MoondrAm thiruvandhadhi-Paasuram-40

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-40

“vuLan kandAi nannenjE vuththamanendrum

  VuLan kandAi vuLLuvAruLLaththu-vuLan kandAi

vinnOdunga kOduyarum veengaruvi vEnkataththAn

maNNodunga thAnaLandha man”

"உளன்கண்டாய்நல்நெஞ்சே ! உத்தமனென்றும் 

உளன்கண்டாய் * உள்ளுவாருள்ளத்து -உளன்கண்டாய் *

விண்ணொடுங்கக்கோடுயரும் வீங்கருவிவேங்கடத்தான் *

மண்ணொடுங்கத்தானளந்தமன்."

nal nenjE – Oh! My good mind that proved his existence;

viN odunga – All the upper worlds were pushed to a corner;

Kodu – peaks;

Vuyarum – exist tall and huge;

Veengaruvi – filled with waterfalls;

venkataththAn – one who gives divine darshan in thirumala;

maN – the whole landscape;

odunga – (in a corner under the divine feet) get collected;

thAn aLandha – one who measured;

maN – king;

vuLan kaNdAi – (protect us) and hence gains His presence;

vuththaman – purushOtaman, that supreme Lord;

endrum vuLan kandAi – present at all times (vowed to protect all of us);

vuLLuvAr vuLLaththu- In the hearts of those who meditate on Him;

vuLan kaNdAi – He does Nithya vAsam (ever present);

Introduction

Oh! Mind when the supreme Lord (master of one and all) as declared in the previous paasuram rejoices in our heart what do we need?

Commentary

(nal nenjE!) Azhvar calls his mind to be a good one.  What is the goodness of his mind?

If we say “He is present” the mind accepts the same without any argument.  Only when the mind accepts the fact, the very existence of the supreme Lord is proved and hence azhvar appreciates the goodness of his mind.

(vuLan kandAi) what is the purpose of the Lord’s existence?  Emperuman regards the very purpose of His existence is to protect the jeevatmas in all ways.

“echchAdha eva thava vishva padArththa saththA” [Srivaikuntha stavam 36]

[All objects gets their purpose by your wish]

Thereby the Lord protects us and makes His presence realized.

(vuththaman endRum vuLan kaNdAi) Whether we accept or not accept His existence that purushotama continues to be the savior. 

Don’t we need anything on our part?

So long for many many janmas that supreme Lord has been ever waiting for a suitable opportunity to enter our hearts. Till date we have placed a strong resistance to it but fortunately today He utilized the gap and has succeeded to enter.  Not stopping Him and giving space for His entry is the requirement.

(vuLLuvAruLLaththu vuLan kandAi) He enters and cherishes His stay in the hearts of those who accept and rejoice the entry of the Lord whole heartedly (Advesham and Abhimukyam)

The above two lines is an exact replica of the mudal thiruvandhAdhi 99^th paasuram.  The commentary also reflects the same.

(vuththaman endrum vuLan kandAi) If we consider our act of not stopping Him is the means (effort from our end) that is also not actually true as it was achieved only due to His tireless efforts for many many janmas (anadhikara efforts).  So, there is no effort from our end.

(viNNodunga kOduyarum veengaruvi vEnkataththAn) The one who resides in thirumala, with tall peaks as if pushing all the upper worlds to a corner, with waterfalls overflowing with water in all directions.  That Lord descended to Thirumals, with the basic motto of capturing the non-accepting minds of the Jeevas.  One of the many many efforts the Lord puts to enter our hearts;

Vin – the upper worlds; KOdu –peaks of thirumala hills;

The peaks symbolize the supremacy (paratvam) of Lord srinivasa;

(veengaruvi) the waterfalls are indicative of the divine grace of the Lord;

(maNNodunga thAnaLandha man) He measured the universe with His divine feet establishing His supremacy.  He the king and controller of everything in this world (His property);

(man) The whole drama of measuring the earth with one feet and the upper world with the other and snatching the kingdom of mahabali and granting the same to Indra thereby establishing His Ultimate power of taking control of His properties and distributing the same to anyone He wishes.  All this enacting is to make me accept Him and allow Him to enter my heart;

Now that He has finally succeeded in His long-time effort Oh! My good mind what shall we worry about!

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

MoondRam thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-39

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-39

“eRaiyAi  nilanAgi endisaiyum thAnAi

 maRaiyAi maRaiporuLAi vAnAi-piRaivAindha

veLLaththaruvi viLangolineer vEnkadaththAn

vuLlaththinuLLE vuLan”

"இறையாய் நிலனாகி எண்திசையும்தானாய் 
மறையாய் மறைப்பொருளாய் வானாய் - பிறைவாய்ந்த 
வெள்ளத்தருவி விளங்கொலிநீர் வேங்கடத்தான் 
உள்ளத்தினுள்ளேஉளன் ."

eRaiyAi – Master of one and all (sarvaswami);

nilanAgi – Antharyami (inner soul) of the earth;

eNdisaiyum thAnAi – one who pervades all the objects in all the eight directions;

maRaiyAi – one who preached the vedas;

maRai poruL Ai – one who is the meaning conveyed by the vedas;

vAn Ai-Administrator of the Nithya vibhoothi;

piRai vAindha-that which is close to the Chandra mandala (moon);

veLLam aruvi viLangu – that which is filled with waterfalls flooded with water;

oli neer – waterways that make sound;

vEnkadaththAn – The supreme Lord who resides in thirumala;

vuLlaththinuLLE vuLan – He resides inside my heart;

Introduction

That supreme Lord, embodiment of the whole universe, became very easily accessible to me, since he descended to Thirumala and from there into my heart he resides unable to move out;

Commentary

(eRaiyAi) Do you know who entered my heart Oh! That supreme power who is sarvaswamy, the master of one and all entered my heart;

(nilanAgi) He is the antaryami of the earth; The hidden agenda is to enter my heart;

(eNdisaiyum thAnAi) Inner soul of all the 8 directions;

Like police rounding off a whole area to catch a thief, to enter azhvar’s heart emperuman entered all objects in all the directions;

(maRaiyAi maraiporulAi) He by his ultimate grace delivered the Vedas and he is the one talked about fully in it, the very purpose of which is to make me cognize the good and bad, do’s and don’t’s. The knowledge of the Vedas made me realize finally that the goal of the sastras is to show Him to me;

(vAnAi) paramAkAsam-Paramapadam;

He is the controller of the Nithya mandalam;

“veedu thiruththuvAN” [Thiru 1-5-10]

After making the efforts to capture azhvar’s heart perumal gets involved in decorating the divine abode in such a way to welcome the divine soul, azhvar.  But during the in-between time before azhvar reaches paramapadam, perumal resides in Thirumala, to make azhvar enjoy in ecstasy as Lord in archavatara is the most easily accessible form;

(piRai vAindhaveLLaththaruvi viLangoLi neer vEnkadaththAn) The divine hill that is greatly elevated as if touching the Chandra mandal, waterfalls flooded with water gorgeously decorating the hill and number of waterways making pleasant sound is the divine abode of the supreme Lord Venkatesa.  He awaits the time to enter azhvar’s heart and bless him with divine service;

(vuLlaththin vuLlE vuLan) He now takes a permanent place in my heart; After achieving the goal all the other places of residence in nature, archa divyadesam doesn’t interest Him  as He rejoices inside my heart;

Interesting points from divyArthadeepikai of Sri Kanchi swamy

The same feel in the words of nammazhvar “malai mEl thAn nindRu en mannaththLlirundhAnai” (Thiruvaimozhi) 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam