A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas - 72

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

In the Periya Thirumozhi pasuram on Badarikashram,

Thirumangai Azhvar sings thus (1-3-5):

 

paNdu kAmar AnavARum pAvaiyar vAyamudham

uNdavArum vAzhndhavArum okkavuraitthirumi

thaNdu kAlA oonRi oonRith thaLLi nadavA mun

vaNdu pAdum thaNthuzhAyAn vadhari vaNangudhumE

 

Here Azhvar, when describing an old man using a

stick to stand himself up, uses the word 'oonRi'

twice (oonRi oonRi). Azhvar is asking the people

of this world to go to Badri before becoming an

old man who needs a stick to stand and walk.

 

Pillai Azhagiya Manavala Araiyar showed Bhattar's

explanation for the use of the word 'oonRi' twice

instead of just once.

 

As a person gets really old, he loses the strength

to even lean on the stick and stand steady.

Therefore, he will keep lifting the stick up and

plant it in the ground many times. This is why

Azhvar repeats the word 'oonRi', explained Bhattar.

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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