Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram-18
?mArAya dhAnavanai vallugirAl mArviraNdu
koorAya keeriya kOlariyai-vErAga
Eththi yiruppArai veelumE maRRavarai
sAththi eruppAr thavam?
Earlier azhvar talked about the greatness of falling and surrendering to the
divine feet of emperuman. Immediately some questioned then is that the only
prime upaya? Azhvar replies,?Oh! If not his divine feet we always have the
divine feet of his devotees that will lead us to the right path?
(mArAya dhAnavanai) HiranyAsuran, considered Lord Sriman Narayanan as his
enemy and considered himself to be the supreme lord.
(mArAya dhAnavanai) He never changed his opinion till the very end.
Emperuman always gives everyone an opportunity to change. He hopes that the
opponent changes his attitude atleast at the last moment. Unfortunately
ravana or hiranya never had even a slight change in their attitude and hence
emperuman had no other go other than killing them. The lord does SamhAram
of an asura only if he finds that they show enemity towards him with their
three karanas, mano (mental), vak (speech) and kAyam (physical). For
rescuing a bhaktha emperuman never thinks twice he runs to the call even
without notice to his kainkaryaparas (those at his service) but for nigraham
(punishing someone) he thinks and waits till the last moment when he is left
with no other alternative. Moreover emperuman forgives even 1000 apacharams
done towards himself but can never forgive even a single apacharam to his
bhaktha. Hiranyakasipu, punished bhaktha prahlada in many ways not even
considering him to be a small child that to his own kid. Can emperuman who
declares, ?jnAni tvAtmaiva mE matham? and ?mama prAnAhi pAndavA:? that his
bhakthas who are filled with absolute knowledge to be his life keep quiet in
spite of all that was done to his dear bhaktha prahlada?
(vallugirAl keeriya) If we have an itching sensation in some part of our
body we do not think twice what had to be done instead our hands
involuntarily scratch that area. Similarly on seeing hiranya?s unruly act
narasimha emperuman?s nails involuntarily tore open the heart of hiranya.
(mArviraNdu koorAya keeriya kOlariyai) Why should emperuman take so much
strain to finish off hiranyakasipu? Can?t he just blow him off with his
mouth? Emperuman wanted to test if he will ever change his attitude. So he
placed his hands on top of hiranya?s heart and checked if atleast in some
corner he had a little soft corner for emperuman. Unfortunately the heart
was totally rough and not even iota of bhakthi could be found and hence
emperuman tore open his heart and further searched inside for some sort of
?eeram? (bhakthi/anukoolam). By tearing hiranya?s heart with his nail
emperuman also upheld the vow of brahma that hiranya cannot be killed with
any weapon (living or non living)
(kOlari) Narasimha with extraordinary strength.
(vErAga eththi eruppArai ) those who praise the divine lord in an amazing
manner (vilakshanamAna thudhi)
What is praising in an amazing manner?
?PallAndu pallAndu? doing mangalasasanams like periAzhvar.
?andhiyam pOdhil ariyuruvAgi ariyai azhiththavanai pandhanai theera
pallAndu? Even that hiranyakasipu who made all the devas and the 3 worlds
to fear on hearing his name wasn?t able to stand in front of emperuman.
Emperuman killed him without any difficulty and stood with great vigor as
narasimha. But periazhvar fears that something bad may happen to that
supreme lord and hence he sings pallandu praying for his welfare. All of us
go to emperuman to ask for wealth, happiness and knowledge everything for
our benefit but is it not amazing for periazhvar to sing mangalasasanam to
the lord purely for the lord?s benefit? (?mangalAsAsanaththil maRRulla
azhvargal thAngal ArvaththalavuthAnandri pongum parivAlE villiputtur
pattabiran peRRar periAzhvar ennum peyar?)
(maRRuavarai sAththieruppAr) those who fall to the feet of the above said
srivaishnavas and consider them to be their way and goal (prApya
prApagangal)
(maRRu) ?dEvumattrariyEn? Both Madurakavi Azhvar and Andal were a little
different among the azhvars. While the other 10 azhvars sang the praise of
the lord Andal sang about the lord only because he was dear to her
father/acharya Sri Periazhvar. Madurakavigal never sang about the lord
instead he considered only his acharya nammazhvar to be his supreme deity.
He started his prabhandam as ?kanninun siru thAmbhinAl kattunnan panniya
perimAyan? only to satisfy his acharya who deeply enjoyed the udhara
bhandana episode in the krishnAvatara.
(EththieruppArai vellumE maRRavarai sAththieruppAr thavam) In our
sampradayam bhAgavata seshatvam (surrendering to bhagavat
bhakthas/bhagavatas/Srivaishnavas) is regarded with higher esteem even more
than bhagavat seshatvam (surrendering to emperuman). If we hold a person?s
hand and ask for help he may even refuse bluntly but if one falls to the
feet of the same person then it is not that easy to refuse help. Similarly
bhagavata seshatvam is like falling to one?s feet, bhagavat seshatvam is
like holding one?s hand and requesting help. Emperuman is a svathantran
(independent authority) he may help immediately or refuse it is under his
discretion but bhagavata seshatvam will without any doubt come to our
immediate rescue.
(thavam) indicates being loved by emperuman or rather getting very close to
him.
(To be continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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