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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-51

 

Thirumazhisaipiran, who rejoiced to have been relieved from all

hurdles, now is triumphed to be a special being.

 

“enakkAvAr AroruvarE emperumAn

tanakkAvAn thAnE maRRallAl- punakkAyA

vaNNanE vunnai piraraRiyAr enmadhikku

viNNellAm vundO vilai”

 

(enakkAvAr AroruvarE) Oh Lord! Is there any being in the two worlds

(ubhaya vibhoothi) equal to me? I have been blessed to have you as my

saviour!

 

Emperuman asked, “Oh! Azhveer I am the one who is declared by the

Vedas and the vedantha to be peerless, no one greater than me or

equal to me. But now you say that you have no one to match you. How

is that?

 

(emperumAn tanakkAvAn thane maRRallAl) Oh lord you are sarvEshvaran.

No one can match you in protecting one and all; similarly no one can

match me in the category of the protected souls. You are the master

of all but you lack a master for yourself. But adiyen is blessed

with a great master so even you cannot match me.

 

“But what about the others who have accepted me as their protector and

surrendered to me?” asked the lord

 

(punakkAyA vaNNanE vunnai pirar aRiyAr) Oh my beloved lord! I have not

only surrendered to you due to your power to protect me. Irrespective

of you protecting me or not I will still fall to your feet. Since I

have attained this state due to your divine beauty that has

permanently mesmerized me to be under you. Your soft, tender, warm,

fragrant nature like a freshly blossomed flower puts me under your

feet. Who other than me can really understand your pleasant nature?

Will those who consider this body itself to be the athma realize? Will

those who consider themselves to be independent and believe in their

own efforts realize? Will those who believe in the power of the anya

devathas and go at the back of them for cheap results realize? Or will

the rishis who always meditate on your svaroopa realize?

 

But what about those in the nithya mandalam, anantha, garuda,

vishvaksena and other nithya sooris won’t they match you?

 

(en madhikku viNNellAm vundO vilai) There are many who strive to

attain the ultimate goal by the own efforts but I have been blessed

with the true knowledge by the divine lord and hence surrendered to

the divine feet of emperuman to attain my goal. “nAganai misai

nampiran charaNE sharanendru nAl thOrum EkasindhayanAgi” Is my brain

not precious?

Talking about those in paramapadam they have already achieved the

ultimate goal where is the question of them having the staunch belief

in emperuman as the upayam (upAya adhyavasAyam)? They don’t need an

upaya since they have already got what has to be achieved. Even if

they realize the supremacy and svaroopa of emperuman still they

cannot match me since they live in the world free of miseries it is

me who amidst all the innumerable hurdles that prevent my bhagavat

sindhanai (meditation) still have ultimate faith in you and am

involved in your daily services. How can they match me? “seedhanaiyE

thozhuvAr viNNulArilum seeriyarE” (thiruviruththam-79)

 

(enakkAvAr AroruvarE) Due to all the above reasons no one can really

match my intellect says azhvar. Though this seems to be a show off

or words arising out of pride still since it is due to the bhagavat

sambhandam it is nothing to be refrained off but warranted as

necessity by our poorvacharyas.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan