

doubt. We understand, animals are inferior to humanbeings, and

monkeys are inferior to other animals. But how can vayu kumaranbe

inferior to other monkeys ? This is because, being vayu kumara, one

isbound to have an ego that "I am son of Vayu and so I have lot of

rituousqualities" This egoism would go against the grace of Lord. If

one were anormal monkey, it would have felt humble that I do not

possess any goodqualities (Akinchanyam). This humility ensures Rama's

daya. So is it notbetter to be a normal monkey than to be a monkey

which is son of Vayu deva.Hence the order mattror sadi, vilangu,

markatam, vadamamagan." Rama didnot consider all these shorcomings of

Hanuman, but embraced him.TM alwar has sung 50 pasurams on Srirangam.

But 100 each for Tirunarayur andTirukkannapuram. Both these Perumans

were his acharyas. Tirunarayur nambiperformed pancha samskaram for

him and gave tirumantropadesa. Souriperumalpreached the meanings of

tirumandiram. Always it is our practise thatacharya sambhavanai has

to be twice that of others. So 50 x 2 = 100 forthese two divya

desams. If you hail these two divya desams like this, willSrirangam

people keep quiet. Their argument is "yes. we accept that thenumber

of songs is less for Srirangam. But note a point. There are

manydivyadesams for which alwar has sung 10 pasurams. Likewise many

divyadeasamswith 20 songs, 30 songs and 40 songs. Even in the case of

100s, there aretwo divyadesams competing. But ... take 50, alwar has

not sung 50 pasuramsto any divyadesam other than Srirangam. This

number 50 is uniqu e. Obviouslyit has to be, as Srirangam and Sri

Ranganatha are unique.Tirumangai alwar tiruvadigale saranam.

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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