Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram-62
"thirunindRa pakkam thiRavidhendru OrAr
karunindRa kallArk kuraippar-thiruvirundha
mArvan siridarantan vaNdulavu taNtuzAi
tAr tannai soodhittariththu"
In the previous paasuram, azhvar rejoiced thinking about his fortune/greatness.
Immediately the state of the others around him troubled azhvar. These people
consider souls/devas similar to them born from the womb of a mother to be
paradeivam (supreme) and undergo number of hardships. How can azhvar being an
Srivaishnava tolerate the sorrow of the fellow beings?
(thirunindRa pakkam thiruvidhu) The most blessed object in which piratti
resides is the paratattvam. "sraddhayA dEvO dEvatvamasnutE" (only due to
piratti indicated by the word "sraddhA" perumal attains the quality of a deva)
"apAngO bhooyAmsO yadhupari param brahma tatabhoot" The nature of the object
doesn't matter but wherever the divine grace of piratti falls in full becomes
the sarvEswaran. Sri Parasara bhattar reiterates the same in his
GunaratnakOsam,
"vEthAnthAs tattvachinthAm murapiturasi yat pAdhachinhais taranti" (4)
(thiRavidhendru) All objects other than self is under her control. Hence
unless she shows herself it is difficult to visualize by others. Appillai
says, 'It is not understandable by superfluous words or tactics.'
(OrAr) If they are intelligent they can realize this tattva but there is no
sign of any intellect in them.
(karunindRa) Similar to them devas like Indra take birth from a womb ("vushasi
rOdha asinjat" declare the Vedas)
(karunindRa kallArkku vuraippar) These people preach to stupid people,
ignorant of Vedas just like them, about the supremacy of the devas.
What are they really trying to do? Azhvar explains;
(thiruvirundha mArvan siridharan) In practice, an insect that doesn't even
know the smell of a mango (mAmbhazham) is named as 'mAmbhazhavunni". Similarly
the devas who do not have any sort of relationship with piratti (the divine
consort) are called as "sriman" by their bhakthas. Whereas in the case of
perumal, piratti resides always in his chest "agalagillEn eraiyum" and hence he
is called as "sireedharan". The Vishnu sahasranAmam reiterates the same with
12 divine names,
Srivatsa: SrivAsa: Sripathi: SrimadhAm vara: Srita: Srisa: Srinivasa: Srinidhi:
SrivibhAvana: Sridhara: Srikara: srEya: SrimAn
(Siridharan tan vaNdulavu taNtuzAi tArtannai soodi tariththu) Adorning the
cool, honey filled garland of lakshminAdan "soodikkaLaindhana soodum
eththondarkalOm "[thirupallandu-9] and attaining well being due to that;
'thirunindRa pakkam thiravidhendru OrAr"
(To Be Continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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