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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

Paasuram-8

 

 

 

" elaituNai mattrennenjE Esanaivendra

 

silaikoNda senkaNmAl sErA- kulaikoNda

 

eerain thalaiyAn elangaiyai eedazhiththa

 

kooranbha nallAl kurai "

 

 

 

Oh! Azhvar like a few who are adamant that we will eat only when cooked in our

house or else will remain hungry throughout why are you acting foolishly saying

" nAnunnaiyandri elEn kandAi nAraNanE " why don't you get your wishes satisfied

with the help of others? Azhvar answers in this paasuram stating that no one

other than the senkAnmAl (sriya:pathi Sriman Narayanan) can become our saviour.

Moreover not stopping with being unable to help us they also prevent emperuman

from coming to our help instructs azhvar to his mind.

 

 

 

(elaituNai mattru) More than understanding that emperuman is the only saviour

it is more important to realize that others can never take that role. It is

very important for a Srivaishnavaite to remain away from anyasEshatvam

(servitude to anyone other than emperuman) " thiruvadi than nAmam marandhum

puramthOzhA mAndhar " . On the same lines, we have to get to our memory the

aphorism of pillai ulagariyan in mumukshupadi, " adhilum anyasEshatvam kazhigaiyE

pradhAnam "

 

 

 

(en nenjE) Oh! My mind you are suitable for me to give this divine rahasyam.

You are not like the other's mind that has a number of confusions ( " sanjalam he

mana: " )

 

 

 

Why do you say that others cannot be the saviour? That is because he alone is

the paramAtma. But there are references that state even rudra to be the

paramatma? Let's see how their paratvam remains continues azhvar,

 

 

 

(eesanai vendra silai koNda senkaNmAl) the emperuman holds the bow which was

obtained on winning rudra. This particular incident is found in Sri Ramayana

Baala kAndam where parasurAma narrates the incident to Sri Rama Piran. " Oh! Rama

These two bows that belong to the devaloka where well created by vishvakarma.

They are world famous, strong, marvellous, and powerful. Among these one was

given to rudra who wanted to do tripuradahanam. Only that bow which was handy

in burning the tripura was broken by you in the janaka sabhai. This powerful

second bow was gifted to mahavishnu by the devas. This vishnu danus has equal

power with the siva danus. At that time the devas wanted to test the power of

Siva and Vishnu and hence they requested the same to brahma. That Brahma who

was chief among the brahmajnAnis created a conflict between rudra and Vishnu.

So a big war started between rudra and Vishnu. At that time the great bow of

Siva that did many big jobs cracked a little just due to the 'hoonkAram' (a sign

of anger) of Vishnu. And Siva fainted. Later due to the request of the rishis

and devas Vishnu and Siva calmed down. At that time the rishis who visualised

the cracking of Siva danus due to the anger of Vishnu realized the supremacy of

Vishnu, " says the Valmiki rAmAyana. This incident has been reminded by azhvar

in the above line.

 

 

 

(eesanai vendra silai) So not emperuman his bow itself won over Rudra. That

shows that even emperuman's divya ayudhAs (weapons) have power to win over other

devatas. Then how can they be considered equal to emperuman? Or otherwise it

can be read as " eesanai vendra senkaNmAl "

 

 

 

(silai koNda) Emperuman just held the bow that won over Rudra. It was not

necessary for emperuman to put any other effort other than just holding the bow

the rest was done by the bow itself. That shows that each and every thing

belonging to emperuman has special powers. That even includes bhagavatas. So

the anya devatas never come near bhagavatas or they show their special regards

to the bhagavatas.

 

 

 

(senkaNmAl) Emperuman has reddish eyes that indicate his supremacy. " kapyAsam

pundareekamEva aksheenee " (he has two eyes that are like the lotus that has

blossomed due to the rising of the sun). Sem kaN mAl can also refer to Sri

rAmapiran with reddish eyes that indicate his love to his devotees. " rAmO

rAjeeva lOchana: " " rAma kamala patrAksha: " " Sem kaN " refers to wealth and love

whereas " mAl " refers to supreme and lover.

 

 

 

(elai tuNai mattrennenjE eesani vendra silai koNda senkaNmAl) Will the

emperuman who won over Rudra become the sarva rakshakan or will the defeated

Rudra become the saviour?

 

 

 

(senkaNmAl sErA) Not joining the ghosti of rAma who is the incarnation of the

pundareekAkshan, sarvEshvaran rAvana says,

 

" dvithA bhajjEyamapyEvam.....svabhAvO dhuradhikrama: " (Even if I am cut into two

I will not prostrate anyone. This is a quality born with me and hence cannot be

changed)

 

(senkaNmAl sErA) Even after seeing the beautiful lovable eyes of emperuman can

anyone be without falling to his feet?

 

(eesanai vendra....senkaNmAl sErA) But when even Rudra who is a devotee of

emperuman (anukoolan) suddenly due to the increase of thAmasa guna wages a war

against emperuman what to say about a person who is always in the opposite army

(prathikoolan). Who is that?

 

 

 

(kulaikoNda eerainthaliyAn) He is none other than ravana who has a bunch of 10

heads. " koththuthalaivan kudikeda thOndriya " says periyAzhvar (1-9-3)

 

(eerainthalaiyAn elangaiyai eedazhiththa) " lankAm rAvaNa pAlithAm " the lanka was

protected by a great warrior, rAvana. But even that lanka was shattered by

emperuman.

 

 

 

(kooranbhanallAl kurai elai tuNai) None other than rAmapiran who has a strong

arrow in his hands can solve our problems and protect us.

 

 

 

PeriyavAchAn pillai's vyakhyanam

 

 

 

" EmperumAnAr sri pAdhaththai Ashsrayiththavargal achEtanamAna kriyA

kalApaththinudaiya koormaiyai vishvashittirArgal. Chakravarththi thirumagan

ambin koormaiyaiyAyittru thanjamAga ninaiththiruppar "

 

 

 

From the above it has been very clearly stated that for Srivaishnavas who have

fallen to the feet of Swamy emperumAnAr anya sEshatvam has to absolutely

abandoned and only the ultimate faith in emperuman is essential.

 

 

 

Note: If we want to be in the emperumAnAr ghosti then it is absolutely essential

for us to give up anya devata worship. At this point we have to get to memory

the great kooraththAzhvan who gave up even darshan of namperumal to uphold his

status as the disciple of swamy emperumAnAr. Being a disciple of that great

acharya is more essential than even emperuman himself that has been shown by all

our acharyas. Get to memory the acharya bhakthi of vaduga Nambi. So it is our

prime duty to follow them and get uplifted.

 

 

 

Saint thyagaraja, in one of his krithis beautifully says, " nithichAla sukamA

rAma sannithi sEva sukama " What is crores of wealth going to grant us will it

ever equal what the service to emperuman will actually grant us?

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan