A Peep into Periya Thiru-mozhi 10

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'engaL mAdhavanEA'

 

In the preceding posting we witnessed AzhwAr surrendering at the feet

of Lord of namisAraNyam in the sannidhi of pirAtti.

 

It is well known that swAmi nam-AzhwAr performed a comprehensive and

total surrender at the divine feet of thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn who is

none other than the Lord of pirAtti. this is seen distintctly from

the pAsuram-agala killEan -thiru-voi-mozhi 6-10;

 

Akin to this thirumangai mannan surrenders at the feet of Lord

thiru-vEnkatamudaiyAn in the ninth thiru-mozhi of the first ten.

 

In each and every pAsuram he expresses 'vandhadaindhEan adiyEanai At koNdaruLEA' .

 

sri periyavAchAn piLLai's commentary is excellent in this regard

having scanned the mind of sri thirumangai mannan.

 

"..ennudai pApangaLaip pArthAl, abandhukkaLai bandhukkaLAga

ninaithum,bhOgyam illAdha idathEa bhOgya budhhiyaip paNNiyum,Artha

vishayangaLil 'aiyO!'ennAdhEayum,vunnaiyozhiya puRambEa kAlathaik

kazhithum pOndhEan, ... ippOdhu dhEvarai ozhiya sellAmaiyOdEa

vandhEan,

ithalai shEshamAi, dhEvar shEshiyAi,vida voNNAdha sambandhamuNdAi, en

kuRRangaLai poRuppikkaikku pirAtti sannidhiyum vuNdAna pinbu, en

abarAdhangaLai poRuthaRuLi...peirya pirAttiyAr purushakAramAga

thiruvadigaLilEa charaNam pugugiRAr"

 

AzhwAr sees his deeds. He had mistook as relatives who are not so. He

has mistook as happiness which were not so. He has not evinced

emotional interest in the real matters. He has spent time in things

distancing himself from the Lord.

However, now he approaches the thiru-vEankatamudiayAn. AzhwAr being

the shEshan- the subservient soul, Lord being the shEashi-the Lord of

the soul, the pirAtti being the mediatrix to make the Lord to condone

the misdeeds, AzhwAr surrenders comprehesively at the feet of Lord

thiru-vEnkatamudaiyan with pirAtti's purushakAram.

 

This is clear from the words "engAL mAdhavanEa" in the penultimate pAsuram of this thirumozhi

"maRREal onRaRiyEan mAyanEa, engaL mAdhavanEa".

 

ii. Another question is raised by the commentator in this regard.

Having already surrendered in naimisAraNyam why should kaliyan

surrender again here? Those who take great concern and care of their

gentle physique will repeatedly sprinkle and splash water on their

countenance to ward off tiredness and fulfill their quench.

Similarly, AzhwAr's state of emotions push him to do this surrender

act repeatedly.

 

"nalgi AL ennaik koNdaruLEA''

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan