{"id":12836,"date":"2016-12-09T06:43:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2016-12-09T06:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:43:40","slug":"thirumalai-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-43\/","title":{"rendered":"thirumAlai &#8211; 43 &#8211; amaravOr angam ARum"},"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-42\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/garudan-chandili.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12892\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/garudan-chandili.jpg\" alt=\"garudan-chandili\" width=\"409\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/garudan-chandili.jpg 409w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/garudan-chandili-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a>garudAzhwAr&#8217;s wings got burnt thinking about a devotee&#8217;s secluded residence<\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai (introduction)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the previous pAsuram, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> had spoken about those born in high births and with consequent good behaviour. If added to these greatness, they also have high level of knowledge and if they look at those who do not have any greatness due to their birth and behaviour but have good knowledge [in <em>mEmporuL <\/em>pAsuram], and if the former set of people, without recognising that these people have the grace of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, think lowly of the latter set of people only on account of their birth and behaviour, these high ranking people will become chaNdALas (people of very low birth) at that very moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let us look at the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n<p>\u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0baf\u00a0\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0ba8\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u00a0\u0ba8\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7<br \/>\n\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>amaravOr angam ARum vEdham Or nAngum Odhith<\/em><br \/>\n<em>thamargaLil thalaivarAya sAdhi anthaNargaLElum<\/em><br \/>\n<em>numargaLaip pazhipparAgil nodippadhOr aLavil AngE<\/em><br \/>\n<em>avargaL thAm pulaiyar pOlum aranga mAnagaruLAnE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thirumalai-43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17619335\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Word-by-word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">aranga mAnagar uLAnE \u2013 Oh, one who resides inside the temple at SrIrangam<br \/>\nOr angam ARum \u2013 the unique six parts of vEdham<br \/>\nOr vEdham nAngum \u2013 the incomparable four vEdhas<br \/>\namara \u2013\u00a0 firmly settled in their hearts<br \/>\nOdhi \u2013 reciting them<br \/>\nthamargaLil \u2013 among your followers<br \/>\nthalaivar Aya \u2013 being the leader<br \/>\nsAdhi anthaNargaLElum \u2013 even if they belong to the class of brAhmaNa<br \/>\nnumargaLai \u2013 your followers<br \/>\npazhippar Agil \u2013 (looking at their birth and behaviour) if they vilify them<br \/>\nnodippadhOr aLavil \u2013 in that minute itself<br \/>\navargaL thAm \u2013 those brAhmaNas only<br \/>\nAngE \u2013 at that same place<br \/>\npulaiyar pOlum \u2013\u00a0 will become chaNdALas [people of low births; a wretch]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam (commentary)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>amara Or angam Arum<\/strong> \u2013 The six parts of vEdha are: (1) SIkshA (articulation or pronunciation of words), (2) vyAkaraNa (grammar), (3) chandhas (poetic metrics), (4) niruktham (etymology), (5) jyOthisham (astrology) and (6) kalpam (rituals). These are unique to vEdhas. <em>amara<\/em> \u2013 learning the texts and the meanings of these 6 parts and retaining them. <em>Or angam<\/em> \u2013 the uniqueness to these parts [of vEdhas] is that if one has knowledge on any of these 6 parts without any deficiency, he is considered by worldly people as having known everything and they celebrate it. It is pertinent to remember that in SrIrangarAja sthavam 2.18, bhattar says \u201cS<em>IkshAyAm varNa SikshA padha samagadhigamO vyAkriyA nirvachObhyam chandhaS chandhaSchithau syAth gamayathi samayam jyauthisham ranganAtha!<\/em> I<em> kalpE\u2019nushtAnamuktham hyuchithagamithayOr nyAya mImAmsayO: syAth arthavyakthi: purANasmruthishu thadhanugAsthvAm vichinvanthi vEdhA:<\/em> II\u201d (Oh SrI ranganAtha! In the part of vEdhas called SIksha, the method of pronouncing letters (is described); in the parts vyAkaraNam and niruktham, knowledge about words (is created); in the SAsthra called chandhas, chandhas (such as gAyathri etc) have been told; jyOthisha SAsthram indicates the time for carrying out karmAnushtAnam (carrying out deeds ordained in vEdhas); in kalpa sUthrams, the procedure for carrying out the karmas is mentioned. In the nyAyamImAmsa SAsthram and purANamsruthis which are consistent with the philosophy of vEdhas, clarity of the subject will be obtained; vEdhas, with siksha and other parts mentioned above, are searching for you), thus explaining the 6 parts of vEdhas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>vEdhamOr nAngum<\/strong> \u2013 vEdhas are incomparable because unlike other texts compiled by a man [any person], they do not have faults such as <em>iruL<\/em> (delusion or clouded state of mind),<em> thuyakku<\/em> (confusion), <em>mayakku<\/em> (ignorance) and<em> maRappu<\/em> (forgetfulness). Alternatively, we can consider that they indicate the greatness of sections of vEdhas such as <em>manthram<\/em> (hymns), <em>vidhi<\/em> (rules) and <em>arthavAdham<\/em> (eulogy).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Odhi<\/strong> \u2013 while learning vEdhas, the AchAryan (teacher) would first recite the four vEdhas and the six parts, and the Sishya (disciple) will then recite the same. \u00a0<em>Odhi <\/em>is learning vEdhas this way. Since they have learnt this way, we can surmise that they know <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> well, indeed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>thamargaLil thalaivarAya<\/strong> \u2013 since they know emperumAn well in this way, consistent with that knowledge, they will stand at the forefront in any gOshti (assembly) of his followers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sAdhi anthaNargaL<\/strong> \u2013 while learning vEdhas thoroughly and being in the forefront of their class and such other great qualities are common with kshathriya (warrior) and vaiSya (trader) classes too, apart from these great qualities, they are also of high birth (brAhmaNa). Thus, in their birth, behaviour and knowledge, they are great.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Elum<\/strong> \u2013 the greatness described thus far cannot be found in one person, together. <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thondaradippodi-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> brings in this doubt to show that even if these great qualities happen to be with one person, if that person abuses a SrIvaishNava, these qualities will become useless. In reality, these qualities become reasons for a person with vanity to commit <em>bhAgavathApachAram<\/em> (showing irreverence to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s follower). Even if the persons are gyAnis (knowledgeable) but do not have this greatness, others would carry out inappropriate deeds like stepping on their heads etc. Another interpretation for this is that if they do not have the quality of being vain, they can step even on yama\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>numargaLai<\/strong> \u2013 those having knowledge of <em>mEmporuL <\/em>pAsuram, as a result of which they become leaders of your [emperumAn\u2019s] followers. Here the word \u201cfollowers\u201d refers to nithyasUris (permanent dwellers of paramapadham). <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">nammAzhwAr<\/a>, in his thiruviruththam 79, says \u201c<em>viNNuLArilum sIriyarE<\/em>\u201d (they are greater than nithyasUris) and in periyathiruvandhAdhi 79, says \u201c<em>uNNAttuth thEsanRE<\/em>\u201d (the radiance of those who live in samsAram is greater than that of those (nithyasUris) who live in paramapadham).\u00a0 <em>numargaLai <\/em>\u2013 those who you deem as your followers and who affirm that you are their means and goal. Those who know \u201cit is he [<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>] who is happy at attaining us. Hence it is he who gets the benefit out of [our] liberation. Even the happiness that we get is not appropriate for us. It is he who is controlling his possession [us]. We have no engagement with our protection. Only his causeless mercy is our means\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>pazhipparAgil <\/strong>\u2013 instead of thinking of them as those who are having the grace of emperumAn, forgetting this due to one\u2019s ego, thinking only of their low birth and consequently thinking of them to be below one\u2019s status, speaking abusive words about them and harming them through deeds. The irreverence shown to these parama bhAgavathas (superior followers) is the worst offence that one could do to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>. <em>pazhiththal<\/em> \u2013 committing an offence. In other words, thinking of the low birth of a SrIvaishNava is as terrible a crime as estimating the importance of emperumAn based on the material with which his vigraham (divine idol) is made of in a dhivya dhESam. <em>pazhipparAgil<\/em> \u2013 while it is apt to celebrate them, due to ego, one ends up thinking lowly of them due to his ignorance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The calamity due to such abuse is given now&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>nodippadhOr aLavil AngE <\/strong>\u2013 it is not at some other time, in some other place, with some other body [form]. One would get the effect of abusing them at the same time, in the same place and with the same body. Just as we have seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-41\/\">pAsuram 41<\/a> <em>punidham anRE<\/em> (getting the) benefit (of having connection with them) instantaneously, the ill-effect of abusing them would also happen instantaneously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>avargaL thAm pulaiyar pOlum<\/strong> \u2013 with the same body, they will become chaNdALas (wretch, born in a very low class). Because of the curse of the sons of rich vaSishta, the valorous chain that thriSanku (a king) wore got turned into leather strap. In the same way, the sacred thread that these high birth brAhmaNas wear would turn into leather strap. <em>thAm pulaiyar<\/em> \u2013 despite being great due to their high birth etc as seen earlier, if such greatness becomes cause of their ego and\u00a0 incites them into carrying out offence against SrIvaishNavas, it will cause irreparable damage to them. If a person were born in a lowly birth, they would still qualify to become a SrIvaishNava. But since these persons fell into a deep pit despite being born in a high birth, and since they had indulged in bhAgavathApachAram (irreverence to SrIvaishNavas), they go lower down to a level of chaNdALa by deed (instead of chaNdALa by birth). It is pertinent to recall an incident in the life of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/kUraththAzhwAn\/\">kUraththAzhwAn<\/a> here. On the day that one piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn became kUraththAzhwAn\u2019s disciple, kUraththAzhwAn, knowing his disciple\u2019s proclivity for committing bhAgavathApachAram because of his high birth, decided to rein him in. On an auspicious day, he asked piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn to grant him a gift. piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn was puzzled since everything (that a disciple has) belongs to AchAryan (kUraththAzhwAn) and what could he gift him? kUraththAzhwAn responded \u201cthrough all the three karaNas (organs of thought, word and deed) you should promise me that you will not abuse a bhAgavatha\u201d. piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn did the same. After some days, due to force of habit, piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn committed an offence against a bhAgavatha through his thought. He felt very ashamed of himself and covering his head with a piece of cloth, he stayed in his residence itself, without going to AchAryan\u2019s thirumALigai (residence). kUraththAzhwAn, after waiting awhile, came in search of him and found out as to what happened. piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn fell at the feet of kUraththAzhwAn, and weeping uncontrollably, told him \u201cit is so very difficult to live with this body without committing an offence against a bhAgavatha through the three organs\u201d. kUraththAzhwAn felt happy that his disciple felt genuinely sorry for having committed an offence and told him \u201csince you feel so desolate after committing the offence, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> will certainly forgive you. Since you know how you feel after committing the offence through thought, you will not commit an offence by deed. Make sure that you do not commit any offence through your words\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aranga mAnagar uLAnE<\/strong> \u2013 In varAha purANam, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">SrI varAha mUrthy<\/a> tells <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/andal\/\">bhUdhEvi<\/a> \u201c<em>madhbhaktham Svapacham vApi nindhAm kurvanthiyE narA:<\/em> I <em>padhmakOtiSathEnApi na kshamAmi kadhAchana <\/em>II\u201d (whosoever abuses my followers, even if my followers are of low birth, eating dog\u2019s meat, I will not forgive them even for crores of years). Thus, emperumAn knows clearly the ill-effect of committing an offence against his followers. For those who try to attain emperumAn through other upAyams (means) such as karma yOgam etc, by doing appropriate penance, they can get rid of any offence that they may commit in between and continue with their upAyams. But, for one who has to attain mOksham through connection with emperumAn (by surrendering), if he commits a bhAgavatha apachAram (offence to his follower), it will sever the connection with emperumAn himself and there is no way that he can redeem himself. Just as connection with his followers is enough to attain emperumAn, committing offence against his followers is enough to lose emperumAn. Hence, a prapannan (one who surrenders to emperumAn) should be very careful in ensuring that he does not have any contact with other dhEvathas (deities) and does not commit any offence against his followers. Thus, it is clear from this pAsuram that even if a person does not do anything which is considered as good by emperumAn, if he stays away from the above-mentioned two offences, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> will become easily approachable to such a person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We shall take up the 44<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram, next.<\/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 garudAzhwAr&#8217;s wings got burnt thinking about a devotee&#8217;s secluded residence avathArikai (introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had spoken about those born in high births and with consequent good behaviour. If added to these greatness, they also have high level of &#8230; <a title=\"thirumAlai &#8211; 43 &#8211; amaravOr angam ARum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/thirumalai-43\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thirumAlai &#8211; 43 &#8211; amaravOr angam ARum\">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-12836","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\/12836","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=12836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}