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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

? Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

Eppozhudum peesu?

 

? Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa?

 

Pranams,

 
Paasuram-25
 

?Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum kurikolandhanamai thannai

oliththittEn enkanillai ninkanum paththanallEn

kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn

aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE!?

 

Sri Alavandaar has sung the 22nd strotra of Stortra ratnam in similar lines. It 
shows how alavandaar reflects the views of alwar. He says, ?na dharmanishtOsmi 
nacha atma vEdhi na bhakthiman dvath charanAra vindhe achinchanaha ananyagathi 
sharanya! Dvath pAdha moolam sharanam prapathyE?

 

Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum: This line is equal to alavandaar saying ?na 
dharma nishtOsmi?. In kali it is difficult to do karma yoga since allAchara 
anushtAnams are lost. So alwar declares that he is not a karma yogi. 

 

kurikolandhanamai thannai oliththittEn enkanillai: na cha Athma vEdhi. I am not 
a jnani yogi too. ?Kali kalmasha chitAnAm? and hence it is difficult to 
practice jnana yogam.  

 

ninkanum paththanallEn: na bhakthi mAn dvath charanAra vindhe. I do have the 
bhakthi towards you. I don?t possess the deep devotion or prEmai.

 

kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn: If I have some dharma you 
can be pleased with me or if iam a jnani then you can declare me to be in the 
category, ?jnani tvAth maiva mE matham?. If I was a bhakthanthen you may 
happily say, ?yO mE bhaktha samE priyaha?. But I donot have any of these. No 
anushtanam required for karma yoga, no chitta shuddhirequired for a jnana yogi 
or mahavishvasam as required for a bhaktha. Then with what will you get pleased 
with me? No one will encourage anyone coming empty handed to their place. But 
only person who considers empty handedness(achinchanaha) as the qualification 
to come to his sannadhi is emperuman. So with that confidence I have come to 
your sannadhi and only thing I know to do is cry in front of you Oh! 
KadalvannA(the lord who has the colorof the sea).

 

aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE: One thing which doesn?tneed 
any prerequisites is nama sankeertam, which I keep doing always. If we want to 
appoint a person to do some work for us we look into his qualifications and 
think twice if he will be able to do the job well. But do we think the same way 
before giving alms to a beggar who wants help for the next meal? Oh! 
Arangathammam iam like a beggar in your door steps. So don?t look into my 
qualifications. My only qualification is that I donot have any qualification 
and have fallen into your feet due to my need for help. So please shower your 
pity on me, my lord. Alwar literally cries in this paasuram in front of the 
bhagavan.  

 

When alwar himself cries like this, what to say about all of us. We all are 
truly without any qualifications(even to sing like alwar or alavandaar such 
paasurams and strotras) so let us repeat the words of our alwars and acharyas 
and be grateful to the lord and the alwars and acharyas for teaching us the 
same.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 



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