srI:
srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
Tiruppavai - Pasuram 1 : nAmA 3 :
kArmeni
maargazhith thingaL madhi
niRaindha nannaaLaal*
neeraadap pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer*
seer malgum aayppaadic celvac ciRumeergaaL*
koorvER kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran*
Eraarndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam*
kaar mEnic sengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl
mugaththaan*
naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan*
paarOr pugazhap padindhElOr
embaavaay.
In the first pasuram, AndAL glorifies the
following nAmAs : 1. nandhagOpan kumaran, 2. yasOdhai iLam singam,
3. kAr mEnian, 4. sengkannan, 5. kadhir madiy am pol mugathan, 6.
nArAyanan
The third nAmA is "kArmenian". His body is
as black as dark clouds. He is always ready to show his karunyam (ready to
bless) to bless us. Swamy Pillai LokachAryar in his masterly piece of Sri
Vachana Bhooshanam notes "avan (HIS) ninaivu thAn (rememberance) ivan pal (on
samsarIs like us) eppodum (always) undu (is there). adu (that) palippadu
(gives fruits) ivan (our) ninaivu (we, remember towards HIM) marum pOdu
(changes). HE always remembers to grace us. That can happen only
when we start to remember HIM.
AndaL in her later pasuram sings "Etra kalangaL edhir pongi
meedhalippa". When we keep vessels below cows, it pours milk which will
overflow the vessel. It doen't expect anything in return, it is its
svabhAvam (nature). Keeping the vessel is important, otherwise we will be
deprived of the milk. Even if we don't keep the vessels, cows always have
(produce) milk.
If the Lord has karunyatvam, who don't HE pour even without being asked by
jivatmas ? Whether we ask the dark clouds to pour rain ? Atleast, we
don't object for pouring the rain. The Lord expect atleast
that apEkshai (do not refuse) when he comes to bless us. Thondar adi
podi azhwar in his tirumAlai pasuram "maram suvar madhileduthu" says "we have
built a fort (made of adharma) not to let god inside ourselves". Krishna
went behind cows, not that they asked him to come, but they never refused his
coming behind them.
The next nAma sengkaNan, andAl praises his quality of
mArdhavam (to be continued)
namO nArAyanA
G. Sundarrajan
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