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              SrImate Ra'nga RAmAnuja MahA DeSikAya namaH.
           tAtparya ratnAvaLi - Submission 63, Slokam 23 Part 4,
               tiruvAimozhi 2.1, pASurams 2.1.7, 2.1.8.


·       pASuram 2.1.7:

                tORROm maDa ne'njam emperumAn nAraNaRku em
                ARRAmai Solli azhuvOmai nI naDuvE
                veRROr vagaiyil koDidAi enai Uzhi 
                mARRANmai niRRiyO vAzhi kanai iruLE.
 
kanai iruLE! emperumAn nAraNaRku maDa ne'njam tORROm em ARRAmai Solli
azhuvOmai, naDuvE mARRANmai veRROr vagaiyin koDidAi enai Uzhi niRRiyO?
vAzhi! -  O Total darkness! I don't know for how many eons you are
going to behave worse than even an enemy by coming between us and
trying to change our focus when we have lost our minds to our Lord
NarAyaNan and are trying to console each other by trying to exchange
our griefs between oiurselves.

svAmi deSikan presents the gist of this pASuram as 'cittAkshepAt'
(kshepa - tossing, throwing around) - One who distracts the mind of the
devotee and makes it become diverted - nI naDuvE veRROr vagaiyil
koDidAi enai Uzhi mARRANmai niRRiyO.    SrI Ve'nkaTeSAcArya explains
svAmi deSikan's words as: manadaik koNDu pOdu pOkka oNNAda paDi
apaharikkaiyAlum -He steals the mind such that the devotee can't
concentrate on anything when separated from Him.  This is like the
darkness of the night that comes between devotees who are trying to
share their grief of separation from Him, and distracting them.  This
distraction is explained in two ways:

1.  Some of us are trying to share our mutual griefs caused by
separation from Him, and crying between ourselves; you - Total darkness
- are torturing us worse than even an enemy by coming between us such
that we can't even look at each others' faces, and distracting our
thoughts.  We don't know how long you are going to continue this
torture. 

2.  'Darkness' is totally dark because of its separation from Him, and
looks so pathetic that it makes the other devotees who are suffering
from the same separation feel like they are in a state of relative joy
compared to the state in which 'darkness' is presenting itself.  AzhvAr
is addrerssing 'Darkness' and asking:  "How long are you going to
torture us by coming between us and showing us that you are more
sorrowful than even us?  We wish you quick relief from your sorrow."

SrI UV notes that all the previous subjects (like the crane etc.) were
addressed as friendly and sympathetic beings that were suffering the
same way as AzhvAr was suffering from separation from Him; the second
interpretation makes the 'pitch darkness' also another member in the
same category as AzhvAr, only appearing to be suffering even more,
rather than as an adversary as presented in the first interpretation.  
But the first interpretation flows more naturally from the words of the
pASuram.  Both conditions are caused by Him, as a result of separation
from Him.

·       pASuram 2.1.8:

                iruLin tiNi vaNNa mA nIr kazhiyE! pOi
                maruLuRRu irAp pagal tu'njilum nI tu'njAyAl 
                uruLum SakaTam udaitta perumAnAr
                aruLin peru naSaiyAl AzhAndu nondAyE.

iruLin tiru vaNNam mA nIr kazhiyE! irAp pagal tu'njilum pOi maruL uRRu
nI tu'njAyAl, uruLum SakaTam udaitta perumAnAr  aruLin peru naSaiyAl
AzhAndu nondAyE - O deep Backwaters of the Ocean that look even darker
and deeper than the the dark black night! Even though days and nights
are rolling by, you are completely disoriented, and you are not able to
sleep.  I think you are deeply hurt because of your unfructified desire
for union with Him who destroyed the asura in the form of the wheel
when the asura came to destroy Him, by just kicking the asura.  

svAmi deSikan describes the gist of this pASuram through the words
'vi-samj~nI karaNAt' - depriving the devotee of the ability to continue
with subsequent activities (samj~nA = consciousness, knowledge,
understanding; vi-samj~nI karaNam - depriving the person of the
knowledge or understanding to function in a coordinated way) -
maruLuRRu irAp pagal tu'njilum nI tu'njAyAl.  SrI Ve'nkaTeSAcArya
explains this as 'onRum teriyAda paDi madi mayakkattai uNDAkkugaiyAlum'
- He causes a state where the mind is totally disoriented and can't
understand anything (like that of a mad person).

Imagine the backwaters being constanly bombarded by the flowing waters
back and forth from the ocean, and never being able to settle down in
peace for even a moment!  That is the state of the mind of the devotee
when separated from BhagavAn, as conveyed by AzhvAr in this pAsuram -
vi-samj~nI karaNam - leading to a state of complete disorientation.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued)


      
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