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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-28
 

?umbarAl ariya lAgA oliyulAr AnaikkAgi

sempulAlundu vAzhum mudalaimEl seerivandhAr

namparamAyadundE? nAykalOm sirimaiyOrA

empirArku AtseiyAdhE enseivAn thOndrinEnE??

 

In this paasuram alwar tells about the Gajendra Moksha vriththAntham. Emperuman 
has sama drishthi so he doesn?t differentiate between man and animal. When 
droupathi surrendered to him and said ?Govinda pundareekaksha rakshamam 
sharanAgatham? he only bestowed her with innumerable saree but inthe case of 
the elephant gajendra he came running for his call to save him. Gajendra was 
also a great bhaktha of emperuman and to save him from the clutches of the 
crocodile emperuman came running.

 

umbarAl ariya lAgA oliyulAr AnaikkAgi: It is difficult for ordinary peoplelike 
us to see the devas and other gods. The devas have the same difficulty in 
seeing the supreme emperuman. Even when they run to thirupArkal to say their 
difficulty to emperuman they are not able to see him instead they hear only a 
asareeree voice. So even the devas are not aware who the parabrahman is. 
Gajendran who was a king in the previous birth now has became aelephant due to 
a curse. Similarly the crocodile which caught the legs ofgajendran was also a 
gandarvan. The crocodile caught the legs of gajendran for getting rid of his 
curse and hence it didn?t eat the elephant but both were fighting for number of 
years. Ultimately gajendran understood that, since inspite of fighting for so 
many years he still hasn?t died thereis some force which is saving him. So he 
shouted ?AdhimoolamE?(The supreme which is responsible for the creation). Even 
the devas didn?t knowwho this adhimoolam was and hence were eager to see who 
turned up to save the elephant. They were worried, what if the adhimoolam gave 
darshan only to gajendran so all the devas also started shouting the same. 
Since even the devas are incapable of understanding the bhagavan alwar here 
says ?umbarAl ariya lAgA?.

 

sempulAlundu vAzhum mudalaimEl seerivandhAr: In NarasimAvataram or Krishna 
avataram emperuman didn?t appear immediately after the devas complaintto him 
about hiranyakasipu or kamsan. He took narasimha avataram only when hiranyan 
troubled prahaladan. To prove the words of prahladan emperuman came out of the 
pillar. So emperuman considered sishta paripalam (to save the good people) more 
important than dushta nigraham(killing the asuras). Emperuman forgives any 
mistake we do to him but can never forgive the apacharam done to a bhagavatan. 
Here the crocodile did catch the feet of a bhagavatan but then the intention of 
the crocodile was bad. So more than our action our mental status is highly 
important. For the sake of his bhakthan gajendran(oliyulAr AnaikkAgi) he came 
running to kill the crocodile, which lives killing all animals which come to 
quench their thirst with the water in that place. Emperuman became very furious 
when he saw that the crocodile for troubling his bhakthan. He didn?t bother 
about his dress or didn?t even see if everything was ready for his purappadu 
but just sat on garudan and pushed him to go as fast as he came. Garudan is 
supposed to be very fast but at this time emperuman couldn?t even appreciate 
garudan?s speed since emperuman was in a state of great hurry and 
anger(mudalaimEl seeri vandhAr).

 

In the vyakhyanam Sri PVP remembers the ramanyana story. Emperuman forgives any 
sort of apacharam but he can never tolerate even a minute bhagavata apacharam. 
Ravana did great many apacharams to perumal and piratti. He separated the 
divine couples and gave a hell lot of problems to piratti. Still perumal was 
patient towards him and always wanted to save him. Even whenvibheeshana came 
and surrendered he ordered sugreeva to bring to his feet even if ravana came 
after second thought(?yethi vA rAvana svayam?). Such was the krupai of Sri Rama 
piran. Even after fighting one day he says go today and come tomorrow thinking 
that atleast that night ravana may change mind and come and surrender to him. 
All along emperuman was not angry with ravana but he tried to act as if he was 
angry. But then he became really angry only when ravana hit hanuman, his parama 
bhakthan. ?kObhasya vasamE emam? says valmiki at this place. Ravana was 
fighting from a chariotbut perumal was standing on the ground. So to lift 
perumal to the level of ravana to fight with him hanuman carried perumal on his 
shoulders. Ravana became very angry with hanuman?s act and hence instead of 
fighting withperumal he hurt hanuman, which made perumal furious. Perumal 
became very angry and started fighting vigorously. Similarly here emperuman 
couldn?ttolerate the trouble given by the crocodile to his bhaktha gajendran so 
emperuman came on his garuda vahanam and put his chakram on the crocodile 
andsaved gajendrazhvan from the clutches of the crocodile.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 



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