nal-VEdham-nalla
maRai
Those who follow the VEdhic path are
within the realm of 'vaidhEka' madham. The vEdhAs are old , very old, nobody
knows how old. They disclose things candidly and also in cryptic fashion. The
code of conduct, the rituals, the Lord Himself are all described by the sacred
texts of upanishad-s.
AZvAr-s also talk high of vEdhAs in
several pAsuram-s.
'andhaNar mADu'
described ThiruneduNthANtakam. The wealth of
andhaNar-s.
However, Sri ANDAL in NachiyAr thriumozhi
prefixes mARai as
'nalla maRai'
'vAi nallAr
nalla maRai vOdhi..' 6-7 of NAchiyAr Thirumozhi.
The same is voiced by Thrirumangai Mannan
in the ThriunAgai thriumozhi
'ivaL vAyil nal vEdham vOdhum' 9-2-1 of Periya
Thirumozhi;
Of course, the leader svAmi Nam-AzvAr
spells this out
'nal
vEdhathu voli ninROngu' 7-3-4 of ThiruvAimozhi;
What do these words
cannote?
nalla maRai, nal vEdham
?
Does it mean that there is bad
vEdham?
Sri Periya vAchAn piLLai has cast a spell
by wonderful vyAkyAnam for NachiyAr Thriumozhi pAsuram
'vAi nallAr nall maRai
vOdhi ..'
TEXT: ArAdhana
vishayamAGa parandhavai anRikkEa -ARAdhya vishayathil svarUpathil
paranthavaRRaich solli, purusha sUkthAthigaLai
solli
That is , the vEDham-s are not to be
chanted as rituals or a mode/means of prayer.The vEDham-s which talk of the
qualities and attributes of EmperumAn like purusha sUktham is being referred to
here.
The same logic can also be drawn for other
two pAsuram-s.
In Edu, however, nal-vEdham is
equated to SAma vEdham and we can recall Sri krshNA preferring sAma vEdham to
others.
In the light of Edu for
The pAsuram thirundhu vEdhamum-6-5-8 of ThiruvAimozhi this
understanding gets corroborated.
The emphasis thus is on two main
aspects
1. EmperumAn's qualities
and
2. Not to do it as a ritual or method or
procedure/
That is why ThriuvAimozhi scores over in
this regard. PuthUr svAmi in fact, used to say for nalla maRai as thriuvAi mozhi and purusha
sUkthAdhigaL.
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