A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 187

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnachala maha munayE namaha

 

“van chErai emperumAnadiyAr thammai kandEnukkidu kAneer ennenjum kaNNiNaiyum kalikkumARE”

 

The thought of bhagavatas is not sweet to all our hearts but how does

that feeling arise in you? Enquired the samsaris. Kaliyan

answers,”That is because I have surrendered to that almighty who

rushes to the rescue to those in danger (Abat rakshakan)” In the

previous paasuram kaliyan talked about emperuman rushes to save

prahladam. Now he is reminded of the earlier avatara as varaha

moorthi where emperuman took the form of the maha varaha to save

piratti from the clutches of hiranyAkshan (elder brother of

hiranyakasipu).

 

Varaha moorthi did upadesa to bhoomi piratti and also gave the varaha

charama sloka where he talks about the bhagavatas. He says, “stitE

manasi …..aham smarAmi mat bhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim” The

bhakthas/bhagavatas are ever in the thoughts of emperuman. So

whenever I look at them my eyes and heart experience a special joy,

says kaliyan. Bhoomi piratti wanted to preach this upadesa to one

and all and hence she took the avatara as soodikkoduththa nAchiyar

and showed the importance of singing the praise of the lord and

bhagavata seshatvam through her thiruppavai.

 

So in our sampradayam, just surrendering to the lord’s divine feet is

not the last step. One reaches the final step only when he

physically and mentally surrenders to the divine feet of bhagavatas

who are ever in the meditation of the kalyana gunas of the supreme

emperuman.

 

For a person who has surrendered to the divine feet of emperuman the

next motto will be to please the lord in all ways. How to please

emperuman? Emperuman gets elated only when we please his bhagavatas

(emperuman’s body). So in the next paasuram kaliyan says I have

surrendered to the lord but my love will surrender to the feet of the

bhagavatas.

 

“seiviriyum taNchErai emperumAn thiruvadiyai sindhiththErken Iyarivum

kondAnukku AlAnArkku Alam en anbu thAnE”

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan