Thirumaalai-38

[Guest guest]

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-22

 

“pesittrE pEsalalAl perumai ondru vunaralAgAdhu

AsattrAr tangatkallAl ariyalAvAnumallan

MAsatttrAr manaththulAnai vanaginAm errupadhallAl

pEsathAn Avadhundo? PEdhai nenjE! Nee sollAi”

 

pesittrE pEsalalAl perumai ondru vunaralAgAdhu: The kalyana gunas and magimai

of bhagavan are beyond our understanding capacity and they cannot be explained

by words. This is known to alwar since even the Vedas refrain from telling the

bhagavat gunam in depth and even the lord Sri parthasarathi in his bhagavat gita

says, he himself cannot tell all his vibhoothis. Then what is alwar trying to

do now? The rishis talked about the bhagavan and said we are unable to

finish, so the alwars followed them and said the same and after them the

acharyas followed and repeated the same. Till today our scholars and acharyas

repeatedly talk the same thing time and again. The cycle thus continues

everyone repeats what their elders have said because all of them belong to the

same school of thought. Nammazhvar says, “ponnappan, maniappan, muththappan,

than-oppu-ella-appan”. Nammazhvar first tried to praise the bhagavan with

various nAmAs but then he finally concludes saying that there is nothing in

this world which can match bhagavan, since he is beyond any examples. The

alwars repeat whatever the Vedas say. All the twelve alwars talk in the same

way because they have been bestowed with the same knowledge by the bhagavan.

Even though each one can have different anubhavams still due to bhagavat krupai

they have been bestowed with “mayar varu madhi nalam”(bhakthi and jnana without

doubt) and hence they are Akakandargal(they donot talk what comes to their mind

but talk with sastras as pramAnams). There may be number of flowers in a

garden, each one having different size, color and smell still the bees extract

the same type of honey from all the flowers. Similarly there may be number of

sastras like Satvika, rajasa and tAmasa sastras but jnani’s take only the

essence, the sAram and leave the rest as asAram. “Alotya sarva sastrAni

vicharyacha punah punaha; edamEkam sunishbannam deyo nArAyana sadhA”. If we

learn on ourself then there is chances of misinterpretation and

misunderstanding but when it is taught by a common teacher then there is no

room for differences and misinterpretations. Since emperuman was the common

guru for all the alwars and the acharyas they all talk the same thing without

any differences. That is, “pesittrE pEsalalAl”. Ok, we now accept that all

the alwars and acharyas talk the same thing. What is their final conclusion?

The conclusion is “perumai ondru vunaralAgAdhu”, the brahma tattvam is beyond

our seeing or understanding capacity. Only anubhavam is possible,

understanding is impossible. This is what all of them say in union.

 

AsattrAr tangatkallAl ariyalAvAnumallan: In our sampradayam, a person is

supposed to be learned only when he realizes that he cannot understand brahma

tattvam. But even this knowledge arises only to those who get themselves

involved in bhagavat guna and kainkarya anubhavams. For others the bhagavan is

not understandable. Understanding is the knowledge that brahman cannot be

understood.

 

MAsatttrAr manaththulAnai vanaginAm errupadhallAl: Emperuman stays in pure

minds. He enjoys his stay in the minds of innocent bhakthas. We all have

great impurity in our minds so the best way for us is to remain under the feet

of that bhagavan, who alone has the power to purify our sins and make us clean

souls. Leave everything to him and prostrate before him with vishvAsam.

 

pEsathAn Avadhundo? PEdhai nenjE! Nee sollAi: Other than falling under his

divine feet, what are we going to achieve by just discussing a matter beyond

our knowledge? enquires alwar to his own innocent mind.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

Health - Feel better, live better