<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cthe benefit of attaining mOksham (SrIvaikuNtam) is with chEthana<\/a> (sentient entity (jIvAthmA). When this is the case, the chEthana only should observe the means for attaining mOksham. What is the reason for saying that emperumAn<\/a> is the means?\u201d AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram \u201cOnly the person who knows everything can perform the means and not one who does not know anything\u201d<\/p>\n chEthanas do not know what happened in the past; they do not know what they are suffering now; and they do not know what is going to happen in the future. Only emperumAn<\/a> knows these. AzhwAr<\/a> says, as mentioned in nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi \u2013 22 \u201cpazhagiyAn<\/em>\u201d (he is our protector from time immemorial), he is omniscient and has the knowledge as well as the power to remove the troubles that the chEthana<\/a> has suffered in the past, is suffering now and will suffer in future.\u00a0 Hence he is the means. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n charaNA maRai payandha thAmaraiyAnOdu<\/em> charaNa \u2013 being the means for all the four purushArthams (benefits) [righteousness, wealth, lust and liberation] charaNA maRai payandha thAmaraiyAnOdu<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 120-3 says \u201cbrahmA brahmavidhAm vara:<\/em>\u201d (brahmA is the greatest among those who know brahmam (supreme entity)) since he revealed to the world, the means for obtaining whatever they needed among the four purushArthams<\/em> (benefits) as mentioned in the vEdhas (sacred texts). brahmA feels very proud that he gave vEdhas to the world [he thinks] as mentioned in the usage of the term \u201cmanthra kruthbhyO nama:<\/em>\u201d (salutations to the one who composed manthrams<\/em>) and he thinks that he is very knowledgeable. Along with such brahmA…<\/p>\n maraNAya mannuyirgatku ellAm<\/strong> \u2013 Even though AthmA (soul) is permanent, since the body dies, chEthanas<\/a> are referred to as \u201cthey died\u201d \u201cthey were born\u201d Along with brahmA, who appears at the beginning of a kalpam (this is a period of time extending over several crores of years covering mahApraLayam, or the total deluge) and dies at the end of that kalpam, all the species of life including those which are referred to as \u201cjAyathE mriyanthE <\/em>\u201d (born and die instantaneously), without any difference among them, have ignorance and powerlessness in them.<\/p>\n araNAya<\/strong> –\u00a0 their protection<\/p>\n pErAzhi koNda pirAn anRi<\/strong> \u2013 other than emperumAn<\/a> who has the large sudharSana disc, with which he protects<\/p>\n maRRU aRiyAdhu OrAzhi sUzhndha ulagu<\/strong> \u2013 the earth, surrounded by ocean, does not know anything else. Irrespective of whether they are great people or ordinary people, they will not know what protects them. By rearranging the words of the verse to get \u201culagu pirAnaiyanRi maRRu aRiyAdhu<\/em>\u201d if we can say that world does not know anything other than emperumAn, it will not be correct. This is because, as per lexicon \u201culagam enbadhu uyarndhOr mAtte<\/em>\u201d(world is the place for\u00a0 knowledgeable people). But, since the term \u201cOrAzhi sUzhndha ulagu<\/em>\u201d (world surrounded by ocean) is used here, it would refer to all the people without any distinction between the great and the lowly people. Hence we cannot take it that the term world refers only to great people. Thus, we can say that irrespective of whether they are great or lowly, only emperumAn knows the means of protecting all. The chEthanas<\/a> only know how to develop this samsAram (material realm) and the means for causing them harm; only emperumAn knows the means that they must adopt in order to reach mOksham<\/em> (SrIvaikuNtam). As said in the saying \u201cmUda: ayam nApi jAnAthi<\/em>\u201d (the ignorant will not know) these chEthanas do not know the means.<\/p>\n Once a SrIvaishNava by name AppAn enquired of nanjIyar<\/a> (disciple of parAsara bhattar<\/a>) the meaning for this pAsuram. nanjIyar sought clarification from his teacher, bhattar who gave the aforementioned meanings for the pAsuram. Alternatively, combining with the previous pAsuram where SrI rAma was mentioned, one could say for \u201cpErAzhi koNda pirAn<\/em>\u201d the meaning \u201cthe benefactor who threatened the ocean and built the dam to lankA\u201d<\/p>\n We shall move on to the 61st<\/sup> pAsuram.<\/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 \u201cthe benefit of attaining mOksham (SrIvaikuNtam) is with chEthana (sentient entity (jIvAthmA). When this is the case, the chEthana only should observe the means for attaining mOksham. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n maraNAya mannuyigatkellAm araNAya<\/em>
\n pErAzhi koNda pirAn anRi maRRu aRiyAdhu<\/em>
\n OrAzhi sUzhndha ulagu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmaRai\u00a0 – vEdham (sacred texts)
\npayandha \u2013 one who was taught
\nthAmaraiyAnOdu\u00a0 – along with brahmA, who was born in the lotus, shooting from emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s navel
\nmaraNAya \u2013 those who have death as a natural phenomenon
\nman uyirgatku ellAm \u2013 for all the jivAthmAs
\naraN Aya \u2013 those which are protective devices
\npErAzhi koNda pirAn anRi \u2013 other than emperumAn who has the large sudharSana chakkaram (divine disc)
\nmaRRu \u2013 being different (from emperumAn)
\nOr Azhi sUzhndha\u00a0 – surrounded by the unique ocean
\nulagu \u2013 those who live in this world
\naRIyAdhu \u2013 will not know.<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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