AravumadhE contd.

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“NedumAlE”,”Amarar Thalaiva””Adip perumoorthy” etc.-

at the mere mention of these, the picture of

ParamapathanAthan, in all his unapproachable

splendour,is brought before our eyes.

Similarly, another brahma lakshanam, viz.,

aprAkrutha Divya mangala vigraha visishtatvam,is

eloquently portrayed by the following passages in this

ThiruvAimozhi-“ErAr kOlam thigazha kidanthAi”

“ EzhilErE” “nAl thOL endAi” “ PorchudarE” “

pavaLak kundrE”

Nemip padayAi” .And the most distinguishing

attribute, PundarikAshatvam,is brought out by the

AzhwAr by the inimitable words ‘SendAmarai Kanna”, in

a scintillating translation of the upanishadic

description “Yata kapyAsam pundarikamEva Akshini”.Sri

Yamuna Muni too considers this a very important

lakshanam, in his rhetorical question, “Ka:Pundarika

nayana:”.

Ananta kalyAna

GunAkaratvam is brought out by the lines

“pAr kAnumaLavum sellum keertthiyAi”, “UlappilAnE”,

“AmudhE” YazhinisaiyE”

“Arivin payanE” MamAyA ,etc.

 

The second component of

Arttha Panchakam,Atma Swaroopam, is charecterised by

the principal attributes of Bhagawat

Paratantryam(which AzhwAr incorporates in his loving

words “Ennai AlwAnE”). Two of the Atma gunAs which

flow from this are Bhagat ananyarha seshatvam and

Ananya gatitvam. The former ,glorified by Sri Bhattar

in his immortal words “UkArO ananyArham niyamayati

sambandham ananyO:”., finds expression in the AzhwAr’s

sri sookthi as “PiriyA Adimai ennaik kondai kudanthai

thirumAlE” .

Ananya gatitvam shines out from the passages

“kalayvAi thunbam kalayAdu ozhivAi,kalaikan matrilEn”

and” UnnAlallal yAvarAlum ondrum kurai vEndEn”

 

PrAptyupAyam,for the Prapanna

jana kootasthA,is naturally Prapatthi, and in his

anxiety to ensure that every Sri VaishnavA adopts this

easy path to liberation,Sri NammAzhwAr makes multiple

allusions to the UpAya in this ThiruvAimozhi .Besides

proudly proclaiming himself to be “Kazhalgal avayE

saranAga konda Kurukur Satakopan”,he repeats the

Moksha mArgam thrice more ,lest any one miss it the

first time-“un charanam thanthu en sanmam kalayAyE”,

“un thAl piditthhE selakkanE”

“Un thALinai keezh irutthum ammAnE” .The last sentence

also glorifies the SiddhOpAyam.

PrApti VirOdhi, is aptly

described by Swami Desikan as”AvidyA karma vAsanAdi

roopamAna Moksha pratibandhaka vargam” of which the

principal enemy is Bhagavannigraham , earned due to

continuous disobedience of the Lord’s command(anAdi

AgyA adhilanghanam).This AzhwAr ,who describes Virodhi

more eloquently elsewhere as “thiNNam azhundak katti

pala seivinai van kayitrAl punnai maraya varindu ennai

pora vaitthAi puramE”,is rather brief in his

references in this particular Patthu. He just refers

to it in passing, as “Thollai vinai”, Thoora kuzhi”

and TheerA vinaigal”.

From the way Sri NammAzhwAr describes

PrApti Phalam, which is the incomparable and

unparalleled bliss that awaits the muktAtma on his

ascension to SriVaikuntam,it would appear that Sri

ArAvamudAzhwAn blessed Azhwar with such pleasure even

in the Leela Vibhuti-for , in a krithagyatA

anusandhAnam, he exclaims “ArAavamudhAi adiyEn aavi

agamE thitthippAi”.It is clear that in a “Premiere

Show”,so to say,EmperumAn gave magizh Maran a taste of

the unbridled enjoyment in store at Sri vaikuntam by

pervading AzhwAr’s body and soul, and ,true to his

thirunAmam “AparyAptAmruthan”,filled AzhwAr with

unending bliss.

BhAgawatAs are now sure to agree with adiyEn

that just as the Purusha Sooktham is considered to be

the embodiment of all that is great in the VedAs

(“VedEshu Pourusham Sooktham”), “ArAvamudhE”could well

be said to occupy a similar pinnacle among its peers

in Divya Prabandham .This is just the tip of the

iceberg, as far as the hidden treasures of

“ArAvamudhE” are concerned, which was evident even to

mandamathis like adiyen,and Sri VaishnavAs are invited

to the pleasure of avagAhanam in this rasAnubhava

sAgaram, to come up with gems of their own.

dasan,sadagopan.

 

 

SrimatE Sri Lakshminrisimha pAduka sEvaka Srivan

Satakopa Sri NarAyana Yatindra MahA DesikAya nama:

 

 

 

 

 

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