Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara MunayE
namaha
Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha
The divine arthas given by
andal in the “karavaigal pin
sendru” paasuram are really extraordinary. Thiruppavai is considered to be “vedam
anaiththukkum viththu” (the seed that grows the Vedas). No wonder that each paasuram is
flooded with so many divine meanings.
Each and every word deserves pages and pages of explanations that have
been beautifully elaborated eminently by our poorvacharyas. Limited to our knowledge and time we
have been enjoying just few drops from that outstanding divine ocean. So half-heartedly adiyen continues
with explaining just a single part in this paasuram, though the whole paasuram
is really avid. Adiyen’s sincere
request to all bhagavatas is please do try to go through the thiruppavai
commentary atleast once in your life time else you are sure to miss a great
treasure.
(ariyAdha pillaigalOm
anbinAl vunthannai sirupEr azhaiththanavum seeri arulAdhE)
Andal said “kurai vondrumillAdha govinda” and “koodArai vellum seer govinda”
that got immense pleasure to the divine hearts of krishna. But then he questioned, “Oh! Andal now
you are calling me with the name that is very dear to me but why did you
initially call me with other names?” What are the other names krishna is
referring to? It is really amazing that here krishna is referring to that very
thirunamam that has been greatly adorned by the sastras “nArayanan”. Even by the number of letters
“govinda” is only less but how did “narayana” become “sirupEr” (small name). It is small in the heart of
krishna. “Narayana” may show his
paratvam but not his sowlabhyam.
Only to show his sowlabhyam did emperuman leave all his joy in his
divine abode and takes avatara as krishna amidst the gopalas and became
govindan. The greatest crowning
for krishna was the “govinda pattabhishekam”. He was not satisfied even being
crowned the king of ayodhya by all the maharishis but he was elated to be
crowned as “govindan” in front of the gopalas.
Understanding the divine feeling of krishna andal
says, “Oh! Lord due to the immense love we have towards you we don’t know what
we are really talking and hence we have called you as narayana earlier but now
we apologize for our ignorance.
Elders with big heart forgive the small mistakes of innocent folks;
won’t you forgive and forget our mistakes?
Arjuna also apologized for calling krishna with
small names. What were
they?
“sakEthi matvA
prasabham yadhuktham hEy krishna! HEy yAdhava! hEy sakEthi!
ajAnathA mahimAnam tavEmam mayA
pramAdhAth pranayEna vApiII”
Arjuna perplexed by having the divine vishavaroopa
darisanam considers calling parthasarathi earlier as “krishna, yAdhava etc” to
be a big mistake. But in the case of andal, she surrendered to the divine lord
considered him to be the upaya and upEya and due to her deep bhakthi the name
narayana, the indication of the lord’s paratvam was small and govinda that
indicated his sowlabhyam the apt name.
(To be continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan