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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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