SrI sArasAram -- I (57)

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SrI sAra sAram – I (57)

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I – ThirumantrAdhikAram

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The Significance of ‘nArAyaNanAya’

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SwAmi Desikan now gives the significance of ‘Aya’, the fourth case suffix

of the name ‘nArAyaNa’, in a Tamil verse:

“iru vilangku kazhitthiDarAm uDalam thannil

ilangku naDu nADiyinAl emmai vAngi

oru vilangku neRiyallA vaziyAl mannum

uyar vAnilERRi uyir nilaiyum thanthu

peruvilangkAm aruL thannAl thannaDikkeezhp

piriyAtha amararuDan piNaitthuth thannAr

uruvil angku misaivikkum umbar bOgam

ukanthu tharum thirumAlai ukanthOm nAmE.â€

Meaning:

“iru vilangku kazhitth†– getting rid of the two fetters of good and

sinful deeds;

“iDarAm uDalam thannil†--- in this body which is a stumbling block for

mukti;

“ilangku naDu nADiyinAl†--- through the middle nerve known as

‘brahma-nADi’;

“emmai vAngi†--- picking us – jIvAtamas (from the body);

“oru vilangku neRiyallA vaziyAl†--- through the route (of

arcchirAdi-mArgam) that does not lead to rebirth in this samsAra (material)

world;

“mannum uyar vAnilERRi†--- lifted us up into the eternally existing the

highest abode, the Paramapadam;

“uyir nilaiyum thanthu†--- restoring the auspicious qualities that had

been hidden due to our connection with the karmas;

“peruvilangkAm aruL thannAl†--- by His grace that strongly binds the

jIvAtma;

“thannaDikkeezhp piriyAtha amararuDan piNaitthu†--- joining us with the

ever-free jIvas (nitya sooris) who are rendering service continuously without a

break (even for a moment) under His feet;

“angku†--- there, in the Paramapadam;

“thannAr uruvil†--- in His perfect nature;

“misaivikkum umbar bOgam†--- providing the same experience as of the nitya

sooris;

“ukanthu tharum thirumAlai†--- attaining the Lord, the Consort of SrI, Who

happily provides us the bliss;

“ukanthOm nAmE†--- we become happy.

Summary Meaning:

Lord SrIman nArAyaNa destroys the twin karmas of good and evil of the jIva who

has adopted the means of mukti; thereafter, He releases the jIva from his body

which had been a stumbling block to his liberation and escorts him through the

central nerve, known as the brahma-nADi and rushes him to His Abode

(Paramapadam) through the path of arcchirAdi; the Lord also restores the

jIva’s divine qualities which had been hidden because of his contact with the

good and bad karmas; He takes the mukta jIva by His graceful but firm clutch

that does not allow the jIva to slip away; places him in the company of

nitya-sooris who are rendering continuous service at His feet in the

Paramapadam; and enables him to experience the total bliss of enjoying Him.

This is the crux of the suffix ‘Aya’ attached to the Lord’s name,

‘nArAyaNa’ in the Thirumanthiram.

 

(To continue)

dAsan

anbil S.SrInivAsan

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