geethA sAstramum nedunthAndaka sAstramum-26

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

There are three tattvas, chit, achit and Ishvaran according to our

ramanuja sampradayam. Achit is classified into 24 tattvas, the 25th

tattvam is the jeevatma tattvam (chit) that is conveyed by the makAram

in the Omkaram and the 26th tattvam is the Ishvara tattvam. Both in

the geethA sAstram and nedunthAndaka sAstram emperuman Sri

Parthasarathi and thirumangai azhvar have tried only to make us

realise the above 26 tattvas and finally reach the divine abode of

emperuman by doing sharanAgathi unto his divine feet. Our ultimate

goal is to realize the 26th tattva emperuman and hence this series of

posting will also come to an end with the 26th posting that will give

the crux of the whole geethA sAstram and nedunthAndaka sAstram. The

last shatkam in geethAsastram is divided into two by our acharyas,

poorvatrikam and the uttara trikam. The poorva trikam includes the

13, 14 and 15th chapters that give the tattvatraya jnAnam. This part

is otherwise called the siddatrikam, this has been equated to “vuyar

vara vuyar nalam” padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar. The next part, the

uttara trikam includes the 16th, 17th and 18th chapters otherwise

called the sAdhyatrikam that tells us about the karma, jnana,

bhakthi, prapaththi yoga anushtanams that has been equated to “veedu

min muttravum” padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar.

 

Sri Azhagiya manavalap perumal nAyanar in his excellent sutra prabhandam acharya hrudhayam says,

 

“rahasyaththukku Orezhuththum adhukku Oruruvum pOlE Ana vattrilE,

emaiyOradhipathi adiyEn mananE poimayarvu pirandharulinan vinnappam

tozhuthezendra panjagaththOdE,avidhyAdhi svaroopa svabhAva

AthmEshvara bhandha rakshana guna vigraha vibhoothi yoga

dhadheeyAbhimAna upadEsa vishaya anyApadEsa hEthu Adhi galum

sangruheetham” (212)

 

In the above sutra Sri Azhagiya manavala perumal nAyanar shows how the

first paasuram in thiruviruththam and the first paasuram in

thiruvaimozhi conveys the essence of all the paasurams in both the

prabhandams. Like the first letter akAram in the pranavam conveys

the crux of the OmkAram the first paasuram in these prabhandams

convey the essence of the whole prabhandam. Will not thirumangai

azhvar who has taken avatara to provide the six angas to mAran kalai

(mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa) follow

the procedure showed by azhvar? Yes he does the same and thereby the

first paasuram in his divine prabhandam thirunedunthAndakam

summarizes the whole essence of the prabhandam. The other 29

paasurams are only a detailed explanation of what kaliyan has

conveyed in the very first paasuram. So this series of posting

intended to show the similarity in the words of kaliyan and

geethAcharyan ends with this posting. The divine arthas conveyed by

geethAcharyan in the 18 chapters have been clearly conveyed by our

dear kaliyan in just a single paasuram that has been enjoyed by us

within our limited knowledge in this series of posting. At the very

start of this series we saw about the great nirvAham of Swamy Parasara

bhattar that categorised the meanings conveyed by the 3 sections of

paasurams in this divine prabhandam. Adiyen leaves it to the readers

to dive deep into this ocean of divine learning and know more about

this prabhandam. It is for sure that even if we succeed in

understanding the thiruvullam of the geethAcharyan it is never that

easy to understand the thiruvullam of our azhvars. But thank god

that he has blessed us with the acharyas who act as a guiding torch.

 

So let us end this posting by doing mangalAsAsanams to them with Swamy mAmunikal’s words,

 

“AzhvArgal vAzhi arulicheyal vAzhi

thAzhvAdumil kuravar thAm vAzhi-A-zhpArum

vuyya avargal vuraiththavaikal thAm vAzhi

seyya marai thannudanE sErindhu”

 

“adiyArgal vAzha aranganagar vAzha

satakOpan than tamizh nool vAzha

kadal soozhindha mannulagam vAzha

manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndirum”

 

“BrindAranya nivAsAya balarAmAnu jAyacha

rukmini prAnanAdhAya pArtha soodhAya mangalam”

“Sri madAli Sri nagari nAdhAya kalivairinE

chatushkavi pradhAnAya parakAlAya mangalam”

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan