nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-26

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Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe Ramanujaya NamahaSrimad Vara Vara

MunayE NamahaSri vAnAchala mahA munayE NamahaPaasuram-19

 

“tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai

avam seidha vAzhiyAn andrE- vuvandemmai

kAppAi nee kAppadhanai AvAi nee vaigundam

eepAyum evvurkkum nee”

 

Starting from this paasuram till the 26th paasuram it happens to be a

dialogue between thirumazhisaiazhvar and emperuman and at the same

time azhvar enjoys the divine roopa (beauty) and guna (qualities) of

bhagavan elaborately.

Emperuman wanting to test the stability of azhvar questioned,”Why

don’t you consider brahma rudras as my devotees and fall to their

feet?” Azhvar answers through this paasuram. Brahma and others are

of course your devotees when satvika guna fills them but when rajas

or tamas gunas overrule them then they consider themselves to be the

supreme and start to act accordingly forgetting about you. They

grant all sorts of boons to hiranya and others and put themselves to

difficulty. When they are themselves surrounded by such ignorance

and when they themselves are put to difficulty then it is you who

come to their rescue. So how can I leave you the sarva rakshakan and

fall to other’s feet who themselves fall to your feet for rescue.

 

(tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai avam seidha AzhiyAn andrE)

Brahma, the creator of the whole world who was born from your

nAbeekamalam didn’t realize the actual effect of the boons he

granted. Without analyzing the after effects just thinking that he

is capable of granting boons and he has power to do the same gave the

boons hiranyasuran requested and finally suffered not knowing what to

do. How can I consider him to be my saviour? On the other hand, you

took narasimhAvataram and not only killed hiranya and saved prahlada,

your close devotee and the devas but also upheld the boons given by

brahma by tearing hiranya’s heart with your nails during the evening

time. So now you tell me to whose feet I should fall, to your divine

feet or to that of brahma?

(tavam seidhu…..) Here it can be considered that azhvar is reminded of

the episode of ravana. Ravana did penance and got boons from the

devas (rudra). Again emperuman had to take rama avatara to kill

ravana and hence restore the position of the devas. Now whom should

I consider as my supreme you or the devas/brahma and others?

 

(AzhiyAn andrE) They are incapable of protecting themselves each time

you have to run to their rescue. It is you who is ever ready with

the divine thiruvAzhi (chakrAyudha) in your hands to protect your

devotees, is my sole protector.

 

(vuvandemmAi kAppAi nee) Whenever you save us you feel as if you have

done your job instead of feeling proud that you have helped us out.

“abhishichya cha lankAyAm rAkshasEndram vibheeshanam I

kruthakrithyas tathA rAmO vijvara: pramumOdha ha II”

[After crowing vibheeshana with the kingdom of lanka, Sri rAma felt as

if he has finished his job in a satisfying way all his worries

vanishing and happiness filling his mind.] This was the mental state

of emperuman says valmiki.

 

(vuvandemmai kAppAi nee…. Tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa) Even after

doing penance for number of years brahma rudras grant only perishable

boons. But in your case, just on falling to your feet once, you grant

everything, including you. Is there any doubt to whose feet adiyen

should fall?

 

(kAppadhanai AvAi nee) Your are the rakshanam (protection) and always

rescue is due to your sankalpam only. Even if brahma rudras come to

rescue your devotees it is merely due to the wish of you who stays as

antaryami inside those devas. Emperuman himself declares this in his

bhagavat geetha,

“yo yo yAm yAm tanum bhaktha: sradhdhayArchitumichchathi I…..

labhathE cha tatha: kAmAn mayaiva vihithAn hi than II”

You alone can be the saviour this is declared even by parasara

bhagavan in his Sri Vishnu puram as, “na hi pAlana sAmarthyam ruthE

sarvEshvaram harim I stithow stitham mahAbhAga bhavath anyasya

kasyachit II”

 

(vaikundham eepAyum evvurkkum nee) Anything can be obtained but who

other than you can grant the never returnable vaikundam from where we

need not come back to this world of miseries and where we can only

enjoy enjoy and enjoy the divinity. “vudhAmrudhatvasyEsAna:”

[paramapurushan, the lord of moksha] “tamEvam vidhvAn amrutha eha

bhavathi nAnya: pandhA ayanAya vidhyathE” [one who realizes him

attains moksha no other way to attain moksha] “amruthasyaisha sEdhu:”

[He is the bridge to attain moksha] “mokshamichchEt janArdhanAth”

[wish for moksha from janardhanan] declares the sastras.

 

Thereby through this paasuram azhvar clearly showed the helpless state

of the brahma rudras unable to even save themselves at crucial points

and how emperuman has to come running to save them and thereby proved

that emperuman is the only saviour of all and hence he alone is our

prime to whose feet we all have to surrender.

 

(To be continued)Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE

sharaNamAdiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan