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maRRellAm pEAsilum

 

 

Having seen that swAmi nam-AzhwAr-s explains the meaning of

thiru-mandhiram whenever 'thiru-mandhiram' is mentioned,here is one

such pAsuram:

 

One of such pAsuram-s is:

 

"orAyiramAi vulagEazh aLikkum ..

nArAyaNan nangaL pirAn avanEa" 9-3-1;

 

In the above pAsuram nArAyana sabtham is spelt out.

 

In the very next pAsuram the meaning is explained:

"avanEa agal gnAlam padithidandhAn, avanEA akgdhEa vuNdum vumizhndhAn,

avanEa avanum avanum avanum, avanEa maRRellAmum aRindhanamEA" .

 

 

kEzh pAttil nArAyaNa sabtham prasthutham AgaiyAlEa adhan arthathai panni vuraikkiRar idhil.

 

Since, nArAyana sabtham is mentioned in the preceding pAsuram the meaning is given in this pAsuram.

 

 

Further, the ultimate meaning of 'thriu-mandhiram' is clearly spelt

out in the eighth ten -thirukkaNNapuram -

 

"... vuRRadhum vun adiyArku adimai-maRRellAm pEAsilum nin thiru

ettezhuthum kaRRu nAn kaNNa purathuRai ammAnEA" 8-10-3 of

periya-thiru-mozhi.

 

The thirumandhiram gives out five important meanings.

1. praNavathil - chEthana swarUpathaium i.e. the nature of the soul;

2. namassAlEa -virOdhi

3.upAya swarUpam i.e. in the namas the nature of hurdles and the nature of means;

4. nArAyaNa padathAlEa- nature of the Lord Almighty;

5. chadhurthiyAlEa- nature of purushartham i.e the nature of the goal and

 

Since, all the aformentioned meanings are condensed in thriumandhiram

all the meanings which one has to acquire is in this

pAsuram which is also aptly quoted by swAmi piLLai lOkAchAryA in mumUkshupadi.

 

However, notwithstanding this fact, sri kaliyan over and above all

these essential meaning prefers the subservience to devotees to these

five above.

 

and that is nothing but

"vuRRadhum vun adiyArkku adimai"

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan