geethA sAstramum nedunthAndaka sAstramum-26

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

There are three tattvas, chit, achit and Ishvaran according to our ramanuja

sampradayam. Achit is classified into 24 tattvas, the 25th tattvam is the

jeevatma tattvam (chit) that is conveyed by the makAram in the Omkaram and the

26th tattvam is the Ishvara tattvam. Both in the geethA sAstram and

nedunthAndaka sAstram emperuman Sri Parthasarathi and thirumangai azhvar have

tried only to make us realise the above 26 tattvas and finally reach the divine

abode of emperuman by doing sharanAgathi unto his divine feet. Our ultimate

goal is to realize the 26th tattva emperuman and hence this series of posting

will also come to an end with the 26th posting that will give the crux of the

whole geethA sAstram and nedunthAndaka sAstram. The last shatkam in

geethAsastram is divided into two by our acharyas, poorvatrikam and the uttara

trikam. The poorva trikam includes the 13, 14 and 15th chapters that give the

tattvatraya jnAnam. This part is otherwise called the siddatrikam, this has

been equated to " vuyar vara vuyar nalam " padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar. The next

part, the uttara trikam includes the 16th, 17th and 18th chapters otherwise

called the sAdhyatrikam that tells us about the karma, jnana, bhakthi,

prapaththi yoga anushtanams that has been equated to " veedu min muttravum "

padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar.

 

 

 

Sri Azhagiya manavalap perumal nAyanar in his excellent sutra prabhandam acharya

hrudhayam says,

 

 

 

" rahasyaththukku Orezhuththum adhukku Oruruvum pOlE Ana vattrilE,

emaiyOradhipathi adiyEn mananE poimayarvu pirandharulinan vinnappam

tozhuthezendra panjagaththOdE,avidhyAdhi svaroopa svabhAva AthmEshvara bhandha

rakshana guna vigraha vibhoothi yoga dhadheeyAbhimAna upadEsa vishaya anyApadEsa

hEthu Adhi galum sangruheetham " (212)

 

 

 

In the above sutra Sri Azhagiya manavala perumal nAyanar shows how the first

paasuram in thiruviruththam and the first paasuram in thiruvaimozhi conveys the

essence of all the paasurams in both the prabhandams. Like the first letter

akAram in the pranavam conveys the crux of the OmkAram the first paasuram in

these prabhandams convey the essence of the whole prabhandam. Will not

thirumangai azhvar who has taken avatara to provide the six angas to mAran kalai

(mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa) follow the

procedure showed by azhvar? Yes he does the same and thereby the first paasuram

in his divine prabhandam thirunedunthAndakam summarizes the whole essence of the

prabhandam. The other 29 paasurams are only a detailed explanation of what

kaliyan has conveyed in the very first paasuram. So this series of posting

intended to show the similarity in the words of kaliyan and geethAcharyan ends

with this posting. The divine arthas conveyed by geethAcharyan in the 18

chapters have been clearly conveyed by our dear kaliyan in just a single

paasuram that has been enjoyed by us within our limited knowledge in this series

of posting. At the very start of this series we saw about the great nirvAham

of Swamy Parasara bhattar that categorised the meanings conveyed by the 3

sections of paasurams in this divine prabhandam. Adiyen leaves it to the

readers to dive deep into this ocean of divine learning and know more about this

prabhandam. It is for sure that even if we succeed in understanding the

thiruvullam of the geethAcharyan it is never that easy to understand the

thiruvullam of our azhvars. But thank god that he has blessed us with the

acharyas who act as a guiding torch.

 

 

 

So let us end this posting by doing mangalAsAsanams to them with Swamy

mAmunikal's words,

 

 

 

" AzhvArgal vAzhi arulicheyal vAzhi

 

thAzhvAdumil kuravar thAm vAzhi-A-zhpArum

 

vuyya avargal vuraiththavaikal thAm vAzhi

 

seyya marai thannudanE sErindhu "

 

 

 

" adiyArgal vAzha aranganagar vAzha

 

satakOpan than tamizh nool vAzha

 

kadal soozhindha mannulagam vAzha

 

manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndirum "

 

 

 

" BrindAranya nivAsAya balarAmAnu jAyacha

 

rukmini prAnanAdhAya pArtha soodhAya mangalam "

 

" Sri madAli Sri nagari nAdhAya kalivairinE

 

chatushkavi pradhAnAya parakAlAya mangalam "

 

 

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan