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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-64

 

"pOdhAna vittiRanji yEththuminO ponmagarak

  kAdhAnai Adhip perumAnai-nAdhAnai

  nallAnai nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum

  sollAnai solluvadhE soodhu"

 

In the previous paasuram, azhvar detailed the way he spends his time, now 
thirumazhisai piran furthur proceeds to instruct others to spend time 
appropriately.

 

(pOdhAna ettiRanji eththuminO) Submit anything that falls under the category of 
flowers to the divine feet of the supreme lord, prostrate his divine feet, and 
sing his praise all filled with bhakthi.  The word "pOdhAna" indicates the 
secret immersed in the sastras that any flower submitted with bhakthi is 
acceptable to emperuman.  "paRRam pushpam ..bhakyApahrutham ashnAmi" declares 
parthasarathi emperuman in his divine bhagavat geetha; Thirumangai mannan says, 
"kallAr thuzhAyum kaNavalarum kooviLaiyum muLLar muLariyum Ambhalum..puLLAi Or 
yEnamumAi pukkidandhAn ponnadikku"  Nammazhvar says, "purivadhuvum pugai poovE" 
 All these verses ultimately convey the same meaning that any type of flower is 
acceptable to be submitted to the lord as long as it is done with bhakthi.  
Here the Iythiham between Sri parasara bhattar and nanjeeyer is to be 
remembered.

 

(ettu eRanji eththuminO) ettu-refers to physical service (kAyikam)

                                           eRanji-refers to service with mind 
(mAnasikam)

                                           EththuminO- Refers to service by 
speech (vAchikam)

 

(ponmagarak kAdhAnai) The divine beautiful ears of the lord beautify the 
makarakundalam (divine gem studded earring) adorned by the lord.  Gold is 
considered to be a valuable possession by one and all.  We all pay huge cost to 
possess a small piece of gold similarly emperuman is such a valuable article to 
be praised at any cost. [Here this is just a simple comparison actually there 
is no comparison for emperuman -oppillA appan)

 

(Adhip perumANai) Some articles are pleasant to look at but do not do any good 
to us.  But in the case of emperuman he is one who created all of us.  Then 
will that great lord accept us?

 

(nAdhAnai) He is our master so he has to accept us. Will he punish us for all 
our faults?

 

(nallAnai) He is surely our master but filled with a great kalyana guna (divine 
quality) vatsalyam that makes him to ignore our faults or consider our faults 
itself to be the reason to shower his grace on all of us.

 

What is the proof for his vatsalyam?

 

(nAraNanai) The very name narayanan justifies the same.

 

(AdhipperumAnai nAraNanai) He is one who had all the worlds inside him during 
the srushti kalam-nArAyanan

(nAdhAnai naraNanai)  he is one who sustains all the narasamoohas inside, 
spreads everywhere and remains as the prApya and prApaga (goal and way) 
sarvaswami-nArayanan

(nallAnai nAraNanai) ignoring the inferiority of the jeevas emperuman resides 
in one and all due to his divine quality.  Hence he is nallAn-narayanan.

 

(nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum sollAnai) One who overrides our innumerous 
birth.  "sankeertya nArayana sabdhamAtRam vimuktha dukkA: sukinO bhavanthu" 
(just by singing the word narayana one is released from the ocean of miseries 
(samsara) and reaches moksha)

 

(solluvadhE soodhu) praising him is the prime duty of all jeevas concludes 
thirumazhisai piran.

 

 (To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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