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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

PAASURAM-3

 

In the previous paasuram, azhvar strongly says that no one can understand

emperuman’s greatness (Arum ariyAr avan perumai) but the same azhvar continues

to talk about emperuman as if he knows him well. Isn’t this contradicting what

azhvar said earlier? When azhvar said “ArumariyAr” it indicates to people

calculating the greatness of emperuman. There are so many who enjoy and realize

the different divine qualities of emperuman like a drop in a ocean. Here azhvar

proudly says, “out of those who have realized the greatness of emperuman there

is no one really equal to me. Those who have understood perumal by their own

effort can probably realize the parathvam of emperuman to an extent. But I have

been blessed with this knowledge due to the divine grace of emperuman, his

nirheduka krupai (unconditional grace) and hence have been able to understand

his utmost great quality of sowlabhyam, souseelyam etc”. Moreover can a person

depending on his own effort (sadhanAndharaparar,

“eththavan seidhAkkum”) understand emperuman like me who has been blessed with

this knowledge by emperuman himself? Enquires azhvar.

 

“pAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyaduvum

Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr-jnAlaththu

Oru porulai vAnavar tham meiporulai appil

Aruporulai yAnarindha vAru”

 

Vyakhyanam

 

(pAlil kidandhadhuvum) Emperuman is the jagatkAranan (creator of the whole

universe) and is the leader of all the nithya sooris, still he was not satisfied

with just enjoying the good things in his divine abode (the paramapadam) but

wanted to uplift the poor souls suffering in the leela vibhuthi (samsAra) and

hence decided to take a number of avatharas (incarnations). First among the

avatharas was he descending to the thiruparkadal and staying in yoga nidra as

ksheerAbhthinAthan. He incarnated as ksheerabhthinathan to rescue the devas

whenever they ran for help to bhagavan, against the asuras.

 

(pandarangam mEyadhuvum) One another important avathara of emperuman is the

archaroopam which emperuman adorned with happiness and stays even today in

srirangam as Ranganatha. (pandu) Emperuman descended to srirangam long time

back, when the place was filled with forests and unoccupied hoping that some one

will come to his feet at a later time atleast. Emperuman considered the souls

as such a costly property to him and he doesn’t mind waiting for them for such a

long time. Here emperuman stays in srirangam to rescue the samsaris from

drowning in the ocean of samsaric miseries.

(arangam mEyadhuvum) Emperuman stays with relief in srirangam even better than

in paramapadham (“avan mEviyurai kOil”). How is that? While in paramapadam

always emperuman is worried about the jeevatmas in the leela vibhuthi and his

thought circles around the miseries that the poor souls undergo here. While

bhattar was elaborating about this one day, one of his disciples asked, “In

paramapadam emperuman is supposed be filled with only happiness,

Anandaparipoornan. Can then this concept of he being worried fit in there?”

Bhattar immediately replied, “vyasanEshu manushyAnam prusham bhavathi dukkitha:”

(If an man worries then the one who feels more is ramapiran) Do you consider

this quality of rama to be a good quality or bad? If this is a divine quality

then will this quality skip its presence with paramapadhanAthan?” All these

qualities of emperuman arise due to his wish and not due to his previous act

(karma) as for ordinary jeevatmas. He pities the souls due to his

unconditional grace and hence feels bad when they suffer. “sa A-kAki na

ramEtha” (nArayanan (in the beginning) did not enjoy being alone) arouse only in

the presence of nithya vibhuthi and his divine kalyana gunas, states nampillai

in his divine work eedu, the commentary to thiruvaimozhi.

 

In another way, the line is read as “arangam eidhadhuvum” that is emperuman the

leader of nithya vibhuthi descending to such a far of place like srirangam for

the benefit of the jeevatmas.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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