Prapanna ParithrANam

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Prapanna ParithrANam of swAmy PiLLai UlagAsiriyar

from Sri Ramanan Rajagopalan.

 

Prapanna ParithrANam

 

 

Swami Pillai LokAcharyar has blessed us 18 granthams that contain the medicine

that saves us from the snake-bite of samsara. One of the works is Mumookshapadi

where he talks about the steps to be taken by a soul seeking nitya kaimkarya

prApti. In that work, he also refers to one of his another interesting works

for a mumukshu."Nam kannan kann allathillaiyOr kanne" 2-2-1 of ThiruvAiMozhi,

is the fact that Azhwars have clearly stated in their blissful outpourings as

Nalayira Divya Prabandham. The above-mentioned treatise is the one that SwAmi

Pillai Ulakaryan has clearly dealt with in his interesting work bearing the

title "Prapanna ParitrAnam"The title itself conveys the meaning that meaning

that the work explains about the aspect of protection of souls that have

performed saranagati. Swamy Pillai UlakAryan frames an hypothesis and logically

proves with the quotes from puranas that Sriyapathi is the sole protector for

all the mumukshus. Swamy deals with the elimination of the wrong perception of

the souls that vest confidence on various relationships in samsara. Swamy deals

with the following relationships in the process of showing that Kannan is the

one and only protector:1. Brother2. Son3. Father4. Mother5. Other

DevatasWe will experience the anubhavam-s with each of the above case

scenarios in the following postings.aDiyen, ramanan

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Posting 9..

 

Rudran continued...

 

thannai thozhudha bAnanai thalai poo vAdAthu nOkkugirEn endru prathigyai seidhu

kalli kattu sItrampOle kai sIrrkka kandu uyir undAgil uppumAri unnalam endru

netrikkannai pudhaithu nazhuvinapadiyAlum,

 

loka pithAvAna brahmAvin thalaiay thirugi kaiyum kaithalmumai kondu thirivAr

pOle kaiyum kapAlamumai thirandhu kidantha vAsal thorum pugunthu thannai

veliyittukkondAn AgaiyAlum rakshagan AgamAttan

 

Banasuran was a great siva bhakta. Pleased with his devotion, rudran had

promised to protect him at any cast. Once, the asura's daughter ushai fell win

love with Krishna's grand son, Anirudha in her dream. Ushai's friend knew the

trick to trace Anirudha's face from Ushai's dream. Anirudha was secretly

transported from his place by asura kumari. Learning this at a later stage,

Banasura went on war with Krishna. That time, none including rudran's relatives

were able to win the war for the asura. This instance was referred by

ThiruArangathamudhnAr in Ramanuja NootrandhAdhi as:

 

kaartthikai yaanum karimukath thaanum kanalummukkaNmoorththiyum mOtiyum veppum

muthukittu moovulakumpooththava NnE!enRu pORRita vaaNan

pizaipoRuththatheerththanai yEththum iraamaa NnuchanenRan chEmavaippE (22)

 

In the end, Banasuran's hands were cut by Krishna. Krishna purposefully left few

heads and hands for him so that he can perform his pitru karma. Also, he had

already promised to Prahlada that he will not kill anyone in his vamsa. This

act of cutting the hands was compared by Swamy PL to cutting down the cactus

plant. Looking at the situation of the asura, rudran and his relatives ran for

their life so that they could enjoy some pleasure by being alive. Even during

the escape time, rudran wanted to hide his third eye with the thought that none

could ecognise him.

 

The other story was the plucking of his father's head that has already been

discussed by Swamy PL. With the kapAlam in his hand, he entered all the open

places for bikshA. Finally, Perumal was the only one who could make that

kapAlam burst with his bikshA. That bursting is referred to dissipation of

one's dream of having plenty of welath after one has woken up of sleep. Such

was the speed of reaction after Perumal's biksha.

 

With all the above instances, Swamy PL clearly shows that even rudran cannot

protect a soul in samsara.

 

To summarize:

 

We have looked at relatives, devatas including sun, moon, indra, brahma, rudran.

 

Will wealth protect us?

 

Let us look at how Swamy PL answers this part in the follwoing posting...

 

aDiyEn,

ramanan