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Varadarajan Sourirajan • August 2, 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,

 
Paasuram-20
 

“pAyum neer arangam thannul pAmpanai palli konda

  mAyanAr thirunanmArvum maragadhavuruvum thOlum

  thooya thAmaraikangalum thuvaridhazhpavalavAyum

  Ayaseer mudiyum thEsum adiyarOrkku agalalAmE?”

 

pAyum neer arangam thannul pAmpanai palli konda: As she approaches Srirangam kAveri flows with high enthusiasm.  Kaveri is very dense at this point.  She flows like a young girl awaiting her union with her woodbe eagerly.  She comes and splits into two and embraces periya perumal like a garland.  Emperuman embraced by kaveri lies happily on the bed of Adhishesha.

 

mAyanAr thirunanmArvum maragadhavuruvum thOlum:  This emperuman who lies on the adhishesha has “ashcharya seshtidangal”(surprising actions) and hence is called as mAyanAr.  For some people only some part are beautiful(avayavashobha) and for others totally they are beautiful but not all parts are individually beautiful(samudhAya shobha) but for periya perumal, each part is beautiful and he has samudhAya shobha also.  It is absolutely not possible for us to enjoy the whole beauty of the bhagavan, so alwar now tries to just get the essence of it.  Now that we know that we cannot enjoy fully can we just get away?  No! once if we have seen periya perumal we can never take our eyes out of him.  That is why kamban says,”thOl kandAr thOlE kandAr, thozhu kazhal thAl kandAr thalE kandAr………”.  He is a large ocean of beauty that is why alwars and acharyas try to enjoy him part by part(pAdhadhi kEsandha varnanai).  First alwar saw the beautiful chest of the bhagavan in which periya piratti(jagan mAtha, nithya shree, anap

 

thooya thAmaraikangalum thuvaridhazhpavalavAyum:  Then alwar further raised his vision to the thirumugam of the bhagavan.  All alwars usually get immersed only in the lotus like eyes and the coral liked mouth of the bhagavan.  We have seen this earlier too.  Here once again thondaradi podi alwar enjoys the pure eyes of bhagavan which never knows any cheating.  Eyes reflect our mind.  Bhagavan has no friends or enemies.  He loves each and everyone of us and hence his eyes are always filled with karunai and krupai to lift us up.  That is why alwar calls bhagavan’s eyes to be ‘thooya kangal’.  The lips of bhagavan always have a sweet smile in them to make us easily approach him without fear.  Like a flower blossoming his lips also are always blossomed.  When we see them we naturally get attracted to the beauty and run towards him.

 

  Ayaseer mudiyum thEsum adiyarOrkku agalalAmE:  Finally alwar enjoys the thirumudi’s beauty and says this will never leave our vision.  In RamAyana, when perumal came in the streets of ayodhya, valmiki says only perumal was moving and all others where immersed in his beauty and the crowd was so much that no one could move even a bit.  So each one stayed in their own places enjoying the beauty of perumal.  Even after Rama pirAn entering the palace, the people stilled remained in their own places since the beauty of Perumal has been so much established in their minds that they still assumed perumal to be on the streets in front of them.  So alwar says adiyarOrkku agalalAmE.  He never leaves the vision of his bhakthas.  As they see him, they want to see more and as they see more they want to see him again and the cycle continues.  Sri Ramar is “sadhaikka priya darshanaha:”(his beauty is appealing to all).

Though alwar here says that his thirumeni doesn’t leave the vision of adiyars PVP says that his beauty is so powerful that it doesn’t stop with attraction of his bhakthas like us but continues even till those who consider him to be their enemy.  “edhirigalukkum okka agala pOgAdhu”

Srimad Bhagavatam says,”vairEnayam nrupathayam shishupAla poundra sAlpAdayaha Gathi vilAsa vilOka natyaihi…………..punath kim”.  Andal says, “kEtpAr sevi sudum keezhmai vesaivugalE vaiyum”.  ShishupAla and his group were always engaged only in talking ill of the bhagavan, Sri Krishna.  Though Krishna did nothing wrong to them still they developed a hatred for Krishna.  Surprisingly they too talked the same matters about the lord which the other Krishna bhakthas talked, but in a negative sense.  They commented on the color, smile and walk of Krishna which the bhagavatas immensely enjoyed.  The beauty is that this group which talked ill of Krishna always at all times talked the same thing due to their hatred.  But still their concentration was always circled around bhagavan and hence they meditated more on him, even more than the bhakthas.  When Krishna went as pandavadhoodha to DuriyOdhana’s court, vidhura asked Krishna to reconsider his decision since he will be illtreated there.  But Krishna insisted on going,

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 



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