Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-68
?tiRambEnmin kandeer thiruvadi than
nAmam maRandhum puramthozhA
mAndhar-eranjiyum sAdhuvarAip pOdhumin
kaLendrAn namanumthan toodhuvarai koovi
sevikku? Both singing the
praise of bhagavan and ignoring the other devatas has to be definitely done
under any circumstances staunchly put forth
thirumazhisaipiran; The importance of bhagavat sambhandam is given in Sri Vishnupurana as a
dialogue between yama and his servants as follows: ?svapurushamapiveekshya pAsahastham vadhathi
yama: kila tasya karnamoolE I parihara madhusoodhana prapannAn prabhur
aham anya nruNAm na vaishnavA nAm?
[3.7.14] [The lord of death, yama uttered the following words in the ears of his
servants standing with the death rope (pAsam) in their hands-?Oh! My fellows
don?t ever go near those who have surrendered to madhusoodhanan (Lord Sriman
Narayanan) though I am the master of all others I am not the master of
Vaishnavas] The above paasuram of thirumazhisai piran is like a literal
translation/commentary to this sloka. (tiRambEnmin
kandeer) Don?t
ever go against this order. Such a
strong enforcement of one order implies that this has to be kept even at the
expense of any other earlier rules.
If the servants of yama go to get hold of a jeeva and finds him to be a
vaishnava then they should forget everything else and just leave him and return
back. (tiruvadithan
nAmam maRandhum puRam thozhA mAndhar) The
Vishnu purana sloka says just ?madhusoodhana
prapannAn? meaning those who have surrendered to the lord. But here azhvar elaborates a little on
the qualities of those vaishnavas.
?maRandhum puRam thozhA mAndhar? Even in case if one forgets
emperuman after surrendering to his divine feet he still remains a vaishnava as
long as he doesn?t go and fall to another feet. It is like a husband and wife
relationship. Due to some reasons
the husband and wife may be apart but their relationship remains as long as the
wife doesn?t choose another husband.
That is when she looses her chastity. Similarly even if a vaishnava forgets
the lord no problem as long as he doesn?t prostrate another
devatha. Thiruvadi-master (mAndhar)
Human. He may be a very normal person without
any quality of a bhagavata but only this quality of ?marandhum puram thozhAmai?
really counts. (eranjiyum
sAdhuvarAi pOdhumingal endRAn) This explains the word ?parihara?. Don?t just stop with not troubling them
with your evil looks and acts but with discipline prostrate them with folded
hands like sadhoos. The above words were uttered by (namanum)
yama. The god of death adorned
as ?aham maravarArchithEna thAtrA sama ethi lOka hitA hitE
niyuktha:? [I have been appointed by the paramapurusha, worshipped by the leader of
the devas to grant good and remove bad in this world since I am qualified to
grant justice impartially to one and all without any
differentiation.] Though yama is considered to be impartial there always remains
exceptions. An impartial king
cannot show his toughness towards the queen (rajamahishi). Similarly yama reacts towards the
Srivaishnavas. ?avantamar evvinayarAgilum enkOn avantamarE
endrozhivadhallAl-nam tamarAl ArAyappattu ariyAr kaNdeer
aravanaimEl PErAyarkkAtpattAr pEr [55]
declares poigaiazhvar. (than
toodhuvarai) translation
of ?svapurusham? His close
servants (koovi)
called
them loudly thereby indicating the importance. Parallel to ?apiveekshya
vadhathi? (sevikku) ?karnamoolE?
into their ears If one says that he loves the princess of the kingdom then the one near
him will slowly tell ?don?t ever tell this aloud we will be in danger? Similarly
yama with fear murmurs into the ears of his
servants. Srivishnuchittar in his Vishnupurana commentary gives 3 reasons for the
word ?karnamoolE? 1) Masters, will not say aloud anything that will reduce their
fame; 2) If Vishnu nama is uttered loudly then by listening, meditating and
repeating even the narakavasees will attain mukthi; 3) As said earlier, it is to be kept as a secret like in a affair with the
princess; (To Be
Continued)
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