Guest guest Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe Ramanujaya NamahaSri Vara Vara MunayE NamahaSri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-17 “aala nezhar keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku mElaiyugath thuraiththAn meithavaththOn-jnAla malandhAnai Azhi kidandhAnai AlmEl valarindhAnai thAn vaNangu mARu” “Aren’t there instances where even rudra has saved his devotees?” questioned a few for which azhvar answers stating that the very same intelligent rudra has also advised the greatness of emperuman and how he himself surrenders to those divine feet. (aala nezhar keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku mElaiyugath thuraiththAn) During a time rudra instructed four maharishis viz., agathiyar, dhakshar, pulasthiyar and kasyapar about the upAsanadharmamArgam (the way to upliftment) and helped them. (meithavaththOn) The one who did real penance. Rudra did that penance which is the ultimate and has nothing greater than that. What did rudra instruct in order to save the rishis? (Azhi kidandhAnai) One who lies on top of the milky ocean in order to take a number of incarnations. [The ordering of words is slightly changed in order to understand the proper meaning of the paasuram.] (jnAla malandhAnai) After that he took Trivikrama avathara and measured the three worlds. During which time he placed his divine feet on top of all irrespective of their birth, caste, creed, gender etc (vasista chandAla vibhAgamara) (AlmEl valarindhAnai) One, who placed all the worlds in his stomach during the time of pralaya, saved them and laid on a small banyan leaf to everyone’s amazement. (thAn vanangu mAru) thus instructed rudra about he himself getting involved with the divine qualities of that emperuman and falling to his feet. With the above 3 paasurams azhvar explained the meaning of the verse, “eshvarAth jnAnamanvichchEth mOkshamichchEth jnArdhanAth” [One has to wish to get knowledge and moksha from Siva and jnArdhana (Sriman Narayana) respectively] (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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