nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-26

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-19

 

 

 

" tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai

 

avam seidha vAzhiyAn andrE- vuvandemmai

 

kAppAi nee kAppadhanai AvAi nee vaigundam

 

eepAyum evvurkkum nee "

 

 

 

Starting from this paasuram till the 26th paasuram it happens to be a dialogue

between thirumazhisaiazhvar and emperuman and at the same time azhvar enjoys the

divine roopa (beauty) and guna (qualities) of bhagavan elaborately.

 

Emperuman wanting to test the stability of azhvar questioned, " Why don't you

consider brahma rudras as my devotees and fall to their feet? " Azhvar answers

through this paasuram. Brahma and others are of course your devotees when

satvika guna fills them but when rajas or tamas gunas overrule them then they

consider themselves to be the supreme and start to act accordingly forgetting

about you. They grant all sorts of boons to hiranya and others and put

themselves to difficulty. When they are themselves surrounded by such ignorance

and when they themselves are put to difficulty then it is you who come to their

rescue. So how can I leave you the sarva rakshakan and fall to other's feet who

themselves fall to your feet for rescue.

 

 

 

(tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai avam seidha AzhiyAn andrE) Brahma, the

creator of the whole world who was born from your nAbeekamalam didn't realize

the actual effect of the boons he granted. Without analyzing the after effects

just thinking that he is capable of granting boons and he has power to do the

same gave the boons hiranyasuran requested and finally suffered not knowing what

to do. How can I consider him to be my saviour? On the other hand, you took

narasimhAvataram and not only killed hiranya and saved prahlada, your close

devotee and the devas but also upheld the boons given by brahma by tearing

hiranya's heart with your nails during the evening time. So now you tell me to

whose feet I should fall, to your divine feet or to that of brahma?

 

(tavam seidhu...) Here it can be considered that azhvar is reminded of the

episode of ravana. Ravana did penance and got boons from the devas (rudra).

Again emperuman had to take rama avatara to kill ravana and hence restore the

position of the devas. Now whom should I consider as my supreme you or the

devas/brahma and others?

 

 

 

(AzhiyAn andrE) They are incapable of protecting themselves each time you have

to run to their rescue. It is you who is ever ready with the divine thiruvAzhi

(chakrAyudha) in your hands to protect your devotees, is my sole protector.

 

 

 

(vuvandemmAi kAppAi nee) Whenever you save us you feel as if you have done your

job instead of feeling proud that you have helped us out.

 

" abhishichya cha lankAyAm rAkshasEndram vibheeshanam I

 

kruthakrithyas tathA rAmO vijvara: pramumOdha ha II "

 

[After crowing vibheeshana with the kingdom of lanka, Sri rAma felt as if he has

finished his job in a satisfying way all his worries vanishing and happiness

filling his mind.] This was the mental state of emperuman says valmiki.

 

 

 

(vuvandemmai kAppAi nee.. Tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa) Even after doing

penance for number of years brahma rudras grant only perishable boons. But in

your case, just on falling to your feet once, you grant everything, including

you. Is there any doubt to whose feet adiyen should fall?

 

 

 

(kAppadhanai AvAi nee) Your are the rakshanam (protection) and always rescue is

due to your sankalpam only. Even if brahma rudras come to rescue your devotees

it is merely due to the wish of you who stays as antaryami inside those devas.

Emperuman himself declares this in his bhagavat geetha,

 

" yo yo yAm yAm tanum bhaktha: sradhdhayArchitumichchathi I...

 

labhathE cha tatha: kAmAn mayaiva vihithAn hi than II "

 

You alone can be the saviour this is declared even by parasara bhagavan in his

Sri Vishnu puram as, " na hi pAlana sAmarthyam ruthE sarvEshvaram harim I stithow

stitham mahAbhAga bhavath anyasya kasyachit II "

 

 

 

(vaikundham eepAyum evvurkkum nee) Anything can be obtained but who other than

you can grant the never returnable vaikundam from where we need not come back to

this world of miseries and where we can only enjoy enjoy and enjoy the divinity.

" vudhAmrudhatvasyEsAna: " [paramapurushan, the lord of moksha] " tamEvam vidhvAn

amrutha eha bhavathi nAnya: pandhA ayanAya vidhyathE " [one who realizes him

attains moksha no other way to attain moksha] " amruthasyaisha sEdhu: " [He is the

bridge to attain moksha] " mokshamichchEt janArdhanAth " [wish for moksha from

janardhanan] declares the sastras.

 

 

 

Thereby through this paasuram azhvar clearly showed the helpless state of the

brahma rudras unable to even save themselves at crucial points and how emperuman

has to come running to save them and thereby proved that emperuman is the only

saviour of all and hence he alone is our prime to whose feet we all have to

surrender.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan