Sri Parthasarathi
thunai Srimathe ramanujaya
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha Paasuram-64 ?pOdhAna vittiRanji yEththuminO
ponmagarak kAdhAnai Adhip
perumAnai-nAdhAnai nallAnai nAraNanai
nammEzh piRappaRukkum sollAnai solluvadhE
soodhu? In the previous paasuram, azhvar detailed the way he spends his time,
now thirumazhisai piran furthur proceeds to instruct others to spend time
appropriately. (pOdhAna
ettiRanji eththuminO) Submit
anything that falls under the category of flowers to the divine feet of the
supreme lord, prostrate his divine feet, and sing his praise all filled with
bhakthi. The word ?pOdhAna?
indicates the secret immersed in the sastras that any flower submitted with
bhakthi is acceptable to emperuman.
?paRRam pushpam ?.bhakyApahrutham ashnAmi? declares parthasarathi
emperuman in his divine bhagavat geetha; Thirumangai mannan says, ?kallAr
thuzhAyum kaNavalarum kooviLaiyum muLLar muLariyum Ambhalum?.puLLAi Or yEnamumAi
pukkidandhAn ponnadikku? Nammazhvar
says, ?purivadhuvum pugai poovE?
All these verses ultimately convey the same meaning that any type of
flower is acceptable to be submitted to the lord as long as it is done with
bhakthi. Here the Iythiham between
Sri parasara bhattar and nanjeeyer is to be
remembered. (ettu
eRanji eththuminO)
ettu-refers
to physical service (kAyikam)
eRanji-refers to service with mind
(mAnasikam)
EththuminO- Refers to service by speech
(vAchikam) (ponmagarak
kAdhAnai)
The
divine beautiful ears of the lord beautify the makarakundalam (divine gem
studded earring) adorned by the lord.
Gold is considered to be a valuable possession by one and all. We all pay huge cost to possess a small
piece of gold similarly emperuman is such a valuable article to be praised at
any cost. [Here this is just a simple comparison actually there is no comparison
for emperuman ?oppillA appan) (Adhip
perumANai)
Some
articles are pleasant to look at but do not do any good to us. But in the case of emperuman he is one
who created all of us. Then will
that great lord accept us? (nAdhAnai)
He
is our master so he has to accept us. Will he punish us for all our
faults? (nallAnai)
He
is surely our master but filled with a great kalyana guna (divine quality)
vatsalyam that makes him to ignore our faults or consider our faults itself to
be the reason to shower his grace on all of
us. What is the proof for his
vatsalyam? (nAraNanai)
The
very name narayanan justifies the same. (AdhipperumAnai
nAraNanai) He
is one who had all the worlds inside him during the srushti
kalam-nArAyanan (nAdhAnai
naraNanai) he is one who sustains all the
narasamoohas inside, spreads everywhere and remains as the prApya and prApaga
(goal and way) sarvaswami-nArayanan (nallAnai
nAraNanai) ignoring
the inferiority of the jeevas emperuman resides in one and all due to his divine
quality. Hence he is
nallAn-narayanan. (nAraNanai
nammEzh piRappaRukkum sollAnai) One
who overrides our innumerous birth.
?sankeertya nArayana sabdhamAtRam vimuktha dukkA: sukinO bhavanthu? (just
by singing the word narayana one is released from the ocean of miseries
(samsara) and reaches moksha) (solluvadhE
soodhu) praising
him is the prime duty of all jeevas concludes thirumazhisai
piran. (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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