Sri: SrimathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy the verses of TNT. None can see or enjoy Him fully; nor one can praise Him completely. ? said AzhwAr in the last verse. Now AzhwAr says: we can not leave it at that. We need to live. If we can not learn all words and see the completeness in words to praise Him. Instead, one can just learn the short eight syllable Thirumanthram (ashtAksharam) and that would enable us understand Him in fullest form. That would describe Him, as Sarva jagath kAraNan, the Lord who manifests everywhere and in every being as the indweller. His kAraNathvam, rakshakathvam, are described just the first letter a.. Sicne there is none who has seen Him or enjoyed Him, or uttered Him, now AzhwAr addresses his mind now in this verse. Since the mind (or heart) is the companion, the mind needs to be befriended. That needs to co-operate. Then only one can succeed. inthiraRkum piramaRkum mudhalvan Rannai irun^ilamkaal theen^eerviN bootham ainthaay, senthiRattha thamizOsai vadasol laagith thisain^aan_gu maaytthingaL NYaayi Raagi, andharatthil dhEvarkkum aRiya laagaa andhaNanai andhaNarmaat tanthi vaittha mandhiratthai, mandhiratthaal maRavaa thenRum vaazhuthiyEl vaazhalaam madan^eNY sammE. 4 indhirarkkum ? numerous indras piramarkkum ? numerous brahmas and the rudrars mudhalvanthannai ? the Primordial chief of all of them irunilam ? the vast hard earth kaal thee neer viNN - vaayu agni, jalam, aakaasam ? the five elements bootham aindhu aay- the five elements; semthiRattha thazmi osai ? Tamil verses in well worded crystal clear form and in unambiguous manner; vadasol aagi ? Arya bhAshai Sanskrit Vedas and Upanishads dhisai naangum aay ? the four directions and the objects therein thingaL gnAyiRu aagi ? the Sun, the Moon and others that enable us see these objects (in light) antharatthil ? though He has manifested everywhere; devarkkum ? for any deva aRiyal aagaa ? He can not be comprehended (by them) anthaNanai ? The (Lord) One devoid of all imperfections whatsoever; anthaNar maadu- the immeasurable wealth of Brahmins andhivaittha ? the zenith of Vedas (namely Upanishads), (where placed) mandhiratthai ? He is such a rahasyam enshrined in Upanishads maRavaadhu ? by not forgetting, if one continuously utters contemplating Him mandhiratthAl- with the eight syllable ThiruvashtAkshara manthram vaazhudhiyEn- If you live like that, madam nenjamE ? My obedient mind! enRum vaazhal aam ? We both (and others as well) can live worthily (worthy of our existence) By saying the Indras and BrahmAs in plurals, AzhwAr says that there are many and hence they can not be Parathvam. The Unparalleled Only One can be. Rudra is caught in between Indra and Brahma and hence his name is not necessary to be uttered. Implied. He is also many; ekAdasa rudras (11 rudras); In Satapatha brAhmaNam, it is said that when Rudra was born, he requested brahmA for naming him to get rid of all his paapmas, brahmA made many forms of his (Rudra?s) and named him (them). Mudhalvan ? the first letter of ashtAksharam can also be referred to. akArArtthO vishNu: Thus only Sriman Narayanan is referred to by the letter ?A?. He is the kaaraNan for both jeevathmas and matter and hence is referred to as iru (both). vEdaischa sarvam ahamEva vEdhya: He is the essence of all Vedas. semthiRattha- most glorious meanings are elaborated (in Sruthis) and they are explained in crystal clear and unambiguous form (in Tamil verses divya prabandhams); It is not that clearly understood from Sanskrit Vedas and that is the reason for so many religions to come out claiming that they have understood the Vedas and interpret them wrongly. theLiyAdha maRai nilangaL theLiginRomE? - says Swamy Desikan. By referring to Tamil verses of AzhwArs, we get the ?not so clear? Upnaishad statements understood clearly by us.. Tamil verses are thus upa brahmaNam. They act as supplementary texts to substantiate and understand the pramANams clearly. Thus Tamil verses are sEsham to Vedas. Though they are referred to here before Vedas (in this verse), the tamil verses of AzhwArs are composed with Veda Vedantha jnAnams. Tamil verses explain in better form and clarify clearer to us and hence ?semthiRattha? is attributed to Tamil verses. Vadasol- Sanskrit verses Thamizh Osai- Osai is not just sound or dwani; They also mean the words and their meanings. Vadasol ? does not necessarily mean North Indian language and thamizh sound Indian; AzhwAr never mentioned here vadasol and thensol; Instead, thamizh is referred to. Thami ? means thani i.e. exclusive (individual), The Only bhasha (language) that has ?zha? as an exclusive one; thami + zh.. thamizh. No other language has ?zh?. Vada = vattam ? circular or arrays. Ka , kha, ga, gha, gna? Ca, Cha, ja, jha, jna, etc? Hence they go in arrays and hence vadasol? Antharatthil devarkku ? the devas in (the skies) also can not comprehend Him fully. He manfests everywhere; five elements, sun, moon et al. Brahman (EmperumAN) and Brahmmins have such similarities. Hence the same word anthaNan is used. anthaNar maadu- maadu means wealth; wealth of Brahmins. Kings ? the wealth is kingdoms; for vaisya, it is money (or dhanam); for Brahmins, it is ALWAYS Vedas are the dhanam. They are our wealth. Adhyayanam is a must. Even jeevanam should be from that. In that wealth, Upanishads, He is described and glorified. He is the ParamAthmA. Sruthi siarasi vidheepthE brahmaNi sreenivaasE? manthiratthai- He is the most valuable, immesurable One and hence is tpo be kept as Rahasyam like the very manthram itself. Ot it may also be interpreted as ?like the manthram, those who contemplate on it (Him), it (He) protects them. manthratthAl ? Though even other manthrams can be considered here, here the universe that he has manifested in; the five elements, He, being Jagath kaaraNan is referred to and hence the only and the most appropriate ashtAkshara manthra ?Narayana manthram? is to be referred to. Also the Periya Thirumozhi starts off with this ashtAkshara (Narayana) manthram. Hence, these thANdkamas are added with Periya Thirumozhi and are included in 2nd 1000 of 4000. Sicne Periya Thirumozhi itself is more than 1000 verses, why should these be included therein? Because these thaNdakams are also referring to Narayana manthram. vaazhudhiyEl ? If we live contemplating this manthram, not remembering or forgetting the manthram. We need to think of our eternal servitude towards His Lotus Feet. MaRavaadhu ? Without forgetting; forever remembering and contemplating. Because it is NO longer upAyam. The means has already been achieved. It is now the Goal. One should do anusanthAnam of the same forever. This is praapyam. Goal. That is Life itself. That is bhOgyam (enjoyment). Vaazhalaam ? you and I can live happily uttering ashtAksharam and anusanthAnam of Narayana manthram, oh mind. Not just us. Even others when they do that, they can live fully. enRum vaazhalaam ? Not just in this life. Even in Paramapadham. There is no coming back to this life any more then. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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