Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-16

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Srimate Srivan Satakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra

Maha Desikaya Nama:

 

Teliyatha Marai Nilangal Teligindrome-16

 

Hitherto, the Upanishad has placed Emperuman on a

lofty, unapproachable pedestal of Paratvam or

Supremacy. The sixteenth mantra brings Him much nearer

to us, by dwelling on His close relationship with us =

" sa nO bandhu: janitA, sa vidhAtA "

He is indeed our friend and relative, the universal

Father and ordainer. Another Upanishad describes Him

as " sarvasya saranam suhrit " . Unlike the friends,

relatives and parents of a lifetime, who, at best,

cater to one's welfare during that birth, Emperuman is

our Father for all births, having, in his infinite

mercy, created us out of undifferentiated matter,

provided us with bodies, limbs and faculties with

which to reach Him. He is closer to us than the

closest of relatives and is the truest of

well-wishers, devoid of any vested interest.

Sri BhAshyakArA goes a step further and quotes in the

Saranagati Gadya a couplet, describing the Lord as

one's mother, father, mentor, wealth, knowledge and

everything possible which we hold dear to us _

" tvamEva mAtAcha pita tvamEva, tvamEva bandhuscha

guru: tvamEva/ tvamEva vidyA draviNam tvamEva, tvamEva

sarvam mama dEva dEva " .

Not to be left behind, Sri Nammazhwar waxes eloquent

in this regard-

" ennai petra at tAyAi tandaiyAi ariyAdana arivitta

attha "

" endayE endrum emperuman endrum sindayuL vaippan "

" tanjam Agiya tandai tAyodu tAnumAi "

" ulagukkOr mundai tAi tandayE "

" sElEi kaNNiyarum perum selvamum nan makkaLum

mElA tAi tandayum avarE "

" tAyAi tandayAi makkaLAi matrumAi mutrumAi " etc.

 

While the Upanishad stops with the general term

" bandhu: " , Azhwar expands on it and ascribes every

possible relationship to Him, including that of the

Divine Lover, for whom Parankusa Nayaki pines away-

" anaitthu ulagum uyya aravinda lOchananai

tinaitthanayum vidAL "

" miga virumbum pirAn ennum "

" enadu aga uyirkku amudE ennum " , " ennudai AruyErEyO "

 

Looking at it from another angle, Azhwar says that

there is no relationship with human beings that can be

beneficial: all relatives, be it the spouse, children

or others, are but fair-weather-friends, who would not

stick to us in times of distress. Hence, only

Emperuman is the true father, mother and of every

conceivable relationship. Graphic descriptions of this

can be found in the first six pasurams of the first

Tiruvaimozhi of the ninth patthu ( " konda peNdir " ).

Here are a few, for a sample-

" koNda peNdir makkaL utrAr sutrattavar pirarum

kandadOdu pattadu allAl kAdal matri yAdum illai "

" tuNaiyum sArvum AvAr pOl sutrattavar pirarum

aNaya vanda Akkam uNdEl attaigal pOl suvaippar "

" porul kai uNdAi sell kANil pOtri endru Etri ezhuvar

iruL koL tunbatthu inmai kANil ennE enbArum illai "

" araNam Avar atra kalaikku endru amaikkappattAr

iraNam konda teppar Avar " etc.

Paraphrasing his mAnasika guru, Sri TirumangaiAzhwar

says " tAye tandai endrum tAramE kiLai makkaL endrum

nOye pattu ozhindEn " .

The message of both Sri Parankusa and Sri ParakAlA is

very clear- rather than waste one's lifetime and faith

in transitory, ephemeral and unreliable human

relationships, one should look to the Lord as one's

all.

 

To be continued-dasan,sadagopan.

Srimate Sri LakshmiNrsimha Divya Padukasevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra MahaDesikaya

Nama:

 

 

 

 

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