Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-50 ?kooRRamum sARA koduvinaiyum sARA
tee mARRamum sARA
vagai arindhEn-ARRam karaikidakkum
kaNNan kadal kidakkum mAyan vuraikidakkum
vullath thenakku? In the
previous paasuram, azhvar advised all to chant the divine names of emperuman
thereby fulfilling the purpose of being blessed with a mouth. Our immediate question will be what will
we attain by doing so? So now azhvar continues to say the benefit he obtained by
chanting the divine thirunAmams of emperuman. (kooRRamum
sARA vagai arindhEn) I have found the way to get released from the clutches of
yama. ?svapurushamapiveekshya? (Vishnu puranam
3-9-14) ?thirambEnmin kandeer? (nan. Thiru.68) ?kedumidarAyavellAm kesavA enna nAlum koduvinai seiyum kooRin tamargalum
kurugagillAr? (thiruvai-10-2-1) ?nAvalittu
vuzhi taruginrOm naman tamar talaigalmeedhE?
(thirumAlai-1) ?vallalE!
Vun tamar kendrum naman tamar kollAr pOl?
(Peri.thiru.8-10-7) (koduvinaiyum sARA vagai arindhEn) Moreover I have found the best way to
get rid of all the sins that form the root cause for yama to approach
me. (tee
mARRamum sARA vagaiarindhEn) Now I will not be detained under the following
categories viz., dEhAtmAbhimAni-one who considers the body to be the soul
(athma); svathanthrAbhimAni- one who considers himself to be independent;
devathAntharaparan-one who considers himself to be a slave of some devatha;
vishayAntharaparan- one who is involved in passion; upAyAntharaparan- one who
depends on the various means for attaining salvation. TeemARRam-anarththam; that which is
fruitless. How did
azhvar get this clarity? (kadal
kidakkum mAyan ARRam karaikidakkum kaNNan vurai kidakkum vullaththu enakku) Emperuman descended to the thirupArkadal
(milky ocean) to give divine darshan to the devas (brahma, rudra and
others). But ordinary samsaris like
us are incapable of reaching the divine abode of emperuman, ksheerAbhdhi. So he further descended to kapistalam,
the divya desam in the banks of kaveri as kaNNan. This very lord blessed us all with the
charama sloka, ?sarva dharmAn parityajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja? during the
bhAratha yuddha. Azhvar says,
?since these divine words of my beloved Parthasarathi/geethAcharyan always
reverberates in my mind, now I have found the way out, ?kooRRamum sArA
koduvinaiyum sARA-teemARRamum sARA vagai
arindhEn? (kooRRam)
fear of yama is for those who are concerned with varnAshrama
dharmas. (koduvinai)
fear of good and bad deeds is for those who are involved with
passion; But for me
there is no worry or fear since my mind doesn?t think about varnAshrama dharmas
or lowkika pleasures it always circles around the words of
parthasarathi. (ARRam karai
kidakkum kannan) shows the sowlabhyam, makes him easily accessible by one and
all. Parallel to the word ?mAm? in
charama slokam. (kadal
kidakkum mAyan) shows his paratvam filled with jnana and sakthi, making him
capable of accomplishing whatever he thinks of. Parallel to the word ?aham? in charama
slokam. (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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