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 99th
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
