Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Dear
Bhagavatas, Hope you all
had a wonderful thaiyil-magam celebrations. Let us now proceed to enjoy the divine
nectar of thirumazhisai azhvar?s excellent outpourings. In the previous posting we enjoyed the
essence of the 7th paasuram.
Our PoorvAcharyas enjoy the same paasuram in one another way. Let us see that in this
posting. As soon as
azhvar finished the 6th paasuram condemning the Buddhist, Jains and
saivaites emperuman questioned azhvar, ?Oh! Azhvar You talked about others
elaborately in the previous paasuram, but now won?t you tell me about you?? Immediately azhvar answers in this
paasuram stating that, ? Oh! My Lord I may be granted the eternal bliss at any
time. But I have been blessed with
your ultimate grace today. I cannot
be without you nor can you sustain without me. This is our present state. So why should
I worry?? (endrAga
nAlayEyAga enisiridhum nindrAga ninnarul enpAladhE) I may attain the paramapadam either
today or tomorrow or after some more days that doesn?t matter even a bit for me
because, (ninnarul
enpAladhE) I have received your ultimate grace. While
asked,? How did you come to know that?? Azhvar
answers, (nandrAga
nAnunnai andri yilEn kandAi nArananE) I have reached a stage where even a short
separation from you will cause athma nAsam (destruction of the
soul). (nee ennai
andri yilai) and you on my separation will become non-existent. So when I have received all your divine
love why should I worry about the day of attaining the eternal
bliss? The words of
thirumazhisai azhvar can be seen reflected in nammazhvar?s paasuram: ?ennadhAvi
mElaiyAi.... vunnadennadhAviyum ennadunnadhAviyum....? (thiruvai 4-3-8). One doubt may arise, ?It is ok to
say that azhvar cannot exist without the support of emperuman but how does the
reverse hold good?? This question
vanishes when we look into the words of our dear geethacharyan who in front of
all declares, ?jnAni tvAtmaiva mE matham? (my theory is that, the JnAni?s our my
soul) and ?mama prAnAhi pAndavA:? (the pandavas our my
life). Moreover a
divine rahasya artham is also seen by our poorvacharyas in the last line of the
paasuram. The thirunAmam
?nArAyanan? as per sanskrit grammar can be spilt into
two. ?nArAnAm
ayanam ya: sa:? nArAyana: - tat purusha samAsam ?nArA:
ayanam yasya sa: nArAyana: - bhahu vreehi samAsam The above
two have been given by azhvar in the front and back of the word ?nArananE?. ?nAnunnai andri yilEn kandAi? is derived
from ?nArAnAm ayanam ya: sa: (the one who is the place of existence for all that
belong to the nAra category) and similarly ?nee ennai andri yilai? is derived
from ?nArA: ayanan yasya sa: nArAyana: ( the one who has the nArasamoohas as his
place of existence). So only since
emperuman lives in azhvar and azhvar lives in perumal he has got the special
name ?nArAyanan?. So without azhvar
emperuman cannot exist. This is one
another meaning.
(To
be continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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