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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-42

?pazhuthilA ozhughalAttru palasadu pEdhimArgal!
ezhikulaththavargalElum emmadiyArgalAgil
thozhumineer kodumin konmin endru ninnOdum okka
vazhipada arulinAi pOl madhil thiruvarangaththAnE!?

pazhuthilA ozhughalAttru palasadu pEdhimArgal!: Here emperuman refers to the 
chatur vEdis who are well versed in Vedas but due to their ego they consider 
bhAgavatas born in a lower birth to be inferior. Here in the vyakhyanam Sri PVP 
says, such Brahmins though well versed in Vedas are considered to be like a 
donkey carrying saffron on its back (?kumkumam sumandha kazhudhai OpAdhi?). 
Though the donkey is carrying saffron on its own back it never realizes the 
sweet smell and worth of the same. Similarly these haughty Brahmins though 
capable of chanting the veda mantras from top to bottomthey do not know the 
meanings and hence cannot put them to practice. Emperuman calls such Brahmins, 
who though having a very clear ancestral historystill are stringent in their 
behavior and instructs them to do as follows:  

ezhikulaththavargalElum emmadiyArgalAgil: Even if a bhAgavatan is born in the 
lowest of the lowest class, still if he is my bhakthan then,

thozhumineer kodumin konmin: fall into the feet of such a bhAgavata, give him 
the knowledge you possess and take the knowledge from him. 

endru ninnOdum okka vazhipada arulinAi pOl madhil thiruvarangaththAnE!: Quoting 
the above instruction of bhagavan alwar wonders, Oh Ranganatha! Residing in 
thiruvarangam surrounded by huge walls, you were the one with so much grace on 
your bhakthas who ordered even the chatur vEdis to consider the bhAgavatas, 
though born in a low caste to be equal to you and prostrate them, as given 
above. In the vyakhyAnam, Sri PVP wonderfully says, emperuman has such grace 
that he actually wanted to say consider bhAgavatas to be greater than me but 
then since no one can ever be greater than bhagavan he then changed it and made 
them equal to him. Such was the jnana paripAgam of our acharyas.

Accepting a jAthi heenan as great, considering his Jnanam and bhakthi is not 
only alwars or acharyas philosophy. It is seen even in the puranas. SounakAdhi 
maharishis were high class Brahmins doing tapas in naimisAranyam. When soodar, 
a bhAgavatan born in a low caste came over there all the rishis prostrated him 
and gave him a seat with due respect. They requested him to shower bhagavat 
gunam to them. Though born in a low birth, due to guru (veda vyasa) krupai, 
soodhar was well versed in all sastras and was a greatjnani and parama 
bhAgavathan. So from this too it is proved that irrespective of the birth, if a 
person is a bhAgavatan then we should prostrate him, and give and take 
knowledge.

A piece of wood can be used to burn some object or can be made into a padhuka. 
When the same piece is used for burning then it has no value but when it is 
made into a padhuka then it gets due regards. One interesting incident in the 
life history of Sri manavAla mAmunigal goes as follows: Once mAmunigal asked 
his shisya erumbiappa to get his thiruvArAdhana perumal. Erumbiappa returned 
with mAmunigal?s perumal in one hand and with mAmunigal?s pAdhukai on the 
other. MAmunigal got very angry and scolded the shisya for doing such a great 
abhachAram of carrying the padhukai equal to perumal. The shisya without any 
hesitation replied ?vumadhu perumAllukku em-perumAl kuraindhavarO??(Is my 
perumal in way less greater than yours?). The shisya had so much acharya 
bhakthi that he considered his acharya padhuka to be his thiruvArAdhana 
perumal. When even a pAdhuka can get such greatness just due to the sambhandam 
of a jnanAcharyan, then shouldn?t the bhAgavatas who have great jnanam and 
bhagavat sambhandam be regarded as equal to perumal?

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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