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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra

maha Desikaya Nama:

TeliyAtha Marai NilangaL

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Continuing our journey through the picturesque

Upanishadic woods, we come to the third mantra, which

runs as follows-

“YenAvritam khamcha divam maheencha yEna

aadiya:tapati tEjasA bhrAjasAcha\\\ yam anta: samudrE

kavayO vayanti yet aksharE paramE prajA:”

 

The first part of this mantra describes how

Paramatma envelopes this entire universe; this rings a

bell- yes, we did come across an almost similar

passage in the NarAyanAnuvAkA “ antar bahischa tat

sarvam vyApya nArAyaNa: stitah:” Sri Nammazhwar puts

this bahir vyApti succinctly thus-

“aNdatthu agatthAn puratthu uLLAn”

“munniya moovalagum avaiyAi , avatraip padaitthu

pinnumuLLAi puratthAi”

“en meedu iyandra pura aNdatthAi »

« soonzhndu agandru aazhndu uyarnda mudivil perum

pAzhEyO, soozhndu adanil periya en para nan malar

chOdeeyO » etc.

The next half of this mantra ,”yEna Aditya:

tapati tEjasA bhrAjasA cha”is indeed deep in its

import. We consider the Sun God to be pratyaksha

dEvatA, without whose punctual and unfailing

presence, the entire world would grind to a

standstill. So much so, that a day on which the Sun is

not visible ( due to heavy clouds, etc.) is called a

“durdinam”. This mantra puts things in their proper

perspective, by declaring unequivocally that the Sun

is but a reflector, and derives his powers, to

illuminate and provide warmth, from the Paramatma.

There are other sruti vAkyAs too, which corroborate

this –for instance, “ yEna soorya: tapati tEjasEddha:”

Any lingering doubt about the Sun God’s dependent

status is wiped away by the Anandavalli dictum

“bheeshAsmAt vAta: pavatE-bheeshOdEti Soorya:”

(The Sun rises and sets in time due to his fear of the

Paramatma ). Azhwar categorically declares that

Emperuman is the antarAtma of SooryA,as of everyone

else- “neeL sudar irandum engO”

“seyyadOr gyAyittrai kAtti sridharan moorty

eedennum” etc.

An interesting sidelight here from the

ArAyirappadi.

The last-mentioned quote, “seyyadOr gyAittrai kAtti “

describes the inability of the ParAnkusa Nayaki to

withstand the seperation from her Lord, and seeking

and seeing Him in anything and everything she sets

her eyes upon. To her, the beautiful golden orb

shining in the sky, is verily Sridhara himself. In

describing the similarity between the Sun and

Emperuman, Azhwar could have employed any one of His

innumerable names. That he chose Sridhara is

significant: the purpose is to highlight the

association with Piratti. To those who inquire as to

what possible connection Piratti could have with the

Sun, Sri Pillan replies with the srimad Ramayana

slokam “ ananyA RaghavEnAham BhAskarENa prabhA yatha”

Here is the beautiful ArAyirappadi Sresookti

“EmperumAnum Pirattiyum Adityanum avanudaya prabhaiyum

pOl irukkayAlE anda Adityanai kAtti sireedharan moorty

eedennum engirAL.”

 

To be continued- dasan, sadagopan.

 

Srimate Sri LakshmiNrsimha diva paduka sevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Maha desikaya

nama :

 

 

 

 

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