In and out of Protection Zone
As we saw in
the earleir posting, Swamy PL refers to Prapanna ParitrAnam in his other work by
the title, "MumUkshapadi".. Here is how quotes...
"Iswaranai Ozhinthavargal rakshagargal allar enbathai Prapanna
ParitrAnathil sonnOm" mumUkshuppadi 39
Two
reasons to fall into the protection Zone
As a
mumukshu, one needs to develop two qualities that Nammazhwar talks about while
surrendering to Perumal.
1.
Akincanyatvam (known as KaimudalillAimai in sampradAyam) - Inadequecy and
incapability of the soul in samsara to follow the path of karma, jnAna and
bhakti yOgam..
Azhwar
explains this aspect and hence surrenders to Vanamamalai Perumal in
the following manner:
"nOtra nOnbilEn nun arivilEn...."
(ThiruvAymozhi 5.7.1)
The same
aspect is dealt with by Swamy Alavandar in his stotra ratnam as
below:
"na dharma
nistOsmi, na ca AtmavEdi, na bhaktimAn ...."
2.
Ananyagatitvam (known as vEroru pugalidam illAmai in sampradAyam) -
No other source to surrender other than Sriman
Narayanan
In this
aspect Azhwar surrender to ArAmudan of
Thirukkudanthai
"kaLaivaay thunpam kaLaiyaa thozhivaay kaLaikaN
maRRilEn..." (ThiruvAymozhi
5.8.8)
Azhwar pleads to
ArAmudan that he would surrender only to Him even if ArAmudan fails to wipe out
the distress/fails to protect
This is wonderfully
summed as a single line in ThiruvAiMOhzi
'ThAlum thadaikkayiyum kUppi paNIyum avar kaNDEr'
3-7-2
When somebody says
-Thadak kaiyum- it refers to Akinchanyam -the folded hands representing nothing
in us.
ThALum - The legs
approaching Him establishing He is the only
saviour.
Three
reasons to fall out of Protection Zone
Our PurvAchAryas in the
vYakyAnam have done a deep analysis of why Perumal will not protect us in some
cases (souls in samsara), and also have given explanantion to the same. They
attributed 3 reasons for that:
1. When we think that
we can protect ourselves.
2. If we need to attain
some prerequisite quality so that Perumal will protect
us
3. When we look out to
other sources of protection
The first case scenario
is equivalent to grabbing a baby from the hands of its parents and giving
it to a butcher. Hence this case can be easily
eliminated.
The second
case scenario is well explained by Azhwars and Acharyas in exhibiting
Akincanyatvam and ananya-gadhithvam -falling into the protection
zone.
The third
case scenario is what Swamy PL deals with in Prapanna ParitrAnam in showing
the inadequecy of various relationships and anya devatas to protect
us.
Hence PL
clearly prescribes this work to only who are seeking mOksham and so quotes
this when describing the aspects to be followed by a mumukshu in his other
grantham, "Mumukshapadi"
He
starts Prapanna ParitranAm with MumukshuvAi...
We will look
into his explanantion of how others cannot protect us in the order starting
from brother from the next posting.
aDiyEn,
ramanan
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