Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Which form is more beautiful?
By Sri U Ve Maha Vidwan Prativadi Bhayankaram
Annangaracharyar Swami
Translated by madhurakavi dAsan
Through Hanuman, Sita sends a message to Sri Rama
from Asokha Vana. Hanuman gave that message to Sri
Rama: "jIvitamtAra yishyAmi mAsam dasarAtmaja"
and "Urtvam mA sAnna jIvEyam".
That is, Sita says that "I will survive only one
more month. I cannot live beyond that".
Sri Rama said "na jIvEyam kshaNamapi vinA tAm
asitEkshaNAm". He says "She can survive a month
without being with me (if She can survive a month,
may be She can do it even longer). But I cannot
survive even a moment without Her".
Looking at these two statements together, it might
appear that Rama is to be considered greater than
Sita in the matter of "not surviving when separated".
During Nampillai's time, some folks were talking
thus: Is Sita's statement appropriate? Is She not
the one who says that She would never separate from
the Lord even for a moment (as said by Azhvar
"agalakillEn iRaiyumenRu alarmEl mangai uRai
mArbA")? Is She not the one who should have then
said "na jIvEyam kshaNamapi"? How is that Valmiki
has written that She says that She can handle the
separation for a month and Rama says that He cannot
handle it even for one moment. When Nampillai
heard this, through him, a great meaning was
revealed.
Looking at the statements by the divine couple
carefully, it can be seen that the greatness
belongs to pirAtti more than the Lord. How is
that?
Here, it is seen that Her beauty is far greater
than that Lord's beauty which was described as
"pumsAm drushti cittApahAri". Her greatness is
seen from the fact that the Lord cannot tolerate
separation from Her even for a moment. In contrast,
since She said that She could tolerate separation
for one month, it is seen that His beauty is not
as great as Her's.
In the vyakhyanam for the Thiruvaymozhi pasuram
6-6-6 ("en viRpuruvakkodi thORRadhu meyyE"),
Nampillai states that "showing the lesser beauty
("Urtvam mAsAt na jIvishyE"), He stole the greater
beauty ("na jIvEyam kshaNamapi").
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
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