{"id":12723,"date":"2016-12-04T01:17:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=12723"},"modified":"2016-12-04T01:17:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:17:50","slug":"thirumalai-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-39\/","title":{"rendered":"thirumAlai &#8211; 39 &#8211; adimaiyil kudimaiyillA"},"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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/thirumalai\/\">Full series<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-38-part-3\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/periyaperumal-thiruppanazhwar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2004\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/periyaperumal-thiruppanazhwar.jpg\" alt=\"periyaperumal-thiruppanazhwar\" width=\"541\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/periyaperumal-thiruppanazhwar.jpg 606w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/periyaperumal-thiruppanazhwar-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">periya perumAL<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruppanazhwar\/\">thiruppANAzhwAr<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai (introduction)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The greatness of those who have <em>gyAnam<\/em> (knowledge) of the meanings mentioned in the previous pAsuram is described, starting with this pAsuram, until the 44<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram. <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">nammAzhwAr<\/a> spoke about the greatness of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s followers (servitors) in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/thiruvaimozhi-3-7-payilum\/\">thiruvAimozhi 3.7<\/a> \u201c<em>payilum sudaroLi mUrththi<\/em>\u201d and in 8.10 \u201c<em>nedumARkadimai<\/em>\u201d. This <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">(thoNdaradippodi) AzhwAr<\/a> does the same, in these 6 pAsurams. AzhwAr surmises that even if the followers of emperumAn are wanting in birth [not belonging to the first three varNams], practices [result of the above] and qualities, if they have knowledge of the meanings mentioned in the pAsuram \u201c<em>mEmporuL <\/em>\u201d they are fit to be our prApakam and prApyam (our means and our goal). In this pAsuram, AzhwAr says that even if the followers are born in a very low clan, if they have deep knowledge in the meanings of \u201c<em>mEmporuL<\/em>\u201d pAsuram, they will be adorned on his divine head by emperumAn, like <em>thiruththuzhAy<\/em> (thuLasi).<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n<p>\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b85\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u00a0\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u00a0\u0bae\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u00a0\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u00a0\u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bbe \u0ba8\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc7.<\/p>\n<p><em>adimaiyil kudimaiyillA ayal sadhuppEdhi mAril<\/em><br \/>\n<em>kudimaiyil kadaimai patta kukkaril piRapparElum<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mudiyinil thuLabam vaiththAy moykazhaRku anbu seyyum<\/em><br \/>\n<em>adiyarai ugaththi pOlum aranga mAnagar uLAnE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thirumalai-39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17619325\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word-by-word meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>mudiyinil \u2013 on the divine head\/crown<br \/>\nthuLabam vaiththAy \u2013 one who has adorned the thuLasi garland (as a subtle mark of being the lord of all)<br \/>\narangam mAnagar uLAnE \u2013 dwelling inside the temple at SrIrangam<br \/>\nadimaiyil \u2013 carrying out service (to you)<br \/>\nkudimai illA \u2013 even if they are not involved<br \/>\nayal \u2013 being different (from being servitor)<br \/>\nsadhuppEdhimAril \u2013 from the vaidhikas (those who follow vEdhams) who recite the four vEdhams<br \/>\nkudimaiyil kadaimai patta \u2013 being lowly in terms of their birth<br \/>\nkukkaril \u2013 below the level of chaNdALas (of a very low birth)<br \/>\npiRappar Elum \u2013 even if they are born<br \/>\nmoy kazhaRku \u2013 your close, divine feet<br \/>\nanbu seyyum \u2013 being affectionate<br \/>\nadiyarai \u2013 followers<br \/>\nugaththi pOlum \u2013 don\u2019t you enjoy!?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkhyAnam (commentary)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>adimaiyil kudimaiyillA <\/strong>\u2013 even if they do not have the thought that carrying out kainkaryam is apt for them. It is apt to think that \u201ckainkaryam is natural to us. Just like the food that we eat and the water that we drink, we cannot live if we do not carry out kainkaryam\u201d.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> is referring to those who do not think this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ayal sadhuppEdhimAril<\/strong> \u2013 being different from the chathurvEdhis who are not immersed in kainkaryam. <em>sadhuppEdhimAril <\/em>\u2013 those who learn the four vEdhas. The benefit of learning vEdhas is to realise that <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> is the master of all the worlds, \u00a0that we are his possessions, that to carry out kainkaryam to emperumAn and his followers is the appropriate goal for us. <em>ayal <\/em>is not knowing that the purpose of learning vEdhas is to obtain this knowledge. If the chathurvEdhis do not have the knowledge that the goal of learning the four vEdhas is to know these (above mentioned) meanings, then they are of no use to anyone. <em>pAdhmOththaram<\/em> says \u201c<em>vishNubhakthivihInO yas sarvaSAsthrArtha vEdhyapi<\/em> I <em>brAhmaNyam thasya na bhavEth thasyOthpaththir nirUpyathAm<\/em> II\u201d (Even if a person knows the meanings of all SAsthras (sacred texts), he will not have the qualities of a brAhmaNa if he does not have devotion towards vishNu. His birth is doubtful). brahmANda purANam vihakOsam 24.11 says \u201c<em>ya: puthra: pitharam dhvEshti tham vidhyAdhanyarEthsam<\/em> I <em>yO vishNum sathatham dhvEshtitham vidhyAdhanyarEthasam<\/em> II\u201d (if a son hates his father, it can be surmised that he was born to another person. If a person always hates vishNu, it can be surmised that he was born to a chandALa). Thus SAsthras thundered that such people do not have <em>brAhmaNyam<\/em> (qualities of a brAhmaNa).<\/p>\n<p>Through the remaining part of the pAsuram, it says about those who are different from these people and who are dear to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>kudimaiyil kadaimaippatta kukkaril piRapparElum <\/strong>\u2013 those who spend several births, not carrying out deeds which are ordained in vEdhas and carrying out deeds which are forbidden by vEdhas, are born in very low births because of the accumulated sins in all these births. <em>kukkar<\/em> (kushka) refers to a class lower than chaNdALas. Since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> is using the term <em>piRapparElum<\/em> (even if they are born), he indicates that the superiority or inferiority of a person\u2019s birth is not a reason for having knowledge about the meanings mentioned in the <em>mEmporuL <\/em>(p<em>revious) <\/em>pAsuram. In SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 68.24, SrI rAma tells lakshmaNa \u201c<em>sarvathra kalu dhruSyanthE sAdhavO dharmachAriNa:<\/em> I <em>SUrA: SaraNyAs saumithrE thiryak yOni gathEshvapi<\/em> II\u201d (hE lakshmaNa! Those who are like sages, going in the path of righteousness, dhEvas et al, fit to be surrendered to, are seen among those born as animals and other species too!). SrI rAma says this when he sees jatAyu (vulture who fought valiantly with rAvaNa when he flew after abducting sIthAppirAtti). The opinion here is that knowledge of meanings of the pAsuram <em>mEmporuL <\/em>is prevalent across species, even among animals and birds. In SrI rAmAyaNam, which came about to explain the meanings of vEdhas, people who roam around in forest such as guhan (a hunter), Sabari (again from the hunters\u2019 tribe), primates such as hanuman, sugrIva, rAkshasa such as vibhIshaNa had this knowledge. In the other epic which came about to describe vEdhas, mahAbhAratha, vidhura, born in a lowly caste, dharmavyAdha, a butcher, ghantAkarNa, the cow herd boys and girls \u2013 all had this knowledge. In thiruviruththam 79, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">nammAzhwAr <\/a>says \u201c<em>pAmbaNai mEl paLLi koNdaruLum sIdhanaiyE thozhuvAr viNNuLarilum sIriyarE<\/em>\u201d (those who worship only the lord who is lying on the serpent bed, are greater than nithyasUris). Even though nithyasUris are constantly involved with <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, those born in this samsAram (which only breeds ignorance) and reformed due to the efforts of emperumAn, are considered to be greater than nithyasUris. Just as <em>syamanthakamani<\/em> (a stone which will convert even iron into gold when it touches iron) is better than pure gold, since these dwellers of samsAram are capable of converting other samsAris into followers of emperumAn due to their connection, which even nithyasUris cannot do, such samsAris are considered to be greater than nithyasUris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mudiyinil thuLabam vaiththAy <\/strong>\u2013 just as emperumAn adorns thuLasi on his head, these followers are also apt to be kept on his head like thuLasi. Just as he adorns thuLasi to indicate that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">sarvESvaran <\/a>(lord of all), if he keeps his followers on his head, that would also indicate his quality of being sarvESvaran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>moykazhaRku anbu seyyum <\/strong>\u2013 Just as in the 38<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> had said \u201c<em>aimpulan agaththadakki<\/em>\u201d (controlling their sensory organs) to serve emperumAn, these people cast aside their happiness [while carrying out kainkaryam] and serve only for his happiness, with affection, similar to <em>sEvadi sevvi thirukkAppu <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/06\/thiruppallandu-1-pallandu\/\">thiruppallANdu 1<\/a>). To them this is the only way to spend time purposefully\u00a0 and they consider this as their goal. Thus they have emperumAn, who is always delightful, as their means.\u00a0\u00a0 Next, the means (path) is mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>adiyarai <\/strong>\u2013 they consider his compassionate divine feet as the means. As mentioned in pAsuram 38 as <em>sOmbar<\/em>, they know that their Athma svarUpam (nature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">AthmA<\/a>) is being subservient to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> for ever and will not have anything to do with their protection themselves. Another interpretation is \u2013 <em>adiyar<\/em> \u2013 remaining at the feet. The feet are the goal, which are enjoyable, and the feet are also the means, which sustain. This is similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">nammAzhwAr<\/a> mentioning in periya thiruvandhAdhi 31 <em>nizhalum adithARum AnOm <\/em>(we became the shadow and the lines, of the feet).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ugaththi pOlum<\/strong> \u2013 you enjoy these followers, who have the knowledge, not considering their lowly birth, and not those chathurvEdhis who do not have the knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>aranga mAnagar uLAnE <\/strong>\u2013 the purpose of coming to SrIrangam and lying here is to hear these people, who have affection towards you, even if they are of lowly birth. If you wanted to hear only great people, you would have remained at SrIvaikuNtam, is the meaning here.<\/p>\n<p>We shall move on to the 40<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dhAsan<\/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 periya perumAL &#8211; thiruppANAzhwAr avathArikai (introduction) The greatness of those who have gyAnam (knowledge) of the meanings mentioned in the previous pAsuram is described, starting with this pAsuram, until the 44th pAsuram. nammAzhwAr spoke about the greatness of emperumAn\u2019s followers (servitors) &#8230; <a title=\"thirumAlai &#8211; 39 &#8211; adimaiyil kudimaiyillA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-39\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thirumAlai &#8211; 39 &#8211; adimaiyil kudimaiyillA\">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-12723","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\/12723","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=12723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}