Thiruvaimozi-1-1 : (2)

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

pasuram1.2

mananaga malamara malarmisai yezutharum

mananunarvalavilan poriyunar vavaiyilan

inan unar muzunalam edhir nigaz kazivinum

inan ilan enanuyir migunaraiyilane:

 

He can be understood only turning inward when the ignorance is

dispelled through spiritual discipline such as yama and niyama, that

is, controlling indriyas and the mind. Then the flame of jnana rises

upward and pervades and He is seen as being beyond the comprehension

of the mind and the senses. The infinite knowledge and bliss is

experienced and He is perceived as one's own Self who has no

comparison in the past, present and future, with no one equal to or excelling

Him.

 

Manan agam - with mind turned inward, malamara- free of impurities , the mind

becoming pure through spiritual discipline. malar-blossoming, misai - upward,

ezutharum- burning high.

 

manan unarvu alavilan - He cannot be comprehended by the mind, being

beyond mind and intellect.

 

pori unarvu avai ilan- cannot be experienced by the sense organs.

unar muzunalam - infinite knowledge and bliss.

edhir - future,

nigaz -present,

kazivu-past.

inan ilan, migu narai ilan- no one equal to Him or higher.

ennuyir- He is my inner Self.

 

In this pasuram ,the following characteristics of Brahman,that is,

Narayana, namely,

 

he:yaprathyaneekathvam, absence of blemishes,

 

ananthakalya:na guna tha:nathvam, possessing infinitely auspicious

qualities,

 

chidachitvilakshanathvam, difference from sentient and insentient beings,

 

sa:dharmya vaidharmya dhrshta:ntha rahithathvam, nothing being similar

or different,

 

sari:rithvam, being the inner Self of all , are all brought out.

 

The main idea of the verse is the sarira-sariri bhava, the body-soul

relationship between the jiva and the Lord

 

 

Jai Srimannarayana!