Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga....3

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PeriyAzhwar is known for his pongum parivu on Perumal. PoochUttal is

the part where he describes about pushpa kaimkaryam to Perumal. Here

is an interesting reference on the pushpa kaimkaryam from his

pasuram,

‘Senbaga malligaiOdu sengazhuneer iruvaychi, enbagar poovum konarndu indrivai chUtta vaavendru…..’

He clearly talks about the flowers offered to Perumal. Let us now try

to correlate this pasuram to flowers offered by Kurumbarutha Nambi.

Nambi offered 8 types of flowers. This count refers to following

eight characters with which he offered the actual mud flowers to

ThiruVenkadamudayAn:

Ahimsa

Indriya Nigraham

Daya

Kshama

Shanti

Tapas

Dyanam

Satyam

Ahimsa refers to non-violence. Non-violence does not limit just to the

physical level. A person should never offend any creature by manas,

vAk or kAyam (mind, words and bodily activity). All these three put

together are known as Trividha ApachAram. This can be referred to

Swami Ramanujar’s Gadyatrayam.

Indriya Nigraham refers to control of senses. This is very difficult

for anyone on this earth. Even Azhwars have sung about the problems

created by senses. Let us look at few references from Azhwar’s

pasurams.

NammAzhwar in his fifth 10, sings on Vanamamalia Perumal by

surrendering to Him explaining His Akinchanyatvam. Here is the

reference,

‘Agatra nee vaitha mAya val aimpulangalAm avai nangu arinthanan,

agatri ennayum nee arunchEtril veezhthi kandai….’

He pleads to Deivanayagan saying that Deivanayagan was the one who has

given these senses to Azhwar and has made him fall into the samsara

cycle (he refers to this as swampy or muddy place). Quoting this

aspect, Azhwar request Perumal to take him back to Paramapadam.

NammAzhwar again talks about senses. Here is another reference,

‘ aivar thisai thisai valindhu ettugindranar’

There was a rich man. One day, five thieves robbed his house and kept

the pack of jewels and other valuables on his head, and each one

pulled him from one direction. This is the kind of impact that senses

have on us. Hence it is very important to control the senses. There

are many references from Azhwars’ pasurams on this aspect.

Another interesting reference is from Thirumagai Azhwar’s pasurams on Amaruviappan in ThiruAzhundur.

‘aivar ennul Pugundhu ozhiyaadhu, aruvith thinRida anji, nin adaindhEn.."

Here Azhwar says that, ‘These five senses have entered me and

torturing me, and are eating me up. Scared of these senses I am

coming to you and falling at your feet. You are the protector’

Thondaradippodi Azhwar was even scared in putting words on the impact

of senses in the stage of youth. Hence he referred to it as ‘adhu’ in

his pasuram,

‘vEda nool pirAyam noorum…. AdhalAl piravi vEndEn ArangamA nagarulAnE’

Here is an easier method taught by our Acharyas to keep the senses

under control. We can do all that we want to with our senses by

orienting our thoughts and actions towards Bhagavat and Bhagavata

kaimkaryam.

There is no control on our senses to enjoy the sight of Perumal and

Thayar. One easiet way is to visit Divya Desams. Similarly, we can

listen to Bhagavat vishayam. Here is a reference for Kulasekara

Azhwar’s PermAl Thirumozhi on longing for the joy of senses in

worshipping Perumal and Thayar,

yenn KaNkaL neermalha yenRu kolO niRkum naaLE

He sings longing for the darshan of Ranaganathan. Similarlynin the

same 1o, he also longs for a place in Bhagavata Goshti,

Arangan muttrathu adiyAr thangal inbamigu kuzhuvukandu yAnum isaindhudanE endru kolO irukkum nAlE

If we realise the fact that even Azhwars have sung on the influence of

senses and stayed away from their impact, we will surely be able to

control our senses.

Let us look at other kinds of pushpams in the following postings…

aDiyEn,

ramanan

 

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