Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Kanninun Siruththambu Eighth Pasura Vyakhyana Saram
Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam
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Pasuram:
aruL koNdAdum adiyavara inbuRa
aruLinAn avvarumaRaiyin poruL
aruL koNdu Ayiram inthmaizh pAdinAn
aruL kaNdeer ivvulaginil mikkathE
Meaning:
Nammazhvar graces the bhaktas, who celebrate His compassion
and grace, by providing them the inner meanings of the
Vedas so that they attain delight. That Nammazhvar sang the
thousand verses of Thiruvaymozhi in sweet Tamil, through
His grace. That act of Nammazhvar alone stands as a great
thing in this world.
Vyakhyana Saram:
Madhurakavi Azhvar states that for this world, the grace of
Nammazhvar which brought out the Thiruvaymozhi is greater
than the grace of the Lord which resulted in the Veda
rahasyas being brought out. In the previous pasuram, he had
said that he will spread Nammazhvar's fame in all eight
directions; he is explaining the reason here for that, that
Nammazhvar's pasurams are nothing but the gist of the Vedas.
aruL koNdAdum adiyavar:
Those bhaktas that are like him ("athuvum avanathu
innaruL", "aruL peRuvAr adiyAr").
inbuRa:
The nature of the jIva is to delight (in Him). Madhurakavi
Azhvar says that the bhaktas attained joy ("hrushtA:") by
thinking of His grace. As stated in "eNNAthanakaLeNNum
nanmunivar inbam thalais siRappa", they attained happiness.
aruLinaan avvarumaRaiyin poruL:
He gave out the greatly hidden meanings of the Vedas to
everyone through the Bhagavad Gita. Even though the Vedas
hid the meanings, He made them shine through the Gita due
to His kalyANa guNas.
arumaRai:
That joy of the Vedas which are harder to attain than even
Him. Vedas and their meanings are the biggest wealth ("sA
hi sriramruthA sathAm").
aruLkoNdaayiram inthamizhpaadinaan:
He made it such that those who understand the Vedas are
saved; but Nammazhvar made it such that everyone is saved.
aruLkoNdu:
Nammazhvar did not sing pasurams just by himself. He used
the uncorrupted knowledge that was given to him by the
Lord and sang about Him. Through Nammazhvar He gained
songs about Himself ("ennAgiyE thapputhalinRith thanaik
kavi thAn solli").
Ayiram in thamizh:
Just as Valmiki Rishi sang the Ramayana, Nammazhvar has
sung the thousand songs of Thiruvaymozhi.
in thamizh pAdinAn:
Nammazhvar sang the great meanings such that they are
very sweet to recite and sing ("pAtyE gEyE cha madhuram").
in thamizh:
Nammazhvar's pasurams are sweet to read, to listen and to
sing.
pAdinAn aruL kaNdeer:
Unlike His grace which gave the true knowledge to Azhvars,
Nammazhvar's grace is such that it explains His grace. And
Madhurakavi Azhvar asks everyone to look at that grace of
Nammazhvar.
aruL kaNdeer ivvulaginil mikkathE:
His grace gives the true knowledge ("mayarvaRa mathinalam
aruLinan") only to a few. Nammazhvar's grace reaches
everyone ("pAlEy thamizharisaikArar paththar
paravumAyiram", "thoNdarkkamuthu uNNas sonmAlaikaL").
Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale
Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
T.C.A. Venkatesan
Kanninun Siruththambu Vyakhyana Saram Series:
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