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Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya 
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE 
Namaha Sri 
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha   Paasuram-56  ?avarivar endrillai anangavEl tAdaikku  yavarum edir ellai 
kaNdeer-vuvariK  kadal nanjamundAn kadan 
endru vANar  kudanindru tORRAn 
orungu?   Azhvar tried advising and getting people to the right 
track but all in vain. So azhvar refrained from his act and stopped by saying, 
?nedumAlE! Ninadiyai yArOdha vallAravar? Immediately the devotees of rudra said, 
?Oh! Azhveer we don?t mind you talking great of your lord but then don?t forget 
that there is one another rudra equal to him.  It was rudra who swallowed the deadly 
poison that emerged from the milky ocean during amruthamadhanam and saved one 
and all.? Azhvar couldn?t keep quiet so he clarifies, ?The same rudra vowed to 
save bhanasuran but failed to do the same against Krishna.  How can he be called as the saviour? 
There is absolutely no one equal to 
sarvEsvaran?   (anagavEl tAdaikku avarivar endrillai yavaraum edir ellai kaNdeer) No one 
can be really compared with the great elegant emperuman regarded as ?manmadha 
manmadhan? (Beautiest beauty).  
Irrespective of the intellectual or the non-intellectual no one can even 
come near the greatness of Sriman Narayanan.  Do you 
understand?   (anangavEl tAdaikku yavarum edir ellai) neither anyone equals his beauty 
nor they equal his virility.   (avar evar)    
avar-refers to those at a distance             
            
evar-refers to those nearby   Here evar refers to the chetanas close to azhvar and avar refers to the 
brahma rudras in the deva lokam at a 
distance from the manushya lokam.  
Those in this world are deficient in knowledge and power when compared to 
the brahma rudras but in comparison with the divine lord there is not much 
difference between the chetanas here or in the deva lokam.  None of them can equal the divine 
lord.   (yAvarum edir ellai kaNdeer)It may be rudra or the devas underneath him 
none of then can match the greatness of the lord.     If you 
have not realized this fact till now let me make the point clear, says 
azhvar   Another objection was raised; didn?t rudra swallow the deadly poison that emerged during the churning of the milky ocean? Can?t we consider him equal to the supreme lord?   (vuvarikadal nanjamuNdAn) Yes siva did swallow the deadly poison but the 
sastras declare that it was possible only due to the divine grace and blessing 
of the lord almighty. (kadan endru vAnarkku) but the same rudra failed to keep up his vow to 
save bhana infront of all. (vudan nindru tORRAn) During the bhanasura yuddha, rudra stood in the 
opposition and fought against Krishna only to face defeat.  With the blessings of the lord rudra can 
do anything but if he tries to oppose the lord himself then he has to face 
defeat. (orungu tORRAn) In the case of defeat, there was no difference between 
bhanasuran or rudra or the whole army.  
None of them were able to stand in front of Krishna and fight, all of 
them faced the same defeat.    Thereby 
it is clear that no one can really equal emperuman, be it brahma or rudra or any 
other jeeva in the lord?s creation.   (To 
Be Continued)   Azhvar 
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam   Adiyen 
ramanuja dAsee Sumithra 
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