The Greatness of
Periya-VAchAn piLLai
THE EXALTED
SAGE
It is said that proof the
pudding is in eating. The taste of sri periya-vAchAn piLLai's vyAkyAnam will
prove its greatness, indicate his genius.
"periya
vAchAn piLLai pinbulla vaikkum theriya, vyAkyaigaL seivAl, ariya aruLicheyal
poruLai, AriyaRgatk ippOdhu, aruLicheyalAith aRindhu' upadEsa rethinamAlai
46;
By the Great commentaries,
sri peirya-vAchAn piLLai has blessed us to make us understand the difficult
meanings of AzhwAr's works and realise the great values of aruLich
cheyal.
A
sample.
'..thavam purindh vuyarndha mAmuni koNardha gangaiyin karai mEAl,
vadhari AsirmathuLLAnEA" 1-4-8;
A literal transaltion would
mean - The sage who got exalted himself by penance, brough the ganges, where the
badri em-perumAn is residing.
Who is the exalted sage?
viswAmithrA - who raised from a shathriyA to a great sage by his
penance.
Who brought the ganges?
bhagErathan.
Now this is a contradiction.
The exalted sage did not bring the ganges. bagErathan is the one who brought the
ganges .
Here is where the vyAkyAnam
comes into play.
Interpretaion 1: The exalted sage,viswAmithrA brought
sri rAmA and lakshmANA to the banks of gAnges, where the badrikAsramam is
situated.
" avan shathriyanAyirukkach
seidhEayum thapO balathAlEa brahma rishi AnAniREA.avan perumALaiyum, iLaiya
perumALaiyum nadathik koNdu vandhadhu akkariyEa AgaiyAlEa athaich
solliRRAgavumAm"
"Though being a shathriyan,
sri viswAmithRa by penance became exalted and attained the status of brahma
rishi. He brought along with him, sri chakravarthith thirumagan and iLaiya
perumAL to this banks and hence we can say that this pAsuram refers to this
also"
Interpretation 2:
"anRikkEa bagErathan thannaiyEa solluvadhAi, avan kodu vandha
gangai ennudhal".
Otherwise, this pAsuram can
be taken as referring to bagErathan -as he had brought the
ganges.
Sri periya-vAchAn piLLai,
like his great predecessors, did not force their views or interpretaion and
thrust on others. They pur forth two opinions and it is for us to take or leave
them. That is their greatness.
swAmi periya-vAchan piLLai
thiruvadigaLEa charaNam.
rAmAnuja
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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