Thirucchandhaviruttham- 1st verse- ...who can comprhend You thus!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Let us begin to enjoy the majestic wonderful

prabandhams of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr, namely

Thirucchandhaviruttham. There are 120 PAsurams.

adiyEn's pErAsai (greed) to complete the free

translation of these 120 verses based on beautiful

vyAkhyAnam written by Sri UttamUr Swamy.. [Please

forgive errors and omission in my rambling; it is only

due to my lack of udnerstanding, laick of Snaksirt,

Tamil and English language skills:-(

 

bhU^nilaaya vainthumaayp

punaRkaN_n^inRa naan_gumaay,

theen^ilaaya moonRumaaych

siRandhakaa liraNdumaay,

meen^ilaaya thonRumaagi

vERuvERu thanmaiyaay,

neen^ilaaya vaNNan^innai

yaarn^inaikka vallarE? (1)

 

In this dhivya Prabhandham , AzhwAr refers to the

Tattva- Hitha-PurushArthams in his first three

paasurams respectively..

 

All things in this world are formed by five elements

basic- called pancha bhUthAs. Earth, water, fire, air

and ether (AkAsA). You are the antharAthmA in those

five elements, organs, - etc.. and also the indweller

of Chethanaas and achEthanAs- and are still never

touched by their imperfections – the way – YOU stand

(as AthmA in all of them)- as Sareera SarIri bhAvam-

except for those TRUE VedAnthins, who else can

comprehend You?

 

bhU nilAya aindhumaay -The five materials, the five

great elements, the five sensory organs, etc., and the

mind (manas)

 

punal kaN ninRa naangumaay- - there is rasam (taste in

waters) etc.. like (rasam, gandham, sparsam, sabdam)

thee nilaa moonRumaay- the roopam (form) that is in

Fire.. thus.. sparsam (touch), sabdham (sound) and

thEjas (luster) added to that is Rasam which is in

waters; added to fragrance- it is pruthvI- earth

 

Thus vaavyu- from Space;

Fire from Vaayu;

Water from Fire and

Earth from waters

 

Further there are five subtle elements (tanmaathrAs)-

these are sound (sabda), touch (sparsa), form or sight

(roopa), taste (rasa) and smell (gandha). These subtle

elements are intermediate stages between two gross (or

basic elements- Bhuthas) like earth, water etc. [this

is what described above by AzhwAr].

 

We experience these. i.e. sound, touch, form, taste

and smell through out indriyas (senses) i.e. ear,

skin, eye, mouth and nose. These are called jnAna

indriyas. We hear sound through our ears, etc…(and get

jnAnam- knowledge about the subject).

 

The five senses or indriyas of action are called karma

indriyas which are organs of speech, hand, leg, organ

of excretion, and of reproduction, making up total of

ten indriyas. The eleventh is mind or manas.

 

Thus from prakrithi, mahath is formed. Ahankaaram is

formed from mahath. This ahankaaram is divided into

three called Satva, Rajas and thamas ahankaaram. From

Saatvika ahankaaram- the eleven indriyas (including

mind) and from thaamasa ahankaram, comes the pancha

bhUthas (earth, water etc.._).

 

That is: thaamasa ahankaaram- sabdha thanmaathram-

AkAsam (ether)- sparsathanmaathram- vaayu (air)-roopa

thanmaathram – fire (thEjas)- rasathanmaathram- jalam

(waters)- gandhathanmaathram- bhUmi (earth) etc. are

formed. That is the sequence. These five elements

constitute the whole physical prabanjam(cosmic

universe).

 

In other words, all these are His and belong to Sriman

Narayanan. There was nothing before creation, neither

world nor skies; before creation, there was only

Sriman Narayanan, the Paramaathma. From Him, came the

Akaasa (space); All things and being emanated from Him

(as per Lor’d sankalpam- free will) and end up in Him;

from AkAsA- spring PrANa, manas, indriyas, agni,

water, and the base for the world (prithvI). thEjas

was born and there was urge to multiply. BrahmA was

created and he (with the Lord as indweller in him)

using Vedas and scriptures, created names and forms…

 

 

The body consisting of these five elements and the

eleven indriyas) all of the above and the soul that is

housed in the body- The Lord is the indweller and

enables them to act as antharyami. Sri Bhagawath

Ramanuja darsanam- inspired from AzhwArs and

Acharya’s works – establishing the Sareera sarIri

bhAvam- which is the proprietary (pradhAna

prathithanthram) of VisishtAdvaita- is the doctrine

that solves all contradictions of Vedic statements.

This is based on Ghataka sruthi.. Who else but these

Vedanthins can comprehend You?- says AzhwAr.

 

BhUthas are objects and hence are Lord’s sareera.

Thus, sicne they are His Body, they are none other

than He can also be inferred. BhUthas properties

though can not be called as “He”, those properties

have arisen due to His granting the same to BhUthas

(elements). For example, the color blue also denotes

the object whose colour is blue. Thus, the sparsa,

rasa, gandha etc.. also denote Sriman Narayanan-

ParamAthmA, extending the same sareera sarreri bhAvam.

 

 

Sriman Narayanan is the supporter (AdhAram) of these

five elements and thus those attributes of the

elements as well (namely- rasa, gandha etc..) [this

is all decribed in rasO(S)hamapsU- GitA sloka]. This

can also be perceived and understood after having

learnt Bhashyam and thaathparyachandhrikA from an

acharya.

 

Thus, in one verse, AzhwAr establishes the

VisishtAdavita siddhAntham in an unambiguous manner

and crystal clear form. There is nothing that moves

without His sankalpam (or will); In other words,

avananRi OraNuvum asaiyaadhu..

 

AzhwAr says: only vedaanthins can comprehend you. Sri

Uttamur swamy writes: Those who have learnt Vedas (and

understood them) and also these Tamil Vedas can only

comprehend you. Else, one will talk: Brahman alone is

sathyam; everything else is false; OR Brahman is

different; jeevathmas, BhUthas, are all different; The

guNAs (attributes) of these jeevan, bhUthas can not be

in Brahman etc..

 

All this is possible and are housed in Sriman

Narayanan. Unity in diversity (with SareerAthma

bhAvam) established by Bhagavath Ramanuja in his

wonderful Sri sookthis commented based on all Vedic

statements without violating any. (taking the cue from

Tamil Vedas as well.)

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLe saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

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