Guest guest Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-10 " AngAravAra madhu kEttu azhalumizhum poongA aravanaiyAn ponmEni-yAnkAna vallamE allamE? mAmalarAn vArsadaiyAn vallarE allarE vAzhththu. " " Oh! Azhvar you said earlier that irrespective of you or the brahmarudras all goes and surrenders only to the divine feet of emperuman. Then does that mean that there is no difference between you and the brahma rudras, the so-called devas? " Azhvar answers in this paasuram as follows, " Oh! No there is a lot of difference between them and me. Adiyen who has been blessed by the divine grace of emperuman is capable of having his divine darshan also but they who try to attain emperuman by their own efforts are incapable of even praising that lord " . (Angu) In the last paasuram, azhvar talked about the thiruvikiramAvathAram so here 'Angu' refers to that period when emperuman measured the three worlds with his divine feet. Or otherwise 'Angu' can also be considered to refer to the paramapadam that is very far from this leela vibhoothi ( " vishvatha: prushtEshu sarvatha: prushtEshu anuththamEshu vuththamEshu lOkEshu " -the divine abode that exists beyond all the other worlds). (AravAramadhu kEttu) When emperuman measured the worlds all the devas started praising emperuman loudly. " maRai koNda mandhiraththAl vAzhththi " (brahma), " desai vAzhi ezha " (thiruvAimozhi-7-4-1), " sankais surANam divi bhoodhasthais thathA manushyair gaganE cha kEsarai: I stutha: kramAn ya: prasakAra sarvathA mamAsthu mAngalya vivruthE hari: II " (vishnu dharmam) [That hari who measured the worlds and was praised by all the devas, manusyas and sarvabhoothAs in the worlds let him bless me with all good results]. Listening to the sound that was raised due to the praising of one and all. Or listening to the sAma gAnam constantly heard in the divine abode chanted by the nithya sooris ( " vibhanyava: " " soozhindirundEththuvar " ), " A-that sAmagAyannAsthE hAvu hAvu hAvu " (azhalumizhum) Though people where only praising emperuman still due to the great love towards emperuman fearing (astAnE bayasankai) that someone will hurt the divine lord Adhiseshan the divine serpant bed of emperuman emits fire from its mouth. The same has been expressed as, " vidangAlum theevA aravanAimEl thOndral desaialappAn poovAradi nimirththa pOdu " by bhoodhaththAzhvar (er.thiru-71) " jAgruvAmsas samindhathE " (The nithya sooris are very cautious) -Vedam " soozhdirundhEththuvar pallAndE " " vuragal vuragal vuragal von sudarAzhiyE sangE " PeriyAzhvar " snEhAtasthAnAkshA vyasanibhi: " (try to save the saviour due to extreme love) parAsara bhattar. Otherwise, due to the extreme love towards emperuman adhisesha got mixed up with the loud sAma gAnam of the nithya sooris to be the sound raised by the asuras who have come to fight against emperuman and hence emits hot fire from his mouth in order to protect the lord who is the saviour of the whole universe. Though adhisesha is filled with divine knowledge and very well knows that the asuras cannot reach the divine abode nor can they do any harm to the ultimate supreme emperuman still due to the extreme love towards bhagavan all his knowledge has been covered and hence he fears and tries to protect his beloved. (PoongAr aravu) Adhisesha looks so beautiful in spite of his angry face as even this anger has resulted due to his divine love towards bhagavan. It makes azhvar feels like welcoming this anger and doing mangalasasanams since even azhvar is ever worried about the welfare of his beloved emperuman. (ponmEni yAmkAna vallamE allamE) We who consider his divine beautiful thirumEni alone to be the only way and goal will we not have the darshan of the same? Sure we will. " moorththam brahma thathOpi thath priyataram roopam yat atbhutham " [This divine roopam is loved even by the lord more than his svaroopam] (mAmalarAn) The brahma, who was born in the thirunAbi kamalam of emperuman (vArsadaiyAn) rudran who has a whose hair (sadai) touches the floor (vAzhththa vallarE allarE) Though brahma was born in the lotus that arouse from the thirunAbi of emperuman and rudra has done so many sAdhanAnushtAnams (until his sadai touched the ground) still they cannot even praise the emperuman since they are filled with ahankara mamakarangal (since they believe in their own efforts). They believe in their own sadhanAnushtAnams but we believe in Him alone and hence do mangalAsAsanams to him thereby surely we will have his darshan that cannot be had by those brahma rudras. The same has been expressed in the following verses: " yenna dEvA na munayO na chAham na cha sankara: I jAnanthi paramEshasya thath vishnO: paramam padam II " [V.P] " na sa shakyas tvayA drashtum mayAnyair vApi saththama I sarvEshAm sAkshi bhoothOsow na grAhya: kEnachit kvachit II " [bharatham] (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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