Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya
Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha In the previous postings we saw how
thirumangai azhvar elaborately talked about emperuman being param (paratvam) at
the same time sulaban (sowlabhyam).
Let him be what ever he is what is the use for us? Will be our question
as we are always selfish and think about only our benefit at every instant. Now azhvar tells us the actual
relationship that exists between azhvar (samastha jeevakodigalukkum
upalakshanam, refers to all the jeevatmas) and the supreme lord
(emperuman). First of all, why
should azhvar tell us about the divine qualities of emperuman? That is because the only way we can get
out of this ocean of samsAram is fall to his feet. The lord himself says, ?mama mAyA
durathyayA mAmEva yE prapathyanthE mAyAmEthAm taranthithE? (You can never come
out of my maya, the only way is to surrender to my divine feet so that I will
realise you from this ocean). Will
we that easily fall into anyone?s feet?
Oh No. Our ego will stand
upright preventing us to even bend our head before anyone. So first thing that has to be done is
develop a special feeling for emperuman in our hearts. That seed of bhakthi that is sown in
some part of our heart has to be then grown into a blossoming tree. Alavandaar in his geethArtha sangraham
(14) says, ?svakalyANa gunAnathyakrisna
svAdheenathAmathi: I bhakthyutpaththivivruththarthA visteernA dasamOdhithA
II The very purpose of the 10th
chapter was to develop sAdhana bhakthi in the minds of arjuna. For that geethAcharya elaborates about
his infinite kalyana gunas and how he rules over anything and
everything. As the bhakthi of arjuna starting
growing he wanted to see the vishvaroopa darshanam of emperuman that is the
essence of the 11th chapter.
Emperuman blessed arjuna with a divine eye to visualise the vishvaroopa
darshanam. Through that arjuna
realised how emperuman stays as everything in this world, How the world has been
surrounded inside and outside by the paramatma (?antar bahista tat sarvam vyApya
nArAyana stitaha:?). Probably
thirumangai mannan also had the same darshan as arjuna and that is why he
wonders, (tannuruvAi ennuruvil nindra) Oh! How can the supreme lord who has so
much divine qualities come and stay in this body (sareeram, equivalent to a
drainage)? Will a millionaire stay
even a second in a slum hut?
Emperuman is ubhaya vibhooti nAthan. His bhOgam (enjoyment) in the nithya
mandalam is beyond words. The
nithya sooris are always at his service with great love. Then will he ever turn his face towards
these samsAris who are always after lowkika pleasures and never want to look at
him? But can that emperuman who is
a ultimate source of krupai just leave his kids like that? Sastras say, ?EkAki na ramEtha?. Emperuman is unable to enjoy the
sophistications of the nithya mandalam as he is always worried about his
suffering kids in the leela vibhoothi.
And that is why he time and again takes avatara to uplift us. He takes rAmavatara and advices,
?sakrudEva prapannAya tavAsmeethicha yAchathE? then he becomes krishna and says,
?mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja? but is that all?
These avataras are seen outside us but emperuman stays inside us
always. Thondaradi podi azhvar
says, ?pundhiyul pugundhu than pAl Adaram peruga vaiththa? (He enters our senses
and creates bhakthi towards him inside us). Upanishads say, ?jA suparnA sayujA...?
There are two birds on a single tree that are alike. The tree is our sareeram (body) and the
two birds are the jeevatma and paramatma.
Both of them are jnana svaroopam and have a close relationship but the
jeevatma has forgotten everything and is immersed in the lowkika pleasures and
hence never turns towards the waiting paramatma. Then why is the paramatma still
waiting? Due to its divine grace
for the suffering jeevatma the paramatma doesn?t want to just leave but waits
patiently till the time the jeevan feels that the lowkika pleasures are boring
and turns its face towards the almighty.
Here azhvar says ?tannuruvAi? emperuman doesn?t change his quality just
because he stays inside the body.
He remains as he is, not showing any interest to the sareerAnubhavam
(feelings and emotions of the body).
But he does stay inside the body that is considered as ?ennuru? by the
jeevAtmas. So the paramatma stays
without any change (tannuruvAi) inside the body of the jeevatma
(ennuruvil). ?nindra? the emperuman
keeps on standing. Why and till
when? He stands indicating that it
is not the place to halt for long.
He prefers to leave this body along with the jeevan soon. Emperuman doesn?t cherish his existence
in this drainage so he cannot relax he is ever ready to start and hence
stands. But why doesn?t he leave
immediately? Oh! How can he leave
his kid suffering here and just leave?
?koobhaththil vizhum kuzhaviyudan gudhiththu avAbhaththai theerkum annai
pOl? (Like a mother diving into a drainage to save her fallen kid ? Arthi
prabhandam) emperuman who is the supreme mother for one and all can he just
leave his fallen kid? So emperuman,
the millionaire arrives at the slum hut where his stubborn son not understanding
his position stays amidst a number of difficulties considering it to be his
pleasure. To uplift his son from there and submit all his wealth to the son and
make him a millionaire, the father enters the slum hut without a second
thought. Similarly emperuman waits
inside each one of us to sow the seed of bhakthi and vairAkhyam so that we will
realise our actual status and final reach the land of ever happiness, the nithya
vibhoothi from where we will never return back to this samsAram (na cha
punarAvarthathE). Why is emperuman
showing such grace on us? (endhai) because he is our father. We have an inseparable relation with
him. We are all sEshas and he is
our sEshan (master).
(To be
continued) Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharanam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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