A Peep into Peirya Thriu-mozhi 9

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Surrender Unto Him -Him with Periya pirAtti -

naimisAraNyam

 

sri thiurmangai mannan, recalling his earlier life events and stages surrenders

at the feet of Lord of naimisaranyam.

 

Here, AzhwAr's action again sets a precedence and is a guding star for us. He

surrenders to the Lord who is the Lord of periya pirAtti, highlighting the

fundamental of our srEvaishNavic philosophy.

 

This is the sixth thiru-mozhi in the first ten- " vAnilA muRuval siRu nudhal

perum thOaL "

 

In each of these pAsuram-s AzhwAr tearfully and regretfully realises the past

mistakes and falls at the feet of the Lord.

 

" vandhun thiruvadi adaindhean " , " nalam purindhiRainjum thiruvadi adaindhEan "

" nAnudaith thavathAl thiruvadi adaindhEan " are the oft repeated emotional words

of AzhwAr while surrendering unto the feet of the Lord.

 

swAmi periya vAchAn piLLai in the commentary has described this as " ....thiru

naimisAraNyathilEa niRkRa sarvEswaran thiruvadigaLilEa periya pirAttiyAr

munnilaiyAga saraNam pugugirAr "

 

AzhwAr surrenders unto the feet of the Lord in the presence and at the behest of

periya-pirAtt would be a crude and literal transalation.

 

This can be understood from the penultimate pAsuram of this thirumozhi-

" thEanudaik kamalathu thiruvinnukkarasEA " referring the Lord as the Lord of the

peirya pirAtti -thiruvinukku arasEa;

" purushakAram " is the appropriate word in the vyAkyAnam for this purpose.

 

vandhun thiruvadi adaindhean

naimisAraNaythauL endhAi.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan