{"id":11946,"date":"2016-10-20T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=11946"},"modified":"2016-10-20T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:27:51","slug":"thirumalai-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/thirumalai-26\/","title":{"rendered":"thirumAlai &#8211; 26 &#8211; pOdhellAm pOdhu koNdu"},"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\/10\/thirumalai-25\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/namperumal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7802\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/namperumal.jpg\" alt=\"namperumal\" width=\"280\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/namperumal.jpg 438w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/namperumal-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n<p>periya perumAL divines to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> \u201ceven if you did not have karma, gyAna, bhakthi yOgams which are prescribed for brAhmaNa, kshathriya and vaiSya men, you could still carry out worshipping and praising of me, as prescribed for all chEthanas\u201d. AzhwAr responds \u201cI did not have these also\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Let us look at the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n<p>\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u00a0 \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0ba4\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0bae\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u00a0 \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u00a0 \u0b95\u0bb2\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc7<br \/>\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc7.<\/p>\n<p><em>pOdhellAm pOdhu koNdu un ponnadi punaiya mAttEn<\/em><br \/>\n<em>thIdhila mozhigaL koNdu un thirukkuNam seppa mAttEn<\/em><br \/>\n<em>kAdhalAl nenjam anbu kalandhilEn adhu thannAlE<\/em><br \/>\n<em>EdhilEn arangaRku ellE enseyvAn thOnRinEnE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thirumalai-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17594367\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Word-by-word Meanings<\/h3>\n<p>pOdhu ellAm \u2013 at all times<br \/>\npOdhu koNdu \u2013 with flowers<br \/>\nun ponnadi \u2013 at your beautiful divine feet<br \/>\npunaiya mAttEn \u2013 am without strength to offer<br \/>\nthIdhu ilA \u2013 without faults<br \/>\nmozhigaL koNdu \u2013 with words<br \/>\nun thirukkuNam \u2013 your auspicious qualities<br \/>\nseppa mAttEn \u2013 am unable to recite<br \/>\nkadhAlAl anbu \u2013 the affection which comes out of love<br \/>\nnenjam \u2013 in my heart<br \/>\nkalandhilEn \u2013 have not made<br \/>\nadhu thannAlE \u2013 due to that<br \/>\narangaRku \u2013 you, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">SrI ranganAthan<\/a><br \/>\nEdhilEn \u2013 did not enjoy through any part of the body<br \/>\nellE \u2013 Oh!<br \/>\nen seyvAn \u2013 for what<br \/>\nthOnRinEnE \u2013 was I born?<\/p>\n<h3>vyAkhyAnam (commentary)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>pOdhellAm pOdhu koNdu un ponnadi punaiya mAttEn<\/strong> \u2013 It is proper to decorate your gold-like divine feet, with beautiful, fresh flowers, at all times. It is not that I was not eager in doing that. I did not have even the strength for doing that, says <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a>. While engaging in matters other than you, I had both the eagerness and the strength, but not in matters relating to you, is the opinion expressed here. vishNu dharmam 1.13 says \u201c<em>yau thath pUja karau karau<\/em>\u201d (only those are hands which worship hari). With the hands which were meant to worship you, I was worshipping inappropriate things which would cause harm to me both in this samsAram and in SrivaikuNtam. Among the two instances of usage of the word pOdhu, the first one refers to time and the second, to flower. <em>pOdhellAm punaiya mAttEn<\/em> \u2013 the opinion here is not that he is not able to worship all the time and could worship only at some of the times. He is not able to worship at any time at all, is the meaning here. vishNu dharmam, haryashtakam 70.84 says \u201c<em>sakruthuchcharitham yEna haririthyaksharadhvayam<\/em> I <em>badhdha: parikarasthEna mOkshAya gamanam prathi<\/em> II\u201d (through whomsoever the two syllable word hari has been pronounced, all the deeds which are to be done for going to mOksham have been done by him). Again, \u201c<em>sakruth smruthO\u2019pi\u00a0 gOvindhO nruNAm janma Sathai: krutham<\/em> I <em>pAparASim dhahathyASu thUlarASimivAnala:<\/em> II\u201d (gOvindhan, even if thought of once, will remove the swarm of sins committed in hundreds of births, just as fire destroys a huge heap of cotton). SrI rAma says in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 18.33 \u201c<em>sakrudhEva prapannAya thavAsmIthi\u00a0 cha yAchathE<\/em> I <em>abhayam sarvabhUthEbhyO dhadhAmyEthath vratham mama<\/em>\u00a0 II\u201c (I offer protection from all other creations to one who surrenders to me and one who prays to me after saying that he is my servitor. This is my oath). Thus in all the above-mentioned quotes, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s greatness is such that if a person were connected to him even once in his lifetime, emperumAn ensures that the person attains the path [to reach him]. AzhwAr laments that he was unable to worship him even once. emperumAn tells him \u201ceven if you have not been able to worship me with your body, but indulged instead in worldly matters, you could have praised me with your faculty of speech, at least\u201d. . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>thIdhilA mozhigaL koNdu un thirukkuNam seppa mAttEn<\/strong> \u2013 even if my words are faultless and beautiful, I am not able to talk about your auspicious qualities. vishNu dharmam 1.13 says \u201c<em>sA jihvA yA harIm sthauthi &#8230;<\/em>\u201d (that is tongue which praises hari); unlike this, my tongue, which was meant to praise you,\u00a0 does not roll when it comes to talking about you. However, when it comes to talking about lowly matters with lowly qualities, it is able to talk like an implement \u201cvAchchi\u201d which cuts across a palm leaf. <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> then says \u201ceven if your body and tongue are involved in worldly matters, at least with your heart [mind], you could show affection towards me\u201d . . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>kAdhalAl nenjam anbu kalandhilEn<\/strong> \u2013 in one particular matter, my heart has not exhibited affection borne out of love. As <a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-62\/\">bhagavath gIthA 2.62<\/a> says \u201c<em>sangAth sanjAyathE kAma: kAmAth krOdhO\u2019pi jAyathE<\/em>\u201d (desire results out of involvement in worldly matters. Anger results out of desire), if desire results out of involvement with worldly pursuits, it is possible to divert it towards your matter. Earlier, when I had shown affection towards women, it was with the ulterior motive of stealing their possessions. I did not have affection to truly love them. It is apt to think of the following authentic sources as proof of the above: 1) <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/alavandhar\/\">ALavandhAr<\/a> says in sthOthra rathnam 62 \u201c<em>smaraparavaSO vanchanapara:<\/em> \u201c (I am lecherous and cheat the women who\u00a0 respond to my lust); 2) vishNu purANam 3.7.30 says \u201c<em>paramasuhrudhi bAndhavE kaLathrE sutha thanayA pithrumAthru bhruthruthyavarkkE\u00a0 <\/em>I<em> SadamathrupyAthi yO\u2019rththathrushNAm thamadhamachEshtamavEhi nAsya bhaktham <\/em>\u00a0II\u201c (the person with depraved intelligence who runs after the possessions of close friend, relative, wife, children, parents, servants \u2013know that such a mean person is not a devotee of emperumAn).<\/p>\n<p><strong>adhu thannAlE EdhilEn<\/strong> \u2013 while I should be involved with at least one among the three channels of manam, vAkku, mey (mind, speech and body) to attain the benefit that great people attain by geting involved with, I do not have even that. Hence I have nothing. <em>arangarku EdhilEn<\/em> \u2013 as said in bhagavath gIthA 5.29 \u201c<em>suhrutham sarvabhUthAnAm<\/em>\u201d (exhibiting good thoughts towards all beings) and as said in sthOthra rathnam 18 \u201c<em>vaSi vadhAnyO guNavAn ruju: Suchi: mrudhur dhayALur madhura: sthiras sama: <\/em>I<em> kruthi kruthagyas thvamaSi svabhAvathas samastha kalyANaguNAmruthOdhadhi <\/em>II \u201c (one who is under the charge of his followers; gifting himself to his followers; being harmonious[with his mind, speech and action]; having purity [to shower on followers without any reason]; unable to bear separation from followers; unable to tolerate (their) sorrow; being sweet; being steadfast (in his followers\u2019 goals); being equal (to all those who take refuge under him); carrying out followers\u2019 deeds as his own; magnifying even the smallest good deed of his followers; you are by nature, the repository, as an ocean of nectar, of all auspicious qualities), you have the honesty of being in harmony through your mind, speech and action in matters concerning your followers. I am without anything towards such an entity as you, who has come to SrIrangam so that people can see you for themselves instead of merely hearing about you through SAsthras.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ellE<\/strong> \u2013 oh, how terrible! I have not lost you because you are not near me; I have not lost you because you are not appropriate; I have not lost you because you are having a habit of finding faults with me; I lost you only because of my sin. This entity called <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">AthmA<\/a> became wasted instead of being a part of the <em>kausthubamaNi <\/em>(a pendant worn by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> on his chest) that you like so much. I have gone too far away from you, who is referred to by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thirumangai-azhwar\/\">thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a> in his periya thirumozhi 3.7.6 \u201c<em>arangaththuRaiyum inthuNaivan<\/em>\u201d (sweet companion who dwells in SrIrangam). Have I lost out because you are like a medicine, which is good for the body but bitter to taste? No, just as milk itself doubles up as medicine, you are the sweet person who also grants mOksham; yet I lost you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>en seyvAn thOnRinEnE<\/strong> \u2013 vishNu thathvam says \u201c<em>vichithrA dhEha sampaththi<\/em>\u201d (this wondrous body has been gifted to worship emperumAn) \u2013 instead of putting to use the limbs that emperumAn gifted in worshipping him, I had wasted them; why was I born? My birth, instead of benefitting anyone, has become the cause for many bad deeds for others as well as for myself, says the <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let us now move on to the 27th 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) periya perumAL divines to AzhwAr \u201ceven if you did not have karma, gyAna, bhakthi yOgams which are prescribed for brAhmaNa, kshathriya and vaiSya men, you could still carry out worshipping and praising of me, as prescribed for all chEthanas\u201d. &#8230; <a title=\"thirumAlai &#8211; 26 &#8211; pOdhellAm pOdhu koNdu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/thirumalai-26\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thirumAlai &#8211; 26 &#8211; pOdhellAm pOdhu koNdu\">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-11946","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\/11946","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=11946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}