Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha There are three types of people in this world. The first category of people without any
purpose find happiness in harming others they are called as “adhaman”. The
second category of people take care of themselves and only for their own selfish
interest (for their well being) harm others they are called as “madhyaman”.
The last category of people very rare nowadays sacrifices themselves for
the welfare of others they are called as “uththaman”.
Emperuman falls under the last category or rather he is “uthamOthaman”
(First among the “uththamans”) who does anything for the sake of his
devotees. He will make himself as
low as a beggar (vamanAvatara) or a servant carrying message from one place to
other (Pandava dhoothan).
In the last paasuram, andal talked about the prime
duty of all Srivaishnavas to sing the praise of the divine thiruvadi of
emperuman (“paraman adi pAdi”).
Immediately she was reminded of the wonder that the thiruvadi did by
measuring all the three worlds.
Emperuman placed his divine feet on everyone and showed that he is the
paramapurushan, head of all. Brahma
washed the divine feet and that divine water was held by shiva on his head
showing that they are also servitudes of that divine lord. The lord’s divine feet touched all our heads only
once but that which comes to our help even now is his divine thirunAmam. That is
why Sri Alavandaar asks, “Oh! Lord when are you going to place your thiruvadi on
my head once again” Even now if we say “thiruvikramA” emperuman immediately
rescues us from this ocean of samsAra.
Gajendran couldn’t see emperuman’s thiruvadi but he only called him by
his name “AdhimoolamE!” While
drowpathi was in danger in the court of gauravas krishna wasn’t present
there. So she shouted for help,
”Ha! Krishna dwarkanilAchuta govinda pundareekAksha rakshamAm
sharanAgatham”. A beautiful sutra
of pillai ulagariyan says, “drowpathikku AbhaththilE pudavai surandhadhu
thirunAmamirE” so the thirunamam by itself rescued drowpathi there was no need
for emperuman to rush to that place.
So we see that emperuman who is uththaman waits to help his devotees and
hence just by uttering his thirunamam will do all the good we need even he is
not necessary and hence andal says it is our prime duty as a Srivaishnava to
sing the divine names of emperuman (thirunAma sankeerthanam) “uththaman pEr
pAdi”. In the case of gajendra emperuman rushed to the spot
to rescue him from the crocodile but in the case of drowpathi he didn’t do
so. Why? Gajendran called for
emperuman not only to rescue himself from the crocodile but also to submit the
flower in his hand to the divine feet of the lord (kainkaryam) so for the sake
of accepting the flower given by his dear bhaktha with love emperuman rushed to
the spot. But drowpathi shouted
only for saving her dignity and hence she was blessed with sarees. Thus it is seen that the thirunAma has
the greatness of blessing us with whatever we want. If we wish for the kainkaryam of
emperuman then it blesses us with the same. Let us
see more about the greatness of this thirunAmam in the next posting. Still then let us all keep singing his
divine names, “uththaman pEr
pAdi” (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
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