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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

"manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai

 tanakkEthAn tanjamAk koLLil-enakkEthAn

 endRondri nindRulagai Ezh Anai OttinAn

 sendrOnRi nindRa thiru"

 

Pleased with azhvar's words, "virunbhuvadhE villEn manam" emperuman rushed to 
settle in the divine heart of thirumazhisai piran taking a strong vow, "oh! 
Azhveer even if you and your heart forget me I will never leave you" 
["marappanendRu senthAmarai kaNNOdu marappaRa ennullE manninAn"] (thiru 
1-10-10) Azhvar's ecstasy reached no bounds, so in this paasuram azhvar 
wonders, "In the case of others, emperuman enter their hearts after they 
surrender to his divine feet but in my case he has entered and filled my heart 
due to his unconditional grace.  Who else will be blessed with such a great 
fortune?"

 

(manakkEdham) In Sanskrit "mana:kEdha:" means sorrow in the heart.  Whereas 
while split as "manaththukku yEdam" in tamil it means ignorance and other 
defects in our heart.

 

(manakkEdham sArA madhusoodhan tannai tanakkE tanjamA koLLil) Two asuras madhu 
and kaitapa stole the Vedas from brahma and thereby hindered the process of 
creation and thereby tried to spread the darkness of ignorance everywhere.  
Emperuman rushed to the rescue of brahma killing madhu and kaitapa.  If we hold 
on to the divine feet of that divine lord as the means (upaya) emperuman also 
removes all the defects and ignorance in our minds just like killing madhu and 
kaitapa and handing over the vedas back to brahma.

 

(tanakkE thAn tanjamAk koLLil) This type of one holding to the divine feet of 
emperuman (like a small monkey holding to its mother) is called as 'svagatha 
sveekAram'.  Prapannas are classified into two based on markata sisu nyAyam and 
mArjAla sisu nyayam.  One who holds on to the lord's divine feet by his 
self-effort just like a baby monkey holding on to its mother is called as 
svagatha sveekara nishtan.  Another category is one who is held by emperuman 
himself like a mother cat holding on to its kid-paragata sveekAra nishtan.  The 
first two lines in this paasuram talks about the way emperuman handles the 
svagata sveekara nistan and the last two lines talk about the specialty shown 
by emperuman towards paragata sveekara nishtan like thirumazhisai piran. 

 

(EnakkEthAn  endRondri nindRulagai Ezh Anai OttinAn sendrOnRi nindRa thiru)

 

The lord is omnipresent "andhar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya nArAyana stita:" But 
it is me who has been fortunate to get his divine grace that had made that 
omnipresent lord to come and reside in my heart.  It is me who has received 
this valuable treasure and that too only today.  Comparing those who go and 
fall to his divine feet with those who are waiting for his divine grace to fall 
on them the second category is of the greater status and more closer to the 
lord.  Thus this paasuram reiterates the meaning conveyed by the following veda 
mantra; "prajApatis tvam veda I prajApathim tvO veda II yam prajApathir veda sa 
punyO bhavathi" [The paramapurushan attains one; one attains the paramapurusha; 
Among these two the one who is attained by the paramapurushan is great/special]

 

 (To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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