Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara MunayE
namaha
Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha
In the fourteenth paasuram,
andal gets vexed with a gopi who without getting up gave all excuses. So in frustration andal says,
“vungal puzhakkadai”. Srivaishnavas never say yours, mine
etc. According to Srivaishnavas
everything belongs to emperuman and hence it is common to all. Moreover ahamkaram and mamakaram will
push us into the ocean of samsara.
“tvayyaksharasthu bhavEnmruthyu:”
[‘mama’ (mine) these two letters
push one into samsara (samsArahEthu)].
Azhvar says, “neer numadhu endrivai vEr mudhal
mAiththu”. How is that
andal and the other gopis are differentiating and saying ‘vungal, engal’? Shouldn’t they control their anger and
talk in the appropriate manner?
The ahankara and mamakara
(ego and pride) that arises due to ‘dEhAthmAbimAnam’ (considering the body
itself to be the Self (athma)) has to be left by any prapannan. But the same that arises due to
bhagavat/bhAgavata sambhandam is appreciated. Here pramanas like, “abhimAna tungan”, “amaikkavallErkku eniyavar nigar agal
vAnaththE” “ellai enakkedir ellai ennakkedir ellai enakkedirE” has to
be remembered.
In has been in practice by
our elders (sadhAchAram) to show a slight anger due to extreme love towards
the other person.
“ennudaiya pandhum kazhalum tandhu pOgu
nambee” “vAsi valleer endhalooreerE ! vAzhindhE pOm neerE” “ammanO elangai
kuzhAnedu mAdam ediththa pirAnAr kodumaigalE”
It is quite natural to show a
false anger towards a person very close to us when they make us wait or not
join us in time only due to affection and not due to hatred and similarly at
that time we talk as if we have separated them from our group. For instance periazhvar says,
“tannadiyAr tiraththagaththu tAmaraiyAlAgilum siraguraikku mEl en adiyAr adhu seiyyAr” [If there happens to be a
time when piratti herself says something wrong about a person then emperuman’s
reply would be’ “My devotees” never
do like that’.] Here emperuman separates piratti from him in order to join
hands with his devotees [bhakthavAtsalyam]. Surely piratti is the first in the
list of his devotees.
(To be continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan