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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

 

 

Hope you all had a wonderful thaiyil-magam celebrations. Let us now proceed to

enjoy the divine nectar of thirumazhisai azhvar's excellent outpourings. In the

previous posting we enjoyed the essence of the 7th paasuram. Our PoorvAcharyas

enjoy the same paasuram in one another way. Let us see that in this posting.

 

 

 

As soon as azhvar finished the 6th paasuram condemning the Buddhist, Jains and

saivaites emperuman questioned azhvar, " Oh! Azhvar You talked about others

elaborately in the previous paasuram, but now won't you tell me about you? "

Immediately azhvar answers in this paasuram stating that, " Oh! My Lord I may be

granted the eternal bliss at any time. But I have been blessed with your

ultimate grace today. I cannot be without you nor can you sustain without me.

This is our present state. So why should I worry? "

 

 

 

(endrAga nAlayEyAga enisiridhum nindrAga ninnarul enpAladhE) I may attain the

paramapadam either today or tomorrow or after some more days that doesn't matter

even a bit for me because,

 

 

 

(ninnarul enpAladhE) I have received your ultimate grace.

 

 

 

While asked, " How did you come to know that? " Azhvar answers,

 

 

 

(nandrAga nAnunnai andri yilEn kandAi nArananE) I have reached a stage where

even a short separation from you will cause athma nAsam (destruction of the

soul).

 

 

 

(nee ennai andri yilai) and you on my separation will become non-existent. So

when I have received all your divine love why should I worry about the day of

attaining the eternal bliss?

 

 

 

The words of thirumazhisai azhvar can be seen reflected in nammazhvar's

paasuram: " ennadhAvi mElaiyAi.... vunnadennadhAviyum ennadunnadhAviyum.... "

(thiruvai 4-3-8). One doubt may arise, " It is ok to say that azhvar cannot

exist without the support of emperuman but how does the reverse hold good? "

This question vanishes when we look into the words of our dear geethacharyan who

in front of all declares, " jnAni tvAtmaiva mE matham " (my theory is that, the

JnAni's our my soul) and " mama prAnAhi pAndavA: " (the pandavas our my life).

 

 

 

Moreover a divine rahasya artham is also seen by our poorvacharyas in the last

line of the paasuram. The thirunAmam " nArAyanan " as per sanskrit grammar can be

spilt into two.

 

" nArAnAm ayanam ya: sa: " nArAyana: - tat purusha samAsam

 

" nArA: ayanam yasya sa: nArAyana: - bhahu vreehi samAsam

 

 

 

The above two have been given by azhvar in the front and back of the word

" nArananE " . " nAnunnai andri yilEn kandAi " is derived from " nArAnAm ayanam ya:

sa: (the one who is the place of existence for all that belong to the nAra

category) and similarly " nee ennai andri yilai " is derived from " nArA: ayanan

yasya sa: nArAyana: ( the one who has the nArasamoohas as his place of

existence). So only since emperuman lives in azhvar and azhvar lives in perumal

he has got the special name " nArAyanan " . So without azhvar emperuman cannot

exist. This is one another meaning.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan