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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-43

?amaravOr angam aRRum vEda mOr nAngum vOdhi
thamargalil thalaivarAya sAdhi andhanargalElum
numargalai pazhipparAgil nodippadhOr alavil* AngE
avargal thAm pulaiyar pOlum arangamA nagarulAnE!?

amaravOr angam aRRum vEda mOr nAngum vOdhi: The main job of the Brahmins in 
those days were to learn the Vedas and Veda-angas thoroughly and teach them to 
others. Alwar says ?amara?.. Odhi? meaning they have learnt them without any 
hurry since their only job was to learn. If such Brahmins, who have spent most 
of their lifetime in learning the Veda angas (shikshai, vyAkaranam, kalpam, 
niruththam, chandas and jhOdhisam) and the four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, sAma, 
atharvana),

thamargalil thalaivarAya sAdhi andhanargalElum: and if they are also the head 
of all such high class Brahmins still,

numargalai pazhipparAgil nodippadhOr alavil* AngE: if they talk ill of bhagavat 
bhakthas or bhAgavatas then in the very instant, at the very same place(AngE- 
not in the next birth),

avargal thAm pulaiyar pOlum arangamA nagarulAnE!: they become the lowest of the 
lowest (Alwar says pulaiyar, as low as a man who eats flesh of dogs) Oh the 
lord of Srirangam, says alwar.

Even emperuman considers bhagavatas to be his master, like in ambhareesha 
charitram in Srimad BhAgavatam. DurvAsar was a great rishi. But since he did 
apachAram to a bhAgavathan, ambhareeshan, the lord?s sudarshana chakrachased 
him. He ran to all the lOkas and begged help from all devas, Indran, sivan and 
brahma. No one was able to help him out. He finally came to vaikundam and 
begged Sriman narayanan but even perumal refused help saying that since he has 
done an apachAram to a bhAgavatan only that bhAgavathan can save him even 
perumal cannot. Such is the greatness of the bhAgavatas.

Just because one is born in a high class or since one has learnt the Vedas from 
top to bottom it doesn?t mean he has to insult a bhAgavatan born in a low 
caste. Emperuman comes running even for a call of an elephant but how many Veda 
vithpannAs have seen him? Some may appear to be agnAni?s butinside they are 
filled with knowledge (like jadabharatar). But some though they have learnt a 
lot are actually jnana heenas due to the lack of understanding mainly due to 
the lack of bhagavat krupai.

Alwar in the past few paasurams, talked about the greatness of the bhAgavatas 
and how we have to regard them, give and take knowledge and even accept their 
uchchistam. Now he says, the Brahmins who ill-treat the bhAgavatas based on 
their birth are to be considered equal to chandAlas. In those days, the 
Brahmins were so haughty that they were always concentrated on their AchAram 
and anushtAnams that they didn?t even know the magimai of nAma sankeetanam and 
thereby they considered all bhAgavatas who were engaged in nAma sankeertanam of 
bhagavan to be lower than them, though the bhAgavatas were actually filled with 
jnAnam and bhakthi. So in this paasuram alwar strongly condemns such acts. 
Thirumangai alwar has praised the Brahmins in many places but this alwar in 
spite of being a Brahmin has condemned stronglythe egoistic nature of the 
haughty Brahmins.

With this, we are left with just the sattrumurai(concluding) paasurams which we 
will enjoy in the forth coming postings.

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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