Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-32)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

In the previous paasuram andal awakened nappinai piratti. But there

was absolutely no reply from the other end. Inside both krishna and

nappinai had a tug of war. Krishna wanted to run first to the call

of the gopis whereas nappinai wanted to do that first. So they held

on to each other tightly not allowing each other to respond to the

call of the gopis. Now realizing that it was a mistake to separate

the divine couples andal requested them atleast to give a reply,

“nappinnai kongai mEl vaiththu kidandha malarmArbA vAi thiravAi “ But

now it was nappinai’s turn to close krishna’s mouth not allowing him

to even utter a word. So Andal says, “maiththadankanninAi nee vun

manAlanai eththanai pOdum tuyilezha vottAi kAn eththanai yElum

pirivAttra killAyAl tattuvam andru tagavandru” [Oh Nappinai you are

not allowing your beloved to get up and you want to be with him

without any separation. But is it right for your nature to leave us

here in sorrow?]

 

What is tattuvam and what is tagavu?

 

Andal condemns nappinai’s act saying that it doesn’t match with both her svaroopa and svabhAva.

 

Svaroopam: purushakaram (The difference in sampradayams shall be

please noted here by readers as quoted by Sri Sadagopan in his mail)

 

SvabhAva: krupai

 

“lakshmee purushakAratvE nirdistA paramarshibi: I

mamApi cha matham heyEdat nAnyatha lakshanam bhavEth II”

 

says the pancharatra sastra. [The rishis established that lakshmi

stands as purushakarabhoothai. Even I accept it. Sridevi doesn’t

have any other lakshana other than purushakaram]

 

“tattuvamandru” implies nappinnai piratti who is supposed to talk in

favour of the jeevatmas and create the union between emperuman and

the jeevas has now separated them thereby losing her svaroopa.

 

“tagavandru” implies that atleast due to her grace she shouldn’t have

allowed these gopis to stand outside and beg for the union with

krishna. Her act now is against her svabhAva.

 

As per ArAyirapadi,

(tattuvamandru tagavandru) “akilajaganmAtaram” endradukkum sErAdhu;

“asaranyasaranyAm” engiradhukkum sErAdhu; “deva deva divya mahisheem”

endru kattinapattaththukku sErumiththanai”

[The way nappinnai piratti is acting contradicts her renowned name

“mother of all” and “savior of all those who has surrendered” It

coincides with her being only the divine consort of the supreme lord]

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan