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Sri
Srimathe nigamAntha mahAdesikAya namaha

Dear Smt.Kalaivani,

In addition to Sri.Sadagopan mama's reply, one can look at it from this
point of view as well. Mohini was not a purnAvataram of the Lord unlike
Ramar, Krishnar and Narasimhar. Mohini-avatAram was an avatAram where the
Lord empowers a jiivatmA named Mohini to accomplish certain tasks. One was
to make sure that the AsurAs did not get Amrutham after Samudra Manthanam.

The allegoric significance is that even great devotees like Parameshwaran
can lose control of indriyams. Since Parameshwaran is treated as a baddha
jIvatma, he is bound by the rules of samsAra where the focus of the
indriyams lie. Even Narada falls prey to this. The story where Narada is
wedded and has a family life is the result of maya of the lord. Naradar is
one of the famous 14 Brahmacharis. Even Rishi Vishwamitrar gets into samsAra
with an apsara.

Coming to Ayyappan, the latter is not worshipped as Narayana by Sri
Vaishnavas since he is not a purnAvataram. After finishing the task of
Bhamasura, the lord divests his powers from Mohini, whereby she becomes a
plain jIvatma. Since she had the sambandham with sriman naarayanar, Ayyappan
is revered as harihara putram.

As with other devatAs, Ayyappan is to be considered as a baddha jIvatma and
a great devotee of perumAl.

Hope this answers your queries.

Regards,

Malolan Cadambi





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