SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,
Let us continue to enjoy Swami Nammazhwar's glories.
We will enjoy the great praises by Swami Desikan and
Sri Manavala maamunigal..
Sri Manavalamamuni on Nammazhwar:
yEraar vaigaasi visaagathin etrathai
paaror ariya pagargindren
seeraarum vedham thamizh seydha
meyyan ezhil kurugai naadhan
avadharitha naal"
"undo vaigaasi visaagathuku opporu naal
undo sadagoparku opporuvar
undo thiruvaaimozhikoppu
then kurugaikundo orupaar thanil okkumoor"
uNdO vaikAsi VisAkatthuk koppuru nAL?
( Is there any auspicious day that matches the glory
of the VaikAsi VisAkam day? Never)
uNdO SatakOparkkopporuvAr?
(Is there anyone that can match the illustrious
glory of our Kulapathi, NammAzhwAr? None. )
uNdO ThiruvAimozhikkoppu?
( is there any divya prabhandham that can be equal to
the magnificience of ThiruvAimozhi? None can dare
match )
tenn KuruhaikkundO oru paar tanil okkumUr ?
(Can there be any divya desams that match
the auspiciousness of ThirukkuruhUr that
gave birth to our Kulapathi? Absoultely not ).
These emphatic responses indirectly enshrined in these
questions declare the greatness of Swami NammAzhwAr
and His divine works. His upakaram is amazing and
greatest for Srivaishnavam..
Because of his grace and mercy, we are able to pleace
our heads at the lotus feet of The Peerless Lord The
Only One Sriman narayanan- Says Swamy Desikan
thandhai ena ninRa thanit thirumaal thaaLil thalai
vaitthOm SatakOpan aruLinAlE
Let us first look at the upakArams done by the divya
dampathis for us .
Swamy Desikan says:
anthamilA pErinbham arundha yERkkum
adiyOmai ARIVUDANE yenRum kaatthu
munthai vinai nirai vazhiyil ozhuhAthemmai
munnilayAm DESIKAR TAMM MUNNE SERTTHU
MANTHIRAMUM MANTHIRATTHIN VAZHIYUMK KATTI
vazhippadutthi VAAN YERRI ADIMAIK KOLLA
Tanthaiyena ninRa tanit ThirumAL ThALil
Talai vaitthOm SatakOpan aruLinAlE
This work of Swami Sri Desikan is understood as
the VyAkhyAnam for the Sri Sookthi of NammAzhwAr
revered as THIRUVIRUTTHAM and particularly its
first paasuram (poy ninRa Jn~Amum --ViNNaPPamE ).
The revered AchAryA His Holiness Srimad ParavakkOttai
Andavan Swami during the teleupanysam few years ago
selected this paasuram of Swami Desikan and dwelt on
the chosen words in this paasuram and linked it to
other powerful words from the NammAzhwAr's
ThiruvAimozhi{TVM }, (e-g)., " annAL
nee tantha AAKKAYIN vazhi uzhalvEn " ( TVM: 3.2.1).
[From srI Satakopan Swami translation of the
upanyasam]
Sri Andavan pointed out that the Divya Dampathis
help us in every way. Mainly, there are 54
incomparable upkArams that are performed by them for
us, SamsAris, with the view to join us to Their parama
Padham in the spirit of NammAzhwAr's TVM Vaakhyam: "
Vaikuntham puhuvathu maNNavar VidhiyE " .
He reminded us of Sage MaarkanDEyA's Vaakhyam in
this context :lOkAnAm MaathA PithA cha MADHAVA :
The reference here was to " Tanthai yena ninRa
Tanit ThirumAL ', section of the above verse to
the sarva vidha Bhandhu , SarvEswaran .
Before He joins us to Sri His Vaikuntam for nithya
kaimkaryam , ThirumAl performs many upakArAms
that is hard for us even to keep track off
( NaaraNan maayayai aRibhavar yArO --TVM: 1.3.3 ,
AtthA nee seythana naan aRiyEnE! ).
His upakArams are giving us aakkai (sarIram )
to house the Jivan ; He bleesed the Jivan
to be eternal ( nithyan ) in svarUpam and blesses
the Jivan with Dharma BhUtha JnAnam and makes it
the Jivan's nithya guNam and protects thus the Jivan's
svarUpam and SvabhAvam .This is the connection to
the paasura pasage , " adiyOmai yenRum aRivudanE
kaatthu " in the UpakAra sangraham .
Srimath Andavan went on to explain the other key
passages in that important paasuram of Swami Desikan.
The meanings are :
anthamilAp pErinbham arundha yErkkum adiyOmai = for
us, who are fit to enjoy the limitless bliss of the
great Moksha anubhavam
arivudanE yenRum kaatthu , munthai vinai nirai
vazhiyil ozhuhAthu emmai munnilayAm Desikar tamm
munnE sErtthu =
blessing and protcting us with the eteranl dharma
bhUtha Jn~Anam and also protecting us from drowning in
the timeless flow of the river of karmAs and getting
us to the safety of the bank by uniting us with
SadAchAryAs for--
manthiramum manthiratthin vazhiyum kaatti
vazhippaditthi =
(by uniting us with the sadaachAryAs )for upadesam of
redeeming sacred manthram , the AshtAksharam and
for learning about the inner meanings of that manthram
The greatness of this acquisition of knowledge through
upadesam has been celebrated many times by AzhwArs and
AchAryAs :
Srimath Andavan referred to the paasura vAkhyam ,
MaamAyA ! mikkAr otthAr ilai ! There is no one
equal to You or greater than You
The VedAntha Jn~Anam imparted to us by SadaachAryAs
(Mantharitthin vazhiyum kaati ) is another of these
MahOpakArams of the Lord since it leads to the
ultimate bliss of ascent by archirAdhi maargam (
vaanERRi adimaik koLLa) and nithya kaimkaryam. (nall
vaazhvu)
anthaNar maattu anti vaittha MANTHIRATTHAI
MANTHIRATTHAAL
maravaathu YENrUM VAAZHUTHIYeL VaZHALaM --TNT pasuram
:4
(Meaning ): Oh my foolish mind ! If you enjoy the
Thirumanthiram , the saaram of the Vedantham , which
is the wealth of the Brahmins , and if you reflect
upon the meanings of that sacred manthiram ,
you will surely attain sadhgathi ( nall Vaazhvu ).
Srimath Andavan continued with the explanation of
the fourth paadham of the UpakAra Sangraha SlOkam :
Tanthai ena ninRa tanit ThirumAl ThALil
tlai vaitthOm SatakOpan aruLAlE
The Lord stood as the Forever-caring Father ,
who performs great upakArams ( tanthai ena ninRavan ).
He is a matchless EmperumAn with the mahimai of
PaadhAravindham that ha s no comparison in its
redemptive and anugraha qualities ( Tanit ThirumAl
ThALil ) .
Next Srimath Andavan expalined as to what happened at
these sacred feet of the Lord as a result of the
grace of NammAzhwar our Prapanna SanthAna Jana
kUtasthar. The paasura Vaakhyam is: Tanit ThirumAl
ThALil talai VaitthOm SatakOpan aruLAlE. Through the
Parama KrupA of NammAzhwAr, we are blessed to attain
Sri Vaikuntam and laid our feet at the sacred feet of
Sriman NaarAyaNA as the ultimate step in Moksha Siddhi
rsultign from SadAchArya Sambhandham and BhagavAn's
paramOpakArams.
NammAzhwAr is the One, who showed us the way through
his Prabhandhams. He used the purvOpakArams done by
the Lord to anticipate the future upakArams to come
and showed us the way.
He was blessed with Bhakthi and Jn~Anam from the Lord
of Nithya Sooris. His enjoyment of the Lord blossomed
as the Four divya prabhandhams. Thiruviruttham was the
first of the Four prabhandhams. Here, he desribes his
varalARukaL (Virutthams)and thus this prabhandham came
to be known as Thiruviruttham. In the very first
paasuram ( Poy ninRa Jn~Amum-- ViNNappamE ),
NammAzhwAr reflects on the purvOpakArams (or the
upakArams done earlier through conferral of
aathma Jn~Anam , Dharma BhUtha Jn~Anam )and sets that
up as Infrastructure for the ensuing paasurams and
prabhandhams containing his requests for other
upakArams that culminate in Moksha Siddhi at the end
of ThiruvAimozhi. In this Thiruviruttha Paasuram ,
NammAzhwaar addresses the Lord as ImayOr talaivA
(sarva Seshi) and himselfas adiyEn (sesha bhUthan ).
The sEsha-sEshi Sambhandham, Artha panchakam are
covered here.
The connection of Artha panchakam with brahma SvarUpam
is known as Shadatha nirUpaNam . That was what
NammAzhwAr instructed. Swami Desikan wished to show us
the paramount central message and created UpakAra
Sangraham.
[Thanks to Sri Satakopan Swami again]
Let us recite KaNNinunchiRuthaambu today and pay our
obeisance to AzhwAr.
Thanks for all your patience for adiyEn rambling...
and crude writing. Anything good is due to the
vaibhavam of AzhwAr and Acharya krupai. All errors,
mistakes are entirely due to adiyEn lack of (or no)
jnAnam.
NammAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
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