VyAkyanam-s
-Commentaries-
Unlocking the
Values
'ilam enRu
asiyE iruppAnai-k kANil-nilam ennum nallAL nagum' This is one of the
ThirukkuRaL-s, by Saint Poet, ThiruvaLLUvar. A perosn was always lamenting
that he was not having welath, while he was possessing agricultural
land. The land wil mock at him. He has not realised the latent welath in
his hand.
The message is, the value in the
land is abundant but the vlaue has to be unearthed.This is humanly
possible with efforts.
Similarly, AzvAr-s verses are
outpours of their anubhavam. These verses emanated out of divine
experience blessed by EmperumAn Himself.
These hymns are not just isolated
stand alone ones but have coherent, cogent links being part of their
lifeline.
These are not just a piece of
litereature but embedded with philosophy, devotion and real
happenings.
Unlike literature, just
deciphering the meanings of the words in these pAsuram-s will not be
sufficient.
The unravelling of
the feelings of AzvAr-s, the discovery of the wonderful coherent links
between pathigam-s and pAsuram-s, the hihglighting of auspicious qualities of
emperumAn and last but not least the underlying philosophy in each of these is
madnatory to understand and unravel these pAsuram-s.
One may wonder whether, it would be
possible to fathom the mindset of the greatest apostles?
This is where our pUrvAcharyas come
into play. Their knowledge level overshadows their other aspects (gnAnAdhikyathAlEA AchAryargaL-Sri Vachana
BHUshaNam)
Sri MamunikaL in the upadEsa
RethinamAlai lists out the importance of vyAkyanam-s, the five major vyAkyanam-s
for the magnum-opus 'TiruvAimozhi' their emergence, the greatness of Sri
PeriyavAchAn PiLLai and the lineage of EDu.
The word 'aruLich cheyal' crudely
transalted would mean 'Work of blessing or Blessed Work'
Fathoming the mindset and
excavating the true import with rasam and anubhavam-s leads to unlocking the
values and make us realise that these are indeed blessed and divne
outpourings.
'PeriyavAchAn PiLLia
pin puLLavaikkum theirya,
ariya aruLich cheyal
poruLai,
vyakyaigaL seivAL,
AriyargatgipOdhu,
aruLich cheyal Aith tharinthu.' upadEsa Rethinamalai
46.
The wonderful commentaries of Sri
PeriyavAchAn PiLLai, threw open the doors to meanings of the
pAsuram-s,resulting in
the value being unleashed and
facilitated further dissemination.
Thus , the lack of these
vyAkyAnam-s or commentaries, would have made us naught and we would have been
gnawing with the pAsuram-s like several blind men around the
elephant.
So great are the VyAkyAnam-s that
it is at par with the original text themselves and no doubt that these great
AchAryas were also blessed by EmperumAn Himself. These are the unique treasures,
hallmark to our Sri vaishNavism and the greatness is second to
none.
Let us dwell further on the
characteristics of these vyAkyanam-s -Commeantaries
dasan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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