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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
 
PAASURAM-3
 
In the previous paasuram, azhvar strongly says that no one can understand 
emperuman?s greatness (Arum ariyAr avan perumai) but the same azhvar continues 
to talk about emperuman as if he knows him well. Isn?t this contradicting what 
azhvar said earlier? When azhvar said ?ArumariyAr? it indicates to people 
calculating the greatness of emperuman. There are so many who enjoy and realize 
the different divine qualities of emperuman like a drop in a ocean. Here azhvar 
proudly says, ?out of those who have realizedthe greatness of emperuman there 
is no one really equal to me. Those who have understood perumal by their own 
effort can probably realize the parathvam of emperuman to an extent. But I have 
been blessed with this knowledgedue to the divine grace of emperuman, his 
nirheduka krupai (unconditional grace) and hence have been able to understand 
his utmost great quality of sowlabhyam, souseelyam etc?. Moreover can a person 
depending on his own effort (sadhanAndharaparar,
?eththavan seidhAkkum?) understand emperuman like me who has been blessed with 
this knowledge by emperuman himself? Enquires azhvar.
 
?pAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyaduvum
Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr-jnAlaththu
Oru porulai vAnavar tham meiporulai appil
Aruporulai yAnarindha vAru?
 
Vyakhyanam
 
(pAlil kidandhadhuvum) Emperuman is the jagatkAranan (creator of the whole 
universe) and is the leader of all the nithya sooris, still he was not 
satisfied with just enjoying the good things in his divine abode (the 
paramapadam) but wanted to uplift the poor souls suffering in the leela 
vibhuthi (samsAra) and hence decided to take a number of avatharas 
(incarnations). First among the avatharas was he descending to the 
thiruparkadal and staying in yoga nidra as ksheerAbhthinAthan. He incarnated as 
ksheerabhthinathan torescue the devas whenever they ran for help to bhagavan, 
against the asuras.
 
(pandarangam mEyadhuvum) One another important avathara of emperuman is the 
archaroopam which emperuman adorned with happiness and stays even today in 
srirangam as Ranganatha. (pandu) Emperuman descended to srirangam long time 
back, when the place was filled with forests and unoccupied hoping thatsome one 
will come to his feet at a later time atleast. Emperuman considered the souls 
as such a costly property to him and he doesn?t mind waiting for them for such 
a long time. Here emperuman stays in srirangam to rescue the samsaris from 
drowning in the ocean of samsaric miseries. 
(arangam mEyadhuvum) Emperuman stays with relief in srirangam even better than 
in paramapadham (?avan mEviyurai kOil?). How is that? While in paramapadam 
always emperuman is worried about the jeevatmas in the leela vibhuthi and his 
thought circles around the miseries that the poor souls undergo here. While 
bhattar was elaborating about this one day, one of his disciples asked, ?In 
paramapadam emperuman is supposed be filled with only happiness, 
Anandaparipoornan. Can then this concept of he being worried fit in there?? 
Bhattar immediately replied, ?vyasanEshu manushyAnam prusham bhavathi 
dukkitha:? (If an man worries then the one who feels more is ramapiran) Do you 
consider this quality of rama to be a good quality or bad?If this is a divine 
quality then will this quality skip its presence withparamapadhanAthan?? All 
these qualities of emperuman arise due to his wish and not due to his previous 
act (karma) as for ordinary jeevatmas. He pities the souls due to his
unconditional grace and hence feels bad when they suffer. ?sa A-kAki naramEtha? 
(nArayanan (in the beginning) did not enjoy being alone) arouseonly in the 
presence of nithya vibhuthi and his divine kalyana gunas, states nampillai in 
his divine work eedu, the commentary to thiruvaimozhi.  
 
In another way, the line is read as ?arangam eidhadhuvum? that is emperuman the 
leader of nithya vibhuthi descending to such a far of place like srirangam for 
the benefit of the jeevatmas.
 
(To be continued)
 
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
 
Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
 
 
 
 
 


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