SaTAri Satakam – 31 (Sankamum-amizhdum)

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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Sankuchakkaram ankaiyilkoNDAn -

engumtAnAya nangaLnAthanE – tvm 1.8.9

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Details presented in this post:

 

1. Prabhandam - pAsuram 43 & 44

2. Pearls from the poems

 

 

SS-43

azhagAl maRaivaDivAl * acchutanO DenRum *

pazhagum nerukkattAl paNbAl – muzhakka *

kaLaiyAm piRarmatattaik kAivadAl * mAyan

vaLaiyO SaTakOpan vAkku.

 

`paDaipOr pukku muzhangum' pAnchajanyam is compared to AzhvAr's

SrIsUkthis. Both of them:

- are beautiful by themselves.

- resemble of vEdAs(praNavam) in their form.

- are very close to perumAL.

- Have characteristics such as gyAna-pratatvam, satvam etc.

Apart from these, when they are put on work, the very second they

frighten the enemies and destroy them.

 

 

SS-44

vAkkum amizhdu * vaLartEsum tAnamizhdu *

nOkkum amizhdumaRai nuTpamelAm – kAkka *

kamazhum vakuLamOda kalviniRai vAzhum *

tamizhum amizhdamizhdu tAL.

 

In all ways and means, nammAzhvAr excels as `niradiSaya bhOgyam' –

unparallel source of pleasure. When one repeats the word `tamizh'

without gap, it sounds like `amizhdu'. When one uninterruptedly

delves in AzhvAr pAsurams, he will obtain `amizhdu'(nectar of

bhagavat anubhavam) as a result.

 

Pearls from the poems:

AzhvAr's sangat-tamizh is compared to Sankam and amizhdu.

 

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

M.S.Hari. Email: mshari. The complete work in Tamil can be

found in the file section.]

 

dAsan