MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-22

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE

Namaha

Paasuram-22

 

“vadivAr mudikOtti

vAnavargaL nALum

  kadiyAr malarthoovik kANum-padiyAnai

  semmaiyAl vuLLurugi sevvanE nenjamE

  meimaiyE kAna virumbhuâ€

 

nenjamE – Oh!

Mind;

vAnavargaL –

nithyasooris;

vadivAr – beauty

filled;

 mudi – crowns;

KOtti – made to

prostrate;

Kadi Ar malar –

those flowers filled with fragrance;

nALum – daily;

thoovi – shower

here and there;

kAnum padiyAnai –

(always) visualize the divine body of the supreme lord;

semmaiyAl –

formally;

vuL vurugi –

melted heart;

sevvanE –

appropriately;

meimayE – as it

is;

kAna – to

prostrate;

virumbhu – wish;

 

Introduction

 

Azhvar further in

this paasuram continues to instruct to his mind, “Oh mind after realizing that

His svaroopa and svabhavas are immeasurable whatelse can be done other than

wishing to visualize Him by His grace.  He

has to show Himself to us while we enjoy His Beautiful darshan.’

 

Commentary

 

(vadivAr

mudikOtti)Bend the beauty filled crowns; Kottudhal- bend or prostrate;

 

(vAnavargaL) “yatra poorvE sAdhyA: sandhi dEvA:†(P.suk)[in

that paramapada where the eternally dwelling devas are present] “yatra rushaya:

prathamajA yE purANA:â€[in that Paramapadam where the mukthas who have gone

earlier and those nithyasooris who always remain there, enjoy the divine

experience]  

The nithyasooris

and mukthAtmas who are referred to as the eternal devas in the above pramanas;

or the brahma rudras who are generally referred to as devas living in this

world (leela vibhuthi);

 

(nALum kadiyAr

malar thoovi) Shower sweet fragrant flowers hapazartly due to immense devotion

daily;

“athyantha bhakthi yukthasya na sAstram nava

cha krama:†[ For one who is filled with immense devotion there  is no rules or regulation]

 

(nALum kAnum

padiyAnai) “tat vishnO: paramampadam

sadApasyanthi sooraya{Vishnu sooktham}[nithyasooris visualize that supreme

place of Lord Vishnu] As statedin the Vedas, one who has the divine form

visualized ever; padi – divine form/vigraha; or otherwise the divine nature

that is visualized ever; padi –svabhavam; nature. 

 

The word nALum

(daily) can be read along with nAlum thoovi or nAlum kAnum. If ‘vAnavargaL’ is

considered to refer to devas (brahma rudras) then prostrating daily and doing

poojas with flowers become the sadanas (means) to visualize the Lord once with

great efforts.

 

“nErE kadikamalath thullirundhum kAngiLan kannan adikamalam

thannai ayan†[Mudhal thiru 56] . Such is the state of the devas even while

lying on the lotus sprouting from the divine naval of the Lord brahma still is

unable to see the Lord. 

 

With great efforts

the brahma rudras rarely get to see the Lord once.  The nityasooris enjoy His darshan always but

the brahmarudras have to put in enormous efforts to get the darshan once.  But oh mind you wish to see Him by His grace.

 

(semmaiyAL vul

vurugi)  He is the owner and we are His

property; the owner should strive hard to get hold of His property; so by

realizing these facts remain with immense devotion and melting heart;

 

(sevvanE kAna

virumbhu)  For those who have realized

the above, He will show Himself. So without any self effort wish to see Him

while He shows Himself to us;  Trying to

see Him by our self effort is getting result in the hard way while Seeing Him

while He shows us His darshan is the right way;

 

(meimayE kAna

virumbhu) Not getting satisfied with seeing one of his characters wish to

visualize him completely (paripoorna sAkshAtkAram). meimayE - Honesty is to

wish for His darshan not for any other purpose but for the sake of enjoying His

darshan alone.

 

(nenjamE) My

heart! That which stands in front of me understanding well the sesha seshi

bhava and that no one can see Him with their self efforts. 

 

Thus, in this

paasuram peyazhvar highlights the nature of a prapanna to give away self

efforts and wish to get the darshan of the supreme Lord while the Lord Himself

gives His darshan.

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer

thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra