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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

Paasuram-64

 

 

 

"pOdhAna vittiRanji yEththuminO ponmagarak

 

kAdhAnai Adhip perumAnai-nAdhAnai

 

nallAnai nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum

 

sollAnai solluvadhE soodhu"

 

 

 

In the previous paasuram, azhvar detailed the way he spends his time, now

thirumazhisai piran furthur proceeds to instruct others to spend time

appropriately.

 

 

 

(pOdhAna ettiRanji eththuminO) Submit anything that falls under the category of

flowers to the divine feet of the supreme lord, prostrate his divine feet, and

sing his praise all filled with bhakthi. The word "pOdhAna" indicates the

secret immersed in the sastras that any flower submitted with bhakthi is

acceptable to emperuman. "paRRam pushpam ..bhakyApahrutham ashnAmi" declares

parthasarathi emperuman in his divine bhagavat geetha; Thirumangai mannan says,

"kallAr thuzhAyum kaNavalarum kooviLaiyum muLLar muLariyum Ambhalum..puLLAi Or

yEnamumAi pukkidandhAn ponnadikku" Nammazhvar says, "purivadhuvum pugai poovE"

All these verses ultimately convey the same meaning that any type of flower is

acceptable to be submitted to the lord as long as it is done with bhakthi. Here

the Iythiham between Sri parasara bhattar and nanjeeyer is to be remembered.

 

 

 

(ettu eRanji eththuminO) ettu-refers to physical service (kAyikam)

 

eRanji-refers to service with mind

(mAnasikam)

 

EththuminO- Refers to service by

speech (vAchikam)

 

 

 

(ponmagarak kAdhAnai) The divine beautiful ears of the lord beautify the

makarakundalam (divine gem studded earring) adorned by the lord. Gold is

considered to be a valuable possession by one and all. We all pay huge cost to

possess a small piece of gold similarly emperuman is such a valuable article to

be praised at any cost. [Here this is just a simple comparison actually there is

no comparison for emperuman -oppillA appan)

 

 

 

(Adhip perumANai) Some articles are pleasant to look at but do not do any good

to us. But in the case of emperuman he is one who created all of us. Then will

that great lord accept us?

 

 

 

(nAdhAnai) He is our master so he has to accept us. Will he punish us for all

our faults?

 

 

 

(nallAnai) He is surely our master but filled with a great kalyana guna (divine

quality) vatsalyam that makes him to ignore our faults or consider our faults

itself to be the reason to shower his grace on all of us.

 

 

 

What is the proof for his vatsalyam?

 

 

 

(nAraNanai) The very name narayanan justifies the same.

 

 

 

(AdhipperumAnai nAraNanai) He is one who had all the worlds inside him during

the srushti kalam-nArAyanan

 

(nAdhAnai naraNanai) he is one who sustains all the narasamoohas inside,

spreads everywhere and remains as the prApya and prApaga (goal and way)

sarvaswami-nArayanan

 

(nallAnai nAraNanai) ignoring the inferiority of the jeevas emperuman resides in

one and all due to his divine quality. Hence he is nallAn-narayanan.

 

 

 

(nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum sollAnai) One who overrides our innumerous

birth. "sankeertya nArayana sabdhamAtRam vimuktha dukkA: sukinO bhavanthu"

(just by singing the word narayana one is released from the ocean of miseries

(samsara) and reaches moksha)

 

 

 

(solluvadhE soodhu) praising him is the prime duty of all jeevas concludes

thirumazhisai piran.

 

 

 

(To Be Continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan