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vEdanool pirAyam nooRu

 

manisarthAm pukuva rElum,

 

pAthiyum uRankip pOkum

 

ninRathil pathinai yANDu,

 

pEdhaipA lakana thAkum

 

piNipasi moopputh thunpam,

 

AthalAl piRavi vENDEn

 

arangamA nagaru LAnE!

 

 

 

Again perumAL now asks the AzhwAr, whether he would like to exist in

samsAram itself chanting His tirunaamams. For that AzhwAr replies that

samsAram does not give even a moment for chanting tirunaamams and hence he

does not want that too. PerumAL continues to say that He has only two

vibhutis and if AzhwAr does not want both of them, then where would he like

to be placed? AzhwAr replies that he just wants an eternal livelihood in the

third-vibhuti-like-koil tiruvarangam itself, keeping all the troubles of

samsAram away.

 

 

 

When bhattar was asked what he would do if paramapadanAthan does not look as

gorgeous as SrIranganathan, Bhattar replied that he would make a hole in

paramapadam and come down to Srirangam. AzhwAr's request and bhattar's

vArtthai show their unimaginable love on Sriranganathan and it is not to be

taken as sAStraviruddham.

 

 

 

(vEdanool pirAyam nooRu) It is very rare to get human birth and it is yet

rare to live upto100 years as stipulated in sAStrAs. Even if we live for 100

years, half of it goes in sleep and the balance goes uncontrollably in

childhood, boyhood, in adulthood, and as an old - reaping the fruits of

mistakes done in younger ages.

 

 

 

(pasi, piNi, mooppu) pasi - hunger - is the craving of five senses and one

has to quench the hunger using 5 sense organs. piNi - disease - is the

result of imbalance of tridOshAs in the body and mooppu - getting old - is

the natural evolution of any born being. If we study carefully, we spend all

our waking time in tackling these 3 afflictions of samsAram. So, where we

have time for thinking on the Lord and chanting His tirunaamams in samsAra

dasai?

 

 

 

In the same line, let us recall Bhagavatgita chapter-13 slokam:

 

 

 

indriyarthesu vairagyam

anahankara eva ca

janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-

duhkha-dosanudarsanam

 

 

 

SrI Vishnusahasranama phalaSruti extols harinAma sankeerttanam by affirming

that those who recite the stotram with devotion, would be relieved of

births, deaths, fear etc - " janma mrityu jarA vyAdhi bhayam na Eva

upajAyatE " .

 

 

 

(AdalAl piRavi vENDEn) : As the whole life cycle is spent in worthless

manner, we do not want any more birth.

 

 

 

(arangamAnagaruLAnE) : But if possible, please grant me an eternal

livelihood in your third-vibhuti-like Srirangam.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : Having enjoyed the great taste in chanting

tirunaamams, Azhwar rejects samsAra yAtra also. He just requests the Lord

for an eternal livelihood in front of SriranganAthan and for chanting His

tirunaamams always.

 

 

 

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