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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-6 (contd.)

 

(SiriyAr sivapattAr seppil) The Buddhist and Jains did not even accept the 
pramanams. But the saivaites accept the pramanams (the Vedas) to an extentbut 
still they are unable to understand the pramEyam (bhagavan, Sri:pathi)properly. 
It has been declared in all the Vedas that emperuman is both the 
nimiththakAranam and the upAdhAna kAranam but the saivaites argue that heis 
only the nimiththakAranam. While deciding whom the parabrahmam is, they choose 
a naran (jeevatma) leaving the parAthparan, narayanan. So they are considered 
as siRRarivinar (people with little knowledge).

 

[While making a pot, we require a potter, clay and the rod for shaping the pot. 
Out of these the potter who has knowledge to make the pot and who intends to 
make it is called as the nimiththakAranam. The clay used is calledas the 
upAdhAna kAranam and the rod is called as sahakAri kAranam. According to our 
sampradayam emperuman, Sriman nArAyanan remains as all three karanams in the 
srushti of the world. How he remains as all three is a big vedantic discussion 
not pertaining to our subject at present.]

 

(seppil) Even trying to talk about the above said people is so disheartening. 
They have a philosophy and practice that makes even the sathvikas who have a 
great control over their senses to get angry. So though it is not so good for 
us to talk about these people still for the sake of making others understand 
the differences in the philosophies it becomes necessary.

 

(veriAya) ?sarvagandha:? declares the Vedas the greatness of emperuman. 
Emperuman is like a collection of all sweet smelling objects. This indicates 
his niradhisaya bhOkyathvam (the supreme among the things that have to be 
enjoyed). But don?t the flowers also have a sweet smell what is special about 
emperuman?

 

(mAyanai) Ashcharyabhoothan-The one who has the great qualities and talent that 
surprises everyone. He is the one who creates, sustains and destroys this world 
of mAyai and hence called as mAyan. ?mAyAm thu prakruthim vidhyAn mAyinam thu 
mahEswaram? (know the prakruthi (nature) to be the mAyaiand the maheswaran to 
be the mAyi) declares the Vedas.

 

If he is a person of surprise then will he be hard at heart? 

 

(mAlavanai) He has a special soft corner for his devotees.

 

(mAdhavanai) On top of all these he is lakshminAthan. Thayar is a 
personification of love and grace. Being her husband emperuman has the same 
love and affection towards his devotees.

 

(A-thAdhAr) those who do not praise this supreme emperuman

 

(AdhalAl EnavarE endru) So they are considered to be lowly since they do not 
praise that loveable sri:pathi.

(veriyAya?A-thAdhAr EnavarE) People in this world get attracted to anything 
that is beautiful and enjoyable. But in spite of emperuman being ? 
sarvagandhan? if one does not appreciate him then what to say about that 
person? Some don?t get attracted to just sight and look into the action. But in 
spite of emperuman?s surprising activities if one doesn?t appreciate him then 
what to say about his knowledge? Some don?t appreciate beauty or knowledge but 
fall for one?s loving nature. What to say about a person who doesn?t even 
appreciate the great love emperuman shows towardshis devotees who are filled 
with sins? On top of all these shouldn?t one appreciate emperuman not for his 
qualities but for the great grace showered on each one of us by his spouse 
Sridevi nAchiyar? If one person exists like a hard rock ignoring all these then 
he is supposed to be the lowest ofthe lowest human being. Today he is like that 
but probably he will climb up the stairs some other day and understand
the grace and love of the divya dampathis.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan


 

 

 



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