MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram 2

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Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe ramanujaya NamahaSrimad Vara Vara MunayE NamahaSri vAnAchala mahA munayE

Namaha

Paasuram-2

"endrE kazhal kaNdEn

aezhpirappum yAnaRuththEn ponthOi varaimArbil poonthuzhAi-andRu thirukkaNdu koNda thirumAlE vunnai marukkaNdu kOnden manam"

pon thOi – adorned

with jewels made of gold (like dipped in gold);varai – like a

mountain;mArbil – on the

divine chest;poonthuzhAi –

thiruthuzhAi (thulasi);andRu – That day

when he churned the milky ocean;thiru – periya

piratti (divine consort);kaNdu koNda – got

it in a way to rejoice;thirumAlE – oh!

Lakshmi vallabhA – Oh! The divine consort of the divine goddessen manam – my

(humble) heart;vunnai – your

(divine self);marukkaNdu koNdu –

engrossed in you;(adhanAl) yAn –

(so) my (humble self);endRE - today;kazhal – your

divine feet;kandEn – saw and

experienced;aezhpirappum – All

the 7 births;aRuththEn – (no more

births) I broke it; Introduction:

For anything good there are more and more of obstacles.

Won't there be a whole lot of hindrances for

such a divine experience?

Azhvar: Oh! All these hindrances vanished just in the second when

I saw Him, just like a dew drop on seeing the sun and a spark of fire falling

on a bag of cotton.

Commentary:

(ponthOi varai

mArbil poonthuzhAi thirumAlE) Like a mountain dipped in gold, the divine chest

of the supreme lord is glittering with all the divine jewels (thiruvAbharanams). The blessed thulasi garland also decorates

the divine chest.

Who is the supreme lord?

 

 

Oh! Don't you see

the Lakshmi, who captivated by the divine beauty of the divine chest never

leaves the divine chest of the lord. The

supreme lord is none other than the Lakshmi vallabhan (divine consort of divine

mother).

(andRu thirukkaNdu

kOnda thirumAlE) On that day when the lord with 1000 hands churned the milky

ocean –

"divyamAlyAm bharadharA snAthA

bhooshNabhooshithA pasyathAm sarvadEvAnAm

yayow vakshasthalam harE: " (Vish.pur. 1-9-105)[The divine mother after her divine bath, dressed with celestial

dresses, jewels and garlands infront of all the devas went and seated herself

in the divine chest of Hari]

Reiterating the divine verse of parasara maharishi, azhvar says

that the goddess of all wealth, rushed to find her place in the divine chest of

perumal, like a very poor person fascinated while finding enormous wealth.

(thirumAlE) Oh!

One who is passionate towards piratti (thiru-the divine mother). Though piratti is the head of all the ladies,

whose natural tendency is to hide their love and passion still she couldn't

resist herself from reaching perumal's divine chest. But while comparing the love and passion of

perumal towards piratti even her love becomes like a tank of water whereas

perumal's love is a flooding ocean.

(vunnai) You, who

have the greatness of being the wealth of all wealth (thiruvukkum thiruvAgiya

selvA)

(en manam

marukkaNdu kOndu) My mind didn't desist looking at your supremacy instead

gaining strength due to the existence of piratti (purushakarabhoothai) for

support settled in your divine experience.

(endRE kazhal

kaNdEn) As my mind got immersed in your divinity, I being a servant of the

divine mother was blessed with a pastime of always having the darshan of your

divine feet and rejoicing.

The A-kAram in endRE – shows that this

is the only pastime.

(aezhpirappum yAn

aRuththEn) Since my mind without thinking of the results permanently settled

under your divine feet, I have now broken the cycle of life and death and am

now assured of no more births in this world.

Interesting points from

DivyArthdeepikai of kanchi swamy

In the previous paasuram,

azhvar enjoyed perumal with all the specialties'. In this paasuram he says that all the enemies

ran away at the very instant he got the divine darshan. "Oh! Lakshmi vallabha! One with the divine

chest on which even piratti cherishes to reside! Since my mind got immersed in

your divinity today among my innumerable births only today did I get the rare

chance to have the divine darshan of your divine feet. So now I have overcome all the births that

hindered me getting the divine experience."

In the previous paasuram

pEyAzhvar enjoyed the divine beauty of perumal's physique ("ponmEni kaNdEn"). Like a child that likes the mother's breasts

more than all the other parts in her body, Srivaishnavas are more attracted

towards the divine feet of the lord. So

correcting himself pEyAzhvar in the second paasuram says "endrE kazhal kaNdEn"

(Today I saw the divine feet)

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer

thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsanVaradarajan