Thirumaalai(51)

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-32

“Arththu vandalambum sOlai ani thiruvaranganthannul

kArthiral anaiya mEni kannanE! VunnaikkAnum

mArkkamondru ariya mAttA manisaril thurisanAya

moorkanEn vandhu nindrEn moorkanEn moorkanEnE”

 

Arththu vandalambum sOlai ani thiruvaranganthannul: The gardens in Srirangam
are filled with bees. The bees are filled with happiness and they fly from one
place to other making humming noise(reengAram). As we have already seen the
alwars always have the habit of singing about each and every thing in a divya
desam considering it to be divine. If Thirumangai alwar goes to arimEya
vinnagaram then sees the birds and listening to their voice he says they are
telling ‘Hari! Sharan!”. Andal goes to thiruvarangam and says “Kootil erundhu
kili govinda! Govinda! Endrazhaikkum”. The mental state of alwars are such
that they consider each and every thing in a divya desam to be a bhAgavatan.
Actually even to be born in a divyadesam kOdi jenma punyam is required so there
is nothing wrong to sing about the birds and bees which have the same. Alwar
says ‘ani thiruvaranganthannul’ here thiruvarangam itself is a ani for our
bharatha varsham and for each and every srivaishnava or for thiruvarangam
ranganatha is an ani(jewel). Sri PVP’s vyakhyAnam goes as follows:

 

“kOyililE vandhu sannihithan allAdha pOdhu thAli kattAdha srigal pOl ayittru
leelA vibhuthi”

 

Any lady has her value only when she bears the thirumangalyam in her neck.
Without that a women is barren according to our culture. Similarly when
emperuman is not present in Srirangam the whole leela vibhuthi is considered to
be a women without the mangalya sootram. A women can be without anyother jewel
but never without her mangalyam. Only when she is eligible to wear the
mangalyam all other jewels adds to her beauty. Similarly only when emperuman
lies in Srirangam, does the leela vibhuthi becomes beautiful and is also
eligible to wear any other jewel.

 

kArthiral anaiya mEni kannanE!: The color of emperuman’s body is like the
dark rain flooded clouds. Like the cloud which showers us with good rain and
makes our lands fertile emperuman also showers his apara karunyam and make our
lives flourish. But then when he equated the clouds to perumal, alwar suddenly
remembers that emperuman’s magimai is greater than the clouds. So Sri PVP
writes, ”mEgaththai kAttilum vyAvriththi”. The clouds do give us rain, but
from a distance and then it vanishes. But emperuman does more than that. He
showers his karunai not like a third person but he runs and comes to our
rescue. When we want he appears in front of us due to his sowlabhyam. Kannan
means not only does he have an eye which is cool and showers krupai on his
devotees but also he makes the eyes of those who are looking at him to become
cool. But then how to have his darshan?

 

VunnaikkAnum mArkkamondru ariya mAttA manisaril thurisanAya: As soon as alwar
thought of having darshan of emperuman he is unable to find a way to do so. So
now he feels for the same saying I am one low person who doesn’t know the way
in which I will be able to have your darshan. If I have a low birth as an
animal or plant I may not be able to see you but then though I am a man still I
am incapable to find a way to see you. You are waiting to give darshan to your
bhakthas. But I do not have full faith or devotion in you, says alwar.

 

Then why don’t you just go away instead of standing in my sannadhi? asked
Perumal.

 

moorkanEn vandhu nindrEn moorkanEn moorkanEnE: Just because I am standing in
front of Perumal’s sannadhi doesn’t mean that I am a great bhakthan. I have
come here due to my stubbornness. I very well know that I am not eligible to
see perumal but then still I want to see him. Alwar calls himself to be a
moorkan-one who wants to get a thing which he very well knows is beyond his
capacity. Since I am a moorkan I come and stand in front of you. Even after
coming here still I remain a moorkan declares alwar (moorkanEn moorkanEnE).

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan