MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-19

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-19

 

“aruLA thozhiyumE

AlilaimEl andRu

teruLAdha

piLLaiyAi sErindhAn – eruLAdha

sindhayarAi

sEvadikkE semmalarthooi kaithozhudhu

mundhayarAi

niRpArkku munâ€

 

eruLAdha

sindhayarAi – with the mind that is not mixed with the darkness of ignorance;

sE adikkE –

reddish divine feet;

sem malar thooi –

submit red coloured flowers;

kai thozhudhu –

pay respect with folded hands (anjali);

mundhayarAi

nirpArkku – (in bhagavat vishaya) bhakthas who stand first;

andRu – once upon

a time;

teruLAdha

piLLaiyAi – ignorant small child;

AlilaimEl

sErindhAn – The Lord who reclined on the banyan leaf;

mun

arulAdhozhiyumE – will he stop without gracing us?

 

Introduction

 

If we force Him

saying “anjAdirukka arul†[grace me to live without fear] will He really do the

same? Is it not possible for Him to neglect us due to our ineligibility or even

He might not be powerful enough to forgive and nullify our enormous amount of

sins.  Azhvar in this paasurams says to

his mind, “Don’t worry.  He is both

powerful and also filled with mercy to protect us.  So He will not leave us to sufferâ€

 

Commentary

 

(aruLAthozhiyumE)  Will He be without gracing us?

 

But our sins are standing like mountains will He still grace us?

 

(AlilaimEl andRu

terulAdha piLLaiyAi sErindhAn) Once upon a time when the pralayam was going to

destroy the world, He reclined on a fresh banyan leaf like an ignorant small

child and protected all the worlds in his small stomach;  when He can do such a unimaginable act

(agadithagatanA sAmarthiyam) cant he protect us inspite of  scores of sins in our account?

 

(teruLAdha piLLai)

Looking outwardly He took the form of a small child not capable of protecting

itself.  Whereas He protected the whole

world.  Similarly though when we look at our

sins they seem to be powerful He is surely capable of breaking them to pieces.

 

But what if he neglects us due to our ineligibility?  He will protect taking into account only what

we have and will not neglect due to what we don’t possess.

 

(eruLAdha

sindhayarAi)  We have a mind without any

darkness (about bhagavat vishaya).  That

is enough for Him to shower His divine grace on us.

 

But what if we spend our time in other matters inspite of having

knowledge.  Will He not ignore us? No

problem since our timepass is always encircled around Him.

 

(sEvaidikkE

semmalarthooi kaithozhudhu mundhayarAi niRpArkku) With love we submit red

flowers to His divine red-colouredfeet and prostrate Him with respect with

folded hands and keep us away from other matters and stand in front for bhagavat

vishayam.  Why will He not grace us?

 

But wont those who practice karma, jnana, bhakthi yogas get the

first preference?

 

(mun aruLA

thozhiyumE) A mother takes care of a handicapped child more than a normal

child.  Similarly the Lord’s vision falls

on us before gracing those who are filled with jnana and sakthi (knowledge and

power to practice karma, jnana, bhakthi yogas). 

So Oh Mind! Don’t worry. 

 

Azhvar assures his mind like Sri Krishna did to Arjuna (geetha

18-66).  If we stand first for bhagavat

vishayam won’t he rush to protect us?

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNamAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra