Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-30)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

In the seventeenth paasuram, “ambaramE! tanneerE! sOrE! Aramcheyyum”

andal talks about the essentialities of life. One needs water to

drink, food to eat, and dress to wear (dhAraka pOshaka bhOgyangal) to

live in this world. In the case of Srivaishnavas, Swamy nammazhvar

says, “vunnum sOru, parugum neer, thinnum veRRilaiyum ellAm kannan”.

The gopis are in the same state of mind and hence they are now

standing in front of the thirumaligai of nandagopan and are

requesting him to liberally grant them their dress (vastram-ambaram)

water (tanner) and food (sOru) all being none other than krishna.

They celebrate the generosity of nandagopan. But there is no

instance in the puranas where nandagopan has granted all these to any

one. Then how does andal say so? Our poorvacharyas answer, “ Since it

is natural to find the qualities of a father in the son since krishna

has granted food, dress and water to gopalas, gopikas and arjuna

respectively the quality should have been inherited only from

nandagopan. So they celebrate nandagopan as emperuman (swami, since

he grants them the greatest treasure).

 

Srivaishnavas are servants not only to the lord but also to his

devotees. That is shown by andal when she calls nandagopan as

“emperuman nandagopala” and yesodha as “empermAtti yesOdhAi”. In

this paasuram andal first wakes nandagopan who was lying close to the

door. Then they woke yesodha who was lying in between nandan and

krishna showing the quality of a mother who gives equal importance to

the child and the husband and take care of their needs. So she is in

the middle. Then they woke krishna but he lay without any reaction

because they have forgotten to wake up his elder brother, balaraman

so andal then wakes balaraman “semporkazhaladi selvA bala dEva

umbiyum neeyum vurangEl” Here it is shown that even emperuman likes

to be called with his relation with the bhagavatas. Emperuman always

likes to stay in the midst of bhagavatas. That is why whenever two

Srivaishnavas meet each other irrespective of age or any other

restriction they prostrate each other. It is believed that emperuman

stands in between them. Andal celebrates the divine feet of baladevan

as “semporkazhaladi” since only after he descended to this world did

this world get the bhAkyam of krishna jananam.

 

One beautiful verse in the vyakhyanam is “avan pirappAl

pAranthantriyam kondAdi vunnai munnE ezhuppach solkirAn; nee

svaroopaththAl pArathantriyam kondAdi avanai ezhuppa sollAdhE” [Oh!

Baladeva krishna is asking us to wake you up first because you are

his elder brother by birth. But you don’t please tell us to wake him

up first since he is the paramatma and you the jeevatma by svaroopa]

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan