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maRRellAm pEAsilum


Having seen that swAmi nam-AzhwAr-s explains the meaning of thiru-mandhiram 
whenever 'thiru-mandhiram' is mentioned,here is one such pAsuram:

One of such pAsuram-s is:

"orAyiramAi vulagEazh aLikkum ..
nArAyaNan nangaL pirAn avanEa" 9-3-1;

In the above pAsuram nArAyana sabtham is spelt out.

In the very next pAsuram the meaning is explained:
"avanEa agal gnAlam padithidandhAn, avanEA akgdhEa vuNdum vumizhndhAn,
avanEa avanum avanum avanum, avanEa maRRellAmum aRindhanamEA" .


kEzh pAttil nArAyaNa sabtham prasthutham AgaiyAlEa adhan arthathai panni 
vuraikkiRar idhil.

Since, nArAyana sabtham is mentioned in the preceding pAsuram the meaning is 
given in this pAsuram.


Further, the ultimate meaning of 'thriu-mandhiram' is clearly spelt out in the 
eighth ten -thirukkaNNapuram - 

"... vuRRadhum vun adiyArku adimai-maRRellAm pEAsilum nin thiru ettezhuthum 
kaRRu nAn kaNNa purathuRai ammAnEA" 8-10-3 of periya-thiru-mozhi.

The thirumandhiram gives out five important meanings.
 1. praNavathil - chEthana swarUpathaium i.e. the nature of the soul;
 2. namassAlEa -virOdhi 
 3.upAya swarUpam  i.e. in the namas the nature of hurdles and the nature of 
means;
 4. nArAyaNa padathAlEa- nature of the Lord Almighty;
 5. chadhurthiyAlEa- nature of purushartham i.e the nature of the goal and

Since, all the aformentioned meanings are condensed in thriumandhiram all the 
meanings which one has to acquire is in this
pAsuram which is also aptly quoted by swAmi piLLai lOkAchAryA in mumUkshupadi.

However, notwithstanding this fact, sri kaliyan over and above all these 
essential meaning prefers the subservience to devotees to these five above. 

and that is nothing but
"vuRRadhum vun adiyArkku adimai"

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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