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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 Paasuram-27

 

"mAlthAn pugundha madabebjam maRRadhuvum

 pErAga kolvanO pEdhaigAl-neeRAdi

 thAnkANa mAttAdha thAragala sEvadiyai

 yAnkANa vallErkku edhu"

 

Azhvar requested perumal, "eRRaikkum kaNdukoL kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnnunnai 
kandukolkirkku mAru" in the previous paasuram.  Emperuman immediately showered 
his ultimate grace on azhvar and said, "appadiyE Aguga" (Let it happen as 
requested).  Immediately some around azhvar objected saying, " Is it enough if 
you remain a vaishnavite always don't you want to go to moksha and enjoy the 
ultimate joy over there? Azhvar replies, "Oh! When the lord who is supposed to 
be in moksha has shed living there and prefers to come and stay in my heart why 
should I love anything other than my heart"

 

(mAl thAn pugundha mada nenjam)  "yat.abhisam vishanthi that vijijjnAsasva that 
brahmEthi" [understand that into which the jeevatmas enter after mukthi to be 
the brahmam] "bhakthyA tvananyayA shakya: ahamEvam vidhOrjuna I jnAtum drashtum 
cha thatvEna pravEshtum cha paranthapa II [ Oh! Arjuna you make the enemies 
struggle.  One can understand, see and enter me only due to ananya bhakthi 
(ultimate devotion)] , "Esha brahma pravishtOsmi greeshmE seethamiva hrutham" 
[I have entered the brahmam like diving into a cool pond during peak summer] 
The above pramana verses show that jeevatma enters the emperuman/brahmam after 
many hardships.  But azhvar says, that very emperuman has now entered me all by 
himself.  What a credit my mind has in store!

 

(mAl than pugundha) The one who has entered is the sarvEshvaran, mAl- periyOn 
(very great person).  Mal as another meaning mAl-anban the one who has entered 
is a personification of love.

 

(maRRadhuvum pErAga kolvanO pEdhaigAl) Will I ever think of anything else 
including moksha other than my dear credited mind/heart? ["en amudhinai kanda 
kangal mattrondrinai kAnAvE", "sindhai maRRondrin thiRaththathallA", "achchuvai 
perinum vEndEn", "bhAvO nAnyethra gachchathi"]

 

(madanenjam maRRadhuvum pErAga kolvanO) Nammazhvar declares the same in his 
words as, "nin pugazhil vaigum tham sindhaiyilum maRRinidhO, neeyavarkku 
vaigundham endrarulum vAn", "mAyAperuviralulagam moondrinoodu nalveedu perinum 
kolvatheNNumO thelliyOr kurippE"

Periazhvar says, "vadathadamum vaikundhamum madhil duvarApathiyum edavagaigal 
egazhindhittu enpAl edavagai kondanaiyE" 

 When emperuman has left all his divya dhAmams and has come to settle in my 
heart will I ever think of going to moksha?

 

(pEdhaigAl) Oh! If you don't understand this then what else should I call you 
than senseless people ("aruvu kEdargalE") so those who understand this secret 
are considered to be intelligent and the rest stupid.

 

Azhvar was questioned- How did you know this?

 

(neerAdi than kAnamAttAdha thAragala sEvadiyai yAn kAna vallErkku edhu)  Even 
the rudra, wearing the ashes all over his body, who tries by his own efforts to 
have the darshan of the big divine feet of emperuman decorated with beautiful 
garlands failed but I due to the nirheduka krupai of emperuman has got that 
divine darshan.  So my mind will never forget that and wish for moksha.  Rudra 
who is supposed to grant knowledge to all is himself incapable of having the 
darshan of the lord's divine feet.  Not the feet he is incapable to even have 
the darshan of the garland adorning the lord's feet.

 

(thAr agala sEvadiyai) the lord's divine feet is always decorated with the 
divine thiruthuzhAi mAlai (tulasi garland).  Azhvar says, agala sEvadi extended 
feet probably having the divine feet of thiruvikraman in mind.    

 

(neerAdi than....thAragala sEvadi) During the trivikramAvathAram rudran took 
the divine sripAda theertham of emperuman over his head (neerAdi) but he was 
unable to see the big extended thiruvadi of emperuman. 

"kadikamalththul erundhum kAngilan kannan adikamalam thannai ayan" says 
poigaiazhvar.  Emperuman's thiruvadi is so soft that it becomes red even if a 
soft thulasi garland touches it.  

 

I due to his nirhEduka krupai has got the darshan of that divine thiruvadi will 
I then wish for moksha leaving enjoying emperuman in my heart?

 

There is one another interpretation to the above paasuram.  On azhvar's request 
to perumal "eRRaikkum kaNdukoL kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnnunnai kandukolkirkku mAru" 
some questioned azhvar when the sastras talk about many great goals like 
attaining the svargaloka, sivaloka and brahmaloka why should you choose to 
suffer in this samsAra loka being just a Srivaishnavite?  Azhvar answers, when 
the siva who is the lord of the sivaloka himself is unable to have the divine 
darshan of emperuman's thiruvadi and my mind has got the bhakyam of that divine 
darshan due to his nirheduka krupai why should I wish for anything else? 



 (To Be Continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 



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