Teliyada marai nilangal teligindrome-3

[Guest guest]

Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika

Yatindra Maha Desikaya Nama:

 

TeliyAtha Marai NilangaL TeligindrOmE –3

 

Going back to the Anandavalli of the

TaittiriyOpanishad, there is a short but beautiful

catalogue of Brahman’s attributes at the very

beginning- “Satyam, GnAnam, Anantam Brahma”. Here,

Satyam refers to the characteristics of

indestructibility and immutability-the Brahman is not

subject to any “vikArA”, unlike other chetana and

achetana objects. The true purport of this kalyAna

gunA is brought out by Sri NammAzhwar as follows-

“Ninainda ellA poruLkatkum vitthAi, mudalil

chidayAmE”

“yEtra kEdavai illavan” etc.

The next, « GnAnam »,denotes the omniscience

of Brahman, knowledge which does not expand or

contract (unlike that of a jeevA).Listen then to the

Azhwar –

“aarnda gnAna chudarAgi agalam keezh mEl aLavirandu”

“pavarkoL gnAna veLLa chuddar murthy” etc.

« Anantam » refers to limitlessness-Brahman is

unlimited by time,place or object. ParamAtmA is

present always ,at all places and in all

objects.(Kala, dEsa,vastu paricchEda rAhityam). Sri

Nammazhwar puts this succinctly thus-

“karanda sil idam thorum idam tigazh porul thorum

karandu engum paranduLan ivai unda karanE”

“aam avai aayavai aay nindra avarE”-the economy of

words is to be appreciated here, as what could fill

pages, has been explained with inimitable clarity, in

a few words.

 

The word “Anantam” could also be taken to

mean the endlessness of His auspicious

qualities.(“Ananta kalyAna guna ganougha mahArnavam”

“BahavO nripa kalyAna gunA: putrasya santi tE”).The

countlessness of His attributes is portrayed by

Kurugur Nambi thus-

“eN perukkannalatthu oN porul eerila”

“ellaiil annalam pulgu pattrattrE”

« kaNakkaru nalatthanan andamil aadi em bhagavan »

“eppAl evarkkum nalatthAl uyarndu uyarndu”

 

to be continued-dasan,sadagopan.

Srimate Sri Lakshminrsimha Diva Paduka Sevaka Sri

Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

 

 

 

Get email at your own domain with Mail.

http://personal.mail./