Thirumaalai-21

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

“ Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

Eppozhudum peesu”

 

“ Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa”

 

Pranams,

 

Paasuram—8

 

“veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal * ninpAl

poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi

kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl thalayaiAngE

aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE”

 

veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal: In this world we see many types

of people. Each one says different philosophies. Some argue that there is no

god. Some say everything is going on due to nature(kapila matham) and some

talk about paramAnukkal(vaisheshekas) as the sole cause of everything. Alwar

here says that these people talk with a hatred towards the god. They do not

want to accept the Vedas and the bhagavan, who has been told in the Vedas. The

jains, the buddhist and the sankhya philosophies talk ill of the emperuman which

alwar is unable to tolerate. Alwar is irritated by these philosophies to such

an extent that his anger is shown clearly in this paasuram. Though alwar is a

parama bhAgavatan, who has won over his kamA and krodhA, here alwar talks very

severely since he wants to strongly enforce the mistake in the other

philosophies.

 

poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi: These people talk rubbish. They talk

ill of Krishna and rAma and also our philosophy. How can a true bhaktha

tolerate it? Will we keep quiet if someone talks ill of our father or mother?

Won’t we pounce on them? Such is the state of azhvar in this pAsuram. He

tried to change those people with crooked thinking with his words but they

never changed due to their poorva janma vAsanas and karma palan. Alwar says it

is like a disease for them to talk ill of Sriman Narayana which can never be

cured. This disease is harmful since it not only kills the person having it,

it is also sometimes contagious, so alwar doesn’t want to leave those persons

aloof.

 

kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl: But can alwar become so ferocious? In

bhAgavatam we site a story were a king named vEnan became intolerable. He

commanded all the yaga yajnas in the country to be stopped and ordered that

only he should be worshipped by one and all. The rishis became very unhappy

and went to advice him. The king said, “When iam here the pratyaksha deivam

taking care of all your needs why do you pray anyother god? Even the scriptures

preach that treat a king like the bhagavan himself.” For which the rishis

replied that it has been said only to treat him like a bhagavan since he is

saving the people under him and not to make him the bhagavan and stop

worshipping the supreme Maha Vishnu. VEnan was in no position to listen to

their advice so they finally burnt him to ashes. Sadhoos first try to change

the people by their sweet words, if they don’t listen and go to the extend of

illtreating bhagavan and bhAgavatas and become intolerable they punish. Now

alwar is in the same state of mind and hence he says,

 

thalayaiAngE aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE : so now the final

way out is only to chop their head off says alwar to the emperuman who stays in

Srirangam. Is this correct on alwar’s part, analyses PVP. He says it is like

giving a pasu bali in yAgam which gives good palan to both the person who is

doing the yAgam and the pasu also, as it attains nalla gathi(good fate).

 

To be continued in the next posting.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

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