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            SrImate Ra'nga RAmAnuja MahA DeSikAya namaH.
        tAtparya ratnAvaLi - Submission 62 - Slokam 23 Part 3,
              tiruvAimoHi 2.1, pASuram-s 2.1.4 to 2.1.6.

·       pASuram 2.1.4:

kaDalum malaiyum viSumbum tuzhAi em pOl
SuDar koL irAp pagal tu'njAyAl taN vADAi!
aDal koL paDaiyAzhi ammAnaik kANbAn nI 
uDal nOi uRRayO Uzhi tOr UzhiyE.

taN vADAi! nI em pOl kaDalum malaiyum viSumbum tuzhAi, SuDar koL irAp
pagal tu'njAyAl, aDal koL paDai Azhi ammAnaik kANbAn Uzhi Uzhi tORum
uDalam nOi uRRAyO?  - O cold breeze!  Like me, you are also searching
in the oceans, the mountains and the skies for the One who bears the
powerful cakra in His hand, and it seems you also are afflicted with
the disease that continues unabated for eons after eons.  (AzhvAr's
anubhavam is that the wind is shivering from cold because of its
disease of separation from Him!)

svAmi deSikan describes the gist of the current pASuram with the words
'anveshTum prerakatvAt' ( anveshaNam - searching for, seeking;  
preraka - urging, stimulating, impelling) -  He impels His devotees to
keep searching for Him day and night when they are separated from Him -
SuDar koL irAp pagal tu'njAyAl taN vADAi!  'The cold winds are blowing
day and night without stopping, over the seas, mountains and skies, for
several eons continuously, looking for Him all over, without winking
their eyelids ever.  It is as if they have made a promise to find Him
one way or the other, and He has made a promise not to show Himself to
them - such is the devotees' state when they feel separated from Him. 
BhagavAn drives His devotees to that state when they are separated from
Him - one more of His guNa-s that supports His guNam of viraha daSA
duH-sahatvam (guNam at the daSakam level) - the utter unbearability of
being separated from Him, experienced by a devotee.

One is reminded of the mantra from the MahA NarAyaNa Upanishad that
echoes AzhvAr's words in this pASuram - 

ambhasya pAre bhuvanasya madhye nAkasya pRshThe mahato mahIyAn   | - 
'The One who is greater than the great, resides in the vast ocean, in
the atmospheric region, and in the celestial abode' - One who is
residing in the Milky Ocean, in the Aditya maNDala, in SrI vaikunTham,
and also in the heart-cavity of all - kaDalum malaiyum viSumbum tuzhAi
em pOl.

·       pASuram 2.1.5:

        Uzhi tOr Uzhi ulagukku nIr koNDu 
        tOzhiyarum yAmum pOi nIrAi negizhginRa
        vAzhiya vAnamE! nIyum madhu sUdan
        pAzhimaiyil paTTu avan kaN pASattAl naivAyE.

Uzhi Uzhi tORum ulagukku nIr koNDu tOzhiyarum yAmum pOl nIrAi
negizhginRa Azhiya vAnamE!  Madhu sUdan pAzhimaiyil paTTu avan kaN
pASattAl naivAi - O low-lying clouds bearing waters sufficient enough
to fill the whole world eon after eon!  You are also melting down like
me and my friends and possessing weak bodies by becoming attracted to
the greatness of Slayer of the demon by name Madhu.

svAmi deSikan presents the guNam of BhagavAn sung in this pASuram as
'vilaya vitaraNAt' (vilayanam - dissolving, liquefying; vitaraNa -
giving up) - He causes a state close to melting down and disintegration
of the devotee when the devotee is separated from Him (remember that
these are all pleasantly painful experiences suffered by the lover who
has been separated from Him, meditating on the extreme pleasure of
association with Him, and the agony that results from the separation
from Him) - tOzhiyarum yAmum pOl nIrAi negizhginRa.   Just as the skies
shed their waters (like shedding tears that can submerge the whole
world!) all over the world, and their whole body becomes pale, AzhvAr
in his nAyikA bhAvam, feels the same way - driven to shed tears because
of separation from Him, and the body melting away or falling to pieces.
 The nAyaki's experience is that the skies are totally breaking down
and shattering into droplets of water, shedding tears, and
disintegrating and falling all over the world because of separation
from Him.  

The inner meaning here is that just as the skies draw from the salty
waters of the ocean and give it back to the world in pure form, AzhvAr
and other AcArya-s extract the essence of the veda-s from the abundant
and conflicting SAstra-s and give it to the world.

There is an analogous Slokam from SrImad BhAgavatam that has the same
meaning as the current pASuram:

megha SrIman tvamasi dayito yAdavendrasya nUnam
SrIvatsA'nkam vayamiva bhavAn dhyAyati prema baddhaH   |
atyutkaNThaH Sabala hRdayo'smad vidho bAshpa dhArAH 
smRtvA smRtvA viSRjasi muhur-duHkha-daH tat prasa'ngaH  ||  (10.90.20)

O revered clouds! You are indeed very dear to the chief of the YAdavas
who bears the mark of SrIvatsa. Like us, you are bound to Him by love
and are meditating upon Him. Your heart is distraught with great
eagerness, as our hearts are, and as you remember Him again and again
you shed a torrent of tears. Association with Krishna brings such
misery!

·       pASuram 2.1.6:

                naivAya emmE pOl nAN madiyE! nI in-nAL
                mai vAn iruL agaRRAi mAzhAndu tEmbudiyAl
                ai-vAi aravaNai mEl Azhip perumAnAr
                mei vASagam kETTu un mei nIrmai tORRAyE.

nAN madiyE! nI in-nAL mai-vAn iruL agaRRAi;  mAzhAndu tEmbudiyAl
naivAya emmE pOl  ai-vAi aravaNai mEl Azhip perumAnAr mei vASagam kETTu
un mei nIrmai tORRAyE - O moon who used to be full the other day! 
Today you don't have the power to remove the pitch-black darkness
around, because you, just like us, have waned away by trusting the
words of the One who reclines of the five-faced serpent AdiSeshan, and
you have lost your attribute of being able to remove the darkness in
the night.  

svAmi deSikan presents the gist of this pASuram with words 'kArSya
dainyAdi kRtvAt' - Separation from BhagavAn leads to emaciation and a
sorrowful state (kArSyam - thinness, emaciation; dainyam - poor and
pitiable condition, dejection, grief, sorrow) -  mai vAn iruL agaRRAi
mAzhAndu tEmbudiyAl (just like the waning moon that is losing its power
to remove the darkness in the night, and looks pitiable).  

There is a Slokam in SrImad BhAgavatam that conveys the same message as
the current pASuram:

tvam yakshmaNA balavatA'si gRhIta indo
kshINas-tamo na nija dIdhitibhiH kshiNoshi  |
kaccin mukunda gaditAni yathA vayam tvam
vismRtya bhoH sthagita gIr-upalakshyase naH   ||  (10.90.18)

My dear moon, having contracted a severe case of some consumptive
disease, you have become so emaciated that you fail to dispel the
darkness with your rays. Or is it that you appear dumbstruck because,
like us, you cannot remember the encouraging promises Mukunda once made
to you?

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued)





      
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