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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



Paasuram-22



"azhagiyAn thAnE ariyuruvan thAnE

pazhagiyAn thAlE paNimin-kuzhaviyAi

thAnEzhulagukkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE

meenA yuyiralikkum viththu"



Thirumazhisai azhvar deeply enjoyed the divine beauty of Narasimha perumal in 
the previous paasuram. Azhvar couldn't just stop with self-enjoyment. Azhvar 
felt very bad for all the jeevatmas who miss this enjoyment due to their 
ignorance. How could people be without enjoying the divine beauty of 
narasimhan? So azhvar sings this paasuram as an advice to the common folks to 
fall to the divine feet of the sowndarya moorthi, narasimha perumal, azhagiya 
singar.



(AzhagiyAn thAnE.) This is as a continuation of enjoyment of the divine beauty 
of narasimhan. Is he the only person filled with divine beauty? Doesn't 
paramapadanAthan possess the same beauty?



(ariyuruvan thAnE) No. only the one who came to this world, as narasimhan 
possesses the ultimate beauty. The beauty of paramapadanAthan is like light 
that glows in the morning. While the sun shines if one lights a lamp then the 
light of the lamp is of no use. Whereas if the same lamp is lit on a dark 
night, then it has its special significance. Similarly narasimha perumal is a 
light lit in darkness. ParamapadanAthan is the embodiment of grace alone but 
narasimhan showed both grace and anger at the same time ("dushta nigraham, 
sista paripAlanam"). "seeRRathOdu arul peRRavan". In paramapadam emperuman 
shows his beauty to those filled with ultimate knowledge (sarvagnar) whereas 
narasimha perumal showed his beauty even to the ignorant (agynar). 
ParamapadanAthar's beauty can be enjoyed only in words but for narasimha 
moorthi "eraNiyanAgam pilandhu ariyAi udiramalaindha kaiyOdirundhAnai ullavA 
kandArular" [peri-thiru.4-1-1]



(azhagiyAn thAne ariyuruvan thAnE) This is that lord who is celebrated as 
"Azhagiya singar" by the whole world.



Note: Hope by this time all of you have enjoyed the divine beauty of Azhagiya 
singar at thiruvallikeni and joined the ghosti of "kandArular" as sung by 
periazhvar.



The Sri Vishnu SahasranAmam celebrates this perumal as "nArasimhavapu: SrimAn"



(AzhagiyAn thAnE ... paNimin) When we see some thing attractive to our eyes we 
keep on seeing and enjoying it but we never get the idea of falling to its 
feet. So what is so special of narasimhan that instigates us to fall to his 
feet?



(ariyuruvan thAnE . paNimin) He is purushOtaman, the one supreme male. He is 
Abhatsakam (who comes to our rescue at the time of danger). When a person has 
both the strength and wish to come to our rescue while in danger and also 
filled with divine beauty will not one surrender to his feet? Anyway is it 
enough if he is powerful and beautiful and doesn't know what our problem is and 
how to actually solve it?



(pazhagiyAn thAlE paNimin) This body is our disease that has to be shed and 
what we have to actually attain is the divine body. We are ignorant of this 
fact and hence keep taking utmost care of the body whereas he very well knows 
what has to be shed and what should be attained. So it is important for us to 
fall to his feet and get over our miseries. If you consider his divine feet as 
upayam and upEyam and surrender then he who knows the reason behind you 
entering this body and suffering (karma) at all times viz., past, present and 
future along with the solution for the same (his nirheduka krupai) will surely 
save you from all the miseries.

We all go to the doctor to cure our diseases since we believe that the doctor 
knows well about the disease and the method to cure the same. The only doctor 
to cure our disease of samsAram is none other than hari. 

"maruththuvanAi nindra mAmani vannA"

"vaithyOnArAyanO hari:" "bhEshajam bhishak" (Vishnu SahasranAmam)

"eruththukodiyAnum piramanum Indiranum maRRum oruththarumip piravi ennum noikku 
marundharivArumillai maruththuvanAi nindra mAmanivannA! (peri-thiru-5-3-6)

Forget the brahma rudras who are also suffering with the disease of samsAram 
and fall to the divine feet of emperuman the only doctor who can cure this 
disease.

"avaidhya: prakrutha: prOkthO vaidhyO vaishnava uchchetE"

[samsaris are called as avaidhyas and vaishnavas are called as vaidhyas]

If people connected with him are themselves called as vaidhyas then what to say 
about the lord himself?

How to believe that he knows well about this body to be shed and that body to 
be attained?



(thAnE thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE) The elements behind the creation of prakruthi 
(nature) viz., mahan, ahankaram, panchabhoodhangal and the similar 7 
ingrediants and the pancha bhoodhas formed from sabdha (sound), sparsa (touch), 
roopa (form), rasa (taste), gandha (smell) tanmAthras all reside inside 
emperuman. 'thanmai' refers to the tanmAthras, the pre-state of all the 
panchabhoodhas before their complete formation, the very state in which all the 
special qualities of the pancha bhoodhas are in the hidden form. For eg., the 
special quality of sky (Akasam) is sound (sabdha guna). The pre-state of Akasam 
is sabdha tanmAthrai that hides the quality of sound inside. Similar is the 
case with other bhoodhas. There is a lot of difference between tanmAthrai and 
quality. TanmAthrai is an ingredient and forms the essential part in the 
formation of the bhoodha. Thereby "thanEzhulagukkum.. thanmaiyanE" refers to 
emperuman not only being the final product but also the reason behind the 
ingredients necessary for formation.

Here "Ezhulagu" refers to the creating objects, mahan, ahankaram and the pancha 
bhoodhas or otherwise,



(thAnEzhulagukkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE) Here 'ezhulagu' refers to the seven 
lokas viz.,bhuvarlokam, suvarlokam etc at the top and 7 seven lokas viz., 
athala, vidhala etc underneath that includes all the chetanas and achetanas. 
"thanmaikkum" refers to the achetana gunas viz., sabdha, sparsa etc and chetana 
gunas. Thus it is seen that emperuman is behind all the chetanas/achetanas and 
acts as the controller and guiding torch of all their qualities.



If read as "than vaikkum thanmaiyanE" then it means that emperuman has all the 
seven worlds inside him naturally.

Is there any instance where he has protected us?



(kuzhaviyAi meenAi vuyiralikkum viththu)What has he not done to protect us? 
During the pralaya period he saved all of us by safely keeping us in his 
stomach and he lying on a banyan leaf coolly.

"meenathanus tvam nAvi nidhAya

stirachara parikara manu manu bhagavan I

vEda sanAbhi svOkthi vinOdai: -

agali talaya bhayala vama mumavaha: II [ra-stv-2-60]

[Oh lord! You took the form of a fish you placed all the flora and fauna near 
manu on a boat and saved all the creations with your great words equivalent to 
Vedas without any fear]

In this way, during the manvantrapralaya, you placed all the living creatures, 
including its head manu on a boat due to your sankalpa and took the form of a 
jalajanthu (water creature) and saved the boat without being destroyed due to 
the flooding water. You returned the Vedas to brahma and made him capable of 
creation once again.



(viththu) As per the sAstra "sadEva sOmya" [chan-6-2-1] he is trividha karana 
for creation (nimiththa, upAdhAna, sahakAri karanas)



(To Be Continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan











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