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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

? Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

Eppozhudum peesu?

 

? Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa?

 

Pranams,

 
Paasuram-30
 

?manaththilOre thooimai ellai vAyilOre ensol ellai

sinaththinAl settram nOkki theevilivilivan vAlA

punaththuzhAi mAlai yAnE ponni soozh thiruvarangA!

Enakku eni gadhi en sollAi? Ennai Aludaiya kOvE!?

 

manaththilOre thooimai ellai vAyilOre ensol ellai: The beauty of this 
prabhandam is that here alwar not only advices what is right and what is wrong 
with necessary proof he also gives us everything simplified. He doesn?t stop 
with saying, do strotra to the lord thinking of your incapabilities but gives 
us the paasuram itself. In these paasurams, alwar declares to havethe mistakes 
on his part though alwar is pure in mind, speech and action. It is due to 
alwar?s naichyam. It is a great apachAram to think that alwar himself was like 
that since he said so. We all possess these characters but alwar takes it as 
his. We can cheat others who are outside but can we cheat the antaryami who is 
within us? Alwar says I am not pure in heart nor do my mouth utters any sweet 
words. In Bhagavatam, kardhama prajapathidid tapas for many years and when 
bhagavan gave darshan and asked what hewanted he replied that since his father 
wanted him to be in samsAram he now did tapas to seek for a good partner. 
Though itseems like kardhamar asked for a lowkika vishayam after so much tapas, 
emperuman very well knew the jnana paripAgam and vairakhyam of kardhamar. So he 
granted him a good wifeand accepted to come as a son himself. Here alwar says 
he has nothing good in him but emperuman knows alwars heart. We people boast 
ourselves to begreat bhakthas and highly knowledgable even in front of the 
lord. But emperuman very well knows how ignorant and selfish we are. We act to 
be very good satvikas but inside we all have lot of dirt which emperuman knows 
verywell. That is what alwar says ?ManaththilOre thooimai ellai?.

When we talk our words should never hurt others. We should neither lie 
norshould we talk the truth in a hurting manner. It is better to keep quiet if 
the truth we talk will put others to difficulty. Even thiruvalluvar says, 
?TheeyinAl sutta pun ArumE ArAdhe nAvinAl sutta vadu?(An injury caused due to 
some fire burn will be cured in sometime but the injury caused bytough words 
from once mouth will never suffice). Alwar says he doesn?t have sweet words 
probably he didn?t know how soothing his paasurams are there to our mind and 
thought.

 

sinaththinAl settram nOkki theevilivilivan vAlA: I get angry quiet often. 
AvyAjamana kObham. I get angry just for the sake of getting angry withoutany 
specific reason. If someone says 4 words to me then I scold him with 8 bad 
words. Even if one goes simply(vAlA) I still pull him to fight with me. Such is 
my behaviour, unnecessarily wanting to fight with one and all.

 

punaththuzhAi mAlai yAnE ponni soozh thiruvarangA: Whenever a king went to war 
there was a tradition to garland him and send him wishing to return back with 
victory before the garland withers. Here emperuman is fighting war of 
rakshanam. So Sri PVP says, ?rakshana dharmaththilE deekshiththu thani mAlai 
ettandrO devareer veettriruppadhu?. Emperuman has taken a vowto win the battle 
of Asritha rakshanam and hence he is wearing a garland of tulasi which he will 
wear till he wins. Emperuman likes tulasi garland the most. Tulasi gives the 
sweet fragrance as it grows not waiting for blossoming. Tulasi is considered 
like a mother and hence has to be treated with due respect. While alwar started 
talking about the tulasi garland of emperuman he is immediately reminded of the 
other garland. The kaveri thAi(mother, as she is referred in Srirangam) 
surrounding rangantha like a garlandon both sides and hence he says pooni soozh 
thiruvarangA.

 

Enakku eni gadhi en sollAi? Ennai Aludaiya kOvE!: I donot have talent to save 
me from the samsaric miseries nor do I have anyone to save me. My onlyrefuge is 
you, who is the protector of all.

?edu yArudaiya vastuvAi nOvu paduvadhu?(whose property am I to suffer?). When I 
have a master who can do anything and everything why should I suffer? If a 
father has three sons, 2 of them are very intelligent and they have started 
earning their living individually but the third son is incapableof sustaining 
himself. Will the father just ignore the 3rd son and say heis not his son? No 
the father considers all three to be equal and infact he is more worried about 
the incapable son than the other two. Similarly oh! Ranganatha you are my 
father, my master I am incapable to do any sadhanas to reach you and hence I 
have surrendered in your lotus feet to save me. What can I do when I am 
incapable to do anything Oh my master, cries alwar.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 



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