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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

?pennulAm sadaiyinAnum piramanum vunnai kAnbhAn
ennilA oozhi oozhi thavam seidhAr velgi nirpa
vinnulAr viyappa vandhu Anaikku andru arulai eendha 
kannarA* vunnai ennO? KalaikanA karudhumArE?

After talking about the bhAgavata magimai in the previous paasurams, now inthis 
paasuram alwar proceeds to say how emperuman is pleased by the love of 
bhAgavatas and how he comes running to their call without any differentiation. 
In this paasuram, alwar talks about the gajendra Moksha vriththAntham, where 
emperuman came running to help the elephant from the clutches of the crocodile. 
A pandiya king by the name Indradumnan was a great bhakthan but he lacked 
politeness(vinayam) and was full of pride. So when agastiyarcame to visit him 
he ignored the great rishi and continued with his grand pooja. Do to this 
illtreatment agastiyar got angry and cursed him to become an elephant (only 
elephants have matham so the rishi made him into the same). In a similar manner 
a gandarvan by the name hoohoo attained the curseof devalar, a deva rishi and 
became a crocodile. The rishis who were kindat heart actually gave both of them 
only a boon in disguise. They then told them that emperuman would come to 
release them out of this misery. In this paasuram, alwar admires the krupai of 
emperuman who came in very great speeds to save his bhakthan.

pennulAm sadaiyinAnum piramanum vunnai kAnbhAn: Siva perumAn is referred to as 
pennulAm sadaiyan here because he has the ganges on his head. Alwar says, even 
the sivan and brahma are trying to see you,

ennilA oozhi oozhi thavam seidhAr velgi nirpa: they have been doing 
tapas(penance) for many many years(Ozhi kAlam) but unable to do the same. But 
assoon as gajendran called ?AdhimoolamE? emperuman forgetting even to get 
dressed up, ran to save the elephant. Seeing the speed brahma, sivan andothers 
who were doing tapas for so many years were ashamed. Sri PVP in his vyakhyanam 
says, ?nAmmellAm mudalaiyin vAyil vizhAmal thavaththin vAyilvizhunthOmE endru 
velgi nirpa?(we are all not fortunate enough to have fallen into the 
crocodile?s mouth instead we fell into the mouth of penance and hence perumal 
didn?t turn up, felt sivan and brahma).

vinnulAr viyappa vandhu Anaikku andru arulai eendha: The devas got the amrudhan 
from the pArkadal but they were not blessed with the bhagavat amrudham(darshan 
of emperuman-sAkshAtkAram) that is why they are still in svargam and haven?t 
reached the moksha mandalam of emperumAn. So the bhagavan is beyond the reach 
of the devas. So when gajendran called emperuman, the devas were eagerly 
waiting to see who comes to his rescue and who is the reason behind everything 
(Adhimoolam). Our acharyas say, the status of the devas is like a man on the 
top most floor of a building. One child asked its mother to fetch him the moon. 
The mother replied, ?Since we are down here and the moon is on the top at a 
great distance from us we cannot catch the moon?. The child looked up saw his 
father standing upstairs. Immediately he asked, ?If we are down we cannot catch 
but won?t father be ableto catch it for me since he is on the top floor?? No 
one can catch the moon even if we are on top of the tallest building in this 
world. The devas are on the top most building still they will never be able to 
see emperuman or understand his greatness. When the dEvas were waiting with 
their eyes wide open to see the emperuman, 

We will see what happened in the next posting.

(To Be Continued)

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 



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