SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, In last verse- DO not tempt me and entice me, oh maayanE! - Said AzhwAr and added "for that, I [am blessed and trying to] keep Your Lotus feet in my heart always". Then you can ask other demi gods to destroy your paapams - and for that query, AzhwAr answered in three verses rejecting the very concept of even comparing other demi gods anywhere near Sriman Narayanan and declared the ananyagathithvam. Now the Lord says: Ok. even if you wish to pray to me alone, then think of individual paapam and perform the respective praayaschittham for the same and then seek my grace. AzhwAr responds: kulankaLaaya veeriraNdi lonRilumpi RanthilEn, nalankaLaaya naRkalaikaL naavilumn^a vinRilEn, pulan_kaLainthum venRilEnpo RiyilEnpu Nnitha,n^in ilankupaatha manRimaRRor paRRilEnem meesanE! (90) Oh most pristine Purest One! Punithaa! Our Master! Our Lord! I am not blessed to be born [in this birth] in any of the good four varnas (Brahman, Kshathriya, Vaisya, Sudra]; [Hence], I have not learnt any of four sampradayic or saasthric educations. And Hence, I did not conquer my five sense organs. And hence, thus am the repository of all vices seeking worldly pleasures. And Hence, the resplendent Lotus Feet of Yours- that can grant all and any fruits- but for Them, I do not have any other upAyam [way] at all. [what a wonderful PAsuram! What a naichyAnusanthAnam of AzhwAr!] There are four varnas in the world. Those who are born in any of these four varnas- have been ordained to perform various deeds to get rid of their paapams. How can i pefform them, when I am not born in any of these four varnas and conquer my indriyas (senses)? Hence, what I have is only tons of tons of paapams committed and be the chakravarrthi of them only. How can I commit prayaschittham for those individual sins- when i am not qualified to learn them, when i do not have the jnAnam for the same; and when i am thus not capable of that. Hence Akinchanan- helpless as I am, for me only Your lotus feet is my refuge and I have no other recourse. Thus only Saranagati is the Upayam. Thus first poRiyilEn (repository of sensual and worldly pleasures) Why? because- venRilEn- Not conquered the five senses; Why? Because navinRilEn- not learnt the ways to get rid of paapams; Why? Because- piRandhilEn- not born in any of these four varnas. When only three varnikars (Brahmana, Kshathriya, Vaishya) alone can recite Vedas and then perform KarmAnushtAnam, bhakti yoga etc.., why did he say four varnas here? Because AzhwAr talks about performance of praayaschittham for the sins committed; and not about the performance of bhakti yoga. ALso, it may mean to say that AzhwAr parents (originally) were Bhargava Rishi and Kanakangi. When Rishi was doing penance, his thapas was interrupted by the dancer Kanakangi and was attracted to her beauty. Thus AzhwAr felt that it was not through right way and hence not from sathkulam... Also, why did AzhWar mention that though he was born in any of four varnas, he did not learn Vedas and other dharmas to perform praayaschittham. The three varnas can recite Vedas; however the fourth varnaikar- Sudras- can at least perform yagnams using namaskara manthras - as mentioned by Yaagnavalkya rishi. Thus there is an opportunity to perform anushtAnam to do some sort of praayaschittham. Hence since I am not born in any of these four varnas and hence no chance of performance of any prayschittha. poRiyilEn- poRi- means- trap- bait- that is required to catch the fish. The fish gets tempted by the same and thus gets trapped and gets caught. Simplatly, I am also tempted by the sensual pleasures and get trapped by these sense organs. Also poRi means other words namely.. symbol or identification, jnAnam, etc.. AzhwAr means to say that he lacks all of them and hence is uttery helpless in being unable to perform any prayaschittham for the paapams. His Akinchanyathvam is established here. Also, AzhwAr says: What should be avoided- I continue to do; i.e. not controlling senses as I do not learn saasthras; not am I qualified as I am not born in good varna; kulam. What should be followed like recitation, uttering divine names, praising You- I do not know as I am under the influence of five senses and seeking worldly pleasures [akruthyAnAncha karaNam; kruthyAnaam varjanamcha mE..] AzhwAr ? does he perform prapatti (Saranagti) here or does he perform prayaschittha prapatti? Since Acharyas have commented that the subsequent verses- he surrenders, this can be considered more as prayschittha prapatti It can also be considered as reflection of Akinchanyathivam (utter helplessness of himself). Ananyagathithvam- having no other refuge but Sriman Narayanan was established last few verses categorically. Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dasan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/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/
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |