TeLiyAtha marai nilangaL TeLigindrOmE-2

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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta

Desika Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

 

TheLiyAtha Marai NilangaL TheligindrOmE-2

 

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In continuation of the

previous posting on the sAmyam of the DrAvida Vedam

with the Sruti,adiyen would like to cite the following

Sruti vAkyAs and their corresponding reflections in

the TiruvAaimozhi.

The Vedas have a strong fascination for the

TrivikramAvatAra, and refer to it time and again,in

the SamhitA,AranyakA and the Upanishad bhagAs.It is

perhaps the most vaideeka avatAram, as EmperumAn took

the form of an enchanting BrahmachAri, with a totally

vaideeka vEsham, replete with yagyOpaveetam,

krishnAjinam, kamandalu, et al. And the Vishnu Sooktam

deals almost exclusively with the Lord’s wondorous

feat of measuring the three worlds with his Tiruvadi.

“TreeNi padA vichakramE Vishnur gOpA adAbhya:” says

the Sookta, extolling this diva chEshtitam.Similar

references abound throughout the Sruti.

 

Verbatim reflections can be found

in the Tiruvaimozhi at numerous places- “van mA

vaiyam aLanda em VamanA”, “kurai kazhalgaL neetti maN

konda kOla vAmanA”, “pAmaru moovulagu aLanda padma

pAdAvO”,

“ennALE nAm maNNaLanda inai tAmaraigal kANbadu”,

»kuria mAN uruvAgi kodungOlAl nilam konda kiri ammAn »

etc. etc.

Moving on to the

TaittiriyOpanishad,VarunA advises Bhrigu to meditate

on Food as Brahman-“annam brahmEti vyajAnAt”- for

those who might find this a bit abstract, Azhwar’s

sreesookti puts it simply and beautifully-“uNNum sOru

parugum neer tinnum vetrilai yAvum kaNNan emperuman”.

The same Bhriguvalli defines

Brahmam as that from which the world (consisting of

all sentient and non-sentient beings) has its origins,

that by which it is sustained and, that to which

everything returns in the end.

“yetO vA imAni bhootAni jAyantE, yEna jAtAni jeevanti,

yat prayantyabhisamvisanti”.This is the vishaya vAkya

for the JanmAdyadhikaranA of the Brahma sutras. This

nameless entity is personified by Sri KAri MAran, for

easy upAsanA,in the following pasurams-

“KaLvA, emmaiyum Ezhulagum ninnuLLE thOtriya

iraivA”

”padaitthu kAtthu kedutthu aLikkum”

“aaviyum aakkamum tAnE, azhippOdu aLippavan

tAnE-kAvi nan mEni kamalakkaNNan » etc.

 

The inadequacy, of even Sruti vAkyAs, to fully

describe even one of the auspicious attributes of

Emperuman, is brought out by the Anandavalli dictum

“YatO vAchO nivartantE- aprApya manasA saha”.Sri

Azhwar puts this succinctly in the following

words-“solla aLavandru”, uNarndu uNarndu uNarilum irai

nilai uNarvaridu “

“eNperukku annalam” “eNNin meediyan emperuman” etc.

 

-to be continued- dasan,sadagopan.

Srimate Sri Lakshminrsimha diva padukasevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya

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