<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr says that it is not possible for us to give up worldly pursuits; we cannot think of emperumAn too; it would be better to hold on to the divine feet of his followers who are firmly engaged with him with the belief that he will remove the enemies of his followers. He says that he need not worship emperumAn\u2019s shoulders; it is apt to worship those who worship him.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n thOL iraNdu ettu Ezhum mUnRum mudi anaiththum<\/em> thOL iraNdu ettu Ezhum mUnRum \u2013 twenty shoulders thOL iraNdu ettu Ezhum mUnRumB<\/strong> \u2013 rAvaNa\u2019s twenty shoulders (2+8+7+3)<\/p>\n mudiyanaiththum<\/strong> \u2013 his heads which could not be kept count of, as they kept on sprouting even while they were being severed<\/p>\n thAL iraNdum vIzha<\/strong> \u2013 making the two feet, which are the support for his shoulders and heads, to fall down<\/p>\n saram thurandhAn<\/strong> \u2013 the purpose of saying individually the shoulders, heads and legs is to provide some pastime for SrI rAma\u2019s arrows when they were shot. AzhwAr mercifully gives the sequence in which the arrows played. This implies that even though rAvaNa was also created by emperumAn only, since he became an enemy to his followers, emperumAn had to destroy him.<\/p>\n saram thurandhAn thAL iraNdum<\/strong> \u2013 the two divine feet of chakravarthy thirumagan<\/em> (son of dhaSaratha chakravarthy). Aren\u2019t they the target to be attained by us! (implying that only the one who removes our enemy is to be attained).<\/p>\n Such two divine feet<\/p>\n Ar thozhuvAr<\/strong> \u2013 in whatever species we are born, with whatever knowledge that we have, worshipping emperumAn\u2019s divine feet is what is required. The greatness or lowliness for a person comes out of worshipping or not worshipping his divine feet. It is always beneficial for one, whoever he may be, to worship emperumAn\u2019s divine feet. nammAzhwAr<\/a> has mercifully stated this in his thiruvAimozhi 3-7-1<\/a> \u201cpARkadal sErndha paramanaip payilum thiruvudaiyAr yavarElum avar kaNdIr<\/em>\u201d (whoever worships emperumAn who is reclining in thiruppARkdal (milky ocean), in whichever clan he is born or whatever qualities he has, he is a great person).<\/p>\n Ar<\/strong> \u2013 whoever he may be. That person can be a rAkshasa such as vibhIshaNa, or a monkey such as sugrIva or hanuman, or a regal personality such as arjuna or even a devil such as ghaNtAkarNan.<\/p>\n pAdham avai thozhuvadhu anRE<\/strong> \u2013 the person who worships emperumAn can be anybody. Even with such a person, his divine feet are apt to be attained. Attaining emperumAn is similar to holding on to someone\u2019s hands for getting a work carried out. Attaining him through his follower is similar to holding on to his divine feet for the same work. In the latter case, it will be impossible to refuse help.<\/p>\n pAdham avai thozhuvadhanRE<\/strong> \u2013 what is being sought is not equality with followers, but attaining their feet [being a servitor to emperumAn\u2019s followers].<\/p>\n en sIrkezhu thOL seyyum siRappu<\/strong> \u2013 the assistance which my shoulders can provide to me while desiring a benefit. The eminence which my beautiful shoulders can provide for me.<\/p>\n sIr kezhu thOL<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr gives the difference between our shoulders and those of emperumAn\u2019s follower (the shoulders of emperumAn\u2019s follower worship the divine feet of emperumAn while my shoulders worship the divine feet of the follower, which is more apt). Hence it is enough if one worships such shoulders. The purpose of one\u2019s body is to attain purushArtham (goal). AzhwAr is terming his shoulders as sIr kezhu thOL<\/em> since they have provided the benefit of attaining the followers of emperumAn.<\/p>\n We shall take up the 44th<\/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 it is not possible for us to give up worldly pursuits; we cannot think of emperumAn too; it would be better to hold on to the divine feet of his followers who are firmly engaged with him … 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":[72,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-thiruvandhadhi","category-iyarpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448","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=18448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rama-ravana-battle.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n thALiraNdum vIzhach charam thurandhAn thAL iraNdum<\/em>
\n Ar thozhuvAr pAdham avai thozhuvadhu anRE en<\/em>
\n sIr kezhu thOL seyyum siRappu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmudi anaiththum \u2013 all the heads (which sprouted)
\nthAL iraNdum \u2013 the two legs
\nvIzha \u2013 to be destroyed
\nsaram thurandhAn \u2013 emperumAn who shot arrows
\nthAL iraNdum \u2013 two divine feet
\nthozhuvAr Ar \u2013 whoever worships (their)
\npAdham avai \u2013 divine feet
\nthozhuvadhu anRE \u2013 isn\u2019t worshipping them
\nen sIrkezhu thOL seyyum siRappu \u2013 the help\u00a0 provided by my beneficial shoulders (to me)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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