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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-73
 

"arEarivAr anaiththulagum vuNdumizhindha

  pErAzhi yAntan perumaiyai-kAr seRindha

  kaNdaththAn enkannAn kAnAn avanvaiththa

  pandaiththAna ththin pathi"

 

In this paasuram, thirumazhisai piran elaborates the prApya vaibhavam 
(greatness of ultimate goal).  The greatness and the immense happiness attained 
by understanding the essence or the meaning conveyed by the charma sloka cannot 
be understood even by the brahmarudras.  Otherwise, this paasuram can also be 
considered to give the charma sloka vaibhavam (greatness of the charama sloka) 
The meaning conveyed by the charma sloka is not only not understood by the 
ignorant souls, but is unreachable by even the so called maha jnanis brahma or 
rudra.

Sri parasara bhattar immersed in the divine arthas of these two paasurams 
lucubrates them, quotes periyavachan pillai in his commentary.  

 

(ArE arivAr anaithulagum vuNdumizhindha pErAzhiyAn tan perumaiyai) Who will 
understand the greatness of that supreme lord who placed all the worlds inside 
his stomach during the time of cosmic destruction, saved everything from any 
damage and delivered them out during the time of creation?

"apramEyO mahOdhadhi:" -that supreme lord with remarkable divine qualities

(pEr AzhiyAn) compared to the big ocean.

Here according to appillai another commentator to this divine work, pEr azhiyan 
refers to the lord Krishna who holds the divine sudarsana chakra in his hand as 
a weapon to protect his devotees,

In tamil, Azhi means both ocean/sea and chakra/discus

 

Won't the four-faced brahma and three-eyed rudra understand the greatness of 
the supreme lord and his divine abode?

 

(kAr seRindha kaNdaththAN) Rudra esteems himself to be the all-powerful one who 
swallowed the deadly poison (AlakAla visham) and protected all the devas.

(eN kaNNAn) Brahma is filled with pride since he possesses 8 eyes and hence 
being able to visualize things simultaneously in all 8 directions and act 
accordingly.

Inspite of all their powers both brahma and rudra are incapable to visualize 
the almighty.  The divine abode of emperuman is unreachable.

 

(avan vaiththa pandaith thAnaththin pathi) Emperuman has made this ancient 
abode due to his permanent wish forever that cannot be visualized by anyone. 

Many pramanas from vishnupurana and bharata substantiate the above.  Thus the 
prapya vaibhava is elaborated in this paasura.

 

Otherwise, 

 

Who will know the greatness of that ocean of valour, the almighty who swallowed 
the worlds during pralaya, saved them inside his stomach and then created the 
exact replica during creation?  He is the unconditional means.  Did he swallow 
the world due to anyone's request or with anyone's support? Did he bless the 
jeevas with a body due to anyone's prayers or does he hold the divine chakra to 
protect anyone in danger due to any reason other than his wish? Though filled 
with knowledge even the brahma rudras or incapable to understood the divine 
essence of the charama sloka preserved as a secret by emperuman.  Charama sloka 
declares emperuman to be the ONLY ABSOLUTE UPAYA (means to attain the ultimate 
goal, the moksha, the divine abode of the almighty)

 

(To Be Continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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