Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha “taiyil magam endru dAraniyeer eRRam
endha taiyil magaththukku
sARRuginrEn- tuyya madhi peRRa mazhisai
pirAn pirandha nAlendru nal tavargal
kondAdum nAl” (upadesa ratina
mAlai) Hope all of you would have had a
wonderful taiyil magam, Thirumazhisai Azhvar thirunakshatra celebrations. Let us enjoy his paasuram on this day
and join his ghosti. Paasuram-32
“kadhai porul thAn kannan
thiruvayiRRinuLLa vudhaipaLavu pOdhu
pOkkindRi-vadhaiporulthAn vAindha gunaththu
padAdhadhu adaiminO Ayindha
guNaththAnadi” In the previous paasuram, thirumazhisai piran used some
harsh words like “perumAnai EththAdha pEigAl” Immediately an objection was
raised. “Is it right for Azhvar,
filled with sattva guna to use such words to scold others?” Azhvar answers the
same in this paasuram. “I did not
use such words wanting to scold or hurt them, it came out of my mouth due to the
deep feeling for those jeevatmas who are unnecessarily destroying
themselves. Moreover, are these
people who do not show interest in bhagavat vishayam actually not only
destroying themselves but also spoiling others who are following them? So what I
told is just the fact. Why
should there be any objection for this.
But if the same person who I have criticized in the previous paasuram
understand the greatness of bhagavat vishayam and get involved in that then they
are to be credited. (kadhai porul thAn) kadhai –
Ithihasa puranas that give more importance to stories. Porulai – smritis that give importance
to tattvas. It is eminent that “karumAyam pEsil kadhai” refers to mahabharata,
vishnupuranas etc.
(kadhai porul thAn kannan
thiruvayiRRinuLLa) Those Smriti, Ithihasa puranas that talk all about
your fate in the foetus of a mother (karu mAyam), all depend on the sankalpa of
emperuman. He alone can save us
from all those difficulties. (kadhai porul thAn pOdhu
pOkkindRi) Not even leaving a single moment. The commentary of Appillai is slightly
different here. The meaning
of these paasura lines according to Appillai are as follows: As said in the
ithihasa puranas all the jeevas, not leaving a single moment stay in his divine
stomach, and due to his divine sankalpa remain with divine
glory. (vAindha guNaththu padAdhadhu vadhai
porul thAn) If one lives without getting involved in the astonishing
divine kalyana gunas of emperuman every moment (not even leaving a second) then
is it not parahimsai (hurting others)? How does it become
parahimsai? By not getting involved in bhagavat vishayam and
concentrating on other inferior matters he not only puts himself into a ditch
but also shows a wrong path to all under him. In that way, he destroys his existence
and also spoils others (“asanyEva”).
The existence of such people is equal to non-existence declare the
sastras. (vudhaipalavu … vadhai porul
thAn) “yan mukurtham kshaNam vApi vAsudevO na chinthyathE
I sA hAnis
than mAchitram sA prAnthis sA cha vikriyA
II” (The moment in which vasudeva is not though about is
lowly; that is fatal; that is destructive; that is dreadful;) say the
rishis Appillai says, “The jeevas who are involved in lowkika
pleasures in turn harming themselves and others can never get involved in the
divine beauty of emperuman” (adaiminO ayindha guNathAN
adi) Emperuman’s kalyana gunas are beautifully selected gems. There are absolutely no flaws all are
only divine qualities then what is the hesitation for you to fall to his divine
feet? Azhvar urges everyone to
surrender to the divine feet of emperuman.
He says, “if you all fall to his feet then I who criticized you will have
to credit you as a bhagavata” (To Be Continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
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