geethA sAstramum nedunthAndaka sAstramum-3

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

In our sampradayam, the erachorkal (divine words) of Azhvars are considered as

par with the Vedas as the Azhvars were divine personalities who were granted

with the knowledge of divinity by emperuman himself (mayar varu madhi nalam

arulinAn). After the successful completion of geethOpadEsam, Sri Krishna asked

arjuna if he had understood what all he has said till now and if his confusions

have be cleared. Arjuna didn’t reply that he had got all the divine meanings in

his mind instead he told the lord that he had come to the conclusion that he is

going to follow whatever Krishna says. This is the response from the disciple

of the lord but do you know what the disciple of nammazhvar, Sri madhurakavigal

says, “nirkka pAdi ennenjul niruththinAn” (Azhvar has sung the essence of the

vEdas in tamil and not stopping with that has strongly put it into my heart).

This was the difference between Krishna and the krishnatrishnA tattvam, Swamy

nammazhvar. Even while writing the sribhashyam

Swamy EmperumAnAr took the help of the arulicheyals of azhvars wherever

necessary. Swamy desikan with great happiness declares that he got

clarification for the confusing verses in vEdas with the help of the divine

works of azhvars. Such is the greatness of the divine works of Azhvars.

 

Now coming to our topic, one of the great prabhandams of thirumangai azhvar,

thirunedunthAndakam it has all the important rahashya arthas inside it. Sri

Parasara bhattar has given beautiful nirvAham to the same. Let us first compare

the origin of nedunthAndakam and geetha. This prabhandam was sung by azhvar in

front of namperumal whereas geetha was given by Parthasarathi in front of a

baddha jeevatma arjuna. Arjuna was not that happy to have heard the divine

arthas but namperumal was so excited to have heard azhvar’s prabhandam that he

was ready to grant anything that azhvar wanted (that only gave rise to the

famously celebrated adyayana utsavam in the mArgazhi month). The geethAsAstam

was given by emperuman to clear the confusion of arjuna starting with the

prathama adhyAyam (first canto-Arjuna vishAdha yOgam). At that point emperuman

even forgot the fact that he is thereby giving out divine arthas that should not

be given so easily which he feels for at the end (“etham tu thE

nAthabhaskAya….). But azhvar sung the prabhandam not in a hurry but with great

happiness to have fully enjoyed emperuman and wanting to reward bhagavan with

his divine words.

 

Azhvar has flooded this divine prabhandam with the rahasyatraya arthas, artha

panchaka jnanam and many other vedantic meanings. Why did azhvar make such a

prabhandam instead of just making an easy prabhandam to show his joy? The first

reason is whenever the Azhvars start talking without their knowledge the

vedantic arthas queue in their words. It is not their deliberate effort but

their talk always circle around bhagavat vishayam only. Why does azhvar’s words

always have a special effect even more than the words of emperuman? That is

because even in day-to-day life we ignore anyone who talk about his own

greatness but when we find two or more people praising a specific person then we

feel that the person should be really great. Similarly Krishna talked about his

greatness himself so people started to ignore him but when the Azhvars one after

the other started talking about the greatness of emperuman people were attracted

towards bhagavan and bhagavat vishayam. After the

geethOpadEsam emperuman should have understood this fact that is why he

preferred to listen to his greatness through bheemAcharya (Sri Vishnu

sahasranAmam) and to this day of hard kali blessed us with the great hierarchy

of Azhvars and acharyas.

 

Even emperuman was surprised to see the amount of success the Azhvars and the

acharyas (especially Swamy emperumanar) attained in their mission. Only to show

his astonishment thirukurungudi nambi went to the extent of becoming

EmperumAnAr’s disciple and till date holding the name vaishnava nambi.

 

In the next posting we will enjoy bhattar’s comments (nirvAham) about this

divine sAstram and then proceed to see how the paasurams of this prabhandam are

beautifully enacted in the araiyar sevai in Srirangam.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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favourite work in whole of the Divya Prabandam.

 

Thank you very much,

 

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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---- On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, sumithra varadarajan

(sumivaradan) wrote:

 

> Sri Parthasarathi thunai

> Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

> Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

> Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

>

> In our sampradayam, the erachorkal (divine words) of Azhvars

are considered as par with the Vedas as

> the Azhvars were divine personalities who were granted with

the knowledge of divinity by emperuman

> himself (mayar varu madhi nalam arulinAn). After the

successful completion of geethOpadEsam, Sri

> Krishna asked arjuna if he had understood what all he has said

till now and if his confusions have be

> cleared. Arjuna didn’t reply that he had got all the divine

meanings in his mind instead he told the

> lord that he had come to the conclusion that he is going to

follow whatever Krishna says. This is

> the response from the disciple of the lord but do you know

what the disciple of nammazhvar, Sri

> madhurakavigal says, “nirkka pAdi ennenjul niruththinAn”

(Azhvar has sung the essence of the vEdas in

> tamil and not stopping with that has strongly put it into my

heart). This was the difference between

> Krishna and the krishnatrishnA tattvam, Swamy nammazhvar.

Even while writing the sribhashyam

> Swamy EmperumAnAr took the help of the arulicheyals of

azhvars wherever necessary. Swamy desikan

> with great happiness declares that he got clarification for

the confusing verses in vEdas with the

> help of the divine works of azhvars. Such is the greatness of

the divine works of Azhvars.

>

> Now coming to our topic, one of the great prabhandams of

thirumangai azhvar, thirunedunthAndakam it

> has all the important rahashya arthas inside it. Sri Parasara

bhattar has given beautiful nirvAham

> to the same. Let us first compare the origin of

nedunthAndakam and geetha. This prabhandam was sung

> by azhvar in front of namperumal whereas geetha was given by

Parthasarathi in front of a baddha

> jeevatma arjuna. Arjuna was not that happy to have heard the

divine arthas but namperumal was so

> excited to have heard azhvar’s prabhandam that he was ready to

grant anything that azhvar wanted

> (that only gave rise to the famously celebrated adyayana

utsavam in the mArgazhi month). The

> geethAsAstam was given by emperuman to clear the confusion of

arjuna starting with the prathama

> adhyAyam (first canto-Arjuna vishAdha yOgam). At that point

emperuman even forgot the fact that he

> is thereby giving out divine arthas that should not be given

so easily which he feels for at the end

> (“etham tu thE

> nAthabhaskAya….). But azhvar sung the prabhandam not in a

hurry but with great happiness to have

> fully enjoyed emperuman and wanting to reward bhagavan with

his divine words.

>

> Azhvar has flooded this divine prabhandam with the

rahasyatraya arthas, artha panchaka jnanam and

> many other vedantic meanings. Why did azhvar make such a

prabhandam instead of just making an easy

> prabhandam to show his joy? The first reason is whenever the

Azhvars start talking without their

> knowledge the vedantic arthas queue in their words. It is not

their deliberate effort but their talk

> always circle around bhagavat vishayam only. Why does

azhvar’s words always have a special effect

> even more than the words of emperuman? That is because even

in day-to-day life we ignore anyone who

> talk about his own greatness but when we find two or more

people praising a specific person then we

> feel that the person should be really great. Similarly

Krishna talked about his greatness himself so

> people started to ignore him but when the Azhvars one after

the other started talking about the

> greatness of emperuman people were attracted towards bhagavan

and bhagavat vishayam. After the

> geethOpadEsam emperuman should have understood this fact that

is why he preferred to listen to his

> greatness through bheemAcharya (Sri Vishnu sahasranAmam) and

to this day of hard kali blessed us with

> the great hierarchy of Azhvars and acharyas.

>

> Even emperuman was surprised to see the amount of success the

Azhvars and the acharyas (especially

> Swamy emperumanar) attained in their mission. Only to show

his astonishment thirukurungudi nambi

> went to the extent of becoming EmperumAnAr’s disciple and till

date holding the name vaishnava nambi.

>

> In the next posting we will enjoy bhattar’s comments

(nirvAham) about this divine sAstram and then

> proceed to see how the paasurams of this prabhandam are

beautifully enacted in the araiyar sevai in

> Srirangam.

>

> Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

>

> Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

> Sumithra Varadarajan

>

>

>

>

>

>

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