Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Paasuram-16 ?nilaimannum
ennenjam annAndRu dEvar talaimannar thAmE
mARRAga-palamannar pOrmALa venkadhirOn mAyappozhil
maRayath thErAzhiyAl
maraiththArAl? In the
previous paasuram, azhvar talked about the incapability of those who were unable
to save even those who fell to their feet.
In this paasuram, azhvar talks about the greatness of emperuman who goes
to the extent of even sacrificing himself for the sake of his
bhakthas. (nilaimannum
ennenjam) ?sanchalam he mana:
krishnA pramAdhi palavat drudam I tasyAham nigraham manyE vAyOriva sudushkaram
II ? [geetha 6-34] Oh! Krishna this mind doesn?t stay in a place it wanders from
one place to another when it comes to satvishayams but goes and stands steady in
unwanted places. It is highly
difficult to control this mind. It
is like controlling vayu (air).
Azhvars call this mind as ?nindravA nillA nenju?. But to our amazement this mind has now
come to a stop. It has got fixed
steadily at one point.
Where? (tErAzhiyAl
maRaiththArAl .... nilaimannum ennenju) ?na thE
roopam na chAkArO nAyudhAni na chAspadham I tadhApi purushAkArO bhakthAnAm tvam
prakAshasE II? [(Your)
divya svaroopam, divya mangala vigraham, divya Ayudams, Srivaikundam, all these
are not for you but they exist for the sake of the bhakthas. Though you are bhakthaparAdheenan still
you remain the paramapurushan] thus states the jitantE
stOtram. ?parijanapariparhA bhooshaNan AyudhAni pravaraguNakaNascha jnAnasakthyAdhayasthE
I paramapadamadhANdAnyAthma dEhas
tathAtmA varada! sakalamEdath samsridhArththam
sakarththa II? [Oh! VaradA
All your parijanas (vishvaksenar, adhiseshan and others), all your parisadas
(chatra sAmaram and others) all the abharanAs and ayudhas, jnanam, sakthi and
other crowd of divine qualities, Srivaikundam and all the andAs (worlds), your
divya mangala vigraha and divyAtma svaroopa all these have been bestowed by you
on your bhakthas] thus goes the sloka in VaradarAjastavam of Sri
KooraththAzhvan. Listening to
all these my mind which kept wandering from one place to another, now stands
still like placing a weight on top of flying cotton. This is the state that should be
attained by me after reaching the divine abode of emperuman. But it is my fortune that I have
achieved the same in this very world.
How? (annAndru)
Oh! There was one time (during the bharatha yuddha) when emperuman landed to
this leela vibhuthi easily accessible by one and all (pennum pEdhaiyum kAnalAm
padi) and worked for the welfare of his bhakthas. Azhvar celebrates that
time. (dEvar
thalai mannar thAmE) this was done not by a ordinary person but the king of
kings (dEvAdhidEvan) ?thameeshvarANAm paramam mahEswaram tham dEvAnAm parancha
deivatham (sve-6-7), ?rAjAdhirAjas sarvEshAm vishnur prahmamayO mahAn I Eshvaram
tham vijAneemas sa pithA sa prajApathi: II? (mahabharatham) This job was done by
that ?ayarvaru amarargal adhipathi? Oh! What a divine grace celebrates
azhvar. (thAmE
mARRAga) Emperuman considered the gauravas as his own enemy though they had
enemity only towards the pandavas.
Krishna himself declares, ?dvishathannam na bhOkthavyam dvishantham naiva bhOjayEth
I pAndavAn dvishasE rAjan mama prANA hi
pAndavA: II? (bha-vut-24-27) [It is not
good to eat the food of your enemy.
Nor should you feed your enemy.
Oh! King you consider pandavas to be your enemy. Pandavas are like my pranan (my life)]
If one hates the body then naturally he becomes an enemy to the atma too. Emperuman is the sareeri and
pandavas (all jeevatmas) are his sareeram. ?jnAnee tvAthmaiva mE matham? says
geethacharyan. (palamannar
pOr mAla) Many kings who were
filled with ego and pride were killed in the war. (venkadhirOn
mAya) Even the sun whose brightness cannot be stopped from spreading in all
directions with any object was covered. ?bheeshOdhethi soorya:? due to his
obedience to the ever supreme lord the sun never fails to rise/fall daily at the
scheduled time. But now even that
sun had to fall in an unscheduled time. (pozhil
maraiya) Not in one place the sun
lost its brightness throughout the world.
When there is sunrise in one part of the world the sunsets in the other
but now due to bhagavat sankalpam there was a sunset in all parts of the
world. (tErAzhiyAl
maraiththArAl) The lord covered the sun with the chakrAdhudhA (rathAngam) that
had brightness equal to crores of suns.
When there is sudden flash of bright light our eyes close automatically
not being able to withstand the brightness. We are unable to see a single sun with
our eyes directly what will happen if a crore of suns appear suddenly? Our eyes
will be blindfolded and that is what happened explain our acharyas. Some also say that the chakra obtained a
curse from durvAsa during the ambhareesha episode and due to which it obtained
the black colour and with the same covered the sun. Arjuna took
a vow to kill jayadradhan, who killed his son abhimanu using false yuddha
procedures (cheating) before sunset or else kill himself falling into the
fire. The gauravas kept jayadradhan
inside and put strict security around him.
In order to save his bhaktha and fulfill his promise krishna who had
earlier vowed not to take any ayudha (weapon) during the war broke the same and
sent his chakrAyudham to cover the sun.
Emperuman didn?t mind leaving his promise for the sake of his
bhaktha. What to say about his
grace! (dEvar
thalai mannar thAmE tErAzhiyAl maRaiththArAl ? nilai mannum ennenjam) The lord of the nithya soori who is
celebrated as ?sathyakAma sathyasankalpa:? [one who is filled with true
qualities and who has a true sankalpa (thought)] by the vedas themselves now
didn?t mind to make his promise false for the sake of making his bhaktha?s words
true. Even after coming to know of
this how can my mind wander from one place to another? Now I am least bothered about what good
qualities I have but my mind always stands still at the divine feet of that
supreme lord who is filled with vatsalyam towards his
bhakthas. (To be continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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