Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-18 “mArAya dhAnavanai vallugirAl mArviraNdu koorAya keeriya kOlariyai-vErAga Eththi yiruppArai veelumE maRRavarai sAththi eruppAr thavam” Earlier azhvar talked about the greatness of falling and surrendering to the divine feet of emperuman. Immediately some questioned then is that the only prime upaya? Azhvar replies,”Oh! If not his divine feet we always have the divine feet of his devotees that will lead us to the right path” (mArAya dhAnavanai) HiranyAsuran, considered Lord Sriman Narayanan as his enemy and considered himself to be the supreme lord. (mArAya dhAnavanai) He never changed his opinion till the very end. Emperuman always gives everyone an opportunity to change. He hopes that the opponent changes his attitude atleast at the last moment. Unfortunately ravana or hiranya never had even a slight change in their attitude and hence emperuman had no other go other than killing them. The lord does SamhAram of an asura only if he finds that they show enemity towards him with their three karanas, mano (mental), vak (speech) and kAyam (physical). For rescuing a bhaktha emperuman never thinks twice he runs to the call even without notice to his kainkaryaparas (those at his service) but for nigraham (punishing someone) he thinks and waits till the last moment when he is left with no other alternative. Moreover emperuman forgives even 1000 apacharams done towards himself but can never forgive even a single apacharam to his bhaktha. Hiranyakasipu, punished bhaktha prahlada in many ways not even considering him to be a small child that to his own kid. Can emperuman who declares, “jnAni tvAtmaiva mE matham” and “mama prAnAhi pAndavA:” that his bhakthas who are filled with absolute knowledge to be his life keep quiet in spite of all that was done to his dear bhaktha prahlada? (vallugirAl keeriya) If we have an itching sensation in some part of our body we do not think twice what had to be done instead our hands involuntarily scratch that area. Similarly on seeing hiranya’s unruly act narasimha emperuman’s nails involuntarily tore open the heart of hiranya. (mArviraNdu koorAya keeriya kOlariyai) Why should emperuman take so much strain to finish off hiranyakasipu? Can’t he just blow him off with his mouth? Emperuman wanted to test if he will ever change his attitude. So he placed his hands on top of hiranya’s heart and checked if atleast in some corner he had a little soft corner for emperuman. Unfortunately the heart was totally rough and not even iota of bhakthi could be found and hence emperuman tore open his heart and further searched inside for some sort of “eeram” (bhakthi/anukoolam). By tearing hiranya’s heart with his nail emperuman also upheld the vow of brahma that hiranya cannot be killed with any weapon (living or non living) (kOlari) Narasimha with extraordinary strength. (vErAga eththi eruppArai ) those who praise the divine lord in an amazing manner (vilakshanamAna thudhi) What is praising in an amazing manner? “PallAndu pallAndu” doing mangalasasanams like periAzhvar. “andhiyam pOdhil ariyuruvAgi ariyai azhiththavanai pandhanai theera pallAndu” Even that hiranyakasipu who made all the devas and the 3 worlds to fear on hearing his name wasn’t able to stand in front of emperuman. Emperuman killed him without any difficulty and stood with great vigor as narasimha. But periazhvar fears that something bad may happen to that supreme lord and hence he sings pallandu praying for his welfare. All of us go to emperuman to ask for wealth, happiness and knowledge everything for our benefit but is it not amazing for periazhvar to sing mangalasasanam to the lord purely for the lord’s benefit? (“mangalAsAsanaththil maRRulla azhvargal thAngal ArvaththalavuthAnandri pongum parivAlE villiputtur pattabiran peRRar periAzhvar ennum peyar”) (maRRuavarai sAththieruppAr) those who fall to the feet of the above said srivaishnavas and consider them to be their way and goal (prApya prApagangal) (maRRu) “dEvumattrariyEn” Both Madurakavi Azhvar and Andal were a little different among the azhvars. While the other 10 azhvars sang the praise of the lord Andal sang about the lord only because he was dear to her father/acharya Sri Periazhvar. Madurakavigal never sang about the lord instead he considered only his acharya nammazhvar to be his supreme deity. He started his prabhandam as “kanninun siru thAmbhinAl kattunnan panniya perimAyan” only to satisfy his acharya who deeply enjoyed the udhara bhandana episode in the krishnAvatara. (EththieruppArai vellumE maRRavarai sAththieruppAr thavam) In our sampradayam bhAgavata seshatvam (surrendering to bhagavat bhakthas/bhagavatas/Srivaishnavas) is regarded with higher esteem even more than bhagavat seshatvam (surrendering to emperuman). If we hold a person’s hand and ask for help he may even refuse bluntly but if one falls to the feet of the same person then it is not that easy to refuse help. Similarly bhagavata seshatvam is like falling to one’s feet, bhagavat seshatvam is like holding one’s hand and requesting help. Emperuman is a svathantran (independent authority) he may help immediately or refuse it is under his discretion but bhagavata seshatvam will without any doubt come to our immediate rescue. (thavam) indicates being loved by emperuman or rather getting very close to him. (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan _______________ Holiday? Wedding? Refurnishing? http://go.msnserver.com/IN/49356.asp Fulfill all your dreams with Citibank Ready Cash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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