SEr
-PeriyAzhwAr
Perhaps,the term Azhwar is most
appropriate to Sri PeriyAzhwAr. That this term represents the apostles of the
Lord getting submerged knee deep into His auspicious qualities, is well
known.
It is observed that wherever Sri
PeriyAzhwAr touches upon this word 'sEr',
the auspicous qualities of EmperumAn is
again and again reiterated.
Honestly speaking, this is no
exaggeration.Absoulte truth.
A few illustrations from his PeriyAzhwAr
ThiruMozhi
I
Even as a child and describing the birth
of Lord KrshNA Sri PeriyAzhwAr identifies the qualities
'pAyach sErudai paNbudaip pAlakan'
1-1-7;
II
The Lord has several qulaities but Sri
PeriyAzhwAr finds the attribute of EmperumAn wonderfully flexible for the sake
of devotees as great. This he describes as the quality adorning
EmperumAn.
'sEr-aNindha senkaN mAl mEal senRa sindhai peruvar
thAmEa' 2-3-11;
III
Talking of the Lord's kalyANa guNam of
being going to any level for the sake of devotees, Lord's KrshNA taking
upon Himself the task of emissary and going as a messenger towards the
duryOdhAna-s is indeed commendable.
This is appositely coined
as
'sEr onRu dhUthAi dhuriyOdhanan pakkal..'
2-6-5;
IV
ThirumAlirumsolai is immediately
correlated to silambARu. PeriyAzhwAr mentions the divine angels take bath in
this sacred river. Well, this river has the attribute of cleasning the sins and
they descend to earth to remove their problems.
and that is
.
sEr silambARu pAyum thirumAl
irumsOlai'4-2-1;
V Well just not appreciating the qualities
of the Lord and the sacred river Sri PeriyAzhwAr even while detracting himself
from his forte of ' cherishing Lord krshNa' does not forget this quality of
appreciting quality and while describing Sri RamAyaNam in ten verses honours
ThriuvaDi with this good term
'sEr ARum thiRal anuman' 2-10-10
and
here sri PeriyA jEyar vyAkyAnam is a must
to be read
'..gnAnAdhi
guNangaLilEa paripUrNanAi', that is- one who is complete in the qualities
of knowledge and related auspicious qulities.
VI PeriyAzhwAr advises one and all to name
their children to that of the Lord's.
In the sum up He names the Lord as a
cumulation of good qulaities as
'sEr aNi mAl thirunamam' 4-6-10;
VII It is not that our AzhwAr just talks
but proves it by precedence.
Yes, he mentions that the person who is
delegated the job of creation -brahmA and the one who is delegated of
destruction
rudhRa ,
eulogise EmperumAn with words that are
dense with auspicious qualities
These are the words that become words of
attributes
'..nEla kaNDanum, nAnmuganum muRaiyAl
sEr- yEARu vAsagam seyya ninRa thirumAl' 4-1-5;
And so are our PeriyazhwAr
words
and that is why it is
said
'vuNDoA PeriyAzhwArkku
opporuvar?'
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