Thirumaalai(42)

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-25
 

“Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum kurikolandhanamai thannai

  oliththittEn enkanillai ninkanum paththanallEn

  kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn

  aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE!” 

Sri Alavandaar has sung the 22nd strotra of Stortra ratnam in similar
lines.  It shows how alavandaar reflects the views of alwar.  He says,
“na dharmanishtOsmi nacha atma vEdhi na bhakthiman dvath charanAra
vindhe achinchanaha ananyagathi sharanya! Dvath pAdha moolam sharanam
prapathyE” 

Kuliththu moordruanalai Ombum:  This line is equal to alavandaar saying
‘na dharma nishtOsmi’.  In kali it is difficult to do karma yoga since
all Achara anushtAnams are lost.  So alwar declares that he is not a
karma yogi.  

kurikolandhanamai thannai oliththittEn enkanillai:  na cha Athma vEdhi. 
I am not a jnani yogi too.  ‘Kali kalmasha chitAnAm’ and hence it is
difficult to practice jnana yogam.   

ninkanum paththanallEn:  na bhakthi mAn dvath charanAra vindhe.  I do
have the bhakthi towards you.  I don’t possess the deep devotion or
prEmai. 

  kalippadhu enkondu? nambi! KadalvannA! KadaruginrEn:  If I have some
dharma you can be pleased with me or if iam a jnani then you can
declare me to be in the category, “jnani tvAth maiva mE matham”.  If I was a
bhakthan then you may happily say, “yO mE bhaktha samE priyaha”.  But I
donot have any of these.  No anushtanam required for karma yoga, no
chitta shuddhi required for a jnana yogi or mahavishvasam as required for
a bhaktha.  Then with what will you get pleased with me?  No one will
encourage anyone coming empty handed to their place.  But only person
who considers empty handedness(achinchanaha) as the qualification to come
to his sannadhi is emperuman.  So with that confidence I have come to
your sannadhi and only thing I know to do is cry in front of you Oh!
KadalvannA(the lord who has the color of the sea). 

aliththenakku arul seykandAi arangamAnagarulAnE:  One thing which
doesn’t need any prerequisites is nama sankeertam, which I keep doing
always.  If we want to appoint a person to do some work for us we look into
his qualifications and think twice if he will be able to do the job
well.  But do we think the same way before giving alms to a beggar who
wants help for the next meal?  Oh! Arangathammam iam like a beggar in your
door steps.  So don’t look into my qualifications.  My only
qualification is that I donot have any qualification and have fallen into your
feet due to my need for help.  So please shower your pity on me, my lord. 
Alwar literally cries in this paasuram in front of the bhagavan. 

When alwar himself cries like this, what to say about all of us.  We
all are truly without any qualifications(even to sing like alwar or
alavandaar such paasurams and strotras) so let us repeat the words of our
alwars and acharyas and be grateful to the lord and the alwars and
acharyas for teaching us the same. 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan