A Peep into Periya Thiru-mozhi 10

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'engaL mAdhavanEA'

 

In the preceding posting we witnessed AzhwAr surrendering at the feet of Lord of

namisAraNyam in the sannidhi of pirAtti.

 

It is well known that swAmi nam-AzhwAr performed a comprehensive and total

surrender at the divine feet of thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn who is none other than the

Lord of pirAtti. this is seen distintctly from the pAsuram-agala killEan

-thiru-voi-mozhi 6-10;

 

Akin to this thirumangai mannan surrenders at the feet of Lord

thiru-vEnkatamudaiyAn in the ninth thiru-mozhi of the first ten.

 

In each and every pAsuram he expresses 'vandhadaindhEan adiyEanai At koNdaruLEA'

..

 

sri periyavAchAn piLLai's commentary is excellent in this regard having scanned

the mind of sri thirumangai mannan.

 

" ..ennudai pApangaLaip pArthAl, abandhukkaLai bandhukkaLAga ninaithum,bhOgyam

illAdha idathEa bhOgya budhhiyaip paNNiyum,Artha vishayangaLil

'aiyO!'ennAdhEayum,vunnaiyozhiya puRambEa kAlathaik kazhithum pOndhEan, ...

ippOdhu dhEvarai ozhiya sellAmaiyOdEa vandhEan,

ithalai shEshamAi, dhEvar shEshiyAi,vida voNNAdha sambandhamuNdAi, en

kuRRangaLai poRuppikkaikku pirAtti sannidhiyum vuNdAna pinbu, en abarAdhangaLai

poRuthaRuLi...peirya pirAttiyAr purushakAramAga thiruvadigaLilEa charaNam

pugugiRAr "

 

AzhwAr sees his deeds. He had mistook as relatives who are not so. He has

mistook as happiness which were not so. He has not evinced emotional interest

in the real matters. He has spent time in things distancing himself from the

Lord.

However, now he approaches the thiru-vEankatamudiayAn. AzhwAr being the shEshan-

the subservient soul, Lord being the shEashi-the Lord of the soul, the pirAtti

being the mediatrix to make the Lord to condone the misdeeds, AzhwAr surrenders

comprehesively at the feet of Lord thiru-vEnkatamudaiyan with pirAtti's

purushakAram.

 

This is clear from the words " engAL mAdhavanEa " in the penultimate pAsuram of

this thirumozhi

" maRREal onRaRiyEan mAyanEa, engaL mAdhavanEa " .

 

ii. Another question is raised by the commentator in this regard. Having already

surrendered in naimisAraNyam why should kaliyan surrender again here? Those who

take great concern and care of their gentle physique will repeatedly sprinkle

and splash water on their countenance to ward off tiredness and fulfill their

quench. Similarly, AzhwAr's state of emotions push him to do this surrender act

repeatedly.

 

" nalgi AL ennaik koNdaruLEA''

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan