SaTAri Satakam – 42 (nalvAzhvum tolvazhiyum)

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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pAzhiyamtOLAl varaiyeDuttAn pAdangaL vAzhi

en-nenjE maRavAdu vAzhkaNDAi – tvm 10.4.8

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1.Prabhandam - pAsuram 61 & 62

2.Pearls from the poems

 

SS-61

vAzhvidu peRREn vakuLA bharananAl *

tAzhvenRum onRaDaiyEn dAsanAnEn – AzhvAr *

chadirAi namakkenRum sArvenRu kATTum *

madurakavi vAkkai madittu.

 

Thus we saw what a great eternal life nammAzhvAr has attained. We

too have acquired such a life at the lotus feet of AzhvAr. This has

been possible for us, since we have read, enjoyed and put into

practice, the pAsurams of madurakavi AzhvAr and followed his

direction.

 

SS-62

madittu madurakavi mANbuDan kATTum *

gati-tanai tolvazhiyAik kaNDEn – vidittAr *

maRaimuDi dESikanum mARnaiyE paRRum *

tuRainal vazhiyAit tuNindu.

 

From svAmi dESikan's pAsura lines, " madurakavi tOnRak kATTum

tolvazhiyE nalvazhi " , we have come to know that the way of life as

laid down by SrImath Madurakavi AzhvAr is the best way.

In that pAsuram, maRaimuDi (nigamAnta) dESikan ascertains that

nammAzhvAr is " arumaRaigaL tamizh seida mARan " , and we have to get

hold of his lotus feet, as done by madurakavi AzhvAr.

 

 

Pearls from the poems:

We will have a wonderful `vAzhvu' as that of nammAzhvAr

until `vAnERap pOmaLavum " , if we stcik to atleast this SrIsukti of

svAmi dESikan (OronRu thanE amaiyAdO!!!).

 

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

M.S.Hari.]

 

dAsan