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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-34
 

?vullaththE vuraiyum mAlai vulluvAr vunar ondru ella

kallaththEn nAnum thondAi thondukkE kOlam poondu

vulluvAr vullittrellAm vudan erundhu arudhi endru

velgipOi ennullE nAn vilavara sirithittEnE?

 

vullaththE vuraiyum mAlai vulluvAr vunar ondru ella: Emperuman is present 
inside each one of us as antaryami. Sahasranamam starts with Vishvam Vishnu:. 
These two namas of bhagavan show his bhahirvyApthi (presence in every place 
outside us) and antarvyApthi (presence inside us). In this paasuramalwar calls 
emperuman to be ?vullaththE vuraiyum mAl?. So we have to be careful before 
saying anything. 

 

We may cheat anyone outside but surely our mind knows that what we are saying 
and doing is wrong. Emperuman who is inside us will surely know our mistakes. 
Whoever understands the presence of emperuman inside them take extra caution 
not to do mistakes. Even thiruvalluvar says ?than nenju arivadhu poiyarkka? 
that is our mind is capable of showing us which is right and which is wrong.

 

kallaththEn nAnum thondAi thondukkE kOlam poondu: But, alwar says, 
unfortunately without realizing the presence of the bhagavan inside me I tried 
to cheat everyone including him. I acted to be a great bhakthan. 

 

Initially I felt ashamed to even wear the thirunAmam on my forehead. Slowly I 
started wearing the sricharanam alone that too only inside my house. I used to 
wash my face when I go out. Then slowly I developed courage andstarted wearing 
thiruman and sricharanam even outside. So people started thinking that I have 
become a bhakthan. So when someone came near me I started shouting the names of 
bhagavan loudly. It made them believe more thatI am a great bhakthan. Then I 
underwent pancha samskaram under an acharya, thereby made people call be a 
parama vaishnavan. Not only the ignorant people but even emperuman regarded me 
similarly. But actually all these I did just for show off and nothing whole 
heartely. Just for name and fame I acted to be a thondan wearing all the 
necessities for the same. This is the explanation given by Sri PVP in his 
vyakhyanam which goes as follows:

 

?parappumAra thirunAmaththai eduvadhu, Sri pancha Ayudangalai 
darippadhu,ahrudaiyamAgha thirunAmaththai solluvadhu, yamAdhigal thalaiyil en 
kAl enbhadhAi nAnum oruvanAi parOpadhEsam seivadhAi eththanai seidhEn?

 

Alwar has adviced and talked so much about nAma bhalam and how it gives a 
vaishnavan a strength even to fight against yaman and his dhoodhas. Now he says 
even all those where words which just came out of my mouth but where not from 
my heart. I tried to cheat everyone by acting to be a great Srivaishnava. My 
mind was working somewhere else but I talked to people about bhagavan and 
bhagavat gunam.

 

vulluvAr vullittrellAm vudan erundhu arudhi endru: But emperuman is insideeach 
one of us and he knows what all everyone of us think. But the funny part is 
even he has included me in the bhaktha list. Bhagavan says,?sAdureva sa 
mandhavya: samyat vyavasithOhi saha?(when a person thinks about me put him in 
the sAdhu ghosti and never think of his good or bad deeds). ?na mE bhaktha: 
pranashyathi?(my bhaktha will never fall), ?en adiyaradhu seiyAr?(my bhakthan 
will not do like that) and he considers even a cheat like me to be his bhaktha, 
and never leaves me. He always stays along with me.

 

velgipOi ennullE nAn vilavara sirithittEnE: Thinking of all these I feelashamed 
and so I tried to go away from bhagavan. But how can I do that? Emperuman is 
not only present inside me or inside a temple he is there in each and every 
place. ?neeka mara engum nirain thulan? ?thoonilum erruppAn thurumbhilum 
erruppAn? ? anthar bhahischa tat sarvam vyapya nArAyanastitaha?. So I realized 
my stupidity and laughed without control, says alwar. Actually laughter is 
contagious. If one laughs others follow him even without knowing the reason. 
But is it not correct for all of us tofollow azhwar and laugh at ourselves, 
since each one of us have the same stupid thought that we can cheat even 
emperuman, by our intelligent acts?

 

In the previous ten paasuram alwar thus explained how he possessed no 
qualification to get bhagavat krupai and how he possessed all the 
disqualifications. In the proceeding paasurams alwar says how by the nirheduka 
krupai oflord ranganatha, even a person like him can get nalla(good) gathi. Let 
ussee them in the next postings.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 



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