Peep into thiru-mozhi 4

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vAL avuNarilum..'kaN sOra ven kurudhiyilum, nannAdha ..visadhamAgak kANalAm'

 

srEvachaNa bhUshaNam-226.

 

"empirAn endhai engaiyAlEa" Eswaran ella vuRavu muRai enRu sollum - mumUkshuppadi 102.

 

The pAsuram is refrred by swAmi piLLai lOkAchAryar while explaining

the meaning of thiru-mandhiram and elaborating the fact that He is

our relatives in all respects.

 

Further, while explaining 'namas" sabthArtham swAmi piLLai lOkAchAryA

again refers to peirya-thiru-mozhi

"vuRRadhum vun adiyArkku adimai" -

 

"vuRRadhum vun adiyArkkadimai engiRapadiyEa idhil bhAgavatha

shEshathvam anusandhEyam -mumUkshuppadi 89;

 

As mentioned in the periya thiru-mozhip pAsuram 8-10-3;"vuRRadhum vun

adiyArku adimai" subservience to the srEvaishNavies is embedded in

this.

 

 

Does it stop there? no . Periya-thriu-mozhi is furthen referred to in

srEvachaNa bhUshaNam 226 while emphasising the importance of

bhAgavatha shEshathvam.

 

Which are these thiru-mozhi-s?

 

"nAnnAdha vAL avuNar idaip pukku" 2-6 where subservience to devotees

of sriman nArAyaNA is reiterated.

 

We will not think of those who do not think of Lord sthalasayanathuRaivar.

"eNNAdhEa iruppArai iReip pozhudum eNNomEa" 1.

 

 

Those who celebrate sri sthalasayanathuRaivar are Lords of our family.

"kadal mallaith thalasayanathuRaivArai koNdAdum nenjudaiyAr avar

engaL kula dheivamEa''.

 

THE same ideas are underlined and highlighted in the thiru-mozhi 7-4

"kaN sOra venkurudhi" in the thiruchERai thiru-mozhi.

-----thaN sERai emperumAn thAL thozhuvAr en thalai mEalArEa"

....srEvaishNavites who fall at the feet of Lord sAranAthan are to be held high above my head-1;

 

.......'emperumAn thAL thozhuvAr eppozhudum en manathEa irukkinRAREA"2.

....-Those who worship the divine feet of the Lord are alwyas in my mind.

 

-----'pEAr ALan pEAr Odhum periyArai oru kAlum pirigilEanEa" 4;

.....I will not separate myself from those who talk high of His divine name.

 

 

 

The idea behind highlighting these pAsuram-s from thiru-mozhi is to

bring forth the fact that thiru-mozhi is replete with such

srEvaishNavic tenets and philosophies and oft quoted in rahasya

grandhangaL.

 

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan