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Dear Sri Sudarshan Swamin,

Something in your beautiful post on Thirupavai caught
my attention. In the second pasuram Andal says "paraman
adi pAdi"; she is also going to follow up in the third
pasuram with "uththaman pEr pAdi". In neither case did
she say "paramanai pAdi" or "uththamanai pAdi". I have
heard the latter being used in upanyasams to show that
His nAma alone is sufficient to save us - that nAma 
sankeertanam is the highest form of bhakti. But, what 
does she mean by paraman adi pAdi - why sing only about
His lotus feet? I invite scholars to comment.

AdiyEn's feeble attempt at understanding this. It is 
truly impossible to sing about the Lord in His complete 
divya mangaLa rUpam. Singing about one part alone is 
therefore more than enough and probably only that much 
is possible. And if one had to select one part of His 
form, which one better than His lotus feet - the refuge 
of one and all, small or great.

Even if one were to try to describe His entire form,
it is at the feet that one would start - as shown by
Thiruppanazhvar and Periyazhvar.

Also, by showing that He has feet, it follows that He
has a full divine form which corrects those who say
He is formless, without qualities, etc.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

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