Guest guest Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha “manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai tanakkEthAn tanjamAk koLLil-enakkEthAn endRondri nindRulagai Ezh Anai OttinAn sendrOnRi nindRa thiru” Pleased with azhvar’s words, “virunbhuvadhE villEn manam” emperuman rushed to settle in the divine heart of thirumazhisai piran taking a strong vow, “oh! Azhveer even if you and your heart forget me I will never leave you” [“marappanendRu senthAmarai kaNNOdu marappaRa ennullE manninAn”] (thiru 1-10-10) Azhvar’s ecstasy reached no bounds, so in this paasuram azhvar wonders, “In the case of others, emperuman enter their hearts after they surrender to his divine feet but in my case he has entered and filled my heart due to his unconditional grace. Who else will be blessed with such a great fortune?” (manakkEdham) In Sanskrit “mana:kEdha:” means sorrow in the heart. Whereas while split as “manaththukku yEdam” in tamil it means ignorance and other defects in our heart. (manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai tanakkE tanjamA koLLil) Two asuras madhu and kaitapa stole the Vedas from brahma and thereby hindered the process of creation and thereby tried to spread the darkness of ignorance everywhere. Emperuman rushed to the rescue of brahma killing madhu and kaitapa. If we hold on to the divine feet of that divine lord as the means (upaya) emperuman also removes all the defects and ignorance in our minds just like killing madhu and kaitapa and handing over the vedas back to brahma. (tanakkE thAn tanjamAk koLLil) This type of one holding to the divine feet of emperuman (like a small monkey holding to its mother) is called as ‘svagatha sveekAram’. Prapannas are classified into two based on markata sisu nyAyam and mArjAla sisu nyayam. One who holds on to the lord’s divine feet by his self-effort just like a baby monkey holding on to its mother is called as svagatha sveekara nishtan. Another category is one who is held by emperuman himself like a mother cat holding on to its kid-paragata sveekAra nishtan. The first two lines in this paasuram talks about the way emperuman handles the svagata sveekara nistan and the last two lines talk about the specialty shown by emperuman towards paragata sveekara nishtan like thirumazhisai piran. (EnakkEthAn endRondri nindRulagai Ezh Anai OttinAn sendrOnRi nindRa thiru) The lord is omnipresent “andhar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya nArAyana stita:” But it is me who has been fortunate to get his divine grace that had made that omnipresent lord to come and reside in my heart. It is me who has received this valuable treasure and that too only today. Comparing those who go and fall to his divine feet with those who are waiting for his divine grace to fall on them the second category is of the greater status and more closer to the lord. Thus this paasuram reiterates the meaning conveyed by the following veda mantra; “prajApatis tvam veda I prajApathim tvO veda II yam prajApathir veda sa punyO bhavathi” [The paramapurushan attains one; one attains the paramapurusha; Among these two the one who is attained by the paramapurushan is great/special] (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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