ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL for the web pags of Sri MaamunigaL(MM): Part VII ( ThiruvAimozhi: I.6.1-11):

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the Sixth paasuram of TVMN , MM salutes

the AaarAdhya Sulabhathvam ( Easiness with which

any one can perform worship to Sriman NaarAyaNan):

 

" parivathu il Isan padiyaip paNpudanE pEsi

ariyan alan aaradhanaikku yenRu--urimayudan

Othi aruL MaaRan ozhivitthAn ivvulahil

pEthayarkaL tankaL piRappu "

 

(Prose order): Parivathu il Isan-Padiyai paNpudanE pEsi,

AarAdhanaikku ariyan alan yenRu urimayudan Odhi , aruL

MaaRan ivvulahil pEthayarkaL piRappu ozhivitthAn.

 

(meaning): SarvEswaran has got every thing He desires and

is not expecting anything from us and therefore He is

immensely pleased with whatever little we offer Him with

affection and devotion. Even if it is the minutest and most

insignificant offering , He accepts what we offer as

the greatest and best and through that act shows how easy

it is to approach Him and worship Him (AarAdhana Soukaryam

and Sulabhathvam). Swamy NammAzhwAr blessed us with this decad

to instruct us ( the deluded ones)about this aspect of

the Lord's soulabhyam to remove the sorrows of being born

again in this samsAric world.

 

uyir Karutthu:

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The Lord is the easiest to worship .One does not need

to stay away from offering worship to Him because of fear

that one is ill qualified to worship Him as an AdhikAri

or stay away from Him because of the worry that they do not

have the right kind of material to worship Him (Saamagriya

Niyamam). He accepts even a blade of TuLasi or a petal

of flower or a drop of water as long as it is offered

in a spirit of Bhakthi.

 

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Swamy NammAzhwAr removes fear in the minds of people,

which holds them back from approaching Him for worship.

He says that anubhava janitha preethi ( joy born out

of the performance of the AarAdhanam using whatever

one has as samarpaNams to the Lord) is the most important

requisite . One should not hesitate thinking that he or she

has no fitting upakaraNam ( materials to offer to the Supreme

Being) . Ananya PrayOjana BhAvam ( without thinking about

the fruits of such a worship ) is another mind set needed

to approach Him and offer worship. Swamy NammAzhwAr instructs

us that " no distinct prescription or regulation is mandatory ,

when we serve the Lord out of spontaneous love and without

expectation of any returns " .

 

In the first two paasurams of this decad, Swamy NammAzhwAr

performs upadEsam for us. In the next two paasuram , he shares

his joyous anubhavam in this matter. In the fifth paasuram,

AzhwAr continues with his upadEsam and encourages those , who

hesitate to approach the Lord because of concerns about

their adequacies . He says that " The Lord does not have

the temperament of analysing devotee's qualities for

accepting or rejecting " worship offered to Him. He

instructs that we should resort to Him for Himself and

not for any phalan in return . AzhwAr reminds us that

the acquisition of the perfect state of knowledge is not

a prerequisite to worship Him and singing His Naamams

( Bhajan) alone is sufficent for His worship. AzhwAr

asks us to cast aside the temptations of the transient

worldly pleasures and then offer our worship to the Lord.

 

In the ninth paasuram, AzhwAr reminds us about the nature of

the Lord as " Sriya: Pathi " ( The Consort of MahA Lakshmi).

He reminds us that The Lord and His dear consort are a

Unique and matchless couple and the importance of both

to bless us for Sri Vaikunta PrApthi and nithya kaimkaryam

there.

 

In this ninth paasuram of this decad , Swamy NammAzhwAr

pays tribute to MahA Lakshmi (ThirumahaLAr):

 

" ThirumahaLAr TanikkELvan perumai udaya PirAnAr

irumai vinai kadivArE "

 

Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan summarizes the important meanings

behind these powerful lines of this Paasuram this way:

 

" The deliverer is not the singular, unaccompanied Lord

but only the One who is Sriya: Pathi ( the consort of Lakshmi).

The divine couple is rightly acclaimed as the ultimate God

of all dharmic acts. That couple is unique and has no second

and is the one object of our worship.The Lord, the consort of

Lakshmi removes both PuNyam and Paapam that we have accumulated ,

which are similar to the binding handcuffs in samsAram and

prevent us from gaining Moksham . Punya may be golden chain

and yet it is a handcuff.Both Punyam , the golden chain and

Paapam , the iron chain are cut asunder by the Lord to gain

sure deliverance " .

 

UtthamUr Sawmy quotes a famous passage in this context:

" LakshmyA Saha HrushIkEsO DevyA KaaruNya RoopayA: Rakshaka:

Sarva SiddhAnthE VedAnthEapi geeyathE " The Lord united with

PirAtti serve as Yeka Mithunam and become SidhdOpAyam .Swamy

states further that Manthram , Aagamam , Tanthram and

TanthrAntharam ( the four kinds of Paancha Raathra

SidhdAnthams) assert that PirAtti with PerumAL become

protectors of the world .Through Her Nithya Saaannidhyam

( eternal presence) with her Lord , She enhances Her Lord's

Vaibhavam and He is proud to call Himself as " Sriya: Pathi " .

She becomes the cause for Moksha Pradhathvam in the company

of Her Lord.

 

Links to the ThiruvAimozhi Pathikam of I.5.1-11

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TVM I.6.1: " Pirivahai inRi nannIr thooy purivathuvum

puhai poovE " ( Oh BhakthAs! Please do not be separated

from Him and offer even water as upachAram , if you do not

have anything else to offer. Even the offer of dhoopam

would become equivalent to fragrant flowers).

 

TVM I.6.2: " Muthu-vEdha Mudalvannakku ,yethuvEthu

yenn paNi yennAthuvE aatccheyumIdE " ( To that Lord,

who is the seed of ancient Vedhams , perform Kaimkaryams.

Please do not hold back worrying whether this is a worthy

Kaimkaryam or not . Please do not hold back thinking that

you do not have any kaimkaryam that would be appropriate

for Him.

 

TVM I.6.3: " paadum yenn naa avan paadal, aadum yenn angam

aNangE " ( Speaking of his anubhavam , Swamy NammAzhwAr

says: My tongue sings about His limitless auspicious

attributes;the limbs of my body dance in response to

the offer of AarAdhanam to Him ).

 

TVM I.6.4: " aNangamena aadumen angam " ( My dancing limbs

will perform namaskArams to the Lord during this experience).

 

TVM I.6.5: " uLL KalanthArkku ohr amudhu " ( The Lord has

no partiality to one or the other, when it comes to intimate

service to Him. He does not reject one and accept another

in this group of worshippers. HE BECOMES THE MATCHLESS NECTAR

FOR ENJOYMENT FOR THOSE , WHO SEEK HIM OUT AS THE GOAL ).

He declares that He is " SamOham sarvabhUthEshu " in His

GithOpadEsam .

 

TVM I.6.6: " nimir sudarAzhi NedumAl amudhilum aaRRa Iniyan "

( The Lord with the ascending flames of Sudarsanam is even

more delectable than the nectar churned out of the milky ocean).

 

TVM I.6.7: " (Avan) ThALLkaL talayil vaNangi naaLL kadalai

Kazhimin " ( Please place the Sacred feet of the Lord on

Your heads and cross the ocean of Time to reach the place

(Srivaikuntam) , which is outside the dimensions of Time).

 

TVM I.6.8: Outstanding and clear UpadEsam is given in

this Paasuram . Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan summarizes

the meaning of this paasuram this way: " Oh Ye Men

who cherish a desire to serve this Lord! First of all ,

throw away the temptation with regard to worldly

pleasures. Having done this , devote yourselves to

the Lord and to His service. Pleased by this, the Lord

will dispel all your sins that have been plaguing your life

all through , as a hindrance to the realization of

deliverance (Moksham).He will also surely confer

the irreversible Sri Vaikunta entry " .

 

TVM I.6.10: " KadivAr thIya VinaikaL nodi aarum aLavu

KaNN --MaadhavanArE " ( This Lord with MahA Lakshmi

is the One , who removes in a fraction of a second

the greatest of all PuNya-PaapA pair ).

 

Thus concludes this beautiful Sixth decad of

the First Centum of ThiruvAimozhi summarized

in a crisp manner by Sri MaamunigaL : " Isan

Aaradhanaikku ariyan alan " .

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Vaazhi Maamunivan ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan