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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 Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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