Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-15

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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra

Maha Desikaya Nama:

 

Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-15

 

The next mantra, the 12th, explains that Emperuman

is the antaryami of all beings. The glorious Lord, who

first took birth as HiranyagarbhA, pervades all

objects, living and non-living, in all directions,

and resides in them as their inner-dweller or

antaryami.

" Esha hi deva: pradisOnu sarvA: poorvO he jata: sa u

garhE anta: "

Paramatma's antaryamitvam, and the relationship of

body and soul , between Him and His creations

(shareerAtma bhAvam), which are the corner stones of

our Sri VisishtAdvaita sampradAyA, are succinctly

stated by Sri Nammazhwar thus-

" udal misai uyirena karandengum paranduLan "

" karanda sil idantorum idam tigazh poruL torum

karandu engum paranduLan "

The second half of the mantra refers to His birth as

the multifarious components of Creation- human

beings,animals, birds, reptiles, etc- that are now in

existence and those which will come into being in

future, and His pervading all of them as their inner

dweller, by residing in their jeevAtmAs.

" sa vijAyamAna: sa janishyamANah: pratyangmukhA:

tishttati visvatO mukha: "

 

Emperuman's role as the material cause of this

Universe, past, present and future, and as the

antaryami of everything, is described by Parankusa

Muni in Tiruvaimozhi-

 

" engum tAnAya nangal nAthanE "

" man pal uyirgaLumAgi "

" nilai varambila pala pirappAi "

" Amavai Ayavai ay nindra avarE "

" ivayaum avayum uvayum ivarum aarum uvarum

evayum evarum tannuLLE aagiyum aakkiyum kAkkum

avayuL tani mudal emmAn kaNNapirAn " etc.

 

The 13th mantra is also to be found in the Taittiriya

Samhita, and with slight variations , in the

SvEtAsvatarOpanishad and Atharva Veda too. Here it is-

" visvata: chakshu: uta visvatO mukhO visvatO hasta

uta visvataspAt.

The purport here is that Paramatma, being the

material and efficient cause and inner dweller of

all beings ,is said to have faces, eyes, hands and

feet everywhere. As the ruler and guide of all beings,

He is the user of their limbs and senses. This

multiplicity in Paramatma's organs is stated thus by

Sri Nammazhwar –

" tOlgaL AyiratthAi,mudigaL AyiratthAi tuNai malar

kaNgal AyiratthAi, tAlgaL AyiratthAi pErgal

AyiratthAi "

With His multiple limbs aiding Him, He creates the

heavens and earth- " dyAvA prithivi janayan dEva Eka: "

 

And these are the relative Tiruvaimozhi panktis-

" munneer gyAlam padaittha em mugil vaNNanE "

" vaiyam vAnam manisar deivam matrum … ivai

padaitthAn " etc.

 

-to be continued- dasan,sadagopan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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