Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-54
?dEvarAi nirkkum ath dEvum athdEvaril moovarAi niRkum mudhu
puNarppum-yAvarAi niRkindradellAm
nedumAlendru OrAdhAr karkindRadellAm
kadai? Azhvar?s inglorious words towards
rudra and other devas (?pollAdha devarai?) made a few enquire, ?Is your lord
also not counted one among the devas as upEndran; is he not called as Vishnu
among the tri moorthis? So whatever disgraceful words you say towards the devas
is it not applicable to your lord
too?? Infuriated by the above query thirumazhisai piran answers ?Oh you fools!
The sastras do talk about upendran and Vishnu. But without realizing that the
antharyami to these devas is none other than Sriman Narayanan all your erudition
becomes utter waste (dEvarAi niRkum athdEvum)
Surprisingly Vishnu is one among the 12 Adhityas (son of adhiti, the dEva
mAtha). Moreover he took
incarnation as upEndra (vamana) (ath dEvaril moovarAi niRkum mudhu puNarppum) The first and foremost
among the devas are the mumoorthis (Brahma, Vishnu and siva) Even among them
Vishnu plays a primordial role. (moovarAi niRkum) One interpretation is that Vishnu is one among the
mummoorthis. But our acharyas here
aptly interpret that Sriman Narayanan himself resides as antharyAmi inside all
the three moorthis. (mudhu puNarppum) the primordial incarnation with the name Vishnu
(mudhumai-ancient; puNarppu- sankalpa, thought) In his Srirangaraja stava 2-5 Sri Parasara bhattar
says, ?madhyEvirinja girisam prathamAvadhAra? [Oh! ArangA! You took the first
incarnation between the brahma rudras.
Probably it was to befuddle the jeevatmas thinking you to be equal to the
brahma rudras. If you wanted to
hide your svaroopa doing so then why did you in the same avatara show your
paratva through sattva guna pravarthanam and also protecting the brahma rudras
through your goodwill?] Sri periyavachan pillai aptly chooses this pramana to explain the above part of this paasuram. Is he the antharyami of Vishnu alone? Oh! No He is the antharyami of all
chetanas. (yAvarAi niRkindradhu ellAm) In all forms whether it is devas (immortal
beings), manushas (human beings), triyak (fauna) or stavaram (flora) resides a
jeevatma. Bhagavat geetha declares, ?avinAsi tu tat vidhdhi yEna sarvamidham tatam?
[2.17] (understand the sentient object inside all the insentient objects to be
immortal) (dEvarAi?.ellAm nedumAl)Here Appillai comments,?dEvas, primarily the
brahma rudras and all other creations are servient to the lord-prakAramAi
sEsham? (yAvarAi niRkindradellAm nedumAl endru OrAdhAr) One who doesn?t realize
the omnipresent nature of Sriman Narayanan residing in all the created objects
including upendran and Vishnu; (nedumAl endru OrAdhar karkindradellAm kadai) whatever they have learnt
is barren. This illiteracy and
ignorance will push them more and more into this dreadful ocean of
samsAram. ?vidhyA anya
silpanaipuNyam? [All other learning are equal to learning to stitch a slipper]
states the Vishnu purana. (To
Be Continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee Sumithra
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