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nal-VEdham-nalla maRai


Those who follow the VEdhic path are within the realm of 'vaidhEka' madham. The 
vEdhAs are old , very old, nobody knows how old. They disclose things candidly 
and also in cryptic fashion. The code of conduct, the rituals, the Lord Himself 
are all described by the sacred texts of upanishad-s. 
AZvAr-s also talk high of vEdhAs in several pAsuram-s.

'andhaNar mADu' described ThiruneduNthANtakam.  The wealth of andhaNar-s.

However, Sri ANDAL in NachiyAr thriumozhi prefixes mARai as
'nalla maRai' 
'vAi nallAr nalla maRai vOdhi..' 6-7 of NAchiyAr Thirumozhi.

The same is voiced by Thrirumangai Mannan in the ThriunAgai thriumozhi
'ivaL vAyil nal vEdham vOdhum' 9-2-1 of Periya Thirumozhi;

Of course, the leader svAmi Nam-AzvAr spells this out 
'nal vEdhathu voli ninROngu' 7-3-4 of ThiruvAimozhi;

What do these words cannote?

nalla maRai, nal vEdham ?
Does it mean that there is bad vEdham?

Sri Periya vAchAn piLLai has cast a spell by wonderful vyAkyAnam for NachiyAr 
Thriumozhi pAsuram
'vAi nallAr nall maRai vOdhi ..'

TEXT: ArAdhana vishayamAGa parandhavai anRikkEa -ARAdhya vishayathil 
svarUpathil paranthavaRRaich solli, purusha sUkthAthigaLai solli

That is , the vEDham-s are not to be chanted as rituals or a mode/means of 
prayer.The vEDham-s which talk of the qualities and attributes of EmperumAn 
like purusha sUktham is being referred to here.

The same logic can also be drawn for other two pAsuram-s.

In Edu, however, nal-vEdham is  equated to SAma vEdham and we can recall Sri 
krshNA preferring sAma vEdham to others.
In the light of Edu for The pAsuram thirundhu vEdhamum-6-5-8 of ThiruvAimozhi 
this understanding gets corroborated.

The emphasis thus is on two main aspects

1. EmperumAn's qualities and
2. Not to do it as a ritual or method or procedure/

That is why ThriuvAimozhi scores over in this regard. PuthUr svAmi in fact, 
used to say for nalla maRai as thriuvAi mozhi and purusha sUkthAdhigaL.

adiyEan
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanbhan










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