Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-27)

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Dear Ms. SumithrA vAradharAjan,

 

Are you referring to the oft quoted 'sAthvEka ahankAram" which is

being discussed for quite sometime?

 

e.g.: "gnAlathu-p puthiranaip peRRAr nangaimEr, nAnEA maRRArum illai" periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3-3-1;

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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Sumithra Varadarajan

vanamamalai ; ramanuja

Cc: Oppiliappan

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:53 AM

Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-27)

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

In the fourteenth paasuram, andal gets vexed with a gopi who without

getting up gave all excuses. So in frustration andal says, “vungal

puzhakkadai”. Srivaishnavas never say yours, mine etc. According to

Srivaishnavas everything belongs to emperuman and hence it is common

to all. Moreover ahamkaram and mamakaram will push us into the ocean

of samsara. “tvayyaksharasthu bhavEnmruthyu:” [‘mama’ (mine) these

two letters push one into samsara (samsArahEthu)]. Azhvar says,

“neer numadhu endrivai vEr mudhal mAiththu”. How is that andal and

the other gopis are differentiating and saying ‘vungal, engal’?

Shouldn’t they control their anger and talk in the appropriate

manner?

 

The ahankara and mamakara (ego and pride) that arises due to

‘dEhAthmAbimAnam’ (considering the body itself to be the Self

(athma)) has to be left by any prapannan. But the same that arises

due to bhagavat/bhAgavata sambhandam is appreciated. Here pramanas

like, “abhimAna tungan”, “amaikkavallErkku eniyavar nigar agal

vAnaththE” “ellai enakkedir ellai ennakkedir ellai enakkedirE” has to

be remembered.

 

In has been in practice by our elders (sadhAchAram) to show a slight

anger due to extreme love towards the other person. “ennudaiya

pandhum kazhalum tandhu pOgu nambee” “vAsi valleer endhalooreerE !

vAzhindhE pOm neerE” “ammanO elangai kuzhAnedu mAdam ediththa pirAnAr

kodumaigalE”

 

It is quite natural to show a false anger towards a person very close

to us when they make us wait or not join us in time only due to

affection and not due to hatred and similarly at that time we talk as

if we have separated them from our group. For instance periazhvar

says, “tannadiyAr tiraththagaththu tAmaraiyAlAgilum siraguraikku mEl

en adiyAr adhu seiyyAr” [if there happens to be a time when piratti

herself says something wrong about a person then emperuman’s reply

would be’ “My devotees” never do like that’.] Here emperuman

separates piratti from him in order to join hands with his devotees

[bhakthavAtsalyam]. Surely piratti is the first in the list of his

devotees.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan