<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cyou are saying that only emperumAn<\/a> is fit to be attained. But wherever we see, there are people who are trying to attain and those who are trying to be attained\u201d. AzhwAr responds \u201cunlike the situation where emperumAn showed himself to me for me to see, the others [who are not devoted to him] are trying to attempt to see on their own; emperumAn has created an illusion so that they are unable to attain him\u201d. In SrI bhagavath gIthA 9-23<\/a>, krishNa<\/a> tells arjuna \u201cthE api mAmEva kaunthEya yajanthi avidhi pUrvakam<\/em>\u201d (those who worship other dhEvathAs (deities) worship only me, but against the rules) and in SrI bhagavath gIthA 7-14<\/a> he says \u201cmama mAyA dhurathyayA<\/em>\u201d (it is very difficult to go past this illusion).<\/p>\n Let us look at the pAsuram.<\/p>\n thisaiyum thisaiyuRu dheyvamum dheyvath<\/em> thisaiyum \u2013 worlds with all their directions thisaiyum<\/strong> \u2013 world having all directions<\/p>\n thisai uRu dheyvamum<\/strong> \u2013 all the deities who are in these directions<\/p>\n dheyvaththu isaiyum karumangaL ellAm<\/strong> \u2013 all the activities of these deities. One deity is given the role of creating, one for destroying, one for destroying everything etc. All these activities have been ordained by emperumAn<\/a> only.<\/p>\n asaivil sIr<\/strong> \u2013 the qualities of emperumAn do not contract or expand based on time. They are always fully with him (it is implied that in the case of other deities, this is not so; their qualities will shrink or expand).<\/p>\n kaNNan<\/strong> \u2013 he incarnated himself to show these qualities, as a simple person. He made himself as equal to others through his ichchA<\/em> (wish).<\/p>\n asaivil sIrk kaNNan<\/strong> \u2013 even though he incarnated himself as being equal to others, his qualities do not have shortfall. While he created other deities and gave them name and fame, their qualities are not consistent and change.<\/p>\n nedumAl<\/strong> \u2013 mAl<\/em> means greatness. Even though he makes himself simple, he is so great that no one can measure [know] him. thaiththirIya upanishath Anandhavalli says \u201cyathO vAchO nivarthanthE<\/em>\u201d (words return, unable to measure emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s qualities). Alternatively, mAl<\/em> also denotes infatuation. He is so infatuated with his devotees that he will never let them down.<\/p>\n kadal kadaindha<\/strong> \u2013 even though he is great, he carries out impossible tasks to protect his devotees [such as churning the ocean to grant immortality to dhEvathAs to enable them to fight demons] . He needs people who pray to him \u201cplease give us this\u201d. Just as other means [such as karma, gyAna, bhakthi etc] need his mercy, the other deities too need his mercy. For his devotees, the other means and other deities are to be avoided completely.<\/p>\n kArOdha vaNNan<\/strong> \u2013 even if he does not carry out any of these tasks and even if he brings an end to us, his beauty is such that we will never let go of him.<\/p>\n padaiththa mayakku<\/strong> \u2013 he gives such special powers to other deities and makes us bewildered. He makes those who do not listen to him, to approach such deities by giving these deities powers to grant certain boons, to carry out certain difficult tasks etc. These are the illusory acts that he indulges in to bewilder those who do not believe in him. As krishNa<\/a>, he himself says in SrI bhagavath gIthA 7-14<\/a> “mama mAyA dhurathyayA”\u00a0<\/em>(it is difficult to overcome my illusion),<\/p>\n We shall take up the 8th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dhAsan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked \u201cyou are saying that only emperumAn is fit to be attained. But wherever we see, there are people who are trying to attain and those who are trying to be attained\u201d. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n thisaiyum karumangaL ellAm \u2013 asaivil sIrk<\/em>
\n kaNNan nedumAl kadal kadaindha kArOdha<\/em>
\n vaNNan padaiththa mayakku<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthisai uRu dheyvamum \u2013 the deities in these directions
\ndheyvaththu isaiyum karumangaL \u2013 appropriate activities (like creation, destruction etc) for these deities
\nellAm \u2013 all these
\nkaNNan \u2013 the one who was born as krishNa<\/a>
\nnedumAl \u2013 the one who has extreme love [towards his devotees]
\nkadal kadaindha \u2013 the one who churned the ocean [with the request from the dhEvas as the reason]
\nkAr Odha vaNNan \u2013 the one who has the complexion of cloud and ocean
\npadaiththa \u2013 created
\nmayakku \u2013 entities to bewilder<\/p>\nvyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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