Dear BhakthAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr :
We will start now with the first
"SeyyuL" (Verse) of SaThakOpar AndhAti :
vedatthin munn selha;
meeyuNarntOr virinchan mudhalOr
kOtaRRa
Jn~Anak-kozhuntin munn selha, guNam kadanta
bhOdhakkadal yengaL Tenn
kuruhUrp-punitan kaviyOr
paadhatthin munn
sellumE! Thollai Moolap-paramchudarE
( General Meaning):Sriman NaarAyaNan is timeless . He is the ancient Jagath
KaaraNan . He stands transcending every thing in His creation . He is the
embodiment of all tEjas ( lustre). The Vedic recitation starts after stating
His name Hari ( Hari: Om) . He is the indwelling life behind all that is
alive. Understanding his svaroopam ( inherent nature) is indeed true Jn~Anam .
BrahmA and others carry out His assignments and commands and perform their
duties . All the Vaidhika Matams dealing with different dhaivams
accept
Sriman Narayanan as the Supreme God of gods. All the upanishads
deal with and follow the doctrine of NaarAyaNa Parathvam( supermacy).
Those scholars who have reflected and
understood clearly the meaning of the first line of the first paasuram of the
first decad of ThiruvAimozhi ( uyaRvaRa uyar nalamudayavan yavanavan)
recognize
that first line houses Jn~Anam about
Bhagavath Svaroopam .Thru that the meaning of this seyyuL ( First verse of
SaThakOpar andhAti) will become evident . Just as BhagavAn is the
supreme foundation for all Created beings and is beyond them ,
Swamy NammAzhwAr is the ocean of bhagavath guNAnubhavam.
If we state that Sriman narayaNan is
the root cause ( Moolam) for the universe, it follows that He is the budding
shoot of the first line of first
Paasuram of ThiruvAimozhi. As a
result , the Lord does not step before that first line of His the blemish
free AzhwAr born in ThirukkuruhUr and stays free from the three
guNams ( thriguNAdheethar).
He is not free ; He is bound
by THAT VERY FIRST LINE as Madhurakavi AzhwAr pointed out
(KaNNinuNN siRut-tAmpinAl kattuNNap-paNNiya perumAyan ).
Word by word Meaning
For the first verse
thollai=
very ancient
moolam=the
fundamantal reason for all
Param=that
which stands transcending all
sudar=Self-effulgent Sriman
NarayaNan
Vedatthin munn
selha= May it have the power to precede Vedic recitation
!
meyyuNarnthOr=those who are blessed with
true tattva Jn~Anam
Vrinchan=
such as Brahma Devan
kOthaRRa=blemishless
Jn~Anak-kozhuntin munn
selha= may He have the power to go before that ever
growing flame of Jn~Anam !
GuNam kadantha
bhOdhak-kadal= the One who transcends the three guNams (
Suddha sattva mayan ) and stays as the ocean of true
Jn~Anam
YengaL TenkuruhUr
Punithan= our revered and sweet AzhwAr , who incarnated in
KuruhUr
Kavi oru
paadhatthin munn sellumE
= The first line of the first paasuram of
ThiruvAimozhi will hold the Supreme one in itself . He would be bound by
it as
Madhura Kavi AzhwAr pointed out
.
NamO SrI RanganAthAya ,