Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-62 "thirunindRa pakkam thiRavidhendru OrAr karunindRa kallArk kuraippar-thiruvirundha mArvan siridarantan vaNdulavu taNtuzAi tAr tannai soodhittariththu" In the previous paasuram, azhvar rejoiced thinking about his fortune/greatness. Immediately the state of the others around him troubled azhvar. These people consider souls/devas similar to them born from the womb of a mother to be paradeivam (supreme) and undergo number of hardships. How can azhvar being an Srivaishnava tolerate the sorrow of the fellow beings? (thirunindRa pakkam thiruvidhu) The most blessed object in which piratti resides is the paratattvam. "sraddhayA dEvO dEvatvamasnutE" (only due to piratti indicated by the word "sraddhA" perumal attains the quality of a deva) "apAngO bhooyAmsO yadhupari param brahma tatabhoot" The nature of the object doesn't matter but wherever the divine grace of piratti falls in full becomes the sarvEswaran. Sri Parasara bhattar reiterates the same in his GunaratnakOsam, "vEthAnthAs tattvachinthAm murapiturasi yat pAdhachinhais taranti" (4) (thiRavidhendru) All objects other than self is under her control. Hence unless she shows herself it is difficult to visualize by others. Appillai says, 'It is not understandable by superfluous words or tactics.' (OrAr) If they are intelligent they can realize this tattva but there is no sign of any intellect in them. (karunindRa) Similar to them devas like Indra take birth from a womb ("vushasi rOdha asinjat" declare the Vedas) (karunindRa kallArkku vuraippar) These people preach to stupid people, ignorant of Vedas just like them, about the supremacy of the devas. What are they really trying to do? Azhvar explains; (thiruvirundha mArvan siridharan) In practice, an insect that doesn't even know the smell of a mango (mAmbhazham) is named as 'mAmbhazhavunni". Similarly the devas who do not have any sort of relationship with piratti (the divine consort) are called as "sriman" by their bhakthas. Whereas in the case of perumal, piratti resides always in his chest "agalagillEn eraiyum" and hence he is called as "sireedharan". The Vishnu sahasranAmam reiterates the same with 12 divine names, Srivatsa: SrivAsa: Sripathi: SrimadhAm vara: Srita: Srisa: Srinivasa: Srinidhi: SrivibhAvana: Sridhara: Srikara: srEya: SrimAn (Siridharan tan vaNdulavu taNtuzAi tArtannai soodi tariththu) Adorning the cool, honey filled garland of lakshminAdan "soodikkaLaindhana soodum eththondarkalOm "[thirupallandu-9] and attaining well being due to that; 'thirunindRa pakkam thiravidhendru OrAr" (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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