Teliyatha marai nilamgal teigindrome-8

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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika

Yatindra Maha Desikaya Nama:

 

TeliyAtha Marai NilamgaL TeligindrOmE-8

 

The second half of the third mantra of

MahaNarayanOpanishad , »yam antassamudrE kavayO

vayanti “,describes how sages realize the Paramatma

,who resides in the primordial waters (or in their

hearts, according to another interpretation).

Tiruvaimozhi is full of references to this special

residence of the Paramapurusha .

“tAnOr peruneer tannuLLE tOtri adanul kaN vaLarum

vAnOr perumAn »

“ammAn aazhippirAn”, “pArkadaluL paLLi

payindraduvum”etc.

The concluding part of this mantra deals with how

all beings abide in the imperishable and peerless

Paramatma-“yat aksharE paramE prajA:”The relevant

pasurams from Tiruvaimozhi have already been cited in

previous postings.

 

The fourth mantra reiterates the Causal attributes of

Brahman. The source of all living and non-living

beings is primordial matter or Moola Prakruthi. This

Moola Prakruthi in turn owes its origins to the

Paramatma. Emperuman, at the time of Creation, through

the Moola prakruthi , and with the aid of water (and

the other four of the five basic elements,viz.,agni,

vayu, bhoomi and akasa) , gives form and name to a

host of sentient and non-sentient beings, including

human beings, animals and all sorts of flora and

fauna.. Having created these diverse beings, He, in

his infinite mercy and soulabhya, enters them as

their antaryAmi and inner dweller. Here is this

beautiful mantra-

“yeta: prasootA jagata: prasooti, tOyEna jeevan

vyasasarja bhoomyAm\\ yet oshadheebhi: purushAn

pasoomscha vivEsa bhootAni charAcharANi”

Here again, we come across a Tiruvaimozhi pasuram.,

which is a verbatim translation-

“Matrilam araN vAn perum pAzh tani mudalA

Mutrum neer padaitthu adan vazhi tonmuni mudalA

Mutrum dEvarOdu ulagu seivAn TirumOgur

Chutri nAm valam seyya nam tuyar kedum kadithE »

Let us get the purport of this endearing tribute to

TirumOgur KALamEga PerumAl ,in the words of Sri

Nanjeer- “paricchEdikka oNNAda padi periadAi,

oppindrikkE irukkindra prakruthiyai kAraNamAga kondu,

aavaraNa jalatthai padaitthu, avvazhiyAlE Brahma

mudalAna dEvargalOdu koodiya ella lOkatthaiyum

uNdAkkinavan”.

 

The predominance of such Tiruvaimozhi

pasurams, which reflect the Sruthi not only in spirit

but in letter too,

makes one marvel at Sri Nammazhwar’s all-encompassing

knowledge. This “mathinalam” is made the more

wonderful by the fact that the Azhwar was not exposed

to even a semblance of veda adhyayanam.. “Guru mukham

anadheetya praha vedan asEshAn” would apply equally

well to Sri Nammazhwar. The real beneficiaries of

Emperuman’s act of bestowing the Azhwar with

blemishless gnAnA, are indeed ourselves ,who are able

to determine, with the aid of Azhwar’s sreesooktis,the

true purport of the Sruti, in all its inscrutable

majesty.

 

-to be continued. dasan,sadagopan.

 

Srimate Sri LakshmiNrsimha divya paduka sevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Desikaya Nama:.

 

 

 

 

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