Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-29 “vugappuruvam thAnE oli vuruvan thAnE magappuruvan thAnE
madhikkil-migappuruvam ondrukkondru OsanaiyAl veezha
orukaNaiyAl andrikkondeithAn
avan” “Azhveer! Then do you know fully about emperuman’s
thirumeni?” Azhvar answers, “Oh! No there is absolutely no limit to emperuman’s
thirumeni and hence cannot be understood fully by
anyone” (vugappuruvam thAnE)
He alone has the thirumeni that is enjoyed by
everyone. “samasthakalyANaguNathmakOsow svasakthilEsOthdrutha bhoothasarga:
I echchAgruheethAbhimathOrudEhas samsAdhithA sEsha jagaththithOsow II”
(V.P. 6-5-84) [This lord
has all the kalyana gunas naturally; He upholds all the bhoothas with just a
small part of his power; By his own wish he takes many forms lovable to him; He
does good for the whole world] As per the
above verse of parasara maharishi in Vishnu puranam emperuman has a divine form
(thirumeni) liked by everyone. Not only is
his thirumeni liked by others he himself likes his thirumeni more than his
svaroopam. “shAnthAnandha mahA vibhoothi paramam yath brahma roopam
hare: moortham brahma thathOpi that priyatharam
roopam yat atyatbhutham II” [The
faultless, ecstasy filled, that which possess big vibhuthis and that which
cannot be paralleled, that which is big and makes other things big and that
which is indicated with the brahma sabdham that svaroopa of hari, is there any
thing that is more lovable to that bhagavan, that which could be see with our
eyes, and that is told by the brahma sabdham, the most amazing that roopam] says
aalavandaar. (vugappuruvam thAnE) He is the ultimate result that the devotees should
reach (PrApyam) so they all love him.
Since the devotees love that form emperuman also cherishes the same. It makes us think if both his svaroopam
and vigraham are the same, subtle and intricate. Next
azhvar says the reason why everyone likes him. (olivuruvan
thAnE) “param jOthi:”, “nArAyana parO jOthi:” “Adhitya varNam”, “vidyutha:
purushAt” declare the Vedas that he is
jOthivuruvan “tEjasAm
sAsimoorjitham” [he is a big heap of light] Nammazhvar
says, “paranjOthi nee paramAi ninnagazhindhu pin maRROr paranjOthi enmaiyin
padiyOli nigazhkindra paranjOdhi” As per the
verse, “na tattra sooryO bhAthi” he is capable of making the light of sun and
moon false. In the paramapadam he
makes the light of all the nithya sooris like a small blinking light and he
himself remains as a big flashlight. (magappuruvan thAnE) He has a very big physical
structure. “samasthA:
sakthayaschaithA nrupa yathra pradhistithA: I tat vishvaroopavairoopyam roopamanyat
harEr mahat: II [6-7-70] [Oh! King,
all these powers are present in that form collectively, that very form of hari
is the greatest among all the forms in this world and is different] declares the
Vishnu puranam. Here greatness is
due to – gunas like AkArthvam, Ashcharyakarathvam
etc. The word
‘mahat’ in Sanskrit is changed to ‘magappu’ in tamil or otherwise
‘mahatbhootham’ has been changed to ‘magappu’ in tamil. ‘roopam yat atbhutham’
says aalavandaar. Is that
emperuman paramapadanAthan (that form talked about in the first half)? No. He had that form when he came to this
world taking avathara as a human “AtmAnam mAnusham manyE” further shows
azhvar (puruvam
ondrukkondru OsanaiyAn veezha) kumbakarna, who had a distance of about one
Yojana (a measure) in-between his two eyebrows fell down like a mountain
crashing down. (miga
andrikkoNdu eithAN) Leaving his usual calm nature “kshamayA prithivi sama:”
emperuman made himself filled with anger “kOpamAhArayat theevram” and left the
arrow vigorously. He forgot his
nature of working for others and considering it to be his own job he was filled
with anger. (kanaiyAl
eithAn) He could have killed him just by his sankalpam but then he felt that it
was not enough for the apacharam done towards his devotees so he came in person
to the war and left the arrows “vennagaram sErAvagaiyE silai pidiththAn” (siriya
thirumadal) it was just enough for them to see him with his bow and arrow they
need not go to any other naraka any more. Since
kumbakarna was so big, did emperuman take extra efforts to kill
him? (oru
kanaiyAl eithAn) he killed him with just a single arrow without much
effort. (madhikkil)
While trying to understand this ramapiran he is found to be vugappuruvan,
olivuruvan and magappuruvan.
“madhikkil” indicates that no one can actually calculate the greatness of
emperuman’s thirumeni. (eithAnavan
vugappuram thAnE) His thirumeni is loved by both the rishis who are filled with
knowledge and even by the knowledge less trees (eithAnavan
olivuruvan thAnE) Sri chakravarthi thirumangan due to his glowing brightness
lighted the whole dandakAranya vanam “sOpayan dandakAraNyam deepthEna svEna
tEjasA” (eithAnavan
magappuravan thane) “pumsAm drushtuchittApahAriNam” he is capable of attracting
even the eyes and mind of males with his divine
beauty. (To Be Continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan
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