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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

PAASURAM-3 (contd)

 

(Alil thuyindradhuvum) When the jeevatmas were endangered during the pralaya

kalam, emperuman the savior of one and all immediately came to his rescue.

Emperuman gave a safe shelter for all the jeevatmas in his stomach and he

himself without any worry relaxed on an Alilai (banyan leaf). He has the whole

universe inside his stomach but what a surprise he lies on the small banyan leaf

like a small innocent kid.

 

[At this point we all have to meditate on that small kid “bAlam mukundam

manasAsmarAmi” (balamukundAshtakam).]

 

(ArarivAr) Who will really understand the simplicity with which the great

supreme lord lies on the banyan leaf? Who will be able to visualize this

sowlabhyam/neermai? One can even perceive the greatness (mEnmai) but it is very

difficult to perceive the easily available nature of emperuman (neermai).

 

(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Emperuman showed me his sowlabhyam and other great

qualities and made me realize the same. Can anyone who is making their own try

to understand his kalyana gunas through different sAdhanAnushtAnams know it the

same way as I have?

 

(PAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyadhuvum Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr)

Will those who want to understand emperuman by their own efforts really

understand the efforts he is making to capture us? If they have realized his

efforts then no one will ever make their own effort instead they will wait for

his nirheduka krupai to be showered on them.

 

[When emperuman shows his greatness to us then it is surely complete that is why

EmperumAnAr while taking pillaiurangAvillidAsar to the sannadhi of Periya

perumal requested ranganatha to shower his grace and show that beautiful eyes

which was visualized by thiruppAnAzhvar. Many devotees visit ranganatha each

day do they all have the same darshan? No. Since they try to see perumal with

the eyes they have, but if we pray to emperuman to give his divine darshan then

he is sure to bless us with “divyam dadhAmithE chakshuhu:” as he did for arjuna

to have the vishvaroopa darshanam]

 

(pAlil kidandhadhuvum ArarivAr)

“pAlAzhi nee kidakkum panbhai yAm kEttEyum kAlAzhum nenjazhiyum kansuzhalum” (As

soon as we hear about the way you are lying in thirupparkadal we are unable to

stand our heart melts and we feel giddy) Will we who loose ourselves on hearing

about emperuman’s existence on the pArkadal know about him or will the strong

hearted persons who do all soughts of sAdhanAnushtanams to realize him

understand him?

 

(pandarangam mEyadhuvum ArarivAr)

“karuvarangaththutkidandhum kaithozhudEn kandEn thiruvarangamEyAn thisai”

(I saw and prostrated the direction in which thiruvarangan stays even while I

was inside the fetus of the mother) Will we who always remained in the thought

of emperuman starting from day one and even while inside the mother’s stomach

really understand him or will those who say “prathimAsvaprabhuththAnAm”

(emperuman stays with archaroopam for the benefit of agnanis-ignorant masses)

understand him fully?

 

(Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr)

“Alandru, vElai neerulladhO vinnadhO mannadhO sOlai soozh kundreduttAi sollu”

(Did the banyan leaf stay on top of water, in this world or else where Oh lord

who carried the whole mountain filled with forests in his fingers please say)

We, who are deeply blessed by you, can understand this agadithagatanAsAmarthiyam

(the mastery to do things which cannot be done by ordinary men) of yours, who

else can do it?

 

So does emperuman have only simplicity doesn’t he have the supremacy and

greatness? [avanukku neermaiyum vundO mEnmaiyum vundO] which azhvar proceeds to

explain further. A diamond stone has it own precious nature but studding the

same diamond in a gold ornament increases the valuable nature of the diamond.

In the gold ornament the diamond glitters more. Similarly greatness alone will

not make emperuman shine but the simplicity/neermai added to the greatness makes

emperuman glitter with fame.

 

(jnAlaththoru porulai) “sadhEva sOmyEdhamakra Aseeth EkamEvA advitheeyam” (Oh!

my child this world was initially one (sat) there was nothing to second) “A-kO

ha vai nArAyana Aseeth na brahmA nEsAna:” (Narayanan alone was there there was

no brahma or sivan) declares the Upanishads. That brahmam that was responsible

for the creation of the whole universe.

(jnAlaththoru porulai) That thing which stays as the whole world; Initially it

stayed as sooshmachitachitvishitta brahmam (the chit and achits all stayed in

the invisible form inside the Brahman without any form or name) then after

srishti (creation) they have become stoolachitachitvishittam (all the chit and

achit stays in the visible form with name)

 

(vAnavar tham meiporulai) The one who is the prApyam (one who is to be

attained/leader) to the nithya sooris. “yO devEpya Adhapathi yO devAnAm

purOhitha:” “sadhA pashyanthi sooraya:” says the vedArtham.

 

(appil aruporulai) “appu” means water. Emperuman, the creator of the whole

world (jagatkAranan) first created the ocean of water and then lied on it

himself. “apa Eva sasarjAdow” (he first created water), “ApO nArA ethi prOkthA

ApO vai narasoonava: I thA yathasyAyanam poorvam thEna nArAyaNa: smrutha:II”

(Water is called as nAram as it was created by the paramatmA otherwise called as

naran. Since it is the place of existence for emperuman he is called as

nArAyanan) says the manusmrithi,

“srushtvA nAram thOyamandha: sthithOham thEna syAnmE nAma nArAyanEthi” (since I

created the water called as nAram and since I stay inside it I am called as

nArAyanAn) says emperuman in the varahapuranam. Further the meanings conveyed by

the vedic verses “ambhasyapArE” and “samudhrEntham” and “yamenthas samudrE

kavayO vayanthi” (the one who is praised by poets to be in the ocean) are being

reflected by azhvar here. Further nammazhvar also says, “nammai punal panni”

“thAnOr peruneer thannullE thORRi adhanul kanvalarum”

 

(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Who will understand him like me? Those who understand

his greatness do not realize his simplicity and those who dwell in his

simplicity cease to realize his greatness. I am one person who has understood

both. SAdhanAnthraparas do not know his neermai and devadhAnthraparas do not

know his mEnmai but I know both declares thirumazhisai azhvar with pride

(sAthvika ahankaram).

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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