In and out of Protection Zone
As we saw in the earleir posting, Swamy PL refers to Prapanna ParitrAnam in his
other work by the title, "MumUkshapadi".. Here is how quotes...
"Iswaranai Ozhinthavargal rakshagargal allar enbathai Prapanna ParitrAnathil
sonnOm" mumUkshuppadi 39
Two reasons to fall into the protection Zone
As a mumukshu, one needs to develop two qualities that Nammazhwar talks about
while surrendering to Perumal.
1. Akincanyatvam (known as KaimudalillAimai in sampradAyam) - Inadequecy and
incapability of the soul in samsara to follow the path of karma, jnAna and
bhakti yOgam..
Azhwar explains this aspect and hence surrenders to Vanamamalai Perumal in the
following manner:
"nOtra nOnbilEn nun arivilEn...." (ThiruvAymozhi 5.7.1)
The same aspect is dealt with by Swamy Alavandar in his stotra ratnam as below:
"na dharma nistOsmi, na ca AtmavEdi, na bhaktimAn ...."
2. Ananyagatitvam (known as vEroru pugalidam illAmai in sampradAyam) - No other
source to surrender other than Sriman Narayanan
In this aspect Azhwar surrender to ArAmudan of Thirukkudanthai
"kaLaivaay thunpam kaLaiyaa thozhivaay kaLaikaN maRRilEn..." (ThiruvAymozhi
5.8.8)
Azhwar pleads to ArAmudan that he would surrender only to Him even if ArAmudan
fails to wipe out the distress/fails to protect
This is wonderfully summed as a single line in ThiruvAiMOhzi
'ThAlum thadaikkayiyum kUppi paNIyum avar kaNDEr' 3-7-2
When somebody says -Thadak kaiyum- it refers to Akinchanyam -the folded hands
representing nothing in us.
ThALum - The legs approaching Him establishing He is the only saviour.
Three reasons to fall out of Protection Zone
Our PurvAchAryas in the vYakyAnam have done a deep analysis of why Perumal will
not protect us in some cases (souls in samsara), and also have given
explanantion to the same. They attributed 3 reasons for that:
1. When we think that we can protect ourselves.
2. If we need to attain some prerequisite quality so that Perumal will protect
us
3. When we look out to other sources of protection
The first case scenario is equivalent to grabbing a baby from the hands of its
parents and giving it to a butcher. Hence this case can be easily eliminated.
The second case scenario is well explained by Azhwars and Acharyas in
exhibiting Akincanyatvam and ananya-gadhithvam -falling into the protection
zone.
The third case scenario is what Swamy PL deals with in Prapanna ParitrAnam in
showing the inadequecy of various relationships and anya devatas to protect us.
Hence PL clearly prescribes this work to only who are seeking mOksham and so
quotes this when describing the aspects to be followed by a mumukshu in his
other grantham, "Mumukshapadi"
He starts Prapanna ParitranAm with MumukshuvAi...
We will look into his explanantion of how others cannot protect us in the order
starting from brother from the next posting.
aDiyEn,
ramanan
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