{"id":11048,"date":"2016-09-09T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=11048"},"modified":"2016-09-09T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T03:02:11","slug":"thirumalai-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/thirumalai-13\/","title":{"rendered":"thirumAlai &#8211; 13 &#8211; eRiyu nIr veRi koL vElai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/thirumalai\/\">Full series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/thirumalai-12\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11059\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam.jpg\" alt=\"srirangam\" width=\"533\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam.jpg 772w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite AzhwAr telling the samsAris many beneficial words, they were not in a position to receive such advice. Not considering their lowliness (since they were not listening to good words), he thinks of their sorrowful state and tells himself \u201ceven though they do not realise that their svarUpam (basic nature) is to serve only emperumAn, if they say once, without any restraint, \u2018thiruvarangam\u2019, this hell-like samsAram will disappear and grass will grow where it once was\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Let us enjoy the pAsuram and its meanings now<\/p>\n<p>\u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb5 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4<br \/>\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd\u00a0\u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7.<\/p>\n<p><em>eRiyum nIr veRikoL vElai mAnilaththu uyirgaL ellAm<\/em><br \/>\n<em>veRi koL pUnthuLaba mAlai viNNavar kOnai Eththa<\/em><br \/>\n<em>aRivilA manisar ellAm arangam enRu azhaippar Agil<\/em><br \/>\n<em>poRiyil vAzh naragam ellAm pul ezhundhu ozhiyum anRE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thirumalai-13-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17594371\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Word by word meaning<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>eRiyum nIr \u2013 water with lapping waves<br \/>\nveRikoL \u2013 (from the meat) having bad odour<br \/>\nvElai \u2013 surrounded by ocean<br \/>\nmAnilaththu uyirgaL ellam \u2013 all the chEthanars (sentient entities) on this huge mass of land called earth<br \/>\nveRi koL \u2013 having sweet fragrance<br \/>\npUm \u2013 beautiful<br \/>\nthuLaba mAlai \u2013adorning thuLasi (basil) garland<br \/>\nviNNavar kOnai \u2013 the lord of nithyasUris [SrivaikuNtanAthan]<br \/>\nEththa \u2013 (are meant to) only worship<br \/>\naRivu ilA manisar ellAm \u2013 these men without any knowledge<br \/>\narangam enRu azhaippar Agil \u2013 if they say \u201cthiruvarangam\u201d [SrIrangam]<br \/>\npoRiyil vAzh \u2013 living, controlled by the senses<br \/>\nnaragam ellAm \u2013 this entire world, which is like narakam (hell)<br \/>\npul ezhundhu \u2013\u00a0 sprouting grass<br \/>\nozhiyum anRE \u2013 will it not go waste?<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>vyAkhyAnam<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>eRiyum nIr veRi koL vElai mAnilaththu uyirgaL ellam<\/strong> \u2013 all the creatures living on this huge earth, surrounded by oceans with lapping waves and smell of fish. AzhwAr has used the term \u201c<em>eRiyum nIr\u201d<\/em> which means that these <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">chEthanars (sentient beings)<\/a> who are qualified to live comfortably in the expansive <em>paramapadham<\/em> (SrIvaikuNtam) are living like crowded jackal caught in flood (periya thirumozhi 11.8.5 \u201c<em>veLLaththidaippatta nariyinam pOlE<\/em>\u201d \u2013 like a pack of jackals caught in flood). \u00a0\u201c<em>veRi koL vElai<\/em>\u201d &#8211; he says that instead of being in SrIvaikuNtam enjoying the sweet fragrance of thuLasi [which he brings in the next line] these chEthanars are on earth, being the target of foul smelling ocean. \u201c<em>mAnilam<\/em>\u201d \u2013 earth with an expanse of 50 crore yOjana [one yOjana is 10 miles or 16 kilometers][ a word of caution here \u2013 the term earth (bhUmi) as our <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/full-list\">pUrvAchAryas<\/a> say should not be mistaken for this earth that we live. It encompasses all the 14 worlds (athala, suthala, pAthAla etc comprising 7 worlds below the earth that we are familiar with and bhU:, bhuva:, suva: etc comprising 7 worlds from earth upwards. The entire distance between these 14 worlds is 50 crore yOjana]. \u201c<em>uyirgaL<\/em>\u201d \u2013 if the connection with these <em>dhEham<\/em> (body) is removed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">AthmA<\/a> is qualified to be like <em>SrI kousthubam<\/em> (the radiant garland adorning emperumAn\u2019s chest); instead he is remaining here like a wastrel, feels the AzhwAr. \u201c<em>ellAm<\/em>\u201d \u2013 includes the independent-minded celestial people (dhEvas) and their citizens, the human race on earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>veRikoL puNthuLabamAlai viNnavar kOnai Eththa<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0It is not only nithyasUris who, looking at emperumAn adorned with sweet smelling and beautiful thuLasi garland, worship him. Even samsAris are meant to worship him. sumithrA tells lakshmaNa prior to his departure for forest with Sri rAma and sIthAp pirAtti \u201c<em>srushtasthvam vanavAsAya svanurakthas suhrujjanE <\/em>I <em>rAmE pramAdham mA kArshI: puthra! bhrAthari gachchath<\/em>i II\u201d \u2013 lakshmaNa! You were created for dwelling in the forest. You are having deep affection for SrI rAma who loves you dearly. My son, when SrI rAma walks ahead, do not make the mistake (of admiring and engaging with his gait and losing sight of those who would harm him). \u00a0Just as lakshmANa was created only to serve SrI rAma, the samsAris were created only to serve and worship emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People with knowledge [such as nithyasUris] were meant to get this sort of fortune in worshipping emperumAn and caring for him. Can samsAris, with low level of knowledge get this?&#8221; doubts AzhwAr and responds to this in the next words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>aRivilA manisar ellAm arangam enRu azhaipparAgil<\/strong> \u2013 despite being born in the human race where they are supposed to be with the knowledge of discriminating [between good and bad, high and low, dos\u2019 and don&#8217;ts&#8217; etc], and even if they do not have any knowledge, and any involvement with <em>thiruvarangam<\/em> because of lack of that knowledge, it is enough if they merely say \u201c<em>thiruvarangam<\/em>\u201d. Usage of the word \u201c<em>Agil<\/em>\u201d (if) denotes that many of the samsAris with high degree of pApa (sins) could not say even this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>poRiyil vAzh naragam<\/strong> \u2013 those living in leelA vibhUthi (materialistic realm), enslaved by their senses. \u201c<em>poRi<\/em>\u201d \u2013 in the meaning of trap, this indicates that the senses, in all situations, would trap samsAris so that they cannot escape in any way. \u201c<em>naragam<\/em>\u201d \u2013 to those without knowledge, yama lOkam (the dwelling place of yama) is narakam (hell). But for those with knowledge, samsAram itsel f is hell. samsAram makes samsAris believe that living a life on it is the greatest thing and does not allow them to think of paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam).\u00a0 nammAzhwAr says in thiruvAimozhi\u00a0 8.1.9 \u201c<em>nanRum anjuvan naragam nAn adaidhal<\/em>\u201d \u2013 I am scared that I will lose my <em>SEshathva gyAnam<\/em> (knowledge that I am your servitor) if I stay in this samsAram called narakam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ellAm pul undhu ozhiyum anRE <\/strong>\u2013 if all the samsAris leave samsAram and reach paramapadham, the leelA vibhUthi will lose its fields of samsAris and become arid.<\/p>\n<p>We shall now move to the 14<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Despite AzhwAr telling the samsAris many beneficial words, they were not in a position to receive such advice. Not considering their lowliness (since they were not listening to good words), he thinks of their sorrowful state and tells himself &#8230; <a title=\"thirumAlai &#8211; 13 &#8211; eRiyu nIr veRi koL vElai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/thirumalai-13\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thirumAlai &#8211; 13 &#8211; eRiyu nIr veRi koL vElai\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-thirumalai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}