Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram-64
"pOdhAna vittiRanji yEththuminO ponmagarak
kAdhAnai Adhip perumAnai-nAdhAnai
nallAnai nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum
sollAnai solluvadhE soodhu"
In the previous paasuram, azhvar detailed the way he spends his time, now
thirumazhisai piran furthur proceeds to instruct others to spend time
appropriately.
(pOdhAna ettiRanji eththuminO) Submit anything that falls under the category of
flowers to the divine feet of the supreme lord, prostrate his divine feet, and
sing his praise all filled with bhakthi. The word "pOdhAna" indicates the
secret immersed in the sastras that any flower submitted with bhakthi is
acceptable to emperuman. "paRRam pushpam ..bhakyApahrutham ashnAmi" declares
parthasarathi emperuman in his divine bhagavat geetha; Thirumangai mannan says,
"kallAr thuzhAyum kaNavalarum kooviLaiyum muLLar muLariyum Ambhalum..puLLAi Or
yEnamumAi pukkidandhAn ponnadikku" Nammazhvar says, "purivadhuvum pugai poovE"
All these verses ultimately convey the same meaning that any type of flower is
acceptable to be submitted to the lord as long as it is done with bhakthi.
Here the Iythiham between Sri parasara bhattar and nanjeeyer is to be
remembered.
(ettu eRanji eththuminO) ettu-refers to physical service (kAyikam)
eRanji-refers to service with mind
(mAnasikam)
EththuminO- Refers to service by
speech (vAchikam)
(ponmagarak kAdhAnai) The divine beautiful ears of the lord beautify the
makarakundalam (divine gem studded earring) adorned by the lord. Gold is
considered to be a valuable possession by one and all. We all pay huge cost to
possess a small piece of gold similarly emperuman is such a valuable article to
be praised at any cost. [Here this is just a simple comparison actually there
is no comparison for emperuman -oppillA appan)
(Adhip perumANai) Some articles are pleasant to look at but do not do any good
to us. But in the case of emperuman he is one who created all of us. Then
will that great lord accept us?
(nAdhAnai) He is our master so he has to accept us. Will he punish us for all
our faults?
(nallAnai) He is surely our master but filled with a great kalyana guna (divine
quality) vatsalyam that makes him to ignore our faults or consider our faults
itself to be the reason to shower his grace on all of us.
What is the proof for his vatsalyam?
(nAraNanai) The very name narayanan justifies the same.
(AdhipperumAnai nAraNanai) He is one who had all the worlds inside him during
the srushti kalam-nArAyanan
(nAdhAnai naraNanai) he is one who sustains all the narasamoohas inside,
spreads everywhere and remains as the prApya and prApaga (goal and way)
sarvaswami-nArayanan
(nallAnai nAraNanai) ignoring the inferiority of the jeevas emperuman resides
in one and all due to his divine quality. Hence he is nallAn-narayanan.
(nAraNanai nammEzh piRappaRukkum sollAnai) One who overrides our innumerous
birth. "sankeertya nArayana sabdhamAtRam vimuktha dukkA: sukinO bhavanthu"
(just by singing the word narayana one is released from the ocean of miseries
(samsara) and reaches moksha)
(solluvadhE soodhu) praising him is the prime duty of all jeevas concludes
thirumazhisai piran.
(To Be Continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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