MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram 1 (Part-1)

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

Namaha

Paasuram-1

"thirukkaNdEn ponmEni kaNdEn thigazhum

arukkan aNiniRamum kaNdEn-serukkilarum

ponnAzhi kaNdEn purisankam kaikandEn

ennAzhi vaNNanpAl endru"

endru – Now, after attaining the

unconditional grace of emperuman;en Azhi vaNNan pAl – in my Lord who is ocean

(blue) colored;thirukaNdEn – (I) had the darshan of periya

piratti (the divine consort);pon mEni kaNdEn – (I)had the darshan of

beautiful body;thigazhum arukkan – like a glowing sun;ani niRamum kaNdEn – (I had the) darshan of

scintillating radiance ;seru kiLarum – showing the valor in the warfield;pon Azhi – beautiful divine discuss;kai kandEn – (I) had the darshan in the

divine hand;Puri sankam kandEn – valampuri sanku – (I)

had the darshan of the divine conch in the other hand;

Introduction:Sriman narayana is a repository of everything,

all the worlds. Although azhvar saw

everything in the divine body of the supreme lord, due to the overflowing

enthusiasm azhvar says, "Oh! I saw this that" to mention a few, in this very

first paasuram. The extreme joy that

azhvar faced makes him to share the same with everyone in this divine paasuram.

Commentary:

(en Azhi vaNNan pAl kaNdEn) He is bhaktha

parathantran (one who appears to be under the control of the bhakthas), so like

any other object in my possession he is under my control. Like the sea, His form is so pleasing that

the very sight removes the tiredness of the observers. He is cordial like the waves, and a

storehouse of all wonderful gems. I saw

all the wonderful gems in him.

To see the gems in the ocean,

don't we need some trained professional to get them out and show it to us?

(endru) Yes I have.

The first two azhvars brought Him to light in

their first two thiruvandhAdhis.

(endru) "neeyum thirumagaLum

nindRAyAl" (mudal thiruvandhAdhi-86)

As per poigai azhvar's words,

the Lord with his consort, wished to join the mudal azhvars squeezed in (in the

rishi's corridor), due to His unconditional grace, He showed himself today, so

I am able to see Him. What are the gems

and waves he saw? pEyazhvar elaborates

in the rest of the paasuram.

(thirukkaNdEn) First I saw the

divine consort. Piratti is the svaroopa

niroopaka dharma (that characteristic which is unique to an object, that proves

the object-that very property that makes a pot a pot) of the supreme lord. She is the devata of all the wealth in this

world. All the tattvatrayas (chit, achit

and Ishvara) get goodness and greatness through her support. She is one of the most valuable and precious

wealth of Him. I saw that piratti (divine

goddess) first, who by all ways holds an upper position celebrated as the gem

among ladies (striratnam).

In all forms of the lord Para, vyuha, vibhava, antharyami and archai, piratti

stays with him as purushakara bhoothai (one who talks in favour). So azhvar first takes the support of piratti

before diving into the great task of talking about Him. This prabhandam has a unique greatness of

starting and ending talking about piratti (thiru-meaning Sri:)(To Be continued)

 

 

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thiruvadigalE sharaNamAdiyen ramanuja dAsanVaradarajan