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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-50

 

“kooRRamum sARA koduvinaiyum sARA tee

mARRamum sARA vagai arindhEn-ARRam

karaikidakkum kaNNan kadal kidakkum mAyan

vuraikidakkum vullath thenakku”

 

In the previous paasuram, azhvar advised all to chant the divine names

of emperuman thereby fulfilling the purpose of being blessed with a

mouth. Our immediate question will be what will we attain by doing

so? So now azhvar continues to say the benefit he obtained by

chanting the divine thirunAmams of emperuman.

 

(kooRRamum sARA vagai arindhEn) I have found the way to get released from the clutches of yama.

“svapurushamapiveekshya” (Vishnu puranam 3-9-14)

“thirambEnmin kandeer” (nan. Thiru.68)

“kedumidarAyavellAm kesavA enna nAlum koduvinai seiyum kooRin

tamargalum kurugagillAr” (thiruvai-10-2-1)

“nAvalittu vuzhi taruginrOm naman tamar talaigalmeedhE” (thirumAlai-1)

“vallalE! Vun tamar kendrum naman tamar kollAr pOl” (Peri.thiru.8-10-7)

 

(koduvinaiyum sARA vagai arindhEn) Moreover I have found the best way

to get rid of all the sins that form the root cause for yama to

approach me.

 

(tee mARRamum sARA vagaiarindhEn) Now I will not be detained under the

following categories viz., dEhAtmAbhimAni-one who considers the body

to be the soul (athma); svathanthrAbhimAni- one who considers himself

to be independent; devathAntharaparan-one who considers himself to be

a slave of some devatha; vishayAntharaparan- one who is involved in

passion; upAyAntharaparan- one who depends on the various means for

attaining salvation. TeemARRam-anarththam; that which is fruitless.

 

How did azhvar get this clarity?

 

(kadal kidakkum mAyan ARRam karaikidakkum kaNNan vurai kidakkum

vullaththu enakku) Emperuman descended to the thirupArkadal (milky

ocean) to give divine darshan to the devas (brahma, rudra and

others). But ordinary samsaris like us are incapable of reaching the

divine abode of emperuman, ksheerAbhdhi. So he further descended to

kapistalam, the divya desam in the banks of kaveri as kaNNan. This

very lord blessed us all with the charama sloka, “sarva dharmAn

parityajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja” during the bhAratha yuddha.

 

Azhvar says, “since these divine words of my beloved

Parthasarathi/geethAcharyan always reverberates in my mind, now I

have found the way out, ‘kooRRamum sArA koduvinaiyum sARA-teemARRamum

sARA vagai arindhEn”

 

(kooRRam) fear of yama is for those who are concerned with varnAshrama dharmas.

(koduvinai) fear of good and bad deeds is for those who are involved with passion;

But for me there is no worry or fear since my mind doesn’t think about

varnAshrama dharmas or lowkika pleasures it always circles around the

words of parthasarathi.

(ARRam karai kidakkum kannan) shows the sowlabhyam, makes him easily

accessible by one and all. Parallel to the word “mAm” in charama

slokam.

(kadal kidakkum mAyan) shows his paratvam filled with jnana and

sakthi, making him capable of accomplishing whatever he thinks of.

Parallel to the word “aham” in charama slokam.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan