Sri Parthasarathi
thunai Srimathe ramanujaya
Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha Nammazhvar did
sharanagathi totally in 5 padhigams, under the divine feet of vanamamalai
deivanayakan (?nORRa nOnbilEn?), thirukkudandhai Aravamudan (?ArA amudhE adiyEn
vudalam?), thiruvallavAi nArAyanan (?mAnEy nOkku?), vibhavaAvatara krishnan
(?pirandha vAraum?) and finally under the divine feet of thiruvEnkatamudaiyan
(?vulagamunda peruvAyA?).
Immediately one doubt may arise in all our minds; is sharanagathi not
done only once? Can it be done more than one time? Sharanagathi is done only
once. Sri Rama piran himself says
?sakrudeva prapannAya?. Swamy
Nammazhvar gave the essence of sharanagathi in four padhigams but the actual
sharanagathi is only in the ?akalakillEn? paasuram since only there, there is a
reference to piratti, the purushakAra bhoothai. Without piratti?s purushakaram
sharanagathi will not be complete and hence azhvar did his final sharanagathi
unto the divine feet of Srinivasan, emperuman with the divine mother always in
his chest. Our acharyas rightly say,
?NoRRa nAngu rahasya dvayaththai pOlE;
vulagamunda peruvAyA vAchya dvayaththai pOlE? Rahasya dvayam indicates
Thirumanthram and charama slokam where piratti sambhandam is not explicit. NoRRa nAngu represents the 4 padhigams
followed by NoRRa NOnbilEn. VAchya
dvayam indicates dvayam (manthra rathnam). In ?NoRRa nOnbilen?
azhvar expressed his Akinchanyam and ananyagadhithvam. Swamy alavandaar almost translates this
paasuram in his stotra ratnam ?na dharmanishtOsmi nacha AthmavEdhi na bhakthimAn
tvat charanAra vindhyE akinchana: ananyagathi: sharanyA tvat pAdhamoolam
sharaNam prapadhyE? NoRRa NonbilEn ? na
dharmanishtOsmi- no karma yoga; Nun arivilEn ? na cha
Athma vEdhi ? (nun arivu represents the knowledge of self and the paramatma) no
jnana yoga; Agilum eni vunnai vittoNdrum ARRakiRkindRilEn ?
ananyagathi:
Since bhakthi develops
only from karma and jnana it is implied that there is also no bhakthi yoga;
thereby azhvar expresses his Akinchanyam. Further in the same canto
10th paasuram (5-7-10) azhvar says, ?Arenakku nin pAdhamE sharanAgath
thanthozhindAi vunakkOr kaimAru nAnondrilEn enadhAviyum vunadhE? [Oh! Lord you
have shown me your divine feet to be the only way to attain the ultimate result
what can I do for this great help since even my athma is
yours] (To be
continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan ?LET US WORK IN UNITY AND BE PART OF
THE ACHARYA KAINKARYAM AND GET CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF THE DIVINE
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