Dear Srevaishnavites,
They say "Dont jump to conclusions, otherwise
conclusions would jump on you". I committed this exact error on receiving this
message titled "treasure chest"
I naturally thought it was about chests of
treasure-chests of wealth or chest of gold or chest of currency- leading to
affluence, prosperity and security.
However, the article turned out to be the
chest-thirumArbu of Lord. I would like to add a few lines before embarking on
the other meaning the 'treasure chest" chest of wealth.
I would like to take a quote from Edu for this
purpose. It has been our tradition that women adorn the house they enter and
maintain the reputation of both the house from which they come from and house
they enter - pirandha vEdu and pugundha vEdu. Though, after sometime they are
identified with the hosue they enter, they no doubt nurture affection and
attachment towards their birth place. Will this be the case in case of a person
who gets an unparallel pugundha vEdu. No, they not
only tend to completely forget the place they were in but also feel
uncomfortable in the erstwhile place as compared to the newfound one. Has this
happened in anyone's case.Yes, pirAtti's case is indeed a precedent. pirAtti was
housing in the flower prior to her finding Lord's chest. EmperumAn's
thirumArbu was so soft that she perceived the flower to be a bed of thorns
thenceforth.This is aptly comprehended from the following Edu vAkyam for alrmEal
mangai ''vuRai mArbA'-thiru voi mozhi 6-10-10- " avan mArvin
chuvadaRindha pinbu, pirandhagamAna pUvum nerunji muLLobhAdhiAyiRru. srE
jankarAjan thirumagaL, perumALai kaipiditha pinbu mithilaiai ninaiyAdhAp
pOlavum, mukthan samsArathai ninaiyAdhAp pOlavum, ivaL pUvai
ninaithilaL"
After coming to know the trace of the
chest of the Lord She never thinks about the flower
on which she has been resting all along and even thinks of it as a thorn-
nerunji muL. This is akin to the fact of sitApirAtti forgetting mithilai
and mukthAthmAs forgetting samsAra.
The greatness of divine chest is thus
explained.
2.Coming back to the topic of Treasure Chest - Chest of Wealth, in the
contemporary world we know of various financial products like term-deposits,
fixed deposits, savings bank and other several schemes-which I presume sri
sadagopan Iyengar is dealing in, day in and day out in the banking industry.Can
the Lord be compared to the Treasure Chest in
this parlance?
Yes, nam-AzhwAr has done so. In fact, he has named
the Lord as "vaitha mA nidhi" of thiruk kOLUr. Here, I
recall the AchArya hrdhyam sUthram "kai mudhal iyandhAr vuNNum
nidhiyin Abhatsakathvam pugum vOrilE
samrutham" where the Lord is like a Reserve Fund during distress time. How the lord here can be termed as emergencey/reserve fund?-the message on this sUthram is posted alongwith this message. The Lord s thiru nAmam here is "vaitha mA nidhi" . Such kind of fund are helpful in distress and hence termed as Abath sakathvam. Edu vyAkyAnam is excellent in this regard. "vaitha mA nidhi -thiru voi mozhi 6-7-11 " ..thaLarndhAr thA vaLamAi, eippinil vaippAi" The wealth for those who are down and out. thirumangai AzhwAr also termed Him as
"eippinil vaippinai" thiru mozhi 7-10-4 meaning "iLaitha vEaLaiyil
nidhiyAi" and
"kAsinai maNiai" -rathinam pOl slAkyan
Anavanai.
Thus, AzhwArs have perceived Him as
immeasurable wealth and immense reserve and emergence distress fund -The
Treasure Chest indeed.
3. Is there anybody else
who can be termed so? No, it cant be? Who can be equal to or better than the
Lord in this respect?is our surmise. However, sri rAmAnujA has been so and has
been appositely described by sri thiruvarangath amudhanAr in irAmAnusa
nURRandhAdhi -in the following pAsuram-s:
"enakkuRRa selvam irAmAnusan enRu"-
irAmAsuna nURRandhAdhi 5
My wealth is sri rAmAnujA.
"irAmAnusan endhan mA nidhiyEa" irAmAnusa
nURRandhAdhi 20
sri rAmAnuja is my great wealth.
"irAmAnusan endhan shema vaippEa" irAmAnusa
nURRandhAdhi 22
sri rAmAnuja is my reserve/distress savings
fund-Provident Fund.
AzhwAr, emperumAnAr jEyar thiruvadigaLE
charaNam.
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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