'engaL
mAdhavanEA'
In the preceding posting we
witnessed AzhwAr surrendering at the feet of Lord of namisAraNyam in the
sannidhi of pirAtti.
It is well known that
swAmi nam-AzhwAr performed a comprehensive and total surrender at the divine
feet of thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn who is none other than the Lord of pirAtti. this is
seen distintctly from the pAsuram-agala killEan
-thiru-voi-mozhi 6-10;
Akin to this thirumangai
mannan surrenders at the feet of Lord thiru-vEnkatamudaiyAn in the ninth
thiru-mozhi of the first ten.
In
each and every pAsuram he expresses 'vandhadaindhEan adiyEanai At koNdaruLEA'
.
sri periyavAchAn piLLai's commentary
is excellent in this regard having scanned the mind of sri thirumangai
mannan.
"..ennudai pApangaLaip pArthAl,
abandhukkaLai bandhukkaLAga ninaithum,bhOgyam illAdha idathEa bhOgya budhhiyaip
paNNiyum,Artha vishayangaLil 'aiyO!'ennAdhEayum,vunnaiyozhiya puRambEa kAlathaik
kazhithum pOndhEan, ... ippOdhu dhEvarai ozhiya sellAmaiyOdEa vandhEan,
ithalai shEshamAi, dhEvar
shEshiyAi,vida voNNAdha sambandhamuNdAi, en kuRRangaLai poRuppikkaikku
pirAtti sannidhiyum vuNdAna pinbu, en abarAdhangaLai poRuthaRuLi...peirya
pirAttiyAr purushakAramAga thiruvadigaLilEa charaNam
pugugiRAr"
AzhwAr sees his deeds. He had
mistook as relatives who are not so. He has mistook as happiness which were not
so. He has not evinced emotional interest in the real matters. He has
spent time in things distancing himself from the Lord.
However, now he approaches the
thiru-vEankatamudiayAn. AzhwAr being the shEshan- the subservient soul, Lord
being the shEashi-the Lord of the soul, the pirAtti being the mediatrix to make
the Lord to condone the misdeeds, AzhwAr surrenders comprehesively at the feet
of Lord thiru-vEnkatamudaiyan with pirAtti's purushakAram.
This is clear from the words "engAL
mAdhavanEa" in the penultimate pAsuram of this thirumozhi
"maRREal onRaRiyEan mAyanEa, engaL mAdhavanEa".
ii. Another question is raised by the commentator
in this regard. Having already surrendered in naimisAraNyam why should kaliyan
surrender again here? Those who take great concern and care of their
gentle physique will repeatedly sprinkle and splash water on their countenance
to ward off tiredness and fulfill their quench. Similarly, AzhwAr's state of
emotions push him to do this surrender act repeatedly.
"nalgi AL ennaik
koNdaruLEA''
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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