MoondRAm thiruvandhAdhi-paasuram-44

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-44

“vulagamum oozhiyum Azhiyum onkezh

 Alar kadhirum sentheeyum AvAn- palakadhirgaL

 pAriththa paimpon mudiyAn adiyinAikkE

 pooriththen nenjE puri”

en nenjE! – Oh my mind!

vulagamum – the worlds;

oozhiyum – the time of pralaya (complete destruction);

Azhiyum – the oceans;

oN kEzh alar kadhirum – The Chandra and surya who possess beautiful colourful rays;

sem theeyum – Red coloured blazing fire;

AvAn – one who is the embodiment of all the above;

pala kadhirgaL pAriththa – emitting multiple rays;

paim pon mudiyAn- the lord with the golden crown;

adi eNaikkE – to His divine feet;

pooriththu puri – completely aspire;

Introduction

Oh mind! Aspire to surrender to the divine feet of the supreme Lord, the possessor of the two vibhuthis (divine wealth)

Commentary

(vulagamum AvAn) He is everthing; Anything in this world is part of His body and He is the antaryami inside every chetana or achetana (sentient and non-sentient objects)

(oozhiyum AvAn) All the objects created during srushti are destructed during pralaya and the kAla tattva (concept of time) alone remains.  That oozhi kAlA is also His prakAra (inseparable part of divinity)

(Azhiyum AvAn) The ocean (pralaya jala) that engulfs the whole creation is also His inseparable portion; It might also refer to the extremely powerful objects during creation itself viz. oceans

(oN keezh alar kadhir AvAn) The sun, moon with glowing colour and glittering rays are all part of Him;

(sentheeyum AvAn) Blazing fire is also His part;

Not stopping with the leela vibhuthi that has been explained all along azhvar further highlights the greatness of the master of the supreme world (nitya vibhuthi) and instructs his mind to surrender to that supreme master

(pala kadhirgal pAriththa paimpon mudiyAn)

“divi Soorya sahasrasya bhaveth yugapadhuththithA / yadhi bhA: sadhruseesA syAt bhAsas tasya mahAtmana: (BG 11-12)

[If thousand suns raise in the sky at the same time probably that light can be equated to the glow of paramatma]

“kadhirAyirmiravi kalandhu eriththAl oththa neeN mudiyan” (peri thiru 4-1-1)

With the glow of 1000 suns and with inspiring golden crown that Lord remains in the divine abode;

 In the 5^th verse azhvar equated the crown to one sun “mudivaNNam Or Azhi vaiyOn” not getting satisfied now he says “pala kadhirgaL pAriththa paimpon mudiyAn”

Kadhir can either mean sun or the rays.  While considering it to mean ‘rays’ the eloquent golden crown emits multiple rays.

Thereby azhvar elaborated on the Nithya vibhoothi nAdhaththvam (possessor of the divine abode).  So?

(nenjE! mudiyAnadiyiNaikkE pooriththu puri) Oh my fitting mind go and fall and rejoice under the mutually matching divine feet of the Lord, possessor of two divine worlds adoring the exquisite crown.

(mudiyAn adiyinaikkE) His Head and other parts might be very powerful and divine but still as per our nature it is more fitting to fall to His feet like an infant relishing the mother’s chest.

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam