SaTAri Satakam – 24 (amuda mazhaiyum ambu mazhaiyum)

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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dEvan em perumanuk kallAl

pUvum pUsanaiyum tagumE – (tvm 2.2.4)

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Details presented in this post:

 

1. Prabhandam- pAsuram 29 & 30

2. Pearls from the poems

 

SS-29

 

eduttAr tiruvAkkAm ErArvil * mARan

toduttAr saramvAdam tOlA – daDuttaDuttu *

uTpagaiyum vEdangaL OdA veLippagaiyum *

tiTpamazhin dODinArgaL teerndu.

 

We saw that nammAzhvAr's vAkku is like a divya-paDagu for bhAgavatAs

and a hot Sun for others. Here, his vAkku is compared to a bow and

his vAdAs such as `uLanenil uLan' etc as arrows in a row for vEda

kudrusTis(uTpagai) and vEdabhAgyAs(veLippagai).

 

SS-30

teerndiruL engumtaN tEsinai veesiDa *

sErnda saratkAla seernilavai – OrndugandEn *

kArimagan mARan karuttAzha pAsurangaL *

tERinAl tAnE teLivu.

 

AzhvAr's SrIsUktis which are filled with the essence of vEdAntam,

are like a cool divinely Moon for bhAgavatAs. They destroy the

darkness of agyAnam and at the same time give a comforting coolness

of bhagavat anubhavam.

 

Pearls from the poems:

In nrusimhAvatAram, perumAL showed fierce eyes to the demon king and

caring eyes to his bhAgavata kid simultaneously. AzhvAr (and svAmi

dESikan) are similar to this. They are a rain of nectar to

bhAgavatAs and at the same time rain of arrows to others; they are

like a divinely moon to bhAgavatAs and at the same time a hot sun to

others.

 

[saTAri Satakam is one of the many classic works of srI. U.vE.

M.S.Hari.]

 

dAsan