NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. --------------------------- srI: SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (13) -- niryANa adikAram -- Section - 10: SrI NammAzhvAr reveals all these so far described, in the first verse of his work, Thiruviruttham. ---- Sub-section: 1- Word-by-word meaning of the first verse. ---- After the brief introduction, Swami Desikan now provides a detailed commentary on the first verse, beginning with, âpoinninRaâ, of SrI NammAzhvarâs first of four compositions. The verse is: âpoinninRa j~nAnamum pollA ozhukkum azhukkudambum inninRa neermai iniyAmuRAmai uyiraLippAn enninRa yOniyumAi piRanthAi! imaiyOr thalaivA! meininRu kEttaruLAi adiyEn ceyyum viNNappamE.â Word-by-word meaning of the verse: poinninRa j~nAnamum pollA ozhukkum azhukkudambumAvathu â samsAra moolamAna bhrAnti-j~nAnamum, athadiyAka vantha prAtikoola-anushThAnamum, athadiyAka vantha rajas-tamah-pracura-mAna prAkruta-dEhamum. Ivai maRRumuLLa hEyangkaLukkellAm upalakShaNam. ingE ankta-samuccayamum koLLavumAm. --- By the expression, âthe false knowledge, evil conduct and dirty bodyâ in the first line of the verse, the AzhvAr means: the delusive knowledge arising out of the samsAra, arising out which comes the unfavourable conduct, which leads one to beget the materialistic body dominated by the rAjasa and tAmasa qualities. These are indicative of other reasons too. Here, one may include whatever that has not been stated. âpoinninRa j~nAnamâ enRathu naSvaramAkaiyAlE poi ennalAmpadi niRkiRa abhOgyamAna vizhayatthil karaNAyattamAip- piRakkiRa bhOgyatA-bhuddhi-yAkavumAm. anAdi-kAlam paramapurushArthatthai izhanthu, samsAratthilE akappattukkidantha ithil anutApam thORRumpadi. The expression, âfalse-knowledgeâ also indicates the intention for enjoying the sensual pleasures with regard to things that are not really enjoyable because they are perishable and thus are false. Such false knowledge makes one sympathetic towards him, who is caught in the mire of samsAra since unknown time, having deprived of the highest human goal (parama-purushArtham). âinninRa neermaiâ â ippadi ninRa prakAratthai â Such a situation as this; âini yAm uRAmaiâ -- sarvalOka-SaraNyanAi, SaraNAgata-vatsalanAna un thiRatthil prati-buddha-rAna nAnkaL ithaRkumel ippratikoola-paramparikaLai adaiyAthapadi; âyAmâ enkiRa ithu, âparitrANAya sAdhoonAmâ enkiRa sAdh-bahutvatthaik kAttukiRathu. âpaSu-manushyahâ ityadikaLiRpadi sambandhi-kaLaiyum kAttukiRathAkavumam. By the expression âini yAm uRAmaiâ (in order that we do not get into such a situation hereafter), the AzhvAr means, in order that we -- who have been entertaining hostile thoughts against You, the Lord of all worlds, Who is compassionate towards those who surrender at Your feet â do not get into this kind of successive un-favourable situations; Here, âyAmâ indicates the large assemblage of good people as referred to in the expression, âparitrANAya sAdhoonAmâ (Gita, 4-8) [for the protection of the good]. The expression also shows the nature of connections as stated in âpaSu-manushyahâ (animals and humans). This is from a SlOka in SAndilya smriti. We shall see the verse in full: âpaSu-manushyah pakShee vA yE ca vaishNavah samSrayAh / tEnaive tE prayAsyanti tadvishNOh paramam padam //â (SANdilya smruti, 1-15) (Animals, humans, birds etc surrender to VaishNavites and because of that, attain the highest abode of the Lord.) Thus, by the word, âyAmâ, the AzhvAr refers to those who have surrendered to a devotee of the Lord. (To continue) dAsan Anbil S.SrInivAsan ---------- DELETE button is history. Unlimited mail storage is just a click away. Go to https://edit.india.yahoo.com/config/eval_register ------------------------------------ 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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