Fourth CheyyuL :
Introduction
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In this verse , Kambar points
out that
ThiruvAimozhi stands as the end point of all
dharmams. It stays as the Vedam ,
Veda Saakhai ( branch) , VedAntam and
righteous conduct for each individual's doctrines
and his/her VarNAsrama duties .
For VaisyAs , it is dhanam ( wealth) ; for BrahmaNAs, it is tapas; for
KshatriAs, it is dharmam and for those of the 4th varNam , it is the
righteous conduct leading to their Asrama
dharmam.
Text of the Third SeyyuL
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dhanamAm silarkku tavamAm
silarkku-
dharuma
niRai
ghanamAm silarkkataR-kAraNamAm
silark-kAraNatthin
inamAm silarkataRkellayumAm
thollai yEr-vaguLa
VanamAlai EmperumAn KuruhUr
Mannan
VaaimozhiyE
General Meaning and comments
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The king of Jn~Anam from
KuruhUr adorning the VaguLa garland is comparable to Sriman
NaarAyaNan wearing the ancient garland of never-fading wild flowers ( Vana
Maalai). The
sacred utterances of the King of
KuruhUr, The ThiruvAimozhi , is wealth for some ( VaisyAs); for some , it
is tapas
( Brahmins) and its adhyayanam is
the basis for all vratAnushtAnams for them . For some others , it is an assembly
of dharmams to be followed. For all of those SaadhakAs , it is the
underlying Vedam , Veda Saakhai and the Upanishads ( Veda Siras) associated
with those Vedams .
" athaRkku ellayumAm thollai
VanamAlai EmperumAn " can be intrepreted to mean that the Lord adorning the
Vana Maalai is the boundary ( yellai nilam) for all dharmams . Just like his
Vana Maalai adorning Lord , the VaguLa Maalai adorning Swamy NammAzhwAr
thru his ThiruvAimozhi stays as the end point of all dharmams.
Vana Maalai is the garland made
from the flowers that blossom in all the six rutus of the year
and it hangs all the
way down to the Lord's knees:
AajAnulambini mAlA sarvarutushu
sarmOjjvalA
madhyE sthUlakadhambhADyA
VanamAlEti keertitA
Certain flowers bloom
only in a specific rutu on earth ; they do bloom however in all the
six rutus at Sri VaikunTham since kAlam does not hold its sway there
. Vana Maalai is made from such multihued , never fading flowers(
samOjjvalA) blooming in all rutus at Sri VaikunTham .
Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sdagopan