Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-12

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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika

Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-12

 

The seventh mantra of the MahaNarayanopanishad

describes the Parabrahman in its kAryAvastthA, and

avers that fire, water, wind, the Sun, the Moon, the

stars, the life-giving nectar, the primordial waters

and the Lord of all creatures- all these are verily

the Paramatma Himself.

 

" tadEva agni:tat vAyu: tat soorya: tadu chandramA:

tadEva shukram amrutam tat brahma tat aapa:sa

PrajApati: "

 

We can find verbatim translations of this mantra at

several places in Tiruvaimozhi, in different orders

and combinations-

 

" maNNum neerum eriyum nal vAyuvum,viNNUmAi viriyum

empirAnaiyE "

" tee engO vAyu engO nigazhum aakAsam engO, neeL sudar

irandum engO "

”viLangu tArakaikaL engO "

" nalam kadal amudam engO "

" chiranda kAl, tee,neer,vAn,maN piravum aaya perumAn "

" tiriyum kAtrOdu agal visumbu tiNinda maN kidanda

kadal,eriyum teeyOdu iru sudar deivam….engaL sudar

mudi aNNal tOtramE "

" nilam neer eri kAl viN uyir tAm mudalA mutrumAi

nindra endAi "

" tingaLum gyAirumAi sezhum pal sudarAi "

" teeyAi kAlAi neduvAnAi seerAr sudargaL irandAi "

" teeyAi neerAi nilanAi visumbAi kAladAi….nee

nindravAru " etc.

 

The eighth and ninth mantras list the various

subdivisions of Time (KalA) and ascribe their origins

to the Paramatma. Time is one of the three achEtana

vastus (along with Prakriti and Suddha SatvA) listed

in the GadyAs, the origins, activity and continuance

of which are at the Paramatma's pleasure ( " swAdheena

trividha chEtanAchetana swaroopa stiti pravritti

bhEdam " ).Eternal Time, with its numerous partitions,

was born from the luminous Paramatma.

" sarvE nimesha jaggyirE vidyuta: purshAt adhi

KalA muhurtA: kAshtAscha ahOrAtrAscha sarvasa:

Ardha mAsA mAsA ritava: samvatsarascha kalpantAm "

 

A brief note here on the various units of Time listed

by the Upanishad-

" nimEsha " refers to the time required for the winking

of the eyes.

Eighteen nimEshAs make one " KashttA " , and thirty

kAshttAs one " kalA. " .

Thirty kalAs amount to a MuhoortA, and thirty such

muhoortAs make a day. The rest is easy. Fifteen days

make a " PakshA " or a fortnight, and two PakshAs, a

month or mAsA. It takes two mAsAs to make a Ritu and

three such Ritus (6 months) make one " ayanA " . Two

ayanAs, the DakshiNAyanA and the UttarAyanA " make up a

year or a " SamvatsarA "

Further, 360 such human years amount to a Divine

Year, and 12000 such divine years, to a Chaturyuga

(comprised of the Krita YugA, the DwApara YugA, the

TrEtA YugA and the Kali YugA ).

71 such ChaturYugAs (of 12000 Divine Years each) make

up a ManvantarA . A Chatur Mukha BrahmA's day is

comprised of 14 such ManvantarAs or 1000 Chatur YugAs

..His night is of equal proportions and half his

lifetime is known as a " ParArdhA " . Two such ParArdhAs

make up the full life-time of a BrahmA.

Even if one were to live the full 100 years as

ordained in the Vedas, doesn't our lifespan seem

infinitesimally small before all that is listed above?

Coming back to the point, Sri Azhwar does not

indulge in such mind-boggling and depressing

calculations of Time, and confines himself to its

three broad divisions,viz., the Past, the Present and

the Future. Here are his sreesooktis-

" varungAlam nigazhkAlam kazhikAlamAi ulagai orungAga

aLippAi "

" irandadum neeyE edirndadum neeyE nigazhvadO

nee " .etc.

 

-to be continued- dasan,sadagopan.

 

Srimate Sri LakshmiNrsimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra MahaDesikaya

Nama:

 

 

 

 

 

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