Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha Sri kanchi prathivAdi bayankaram anangarAchariar swamy used to deliver a small interesting imaginary story. Once Sita piratti and Kodha piratti went to write a test. The Question was: “Write the highlighting kalyana guna of emperuman in a single word. The quality that gives him the utmost greatness?” Sita Piratti wrote: “saranAgathavatsala:” (8
letters) KodhA piratti wrote:
“mAlE” (2 letters) The examiner awarded Sita piratti 50% of marks and
kOdha piratti 100%. Why? Because
the dwayam (otherwise the manthra ratnam, here refers to the two lettered
“mAlE”) has its greatness more than the ashtAkshari (otherwise the mantha raja,
here refers to the 8 lettered “saranAgathavatsala:”) The divine name “mAlE” has
been greatly elaborated by all the commentators (vyakhyAnakarthas). Why is krishna called as “mAlE” by
andal? Here is a very humorous story. Krishna leelas are not just leelas but are embodiment
of ultimate truth. One-day mother
yesodha was churning curd. Butter
aroused on top. The dialogue
between yesodha and kutti kannan is very interesting: Krishna:
Oh! Mother what is that? Yesodha:
Don’t go near my child it is a devil. Krishna:
What will the devil do? Yesodha:
It will swallow you? [Krishna jumped forward took the butter in hand and
in a matter of second put it inside his mouth and said,] Krishna:
Oh! Mother. Don’t worry now I have swallowed the devil before it could swallow
me. But my dear mother you are
mistaken it tastes like butter. That is exactly the same the lord does towards the
jeevatmas also. If we take a single
step towards the lord he jumps 10 steps towards us. Even if we give an acceptance signal it
is enough for him to take us to his divine feet. That is why andal calls him as “mAlE!” Who is that ‘mAl’? “mAlE
manivannA!” The gem coloured lord is ‘mAl’ He has not only the
colour of the gem but also the characteristics. The similarity between emperuman and the
gem has been extensively written by our poorvacharyas in their vyakhyanams.
(To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan
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