You are here: SriPedia - Ramanuja - Archives - Jun 2004

Ramanuja List Archive: Message 00023 Jun 2004

 
Jun 2004 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-19



"tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai

avam seidha vAzhiyAn andrE- vuvandemmai

kAppAi nee kAppadhanai AvAi nee vaigundam

eepAyum evvurkkum nee"



Starting from this paasuram till the 26th paasuram it happens to be a dialogue 
between thirumazhisaiazhvar and emperuman and at the same time azhvar enjoys 
the divine roopa (beauty) and guna (qualities) of bhagavan elaborately.

Emperuman wanting to test the stability of azhvar questioned,"Why don't you 
consider brahma rudras as my devotees and fall to their feet?" Azhvar answers 
through this paasuram. Brahma and others are of course your devotees when 
satvika guna fills them but when rajas or tamas gunas overrule them then they 
consider themselves to be the supreme and start to act accordingly forgetting 
about you. They grant all sorts of boons to hiranya and others and put 
themselves to difficulty. When they are themselves surrounded by such ignorance 
and when they themselves are put to difficulty then it is you who come to their 
rescue. So how can I leave you the sarva rakshakan and fall to other's feet who 
themselves fall to your feet for rescue.



(tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa varaththai avam seidha AzhiyAn andrE) Brahma, 
the creator of the whole world who was born from your nAbeekamalam didn't 
realize the actual effect of the boons he granted. Without analyzing the after 
effects just thinking that he is capable of granting boons and he has power to 
do the same gave the boons hiranyasuran requested and finally suffered not 
knowing what to do. How can I consider him to be my saviour? On the other hand, 
you took narasimhAvataram and not only killed hiranya and saved prahlada, your 
close devotee and the devas but also upheld the boons given by brahma by 
tearing hiranya's heart with your nails during the evening time. So now you 
tell me to whose feet I should fall, to your divine feet or to that of brahma?

(tavam seidhu...) Here it can be considered that azhvar is reminded of the 
episode of ravana. Ravana did penance and got boons from the devas (rudra). 
Again emperuman had to take rama avatara to kill ravana and hence restore the 
position of the devas. Now whom should I consider as my supreme you or the 
devas/brahma and others?



(AzhiyAn andrE) They are incapable of protecting themselves each time you have 
to run to their rescue. It is you who is ever ready with the divine thiruvAzhi 
(chakrAyudha) in your hands to protect your devotees, is my sole protector.



(vuvandemmAi kAppAi nee) Whenever you save us you feel as if you have done your 
job instead of feeling proud that you have helped us out.

"abhishichya cha lankAyAm rAkshasEndram vibheeshanam I

kruthakrithyas tathA rAmO vijvara: pramumOdha ha II"

[After crowing vibheeshana with the kingdom of lanka, Sri rAma felt as if he 
has finished his job in a satisfying way all his worries vanishing and 
happiness filling his mind.] This was the mental state of emperuman says 
valmiki.



(vuvandemmai kAppAi nee.. Tavam seidhu nAnmuganAl peRRa) Even after doing 
penance for number of years brahma rudras grant only perishable boons. But in 
your case, just on falling to your feet once, you grant everything, including 
you. Is there any doubt to whose feet adiyen should fall?



(kAppadhanai AvAi nee) Your are the rakshanam (protection) and always rescue is 
due to your sankalpam only. Even if brahma rudras come to rescue your devotees 
it is merely due to the wish of you who stays as antaryami inside those devas. 
Emperuman himself declares this in his bhagavat geetha,

"yo yo yAm yAm tanum bhaktha: sradhdhayArchitumichchathi I...

labhathE cha tatha: kAmAn mayaiva vihithAn hi than II"

You alone can be the saviour this is declared even by parasara bhagavan in his 
Sri Vishnu puram as, "na hi pAlana sAmarthyam ruthE sarvEshvaram harim I 
stithow stitham mahAbhAga bhavath anyasya kasyachit II"



(vaikundham eepAyum evvurkkum nee) Anything can be obtained but who other than 
you can grant the never returnable vaikundam from where we need not come back 
to this world of miseries and where we can only enjoy enjoy and enjoy the 
divinity. "vudhAmrudhatvasyEsAna:" [paramapurushan, the lord of moksha] 
"tamEvam vidhvAn amrutha eha bhavathi nAnya: pandhA ayanAya vidhyathE" [one who 
realizes him attains moksha no other way to attain moksha] "amruthasyaisha 
sEdhu:" [He is the bridge to attain moksha] "mokshamichchEt janArdhanAth" [wish 
for moksha from janardhanan] declares the sastras.



Thereby through this paasuram azhvar clearly showed the helpless state of the 
brahma rudras unable to even save themselves at crucial points and how 
emperuman has to come running to save them and thereby proved that emperuman is 
the only saviour of all and hence he alone is our prime to whose feet we all 
have to surrender.



(To be continued)

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan









[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list