SrI UpakAra Sangraham -- III (12)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (12)

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niryANa adikAram

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Section - 10: SrI NammAzhvAr reveals all these so far described, in the first

verse of his work, Thiruviruttham.

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After listing out all the favours the Lord does to a jIva from the beginning

till he attains His abode and enjoys the full and perfect Bliss equal to

Himself, SwAmi Desikan now gives an introduction before taking up his commentary

on the first verse in the Thiruviruttham of SrI NammAzhvAr in this section:

ippadi nammudaiya apEkShA-nirapEkShamakath thannudaiya sva-buddhi-adheenmAna

sahakAri-viSEsha-sahita-sambandh-guNviSEshangkaLAlE munbu sarvESvaran paNNina

upakAra paramparaikaLai munnittuk koNdu, mEl dESa-kAla-paricchEmillAtha

divya-kainkarya-paryantamAk apEkShikkai mumukShuvukku prAptamAkaiyAl ayaRvaRum

amararkaLathipathiyAna thirumalAlE mayarvaRa mathinalam peRumpadi aruLapptta

nammAzhvAr, thammudaiya anubhava-pareevAhangkaLAna prabandhangkaL nAlil mudal

prabandhamAi ivar tham vrutthAnthangkLai munnidukaiyAlE ‘Thiruviruttham’

enRu pErpeRRa prabandhatthin muthaRpAttAl poorva-upakAra-smrutiyai

munnittukkoNdu uttara-upakAra-apEkShaiyilE upakramikkiRAr.

 

Meaning:

Thus, the Supreme Lord, the Consort of SrI, has done a series of favours to us

in the absence of any plea from us; purely out of His helping nature and perhaps

due to the eternal relationship that exists with us. This resulted in the

development of a desire for liberation that leads to the ultimate aim of

rendering divine service to the Lord unrestricted either by place or time. Being

such one, SrI NammAzhvAr who has been blessed with the j~nAna-bhakti faculty by

the Lord of the blemish-less eternal devotees, begins to submit his plea for

further favours, in the first verse of his work, Thiruviruttham, the first of

his four compositions, which are but out-flow of his own experience. This he

does keeping in mind the favours done by the Lord earlier. The first verse is:

“poinninRa j~nAnamum pollA ozhukkum azhukkudambum

inninRa neermai iniyAmuRAmai uyiraLippAn

enninRa yOniyumAi piRanthAi! imaiyOr thalaivA!

meininRu kEttaruLAi adiyEn ceyyum viNNappamE.â€

 

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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