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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
 
PAASURAM-3 (contd)
 
(Alil thuyindradhuvum) When the jeevatmas were endangered during the pralaya 
kalam, emperuman the savior of one and all immediately came to his rescue. 
Emperuman gave a safe shelter for all the jeevatmas in his stomach and he 
himself without any worry relaxed on an Alilai (banyan leaf). He has thewhole 
universe inside his stomach but what a surprise he lies on the smallbanyan leaf 
like a small innocent kid.  
 
[At this point we all have to meditate on that small kid ?bAlam mukundam 
manasAsmarAmi? (balamukundAshtakam).]
 
(ArarivAr) Who will really understand the simplicity with which the great 
supreme lord lies on the banyan leaf? Who will be able to visualize this 
sowlabhyam/neermai? One can even perceive the greatness (mEnmai) but it is very 
difficult to perceive the easily available nature of emperuman (neermai).
 
(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Emperuman showed me his sowlabhyam and other great 
qualities and made me realize the same. Can anyone who is making their own try 
to understand his kalyana gunas through different sAdhanAnushtAnamsknow it the 
same way as I have?
 
(PAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyadhuvum Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr)Will 
those who want to understand emperuman by their own efforts really understand 
the efforts he is making to capture us? If they have realized his efforts then 
no one will ever make their own effort instead they will wait for his nirheduka 
krupai to be showered on them.  
 
[When emperuman shows his greatness to us then it is surely complete that is 
why EmperumAnAr while taking pillaiurangAvillidAsar to the sannadhi of Periya 
perumal requested ranganatha to shower his grace and show that beautiful eyes 
which was visualized by thiruppAnAzhvar. Many devotees visit ranganatha each 
day do they all have the same darshan? No. Since they try to see perumal with 
the eyes they have, but if we pray to emperuman to give his divine darshan then 
he is sure to bless us with ?divyam dadhAmithE chakshuhu:? as he did for arjuna 
to have the vishvaroopa darshanam]
 
(pAlil kidandhadhuvum ArarivAr) 
?pAlAzhi nee kidakkum panbhai yAm kEttEyum kAlAzhum nenjazhiyum kansuzhalum? 
(As soon as we hear about the way you are lying in thirupparkadal we are unable 
to stand our heart melts and we feel giddy) Will we who loose ourselves on 
hearing about emperuman?s existence on the pArkadal know abouthim or will the 
strong hearted persons who do all soughts of sAdhanAnushtanams to realize him 
understand him?
 
(pandarangam mEyadhuvum ArarivAr)
?karuvarangaththutkidandhum kaithozhudEn kandEn thiruvarangamEyAn thisai?
(I saw and prostrated the direction in which thiruvarangan stays even whileI 
was inside the fetus of the mother) Will we who always remained in the thought 
of emperuman starting from day one and even while inside the mother?s stomach 
really understand him or will those who say ?prathimAsvaprabhuththAnAm? 
(emperuman stays with archaroopam for the benefit of agnanis-ignorant masses) 
understand him fully?
 
(Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr)
?Alandru, vElai neerulladhO vinnadhO mannadhO sOlai soozh kundreduttAi sollu? 
(Did the banyan leaf stay on top of water, in this world or else where Oh lord 
who carried the whole mountain filled with forests in his fingers please say)
We, who are deeply blessed by you, can understand this 
agadithagatanAsAmarthiyam (the mastery to do things which cannot be done by 
ordinary men) of yours, who else can do it?
 
So does emperuman have only simplicity doesn?t he have the supremacy and 
greatness? [avanukku neermaiyum vundO mEnmaiyum vundO] which azhvar proceeds to 
explain further. A diamond stone has it own precious nature but studding the 
same diamond in a gold ornament increases the valuable nature of the diamond. 
In the gold ornament the diamond glitters more. Similarly greatness alone will 
not make emperuman shine but the simplicity/neermai added to the greatness 
makes emperuman glitter with fame.
 
(jnAlaththoru porulai) ?sadhEva sOmyEdhamakra Aseeth EkamEvA advitheeyam? (Oh! 
my child this world was initially one (sat) there was nothing to second) ?A-kO 
ha vai nArAyana Aseeth na brahmA nEsAna:? (Narayanan alonewas there there was 
no brahma or sivan) declares the Upanishads. That brahmam that was responsible 
for the creation of the whole universe.
(jnAlaththoru porulai) That thing which stays as the whole world; Initiallyit 
stayed as sooshmachitachitvishitta brahmam (the chit and achits all stayed in 
the invisible form inside the Brahman without any form or name) thenafter 
srishti (creation) they have become stoolachitachitvishittam (all the chit and 
achit stays in the visible form with name)
 
(vAnavar tham meiporulai) The one who is the prApyam (one who is to be 
attained/leader) to the nithya sooris. ?yO devEpya Adhapathi yO devAnAm 
purOhitha:? ?sadhA pashyanthi sooraya:? says the vedArtham.
 
(appil aruporulai) ?appu? means water. Emperuman, the creator of the whole 
world (jagatkAranan) first created the ocean of water and then lied onit 
himself. ?apa Eva sasarjAdow? (he first created water), ?ApO nArA ethi prOkthA 
ApO vai narasoonava: I thA yathasyAyanam poorvam thEna nArAyaNa: smrutha:II?
(Water is called as nAram as it was created by the paramatmA otherwise called 
as naran. Since it is the place of existence for emperuman he is calledas 
nArAyanan) says the manusmrithi,
?srushtvA nAram thOyamandha: sthithOham thEna syAnmE nAma nArAyanEthi? (since I 
created the water called as nAram and since I stay inside it I am called as 
nArAyanAn) says emperuman in the varahapuranam. Further the meanings conveyed 
by the vedic verses ?ambhasyapArE? and ?samudhrEntham?and ?yamenthas samudrE 
kavayO vayanthi? (the one who is praised by poets to be in the ocean) are being 
reflected by azhvar here. Further nammazhvar also says, ?nammai punal panni? 
?thAnOr peruneer thannullE thORRiadhanul kanvalarum?
 
(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Who will understand him like me? Those who understand 
his greatness do not realize his simplicity and those who dwell in 
hissimplicity cease to realize his greatness. I am one person who has 
understood both. SAdhanAnthraparas do not know his neermai and 
devadhAnthraparasdo not know his mEnmai but I know both declares thirumazhisai 
azhvar with pride (sAthvika ahankaram).
 
(To be continued)
 
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
 
Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
 
 
 
 

 


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