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Varadarajan Sourirajan • May 29, 2002 


Sri Parthasarathi thunai, 
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha 


“ Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar 
Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra 
Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai 
Eppozhudum peesu” 

“ Srimat Krishna samahvAya Namo yaamuna soonave 
yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa” 

Pranams, 

Before going into the vyakhyanam to the second paasuram Sri PVP places a beautiful avadharikai. He explains the value of the bhagavan nAmam with an excellent dhrustantam(illustration). 
“muttai koduththu pazham kolluvargal vilai ariyum settigal pakkal pugundhavAre peruvillaiyidena serukkarAnAr eththai poondu anubhavippArgal” 
That is consider the case of the fishermen who get the pearls from the sea. They actually do not know the value of the pearls they consider it to be like another fish and want to sell it for a price which could fetch them some fruits or grains for them to eat. But when they come to a city side and ask a pearl merchant how much the value of the pearls are and if he enlightens them with the actual worth of the pearl they realise the importance and then want to wear it themselves and adorn themselves with it. Similarly, initially a person by chance hears the bhagavan nAma and he says it to get worldly pleasures. He thinks that if he chants the nAmA and does nAma keertanam then his miseries will go and he can get all the palan he wants. But slowly by bhagavat krupai he comes in contact with an Acharya(settigal in PVPÂ’s words refers to an acharya). The Acharya wipes out his ignorance and tells him the actual value of the bhagavan nAma. Then he realises the importance of the bhagavan nAma and also his mistake of m

Paasuram-2 

“pachchai mAmalAi pOl mEni pavalavAi kamalachengan 
Achchutha amararyEre Ayartham kozhundhe ennum 
Echchuvai thavirayAn pOi endhiralokamAlum 
Achchuvai perinum vEindEn ArangamAnagarulAne” 


Pachchai mAmalAi pOl mEni: Though alwar is actually doing ThirunAma keertanam, this paasuram seems to be a varnanai of the bhagavAn’s sowndaryam(mEni azhaghu, physical beauty). This paasuram has been sung by alwar enjoying deeply the beauty of periya perumal. Here alwar equates emperuman to a big mountain. We are able to see the big beautiful body(thirumEni) of periya perumal through alwar’s words. Alwar says mAmalai, a big mountain that too pachchai mA malai that is he is a beautiful green big mountain. Each word of alwar has a significance. ‘Big’ shows the gambeeram of bhagavan. Emperuman’s is like a big mountain with great gAmbeeryam. When we hear that emperuman is so strong it is our natural tendency to refrain from going near him since we are all so weak. But alwar wants to get us close to bhagavan so he doesn’t stop with his ghAmbeeryam. He starts the paasuram with a word ‘pachchai’ which denotes the sowlabhyam of the bhagavan. Alwar here shows that emperuman is not only a big mountain but he is a moun

As we approach a mountain it causes an illusion as if it is approaching us. But this mountain actually comes towards us. That is why our acharyas say if we make one step towards him he comes ten steps. This mountain does not give us illusions but the result. That is why even Nammazhvar calls emperuman as “vAnamAmalaye adiyen kAna vArAye”. VAnamAmalai is a divyadesam near Alwar thirunagari. Actually there is no mountain in this divyadesam. The emperuman himself is called as vAnamAmalai and hence the divyadesam also gets the same name. Here alwar is calling the emperuman to come and give darshan. Instead of saying deivanayaka he is calling emperuman as vAnamAmalaye please come and give darshan to me. Though no mountains move according to us, this mountain(emperuman) runs and comes to the call of his bhakthas. Emperuman is attributed to a big mountain to show his strength and to show how, he being the supreme, is standing with great gAmbheeryam but along with that emperuman also possesses the sowlabhyam to come

Alwar then continues to enjoy the beauty of bhagavanÂ’s chevvai(reddish colour mouth) and kamalakkAn(lotus like eye) which we will continue in the next posting. 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai 
Sumithra Varadarajan 





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