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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-59
 

“anbAvAi AramudhamAvAi adiyEnukku

  enbAvAi ellAmum neeyAvAi-ponpAvai

  kElvA kiLaroLi en kEsavanE kEdinRi

  AlvAikku adiyEn AL”

 

“அன்பாவாய் ஆரமுதமாவாய் அடியேனுக்

 கின்பாவா யெல்லாமும் நீயாவாய்-பொன்பாவை

 கேள்வா கிளரொளி யென்கேசவனே கேடின்றி

 ஆள்வாய்க் கடியேனா னாள்”

                        

Mesmerised by the divine love and affection of azhvar emperuman totally lost 
himself and started to slowly massage the legs and hands of thirumazhisai 
piran.  Azhvar then edifies emperuman about his divine qualities.

 

(அன்பாவாய) Oh! Lord you are the personification of love

 

Earlier thirumazhisai piran talked about the supremacy of the lord but now 
azhvar has attained the state of svAnubhavam (self experience) and has come to 
the conclusion that whatever supremacy the lord may have he is nothing but the 
personification of love.  Andal started her prabhandam with “nArAyananE namakkE 
parai taruvAn” ["நாராயணனே நமக்கே பறை தருவான்"] but diving deep in the ocean of 
bhagavat anubhavam she calls emperuman as “male!” ["மாலே!"]

Thirumazhisai piran earlier felt very pleased to have made himself and all 
others to love the lord but then he gradually realized that he had nothing to 
do in it, everything was done only by the lord “en pakkal pRemaththai vundAkki” 
["என் பக்கல் ப்ரேமத்தை உண்டாக்கி"]-These words of periavAchAn pillai can either 
be taken as creating love in emperuman towards azhvar or creating love in the 
heart of azhvar.

 

(ஆரமுதமாவாய)  Oh! Lord you are my greatest pleasure.  Since you are love 
personified you are my complete nectar (poornAmrudham).  Not only self 
experience (svAnubhavam) oh lord you have also given me great pleasure.  
Enjoying you is my greatest pleasure.

 

(அடியேனுக்கு இன்பாவாய்) I am your servant and exist for your pleasure.  You 
have now made me realize the actual meaning for the word ‘Joy’ (ஆநந்தம்)  I 
have experienced the brahmAnandam. (the ultimate joy)

(யெல்லாமும் நீயாவாய்) Though the lord is capable of granting us all sorts of 
pleasures viz., nityamukthAnubhavam, ubhayavibhoothi anubhavam etc. (the 
pleasures experienced by the nithyas and mukthas, the joy in this world and the 
other world) Still the ultimate pleasure is the lord himself.  As per the 
verses, “vAsudEva sarvam” and "உண்ணும் சோறு பருகு நீர் திண்ணும் வெற்றிலை 
எல்லாம் கண்ணன்" Oh! Lord you are dhAraka (that which is required for 
sustenance) pOshaka (that which is required for growth) and bhokyam (that which 
is required for pleasure) for me.

 

(பொன்பாவை கேள்வா)  Oh! The lord of the golden coloured lakshmi!  Whatever has 
been said above were all possible only due to her presence.

(anbAvAi-ponpAvai kElvA)  Emperuman is independent.  So he gets angered easily 
due to the mistakes committed by the jeevas.  But it is piratti who calms him 
down and makes him a personification of love. ‘KOlamalar pAvaikku anbAgiya en 
anbEyO’ "கோலமலர்ப் பாவைக்கன்பாகிய என்னன்பேயோ"Says Nammazhvar[thiru-10-10-7]

(AramudhamAvAi ponpAvai kElvA) ‘amudhil varul pennamudhu vunda emperumAnE’ 
"அமுதில் வரும் பெண்ணமுது உண்ட எம்பெருமானே!" [peri-thiru-6-1-2] The whole 
essence of the divine nectar has taken the form of piratti and hence being 
always in her company emperuman has also become “Aramudhu”

(adiyEnukkinbAvAi ponpAvai kElvA) All the divine anubhavams have been blessed 
only due to her presence.  If he was brahmachari narayanan then there would 
have been no great pleasure but due to her presence she not only makes 
emperuman happy but also gives divine anubhavams to all of us. ‘namakkum 
poovinmisai nangaikkum enbanai’ "நமக்கும் பூவின்மிசை நங்கைக்கு மின்பனை"[thiru 
4-5-8]

 

(ellAmum neeAvAi-ponpAvai kElvA) Emperuman becomes dharaka phOshaka bhOkyangal 
for us only due to her. ‘enakkenRum tEnum pAlum amudhumAgiya thirumAl’ 
"எனக்கென்றும் தேனும் பாலும் அமுதுமாகிய திருமால்" [peri.thirum.6-10-6]

 

(pAvai) “nAreenAm vuththamA vadhoo:” Best among women.

(kElvan) dear to her.

 

(பொன்பாவை கேள்வா கிளரொளி)  Only due to the union with piratti emperuman remains 
with a special brightness “sradhdhayA dEvO dEvatvamashnuthE” declare the 
shruthi.  This has been restated both in valmiki’s Sriramayanan and number of 
paasurams of azhvars.

 

(கிளரொளி யென்கேசவனே) He is got his brightness due to piratti , he is my master 
.  Adding to his beautiful physique is the dark bundled hair (prashasta 
kEsapAsam) that is admired by not only piratti but also the Vedas.

 

(கேடின்றி ஆள்வாய்க் கடியேனா னாள்)  You take care of your servants in such a way 
that there is not a slight hindrance for the kainkaryam (divine service) and 
also the divine experience.  By nature I am your servant (sEshabhoothan) and am 
supposed to do service to you.  So it is not nice for you to massage by legs, 
hands etc.  

Though ‘adiyen’ and ‘AL’ both convey almost the same meaning here there is no 
punarukthi dosham (repeating words with same meaning more than once) since 
adiyen shows the sEshatva svaroopam whereas ‘AL’ comes to indicate that for 
those who do not do divine service to him there is no effect of sEshatva 
svaroopam.  But is it necessary for azhvar to tell all these to the lord who is 
sarvagjnan (one who knows everything).  Due to his deep love emperuman is 
prepared to leave his status and start doing service to his servant.  So 
thirumazhisai piran explains the state of affairs to emperuman.  The same was 
done even by andal when she said, ‘kuRREval engalai koLLAmal pOgAdhu…eRRaikkum 
EzEzpiravikkum vunthannOdu vuRROmE AvOm vunakkE nAmAtcheivOm” "குற்றேவல் எங்களை 
கொள்ளாமல் போகாது....எற்றைக்கும் ஏழேழ் பிறவிக்கும் உன்றன்னோடுற்றோமே யாவோம் 
உனக்கே நாமாட்செய்வோம்" [thiruppavai-29]

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 


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