<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n emperumAn<\/a> asks AzhwAr<\/a> \u201cyou are saying \u2018protect me\u2019 and putting all the responsibility on my head. Shouldn\u2019t there be some benefit or the other with you also?\u201d to which AzhwAr responds saying \u201cone can attain other deities and ask for very low benefits only such as swargam (heaven); is it possible for one to know about you, who are absolutely unquantifiable, and attain you?\u00a0 Who can know about your divine feet and attain you, who can remove the sorrows of having attained other deities? Who can attain you, after knowing your simplicity?\u201d<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n kadai ninRu amarar kazhal thozhudhu nALum<\/em> (samsAris (dwellers of materialistic realm)) (without realising salvation) kadai ninRu<\/strong> \u2013 standing at the door step of various deities at the places of their dwelling. kadai <\/em>\u00a0– door step.<\/p>\n amarar<\/strong> \u2013 these deities are called as amarar <\/em>(immortals) as they live for a few years longer [than we]. vEdham says \u201cna brahmA nESAna:…<\/em>\u201d (not brahmA, not ISan [the deity for creation and destruction as ordained by emperumAn<\/a>] have seen SrIvaikuNtam). Not realising that these deities also get destroyed one day, the samsAri [dweller of materialistic realm] thinks that they are immortals.<\/p>\n amarar kazhal thozhudhu<\/strong> \u2013 the samsAri keeps falling at the feet of such deities, one after another. These deities, unlike emperumAn, are not capable of granting all wishes of a samsAri. Hence the samsAri keeps falling at the feet of each of these deities to get each wish granted.<\/p>\n nALum thozhudhu<\/strong> \u2013 these deities keep asking for various things to satisfy themselves such as infant or goat or rooster etc and are difficult to worship. Thus, until they grant him his wish, the samsAri has to keep holding on to their feet, for a long time. These deities are unlike emperumAn<\/a> who had mercifully said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 9-26<\/a> \u201cpathram pushpam palam thOyam<\/em>…\u201d (worship me with a leaf, or a flower or a fruit or water). Even after worshipping them in such a hard way, what can these deities grant?<\/p>\n idai ninRa inbaththar Avar<\/strong> \u2013 they [those who worship these deities] will get to experience comfort in swargam (heaven) which is neither here nor there, and is more of a hurdle. They do not enjoy you as in paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) like mukthars and nithyars. They do not stay here (on earth) like us, worshipping you and expecting to reach SrIvaikuNtam soon. Since it [heaven] is a place full of egotists and they stay for a long time, as said in mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 56<\/a> \u201ckadikkamalaththil uLLirundhum kANgilAn kaNNan adikkamalam thannai ayan<\/em>\u201d (even though brahmA is residing in the fragrant lotus flower which grows out of emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s navel, he does not get to worship the divine feet of emperumAn) they do not worship you to get uplifted and merely enjoy the mediocre comforts such as swargam etc. How ignorant is this!<\/p>\n But why do they carry out such a foolish act? It is because they do not know your greatness, says the AzhwAr<\/a>…<\/p>\n pudai ninRa nIrOdha mEni<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr mercifully describes about the divine form of emperumAn<\/a> which removes the ennui of those who have dharSan (audience) of his divine form. His divine form has the complexion of the ocean which surrounds the earth. Is it only the divine form?<\/p>\n nedumAlE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh one who has immeasurable greatness of AthmasvarUpam<\/em> (nature of emperumAn\u2019s soul)!<\/p>\n nin adiyai OdhavallAr avar yAr<\/strong> \u2013 Is there anyone here who, knowing that you are greater than everyone else, attains your divine feet as the ultimate benefit through worship etc? There are many in this world who attain other deities for lowly benefits. The opinion here is that even among those who worship emperumAn<\/a>, there are very few who consider him as both the means and the benefit. Hasn\u2019t emperumAn himself said in bhagavath gIthA 7-19 \u201cvAsudhEvas sarvam ithi sa mahAthmA sudhurlabha:<\/em>\u201d (those great souls who consider emperumAn as everything are very rare)!<\/p>\n There is another interpretation to this pAsuram.<\/p>\n amarar<\/strong> \u2013 other deities such as brahmA, rudhra et al<\/p>\n kadai ninRu<\/strong> \u2013 holding on to the door of your temple<\/p>\n kazhal thozhudhu<\/strong> \u2013 worshipping your divine feet<\/p>\n nALum idai ninRa inbaththar Avar<\/strong> \u2013 instead of enjoying you as the ultimate goal, they will seek positions such as brahmA, rudhra, indhra etc, similar to asking for loin cloth from a wish fulfilling tree such as kaRpakam <\/em>(a celestial tree). AzhwAr<\/a> feels sad about the ignorance of such people. Hasn\u2019t nammAzhwAr too divinely mentioned in his thiruviruththam 92 \u201cninnai viNNOr thAL nilam thOyndhu thozhuvar nin mUrththi pal kURRil onRum kANalum aNgol enRE vaigal mAlaiyum kAlaiyumE<\/em>\u201d (the celestial entities will worship you everyday both in the morning and in the evening, with their feet firmly rooted to the ground [so that you would get rid of their enemies and] not because they wish to see one of your varied forms)! nammAzhwAr<\/a> conveyed the same meaning in bhUdhaththAzhwAr<\/a>\u2019s verse \u201cnin adiyai yAr Odha vallAr<\/em>\u201d in his verse \u201cnin mUrththi pal kURRil onRum kANalum Angol enRE<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n We shall take up the 12th<\/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> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn asks AzhwAr \u201cyou are saying \u2018protect me\u2019 and putting all the responsibility on my head. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n idai ninRa inbaththarAvar pudai ninRa<\/em>
\n nIrOdha mEni nedumAlE nin adiyai<\/em>
\n yArOdha vallAr avar<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\namarar kadai ninRu \u2013 standing at the doorstep of other deities
\nnALum \u2013 at all times
\nkazhal thozhudhu \u2013 falling at (their) feet<\/p>\n
\nidai ninRa inbaththar Avar \u2013 they will realise the pleasures lying in-between (such as heaven etc)
\npudai ninRa nIr Odham mEni nedumAlE \u2013 Oh the supreme being who is having the form of ocean which is surrounding this world!
\nnin adiyai \u2013 your divine feet
\nOdha vallAr avar yAr \u2013 is there anyone who can think of? (there is no one)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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