Unlocking The Values 15

August 21, 2008

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THIRUMANTHIRAM

Our commenataries are full of thatvam-s directly correlating to the aruLich cheyal.

The rahasyArtham-s namely, Thirumanthram, DvyAm, Charama slOkam,artha panchakam- are all embedded into the AzvAr-s divine outpourings. These are wonderfully unravelled, like cracking out the atoms and bringing out immense power by our beloved vyAkyAna karthAs.

Thirumanthiram has been spelt out by AzvAr-s in subtle manner and sometimes openly.

For examples the akAram, ukAram and makAram have been used as first syllables in the first pAsurams of TiruvAimozhi and AmalanAdhippirAn respectively.

Tirumangai AzvAr, at the outset, realises the potence of The Tirumanthram and promptly explains the efficacy.

After talking about Tirumanthram, for five pAsuram-s he gives the piece

'empirAn endhai ennudaicch sUTram enakkarasu-ennudaiya vANAL...'

Sri Periya vAchAn PiLLai analyses this as if fitting the jigsaw puzzle and gives us to us in a golden salver.

AzvAr-s have the practice of doling out Tirumanthiram and following that with the meaning of this great manthiram, appropirately or sometiemes the meaning is given before.

Accordingly, Kaliyan also does this and we know that from the VyAkyAna Chakravarthi-s great works.

empirAn endhai

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The sixth pAsuram of periya thiru-mozhi:

"empirAn endhai enakku arasu ennudai vAnAL,

ambinAl arakkar verukkoLa nerukki avar vuyir segutha em

aNNal, vambulAm sOlai mA-madhiL thanjai mAmaNik

kOilEa vaNaNgi, nambikAL vuyya nAn kaNdu koNdEan

nArAyaNA ennum nAmam"

swAmi periya vAchAn piLLai:

Two important points are highlighted regarding this pAsuram

i. idhu thanakku (thirumandhrathukku) artham en enna aruLich seigiRAr.

thirumangai mannan commences thiru-mozhi -bang with thiru-mandhiram. Having commenced so, he explains the meaning of the thiru-mandhiram in this pAsuram.

What is the need for mentioning the meaning of thiru-mandhiram, when even the recital of text will yield the desired results?

....arthAnusanthAnathAlEa pEARu enRu thamakku pakshamAgaiyAlEa arthathaich sollugiRAr.

Comprehending the meaning will yield the desired effect is the school of thought of sri kaliyan. Hence, he blesses us with the meaning of thiru-mandhiram in this pAsuram.

ii. Is there a precedence for this? of course, sri nam-AzhwAr, if he mentions thiru-mandhiram will bless the meaning after that or before that.

nam-AzhwArum thiru-mandhiram OridathilEa prashtuthamAnAl-munEyAdhal, pinnEayAdhal arthathai sollip pOruvar.

Did not svAmi Nam AzvAr bring this out in 'OrAyiramA' -à®“à®°à®¾à®¯à®¿à®°à®®à®¾-à®¤à®¿à®°à¯à®µà®¾à®¯à¯à®®à¯Šà®´à®¿-9-3.

and excellently pointed out in IDu?

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

August 22, 2008

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SrI:

Dear swami,

Apart from your immersing deep into vyAkhyanams, you are taking us together. Although you planned for a brief series under this caption, I think it is very difficult to stop enjoying ... Please proceed NON-STOP ...

This series sees aruLicceyal and vyAkhyAnams in very broad perspective and it is quite easy to understand.

thanks a lot!

dAsan

Vanamamalai [Vanamamalai ] On Behalf Of PadmanabhanThursday, August 21, 2008 6:44 PMvanamamalai; Sri Ramanuja; oppiliappan; ; divya desam; parichaya Unlocking The Values 15

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