<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> says that to be subservient to emperumAn<\/a> is nothing but not rejecting him when he comes to shower his mercy on us. Nobody can estimate his greatness, he says.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n pErE varap pidhaRRal allAl em pemmAnai<\/em> pErE \u2013 with the divine name (of emperumAn<\/a>) pErE varap pidhaRRal allAl<\/strong> \u2013 Not saying something or the other, other than reciting emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s divine name and making this as a habit. Has it not been divined by kulaSEkara AzhwAr<\/a> in perumAL thirumozhi 2-4 \u201cnAththazhumbezha nAraNA enRazhaiththu<\/em>\u201d (speak out emperumAn\u2019s name of nArAyaNa till scar forms on the tongue)! Just as the elephant gajEndhrAzhwAn called out to him, even if in a disorderly way, such that emperumAn came hurrying to the bund of the pond where gajEndhra was caught by a crocodile.<\/p>\n em pemmAnai ArE aRivAr<\/strong> \u2013 who can know the entity who is my Lord? AzhwAr<\/a> knew about emperumAn<\/a> since emperumAn himself manifested to him.<\/p>\n adu niRka<\/strong> \u2013 let the enquiry into who can know wait for some time.<\/p>\n nErE kadikkamalaththuL irundhum kANgilAn<\/strong> – Let us see who did not know him. Even brahmA, who was born in the fragrant lotus which shot off from emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s navel and made that itself as his dwelling place, who has the greatness of having been taught all the vEdhas (sacred texts) by emperumAn himself, has not seen the divine feet of emperumAn despite being so close to him.<\/p>\n kadikkamalaththuL irundhum kANgilAn<\/strong> \u2013 are they so difficult to see? Yes, just as one cannot estimate the depth of an ocean by building a house near the shore and staying there for a very long time.\u00a0 At the most, one can know that it is not possible to know. In SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 120-3, it is said of brahmA \u201cbrahmA brahmavidhAm vara:<\/em>\u201d (brahmA is the greatest among those who know brahmam (supreme entity)). Thus, if the most knowledgeable brahmA himself does not know emperumAn<\/a>, is it possible for others to know? AzhwAr<\/a> says that when vEdham itself says that unless emperumAn comes and shows himself up, it is not possible for anyone to know him.<\/p>\n Let us take up the 57th<\/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 says that to be subservient to emperumAn is nothing but not rejecting him when he comes to shower his mercy on us. Nobody can estimate his greatness, he says. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: pErE … 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":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-mudhal-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17005","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=17005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-navel-brahmaa.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n ArE aRivAr adhu niRka nErE<\/em>
\n kadikkamalaththuL irundhum kANgilAn kannan<\/em>
\n adikkamalam thannai ayan<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nvara \u2013 such that he comes
\npithaRRal allAl \u2013 apart from saying in disorderly manner
\nem pemmAnai \u2013 my emperumAn (lord)
\nArE aRivAr \u2013 who can know
\nadhu niRka \u2013 let it be so
\nkadi kamalththu uL \u2013 floating inside the fragrant lotus (which came out of emperumAn\u2019s navel)
\nnErE irundhum \u2013 being very close (to emperumAn)
\nayan \u2013 brahmA who was born to emperumAn
\nkaNNan \u2013 that emperumAn\u2019s
\nadi kamalam thannai \u2013 the divine lotus-like feet
\nkANkilAn \u2013 would not know<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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