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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

The divine adhyayana utsavam (pagal pattu) starts from tomorrow in Srirangam 
and other divya desams. In Srirangam today night (amavasya night) a special 
occasion is celebrated-the thirunedunthAndaka utsavam. Adiyen will explain the 
happenings after the completion of bhattar nirvAham.

 

Bhattar nirvAham (contd)

 

Let us further dive deep into the meanings showed by parasara bhattar in the 
divine thirunedunthAndaka sAstram.

 

First ten Shows bhakthi

?indirarkum bhiramarkum mudalvan?(4)- As per the sastra verses, ?karananthu 
dyEya:? (mediate on the creator) and ?thajjalAnithi sAntha upAseetha? azhvar 
shows the bhakthi towards the universal creator (kArana vasthu)

 

Second ten Shows prapaththi

?aniarangamAdudhumO thOzhee? (12)- Here azhvar requests the friend to tell her 
the way she can reach the bhagavan (nAyaka samslEshaththukku vupAyam)

?poRRAmarai kayam neerAdappOnAl? (19)- putting into practice the above thought 
way (sindhiththa vupAyaththai anushtikkaiyAlum prapaththi sollappattadhu)

 

Third ten Shows purushakAram

?perunthavaththar arunthavaththu munivar soozha-vulagunda peruvAyar engE 
vandhu-pulavithandhu? (24)- Here the support of the bhagavatas for her union 
with emperuman shows the purushakaram

 

First ten tells the praNavArtham

?ennuruvil nindra endhai? (1) and ?moovuruvil kaNdapOdhu ondrAm jhOdhi? (2) ? 
shows the existence of sEshi, sEsha and shEshithvam in a single letter 
(?a??vu??ma?)

 

Second ten tells the namassabdhArtham

?enkudangAlyirukkagillAL? (11) and ?ensiraginkeezh adangA peNNaip pettrEn? (12) 
?thereby shows mamakAra nivruthi 

 

Third ten tells the nArAyana sabdhArtham

?maivannam? (21)

?perunthavaththarundhAvaththu munivarsoozha, orukaiyil sandhu orukai 
mattrAzhiEndhi? (24) ?shows the paravathva and sowlabhyam of emperuman who 
holds the sanghu and chakaram in his divine hands (divya mangala vigraham)

 

First ten tells akArArtham

?varpudaiya? (7) In this paasuram azhvar explains the way emperuman removes all 
the obstacles in the way and saves us (rakshagathvam-as per the dhAthu 
ava-rakshanE. Here the rakshanam (protection) through anishta nivrithi (removal 
of the unwanted) is shown)

 

Second ten tells vukArArtham

?nenjurugi? (12) In this paasuram azhvar tells about anyasEshatvanivruthi 
(refraining from praying to anyone other than emperuman) and the bhagavat 
EkAntham (meditating on none other than the bhagavan)

 

Third ten tells makArArtham

?avarnilamai kaNdum? (21) ?dEvarendru anjinOm? (21) ?kaNdEn kanamagara kuzhai 
eraNdum? (22)- through these jnAthruthvam (source of knowledge), karthruthva 
(one who is the creator), bhOkthruvam (the one who enjoys) have been shown.

 

First ten tells ?adharshanE darshanamAthrakAmA:? (wishing tosee the one who is 
not seen)

?enguRRayemperumAn? (9)

 

Second ten tells ?drushtvA parishvankarasaikalOlA? (wishing to hug him on 
seeing him)

?muRRAvanamulaiyAL? (19)- here seeing the nAchiyar in the divine chest of 
emperuman azhvar wishes for the same.

 

Third ten tells ?AsAsmahE vigrahayOrabhEdham? (not wanting him to leave at any 
point)

?yAn kAnban kaNda pOdhu pulloorumkalvA nee pOgEl enban? (23)

 

In this way, Swamy parasara bhattar showed the different sampradAyic 
arthasbeing hidden behind the simple words of the thirunedunthAndaka divya 
sAstram. It is believed that these divine meanings were given by bhattar swamy 
and were recorded by parakAla nallAn. From the above the greatness of 
thirumangai mannan, his bhakthi and jnanam (both the knowledge of sampradAyic 
vishayam and the tamil scholarship) is well seen. This prabhandam is not only a 
bhakthi sAstram but also a very great Tamil literature work celebratedby great 
Tamil scholars. Here one thing has to be kept in mind. Some people say that 
azhvar did service to Tamil by doing such prabhandams. Absolutely No. All 
Azhvars were concentrated only in the divine kainkaryam to emperuman. It was 
only the language Tamil that did service to the Azhvars. Our acharyas say, the 
great aspects of the Tamil language ani, andhAdhi etcqueued themselves in the 
mouth of the Azhvars so as to gain their prominence in the world. The
Azhvars never worried about the language nor do we see anywhere in their 
history their efforts to learn the language. Emperuman blessed them with 
?mayarvaru madhi nalam? and hence when the azhvar?s started singing the fine 
aspects of the language came out of their mouths without any difficulty. Among 
the three types of Tamil, eyal, esai and nAdakam till now we saw 
thirunedunthAndakam as a ?eyal? sAstram. Further we will see it as ?esai? 
prabhandam through the ?araiyar sevai? in srirangam and about the drama 
?muththukuri? acted in front of emperuman in the next posting.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 



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