Sri Ramanuja Journal Volume 2 Issue 9

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* SrimathE rAmAnujAya namaH*

 

* SrImathE varavaramunayE namaH*

 

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*Karthikai, Vyaya

Azhvar 2, Acharya 9*

 

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*ThiruppANAzhvAr – Part 2*

 

*Thirunakshatram, kArthikai, rohiNi*

 

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*Greatness of amalanAdhippirAn*

 

 

 

*The granting of wishes and removal of distress is the hallmark of our

EmperumAn.*

 

 

 

*Sri ThiruppAn AzvAr who was born in a low caste did not step into the

divine town of Thiruvarangam. He was keeping a distance and worshipped the

Lord from thiruvuRaiyUr. *

 

 

 

*After having reached the sanctum sanctorum of Periya PerumAL through the

shoulders of LokA sAranga muni, ThiruppAN AzhwAr had a divine and

mesmerising vision of EmperumAn. *

 

 

 

*The divine feet attracted him first, the dress, the nAval, the dress

around the waist, thirumArBu, kaNdam, The mouth, the long and big eyes.

AzhvAr unable to devour one was pushed to the other and from there to

another. The waves of enjoyment of these divine thirumEani forced him to

transfix himself on one to the other and so on. *

 

 

 

*The beauty of the Lord is not just micro but also macro. That is why he

declares -mudivilladhOAr ezhil in the penultimate pAsuram *

 

 

 

*Each of these are dealt in the first nine pAsuram-s respectively*

 

 

 

*1. Thiru-k-kamla pAdham vandhu -the divine feet.*

 

 

 

*2. araich sivandha Adai -The dress.*

 

 

 

*3. vundhi mEal adhanRAOa --The symbol of creation -The naval.*

 

 

 

*4. thiruvayithudhara bandham -The dress around the waist -dhAmOdharan.*

 

 

 

*5. ThiruvAramArbu adiyEani At koNDAthEA-The divine chest where Sri pirATTi

resides.*

 

 

 

*6.muTrum vuNDa kaNDam kaNDEr! ---The kaNDam (throat) which devoured one and

all.*

 

 

 

*7. seiya vAi ayyOa ennai sindhai kavarndhadhuvEa -The mouth.*

 

 

 

*8. kAriyavAgip pudai -nENda ap periya Aya kaNgaL - The divine eyes*

 

 

 

*9. mudivilladhOAr ezhil nEla mEani ayoOA niRai kONdadhu en nenjinayEa -The

macro beauty of the Lord.*

 

 

 

 

 

*The essence: The first pAsuram commences with the letter a, the second vu

and third ma –'a'kAra , 'vu'kAra and 'ma'kAra.* *The praNavam. *

 

*Accordingly, the first pAsuram explains the Lord in detail. The Lord devoid

of inauspicious qualities , the creator of one and all, **the natural

saviour, The supreme - amalan Adhi-p pirAn-viNNavar kOnEa*

 

 

 

*The Second reflects the relationship. The Lord out of His volition gracing

one and all with His divine feet- vulagam aLandhu aNdam vuRa. *

 

 

 

*The Third describes the jEvAthma -makAram as mandhi pAi mentality . *

 

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*The Fourth chaturamAmadhiL sUzh-namap padham*

 

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*The Fifth pAramAya pazhavinai-Piratti- subtely indicated in thirumanthram*

 

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*The Sixth thuNda venpiraiyam-NarAyanap padham*

 

 

 

*The rakshagathvam is then explained followed by the ananyarha shEshathvam

and ananya charaNathvam*

 

 

 

*en amudhinai-k kaNDa kaNgaL mathonRinaik kANAVEA - amalanadhip pirAn 10*

 

 

 

 

 

*Varavaramuni dasargaL*