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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



Paasuram-23



"viththumida vENdum kolO vidaiyadarththa

paththi uzhavan pazhampunaththu - moiththezhundha

kArmEga manna karumAl thirumEni

neervAnam kAttum nigazhindhu"



In the previous paasuram, azhvar introduced a great physician to all of us 
"maruththuvanAi nindra mAmanivaNNan". This special doctor knows how to cure our 
disease of samsAram. The medicine is nothing other than just falling to the 
feet of the almighty and surrendering to him "pazhagiyAn thAlE panimin". But we 
are all blessed with minds to think and analyse. Will we accept any fact that 
easily? Oh! No. How is that possible since we always have the benefit of doubt 
and the right to question. So the question arised," When we see in this world 
(pratyaksham) even in our day to day life that a lot of effort is to be put in 
attaining even a small result how is that we can attain the ultimate result, 
the Moksha by just falling to the feet of the divine lord (negligible effort)?"

Azhvar answers, "As said in the last paasuram, the lord due to ultimate grace 
on us took various incarnations viz., narasimhan, matsyam etc to protect his 
devotees in awake state whereas he also saves all the jeevatmas in the dormant 
state during the pralaya. When the lord has so much krupai (mercy) what is the 
necessity for any other conditions to exist? The requirement is only the 
natural wish that arouses to fall to the feet of the divine lord the rest is 
taken care by that emperuman who acts as the prAptha and prApagan. Further he 
does all the necessity jobs to make us attain the ultimate result (paththi 
uzhavan). What else should a jeeva do other than desiring moksha/him?



(paththiuzhavan pazham punaththu viththu mida vENdum kolO) Bhakthi is the crop; 
paramapurushan is the owner of the fertile land (this world), the farmer. What 
is the necessity for us to sow the seeds of punyam/good deeds for bhakthi to 
grow in our minds?



(paththi uzhavan) Emperuman is the farmer. The amount of hardships a farmer 
undergoes to attain a good yield is innumerable. He has to irrigate the field, 
remove the unwanted weeds, sow the seed, plant the sprout in the appropriate 
places, add the necessary manure and fertilizers and all these should be done 
in appropriate time. Similarly emperuman, the farmer also undergoes a number of 
hardships.



This farmer, the divine lord has a very fertile land, the nithya vibhooti that 
gives a great yield but still he just doesn't relax but wants to cultivate the 
crop of bhakthi also in the land of leela vibhooti. So first he involved 
himself in Creation of the jeevas. He gave them body and mind and remained as 
their antaryAmi to guide them in the right path. Moreover he took a number of 
avatarams to uplift the jeevatmas. 



[See how Swamy Nammazhvar also has the same type of anubhavam considering 
emperuman as a farmer,

"ooravar kavvai eruvitttu annaisol neermaduththu

Eeranelviththi mulaiththa nenjapperunjseyyul

PEramar kAdhal kadalpurraiya vilaiviththa

KAramar mENi nam kaNNan" (thiruvai 5-3-4)]



(pazham punaththu) To start cultivating a new land a lot of initial processing 
should be done for a good yield. But for an already cultivable fertile land 
where regular cultivation is done even just throwing the seeds here and there 
will give a good yield. This world is a fertile old land where the paththi 
uzhavan does regular cultivation. This leela vibhooti is not created afresh but 
exist forever.



(pazham punaththu viththumida vENdum kolO) Like throwing the seeds here and 
there in a regular cultivating land just the desire is enough for the paththi 
uzhavan to grow the crop of bhakthi in this world.



The above interpretation results from the words of Sri PeriavAchAn pillai's 
commentary verse, "pazham panangalilE vidhaikka vENdAdhE vudari mulaikkumApOlE."



A slight variation in the interpretation can be obtained while looking into the 
words of other acharyas. Let us enjoy the same in the next posting.



(To Be Continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan













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