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sambaRuthArkaikkup pOga vENumA?

 

'nam-perumAL, nam-AzhwAr, nam-jEyar, nam-piLLai enbar-avaravar tham

yERRathAl, anbudaiyOr sARRuth thirunAmangaL thAn enRu nan nenjEA yERRadhanai

solli nE inRu" upadhEsa rathina mAlai-50In the previous posting, we had a

glimpse of swAmi nam-piLLai's greatness regarding explaining adjectives used by

AzhwAr. swAmi nam-piLLai's commentary is replete with real-life examples which

enables one to comprehend intricate meanings instantly and easily.This is seen

from a pAsuram in the fourth ten. in"thErpArai yAm ini" 4-6 of thiru voi

mozhi.Here, AzhwAr in a extreme emotional distress from pangs of separation

from the Lord, talks as parAnkusa nAyaki,becomes sick. The friends and mother

of AzhwAr -thAi and thOzhi- try to find out and the reason for this and apply

several ineffective methods. Then a solution is prescribed:"yEzhmai

piRappukkum shEmam, in nOikkum EdhEa marundhu" 4-6-9The prescription is - Think

of the Lord krishNA's divine feet. Your welfare is guaranteed for seven

births.The response is " we are worried about parAnkusa nAyaki's illness. YOu

are talking about welfare for 7births"The reply is " ob! this is remedy for

that also- in nOIkkum EdhEa marundhu"swAmi nam-piLLai explains this with a real

life example. "ivaL noikkun parihAram anRoa? athaich sollAdhEa maRRondRai

sollugiRadhen? enna-Agil sambaRuthArkaikkup pOga vENumA?

When farmers harvest the paddy, they make into several bundles. They need not go

in search of a separate piece of thread or rope to fasten each bundles. They

take a thread from the harvested produce and fasten them. Thus the produce

itself acts as a fastener also. Similarly, the divine feet which is good for 7

births is also efficacious for this sicknesss.This will thus highlight the

greatness of swAmi nam-piLLai in explaining pAsuram-s with incisivie precision

through real life examples.(to be continued)vanamamalai padmanabhan