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vtca • October 29, 2002 


Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Kanninun Siruththambu Ninth Pasura Vyakhyana Saram
Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam

A Tamil version of this vyakhyana saram is available at
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/kst09.pdf


Pasuram:
mikka vEthiyar vEthaththinut poruL
niRkap pAdi en nenjuL niRuththinAn
thakka seer sadakOpan en nambikku AL
pukka kAthal adimaip payananRE


Meaning:
Nammazhvar sang the deep inner meanings of those Vedas
which are recited by the great vaidikas, such that they
were entrenched in my heart. Nammazhvar who is also
known as SathakOpa, has all the lofty qualities
required to be able to do this. I have developed love
to him and at that moment I attained the goal of that
love which is doing service to him.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Madhurakavi Azhvar states that the inner meaning of all
the Vedas which is service to the bhAgavatas was told by
Nammazhvar in the pasurams "payilum sudaroLi" and 
"nedumARkkadimai" and was made to stay forever in his
heart. He attaches himself to Nammazhvar's feet because
Nammazhvar gave him the inner meanings of all the Vedas
without considering his lowly nature (just as Nammazhvar
was attached to Him as "nIsanEn niRai onRumilEn enkaN 
pAsam vaiththa paranjsudar sOthikkE").


mikka vEthiyar:
Those vaidikas whose gnyAna and bhakti are completely
focused on Him ("yatra pUrvE sAdhyA: santi dEvA:"). 
Those who recite the Vedas all the time and have only
that as their wealth.

vEthaththin utporuL:
The essence of the Vedas is Thiruvaymozhi. The essence of
Thiruvaymozhi is present in two sets of pasurams "payilum 
sudaroLi" and "nedumaaRkkadimai". The inner hidden 
meanings of the Vedas.

niRkappaadi ennensuL niRuththinaan:
Such as making a pit in a rock and filling it with water,
Madhurakavi Azhvar says that Nammazhvar melted the rock 
that was his heart and steadied the inner meanings of the
Vedas in it.

niRkap paadi:
He madit such that the inner meanings of the Vedas which
are difficult to understand is now easily understood by 
all.

ennensuL niRuththinaan:
Just like digging a hole on top of a mountain and catching
water in it, so too Nammazhvar softened Madhurakavi Azhvar's
stony heart and filled it completely with bhagavad vishayam.

thakkaseer sadakOpan:
No matter how lofty the claim, Nammazhvar is qualified for
it. He is qell qualified to sing about someone such as the
Lord. Just as "ayarvaRum amararkaL athipathi" refers only
to Him, so too the term His poet refers only to Nammazhvar
("ERkum perumpugazh vAnavareesan kaNNan thanakku ERkum 
perumpugazh vaNkurukUr sadakOpan").

thakkaseer sadakOpan en nambi:
Nammazhvar's completeness is such that no matter how much
his greatness is praised it is never sufficient.

en nambikku:
His completeness is such that it is able to save even 
someone as low as myself says Madhurakavi Azhvar.

aaLpukka kaathal adimaippayananRE:
The fruit of being enslaved to Nammazhvar is the bhakti
to his divine feet that flows from that event.

aaLpukka kaathal:
The love that was born in Madhurakavi Azhvar in wanting
to become enslaved to Nammazhvar.

payananRE:
The purpose which is being enslaved to Nammazhvar has been
attained. The love born in His matter will bear fruit some
day at some place that cannot be determined. The love born
for Nammazhvar will bear the service fruit at this time, 
in this place, with this body. Nammazhvar started with
"thuyaraRu sudaradi thozhuthezhu" and went up to "muniyE 
nAnmuganE" and reached his goal, whereas Madhurakavi
Azhvar reached the same goal the moment he gained the 
taste of having bhakti to his acharya.

Madhurakavi Azhvar, Nanjeeyar, Nampillai Thiruvadigale 
Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
T.C.A. Venkatesan

Kanninun Siruththambu Vyakhyana Saram Series:
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/index.html



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