Thirumaalai(21)
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—8
“veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal * ninpAl
poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi
kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl thalayaiAngE
aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE”
veruppOdu samanar mundar vidhiyil sAkhiyargal: In this world we
see
many types of people. Each one says different philosophies. Some
argue
that there is no god. Some say everything is going on due to
nature(kapila matham) and some talk about paramAnukkal(vaisheshekas)
as the sole
cause of everything. Alwar here says that these people talk with
a
hatred towards the god. They do not want to accept the Vedas and
the
bhagavan, who has been told in the Vedas. The jains, the buddhist
and the
sankhya philosophies talk ill of the emperuman which alwar is
unable to
tolerate. Alwar is irritated by these philosophies to such an
extent
that his anger is shown clearly in this paasuram. Though alwar is
a
parama bhAgavatan, who has won over his kamA and krodhA, here
alwar talks
very severely since he wants to strongly enforce the mistake in
the
other philosophies.
poruppariyanagalpEsil pOvadhe nOyadhAgi: These people talk
rubbish.
They talk ill of Krishna and rAma and also our philosophy. How
can a
true bhaktha tolerate it? Will we keep quiet if someone talks ill
of our
father or mother? Won’t we pounce on them? Such is the state
of azhvar
in this pAsuram. He tried to change those people with crooked
thinking
with his words but they never changed due to their poorva janma
vAsanas
and karma palan. Alwar says it is like a disease for them to talk
ill
of Sriman Narayana which can never be cured. This disease is
harmful
since it not only kills the person having it, it is also
sometimes
contagious, so alwar doesn’t want to leave those persons
aloof.
kurippenakkadaiyumAgil koodumEl: But can alwar become so
ferocious?
In bhAgavatam we site a story were a king named vEnan became
intolerable. He commanded all the yaga yajnas in the country to
be stopped and
ordered that only he should be worshipped by one and all. The
rishis
became very unhappy and went to advice him. The king said, “When
iam
here the pratyaksha deivam taking care of all your needs why do
you pray
anyother god? Even the scriptures preach that treat a king like
the
bhagavan himself.” For which the rishis replied that it has
been said only
to treat him like a bhagavan since he is saving the people under
him
and not to make him the bhagavan and stop worshipping the supreme
Maha
Vishnu. VEnan was in no position to listen to their advice so
they
finally burnt him to ashes. Sadhoos first try to change the
people by their
sweet words, if they don’t listen and go to the extend of
illtreating
bhagavan and bhAgavatas and become intolerable they punish. Now
alwar
is in the same state of mind and hence he says,
thalayaiAngE aruppadhe karumam kandAi ArangamAnagarulAnE : so now
the
final way out is only to chop their head off says alwar to the
emperuman who stays in Srirangam. Is this correct on alwar’s
part, analyses
PVP. He says it is like giving a pasu bali in yAgam which gives
good
palan to both the person who is doing the yAgam and the pasu also,
as it
attains nalla gathi(good fate).
To be continued in the next posting.
AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan