ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL for the web pags of Sri MaamunigaL(MM): Part II

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

With prayers to Swamy NammAzhwAr and Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL,

adiyEn starts the coverage of the first passuram of Tiruvaimozhi

NooRRandhAthi(TVMN) paasurams in this new series of postings:

 

uyarvE Paran padiyai uLLathellAm kaNDu

uyar-vEda nErkoNDuraitthu--mayarvEthum

vaarAmal manidarai vaazhvikkum MaaRan soll

vErAhavE ViLayum Veedu -----TVMN (1)

 

(meaning): Swamy NammAzhwAr experienced the lofty

svarUpam and svabhAvam of the Supreme Lord personally

and shared those experiences with the strength of pramANams

of the Vedams for the benefit of human beings to live

their lives feee from the harm of nescience. Liberation from

the cycles of births and deaths (Moksham ) will be gained

by those , who follow the upadEsam of Swamy NammAzhwAr

in His Thiruvaimozhi first pathikam . Just as the tree

will not arise without its root , Moksham can not

result without Swamy NammAzhwAr's grace stored in

his aruLiccheyalkaL.

 

This TVMN takes off with the first word of the First

paasuram of TVM ( UyarvaRa: TVM 1.1.1 ) and concludes with

the first word of the next Thirumozhi( Veedu: TVM 1.2.1).

The Naamam of MaaRan is included in the Paasuram as

per the rules of construction of the TVMN set by

MM for Himself .

 

The Uyir Karutthu for this first ten paasurams of TVM

is : " Paran Padi " , which is the code for the limitless ,

auspcious Svarupa-SvabhAvikangaLs of the Supreme Lord ,

Sriman NaarAyaNan. Swamy Desikan referred to the subject

matter of the first ten paasurams of TVM as the Supreme

Lord being known as " SarvasmAth Paran " (The Supreme Most

beyond any deity or Tatthvam).

 

The echos of the tatthvams elaborated by Sanskritic Vedams

are heard in the Tamil Vedam of Swamy NammAzhwAr .This unity

of thought is referred to as " Ubhaya VedAntha Iykya KaNDyam "

Sri MM describes this unity of thought by choice of the words

in this TVMN : " Uyar Vedam nEr KoNDu Uraitthu " . Sri MM instructs

us that Swamy NammAzhwAr's dhivya Prabhandham is the distillation of

the essence of the Sanskritic Vedam as PramANam and has

total consonance with the Veda manthrams.

 

AchArya RaamAnujA's Sri BhAshyam is recognized to

have been influenced by the PramANams of AzhwAr's

aruLicheyalkaLs.Sri Bhaashyam has four chapters

( SamanyaadhyAyam , AvirOdhAdhyAyam , SaadhanAdhyAyam

and PhalAdhyAyam ). Commentators have concluded that

the first 11 paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi summarized

here by Sri MM in his first paasuram of TVMN links up

with the coverage of the first two chapters of Brahma

Soothrams(Paran Padi) as elaborated by Sri RaamAnujA

in His Sri BhAshyam. " Paran Padi " ( The Svaroopa-SvabhAvams )

is thus picked out by Sri MM as the heart beat of the First

Pathikam.

 

The key words and passages from the first six paasurams of

the first pathikam of TVM from which Sri MM identified " Paran padi "

as the Uyir Karutthu according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan are:

 

1. " Uyarnalam-udayavan " ( The SarvasmAth Paran , who is

the abode of Samastha KalyANa GuNams that can not

be surpassed . His padi is that of a Paran/Supreme Being ).

 

2. " PoRiyuNarvavai ilan " ( His JnAnanda Svaroopam can not be

comprehended by the five organs of senses . He is ParAth Paran).

 

3. " Muzhu Nalan " ( He is PoorNa Aanndha Svaroopan).

 

4. " Ozhivilan ; Parantha nalanudaiorvan " ( One has both

Nithya VibhUthi and dhivyAthma Svaroopam ).

 

5. " AamavayAyai ninRavan " / Aamm avai Aayi avai aayi ninRAn:

( Sa yEva Sarvam : He is every thing ; That which is past

is Him and that which is yet to happen is Him ).

 

6. " YenRum Ohr iyalvodu ninRa yem Thidar " ( That Supreme Being

which " is unchangable and transcendental to all observed

changes of the world " ).

 

7. " udal misai uyir yenak-karenthengum paranthuLan "

( " He pervades everything in and out .He is the soul

for the body of every being and every thing.. " ).

 

8. " Para Paran " : ( He is the transcendent Supreme One

over the reputed Brahma and Rudran ).

 

9. " Karantengum Paranthu uLan " (He is present in everything ,

in every place , in every most subtle material as well ).

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Vaazhi Maamunivan ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan