nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-62

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-53

 

“kallAdhavar elangai kattazhiththa kAguththan

allAl oru deivam yAnilEn-pollAdha

dEvarai dEvarallArai thiruvillA

dEvarai tErEnmin dEvu”

 

Oh Azhveer! You proudly declare that no one can equal you (ennakkAvAr

AroruvarE!) but we are all still struggling, selling ourselves for

money (vilaikkAtpaduvar). Can you please tell us a way to lift us to

your position?enquired some samsAris. Due to his beneficence

thirumazhisai piran gives the way out in this paasuram. Getting away

from devathAntara sambhandam is the reason behind my victory and

remaining in touch with the other devathas is the cause for your

failure. So get rid of the same so that you face victory, says

azhvar.

 

(kallAdhAr elangai) Lanka the place of Iliterates. The place that

made even piratti wonder if there was not even a single literate

there. One person, vibheeshana who was educated was chucked out of

lanka considering to be disqualified to live there. Here the

education is “sA vidyA yA vimukthayE” (that which teaches the way to

moksha). Those in lanka lacked this knowledge.

 

(kattazhiththa kAguththan) Chakravarthi thirumagan broke the borders of lanka.

 

(kAguththan Allal oru deivam yAnilEn) According to me none other than

Sri Rama piran is worthy of surrendering. He alone has vowed to save

those who surrender to his feet (sharaNagatha rakshagan)

(yAn elEn) “marandhum puram thozhA mAndhar” Those who don’t prostrate

other devathas even by mistake. Even if they forget emperuman still

they don’t go to the steps of any others. Since you all lack this

faith you are suffering. Siriya thirvadi who was a great rama

bhaktha said, “bhAvO nAnyathra gachchathi”. He even refused moksha

for the sake of rAmAnubhavam.

Further, azhvar continued to say the characteristics of the devathas

and hence it is necessary to get away from them.

 

(pollAdha dEvar) EmperumAn’s appearance, characteristics, acts are all

divine and so attractive to the bhakthas whereas in contrast the other

devas are “kAnilum vurupolAr, sevikkinAtha keerthiyAr, pEnilum varam

thara midukkilAdhAr” (they are ugly in appearance, their stories are

not pleasant to our ears and when approached they are incapable of

granting all our wishes) Leaving the divine senthAmarai kannan why go

at the back of viroopAkshan?

Azhvar used the word “devan” to refer to rudran and other devathas but

suddenly azhvar realized that while going through the actual meaning

of the word “deva” it no where suits these so-called devas. So

azhvar corrects himself saying,

 

(dEvarallArai) Even if they do not have good appearance or stories it

will be ok if atleast they have power. But they lack even that

whatever they possess is that which was obtained begging Sriman

Narayanan. So in what way shall we consider themselves to be worthy

of surrendering?

 

(thiruvillA dEvarai) “sradhdhayA dEvO dEvatva mashnutE” (Due to the

presence of periya piratta, deva nArayana attains the qualities to be

a deva) So even emperuman attains the status of a deva due to the

presence of piratti. For others there is no Sri sambhandam.

Mokshapradhan is none other than Sri:pathi (“hreeshchathE

lakshmeescha pathnow… declares the purusha sooktham) All other than

Sriman nArayanan, lack lakshmi sambhandam and hence called as

“pollAdha devarai”/”ThiruvillA devarai” by thirumazhisai piran.

 

(tErEnmin dEvu) Initially these so-called devas may grant you wealth,

children, cow, food etc but whatever they grant is temporary and

lowly. Moreover as per the words of geethAcharyan, “mayaiva vihithAn

hidhAn” (everything is granted only by me in various forms). So

shedding the sambhandam with other devathas and if you fall to the

divine feet of emperuman then you are sure to talk with confidence

like me, “ennakkAvar AroruvarE”

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan