Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE
namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha SriVaishnavas are parama sAtvikas. But does that mean that we have to keep
num always? No there are
exceptional cases.
SriNandagopan was a very soft person. He never even stepped over a grass “Srinandagopar munbu pul poondugalaikooda midhikka mAttAr” Sri Perivachan pillai equates nandagopar with another bhagavata SiriyAththAn in his vyakhyAnam as, “nam siriyAththAnaipOlE Anrusamsya pradhAnarAiththu pOruvadhu” SiriyAththAn was a great Srivaishnavite who followed Ahimsa to the core. But the same nandagopar what did he do
after the birth of balarama and krishna? Andal says, “koorvEl kodunthozhilan” He due to the
fear of any harm coming to his kids held a sharp weapon in his hand and stayed
awake taking care of the kids. Even
if a small ant came near the kids then nandagopar will jump to kill it just like
pouncing on a lion. But is this not
against the sastras that say, “na himsyAt sarva
bhoothAni” [don’t trouble any living being] but doesn’t the very same
sastram say, “agneeshOmeeyam pasumAlabEtha [kill the
four footed animal in the agneeshoma yAgam]. So whatever prani himsa is done for the
sake of us is called as pApam (sin) whereas if we do the same for the sake of
emperuman and in the fear of preventing the harm done to him it is not a sin but
our duty. It is clearly said, “mannimiththam krutham
pApamapi punyAya kalpathE” [what ever papam done for my sake is
considered only to be a punyam] That is why Sri thondaradipodi Azhvar
who was a parama sAtvikar says, “ninpAL
poruppariyagal pEsil…..koodumEl thalaiyai aruppadE karumam
kandAy” So if someone talks ill of emperuman and his bhakthas
then we have all the right to go to any extent to save our dear lord and his
devotees. Andal’s thiruppavai is
not mere a bhakthi hymn but it shows how each and every Srivaishnavite should
live his life. (To be
continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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