Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 10th verse-Sri Ramanujacharya always praises the Lotus Feet of PeyAzhwAr

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Unto seven verses, it is considered as an introduction

to Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi. They were also to extol

the greatness of Ramanuja. The following verses of the

work are Acharya’s involvement on each AzhwAr and

their work. He starts off with the anusanthAnam on

mudhalaazhwaars, namely Poigai, bhU and PeyAzhwArs.

 

10th verse on PEyAzhwAr:

 

manniya pEriruL maaNtapin kOvaluL maamalaraaL

thannotu maayanaik kaNtamai kaattum thamizththalaivan

ponnadi pORRum iraamaa NnuchaRkanpu pooNtavar_thaaL

chenniyiR chootum thiruvutai yaarenRum cheeriyarE. 10

 

After the removal of darkness from human beings due to

the first two AzhwArs' grace, pEyAzhwAr described the

beauty of PiraaTTi samEtha Sriya: Pathih Sriman

Narayanan as "ThirukkaNdEN; pon mEni kaNdEn". Sri

Ramanujacharya always praises the Lotus Feet of

PeyAzhwAr. Those blessed ones- BhAgyasaalis- who place

the Feet of Bhagawathas (adorning themselves with

their bhatki towards Sri Ramanuja) on their heads like

the most fragrant flowers, are ALWAYS GREAT.

 

Vishaya praavaNyam; Athma, Paramaathma thattva jnAnam

were established and cleared from the first two

hundreds of Poigai and BhUthatthArs respectively. Now

PEyAzhwAr categorically announced that what he saw

Thirukkovaloor Gopan KaNNan- SarvEshwaran- who showed

Himself with PiraaTTi- SrI vishtan – Sriya: Pathi

Sriman Narayanan alone is ParamAthmA. He blessed us

with purest Tamil this most wonderful PoorNa upadEsam

and hence EmperumAnAr praises this greatest

PEyAzhwAr’s lotus feet.

 

PEyAzhwAr alone is the One who decared the exact Truth

of PiraaTTi visishta Sriman Narayanan- Gopan KaNNan is

the Ultimate Parama purushan and he saw Them together.

He blessed us with crystal clear truth leaving no

vagueness in his verses. His lotus feet are praised by

Emperumaanaar.

 

[Extract from Sri Sadagopan Swami’s write up] Azhwar

asserts here that Periya Piratti residing on the

golden lotus is ALWAYS OUR REFUGE. She stays on the

Lord's chest forever and does not leave that spot even

for the fraction of a second (ahalahillEn iRayumenru

alarmEl mangai uRaihinRAL ).

 

Until Her purushakAram [recommendation] comes our way,

there is no way in which we will receive BhagavAn's

anugraham. She is therefore THE UPAAYAM. She then

stands together with Her Lord as UpEyam as well.

Therefore, Her grace protects us both before and after

Prapatthi. pEy AzhwAr uses the word "vaNN†in his

final pasuram, when describing the auspicious

qualities of Periya PirAtti. The word "VaNN" means

the most generous, compassionate Mother ( UdhAra

SvarUpi).

 

Abhinava Desikan, Sri UttamUr Swami cites the

interpretation of ParAsara Bhattar in connection with

the UdhAra souseelyam of

Periya Piraatti in his Sri Sooktham VyAkhyANam :

 

Eisvaryam akshara gathim paramam padham vaa

kasmaichith anjaliparam vahathE vidheerya I

asmai na kimchith uchitham krutham ithyathAmbha

tvam lajjasE kathaya kOyam udhAra bhaava: II

 

After conferring MahA Isvaryam, the eternal state in

parama padham for the mere holding of our palms

together before You, You, my

dear Mother shyly wonder whether You have done enough

for us. Such is Your unmatched generosity!

 

In the spirit of Sri Sooktham (the Khila Rk of Rg

Vedham ), pEy Azhwar rightfully starts his prabhandham

with the declaration†ThirukkaNDEN "

and concludes his andhAthi with the concession, " taNN

thuzhAi taazh varai maarbhan muyangum THIRU ". Hereâ€

the anyOnya lakshyam†of the divya dampathis is

celebrated in the traditional vEdhic way. pEy

AzhwAr states that the Lord with His chest adorned by

the cool TuLasi garlands can not function and go about

performing His duties as SaraNAgatha Rakshakan without

Her power. Hence, He tightly embraces Her on His

chest so that She does not leave Him even for a

fraction

of a second. She has no intention of leaving Him

either even for a fraction of second. [if she does,

probably we are the losers] Such is the anyOnya

Bhaandhavam (relationship) of our divine parents

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan