Guest guest Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra Mahadesikaya nama: The Terazhundoor Emperuman Thiruvukkum-ThiruvAgia selva-dheivathukkarasEa... TirumArbA-nediyAnEa.... Having seen what Sri Tirumangai Mannan has to say about Terazhundoor, its fabulous flora and fauna and the men and women of the place, shall we finally enjoy Azhwar’s inimitable verses on the Lord of this divyadesam? The purpose of dwelling on the peripheral matters first, was to afford readers an idea of the extremely favourable impression the place had made on Azhwar and to emphasize how all the learning, all the prosperity of Azhundoor was a conducive factor for Bhagavat bhakti and anubhavam, just as “seer malgum Aayppaadi” was, for the Gopis. What impresses even a casual reader of these 40 pasurams, is the extremely endearing epithets and addresses that Azhwar reserves for this Emperuman. We wonder whether Sri Ramanuja, while composing his Gadyams, drew inspiration from these pasurams, which contain the choicest of sobriquets for the Lord. Here are a few, for a sample— “Deivatthukku Arase!” “Tirumaarba!” “Tiruvukkum Tiru aagiya Selva!” “Maalvanna!” “Mazhai pol oli vanna!” “Cchandoga!” “Pouzhiya!” “Taitthireeya!” “Saama Vediyane!” “Nedumaale!” “Neenda Tol udayaai!” “Iyya!” “Parane!” “Madhavane!” “Madhusooda!” “Narane!” “Naaranane!” “Arane!” “Panbaala!” “Pavitthirane!” “Andaa!” “Aayaa!” “ Kaar vanna!” “Endaai!” “Nediyaane!” “Putkodiyaai!” Perhaps these are the only group of pasurams, in the entire 4000, to contain so many endearments addressed to the Lord and show Sri Kalian’s insatiable thirst for naama sankeertanam. Azhwar is loathe to sticking to the thousand names of the Vishnu Sahasranamam and coins many new and extremely sweet sobriquets for Emperuman, each emotive and expressive epithet bringing out newer and newer aspects of His glory. The other day, I came across a catalogue of Emperuman’s tirunaamams (“naamaavali”), compiled from Divya Prabandam, and predictably, most of the names were culled out from Periya Tirumozhi. When we read the poignant pasurams of Parakala in conjunction with the glorious Gadyams of Sri Ramanuja, we readily understand the prayer to the latter, for blessing us with the esoteric purport of the former’s outpourings—“Engal gadiye! Iraamaanusa Muniye!.....Mangayar kon eenda marai aayiram anaitthum tangu manam nee enakku taa!” It is interesting to note that four of the names Azhwar bestows on Emperuman relate to His association with the Shruti, perhaps in expansion of Sri Nammazhwar’s words, “Ulan sudar migu surudiyul”. Not content with saying merely that Emperuman has the Shruti as His eternal abode, that He is to be seen through the wise eyes of the Shruti alone, that it is He alone who knows its eternal and esoteric purport, Sri Tirumangai Mannan mentions each and every section of the Shruti independently and associates Emperuman with them—“Chhandoga! Pouzhiya! Taittireeya! Saama Vediyane!”—relating the Lord with the Chhandogya Upanishad, the Kousheetaki Braahmanam, the Taittireeya Samhita and the Sama Veda as a whole. All this demonstrates Azhwar’s erudition, his boundless veneration for the Shruti, and his conviction that it is the Shruti that shows up Emperuman . Srimate Sri LakshmiNrisimha divya paduka sevaka SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya nama: dasan, sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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