A Peep into Periya ThriuMozhi 184

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Dear SrEvaishNavites,

 

Sri Kaliyan's devotion towards bhAgavAthAs emanates as the kaN sOra

venkurudhi-thirumozhi. That he places them above his head is understood. That

he keeps them always to his heart is observed. However, when it comes to

nithya sUri-s they should be matchless, is it not? No says kaliyan. Being there

in the sAthvic world without any kArmic effects and distractions is not greater

than those who worship the Almighty amidst all the turbulences. In fact it is

the other way round.

This aspect is dealth with hereunder.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabahn

 

 

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnachala maha munayE namaha

 

“vinnavaril poligindrArE”

 

Bhagavatas though close to emperuman and hence adorned by kaliyan on his head

and heart still are part of this world. Won’t they also face a lot of hurdles

while in this samsAram? So surely the nithyasooris who are always in the

service of the lord, without any obstacles are more eminent. Is it not?

 

Kaliyan answers,”pOdhodu punal toovum puNNiyarE viNNavaril poligindrArE” [Those

who are blessed to submit freshly blossomed flowers and water to the divine feet

of the lord are greater than those of the nithya mandalam] But don’t the nithya

sooris also submit flowers to the lord’s divine feet. The vyakhyana kartha

answers,

 

“angEyirundhu AshrayikkiravaRgal, engE erundhu Ashrayikkiravargalodu ovvArirE”

[Those who surrender from there cannot be equated to those who surrender from

here]

 

In the same paasuram, kaliyan talks about the greatness of chakravarthi

thirumagan, “kAdhodhu kodimookandrudan aRuththa kaithalaththA” Did Rama piran

chop of surpanaka’s ear and nose? Wasn’t that the act of lakshmana? Kaliyan

knows very well that only lakshmana did it but here he says so having in mind

that lakshmana is none other than rama’s right hand “rAmasya dakshinO bhAhu:”

Though my hand types this posting still it is told that only adiyen typed it.

Similarly the act of one of the part of our body is considered to be the act of

our self. The same is followed by kaliyan while saying that ramapiran punished

surpanaka.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan