[sri ramanuja] nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-97

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

Paasuram-88

 

 

 

*"vuyirkoNdu vudalozhiya OdumpO dhOdi*

 

* ayarvendRa teerppAnpEr pAdi-seyalteera*

 

* sindhiththu vAzhvArE vAzhvAr sirusamayap*

 

* pandhanaiyAr vAzhvEl pazhudhu"*

 

 

 

Azhvar continues to articulate the activities of the lord for the sake of

the helpless sharanagathas.

 

 

 

(vuyirkoNdu vudalozhiya OdumpOdhu) When the athma sheds this body and

starts its journey as dictated by the yama dhoothas

 

 

 

(Odi) Emperuman comes running to save the prapannas. Instead of sending

Vishnu dhoothas to do the job ('Al vaiththu andi thozhAdhE' says PVP that is

instead of appointing a person for doing sandhya vandhanam) emperuman

himself rushes to rescue the bhagavathas and gives them a soothing effect by

his very darshan for all the hardships undergone so far.

 

 

 

(ayarvendRa teerppAn) He confiscates all the hardships undergone by the

jeeva under the clutches of the yama dhoothas. When compared to this all

other sufferings in this world are like small pebbles.

 

 

 

(teerppAn pEr pAdi) extol the names of that divine lord who removes all our

worries.

 

 

 

(seyal teera sindhiththu vAzhvArE vAzhvAr) Those who disagree to do all

those so called upayas and believe him alone to be the sole upaya are

supposed to be living. They are the ones who are blessed.

 

Thondaradipodi azhvar crowns such people who shed all other ways and

consider the lord who runs to rescue them from the clutches of yama dhoothas

as the only upaya as 'kadaithalaiyirundhu *vAzhum sOmbar*' [Thirumaalai 38]

 

 

 

After talking elaborately the greatness of akinchanas (helpless surrendered

devotees) azhvar now proceeds to abuse the sakinchanas (those who believe in

their own efforts)

 

 

 

(sirusamayap pandhanaiyAr vAzhvEl pazhudhu) upayas like karma, jnana,

bhakthi yogas demand practicing with high precision for many janmas and are

very difficult to practice. Instead of making our way easy they complicate

the same by building ego in us against our svaroopa. The final result being

the extension of our stay in samsara. That is why azhvar calls them 'siru

samayam' they are cheap when compared to 'parayaNam narayaNam' Ultimate

way-narayana.

 

 

 

(samayap pandhanai) 'neRi kAttineekudhiyO' (Periya thiruvandhadhi-6)

 

Though they are also mokshOpayas still they keep the jeeva away from

bhagavat vishayam for a long period and trap him into samsara.

 

 

 

(vAzhvEl pazhudhu) On analyzing, these upayas are actually fruitless.

 

 

 

*(To Be Continued)***

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

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