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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan,

adiyEn's praNAm.

The first ten pasurams of Thiruvaymozhi are made to
explain the visishtadvaita sampradhayam. Where 
devotees were likely to think that He is formless,
without qualities etc, Azhvar explains in clear
terms that He is full of divine qualities ("uyarvaRa
uyarnalam") and has a divine form ("sudar adi").
He also clarifies critical vedanta phrases such
as "tat tvam asi" in the fourth pasuram and so on.

However, one does not have to go far to find out who
Azhvar was talking about. In the second ten pasurams,
Azhvar says "vaN pugazh nAraNan".

And for those who wonder who this Narayanan is, Azhvar
explains that in the third ten pasurams - "malar magaL
virumbum".

While the last pasurams of Thiruvaymozhi may seem to
be talking about trimUrti sAmpyAptam, one only has to
read the "onRum dhEvum" pasurams to clarify Azhvar's
stand, where Azhvar in very strict terms lets everyone 
know who the para deivam is.

And for those who are still confused, he says "avan
ivan enRu koozhElmin, avanAgum neeL kadal vaNNanE".

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan


--- Lakshmi Narasimhan <nrusimhan@xxxx> wrote:
> As Swami
> Nammazhwar 
> put in his pasurams, "Uyavara uyar nalam udayavan evan
> avan", he 
> never mentions the name of this brahmam nor the form of
> this brahmam 
> in his first ten of his magnum opus - Thiruvaimozhi.
> ...
> Even in the last pasuram, he says
> "avaavaracchoozh, ariyai, 
> ayanai, aranai alatri". That is, he recognizes all the
> three major 
> manifestation, for he sees only the paramatma in all the
> three, but, 
> he still keeps the "ari" at the first of the sequel, due
> to his 
> affection. 

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