Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Madhurakavi Azhvar's
Kanninun Siruththambu
Second Pasuram Vyakhyana Saram
A tamil version of this vyakhyana saram can be read at
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/kst2.pdf
nAvinAl naviRRu inbameythinEn
mEvinEn avan ponnadi meymmaiyE
theVumaRRaRiyEn kurukUr nambi
pAvininnisai pAdith thirivanE
Meaning:
Praising Nammazhvar with my tongue, I gained great
happiness, which is surrender at his golden feet.
I know of no lord other than the Kurukur Nambi
(Nammazhvar). And I will wander everywhere singing
the sweetness of Nammazhvar's pasurams.
Vyakhyana Saram:
In this pasuram, Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar says that one
can attain the supreme goal, in this world itself, with
this body, by using the means of Nammazhvar's greatness
alone. He says that Nammazhvar's pasurams alone have
become everything to him in his journey.
naavinaal naviRRu:
To reach Him one has to exclusively focus on Him via
one's mind, one's word as well as other parts of one's
body ("mana: pUrvo vAguttara:"). Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar
reaches the same goal that is obtained doing the above,
by simply speaking about his acharya.
He says that nothing else is needed, just the use of
his tongue in uttering his acharya's words is
sufficient.
Is it not the goal of a person for having obtained a
tongue, to praise his acharya who has done so much for
him ("pratyakshe gurava: stutyA:")? Madhurakavi azhvar
says that he has reached that goal.
It is not only important for all souls to keep praising
their acharya; it is actually their duty. Madhurakavi
azhvar says that he has performed his duty.
In the previous pasuram he had said that his acharya's
words will sweeten his mouth forever. Now he is saying
the same that his mouth and heart have been sweetened
by reciting his acharya's words.
inbameythinEn:
He says that he has now reached that height of
happiness. That is, attachment to his acharya's lotus
feet ("kOlamAm en sennikku un kamalamanna kuraikazhal").
They have now become everything to him. There is no
higher truth than those for him.
The same higher truth that Nammazhvar obtained
("vIvilinbam migavellai nigazhnthanan mEviyE")was
obtained by Madhurakavi Azhvar just by the recitation
of Nammazhvar's pasurams. When it remains that even a
single word uttered creates many karmas and it takes
several births to cleanse those karmas, Madhurakavi
Azhvar says that Nammazhvar's words have removed all
his karmas from all his births and led him to the
highest truth.
mEvinEn ponnadi:
Madhurakavi azhvar surrenders at the divine feet of
Nammazhvar and is attached to that only.
His acharya's feet have become everything to him,
including removing the ignorance in this world and
doing purushakaram in the other world.
meimmaiyE:
He says that this is the truth ("vignyapanamidam
satyam").
maRRaRiyEn:
Since there is nothing to him other than his acharya's
feet, he says he knows nothing else.
Since the rest is nothing to him, he simply declares
them as "maRRu" - other, without naming them (similar
to anyatra in "bhAvo nAnyatra gacchati").
thEvumaRRaRiyEn:
He says there is no attachment other than to Nammazhvar.
Here other ("maRRu") means not just things of this
world but it includes the other worlds and even Him.
kurukoor nambi:
Once he has developed attachment to Namamzhvar's feet,
he has no need to develop attachment to anything else
including Him. Therefore, he talks of Nammazhvar as a
pUrnar (complete in all respects).
paavininnisai:
Leaving the wealth of this world as well as the
knowledge of the soul, leaving Him as only the first
step and leaving even Nammazhvar who is the last step
in the supreme goal seeked, leaving Nammazhvar's verses,
Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar gets attached to the music of
those verses and states that that music is sufficient
for his journey through all worlds (similar to
"theivaththaNNanthuzhAyth thArAyinum thazhaiyAyinum
thaNkombathAyinum kIzhvErAyinum ninRa maNNAyinum koNdu
vIsuminE").
That music of those verses, the sweetness of that music
alone is sufficient for all his journeys.
paavininnisai paadiththirivanE:
Madhurakavi Azhvar travels speaking Thiruvaymozhi, it's
music and the sweetness of its music and that alone has
become everything for him.
Madhurakavi Azhvar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Nanjeeyar Nampillai Thiruvadigale Saranam
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
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