nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-49

[Guest guest]

Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe ramanujaya NamahaSrimad Vara Vara

munayE NamahaSri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-40

"verpendru vENkadam pAdinEn veedAkkinirkindrEn nindru

ninaikkindrEn-karkindRanoolvalaiyil pattrirundha

noolAttikElvanArkAlvalaiyil pattrirundhEn kAn."

What I did was very small but the result obtained is eminent.

(verpendru vEnkadam pAdinEn) I didn't do anything special. I was just

pronouncing the names of various mountains, viz., kochchi malai,

kudamalai, emayamalai and suddenly without my knowledge I happened to

say "Thiruvenkatamalai". Emperuman counted this to be my

mangalasasanam to thiruvenkatamalai and hence I have been included

into the bhagavata ghosti who sing the praise of emperuman.

(veedAkki nirkindrEn ) You know what happened as the result? I have

been blessed with the parama purushArtham. That very abode of

emperuman that cannot be reached by even great rishis, devas, brahma

or rudra has become very easy for me. Vishnu purana and bharatha

declare the difficulty for even the great rishis and others to reach

the divine abode of emperuman. But now azhvar says that he had made

that divine abode reachable to him just by uttering the divine name

of thiruvenkatamalai.

(nindru ninaikkindrEn) Just by uttering the divine name once is it

possible to attain such a great outcome? It is really unbelievable

and hence azhvar himself is under confusion and hence he says he is

analysing the same. It is said that it is very difficult to bring our

mind under control. "sanjalam he mana krishna" (geetha) and "nindravA

nillA nenju" (periya thirumozhi 1-1-4) Azhvar gets even his mind

under control to explore the possibility. I stand and analyse and due

to surprise I have been made to stand not being able to move.

On analysing azhvar realises that all has happened due to the divine

grace of piratti who acts as purushakAra bhoothai and also due to the

nirhEduka krupai of emperuman and hence azhvar involves himself deeply

into the kalyana gunas of the divine couples.

(karkindra noolvalaiyil pattrirundha noolAttikElvanAr) Lakshmi nAdhan,

emperuman is been locked into the net of vedas that is chanted in the

appropriate manner. A net is a combination of thread joined in a

manner so as to catch a fish or an animal. Here the net is the vedas

and the one locked inside is emperuman Sriman nArayanan. This

indicates that the parabrahmam declared in the vedas is none other

than sriman narayanan.

(noolAtti) The one who rules the thread/book, the vedas. We all know

that the vedas talk about emperuman but does it extensively talk

about piratti? If we talk about a pot then it includes the family of

pots. Similarly if we talk about emperuman then it surely includes

piratti who is the svaroopaniroopaka dharmam. "emperumAnai sonna

vidaththilE pirAttiyaiyum solliRRAm" -these are the words of

emperumanar quoted by Sri VedAntha desikar in his rahasya traya

sAram. "miyEkilair mAnai:" [i am been measured by all pramanas]

declares piratti in lakshmi tantram and the vedas say, "vishnu

patnee" The same has been declared by nammazhvar also ["OdhuvAr

OththellAm evvulagaththevvevayum sAdhuvAi ninpugazhin tagaiallAl

piridillai... poovinmEl mAdhu vAzh mArbinAi]. Emperuman is the

backbone of this universe. Piratti is his andharanga vishEshanam

(establishing proof) If we talk about him that indicates her also and

if we talk about her it implies to him too.

(noolAtti) all happened due to her purushakaram.(noolAtti kElvanar)

even if piratti by chance complains about any jeevatma emperuman is

always there to support and take care of his devotees. "tannadiyAr

tirathagaththu tAmaraiyAl Agilum siraguraikkumEl"

(noolAtti kElvanar kAlvalaiyil pattrirundhEn kAn) the divine couples

are rushing in the race to help the devotees and shower their divine

grace on all of us. I have now been trapped under their divine feet.

(kAn) Oh! mind you also get trapped into the divine feet of the divine

couples and never try to get released.

(To Be Continued)Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE

sharaNamAdiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan