Dear Madam , Thankyou for going back to the old format. It was a
pleasure indeed .When I mentioned that I was compiling the same as a
seperate scrap book . It is being done physically ; and not inthe
computor . I have also got some of Vedantha Desikans 'Tamil
Prabhandangal' similarly done ,posted by Shri Sadagopan in this
forum .I am not a very computor savvy person. I do all this to spend
time in the U.S. while sojourning with my children from time to time
Hoping that some one will benefit at a future date. Thanks once
again . Yours in the service of Emberumanar Adiyen Rajalakshmi.J.
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Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sumithra Varadarajan"
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> Sri Parthasarathi thunai
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> Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
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> Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
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> Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
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> "manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai
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> tanakkEthAn tanjamAk koLLil-enakkEthAn
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> endRondri nindRulagai Ezh Anai OttinAn
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> sendrOnRi nindRa thiru"
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> Pleased with azhvar's words, "virunbhuvadhE villEn manam"
emperuman rushed to settle in the divine heart of thirumazhisai
piran taking a strong vow, "oh! Azhveer even if you and your heart
forget me I will never leave you" ["marappanendRu senthAmarai
kaNNOdu marappaRa ennullE manninAn"] (thiru 1-10-10) Azhvar's
ecstasy reached no bounds, so in this paasuram azhvar wonders, "In
the case of others, emperuman enter their hearts after they
surrender to his divine feet but in my case he has entered and
filled my heart due to his unconditional grace. Who else will be
blessed with such a great fortune?"
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> (manakkEdham) In Sanskrit "mana:kEdha:" means sorrow in the
heart. Whereas while split as "manaththukku yEdam" in tamil it
means ignorance and other defects in our heart.
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> (manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai tanakkE tanjamA koLLil) Two
asuras madhu and kaitapa stole the Vedas from brahma and thereby
hindered the process of creation and thereby tried to spread the
darkness of ignorance everywhere. Emperuman rushed to the rescue of
brahma killing madhu and kaitapa. If we hold on to the divine feet
of that divine lord as the means (upaya) emperuman also removes all
the defects and ignorance in our minds just like killing madhu and
kaitapa and handing over the vedas back to brahma.
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> (tanakkE thAn tanjamAk koLLil) This type of one holding to the
divine feet of emperuman (like a small monkey holding to its mother)
is called as 'svagatha sveekAram'. Prapannas are classified into
two based on markata sisu nyAyam and mArjAla sisu nyayam. One who
holds on to the lord's divine feet by his self-effort just like a
baby monkey holding on to its mother is called as svagatha sveekara
nishtan. Another category is one who is held by emperuman himself
like a mother cat holding on to its kid-paragata sveekAra nishtan.
The first two lines in this paasuram talks about the way emperuman
handles the svagata sveekara nistan and the last two lines talk
about the specialty shown by emperuman towards paragata sveekara
nishtan like thirumazhisai piran.
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nindRa thiru)
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> The lord is omnipresent "andhar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya
nArAyana stita:" But it is me who has been fortunate to get his
divine grace that had made that omnipresent lord to come and reside
in my heart. It is me who has received this valuable treasure and
that too only today. Comparing those who go and fall to his divine
feet with those who are waiting for his divine grace to fall on them
the second category is of the greater status and more closer to the
lord. Thus this paasuram reiterates the meaning conveyed by the
following veda mantra; "prajApatis tvam veda I prajApathim tvO veda
II yam prajApathir veda sa punyO bhavathi" [The paramapurushan
attains one; one attains the paramapurusha; Among these two the one
who is attained by the paramapurushan is great/special]
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> (To Be Continued)
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> Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
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> Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
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> Sumithra Varadarajan
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