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