Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya
Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha It has been a usual procedure followed
by almost all our acharyas to start a prabhandam/strotra/kavithai with the
salutations to the lord/acharya.
Nammazhvar started his thiruvaimozhi as an instruction to his own mind,
?tuyararu sudaradi tozhutezhu en mananE?.
Thirumangai mannan similarly followed his preceptor and starts his
thirunedunthAndakam with ?thalirpuraiyum thiruvadi en thalai mElavE?. The interesting fact is that both of
them have used the same adjective for the divine feet of emperuman. Nammazhvar says ?tuyararu sudaradi?
which has been interpreted by our poorvAcharyas as either ?tuyararukkum
sudaradi? (the divine feet that removes all our grief) or ?tuyar arum sudaradi?
(the divine feet that gets relieved from all grief). Now thirumangai mannan says, ?thalir
puraiyum thiruvadi en thalai mElavE? again this has two interpretations. It is either understood as ?thalir
puraiyum thiruvadi en thalai mElavE? (the blossoming divine feet on top of my
head) or ?en thalai mElavE thalir puraiyum thiruvadi? (the divine feet that
blossoms while on top of my head). It is quite natural for us to pray for
the divine feet of emperuman to bless us but what is the necessity for that
divine feet to blossom on our heads or what is the sorrow experienced by that
sarva shaktan which is relieved on attaining the jeevatma? These are the questions that arise in
our minds as soon as we read through the above passage. The answer actually lies in the last
paragraph of our previous posting itself.
Imagine a son fighting with his father and leaving the house. Initially the father is angry with the
son. But then when he sees his son
suffering will he feel happy? No, instead he will feel very bad and literally
wait for the instant when the son will change his mind and come back to
him. The father tries to get his
son back in many ways and when finally the son realizes his mistake and returns
back what will be the reaction of the father and the son? The son falls to the
feet of the father and apologizes for his mistakes but the father doesn?t even
remember the fight or whatever mistake the son has done instead he is fully
satisfied and happy that atleast now the son has come to him and that he need
not suffer any more. So the
happiness of the father is greater than that of the son. Similarly it is emperuman who thrives to
get hold of a jeevatma suffering in this samsAram and when even a single jeevan
comes to surrender in his feet the joy of emperuman is so much that the divine
feet blossoms (thalir puraiyum).
The sorrow experienced by emperuman due to the separation from his dear
kid vanishes (tuyar arum). Eating the fruits of sAmsAric pleasures
a jeevatma experiences sorrow but at the same time not being able to realize the
jeevatma from this sorrow emperuman feels worried. Swamy periyavAchan pillai says,
?evar vishaya prAvaNyaththAl vAdinAr; avar evarai peRAmaiyAlE
vAdinAr? (en thalai mElavE) those divine feet that adorn the heads of the nithya sooris has now become a beautiful jewel on my head. Thereby in this single paasuram thirumangai mannan lists out all the good that emperuman has showered. ?prakruthi prAkrudhangalin astayryaththaiprakAsippiththal? [explain the temporary nature of the achit and chit] ?svasvaroopaththai prakAsippiththal? [explain about the nature of Ishvaran] The above was done by emperuman in the first shatkam [1-6 chapters] of the geethA sAstram. We have enjoyed the same in the words of azhvar also. ?kaivalyaththil pugAmal thaduththal? [Prevent the jeevan from reaching the inferior moksha, kaivalyam ] ?thannudaiya svaroopaththaiyum svaroopa prakAsaka mAna vigrahaththaiyum kAttitharudhal? [To show his svaroopa and his form] Sri Geethacharyan did the above in the second shatkam (7-12) of the divine sAstram. Again we have explained that along with kaliyan?s words in the previous postings. ?adarkku mElE enakku tyAjyamAna sareeraththilE pugundhu nirpadhu? [Further he enters and stays even in my body that is worth shedding even by me] ?adarkku mElE tannudaiya thiruvadigalai en thalai mElE porundhavaippadhu? [on top of that placing his divine feet on top of my head] This is the essence of the last shatkam (13-18). In bhagavat geetha Sri Krishna says, ?sarva dharmAN parithyajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja? [leave all your efforts and fall to my feet] here azhvar says that emperuman himself placed his divine feet on top of his head. Is there a difference? We will see in the next posting. (To be
continued) Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharanam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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