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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