Thirumaalai-40

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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,

 

engalmAl eraivan Esan kidanthathOr kidakkai kandum: In the previous two lines

alwar explained the great scenery and beauty of the Srirangam divyadesam. Now

he says, the beauty of the place is actually rewarded only due to the

emperuman, who gave nature this beauty, lying in between them. Thinking about

the lord lying in Srirangam, alwar remembers his connection with the lord and

he hence says, he is not a third person but ‘my lord’, Asmat swamin, engalmAl

eraivan. Though each and every jeevatma has the same connection with the lord

still we alone feel him to be ours and he also has a soft corner for us.

Geethacharyan says that he loves his bhakthas. Many type of people come to the

temple. It is nice to see a crowd waiting to have darshan of Namperumal but

sometimes it is difficult for us to digest when people consider visiting the

temple as also part of their entertainment or pastime. Without understanding

emperuman and his vaibhavams some people even do business with him. “If you do

this for me I will do this for you”, they say to the bhagavan who is our father

waiting to do everything for us without asking anything from us. But people

think him to be some third person and demand help for some prarthanai they do.

That is why alwar says engal, including all bhakthas who really do kainkaryam to

bhagavan for the pleasure of it, in his group. MAl actually means head or a

person who is very crazy. Emperuman is our head and he is also crazy when it

comes to his bhakthas. He being the supreme sometimes even considers him to be

his bhaktha’s servant, that is why alwars call him mAl.

Alwar says kidanthathOr kidakkai kandum. … Sri PVP’s vyakhyanam is excellent in this place.

“yesOdhai piratti madiyilE saiyindArpOlE Ayitru kAveriyin naduvE kanvalandarulugira padi”

Some are beautiful when they sit and some are beautiful in the standing posture

but emperuman is beautiful whether he stands, sits or lies down. Though all

his postures are beautiful still he is excellent when he lies down. Sita

pirAtti enjoyed perumal when they roamed here and there in the forest. She was

more interested in enjoying the beauty of perumal than any other nature. When

Sri rAmar sat on a rock she found his sitting pose more cool to the eyes. Now

that perumal was very tired he lied down on piratti’s lap and she kept on

enjoying the beauty of perumal’s lying posture. Even when kakasuran came and

hurt her she didn’t even move because even if she moved slightly ramapiran’s

sleep will be disturbed and then she cannot enjoy his lying beauty after that.

So due to her liking to see perumal lying down she even didn’t care blood

bleeding from her breast.

“evarganthan nindrAnAgil nilaiyAga nindrAn enbargal; kidakka kAndAl pirAn

erundhavai kAttineer enbArgal; sAyakkandAl kidandhadhOr kidakkai enbArgal;

evargal refers to the crew of bhakthas(alwars and acharyas) who are always

involved in the anubhavams of emperuman. PVP here says that these bhakthas

enjoy whatever emperuman does with fullest satisfaction. If he stands then

they say ‘Oh! How beautifully he is standing’. Thirumangai Alwar says,

“pArthan than thEr mun nindrAnai thiruvallikeni kandEnE” enjoying the way Sri

Venkata Krishnan, geethacharyan stands in thiruvallikeni. If emperuman sits

down then they say this is the excellent posture. And if emperuman finally

feels very tired and lies down then they wonder, ‘can there be anything better

than this!’ Each and every act of bhagavan has their own special importance in

the minds of the bhakthas and hence they enjoy each one of them separately.

They never feel tired of enjoying the bhagavan and his gunams. They don’t feel

hungry or sleepy. In krishnAvatAram when Krishna stood 7 days holding up the

govardhana giri, at that time none of the gokula vasees ate anything nor they

slept. They kept on seeing Krishna and enjoying.

 

enganam marandhu vAzhkEn? YEzhaiyEn yEzhaiyEnE: After having these anubhavams

once, then it never leaves our minds. We cherish what ever we got and want to

have more and more. That is why alwar says, “how can I forget Namperumal and

his divine beauty? How can I forget the way periya perumal is lying down as if

he is lying on the laps of his mother yesodha? Alwar says, earlier I was very

much involved in lowkikam and I was having some problems. Some people adviced

me to go to Srirangam to get rid of my problems. But you know what happened

after I came here? My problems increased further”. We were all surprised to

hear this, so we questioned alwar why he is saying so, since emperuman only

reduces our problems and never increases the same? Alwar replied,” Earlier I

had samsaric problems and was crying for the same. But now my mind seeks a

very very valuable thing and hence iam crying. Atleast earlier the treasure I

wanted was only money and wealth which could be possessed at some point of

time. But now I want only the greatest treasure, emperuman and hence am

weeping for reaching him. Earlier if I didn’t get the lowkika wealth

remembering the fox and grapes story I used to think that the wealth beyond my

reach to be tasteless and hence get away from it. Similarly I tried to get

away from emperuman and came out of the sannadhi but his beautiful thirumEni

never leaves my mind. I do not know a way to forget it, cries alwar.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

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