Dear BhakthAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr
:
Introduction to the Fifteenth
SeyyuL
VedAs are
saluted as akrurimam , krutakEdaram and apourushEyam to indicate that they
were not composed by any human being. AzhwAr's
aruLiccheyal
are referred
to as Tamizh Vedams . In this seyyuLL , Kambhar clears the doubts of those who
question the title of Tamizh MaRais for AzhwAr's aruLiccheyalkaL since
it is known that Swamy
NammAzhwAr , "
a human being" created them. The question is : How can the Tamizh MaRais
be called apourushEyam under these circumstances
.
Text of the 15th
SeyyuL
paNNappaduvanavum uLavO? maRai
yenRu pallOr
yeNNappattac-soll tihazhac-cheytAn
iyalOdisayin
vaNNap-padaikkut-tanittalai
vEndhan malar uhutta
suNNap-padar padappaik-kuruhUr
vantha soRRkkadalE
SeyyuLL 15:
Word by Word Meanings:
iyalOdu isayin vaNNa
padaikku tanit-talai Vendhan=He ( NammAzhwAr) is the
unique commander of the beautiful army made up of Iyal Tamizh and Isai
Tamizh .
VaNNa Padai is a beautiful
sainyam.
AzhwAr is its " Tanit-talai
vEndhan" ,
UNIQUELY GIFTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THIS ARMY
.
malar uhuttha padar
suNNam padappai KuruhUr vantha soRRkkadal=This AzhwAr was
born at ThirukkuruhUr located in Marutha Nilam , where flowering trees shed
their blossoms copiously , which in turn leads to the fragrant pollen
dust spreading in all directions .
"Padappai"
means Marutha Nilam .
" padar
suNNam" means the wide spreading of the fragrant makaranta podi( pollen
dust) in all directions .
maRai paNNappaduvanavum
uLavO yenRu
pallOr yeNNappata
soll thihazha seythAn=Swamy NammAzhwAr created
ThiruvAimozhi , where every word is pregnant with deep esoteric meanings as in
the case of Sanskrit Vedhams.
That made many wonder whether AzhWar's
aruLiccheyalkaL was not made after all by a human being( apourushEyam) .
They wondered whether Ahwar was a Mantra
dhrashta like the rishis linked to the
various Sanskrit vedha Mantrams and therefore his aruLiccheyalkaL really
belonged to the apourushEyam category.
The question on the mind of the
astounded listeners was:" KuruhUr vantha
soRRkkadal maRai
PaNNappaduvanavum
uLavO ? The
Tamil Vedhams( Tamizh MaRai) of the AzhwAr born at KuruhUr
made many
wonder whether they
were created by a human being.
Seyyul
16
Introduction to the 16th
SeyyuLL
Kambha NaattAzhwar says
that PerumAL churned the
milky ocean and produced nectar for the benefit of the dEvAs; In contrast to
that , Swamy NammAzhwAr churned the assembly of VedAs and blessed him with the
honey known as ThiruvAimozhi.Kambhar says that he is totally unqualified to
recieve that grand gift from his AchAryan .
Text of the 16th
SeyyuLL
kadalaik-kalakkiyamudham
amararkkaLittAn ; kaLittAr
kudalik-kalakkum kuLir
sankinAn; kuRayAmaRayin
tidalaik-kalakkit-ThiruvAimozhi yenum
tEnait-tantAn
nadalaip-piRappaRutthu
yennayum AatkkoNda NaayakanE
SeyuLL 16: Word by Word
Meaning
KaLitthAr kudalai
kalakkum kuLir sankhinAn kalakki amudhu amararkku aLitthAn= The Lord with the divine conch
( Paanchajanyam) that makes the
stomachs of the egotistic ones ( KaLitthAr)
agitated with fear ( Kudalik-kalakkum) while
cooling the minds of those ,who sought the rakshaNam of its
Lord, churned the milky ocean and distributed the nectar that came out of the
ocean to the dEvAs( amuthu amararkku
aLitthAn).
The two attributes of the divine conch
is being described here : (1) it makes the enemies of the Lord fear with its
dhvani
(2) It calms the minds of those , who
sought the refuge of the Lord's sacred feet.
yennayum nadalai piRappu
aRutthu AatkkoNDa Naayakan , kuRayA maRayin tidalai kalakki ThiruvAimozhiyenum
tEnai'tanthAn=
yennayum= even me , who is totally unfit to recieve His
grace
Nadalai piRappu aRutthu
AatkkoNda Naayakan=This Master of mine ruled over me and
cut the chains of the grief causing repeated births and deaths in this
samsAric world.
kuRayA
maRayin tidali kalakki ThiruvAimozhiyenum tEnai tanthAn= AzhwAr churned the entire sand hills of VedAs and produced the
honey of Thiruvaimozhi and blessed Kambhar with it.This act was similar to
that of the Lord churning the milky ocean to bless the dEvAs with nectar
except that he
( Kambhar) was totally unfit to recieve such a magnanimous gift
from AzhwAr.
Kambhar says that the DevAs deserved
the gift of nectar from the Lord and wonders why Swamy NammAzhwAr chose
him , who was undeserving ,and offered his sacred feet as
refuge and thereby freed him from the cycles of unending births and
deaths and blessed him with the honey of
ThiruvAimozhi
arising from the churning of the
assembly of the Sanskrit VedAs.
Swamy NammAzhwAr
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,
DhAsan ,
Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan