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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-44 (contd)

When the dEvas were waiting with their eyes wide open to see the 
emperuman,gajendra varadan came on his garudan with his chakra on his hand to 
rescuethe elephant from the clutches of the crocodile.

KannarA: No one can take their eyes out after seeing perumal?s 
beautifulthirumEni. If we wait to get something and are unable to get it we get 
bored after sometime. In some cases, we may have waited for something not 
worthwhile so as soon as we get it we get bored. But in bhagavan?s case itis 
worth waiting for years together just to get a glimpse for a second. We can 
experience the same even today in thirumala-thirupathi. We all go and wait for 
long hours in the queue. But are we allowed to stay in the sannadhi for at 
least 5 minutes? We have to have a quick darshan of the emperuman and we are 
pushed out. Still the crowd of bhakthas in thirupathi neverreduces rather it 
increases day by day. Such is the greatness of bhagavan. We all stay in the 
sannadhi just for 1 or 2 minutes but when we come outwe say oh! It was a great 
darshan. Ramayanam says, ?rAmam mE anukathA drushti:? (No one can take their 
eyes out of the beauty of rAmachandra moorthi) and thiruppAnAzhvar 
says,?enamudhinai kanda kangal mattrondrinai kAnAvE? True. After that alwar 
didn?t even see himself that is why his prabandam(amalanAdhipirAn) does not 
contain the usual style of presenting whosang it and what is the palasruthi in 
the last paasuram.

One other interpretation of ?kannarA? is if perumal places his krupai on us he 
never takes it out. Many look at us but for no use but if bhagavatand Acharya 
kataksham fall on us it never goes in vain. It has the power to lift us from 
the bottom most level and even grant us moksham, the top most level.

vunnai ennO? KalaikanA karudhumArE : Oh! My lord you are the only saranyan, to 
whose feet we all have to do saranAgathi, since you alone can remove all our 
worldly bindings and worries and grant us moksha.

In this paasuram, alwar shows how all other upayams which the siva, brahma and 
other devas considered to be the ways to attain perumal has become futile 
(?thavan seithAr velgi nirpa) and how only saranAgathi done by gajendran has 
given the result ultimately. Leaving all his efforts gajendran called emperuman 
for help and hence perumal came running but the devas still believed in their 
efforts and hence perumal never turned up. And due to his saranAgathi (vunnai 
ennO kalaikanA karudhumArE) gajendran has attained the ultimate goal, bhagavat 
krupai and kainkaryam (Anaikku andru arulai eentha).  

Emperuman?s feet is like a boat to transport us from the ocean of samsAram to 
the other bank, moksham. But this boat is a little different from theusual 
boats in this world, seen by us. In this boat (Krishna pAdAravindham) we need 
not board inside but it is enough if we just think of it, it will take us to 
moksham. Sri Andal says,?vaikundan ennum thOni perAmal vuzhalginrEn?. This 
boat, Krishna thiruvadi never moves from one place to another but keeps 
constantly transporting jeevatmas who think of it from this leela vibhuthi to 
the nithya vibhuthi.

Just the thought that bhagavan is there to take care of us gives us all 
theextra strength to do kainkaryam. All other wealth comes today and leaves 
tomorrow and only puts us to more tension in the process of protecting it. But 
this wealth, bhagavat kataksham never leaves us and relieves us of alltensions.

We will enjoy the final paasuram in the next posting and conclude.

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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