Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe
ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara
Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-23 ?viththumida
vENdum kolO vidaiyadarththa paththi uzhavan pazhampunaththu ?
moiththezhundha kArmEga manna karumAl
thirumEni neervAnam kAttum
nigazhindhu? In the previous paasuram, azhvar introduced a great
physician to all of us ?maruththuvanAi nindra mAmanivaNNan?. This special doctor knows how to cure
our disease of samsAram. The
medicine is nothing other than just falling to the feet of the almighty and
surrendering to him ?pazhagiyAn thAlE panimin?. But we are all blessed with minds to
think and analyse. Will we accept
any fact that easily? Oh! No. How is that possible since we always
have the benefit of doubt and the right to question. So the question arised,? When we see in
this world (pratyaksham) even in our day to day life that a lot of effort is to
be put in attaining even a small result how is that we can attain the ultimate
result, the Moksha by just falling to the feet of the divine lord (negligible
effort)?? Azhvar
answers, ?As said in the last paasuram, the lord due to ultimate grace on us
took various incarnations viz., narasimhan, matsyam etc to protect his devotees
in awake state whereas he also saves all the jeevatmas in the dormant state
during the pralaya. When the lord
has so much krupai (mercy) what is the necessity for any other conditions to
exist? The requirement is only the natural wish that arouses to fall to the feet
of the divine lord the rest is taken care by that emperuman who acts as the
prAptha and prApagan. Further he does all the necessity jobs to make us attain
the ultimate result (paththi uzhavan).
What else should a jeeva do other than desiring
moksha/him? (paththiuzhavan pazham punaththu viththu mida vENdum kolO) Bhakthi is the
crop; paramapurushan is the owner of the fertile land (this world), the
farmer. What is the necessity for
us to sow the seeds of punyam/good deeds for bhakthi to grow in our
minds? (paththi
uzhavan) Emperuman is the farmer.
The amount of hardships a farmer undergoes to attain a good yield is
innumerable. He has to irrigate the
field, remove the unwanted weeds, sow the seed, plant the sprout in the
appropriate places, add the necessary manure and fertilizers and all these
should be done in appropriate time.
Similarly emperuman, the farmer also undergoes a number of
hardships. This farmer,
the divine lord has a very fertile land, the nithya vibhooti that gives a great
yield but still he just doesn?t relax but wants to cultivate the crop of bhakthi
also in the land of leela vibhooti.
So first he involved himself in Creation of the jeevas. He gave them body and mind and remained
as their antaryAmi to guide them in the right path. Moreover he took a number of avatarams
to uplift the jeevatmas.
[See how Swamy Nammazhvar also has
the same type of anubhavam considering emperuman as a
farmer, ?ooravar kavvai eruvitttu annaisol
neermaduththu Eeranelviththi mulaiththa
nenjapperunjseyyul PEramar kAdhal kadalpurraiya
vilaiviththa KAramar mENi nam kaNNan? (thiruvai
5-3-4)] (pazham punaththu) To start cultivating a new land a lot
of initial processing should be done for a good yield. But for an already cultivable fertile
land where regular cultivation is done even just throwing the seeds here and
there will give a good yield. This
world is a fertile old land where the paththi uzhavan does regular
cultivation. This leela vibhooti is
not created afresh but exist forever. (pazham
punaththu viththumida vENdum kolO) Like throwing the seeds here and there in a
regular cultivating land just the desire is enough for the paththi uzhavan to
grow the crop of bhakthi in this world. The above
interpretation results from the words of Sri PeriavAchAn pillai?s commentary
verse, ?pazham panangalilE vidhaikka vENdAdhE vudari
mulaikkumApOlE?? A slight variation in the interpretation can be obtained
while looking into the words of other acharyas. Let us enjoy the same in the next
posting. (To Be
Continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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