[sri ramanuja] nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-88

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

Paasuram-79

 

 

"Aindhu koNdAdhipperumAnai anbinAl

 

vAindha manaththiruththa vallArgal-Eindha tham

 

meikundhamAga virumbhuvarE thAmumtham

 

vaikundham kANbAr viraindhu"

 

 

 

Earlier azhvar elaborated the height of happiness attained by those who see and enjoy the lord. Immediately a doubt arised; won't the liking for the body reduce the happiness attained due to bhagavat darshan? Here azhvar answers, "For those who stock him in their minds and are inquisitive to attain the divine abode, the body which is against attaining the same will be ignored.

 

 

 

(Aindhu koNdu AdhipperumAnai anbinAl) Worshipping the almighty, the creator of the universe (jagatkaranabhoothan) with love; "kArananthu dyEya:" [meditate on the creator]

 

 

 

(vAindha manaththiruththa vallArgal) those who place the divine almighty in their hearts without any negligence;

 

(vAindha manam) the mind that travels even before azhvar towards emperuman "munduRRa nenju" [periya thiruvandhAdhi-1] ; "eruppEn endRu en nenju niRaiya pugundhAn" [thiruvai 10-8-6] that very heart where emperuman dwells with great thirst.

 

Though the basic quality of the mind is to wander from one place to another "sanjalam hi mana: Krishna" geetha-6-34; "nindravA nillA nenju" [periya thirumozhi 1-1-4] those who still place the divine lord inside are to be specially praised.

 

 

 

(vallArgal thAmum) Those who are deeply interested in the most required bhagavat vishayam;

 

 

 

(tham vaikundam viraindhu kANbar) will be in a hurry to attain the divine abode paramapadam where there is uninterrupted bhagavat anubhavam. Their thirst is so bad that they cannot wait patiently to attain the same but are in a rush. Just like obtaining a lost object they are in haste.

 

 

 

(Eindha meikunda mAgavE virunbhuvar) Due to this they will consider their body to be a pain wanting to shed it as soon as possible. For those who want to attain the divine abode of the lord this body itself will be like a disease which has to be got rid off immediately.

 

 

 

(To Be Continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan