{"id":11650,"date":"2016-10-04T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2016-10-04T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T07:43:00","slug":"thirumalai-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/thirumalai-21\/","title":{"rendered":"thirumAlai &#8211; 21 &#8211; paNivinAl manamadhonRi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/thirumalai\/\">Full series<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/thirumalai-20\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/periyaperumal-art-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11294\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/periyaperumal-art-4.jpg\" alt=\"periyaperumal-art-4\" width=\"546\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/periyaperumal-art-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/periyaperumal-art-4-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a>\u2019s heart told him \u201cif you cannot leave periya perumAL, you can attempt to measure his beauty and enjoy that experience\u201d to which AzhwAr responds \u201coh my dear heart! your idea of measuring his beauty and knowing about him is like your ignorance and the resultant loss since time immemorial when you did not have the firmness to enjoy his beauty\u201d. Let us first enjoy the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n<p>\u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae \u0ba4\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u00a0\u00a0\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1<br \/>\n\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc7! \u0ba8\u0bc0 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0baf\u0bbe \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b95\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0bae\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>paNivinAL manama dhonRip pavaLavAy aranganArkku<\/em><br \/>\n<em>thuNivinAl vAzhamAttath thollai nenjE! nI sollAy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>aNiyinAr sempon Aya aruvarai anaiya kOyil <\/em><br \/>\n<em>maNiyinAr kidandhavARRai manaththinAl ninaikkalAmE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thirumalai-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17594352\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Word-for-Word Meanings<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>pavaLa vAy \u2013 having divine mouth like coral<br \/>\naranganArkku \u2013 in the matter of thiruvarangan (SrI ranganAthan)<br \/>\npaNivinAl \u2013 being humble<br \/>\nmanam adhu onRi \u2013 (in matter relating to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>) keeping the mind in harmony<br \/>\nthuNivinAl \u2013 with determination, boldness<br \/>\nvAzhamAttA \u2013 unable to live<br \/>\nthollai nenjE \u2013 since time immemorial, having lost out in bhagavath vishayam (matter relating to emperumAn), Oh my heart!<br \/>\naNiyin Ar \u2013 perfectly beautiful<br \/>\nsem pon Aya \u2013 made of reddish gold<br \/>\naru varai anaiya \u2013 like the great mEru parvatha (a mountain in the higher worlds)<br \/>\nkOyil \u2013 in the temple<br \/>\nmaNiyinAr \u2013 emperumAn shining like a blue diamond<br \/>\nkidandha ARRai \u2013 the beauty of lying down and sleeping<br \/>\nmanaththinAl \u2013 through the mind (or heart)<br \/>\nninaikkal AmE \u2013 is it possible to measure?<br \/>\nnI sollAy \u2013 you please tell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>vyAkhyAnam (Explanatory Notes)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>paNivinAl manamadhonRi<\/strong> \u2013 resolving that \u201cshall bow down to periya perumAL\u201d redeeming the mind from worldly matters and involving deeply in this [<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s] matter. <em>onRugai<\/em> \u2013 being in harmony. All that is expected of us is to indicate the resolve to remove the mind from all other matters and involve, as per the <em>svarUpam<\/em> (true nature) in <em>bhagavath vishayam<\/em> (matter relating to <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>). Since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> addresses <em>nenjE<\/em> [heart] and says <em>manamadhu onRi<\/em> [with mind in harmony], he indicates to thought here, which is the activity of heart. Even if one were to bow down to anyone other than emperumAn, one cannot say for sure that they will show compassion. They may or they may not. Even if they take pity, it may not lead to good results. In SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 36.11, rAvaNa says \u201c<em>dhvidhA bhajyEyamapyEvam na namEyam thu kasyachith<\/em> I <em>Esha mE sahajO dhOsha: svabhAvO dhurathikrama:<\/em> II\u201d &#8211; even if I were to be split into two parts, I will not bow down to anyone like this. This is my fault which has been there since birth. Is it possible to overcome one\u2019s basic nature?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the case of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, it is enough if one were to change the vow that \u201cI will not bow\u201d It is enough if we indicate to emperumAn who, for a very long time, is engaging in creation, incarnation etc, desiring \u201cwill the chEthana (sentient entity) not involve with me\u201d that I have changed. Even if we bow down completely to emperumAn that act is not going to yield the result. It is emperumAn\u2019s mercy which is going to. If what the samsAri does (bowing) is not the cause for any benefit, then how did this become a cause for emperumAn\u2019s mercy? Just as, when a person raises his arm to hit another person, even if he does not hit him, the other person will remember for his life this act of the first mentioned person which had disgraced him. In the same way, when we bow to emperumAn, he remembers this act of the samsAri. ALavandhAr says in sthOthra rathnam 28 \u201c<em>thvadhanghri muthdhisya kadhApi kEnachith yathAthathA vA\u2019pi sakruth kruthOnjali:<\/em> I <em>thadhaiva mushNAthyaSubhAnya SEshatha: SubhAni pushNAthi na jAthu hIyathE<\/em> II\u201d \u2013 if someone had at some point of time, in some way carried out <em>anjali<\/em> [folding the palms together as a mark of obeisance] towards you, his sins are removed at that time itself. The benefits grow multifold; they never reduce. In mahAbhAratham SAnthi parvam 46.163, the same meaning is conveyed \u201c<em>EkO\u2019pi krishNE sukrutha: praNAmO dhaSASvamEdha avabhruthEna thulya:? <\/em>I <em>dhaSASvamEdhI punarEthi janma krishNapraNAmO na punarpbhavAya <\/em>II\u201d \u2013 can the benefit of carrying out a salutation to krishNa be compared to the benefit of carrying out ten <em>aSvamEdha<\/em>? [an aSvamEdha was a practice in olden days when a king, to prove his superiority would let his horse wander all over the place and if anyone holds the horse, the king will defeat that person and establish his rule in that place] (It should not be done, because) the one who carries out ten aSvamEdha is born again in this samsAram while there is no <em>janma<\/em> (birth) for the one who has worshipped krishNa. gAruda purANam 11.26 says \u201c<em>anjali: paramA mudhrA kshipram dhEvaprasAdhinI<\/em>\u201d \u2013 anjali, which makes <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a> very happy , is a superior identification [to show one\u2019s humility]. Thus emperumAn is pleased with the chEthana and shows mercy on him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>pavaLavAy aranganArkku<\/strong> \u2013 if <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> gets someone who shows the initial signs of involvement with him, he comforts that person for all the loss that he had suffered all these days with his coral-like mouth. <em>aranganArkku<\/em> \u2013 \u201cwhen he comes near me with involvement, I should not be too far away from him\u201d and hence he stays permanently close-by at thiruvarangam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>thuNivinAl vAzhamAtta<\/strong> \u2013 it is his supreme form that creates humility in the chEthana as well as determination and stimulates him to enjoy the experience<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>pavaLavAy aranganArkku manamadhonRi thuNivinAl vAzhamAtta<\/strong> \u2013 the chEthana did not have the determination to enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> all along. It is only determination that is required now to enjoy. mahAbhAratham SAnthi parvam 324.47 says \u201c<em>vyavasAyAdhruthE brahman! nAsAdhayAthi thath param<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Oh brAmaNa! He will not attain that paravasthu (<a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>) if he does not have mental strength \u2013 janaka, who was clear in the path to attain <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> told his AchAryan vEdhavyAsa that it is only determination which is the unblemished means to attain brahmam [supreme entity].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>thollai nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 looking at his heart, the <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> says \u201cit is only due to a lack of determination that you have lost out all along to enjoy in this matter\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>nI sollAy<\/strong> \u2013 you can now very well say that it is due to ignorance that you had lost enjoying this, all along and now you can enjoy <em>bhagavath vishayam<\/em> (emperumAn related matters). He is hinting that this is also due to ignorance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aNiyinAr semponAya aruvaraiyanaiya kOyil <\/strong>\u2013 <em>mahA mEru parvatham<\/em> (the great mEru mountain) is referred to as one that is beautiful and made of reddish gold. The temple in thiruvarangam is very much like that mEru. Since this temple is like an ornament to samsAram, the term <em>aNiyinAr <\/em>will suit well. Since it looks very much like reddish golden colour, <em>semponAya<\/em> will also suit it. Since it is stable like a mountain and is the basis for the entire world, the term <em>aruvaraiyanaiya<\/em> will also suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>maNiyanAr kidhandhavARRai<\/strong> \u2013 if that mEru mountain were to be pierced in the centre, and it puffs up all around, and a blue gem were to be found in the centre, it would be like periya perumAL lying in a sleeping posture under the turret of Srirangam kOyil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>kidandhavARRai manaththinAL ninaikkalAmE<\/strong> \u2013 looking at the beauty of his sleeping posture, is it possible to esimate his beauty with one\u2019s heart? It may be possible to even estimate his svarUpam (basic nature) and his auspicious qualities but it is not possible to put an estimate to his physical beauty, is <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a>\u2019s opinion. If it is possible to think of something other than through the mind, it may be possible to measure his beauty. [in other words, it is impossible to measure his beauty].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We shall now take up the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> pAsuram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr\u2019s heart told him \u201cif you cannot leave periya perumAL, you can attempt to measure his beauty and enjoy that experience\u201d to which AzhwAr responds \u201coh my dear heart! your idea of measuring his beauty and knowing about him &#8230; <a title=\"thirumAlai &#8211; 21 &#8211; paNivinAl manamadhonRi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/thirumalai-21\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thirumAlai &#8211; 21 &#8211; paNivinAl manamadhonRi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-thirumalai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}