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The Greatness of Periya-VAchAn piLLai
THE EXALTED SAGE

It is said that proof the pudding is in eating. The taste of sri periya-vAchAn 
piLLai's vyAkyAnam will prove its greatness, indicate his genius.

"periya vAchAn piLLai pinbulla vaikkum theriya, vyAkyaigaL seivAl, ariya 
aruLicheyal poruLai, AriyaRgatk ippOdhu, aruLicheyalAith aRindhu' upadEsa 
rethinamAlai 46;

By the Great commentaries, sri peirya-vAchAn piLLai has blessed us to make us 
understand the difficult meanings of AzhwAr's works and realise the great 
values of aruLich cheyal.
A sample.

'..thavam purindh vuyarndha mAmuni koNardha gangaiyin karai mEAl, vadhari 
AsirmathuLLAnEA" 1-4-8;
  
A literal transaltion would mean - The sage who got exalted himself by penance, 
brough the ganges, where the badri em-perumAn is residing.

Who is the exalted sage? viswAmithrA - who raised from a shathriyA to a great 
sage by his penance.
Who brought the ganges? bhagErathan.
Now this is a contradiction. The exalted sage did not bring the ganges. 
bagErathan is the one who brought the ganges .
Here is where the vyAkyAnam comes into play.

Interpretaion 1: The exalted sage,viswAmithrA brought sri rAmA and lakshmANA to 
the banks of gAnges, where the badrikAsramam is situated.
" avan shathriyanAyirukkach seidhEayum thapO balathAlEa brahma rishi 
AnAniREA.avan perumALaiyum, iLaiya perumALaiyum nadathik koNdu vandhadhu 
akkariyEa AgaiyAlEa athaich solliRRAgavumAm"

"Though being a shathriyan, sri viswAmithRa by penance became exalted and 
attained the status of brahma rishi. He brought along with him, sri 
chakravarthith thirumagan and iLaiya perumAL to this banks and hence we can say 
that this pAsuram refers to this also"

Interpretation 2: 
"anRikkEa bagErathan thannaiyEa solluvadhAi, avan kodu vandha gangai ennudhal".
Otherwise, this pAsuram can be taken as referring to bagErathan -as he had 
brought the ganges.

Sri periya-vAchAn piLLai, like his great predecessors, did not force their 
views or interpretaion and thrust on others. They pur forth two opinions and it 
is for us to take or leave them. That is their greatness.

swAmi periya-vAchan piLLai thiruvadigaLEa charaNam.

rAmAnuja dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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