Thirumaalai-53

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

 

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-34

 

 

“vullaththE vuraiyum mAlai vulluvAr vunar ondru ella

 

kallaththEn nAnum thondAi thondukkE kOlam poondu

 

vulluvAr vullittrellAm vudan erundhu arudhi endru

 

velgipOi ennullE nAn vilavara sirithittEnE”

 

 

 

vullaththE vuraiyum mAlai vulluvAr vunar ondru ella: Emperuman is present

inside each one of us as antaryami. Sahasranamam starts with Vishvam Vishnu:.

These two namas of bhagavan show his bhahirvyApthi (presence in every place

outside us) and antarvyApthi (presence inside us). In this paasuram alwar

calls emperuman to be ‘vullaththE vuraiyum mAl’. So we have to be careful

before saying anything.

 

 

 

We may cheat anyone outside but surely our mind knows that what we are saying

and doing is wrong. Emperuman who is inside us will surely know our mistakes.

Whoever understands the presence of emperuman inside them take extra caution not

to do mistakes. Even thiruvalluvar says ‘than nenju arivadhu poiyarkka’ that is

our mind is capable of showing us which is right and which is wrong.

 

 

 

kallaththEn nAnum thondAi thondukkE kOlam poondu: But, alwar says,

unfortunately without realizing the presence of the bhagavan inside me I tried

to cheat everyone including him. I acted to be a great bhakthan.

 

 

 

Initially I felt ashamed to even wear the thirunAmam on my forehead. Slowly I

started wearing the sricharanam alone that too only inside my house. I used to

wash my face when I go out. Then slowly I developed courage and started wearing

thiruman and sricharanam even outside. So people started thinking that I have

become a bhakthan. So when someone came near me I started shouting the names of

bhagavan loudly. It made them believe more that I am a great bhakthan. Then I

underwent pancha samskaram under an acharya, thereby made people call be a

parama vaishnavan. Not only the ignorant people but even emperuman regarded me

similarly. But actually all these I did just for show off and nothing whole

heartely. Just for name and fame I acted to be a thondan wearing all the

necessities for the same. This is the explanation given by Sri PVP in his

vyakhyanam which goes as follows:

 

 

 

“parappumAra thirunAmaththai eduvadhu, Sri pancha Ayudangalai darippadhu,

ahrudaiyamAgha thirunAmaththai solluvadhu, yamAdhigal thalaiyil en kAl enbhadhAi

nAnum oruvanAi parOpadhEsam seivadhAi eththanai seidhEn”

 

 

 

Alwar has adviced and talked so much about nAma bhalam and how it gives a

vaishnavan a strength even to fight against yaman and his dhoodhas. Now he says

even all those where words which just came out of my mouth but where not from my

heart. I tried to cheat everyone by acting to be a great Srivaishnava. My mind

was working somewhere else but I talked to people about bhagavan and bhagavat

gunam.

 

 

 

vulluvAr vullittrellAm vudan erundhu arudhi endru: But emperuman is inside each

one of us and he knows what all everyone of us think. But the funny part is

even he has included me in the bhaktha list. Bhagavan says,”sAdureva sa

mandhavya: samyat vyavasithOhi saha”(when a person thinks about me put him in

the sAdhu ghosti and never think of his good or bad deeds). “na mE bhaktha:

pranashyathi”(my bhaktha will never fall), “en adiyar adhu seiyAr”(my bhakthan

will not do like that) and he considers even a cheat like me to be his bhaktha,

and never leaves me. He always stays along with me.

 

 

 

velgipOi ennullE nAn vilavara sirithittEnE: Thinking of all these I feel

ashamed and so I tried to go away from bhagavan. But how can I do that?

Emperuman is not only present inside me or inside a temple he is there in each

and every place. “neeka mara engum nirain thulan” “thoonilum erruppAn

thurumbhilum erruppAn” “ anthar bhahischa tat sarvam vyapya nArAyanastitaha”.

So I realized my stupidity and laughed without control, says alwar. Actually

laughter is contagious. If one laughs others follow him even without knowing

the reason. But is it not correct for all of us to follow azhwar and laugh at

ourselves, since each one of us have the same stupid thought that we can cheat

even emperuman, by our intelligent acts?

 

 

 

In the previous ten paasuram alwar thus explained how he possessed no

qualification to get bhagavat krupai and how he possessed all the

disqualifications. In the proceeding paasurams alwar says how by the nirheduka

krupai of lord ranganatha, even a person like him can get nalla(good) gathi.

Let us see them in the next postings.

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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