Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-9)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

SriVaishnavas are parama sAtvikas. But does that mean that we have to

keep num always? No there are exceptional cases.

 

SriNandagopan was a very soft person. He never even stepped over a

grass “Srinandagopar munbu pul poondugalaikooda midhikka mAttAr” Sri

Perivachan pillai equates nandagopar with another bhagavata

SiriyAththAn in his vyakhyAnam as, “nam siriyAththAnaipOlE Anrusamsya

pradhAnarAiththu pOruvadhu” SiriyAththAn was a great Srivaishnavite

who followed Ahimsa to the core.

 

But the same nandagopar what did he do after the birth of balarama and krishna?

 

Andal says, “koorvEl kodunthozhilan” He due to the fear of any harm

coming to his kids held a sharp weapon in his hand and stayed awake

taking care of the kids. Even if a small ant came near the kids then

nandagopar will jump to kill it just like pouncing on a lion. But is

this not against the sastras that say, “na himsyAt sarva bhoothAni”

[don’t trouble any living being] but doesn’t the very same sastram

say, “agneeshOmeeyam pasumAlabEtha [kill the four footed animal in

the agneeshoma yAgam]. So whatever prani himsa is done for the sake

of us is called as pApam (sin) whereas if we do the same for the sake

of emperuman and in the fear of preventing the harm done to him it is

not a sin but our duty. It is clearly said, “mannimiththam krutham

pApamapi punyAya kalpathE” [what ever papam done for my sake is

considered only to be a punyam]

 

That is why Sri thondaradipodi Azhvar who was a parama sAtvikar says,

“ninpAL poruppariyagal pEsil…..koodumEl thalaiyai aruppadE karumam

kandAy” So if someone talks ill of emperuman and his bhakthas then we

have all the right to go to any extent to save our dear lord and his

devotees. Andal’s thiruppavai is not mere a bhakthi hymn but it

shows how each and every Srivaishnavite should live his life.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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