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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-74
 

"pathi pagaijnark kARRAdhu pAithirai neer pAzhi

  madhitadaindha vALaravan thannai-madhiththavandRan

  vallAga tERRiya mAmEni mAyavanai

  allAthondru EththAten nA"

 

Earlier thirumazhisai piran talked about the charama sloka vaibhavam, now 
azhvar elaborates how sarveshvaran fulfils his sharanAgatha rakshaNam 
(protecting those who have surrendered), elucidating it with one example from 
the episode of vainathEya quoted in Mahabharata.

 

Bharatham utyOga parvA-adyAyam 103-105

 

Indra's charioteer mAdhali was in the search of a right match to his daughter 
gunakEsi and hence he searched all the 3 worlds along with narada maharishi and 
finally decided upon 'sumukhan' the prince of nagas as the bridegroom.  On 
enquiring to Aryan, the grand father of sumukhan, mAdhali came to know that 
garuda has killed and eaten sumukhA's father and has vowed to do the same to 
sumukha within a month.  Madhali delivered this message to devendran in the 
presence of upendran.  Upendran advised devendran to give sumukha the amrutha.  
But devendran afraid of garuda just blessed him with long life and didn't give 
him the amrutha.  Then, mAdhali wedded his daughter to sumukhan.

 

Infuriated, garuda chased sumukhan who found refuge under the legs of 
emperuman's divine seat.  Losing his temper, garuda averred, "So this is the 
gratitude you show for the service I have done as your vehicle and staying on 
your flag.  Don't you know my strength who have carried you so long?"

 

Emperuman calmly replied,"Oh! Garuda don't talk with ego and pride.  I am the 
supreme who holds one and all.  Now just to test your power try to lift and 
hold my right hand" Not being able to do the same Garuda realized his mistake 
and surrendered to the divine feet of emperuman.  Emperuman lifted sumukhan and 
placed him on garuda's shoulders and instructed garuda himself to protect 
sumukhan.  From that day garuda and sumukhan became friends.  The same ithihasa 
has also been quoted by poigai azhvar as "aduththa kadum pagaijnarkku" and 
thirumangai mannan as "nanju sorvadhOr" (periya thirumozhi 5-8-4)

 

Emperuman in his ramavatara declared, "abhayam sarvabhoodhEbhyO dhadhAmi" 
(ra.yud.18-33) [I will save all who have surrendered, from any danger]

In the above episode both garuda and sumukha are his devotees.  So it becomes 
his duty to save both.  Thereby emperuman acts in a very tactical manner to 
uphold the interest of both.  Emperuman himself said, "mithrabhAvEna 
samprAptham na tyajEyam" [ra.yud.18-3] [even if one poses himself to be a 
friend and comes in front of me I will never leave him] Here sumukha has 
surrendered to emperuman's feet.

"matbhaktham svapasam vApi nindhAn kurvanth yE narA: I

 padmakoti sathEnApi na kshamAmi kadhAchanaII" (varahapuranam)

[Irrespective of the birth and character of my bhaktha if one ill-treats or 
talks ill of him I will never forgive even after hundred crores of years]  Here 
sumukha has done apacharam to garuda.  

 

So emperuman decided to remain impartial and hence handed over the 
responsibility of protecting sumukha in the hands of garuda himself.  

 

A few doubts may arise while reading the following episode.  Will Garuda, one 
among the nithyasooris strive so hard to get his prey and go to the extent of 
even talking ill of emperuman?

While paramapurusha takes avatara as one among the devas, as son of athithi and 
kasyapa and as the younger brother of Indra as upendra, garuda the vehicle of 
lord took birth as son of vinatha in a normal bird clan and as per his birth, 
it is fare for him to kill snakes and eat them for his food.  The act of 
talking with ego in front of bhagavan was just a drama to make the world 
realize the effect of hunger and bhagavat apacharam and its end result even if 
it is garuda himself.

 

(pathipagaijnarkku) "pathin" indicates path/way. One who is an enemy for 
generations. 'kulapagai' enemity by nature from birth.

"puLLin meipagai" thiruchandhaviruththam. 

Eagles and snakes are enemies by nature.

 

(ARRAdhu) frightened by the strength of garuda

 

(pAithirai neerppAzhi) Divine cot like a large ocean with extended waves.  As 
this episode could have happened at different places at different times this 
can be considered to have occurred in thirupparkkadal (milky ocean) also.

 

(madhiththadaindha) A newly delivered cow for the sake of protecting its new 
calf pushes its old calf away with its horn out of vatsalyam (motherhood).  
Similarly emperuman mother of all jeevas protects the newly surrendered 
sharanagathas forgetting even the nithya sooris viz., garuda, anantha et al. 
With all this in mind

 

(vALaravam tannai) The snake filled with glory, sumukha.  Though alarmed by 
seeing garuda, sumukha glowed due to his great confidence in emperuman, in the 
divine lords kalyana gunas of sowseelyam and sowlabhyam.  Valmiki calls 
vibheeshana after leaving ravana as "andharikshagadha: sriman".  After leaving 
all his wealth valmiki adorns vibheeshana as Sriman why? Because now, 
vibheeshana is filled with the glory of proceeding with confidence in 
ramapiran, to surrender to emperuman's divine feet.

 

(madhiththu) Emperuman didn't protect sumukha by himself but made garuda 
himself do the same. Though being a small snake emperuman didn't disregard 
sumukha and he also considered sumukha's act of encircling his cot's leg to be 
act of surrender.

 

(avanthan vallAgaththu ERRiya) Emperuman made garuda (thiruvadi) himself to 
accept sumukha in his shoulders with pleasure and make him live without any 
fear thereafter.

 

(mAmEni) Satisfying the needs of his devotees, emperuman glittered with 
brightness.  Like rama who glowed after crowning vibheeshana, "abhishichya cha 
lankAyAm rAkshasEndram vibheeshaNam"

 

(mAyavanai) one who does amazing acts to protect his bhakthas and with glowing 
thirumeni due to it.

 

(allAdhu ondru EththAdhu en nA) Leaving the greatness of that divine lord my 
tongue with never sing the praise of any other deva.  To show his extent of 
disinterest in others azhvar says 'ondru' (trineekrutha virinjAdhi nirankusa 
vibhoodhaya:)

 

(To Be Continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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