Your question is a good question and the explanation
that adiyen can have is as follows.
If you look at the line above it is
"a~GgaN iraNDum koNDu e~GgaL mEl nOkkudiyEl* "
"a~GgaN" is explained by poorvacharyas as a synonym
for "Karunai". Didnt perumal show this in Vibheshana
Sharanagati. He just signaled Vibishana with his eyes
saying that he has already granted abhayam to him and
the metting that he held was just to hear what others
said.The rest of the "vanara padai" did not
understand this action of Emperuman.
Now lets look at the case when perumals karunnai doest
not fall on us . Firstly if this has to happen then
either that person has to have commited a sin(s) or
had a curse(s).For sins accumulated through ones one
acts and in this kaiyuga where prayachitam is also
difficult we have to approach an acharyan who will
show us the way to Emperuman and thats when Perumal
will show us Karunai. Same is the case with
accumulated curse as well(for eg. gajendra had the
curse of Sage agastya and perumal had to come to
rescue him and many other stories which reflect the
karunai of Perumal).
hence this pasuram is a prayer saying that have mercy
on us and rescue us from all the sins and curses.
On the highest level "e~GgaL mEl shaapaM izhindElOr
empaavaay " means that being caught in this cycle of
life and birth is a big curse , so again godai piraati
requests perumal to come and release us from this
cycle of life and birth as he his parama karuna
moorthi and grant moksha.
Adiyen is also enclosing the exceprt from Srimadh 44th
Azagiya Singars Vyakhyanam.
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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
These young girls of Ayarpaadi are desirous of only
Bhagawath
kaimkaryam and
nothing else; not at Srivaikuntam only; but here
itself; right then.
For
that, they want KaNNan?s divine glances (Kataaksham)
on them to shower
His
mercy and dayA on them, with all their sins getting
dissolved
We have come now at your door step, after getting into
very many
bodies,
suffered lots and lots of himsa; realized that there
is absolutely no
pleasure here in this birth; Still until this birth,
we have been
sleeping
and now we have woken up from those sense organs which
never ever wish
to
leave us at anytime; We have woken up those sense
organs as well
towards You
after greatest difficulty. Do not leave such a
property of Yours that
has
come at your doorstep- which You had missed for so
many ages; [as we
had
trespassed Your instructions and have gone away from
you]. Please
protect us
as if You have got back the property that belongs to
You. We will
inform You
how we have come. Just look at us with your
vailakshaNya divine
kataaksham
and there is nothing else that we aspire for.
How have you come? Tell me. Then I will decide if I
need to look at or
not.
Huge, vast, beautiful expanded kingdoms with all
comforts- the kings
ruled.
Those kings as if those worlds belong to them at all
times and are
theirs at
any time for ever; they were proud and arrogant with
ahankaara,
mamakaaram.
None can shake them- they thought. The thought they
are capable of
ruling
them whoever comes as an enemy. They do not need
anyone?s help/support
for
the same. Not even the God?s blessing. They never bow
down to anyone.
They
over a priod of time, unfortunately lose their
kingdoms and do lose
everything that belongs to them.
{Srimath Azhagiya Singar asks: Will such a thing
happen? Losing all for
such
great kings?- why not? In India itself, it has
happened. The kings who
had
everything- have lost all theirs and someone else
takes over. We have
seen
in our own history.}
Those kings- talked about earlier,- now realize that
?what is this!
Even we
have lost everything- and what shall we do now to get
back the wealth
again?- They think and are told by an ardent devotee
of the Lord Sriman
Narayanan that only He can help you all. Without Him,
nothing can come
by
mere human efforts. Due to your own karma, that Lord
had given you
kingdom,
and He can grant you again- if you prostrate and pray
to Him with
unconditional faith. They are now here at your
doorstep, with tears
rolling
down their cheeks incessantly shedding all their
ahankara, mamaraaras
(I and
mine) and are standing with folded hands performing
anjali. They are
praising your names and are crying for their past
arrogance and pride.
Like that we are also waiting at your door step
crying. Pelase have
mercy on
us and look at us.
Listening to your voice, it does not sound as if you
have any sort of
kaarpaNyam (helplessness) or reduction of ahambaavam
(pride/arrogance)?
You
say that you all have come like those kings who had
lost their
kingdoms. ?
KaNNan appears to have said.
We were also arrogant and having ahankara. Who can be
eual to us in
this
world? Which girl can be as blessed as we are? We are
the most blessed
and
most formtunate ones in the world. Our parents and
KaNNan?s parenst
have
handed over KaNNan to us for our own. He has also
agreed to do what
they had
mentioned. So, we will get what we were planning. This
is what we had
in our
minds. That is the ahankaara that we had. Hereafter
KaNNan is only
ours- we
had that mamakara. You now know how much we have been
suffering to wake
You
up for going with You to Yamuna- had You been
Sarveshwaran.
So why did you say- chief of Nithyasuris (umbarkOmAnE!
ParanchudharE!
Ulagalandha UtthamanE!- why did you tell all such lies
then? Did you
think I
would be fooled and come with you? ? He angered on
them.
That?s why we made that qualification, KaNNA! Had you
been
Sarveshwaran- was
mentioned by us only to make you get up like this.
Bhishma sent
thousand of
arrows to your friend Arjuna ignoring your presence
and your saving
him, and
then only after 1000s of arrow, You went towards him
(Bhsihma) with the
chakrA in your hand declaring, ?I am not an ordinary
human; I am
Paradevatha?. Please forgive us. We also just
instigated your anger in
order
to let yourself declare to us.
Then proceed- KaNNan said, pleased.
Had you not pepned your mouth or left it as we are
crying, our hearts
would
have ached. We have shed our ahankaram, makaram
completely and have
come to
your doorstep. We have bowed down to Your feet, with
no other refuge
for us-
not from other demi gods- that we have fully realized.
Also we have
come to
your paLLikkattu. (bed). It is difficult to get a
place on top of your
cot;
we will stay right beneath at your feet. We will not
however stop you
from
keeping us (whenever you wish) on the cot next to Your
divine
ThirumEni.
Okay. What do you want me to do now?- Tell me. ? said
KaNNan.
Without any hatred for us, without any anger on us,
without any
indifference
to us, without any dislike on us, please open your
lovely, large red
lotus
eyes, slowly towards us, and with those cool merciful
glances which can
dispel all the sufferings of your devotees then and
there, look at us;
with
those eyes that remove the taapam of Nappinnai; with
those eyes that
accept
the surrender grant mOksham to the saraNagathars (one
who surrenders).
Simply look at us. That is what we desire for. Then
see what that
glances do
to us for yourself. See for yourself if those glances
keep us in this
place
or lift us to the Other place (Srivaikuntam).
Do you think it can lift you all straight to
Srivaikuntam?
Yes. What is the hurdle then? That?s why we never ask
for moKsham. Your
eyes
which are like the Sun and the Moon appearing together
can grant the
same by
themselves.
Without my knowledge they (eyes) can give?
Yes. All your angas (parts of the body) without your
knowdlege alone
grant
to the devotees.
Alavandhar says: tvadhgrimuddhisya kadhApikEnachith..
..
sakruthkruthOnjali:
? na jAthu heeyathE..
Meditating on yout lotus feet if one performs anjali
(Saranagathi) to
You,
your lotus feet through that particlualr anjali does
removal of all
paapams
and grants all sukhams. Without your knowledge when
one surrenders to
Your
lotus feet alone, that grants mOksham to him-. Like
that your glances
will
grants us the same as well.
Also you do not take us directly to Srivaikuntam.
Adhivaahikars only
take
us. Among them, the important ones are the Sun and the
Moon. They have
given
abhayam to us- through your two lotus eyes. Those eyes
are like those
Sun
and Moon having just got up. Chandhra Sooryow cha
nEthrE.. So, we need
not
worry. They (those eyes) will take care.
Also we will hold onto the lotus feet of those Sun and
the Moon who are
like
Your eyes.
Are they not devathantharam? How can you do that?
DO not stun us with such queries. Archiraahdi DevathAs
are all
belonging to
NithyasUri Ghoshti ? elders say. Muktha: arcchirthina
pUrvapaksha:
agni-
means: there is a NithysaUri who is the abhimAna
Devatha of agni.
Dhina: the
day light. ? his abhimAni dEvatha is NithyasUri. Like
that all
archirAdhi
devathas are NithyasUris. Hence, they are blemishless.
Nothing wrong
holding
onto the feet of those NithyasUris. They are your eyes
as well. Hence
there
is no devAthAntharam here.
Whatever it is, please look at us now. Then only you
will see for
yourself,
how these poor girls cry and wait for your darshan.
Also we know that your eyes have anger and mercy as
well
simultaneously. If
you see with those two eyes, all our enemies will get
destroyed and
grants
us good until final bliss (mOksha paryantham).
We know of your greatness and your eyes greatness. You
simply looked at
those dead cattle at the pond (of Kaalingan) and they
got up alive. You
are
GopAlan. Is there any life for us- if you have your
eyes closed? Please
open
them and look at us.
Listening to them, He got up.
Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other
greater details-
Srimath
Azhagiya singar ends with such great humility.
Sri Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
*****************************************************
anything good - the credit goes to the divine
commentary of SrI Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's. Errors,
faults are only due to my lack of understanding.
Regards
dAsan Anand
--- Srinath Venkatakrishnan
<srinath_venkatakrishnan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear SriVaishnavaites,
>
>
>
> Iam regularly watching the Thirupavai upanyasam in
> both Jaya TV (Sthalasayanam Swami)and DD (Velukudi
> Krishnan Swami)at Chennai.
>
>
>
> While explaining about the phrase ?engaL mEl saapam
> izhinthu? of 22nd Pasuram, (angaNmaa), they said
> that saapam will come when we do not worship the
> lord.
>
>
>
> I feel that Sin(paapam) and Curse (saapam) are
> different. One can accumulate Sin (paapam) due to
> intentional or unintentional actions. Sometimes we
> do actions thinking that they are good but will end
> up otherway.
>
>
>
> But Curse is based on specific adharmic act. So here
> why Kothapiratti mentioned as ?engaL mEl saapam??.
> As she herself says ?puNNiyam yaamudaiyOm? in 28th
> pasuram, so how we can fit the saapam here? And
> moreover when we refer Valmiki Ramayanam, we see
> that there is no rishi or maharishi worshipping Lord
> rama when he was wandering in the forest. But on the
> otherway, we see that Lord Rama goes to each and
> every Rishi and pays his respects. So if saapam can
> come to people who did not worship lord, will that
> not be applicable to the rishis of ramanyanam.
>
>
>
> I do not have contacts of these upanyasakas here.
> Hence can anyone clarify and enlighten me?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Srinath
>
>
>
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