Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram-68
"tiRambEnmin kandeer thiruvadi than nAmam
maRandhum puramthozhA mAndhar-eranjiyum
sAdhuvarAip pOdhumin kaLendrAn namanumthan
toodhuvarai koovi sevikku"
Both singing the praise of bhagavan and ignoring the other devatas has to be
definitely done under any circumstances staunchly put forth thirumazhisaipiran;
The importance of bhagavat sambhandam is given in Sri Vishnupurana as a
dialogue between yama and his servants as follows:
"svapurushamapiveekshya pAsahastham vadhathi yama: kila tasya karnamoolE I
parihara madhusoodhana prapannAn prabhur aham anya nruNAm na vaishnavA nAm"
[3.7.14]
[The lord of death, yama uttered the following words in the ears of his
servants standing with the death rope (pAsam) in their hands-"Oh! My fellows
don't ever go near those who have surrendered to madhusoodhanan (Lord Sriman
Narayanan) though I am the master of all others I am not the master of
Vaishnavas]
The above paasuram of thirumazhisai piran is like a literal
translation/commentary to this sloka.
(tiRambEnmin kandeer) Don't ever go against this order. Such a strong
enforcement of one order implies that this has to be kept even at the expense
of any other earlier rules. If the servants of yama go to get hold of a jeeva
and finds him to be a vaishnava then they should forget everything else and
just leave him and return back.
(tiruvadithan nAmam maRandhum puRam thozhA mAndhar) The Vishnu purana sloka
says just "madhusoodhana prapannAn" meaning those who have surrendered to the
lord. But here azhvar elaborates a little on the qualities of those
vaishnavas. "maRandhum puRam thozhA mAndhar" Even in case if one forgets
emperuman after surrendering to his divine feet he still remains a vaishnava as
long as he doesn't go and fall to another feet. It is like a husband and wife
relationship. Due to some reasons the husband and wife may be apart but their
relationship remains as long as the wife doesn't choose another husband. That
is when she looses her chastity. Similarly even if a vaishnava forgets the
lord no problem as long as he doesn't prostrate another devatha.
Thiruvadi-master
(mAndhar) Human. He may be a very normal person without any quality of a
bhagavata but only this quality of "marandhum puram thozhAmai" really counts.
(eranjiyum sAdhuvarAi pOdhumingal endRAn) This explains the word "parihara".
Don't just stop with not troubling them with your evil looks and acts but with
discipline prostrate them with folded hands like sadhoos.
The above words were uttered by
(namanum) yama. The god of death adorned as
"aham maravarArchithEna thAtrA sama ethi lOka hitA hitE niyuktha:"
[I have been appointed by the paramapurusha, worshipped by the leader of the
devas to grant good and remove bad in this world since I am qualified to grant
justice impartially to one and all without any differentiation.]
Though yama is considered to be impartial there always remains exceptions. An
impartial king cannot show his toughness towards the queen (rajamahishi).
Similarly yama reacts towards the Srivaishnavas.
"avantamar evvinayarAgilum enkOn
avantamarE endrozhivadhallAl-nam tamarAl
ArAyappattu ariyAr kaNdeer aravanaimEl
PErAyarkkAtpattAr pEr [55] declares poigaiazhvar.
(than toodhuvarai) translation of "svapurusham" His close servants
(koovi) called them loudly thereby indicating the importance. Parallel to
"apiveekshya vadhathi"
(sevikku) "karnamoolE" into their ears
If one says that he loves the princess of the kingdom then the one near him
will slowly tell "don't ever tell this aloud we will be in danger" Similarly
yama with fear murmurs into the ears of his servants.
Srivishnuchittar in his Vishnupurana commentary gives 3 reasons for the word
"karnamoolE"
1) Masters, will not say aloud anything that will reduce their fame;
2) If Vishnu nama is uttered loudly then by listening, meditating and
repeating even the narakavasees will attain mukthi;
3) As said earlier, it is to be kept as a secret like in a affair with the
princess;
(To Be Continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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