Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Paasuram-17 ?aala nezhar
keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku mElaiyugath thuraiththAn
meithavaththOn-jnAla malandhAnai Azhi kidandhAnai
AlmEl valarindhAnai thAn vaNangu
mARu? ?Aren?t
there instances where even rudra has saved his devotees?? questioned a few for
which azhvar answers stating that the very same intelligent rudra has also
advised the greatness of emperuman and how he himself surrenders to those divine
feet. (aala nezhar
keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku mElaiyugath thuraiththAn) During a time rudra
instructed four maharishis viz., agathiyar, dhakshar, pulasthiyar and kasyapar
about the upAsanadharmamArgam (the way to upliftment) and helped
them. (meithavaththOn) The one who did real penance. Rudra did that penance which is the
ultimate and has nothing greater than that. What did rudra instruct in order to save
the rishis? (Azhi kidandhAnai) One who lies on top of the milky ocean in order to take a number of incarnations. [The
ordering of words is slightly changed in order to understand the proper meaning
of the paasuram.] (jnAla malandhAnai) After that he took Trivikrama avathara and measured the three worlds. During which time he placed his divine feet on top of all irrespective of their birth, caste, creed, gender etc (vasista chandAla vibhAgamara) (AlmEl
valarindhAnai) One, who placed all the worlds in his stomach during the time of
pralaya, saved them and laid on a small banyan leaf to everyone?s
amazement. (thAn
vanangu mAru) thus instructed rudra about he himself getting involved with the
divine qualities of that emperuman and falling to his
feet. With the
above 3 paasurams azhvar explained the meaning of the verse, ?eshvarAth
jnAnamanvichchEth mOkshamichchEth jnArdhanAth? [One has to wish to get knowledge
and moksha from Siva and jnArdhana (Sriman Narayana)
respectively] (To be continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
Yahoo! Groups Links
|
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |