srImathE rAmAnujAya namah srImathE anantArya mahAguravE namah srImathE vara vara munayE namah dear devotees, srI sreekanth had asked the following questions on kaisika purANam. I have tried to answer his doubts. As always all mistakes are mine, and mine only, and anything good is attributable to my AchArya. ----- Q2. in the vyakhyanam of slokam 10 "munpu neerum namaum kurunkuTiyAka kaTTiyiruntha asramatthile", kindly help me with the aithihyam mentioned in the words, "kurunkutiyaka kattiyiruntha asramam" ------------------ The words "kurunkutiyAka kaatyiruntha aasramam" refers to the sthala purANam of this divyadEsam. When our Lord took varAha avatAra, it is said that He stayed in this place along with pirAtti in a small hut (kuRun kudil), and hence, the name for this place is thiru-k-kuRun-kudi. Also, since the Lord stayed in a small hut (i.e. kuRungalaaga), in a small form than the big boar, this place is called thiru-k-kuRun-kudi. This slOka refers to this itihya. (the Lord is narrating the happenings to pirAtti, and in this slOka, refers to "when You and Me were here in a small aasramam..." while recounting the nampAduvAn incident). -------------- Q3. in the vykhyanam of slokam Thatha sahaH padmapathrAxaH xvapAkam prathyuvAchaH yadyEvam niScayathatha svachithE asthu gamishyathaH swami says, "sathyatthai rakshikka kkataven entru sonnapatiyale priyappett, amalankalaka vizhikkum enkirapatiye???" what is the meaning of "Amalankalaka vizhikkum" is it from azhwar pasuram? ------------- amalam means flawless. Here, amalangaLaaka vizhikkum refers to nammAzhvAr's eyes! This comes from the thiruvAymozhi pAsuram in the ivaiyum avaiyum thiruvAymozhi (1.9.9). This pAsuram is "kamala-k-kaNNan en kaNNil uLLaan kaaNban avan kaNgaLaalE * amalaNgaLaaga vizhikkum aimpulanum avan moorththi* kamalaththayan nambi thannaik kaN nudhalaanodum thORRi* amalath theivaththOdu ulagam aakki en neRRiyuLaanE" In this thiruvAymozhi, AzhvAr tells us about how the Lord gave him paripoorNa anubhavam by coming into each one of AzhvAr's body parts. First, the Lord comes near AzhvAr, then He climbs and sits on nammAzhvAr's hips, then on nammAZhvAr's heart, then his shoulders, then his tongue, his eyes, his forehead etc. {Please see the translation for the introduction to this thiruvAymozhi from svAmi aNNangarAchariAr's works in this post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/message/5211} In this pAsuram, nammAzhvAr sings in the first two lines about how the Lord is in his eyes, and is also all the indriyAs for nammAzhvAr. kamala-k-kaNNan en kaNNinuL uLLAn - the lotus eyed Lord is in my eyes kANban avan kaNgaLaalE - I see through His eyes! amalangaLaaga vizhikkum - He graced me such that all my sins and undesirable things like agnyaanam went away - hence I can see Him in all clarity. aimpulanum avan moorththi - all the 5 indriyAs now became under His control This is quoted by bhattar in the context of him saying that the Lord showered grace on nampAduvAn similar to what He did for nammAzhvAr ------------ Q4. in the final slokam, in vyakhyanam swami says "athmanubhavam pannikkondiruppar kanum" what is the deeper meaning of that. In a direct sense, athmanubhavam is kaivalyam but then it will not match to the context because, in the concluding parts, swami uses the word "periyavITu" several times. Kindly help Kindly pardon me for the mistakes in the mail ---------------- Here, AtmAnubhavan cannot be interpreted directly; because bhattar says "soozndhirundhu Eththuvar pallANdE enRum Ethat saama gaayannAsthE enRum sollugirapadiyE namakkup pallANdu paadik koNdu aatmaanubhavam paNNik koNdu iruppaargaL" - i.e. They will enjoy the AtmAnubhavam while praising Me as told by "soozhdirundu Eththuvar pallANdE" and "Ethath saama gaayannaastE" - Clearly, the saama gaanam and the pallANdu singing for the Lord happens in srIvaikUNTam only; Moreover, the state of kaivalyam is one where the enjoyer enjoys himself - i.e. the soul enjoys itself - not the Lord. Hence, the word AtmAnubhavan cannot be interpreted as kaivalyam given what bhattar describes. Hence, we have to interpret AtmAnubhavam here as the anubhavam that is the true nature of the AtmA - i.e. uninterrupted devotional service to the Lord; {We cannot even say that it is the "enjoyment" by the soul of uninterrupted devotional service, because the enjoyer is always the Lord}. AzhvAr emperumAnAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam srI thirumalai anandAnpiLLai krishNamAchAriAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam, adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan, varadhan Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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