SaTAri Satakam – 34 (mad elephants and mighty goad)

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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uLanena ilanena ivaiguNa muDaimaiyil uLaniru

tagaimaiyoDu ozhivilan parandE – tvm 1.1.9

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Details presented in this post:

 

1. Prabhandam - pAsuram 49

2. Pearls from the poems

 

 

SS-49

tiraNDa amudat tirumagaL nAthan *

iraNDu vibhUtigaLai eeNDu – maruNDayiruL *

soonyachin mAttira soozhcchivenRu kAttavar *

gyAni parAnkuSar nambu.

 

Even in nammAzhvAr's time, even while the paramAtmA was readily

present here as SrI KrishNA, there were existing many different

matams.

Some would say `sarvam soonyam', without considering the eternal

Sruti as their base.

Others would say `brahmam is nirviSEsha chin mAtram', still

pretending to have Sruti as the base for their siddhAntam. They

would propose many variations such as adhyAsam, bheda-traya-rahitam

etc., all against Sruti vAkyams.

It is all because of their agyAnam that they put forth so many jalpa

vAdams to support their theories.

Even when the paramAtmA Himself elaborated His true nature and the

two upAyams to reach Him, it was all not helpful in curtailing these

jalpavAdis.

In that baffling circumstances, occurred the avatAram of the great

gyAni, parAnkuSar. He is rightly called so, as, only a goad can

bring a mad elephant to control.

Endowed with untiring knowledge and wisdom, this AzhvAr conquered

all these baseless matams. His SrIsooktis were fully based on `suDar

migu surudi'.

This AzhvAr proved that only the Sriya: pati, SrIman nArAyaNA is the

parabrahma bhUta purushOttaman and He has leelA vibhUti and nitya

vibhUti as His SarIram.

That is the reason for this AzhvAr being revered as our pratama-

AchAryan (next only to perumAL, pirATTi and vishNu-anIkESar) and as

our kulapati.

 

Pearls from the poems:

It has been brought up here that a great gyAni dearer to emperumAn

can destroy all baseless theories, however nicely one argues.

 

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

M.S.Hari. Email: mshari. Please download the complete

prabhandam with vyAkyAnam in tamizh, from the file section of this

group]

 

dAsan