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Varadarajan Sourirajan • August 16, 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-26
 

“pOdellam pOdhukondu vunponnadi punaiyamAttEn

  theedhilAmozhigal kondu vunthirukkunam seppamAttEn

  kAdalAl nenjam anbhu kalandhilEn, adhuthannAlE

  AdhilEn arangarkku EllE! EnseivAn thOndrinEnE?”

 

pOdellam pOdhukondu vunponnadi punaiyamAttEn:  We should do kainkaryam to bhagavan with all three karanAs, viz., mano, vak, kAyam.  Adhisesha does kainkaryam to bhagavan at all times.  Poigaialwar says, “sendral kudaiyam erundhal sinhAsanamam nindral maravadiyam neelkadalul endrum punaiyam manivillakkAm poompattAm pulgum anaiyam thirumArvukku aravu”(when emperuman goes somewhere, adhisesha becomes his umbrella like in krishnAvatara, if perumal sits he becomes the throne as in vaikundam, and if bhagavan stands then adhisesha is his paduka as in thiruvallikeni Sri Venkatakrishnan stands on adhisesha, when emperuman lies in parkadal as vyuha moorthi adhisesha is his bed).  When emperuman took rAmAvataram adhishesha became lakshmana who did all services,”aham sarvam karishyAmi jAgradaha svapathaschathE”.  Nammazhvar says, “ozhivil kAlamellAm vudanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai seiya vEndum nAm”(alwar here requests perumal for kainkaryam at all times, being along with him).  In this paasuram thondaradi podi alwar says

 

theedhilAmozhigal kondu vunthirukkunam seppamAttEn:   First alwar talked about the physical kainkaryam (kAyika kainkaryam).  The second type of thondu is to talk the kalyana gunas of bhagavan.  Even when they are physically drained out or not well bhagavatas get utmost enthusiasm if they are asked to say bhagavat gunam.  Our mouth should always utter only the bhagavan nAmA and his kalyana gunas.   Thondaradi podi alwar says that he will not talk about the bhagavan with sweet words.  Can we really believe it after having so much divine anubhavams from his thirumaalai prabhandam?  He first did pushpa kainkaryam to bhagavan and seated him in a beautiful swing, decorated with beautiful and sweet smelling flowers.  Now that perumal is enjoying the lAlli of the swing, alwar started to sing in his sweet voice the thirumaalai, a garland made of mesmerizing words.  Probably perumal started sleeping due to the swingÂ’s movement and the sweet song of alwar so alwar then sang the next prabandam thirupalliyezhuchi to wake
re constantly thinking about the kalyana gunas of bhagavan and hence even if they sit amongst a group of lowkikas still they talk only bhagavat vishayam, passed on along the guru paramparai.  If we consider ourselves to be very knowledgeable and start talking what ever comes to our mind then we thereby misguide the masses so before talking or doing upanyasam we have to get ourselves trained under a good acharya.  Krishna is geetha says, “thath vidhdhi pranepAthEna pariprashnEna sEvaya! UpadEkshanthi thE jnanam jnaninas-thathvadarsinaha:!! (4.34) .  Actually there are so many collections made by our poorvAcharyas that even for learning all those one janma is not enough so why try to make new ones.

 

  kAdalAl nenjam anbhu kalandhilEn, adhuthannAlE:  Emperuman has divine kalyana gunas(thirukgunam).  Only our mouth is impure.  Still if we have the love and devotion in our minds then the utterance of the bhagavat kalyana gunas purifies our whole body.  Emperuman cherished nAmmazhvar’s thirumEni so much, because it was that mouth which sang thiruvaimozhi, that he wanted alwar to come to moksha along with the body.   So bhagavat gunam is capable of making us so sacrad.  Periazhvar says, “vakku thooimai ellAmayinAlE mAdhavA! vunnai vai kolla mAttEn”.  But he didn’t stop with this he still continued his vachika kainkaryam since it is his svaroopam to always talk the bhagavat gunams.  Next, thondaradi podi alwar talks about mAnasika kainkaryam.  When rain falls on a stone it drops down but if the same water falls on mud it is absorbed inside.  Our minds should not be like rocks instead it should have deep bhakthi and love so that when bhagavat gunam is showered on us by bhagavatOthamAs it should seep deep into 

 

  AdhilEn arangarkku EllE! EnseivAn thOndrinEnE?:  Emperuman doesnÂ’t need any kainkaryam from us.  But he surely enjoys when we do kainkaryam to him with atmost love and devotion.  Alwar in this paasuram says that he doesnÂ’t do kainkaryam with all his trikaranas but it actually doesnÂ’t suite alwar.  It is like alwar is sarcastically point to all of us who live without doing kainkaryam to the bhagavan.  Alwar finally wonders without doing kainkaryam to arangan, for what is this birth taken for?  

 

Let us also think the same and start right now to do what all kainkaryams possible immediately to add some meaning to our life.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 



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