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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas

Hereafter AzhwAr enjoys many verses on the cowherd
Boy- KaNNan. 

Aadhi aadhi aadhi nee Or aNdam aadhi aathalaal
sOthiyaatha sOthi nee adhu uNmaiyil viLanginaay
vEdhamaagi vELviyaagi viNNinOdu maNNumaay
aadhiyaagi aayanaaya maayam eNnna maayamE?     (34)

You are three causes; Thus You are the upAdhAna
kaaraNam and hence You perform the unparralled
unimaginable deed of creating, sustaining and
protecting the huge vast Universe (prakruthi
maNdalam); You are the jYothiswarUpI! The One who is
beyond the Space (Prakruthi)- who is beyond
comprehension even! When such is the case, You also
appeared as a vyUha avathAram as jyOthi (in Dhivya
mangaLa vigraham)! That is not a wonder too due to
Your great sowlabhya guNA! 

Such a Lordhsip- You appeared verily as Vedas
themselves (which are prmANAs ? proof for us- as they
are apourushEyam- authorless); You are the ArAdhana
(prayers) mentioned in those Vedas elaborately! You
are also the fruits obtained by performing those pUja-
ArAdhanA; Thus You are moksha sthAna, bhOgasthAnaas;
You are thus the cause of everything; 

And above all these, You appeared as an illiterate,
innocent Kutti KaNNan as if You do not know anything!
What a maayam! (Ascharyam- wonder!)

All deeds actions, beings and non beings have causes
and they are three types: upAdhAnam [material cause],
nimittha kAraNam (efficient or instrumental cause) and
sahakaari kaaraNam (auxiliary cause). For example to
make a pot, we need to have materials, i.e clay, the
knowledge to make a pot from the clay and the
auxiliary materials like the shaft, waters etc.. They
are called respectively, upAdhAnam, nimittham and
sahakaari. All are the same in our case for the
Universe creation and actions as He alone is all three
causes. Only from saasthrAs can one learn this-
saasthrayOnithvaath. 

The Brahman with subtle (sUkshma) chit and achit
tatvas as his body/mode/attribute
(Sareeram/Prakaaram/Viseshanam-Dharmam) gets the
expanded (sthUla) chit and achit tatvas as his
body/mode/attribute
(Sareeram/Prakaaram/Viseshanam-Dharmam). Therefore the
Brahman is the upAdAna kAraNam ? material cause of the
universe. As the Brahman wishes (Sankalpam) and
creates the universe as told above, he is the
nimiththa kAraNam ? efficient cause. As the Brahman is
having infinite and divine powers which are
extraordinary and beyond the reach of our sense
organs, he needs no other accessories (Sahakaari) in
this creation. 
The verses of the Upanishad "Yenaasrutam Srutam
Bhavathi..." etc., and the example of clay quoted by
the Upanishad beyond doubt establishes that the
Brahman is the material cause (upAdAna kAraNam) of the
universe. Here an important aspect has to be noted.
Just the mere existence of clay (cause) is not enough
for imparting the knowledge of things made of clay
like pot (effect). Therefore the term "Yena" here has
to be understood as "By knowing which". This
enlightens us by imparting knowledge about the fact
that Brahman is absolutely with infinite
auspicious/divine characteristics/attributes that are
peerless. "Uthatam Aadesam Apraakshaya:" is summarised
as follows: Udaalaka asked his son Swethakethu "Have
you known the Brahman who is having absolutely
infinite auspicious/divine attributes like omniscience
(sarvagnyatvam), omnipotence (sarvasakthitvam) and
omnipresence (sarvavyaapakatvam) and is the only
material cause of the universe?" [from Sri MS Hari?s
wrote up] 
 
But Brahman- the Lord is akilahEya prathyaneekan- the
One who does not get affected by impurities and
imperfections! 

Thus being the Sarva kaaraNan ? none can be except
You. None can comprehend You just by logic or anumANam
(yukthi); you will have to be understood only with
saasthrAs. [naishA tharkkENa mathirApanEyA] 

Such greatest You- jyOthiswarUpi at Paramapadham also
appeared as Vaasudeva, SankarshNa, Pradhyumna,
Aniruddhan in vyUha avathArams with same Parathvam; 

But even in Rama avathAram You showed Your divinity ?
one can say- in jatAyu mOksham; Sabhari mOksha saakshi
bhUthan; ahalyA Saapa vimOchanam incident; and others.
However You appeared as infant cowherd child ?
jArachOra sikhAmaNi- stealing butter, curd and ghee-
and caught by the illiterate woman and be tied down by
a small rope. You the object and ArAdhyan of Vedas-
the fruit of Vedas appeared as Kutti KaNNan. This is
athyAscharyam (wonder of all wonders). Your being
Sarva kaaraNan and still unaffected by imperfections
is nothing compared to this wonder of all wonders.

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan     


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