Volme II - THANIYAN - Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi Upanyaasam

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Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi - Volume II

 

 

Volume Title :- Qualities of a True Devotee, of a Bhaagavthaa

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Title :- Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi Thaniyan - 1

 

"Munnai Vinai agala moogirkudi amudhan

Ponnam kazharkamalam podhirandum

ennudaiya sennikaniyaaga serthinen

thenpulathaarkku ennukadavudayen yaan"

 

Serthinen :- When Adiyen has decorated

Enuudaiya :- Adiyen's

Sennikku :- Head or Shiras or Kesham (Hair)

Kazharkamalam Podhirandum :- With the two glorious and divine feet

Ponnam :- Which considered as a precious stone, of

Amudan :- Thiruvarangathamudhanaar

Mongirkudi :- One who was born in the Moongirkudi caste

Munnai Vinai Agala : in order to destroy adiyen's Poorva Janma

Karmaaas,

Ennukkadavudaiyen Yaan :- Why should I ever worry or be indebted to

or even think about

Thenpulathaarkku :- The Yama Kinkaraas who take the Jeevathmaa after

the death (Yama who is

Incharge of the South Direction) and make us

experience our karmaas. As I have destroyed the

Karma due to the Bhgaavatha Paada Thooli

sambandham.

 

Note :- The above order of words may or may not be the same as found

in Tamizh Language, as the order of arranging words will be

different. We have split the words to match the correct meaning in

English. Pardon us for any inappropriateness of the meanings and

order.

 

The above wonderful thaniyan on Thiruvarangathamudhanaar was given to

us by "Vedappiraan Bhattar". This thaniyan tells us how a Sri

Vaishnavan should behave with bhaagavthaas and how a bhaagavthaa

should be respected in our heart. The summarised meaning of the above

thaniyan is as follows :-

 

Vedappiraan Bhattar Says :-

 

"Adiyen, who is considered to be the lowest of the lowest order of

Jeevaathmaas, has decorated my kesham (hair) with the wonderful feet

of parama bhaagavathar, Thiruvarangathamudhanaar (Bhaagavtha Paadha

Thooli),And

 

When adiyen has obtained the Bhaagavatha sambandham of "Adiyaarku

Adiyaarku Adiyaan", (Translated, as Thiruvarangathamudhanaar

considered himself as Daasan to Emperumaanaar and Adiyen considers

that adiyen is a Daasan of another Daasan who had emperumaanaar

sambandham)

 

Who was Thiruvarangathamudhanaar,

 

[**** Born in holiest Moongirkudi, Who can destroy all our previous

karmaas, Who considers himself as a daasan of emperumaanaar, Who has

decorated his kesham (hair) with the flowers, which are lotus feet of

our beloved emperumaanaar ****]

 

Then why should adiyen worry about the Yama and his Kinkaraas, who

are responsible for the Southern Direction, who usually come at the

time of death to take the Jeevaathmaa away from this world and the

ones who make us experience the Karmaas? What relation could adiyen

ever have with those Yama Kinkaraas when adiyen has destroyed all my

karmaas due to the parama bhaagavatha sambandham who is in turn

daasan to emperumaanaar.

 

Explanation :-

 

Here the inner meaning of the thaniyan says that one should be the

least of the least daasan of a parama bhaagavathaa. Thaniyan

beautifully says that Arulaalap Perumaal emperumaanaar is extremely

proud in saying that he is "Adiyaarkku Adiyaarkku Adiyaan". Swamy

also wishes that one should get bhaagavatha sambandham as the lowest

of the lowest of the Daasans. Swamy Nammaazhwaar also says in

Thiruvaaimozhi

 

"Adiyaar Adiyaar, tham Adiyaar Adiyaar thamakku Adiyaar tham Adiyaar

Adiyongale.."

 

Here we all can experience that how Aazhwaar considers himself as the

last Daasar to bhaagavathaas. We can see the number of times Aazhwaar

uses the word "Adiyaar" to indicate the last sambandham that swamy

has with the lineage (Aachaarya sambandham but not necessarily

the actual vamsa vriksham) of bhaagvathaas.

 

Swamy Vedaantha Desikan says in Paadukaa Sahasram which was rendered

on the paadukai of Sri Rangnaatha that :

 

"Ya: saptha parva vyapadhaana thungaam

seshathva kaashtaam apajan muraare: ..."

 

Meaning :- Swamy Vedaantha Desikan says "Oh Paaduke..!! adiyen stands

as the eighth number in the list of bhakthaas of Nammaazhwaar and

Emperumaan Sri Ranganaathan; the one who attained the shade

of the Emperumaan Sri Ranganaathar's thiruvadi, which is the highest

place that one can ever think of that gives us the eternal bliss."

 

(The last one line of anubhavam has been added to illustrate the

word "Seshathava" which tells the sehathvam of emperumaan, that is,

the bliss that his Paadukaa can provide to us. It is our own words to

just explain the word and has no connection with Velukkudi Swamy's

upanyaasam. We happen to read the vyaakyaanam of Nammaandavan of

Srirangam Srimad Aandavan Periyaashramam's Vyaakyaanam on Paadukaa

Sahaaram. Nammandavan has used a tamil word for the word "Seshathvam"

which was "Thanivu" which literally translates in English

as "Coolness" but we felt that the Coolness here refers to the

paramaanandham that the Ranganaatha Paadukaa gives us. Bhaagavathaas

and readers should pardon if we have misinterpreted in this case and

we plead the learned scholars in the list to correct any mistakes.

 

Even Kulasekhara Aazhwaar refers to the word "Sennikku Ani" in

his "Perumaal Thirumozhi" in the following paasuram :-

 

YEradarndhadhum YEnamaai nilankeendadhum, mun iraamanaai

Maaradarndhadhum Mannalandhadhum sollipaadi, vann ponni

pEraarupol varum kanneer konndu, arangan koil thirumutram

seru sei thondarsevadi chezhuncheru en "SENNIKKANIVANE"

 

Pl. refer to the work "SENNIKKANNI" herein the above paasuram. Here

Kulasekhara Aazhwaar refers the Thiruvadi of Bhakthaas of Perumaal at

Thiruvarangam. The following line indicates this :-

 

"arangan koil thirumutram seru sei thondarsevadi chezhuncheru

en "SENNIKKANIVANE" .."

 

The word "Thondar Sevadi" refers to the Thiruvadi of the bhakthaas of

emperumaan sri Ranganaathar at Thiruvarangam. He says one should

decorate their kesham (hair) with the thiruvadi of bhakthaas who have

parama bhakthi to emperumaan at sri rangam; the ones who have

enjoyed the divya sevai of emperumaan at sri rangam by singing his

praise, indicating the great things emperumaan did during

his "Trivikramaavathaaram" and "Raamaavathaarm", with tears in their

eyes coming out like the water from River Ponni.

 

Whereas here in the above thaniyan of Iraamaanusa

Nootrandhaadhi "Vedappiraan Bhattar" has gone to the extreme that he

says adiyen has removed all my Previous Karmaas by having decorated

adiyen's Kesham (hair) with the thiruvadi of "Adiyaarkku Adiyaan". He

considers himself as "Adiyaarkku Adiyaan" i.e emperumaanaar's daasan

was Thiruvarangathamudhanar and "Vedappiraan Bhattar" has become the

daasan of Thiruvarangathamudhanaar. So from this we actually see how

we should be a daasan. We should be an "Adiyaarku Adiyaan" or even at

the lowest of lowest level like Swamy Desikan says in the Paadukaa

Sahasram verse above that he is at number eight in the line of

bhakthas to emperumaan Ranganaathar at Sri Rangam. This shows the

Bhaagavtha Bhakthi and Nishtai of "Vedappiraan Bhattar". Moreover

when we compare, Kulasekhara Aazhwaar prays to emperumaan that he

should have his Kesham decorated with the thiruvadi of parama

bhakthaas of emperumaan. But here "Vedappiraan Bhattar" says he is

more indebted, now that he has got the thiruvadi

of "Thiruvarangahamdanaar" and thanks emperumaan for getting this

bhaagyam.

 

Moreover Aazhwaars mostly sing in the following haavam: "Koovikkollum

Kaalaam innum kurugaadho", which clearly indicated that they were

longing and waiting for emperumaan's kripai to be showered on them.

But if you look at this Thaniyan "Vedappiraan Bhattar" says that he

doesn't need anything other than "Thiruvarangathamudanaars" thiruvadi

which is the Thiruvadi of "Adiyaarkku Adiyaan". When it comes to

emperumaan, we may not be in a position to know when emperumaan will

shower his kripai on us; but in case of an Aachaaryaa or a

Bhaagavthaa, emperumaan's kataaksham comes to us instantaneously

because we have obtained the Bhaagavtha sambandham. Even Madurakavi

Aazhwaar uses the "Past tense" by using the

words "Naadinen", "Mevinen" etc. indicating that, he has obtained the

kripai of emperumaan by having "Satagopan" (Nammaazhwaar) as his

Aachaaryan. This also clearly indicates that we don't need

anything else other than parama bhaagavatha sambandham inorder to

have the immediate kataaksham of emperumaan. Whereas if we see the

paasurams of other azhwars, we can see that they were mostly

expecting the kataaksham of emperumaan thinking that it might come in

the future, but they very rarely mentioned that they got it, unlike

Madura Kavi aazhwaar in "Kanninun Sirudhaambu". They have accepted

that thay have got all the kataaksham by having the parama bhaagavatha

thiruvadi sambandham.

 

So "Vedappiraan Bhattar" says when adiyen has such parama bhaagavatha

thiruvadi sambandham, through which adiyen has destroyed all adiyen's

poorva janma karmaaas, why should adiyen worry of Previous Karma

and "Thenpulathaar" - Yama and his Kinkaraas. The same has

also been indicated by Swamy Nammazhwaar in his Thiruvaaimozhi at

5.2.1 as follows :-

 

"Poliga Poliga Poliga Poitru valluyir saabam

Naliyum naragamum naindha namanuuku ingu yaadhonrumillai

kaliyum kedum kandu konnminkadal vannan boodhangal mannmel

Maliya pugundhu isai paadi aadi uzhi tharakkandom."

 

Namaazhwar with assurance says in this above paasuram that even the

worst of worst "Kali" will be destroyed one day with the thiruvadis

of Vishinu Boothaas (Bhaagavthaas), in the line :

 

"kaliyum kedum kandu konnminkadal vannan boodhangal mannmel"

 

and at that time the adhipathi of Naragam who is called "Naman"

(Yaman) will have no job in this kaliyugam in the line :

 

"Naliyum naragamum naindha namanuuku ingu yaadhonrumillai"

 

to take the jeevaathmaas who has parama bhaagavtha sambandham as they

will destroy all their Previous karma saapam, in the line

 

"Poliga Poliga Poliga Poitru valluyir saabam" and hence rejoice..!!,

rejoice..!! and rejoice..!! - "Poliga..!!, Poliga..!!, Poliga..!!".

 

Even though when aazhwaar has said this, this was not in practice or

it was totally left unfollowed after the period of aazhwaars. But

this again has come to the existence from the time when Emperumaanaar

had come to this world as our Lokaachaaryan; which was earlier told

by Nammaazhwaar to Sri Naathamunigal when he obtained the

Thiruvaimozhi from Nammaazhwaar.

 

Even Periyaazhwaar says as follows in Periyaazhwaar Thirumozhi in the

Paasuram 5.2.8 in a line :-

 

"Peethagavaadai Piraanaar Piramagurvagi vandhu"

 

Peethagavaadai Piraanaar - Emperumaan who wears Pattu Pitaahambaram

Pirama guruvaagi vandhu - The word "Pirama" here means "Knowledge"

and Guru means "Aachaaryaa" And the last line says

 

"En senniththidaril paadha vilachinai vaithaar"

 

Whole Meaning :- Periyaazhwaar says emperumaan itself has come as an

aachaaryan (Gnaana Guru) and kept his lotus feet on adiyen's siras

(Head) and also on all the jeevaathmaas in this world; which

absolutely equates to emperumaanaar, who is the sakshaath avataaram

of emperumaan through his divyaayudhams which is clearly indicated

in the following paasuram of Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi :-

 

"Adiyaar kamalthalrmagal Kelvan, Kaiyaazhiennum

Padaiyodu naathagamum padar thandum, On saarnga villum

pudaiyaar puri sangamum indha poodhalam kaapatharku, enridaye

Iraamaanusa Muniyaayina innilathe."

 

It says the divya Panchaayudhams "Aazhi - Sudarshna Chakram", "Sangu -

Paanchjanyam Conch", "Saarngam - the bow ", "Thandum - Gadhai", and

Sword has together united and which forms saakshaath Alarmel Mangai

Manaalan's avataaram, has come as Iraamaanusa Muni (Emperumaanaar).

 

Hence from this thaniyan we understand that emperumaan's kataaksham

can be easily obtained be being a last of last adiyaars in the list

of emperumaan's bhakthaas, which translates to "Adiyaarkku Adiyaar"

which "Vedappiraan Bhattar" clearly shows through his "Krithaarthai"

(Thanksgiving) to "Thiruvarangathamudanaar". We dont need to worry

about previous Karmaas when we have such "Adiyaarkku Adiyaar"

sambandham.

 

This concluded Thaniyan 1. The next volume will continue with the

next thaniyan given to us by "Embaar"

 

 

RAAMAANUJASYA CHARANAU SHARANAM PRAPADYE, SRIMATHE RAAMAANUJAAYA

NAMAHA

 

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