Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram-14
"nArAyaNan ennai ALi naragaththu
sErAmal kAkkum thirumAl than- pErAna
pEsapperAdha piNachsamaiyar pEsakkEttu
Asai pattu AzhvAr palar."
"Oh! Azhveer you declare Narayanan to be the prapyam (goal) and prApagam
(means) but why are not many people accepting the same?" enquired a few. Azhvar
replies, " That is due to the confusion created by a few people who do not even
have the blessings to utter the divine names of emperuman" in the above
paasuram.
(nArayaNan ennai ALi) Why worry about others emperuman has captured me.
Emperuman is the Supreme Being who rules over all the worlds but still has
showered a special love on me. Due to that I have been given a special
position. Why should I worry about others? Keeping these words in mind
emperumAnAr in his gadyatrayam says, "akila jagath svAmin asmadsvAmin".
How is emperuman saving you?
(naragaththu sErAmal kAkkum) Emperuman saved me from getting attacked by the
deadly hell of samsAram. It is for sure that a great yogi like thirumazhisai
azhvar will never go to the different hells attained after death by a jeevan
who had done different types of sins. Here azhvar refers to only samsAra as
hell. Infact this hell of samsAra is crueler than the different hells because
atleast for those hells the nature is well known. So that people be cautious
and refrain from doing the various sins that will lead them to the various
hells. But the nature of this samsAra is a sweet poison. It seems to be very
attractive and hence no one really wants to get away from it. So this is
punishment in disguise.
Both the previous paasuram and this paasuram declare that nArayaNan is the
means. But there is a slight difference in both the paasurams. Upayam is one
that does two things; one is IshtaprApthi (give what is required) and the other
anishtanivriththi (remove the obstacles). In the previous paasuram, "veedAkkum
meiporul thAn nArAyaNan" gives IshtaprApthi whereas here "nArAyaNan ennai ALi
naragaththu sErAmal kAkkum" does anishtanivriththi.
But all these days emperuman has kept you only in this samsAram today why
should he prevent you from reaching the hell?
(thirumAl) He has started ruling over me due to the divine purushakaram
(support) of the divine mother (piratti). Emperuman is called as thirumAl as he
is deeply involved in love with piratti. He is crazy about her and hence he
will never leave her feel sad or worried. If he leaves her child without care
how will she react?
(nArAyaNan thirumAl than pErAna) He is the supreme still he has lost himself to
the love of piratti declares the divine names 'nArAyaNan' and 'thirumAl'
(pErAna) The divine names that are celebrated as "dEvO nAma sahasravAn"
"pErAyiram konda peedudaiyan nArAyaNan" "pErum Oor Ayiram pirapala vudaiya
emperuman"
(pEsapperAdha piNachsamaiyar) Those who have been cursed not even to utter the
divine names of bhagavan. Due to which their living is fruitless and hence they
live like deadbodies (piNachsamaiyar) or otherwise those people follow
philosophies/religion that do not have life and hence they may be called as
'piNachsamaiyar'
(pEsakkEttu) Many ignorant people go at the back of these attractive religions
listening to the misleading words of those 'piNachsamaiyar' not knowing that
they are sugarcoated pills.
(Asaipattu AzhvAr palar) People listen to the misleading words and get
attracted and believe them to be the fact and start practicing it with great
faith. Due to this these people get immersed in the ocean of samsAra. Azhvars
immerse themselves in the kalyana gunas of emperuman ("kAlAzhum nenjazhiyum")
whereas these people immerse themselves into the ocean of samsAra.
What is the way to come out of this?
Emperuman is the only way. When so many are drowning I am standing upright
without any fear why? Because, "nArAyaNan ennai ALi", emperuman is always there
to take care of me.
(To be continued)
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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