Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Paasuram-8 ?elaituNai
mattrennenjE Esanaivendra silaikoNda senkaNmAl sErA-
kulaikoNda eerain thalaiyAn elangaiyai
eedazhiththa kooranbha nallAl
kurai? Oh! Azhvar like a few who are adamant that we will eat only when cooked in our house or else will remain hungry throughout why are you acting foolishly saying ?nAnunnaiyandri elEn kandAi nAraNanE? why don?t you get your wishes satisfied with the help of others? Azhvar answers in this paasuram stating that no one other than the senkAnmAl (sriya:pathi Sriman Narayanan) can become our saviour. Moreover not stopping with being unable to help us they also prevent emperuman from coming to our help instructs azhvar to his mind. (elaituNai
mattru) More than understanding
that emperuman is the only saviour it is more important to realize that others
can never take that role. It is
very important for a Srivaishnavaite to remain away from anyasEshatvam
(servitude to anyone other than emperuman) ?thiruvadi than nAmam marandhum
puramthOzhA mAndhar?. On the same
lines, we have to get to our memory the aphorism of pillai ulagariyan in
mumukshupadi, ?adhilum anyasEshatvam kazhigaiyE
pradhAnam? (en nenjE)
Oh! My mind you are suitable for me to give this divine rahasyam. You are not like the other?s mind that
has a number of confusions (?sanjalam he mana:?) Why do you
say that others cannot be the saviour?
That is because he alone is the paramAtma. But there are references that state even
rudra to be the paramatma? Let?s
see how their paratvam remains continues azhvar, (eesanai
vendra silai koNda senkaNmAl) the
emperuman holds the bow which was obtained on winning rudra. This particular incident is found in Sri
Ramayana Baala kAndam where parasurAma narrates the incident to Sri Rama Piran.
?Oh! Rama These two bows that belong to the devaloka where well created by
vishvakarma. They are world famous,
strong, marvellous, and powerful. Among these one was given to rudra who wanted
to do tripuradahanam. Only that bow
which was handy in burning the tripura was broken by you in the janaka
sabhai. This powerful second bow
was gifted to mahavishnu by the devas.
This vishnu danus has equal power with the siva danus. At that time the devas wanted to test
the power of Siva and Vishnu and hence they requested the same to brahma. That Brahma who was chief among the
brahmajnAnis created a conflict between rudra and Vishnu. So a big war started between rudra and
Vishnu. At that time the great bow
of Siva that did many big jobs cracked a little just due to the ?hoonkAram? (a
sign of anger) of Vishnu. And Siva
fainted. Later due to the request
of the rishis and devas Vishnu and Siva calmed down. At that time the rishis who visualised
the cracking of Siva danus due to the anger of Vishnu realized the supremacy of
Vishnu,? says the Valmiki rAmAyana.
This incident has been reminded by azhvar in the above
line. (eesanai
vendra silai) So not emperuman his bow itself won over Rudra. That shows that even emperuman?s divya
ayudhAs (weapons) have power to win over other devatas. Then how can they be considered equal to
emperuman? Or otherwise it can be read as ?eesanai vendra
senkaNmAl? (silai
koNda) Emperuman just held the bow that won over Rudra. It was not necessary for emperuman to
put any other effort other than just holding the bow the rest was done by the
bow itself. That shows that each
and every thing belonging to emperuman has special powers. That even includes bhagavatas. So the anya devatas never come near
bhagavatas or they show their special regards to the
bhagavatas. (senkaNmAl)
Emperuman has reddish eyes that indicate his supremacy. ?kapyAsam pundareekamEva
aksheenee? (he has two eyes that are like the lotus that has blossomed due to
the rising of the sun). Sem kaN mAl
can also refer to Sri rAmapiran with reddish eyes that indicate his love to his
devotees. ?rAmO rAjeeva lOchana:?
?rAma kamala patrAksha:? ?Sem kaN? refers to wealth and love whereas ?mAl?
refers to supreme and lover. (elai tuNai
mattrennenjE eesani vendra silai koNda senkaNmAl) Will the emperuman who won over Rudra
become the sarva rakshakan or will the defeated Rudra become the
saviour? (senkaNmAl
sErA) Not joining the ghosti of rAma who is the incarnation of the
pundareekAkshan, sarvEshvaran rAvana says, ?dvithA
bhajjEyamapyEvam.....svabhAvO dhuradhikrama:? (Even if I am cut into two I will
not prostrate anyone. This is a
quality born with me and hence cannot be changed) (senkaNmAl
sErA) Even after seeing the beautiful lovable eyes of emperuman can anyone be
without falling to his feet? (eesanai
vendra....senkaNmAl sErA) But when even Rudra who is a devotee of emperuman
(anukoolan) suddenly due to the increase of thAmasa guna wages a war against
emperuman what to say about a person who is always in the opposite army
(prathikoolan). Who is
that? (kulaikoNda
eerainthaliyAn) He is none other than ravana who has a bunch of 10 heads.
?koththuthalaivan kudikeda thOndriya? says periyAzhvar
(1-9-3) (eerainthalaiyAn elangaiyai eedazhiththa) ?lankAm rAvaNa pAlithAm? the
lanka was protected by a great warrior, rAvana. But even that lanka was shattered by
emperuman. (kooranbhanallAl kurai elai tuNai) None other than rAmapiran who has a
strong arrow in his hands can solve our problems and protect us. PeriyavAchAn
pillai?s vyakhyanam ?EmperumAnAr sri pAdhaththai Ashsrayiththavargal achEtanamAna kriyA kalApaththinudaiya koormaiyai vishvashittirArgal. Chakravarththi thirumagan ambin koormaiyaiyAyittru thanjamAga ninaiththiruppar? From the above it has been very clearly stated that for Srivaishnavas who have fallen to the feet of Swamy emperumAnAr anya sEshatvam has to absolutely abandoned and only the ultimate faith in emperuman is essential. Note: If we want to be in the emperumAnAr ghosti then it is absolutely essential for us to give up anya devata worship. At this point we have to get to memory the great kooraththAzhvan who gave up even darshan of namperumal to uphold his status as the disciple of swamy emperumAnAr. Being a disciple of that great acharya is more essential than even emperuman himself that has been shown by all our acharyas. Get to memory the acharya bhakthi of vaduga Nambi. So it is our prime duty to follow them and get uplifted. Saint thyagaraja, in one of his krithis beautifully says, ?nithichAla sukamA rAma sannithi sEva sukama? What is crores of wealth going to grant us will it ever equal what the service to emperuman will actually grant us? (To
be continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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