nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-39

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-30

 

“avan ennai Ali arangaththu arangil

avan ennai eidhAmal kAppAn- avan ennadhu

vullaththu nindrAn erundhAn kidakkumE

vellaththu aravaNaiyin mEl.”

 

If emperuman is vugappuruvan, olivuruvan and magappuruvan as told by

you in the previous paasuram Oh! Azhveer how did you see him? Azhvar

answers, “What is so difficult when emperuman himself left his

thirupArkadal and came to reside in my heart in order to uplift and

save adiyen”

 

(arangaththu avan ennai Ali) Making everyone realize that he is none

other than Ramapiran, that very lord who took me under his control

resides in Srirangam. He came to srirangam for the very purpose of

mesmerizing me with his beauty and to protect me.

 

What did he do lying down in Srirangam?

 

(arangil avan ennai eidhAmal kAppAn) He stays in arangam and prevents

me from falling into the stage of samsAram (life is itself a stage

drama). Nammazhvar reflects the same idea in his words, “piravi

mAmAyaththu kooththu” [thiruvai 8-4-11]. An actor takes different

roles in different dramas and performs on the stage similarly the

same athma takes different bodies and enters the world of samsAra.

 

Till now azhvar talked about the hardships undergone by emperuman in

order to obtain azhvar furthur azhvar talks about the results

obtained.

 

(avan ennadhu vullaththu nindran erundhAn) Emperuman stands and

resides in different divya desams like Srirangam and thirumalai for

the sole purpose of entering into the heart of azhvar and hence now

emperuman has attained his goal. “rakshApEshAm pratheekshathE” as

per the verse emperuman waits for the acceptance of the jeevas to

protect them. When he even gets a small chance emperuman jumps to

avail the opportunity and enters the hearts of the bhaktha and

stands, sits, resides and enjoys himself inside the bhaktha’s heart.

 

(kidakkumE vellatharavanaiyin mEl) Why should he reside on top of the

adisesha anymore? After achieving the result why should anyone

continue to undergo all the hardships (sadhanAnushtAnams)? Here

residing on adisesha implies the existence of emperuman in

pAramapadam, ksheerApthi and all the divya desams. After coming to

the heart of azhvar all these places have been shed by emperuman.

 

In thiruchandhaviruththam (65), thirumazhisai azhvar himself declares,

“nirpadhum Or verpagaththu vinkidappadhum narporul thiruakkadalul

nAnilAdha munnelAm arpudan ananthasayanan Adhibhoothan mAdhavan

nirpadhum eruppadhum kidappadhum en nenjulE”

 

Nammazhvar reflects the same in periya thiruvandhAdhi-60 as,

 

“kallum kanaikadalum vaikunda vanadium pullendrozhindhana kol A-

pAvam!-vella nediyAn nirankariyAn vul pugundhu neengAn

adiyEnadhullaththu agam”

 

Emperuman who resides in paramapadam, ksheerAbhthi and divya desams

only as a sAdhanAnushtAnam to obtain a jeevatma and after attaining

the results,

“panikkadalil paLLikOlai pazhagavittu Odivandhu en manakkadalil

vAzhavalla mAyamaNaLanambi” [periyAzhvar thirumozhi 5-4-9]

 

If the jeevatma then prays to the lord, “vellaththu elankOil kaividEl”

then the lord for the sake of the jeevatma to fulfill their wish stays

there also. ElankOil (bAla Alayam) ksheerAbhthi and other places are

only small temples, temporary places for emperuman to stay until the

correction of the jeevatmas and getting them to his path. After that

emperuman prefers to stay only in the big temple, the heart of the

bhakthas. But if the bhakthas pray to him to stay in the small

temple also he gives respect to the words and hence due to force

stays there also.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

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