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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-26
 

?pOdellam pOdhukondu vunponnadi punaiyamAttEn

theedhilAmozhigal kondu vunthirukkunam seppamAttEn

kAdalAl nenjam anbhu kalandhilEn, adhuthannAlE

AdhilEn arangarkku EllE! EnseivAn thOndrinEnE??

 

pOdellam pOdhukondu vunponnadi punaiyamAttEn: We should do kainkaryam to 
bhagavan with all three karanAs, viz., mano, vak, kAyam. Adhisesha does 
kainkaryam to bhagavan at all times. Poigaialwar says, ?sendral kudaiyam 
erundhal sinhAsanamam nindral maravadiyam neelkadalul endrum punaiyam 
manivillakkAm poompattAm pulgum anaiyam thirumArvukku aravu?(when emperuman 
goessomewhere, adhisesha becomes his umbrella like in krishnAvatara, if perumal 
sits he becomes the throne as in vaikundam, and if bhagavan stands then 
adhisesha is his paduka as in thiruvallikeni Sri Venkatakrishnan stands on 
adhisesha, when emperuman lies in parkadal as vyuha moorthi adhisesha is 
hisbed). When emperuman took rAmAvataram adhishesha became lakshmana who didall 
services,?aham sarvam karishyAmi jAgradaha svapathaschathE?. Nammazhvar says, 
?ozhivil kAlamellAm vudanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai seiya vEndum nAm?(alwar here 
requests perumal for kainkaryam at all times, being along with him). In this 
paasuram thondaradi podi alwar says ?I am not used to do what iam supposed to 
do. I do not do service to your divine feet at all times?. Though alwar was 
involved in pushpa kainkaryam to bhagavan always still he talks out of his 
naichyam.

 

theedhilAmozhigal kondu vunthirukkunam seppamAttEn: First alwar talked about 
the physical kainkaryam (kAyika kainkaryam). The second type of thonduis to 
talk the kalyana gunas of bhagavan. Even when they are physically drained out 
or not well bhagavatas get utmost enthusiasm if they are asked to say bhagavat 
gunam. Our mouth should always utter only the bhagavan nAmAand his kalyana 
gunas. Thondaradi podi alwar says that he will not talk about the bhagavan with 
sweet words. Can we really believe it after havingso much divine anubhavams 
from his thirumaalai prabhandam? He first did pushpa kainkaryam to bhagavan and 
seated him in a beautiful swing, decoratedwith beautiful and sweet smelling 
flowers. Now that perumal is enjoying the lAlli of the swing, alwar started to 
sing in his sweet voice the thirumaalai, a garland made of mesmerizing words. 
Probably perumal started sleeping due to the swing?s movement and the sweet 
song of alwar so alwar then sang the next prabandam thirupalliyezhuchi to wake 
perumal up. Still alwarsays he is not satisfied with his vachika kainkaryam to 
make us all understand the importance of the kainkaryam. Alwar also tells us 
how we should do this kainkaryam. We have to talk the bhagavat gunam. The talk 
should never be made on our own instead we have to follow what our elders and 
sastras say(?pEsittrE pEsalallAl?). Only those are ?theedhilAmozhigal? 
(flawless words). Sri ManavAla Mamunigal in his Upadesa ratina mAlai 
beautifully says, ?munnOr mozhindha murai thappAmal kEttu pinnOrindhu thAm 
adhanai pEsAdhE than nenjil thondriyadhe solli edhu suththa upadEsa varthai 
enbar moorkarAvAr ?(One who doesn?t follow his poorvacharyas words and says 
whatever comes to his mind and declares that to be authoritative is not to be 
considered a sadhoo, he is a moorkan). So theedhila mozhigal, those taught to 
us by our acharyas should be always kept in mind and the same has to be told to 
others. Our words reflect our mind. If our mind is full of kama, krOdha and 
lowkika vishayams then we talk the same. But bhagavatas are constantly thinking 
about the kalyana gunas of bhagavan and hence even if they sit amongst a group 
of lowkikas still they talk only bhagavat vishayam, passed on along the guru 
paramparai. If we consider ourselves to be very knowledgeable and start talking 
what ever comes to our mind then we thereby misguide the masses so before 
talking or doing upanyasam we have to getourselves trained under a good 
acharya. Krishna is geetha says, ?thath vidhdhi pranepAthEna pariprashnEna 
sEvaya! UpadEkshanthi thE jnanam jnaninas-thathvadarsinaha:!! (4.34) . Actually 
there are so many collections madeby our poorvAcharyas that even for learning 
all those one janma is not enough so why try to make new ones.

 

kAdalAl nenjam anbhu kalandhilEn, adhuthannAlE: Emperuman has divine kalyana 
gunas(thirukgunam). Only our mouth is impure. Still if we have the love and 
devotion in our minds then the utterance of the bhagavat kalyana gunas purifies 
our whole body. Emperuman cherished nAmmazhvar?s thirumEni so much, because it 
was that mouth which sang thiruvaimozhi, that he wantedalwar to come to moksha 
along with the body. So bhagavat gunam is capable of making us so sacrad. 
Periazhvar says, ?vakku thooimai ellAmayinAlE mAdhavA! vunnai vai kolla 
mAttEn?. But he didn?t stop with this he still continued his vachika kainkaryam 
since it is his svaroopam to always talk the bhagavat gunams. Next, thondaradi 
podi alwar talks about mAnasika kainkaryam. When rain falls on a stone it drops 
down but if the same water falls on mud it is absorbed inside. Our minds should 
not be like rocks instead it should have deep bhakthi and love so that when 
bhagavat gunam is showered on us by bhagavatOthamAs it should seep deep into 
our minds. In Srimad bhagavatham Sri sukar explains the gopi?s bhakthi as ?than 
manaska: thatha lAbha: thath vijeshtA:? That is how each one of us should get 
deeply involved in bhakthi towards the paramatma.  

 

AdhilEn arangarkku EllE! EnseivAn thOndrinEnE?: Emperuman doesn?t needany 
kainkaryam from us. But he surely enjoys when we do kainkaryam to himwith 
atmost love and devotion. Alwar in this paasuram says that he doesn?t do 
kainkaryam with all his trikaranas but it actually doesn?t suite alwar. It is 
like alwar is sarcastically point to all of us who live without doing 
kainkaryam to the bhagavan. Alwar finally wonders without doing kainkaryam to 
arangan, for what is this birth taken for?  

 

Let us also think the same and start right now to do what all kainkaryams 
possible immediately to add some meaning to our life.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 



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