Thirucchandhaviruttham 34th verse- You appearing as Cowherd Boy- wonder of all wonders!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas

 

Hereafter AzhwAr enjoys many verses on the cowherd

Boy- KaNNan.

 

Aadhi aadhi aadhi nee Or aNdam aadhi aathalaal

sOthiyaatha sOthi nee adhu uNmaiyil viLanginaay

vEdhamaagi vELviyaagi viNNinOdu maNNumaay

aadhiyaagi aayanaaya maayam eNnna maayamE? (34)

 

You are three causes; Thus You are the upAdhAna

kaaraNam and hence You perform the unparralled

unimaginable deed of creating, sustaining and

protecting the huge vast Universe (prakruthi

maNdalam); You are the jYothiswarUpI! The One who is

beyond the Space (Prakruthi)- who is beyond

comprehension even! When such is the case, You also

appeared as a vyUha avathAram as jyOthi (in Dhivya

mangaLa vigraham)! That is not a wonder too due to

Your great sowlabhya guNA!

 

Such a Lordhsip- You appeared verily as Vedas

themselves (which are prmANAs – proof for us- as they

are apourushEyam- authorless); You are the ArAdhana

(prayers) mentioned in those Vedas elaborately! You

are also the fruits obtained by performing those pUja-

ArAdhanA; Thus You are moksha sthAna, bhOgasthAnaas;

You are thus the cause of everything;

 

And above all these, You appeared as an illiterate,

innocent Kutti KaNNan as if You do not know anything!

What a maayam! (Ascharyam- wonder!)

 

All deeds actions, beings and non beings have causes

and they are three types: upAdhAnam [material cause],

nimittha kAraNam (efficient or instrumental cause) and

sahakaari kaaraNam (auxiliary cause). For example to

make a pot, we need to have materials, i.e clay, the

knowledge to make a pot from the clay and the

auxiliary materials like the shaft, waters etc.. They

are called respectively, upAdhAnam, nimittham and

sahakaari. All are the same in our case for the

Universe creation and actions as He alone is all three

causes. Only from saasthrAs can one learn this-

saasthrayOnithvaath.

 

The Brahman with subtle (sUkshma) chit and achit

tatvas as his body/mode/attribute

(Sareeram/Prakaaram/Viseshanam-Dharmam) gets the

expanded (sthUla) chit and achit tatvas as his

body/mode/attribute

(Sareeram/Prakaaram/Viseshanam-Dharmam). Therefore the

Brahman is the upAdAna kAraNam – material cause of the

universe. As the Brahman wishes (Sankalpam) and

creates the universe as told above, he is the

nimiththa kAraNam – efficient cause. As the Brahman is

having infinite and divine powers which are

extraordinary and beyond the reach of our sense

organs, he needs no other accessories (Sahakaari) in

this creation.

The verses of the Upanishad "Yenaasrutam Srutam

Bhavathi..." etc., and the example of clay quoted by

the Upanishad beyond doubt establishes that the

Brahman is the material cause (upAdAna kAraNam) of the

universe. Here an important aspect has to be noted.

Just the mere existence of clay (cause) is not enough

for imparting the knowledge of things made of clay

like pot (effect). Therefore the term "Yena" here has

to be understood as "By knowing which". This

enlightens us by imparting knowledge about the fact

that Brahman is absolutely with infinite

auspicious/divine characteristics/attributes that are

peerless. "Uthatam Aadesam Apraakshaya:" is summarised

as follows: Udaalaka asked his son Swethakethu "Have

you known the Brahman who is having absolutely

infinite auspicious/divine attributes like omniscience

(sarvagnyatvam), omnipotence (sarvasakthitvam) and

omnipresence (sarvavyaapakatvam) and is the only

material cause of the universe?" [from Sri MS Hari’s

wrote up]

 

But Brahman- the Lord is akilahEya prathyaneekan- the

One who does not get affected by impurities and

imperfections!

 

Thus being the Sarva kaaraNan – none can be except

You. None can comprehend You just by logic or anumANam

(yukthi); you will have to be understood only with

saasthrAs. [naishA tharkkENa mathirApanEyA]

 

Such greatest You- jyOthiswarUpi at Paramapadham also

appeared as Vaasudeva, SankarshNa, Pradhyumna,

Aniruddhan in vyUha avathArams with same Parathvam;

 

But even in Rama avathAram You showed Your divinity –

one can say- in jatAyu mOksham; Sabhari mOksha saakshi

bhUthan; ahalyA Saapa vimOchanam incident; and others.

However You appeared as infant cowherd child –

jArachOra sikhAmaNi- stealing butter, curd and ghee-

and caught by the illiterate woman and be tied down by

a small rope. You the object and ArAdhyan of Vedas-

the fruit of Vedas appeared as Kutti KaNNan. This is

athyAscharyam (wonder of all wonders). Your being

Sarva kaaraNan and still unaffected by imperfections

is nothing compared to this wonder of all wonders.

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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